Luso American Life Insurance

2010-10-18T14:13:00.000-07:00

This is another issue of the CEO Blog that consists of a BIO for an employee of Luso-American Life Insurance Society. The intent is for members to learn about the people who work for them and our Society. This issue of the Blog is for Paulo Cordeiro the Administrator of the East Committee of the Luso-American Education Foundation. Paulo is also a part-time sales representative. Here is the Blog for Paulo Cordeiro:

My name is Paulo Cordeiro and I was born in Sao Miguel, Azores. In June 1976, I moved to Somerville, Massachusetts along with my wife Belmira and daughter Margarida.

Before leaving Sao Miguel I was an accountant for a period of 8 years and worked for Altiprado-Empresa Agro-Pecuaria Da Achada Das Furnas.

Two weeks after arriving in the US I started working as a bookkeeper at Precision Motor Rebuilders, Inc in Somerville, Mass. I handled the company’s cash receipts and disbursement journals along with the payroll for approximately 70 employees. I remained at Precision Motors for 23 years until the company closed its doors after the death of the owner. During this period I attended English classes at SCALE (Somerville Center for Adult Learning Experiences) and at Harvard University.

In 1999 I was offered a clerical position at PCU (Portuguese Continental Union). In 2002, after the merger of PCU and LALIS (Luso–American Life Insurance Society), I became administrator and liaison of Luso American Education Foundation East, a division of Luso-American Life Insurance Society. Another of my present responsibilities
is the sale of various insurance plans offered by LALIS.

I currently live in Somerville, Mass with my wife. We enjoy traveling and spending time with our granddaughter, Sofia Almeida. My wife, Belmira Cordeiro, held several positions on the board of directors and was the first woman to hold the post of President of the PCU division of Luso-American Life Insurance Society. Our daughter Margarida, her husband Paulo Almeida and our granddaughter Sofia live in Wilmington, Mass. Margarida received her bachelor of art degree from the University of Mass and is currently working as a dental hygienist.

2010-05-03T12:55:00.000-07:00

This is another issue of the CEO Blog that consists of a BIO for an employee of Luso-American Life Insurance Society. The intent is for our members to learn about the people who work for them.
This issue of the Blog is for Edward Figueiredo our Vice-President of Sales/Assistant Secretary for the East Coast.
Edward Figueiredo was born in Oakland, California. His family moved to Hudson, Massachusetts when he was less than two years old. He graduated Hudson Catholic High and then attended Northeastern University where he earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a concentration in accounting and international business. Upon graduation he worked in the accounting department of IBM in Lisbon, Portugal. After the three year experience he worked for Lexmark in the sales area. Later he worked at Massachusetts Alliance of Portuguese Speakers working as a supervisor in the department of social services and as a contract administrator.
Edward accepted a position with the Portuguese Continental Union of the USA in October of 2000 as an administrative assistant. Later he became Vice President/Assistant Secretary after the merger of the PCUUSA and LALIS in 2002. In March of 2009 he became Vice President of Sales/Assistant Secretary for LALIS in the East Coast. Edward’s main responsibility is to develop a network of agents in the region and market the society along with the agents and members of the Society. Anyone in the East Coast interested in becoming an agent for LALIS should contact him.
Edward’s family is from Santa Maria, Azores. The extended family is scattered throughout the East Coast, California and Canada. The family frequently vacations at the summer home on the island and has strong ties with family and friends there.

2010-01-13T10:55:00.000-08:00

This is another of several issues of the CEO Blog that will consist of a BIO for an employee of Luso-American Life Insurance Society. The intent is for our members to learn more about the people who work for them.

This issue of the Blog is for Lucilia Esteves, our Office Manager (East) at our office in Lexington, Massachusetts.

My name is Lucilia Esteves, and I was born in Britelo, Ponte da Barca, a small village in banks of Rio Lima, in the now Parque National da Peneda e Geres, Minho, about 12 km from Galiza, Spain. Here I spent my summer vacations, but lived in Porto, Boavista, where I completed the 5th year in Liceu Carolina Michaelis.

At age 17, I came to Massachusetts with my parents Mario and Agueda Esteves, sister Edite Furtado and brother Licinio Esteves. We joined relatives in Dorchester, and lived there until about 21 years ago when we moved to Quincy, Massachusetts.

I finished high school at Dorchester High. From there I went to UMass Boston and received a Bachelor of Arts degree in Physics and Math.

In June 1973 I joined the Portuguese Continental Union, where I have worked for the last 36 years.

Being a relatively small office, I got involved fully or in part with many different jobs, ranging from billing and entering payments to preparing balance sheets and comparative statements, payroll to tax reporting, from updating forms and database systems to annual statements (Actuary, FSI), from policy processing and to processing claims. A variety that has made my stay at PCU an enjoyable learning experience. An enjoyment that is continuing at the Luso-American Life, now that we are one united organization.

In 1978 I married Antonio Cruz and I have a son David working as a cook in Quincy and daughter Olivia studying Graphic Design at Boston University.

2009-10-14T10:12:00.000-07:00

This is the first of several issues of the CEO Blog that will consist of a BIO for an employee of Luso-American Life. The intent is for our members to learn more about the people who work for them.

This issue of the Blog is for our Vice-President/Secretary Joseph Resendes.

My Name is Joseph Resendes. I was born in Santa Maria, Azores. I come from a family of eight plus my parents. My parents wanted to provide their children a better life then they had so off to America we went. Of course we were sponsored by my aunt Deolinda which had married a Portuguese young man born in California. In April 1966 my brothers, sisters, parents, and I took the airplane to California. As we walked up the steps of the airplane I looked back with joy (or tears, I don’t remember) and said good by to Santa Maria never to been seen again until 14 years later when I visited the island with my beautiful wife Lidia in which at that time we took the opportunity to visit her island of Pico.

I was 13 when I arrived in California so I went to School. I attended Sunnyvale High School. In 1972 I graduated from high school and took a job at Signetics Corporation which is now Philips Corporation. My first job at Signetices was a custodian and then moved up to shipping clerk.

In august of 1974 I received news from the selective service that my lucky number was 35. With a low number like that for sure I would be drafted into the Military. Because I was not ready to go to Vietnam and yet I wanted to serve the military so one day I went to the Mountain View Air Force enlisting office and joined the Air Force. In November 1974 off to Military I went and served until December of 1976. Upon returning from the Air Force I went back to Signetics in the same job as shipping clerk and was there for 21 years. During my employment at Signetics, which had become Philips Corporation, I attended De Anza College and received an Associates degree. I then went to Saint Mary’s College and received a Bachelors degree in Management. During those 21 years with Philips I was promoted to several managerial positions, the last one being Product Marketing Manager.

In January of 1978 I married my wonderful wife Lidia, and we are still married today. Together we have two handsome children, Steven; he graduated from Sacramento State in December 2008 and Gary who is currently attending the University of California Santa Cruz.

In February of 1992 I was hired by United National Life Insurance Society, now Luso-American Life Insurance Society, to become the Regional Manager for Northern California. I wasn’t even looking for a job but they knew me through my son Steven being involved in the Youth Council, so they approached me and I accepted the position. Why? I was ready for a change in life so fast forward to 2009. Today I am the Vice-President/Secretary of a very prestigious organization, Luso-American Life, which is recognized and has members all over the world.

If you want to know more information about me soon you can go to Barnes and Noble and purchase my book, title not yet known. Or you can always email me at resendes@luso-american.org or call me at the Luso-American office.

Joseph Resendes
Vice President/Secretary

Life is wonderful; live it to the fullest for one day your life will flash before your eyes and make sure it’s worth watching.

2009-07-10T14:48:00.000-07:00

For the next several issues of the CEO Blog I will ask members of the Luso-American Life Insurance Society staff, in both Dublin and Lexington, to write a brief description about themselves. This will allow our members to learn more about the people in our offices who work for them and our Society. From time to time the CEO Blog may deviate from those descriptions in order to cover other matters.

For this edition of the CEO Blog I will give our members some information on my background, both personal and with our Society. I was born in San Jose, California and grew up on a dairy farm. All of my education took place in San Jose, including San Jose State University where I earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Business, with a Concentration in Office Administration. I now live in Pacific Grove, California with my wife Margaret. Our daughter Jenny, son-in-law Tim, granddaughter Erin, and grandson Jack live in San Diego. Our son John has just completed his sophomore year at the University of Southern California (USC) in Los Angeles.

Growing up in San Jose I became a member of the Benevolent Society at the age of one and later as an active member of Youth Council #2, followed by 20-30’s Region #1 and Council 47B. Currently I am a member of Council 21B of Los Banos. My involvement with our Society includes serving on the Laws & Rituals Committee, Advisory Board, and two terms on the Board of Directors of the Luso-American Fraternal Federation.

My employment with United National Life Insurance Society, now Luso-American Life Insurance Society, began in 1992 as a Regional Field Manager, followed by Director of Sales and Marketing in 1998, and Vice-President/Secretary from 1999 through December 2008. My appointment as Executive Vice-President/CEO became effective in January 2009. I look forward to continuing to serve Luso-American Life Insurance Society, its divisions, and its members.

If you have any questions regarding our Society, your policy, or our products please give me a call or contact our offices in Dublin, California, or Lexington, Massachusetts. Thank you for your interest, membership, and involvement in your Society.

J. Larry Soares
Executive Vice-President/CEO

2009-05-18T18:09:00.000-07:00

Welcome to the new and revised Luso-American Life Insurance Society website. We hope everyone who visits the website will enjoy it as well as find it informative. Please, if you have any questions or comments, we would appreciate having them shared with us.

In the message from the Executive Vice-President/CEO in our recent Luso American magazine I thanked several individuals who retired as officers and directors of Luso-American Life. At this time I would like to thank another retiring officer of Luso-American Life Insurance Society, Donalda de Melo. Mrs. de Melo began working for the society in 1961, at the age of 18. On April 30, 2009, Donalda retired after 48 years of service and love for the society.

Donalda began working for Luso-American Life Insurance Society, United National Life Insurance Society at the time, when she arrived from Sao Miguel. Our Society has been her only employer since arriving in the United States. Donalda has served the Society in many capacities over the years, including Assistant Treasurer, and, from 1999 to her retirement, as Vice-President/Treasurer.

On behalf of the Society and myself I wish to thank her for all she has given for the betterment of Luso-American Life.

J. Larry Soares