(CBS 3) PHILADELPHIA If you're driving, the last thing you want is to break down. It can be dangerous and frightening. So having roadside assistance can give you peace of mind. But there are other ways to get it without joining a motor club. 3 On Your Side's Jim Donovan tells you about alternatives that will get you back on the road.We seem to constantly be on the go, driving here, driving there. So if our car breaks down, it can really slow us down.Marc Perlman is one who spends a lot of time in his vehicle."It's kind of low to the ground, small, 4-cylinder engine, so, it's got some pickup." said Perlman.But recently, he was the one who needed to be picked up after he had car trouble. Luckily, Marc has emergency roadside assistance but not through a motor club like AAA, but attached to his auto insurance policy he has with Progressive."It provides a tow service to come pick up their vehicle, also fix flats, if their battery dies on them, we'll help them get a charge, also help them if their keys are locked in the vehicle." said Michael McNamee with Progressive Insurance.

Wintrust Financial Corporation Declares Semi-Annual Dividend

LAKE FOREST, Ill., July 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Wintrust Financial Corporation ("Wintrust" or the "Company") today announced that the Company's Board of Directors approved a semi-annual cash dividend of $0.16 per share of outstanding common stock. The dividend is payable on August 23, 2007 to shareholders of record as of August 9, 2007. This cash dividend, on an annualized basis, represents a 14.3% increase over the per share common stock dividends paid during 2006.

Wintrust is a financial holding company headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois, with total assets of $9.3 billion at June 30, 2007. Wintrust currently operates 15 community banks located in the greater Chicago and Milwaukee metropolitan areas that provide community-oriented, personal and commercial banking services primarily to individuals and small to mid-size business through 78 banking facilities.

Parker Surpasses $10 Billion in Revenue in Another Record Year of ...

CLEVELAND, August 1 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Parker Hannifin Corporation , the global leader in motion and control technologies, today reported record results for the year and the fourth quarter. These results mark the fourth year in a row Parker has reported records in sales, earnings and cash flow from operating activities.

For the 2007 fiscal year, the company surpassed $10 billion in sales for the first time in its 89 year history. Sales reached a record $10.7 billion, an increase of 14.2 percent from $9.4 billion in the previous year. Income from continuing operations increased 30 percent to $830.0 million compared to $638.3 million a year ago, and earnings per diluted share from continuing operations increased 32.8 percent to $7.01 compared to $5.28 a year ago.

Selective Insurance Group Reports Second Quarter 2007 Earnings

BRANCHVILLE, N.J., July 26 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Selective Insurance Group, Inc. , today reported its financial results for the second quarter ended June 30, 2007.

Selective Chairman, President and CEO Gregory E. Murphy stated, "Selective's strong new business growth in the second quarter, driven by superior agency relationships and our unique field-based business model, helped us to balance industry-wide pricing pressure in an increasingly competitive and volatile commercial lines marketplace. Commercial lines net premiums written grew 3% for the quarter, driven by $83 million of new commercial business, up 13% compared to second quarter 2006. These efforts were supported by predictive models and other tools that enable us to offer the most competitive rates for the best accounts.