Business news for Mon, 31 Dec 2007 & with word commerce. 2 news.

Starting Jan. 1, customers with complaints against design professionals, from architects to landscape engineers, must first submit their claims to the Hawaii Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs.

SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) -- Commerce Bancorp Inc. completed the sale of its insurance brokerage business, Commerce Insurance Services, to a group led by Commerce Insurance Services' Chairman George E. Norcross and President Michael Tiagwad, Commerce Bancorp said Monday. The sale includes the commercial property and casualty, employee benefits, and various specialty insurance lines of Commerce Insurance Services. The terms of the deal were not disclosed.