AAA in the Lobby

Seeking to expand in the inner city, the Automobile Club of Southern California has opened its new Travel & Insurance Centers in the lobbies of two community banks in Los Angeles, Founders National Bank and Broadway Federal Bank.

Each of the centers will be staffed by three Auto Club employees, who will sign up new members and help existing members with travel reservations and insurance quotes. Thomas McKernan Jr., president of the Automobile Club of Southern California, which is the largest affiliate of AAA, says it is the first time the Auto Club has teamed up with outside organizations to provide these membership services.

*

Staff writer Don Lee can be reached by e-mail at don.lee@latimes.com or by fax at (213) 237-7837.