Nevin is a principal with The London Group Realty Advisors. He can be reached at alan.nevin@sddt.com.

Things are going rather well for San Diego County. Last year, California added 250,000 people and San Diego accounted for 28,000, or 11 percent of that gain. Better yet, we were the second-highest county in the state in terms of population gain, second only to Los Angeles.

Insurance looms in my life. In the past few months, I have taken the time to chat with a number of professionals in the insurance and estate planning industries to learn more about how insurance can provide financial protection while we are alive and later for our heirs and heiresses. And, of course, I look at insurance from a real estate viewpoint.

It can’t be said for everywhere in the United States, but it can be said that San Diego is back on track to achieve a semblance of economic normalcy. 2013 looks like this: