PIA Connection Advertisers
Below you'll find information about PIA Connection's valued display advertisers. PIA members, please consider patronizing these companies as their advertising dollars help PIA advocate on your behalf and create deliverables to support your agency. Please tell them you heard about them in PIA Connection. If you'd like to learn more about advertising in the PIA Connection, please contact Alexi Papandon at (703) 518-1353 or alexipa@pianet.org.
ACSTAR Insurance Company
Web Address: www.acstarins.com
Contact Name: Underwriting Department
Phone Number: 860-224-2000
Email Address: hmckaig@acstarins.com
Description of Services: Contractor Surety Bonds for clients who may not otherwise be acceptable to standard surety markets.
Astonish Results
Web Address: www.astonishresults.com
Contact Name: Noreen Johnson
Phone Number: 888-821-4506
Email Address: sales@astonishresults.com
Description of Services: Astonish Results is a digital marketing, training and consulting company focused on helping independent insurance agencies FIND, SELL and KEEP more customers profitably. Expertise includes, SEO, PPC, email marketing, CRM, website design and development.
Encompass Insurance Company
Web Address: www.encompassinsurance.com
Contact Name: Brian Guthrie
Phone Number: 847-402-2807
Email Address: bgut0@allstate.com
Description of Services: Encompass Insurance Company is part of the Allstate group of companies. Encompass is a national company with a local focus offering auto, homeowner and related insurance products exclusively through its network of independent agents. More than 5,100 independent agencies sell Encompass and Allstate-branded products to more than 1.8 million customers nationwide. With more than $1.4 billion in personal insurance written premium, Encompass is one of the nation’s largest companies to provide protection through independent insurance agencies. More information can be found at: www.encompassinsurance.com.
National Insurance Producer Registry
Web Address: www.nipr.com
Contact Name: Kingston Koser
Phone Number: 816-783-8467
Email Address: marketing@nipr.com
Description of Services: The National Insurance Producer Registry (NIPR) is the premier public-private partnership supporting the work of the states and the NAIC in re-engineering and streamlining the insurance producer licensing process through uniformity. Available products include the Producer Database (PDB), electronic applications for Non-Resident and Resident Licenses (initial and renewal) and the ability to submit an Address Change Request (ACR) electronically.
Ohio Mutual Insurance Group
Web Address: www.omig.com
Phone Number: 800-686-3011
Email Address: communications@omig.com
Description of Services: With more than a century of successful history behind it, Ohio Mutual Insurance Group (OMIG) retains the small-town location (Bucyrus, Ohio) and values upon which it was founded, while offering a broad array of quality personal and commercial insurance products that position OMIG as a quiet leader in the property and casualty insurance industry. Rated “A” by A.M. Best and selected to The Ward’s 50 list of America’s top insurers in 2009, OMIG offers personal and commercial insurance products that are marketed in Ohio, Indiana, Connecticut, and Rhode Island through a network of nearly 300 independent insurance agent partners.
PIA Services Group Insurance Fund
Web Address: www.piatrust.com/
Contact Name: Lockton Risk Services (Administrator)
Phone Number: 800-336-4759
Email Address: info@piatrust.com
Description of Services: Help build your family's financial future with PIA Trust insurance plans. As a PIA member you can choose from several high-quality, competitively priced insurance plans to help protect you, your employees and families. Customize your protection to best suit your needs. Plans currently include: Basic Term Life Insurance, Voluntary and Dependent Term Life Insurance, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Accidental Death and Dismemberment, Hospital Indemnity, and Business Overhead Expense.
Sports & Fitness Insurance Corporation
Web Address: www.sportsfitness.com
Contact Name: Bobbie Simpson
Phone Number: 601-898-8464 ext 2296
Email Address: bsimpson@sportsfitness.com
Description of Services: Sports & Fitness has been the leading provider of insurance to the Sports & Fitness industry since 1982. Representing Safeco/Liberty Mutual, we offer admitted "A" Rated paper. We can provide your client with such specialized coverage as General Liability, Property, Workers Compensation, Umbrella, Bond, EPLI, Sexual and Child Abuse, Child Care, Business Auto, and so much more.
TAPCO Underwriters, Inc.
Web Address: www.gotapco.com
Contact Name: Ellen McBride, CPCU, AU
Phone Number: 800-334-5579
Email Address: emcbride@gotapco.com
Description of Services: TAPCO Underwriters, Inc. is the Logical Choice. Through TAPCO’s exclusive call-center service model, quotes and applications are delivered and coverage can be bound, all within minutes, and all delivered to your e-mail inbox—before you even hang up the phone. Policy issuance and renewal is just as easy. Call. Quote. Bind. It’s as easy as that! TAPCO writes business in CA, DC, DE, FL, GA, MD, NC, NJ, SC, TN, TX and VA.
The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc.
Web Address: www.thehartford.com
Phone Number: 860-547-5000
Email Address: marketingcommunications@thehartford.com
Description of Services: The Hartford is a leading provider of life insurance, group and employee benefits, automobile and homeowners insurance and business insurance - as well as investment products, annuities, mutual funds, and college savings plans. The Hartford serves millions of customers worldwide - including individuals, institutions, and businesses - through independent agents and brokers, financial institutions, and online. After nearly 200 years in business, The Hartford is known for its superior customer service and continued operational excellence.