AgentSecure.com Targets Smalltown, Suburban Agents.AgentSecure.com, an Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the portal catering to rural and suburban independent property/casualty agents, has been launched. Three insurers--CNA, Hartford Hartford, city (1990 pop. 139,739), state capital, Hartford co., central Conn., on the west bank of the Connecticut River; settled as Newtown 1635–36 on the site of a Dutch trading post (1633; abandoned 1654), inc. 1784. and Zurich--are the initial participants. "We have what we consider three of the top-10 players, with the idea of adding additional carriers to enhance the product availability and services we're offering to agents," said Ed Gillman, founder and chief executive officer. Gillman said agents will be able to get multiple quotes in real time. Along with the chance to work with large carriers, AgentSecure offers top producers profit-sharing opportunities, said Gillman, who noted, "too often, the Internet is used in an attempt to bypass the agent's involvement in the process. But our objective is to emphasize the agent's value to the transaction." Agents in small markets and in rural areas generally are not able to aggregate enough business to get direct contracts with big-name insurance carriers, said Sonya Brooks, a partner with Litmus litmus, organic dye usually used in the laboratory as an indicator of acidity or alkalinity (see acids and bases). Naturally pink in color, it turns blue in alkali solutions and red in acids. Partners, an Internet consulting firm Noun 1. consulting firm - a firm of experts providing professional advice to an organization for a fee consulting company business firm, firm, house - the members of a business organization that owns or operates one or more establishments; "he worked for a that helped get the Web site going. "Because we do not require a minimum volume commitment, we allow agents to access those big-name carriers. We're really going after a specific group of agents--those in rural and suburban areas," Brooks said. AgentSecure.com provides an efficient means of reaching agents and customers carriers may not otherwise reach, she said. Gillman said he convinced carriers to join the site by prequalifying agents, who pay a $250 fee to register. "We're banking that if you spend $250, you'll use it' he said. AgentSecure, based in Atlanta, targets small-commercial businesses as clients for business owners, commercial automobile, workers' compensation workers' compensation, payment by employers for some part of the cost of injuries, or in some cases of occupational diseases, received by employees in the course of their work. , umbrella, errors and omissions errors and omissions n. short-hand for malpractice insurance which gives physicians, attorneys, architects, accountants and other professionals coverage for claims by patients and clients for alleged professional errors and omissions which amount to negligence. , directors and officers and employment practices liability insurance coverage. |
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