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IMMS.com Press Room

  

To get the latest news on IMMS, check out these press releases.

 

For more information, contact:

       

Jack Nordhaus
Senior Vice President
Insurance Marketing & Management Services
6017 Bristol Parkway
Los Angeles, CA 90230
(800) 753-4467, ext. 940
e-mail: [email protected]

 

IMMS Offers Agents Online Market Submission Service

July 10, 2004

 

IMMS Offers Agents Online Premium Financing

July 1, 2004

 

Online Market-Finding Service Upgraded

March 1, 2004

Online Marketing Breakthrough Helps Independent Agents

August 11, 2003

 

Top Agent Shares Multi-Line Selling Expertise

July 10, 2003

 

IMMS OFFERS AGENTS ONLINE MARKET SUBMISSION SERVICE

 

LOS ANGELES, July 10, 2004 — Insurance Marketing & Management Services (IMMS) has launched IMMSmarkets.com, an online service that empowers retail insurance agencies to submit their markets needs, free of charge, to a network of hundreds of independent agents, insurers, GAs, MGAs, brokers, and wholesalers throughout the U.S. and Canada.

 

Participating agents will be able to use the IMMS Posting Board to select the market they need among more 7,000 classifications — from Abatement Contractors to Zoos all rated A or better by A.M. Best. The user friendly Posting Board allows agents to search for a market by keyword or alphabetically, then refine their search and select a state or province, complete a one-page form and submit it for posting.

 

“Agents can use IMMSmarkets.com to submit just about any market need within minutes, directly from their computer,” says IMMS Chairman George Nordhaus. “We’ve created this real-time service as an ‘ace in the hole’ for agents — a tremendous time-saver that frees them up, especially in today’s hard market, to do what they do best: Sell.”

 

IMMSmarkets.com also spotlights a “Featured Provider of the Week”: a GA, MGA, or wholesaler who offers A-rated (or better) specialty programs or E&S lines. Interested agents can complete and submit an online Contact Form for a rapid response to their needs.

 

Independent agents, MGAs, GAs, or wholesalers who would like to participate in IMMSmarkets.com can contact Michael Solaroli at (800) 753-4467, ext. 921.

 

Los Angeles-based IMMS (www.imms.com), North America’s leading provider of online marketing and management services for insurance professionals, serves more than 2,700 independent agents and brokers, as well as insurers, throughout the U.S., Canada, and

Australia.

 

 

IMMS OFFERS AGENTS ONLINE PREMIUM FINANCING

 

LOS ANGELES, July 8, 2004 - Insurance Marketing & Management Systems, (IMMS) has joined forces with gotoPremiumFinance.com to meet the Commercial premium financing needs of IMMS Member independent agencies. This comprehensive, user friendly program offers Web-based, online quotes, account status, and payment options.

 

Participating agents can use the system to generate fee income (fees are not allowed in non-rebating states such as Texas) from new Commercial Lines clients and to help close more sales, by simplifying the premium financing and billing process. gotoPremium empowers users to quote and print financing agreements in seconds with no additional keystrokes using an online application that's also integrated with TAM from Applied Systems, AMS Online, AMS for Windows and AMS Sagitta.

 

IMMS Member agents also have the option of creating their own “private label” premium finance company tailored to the needs of their clients, using guidelines provided by gotoPremium Finance professionals.

 

Says IMMS Chairman George Nordhaus, “There’s no more effective way than gotoPremiumFinance for IMMS Members to build their premium volume, retention rate, cash flow, and client relationships. The ease of use means less work for everyone involved.” Adds gotoPremiumFinance Sales and Marketing Vice-President Chris Farfaras, “We’re proud to be offering IMMS Member agents the benefits of our unique Web-based program.”

 

gotoPremiumFinance.com (Woodland Hills, CA) is an online premium finance company backed by some of the strongest lenders within the industry

 

Los Angeles-based IMMS (www.imms.com), North America’s leading provider of online marketing and management services for insurance professionals, serves more than 2,700 independent agents and brokers, as well as insurers, throughout the U.S., Canada, and Australia.

  

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ONLINE MARKET-FINDING SERVICE UPGRADED

LOS ANGELES March 1, 2004 — Insurance Marketing & Management Services (IMMS) has upgraded CompleteMarkets, an online service that offers independent agents, brokers, wholesalers, and MGAs throughout the U.S. and Canada real-time access to products and markets through the IMMS.com Web site (www.imms.com).

CompleteMarkets offers more than 7,000 market classifications from Abatement Contractors to Zoos — all rated A or higher by A.M. Best. Users can home in on the market(s) they need by keyword and state or province, select a market provider, complete an application and e-mail it to the provider for rapid follow up. Users who can’t find a market can post their needs on the CompleteMarkets Posting Board for review by the more than 3,000 independent agencies/brokerages, General Agencies, E&SL firms, and wholesalers who access IMMS.com every day.

 

Says IMMS Chairman George Nordhaus, “We’ve upgraded CompleteMarkets to enhance the single source that offers agents the best chance to find a market for practically every product or coverage out there.”

 

According to Nordhaus, the Posting Board plays a key role in CompleteMarkets: “When an agent needs any type of market or product, they can complete and submit a request. The chances are overwhelming that they’ll hear from somebody — or lots of somebodies.” Participants will also enjoy opportunities to co-broker business through the system. Notes Nordhaus, “The harder the market, the greater the need for agents/brokers to cooperate for the benefit of every participant and customer”

 

IMMS offers CompleteMarkets as a benefit of subscribing to the IMMS.com online information resource service. IMMS (Los Angeles), North America’s leading provider of online marketing and management services for insurance professionals, serves more than 2,700 independent agents and brokers, as well as insurers, throughout the U.S., Canada, and Australia.

 

ONLINE MARKETING BREAKTHROUGH HELPS INDEPENDENT AGENTS

 

LOS ANGELES, August 11, 2003 — Insurance Marketing & Management Services (IMMS) is offering OrderDirect, a, “one-stop” online distribution system that licensed insurance agents and brokers can use to offer their clients and prospects a wide variety of insurance and financial services products from third-party providers.

 

Customers can use OrderDirect to choose a product or service — from Accidental Death & Dismemberment to Vision insurance —online and fill out a user friendly application that goes to the provider (General Agent, wholesaler, insurer, or marketing organization), who completes the sale. In return for offering OrderDirect products and services, the agent receives a monthly commission statement or marketing fee from the provider.

 

OrderDirect is a classic win-win-win service for everyone involved,” says IMMS Chairman George Nordhaus. “Agents can grow their revenues and strengthen customer relationships by cross-selling their client base, without the need to process orders or have specialized product expertise. Clients get one-stop, no-hassle online access to dozens of quality products and services that include Life Insurance, Health Insurance, banking and financial services — and more. Providers enjoy access to a nationwide distribution network at minimal cost.”

 

Adds Dave Collins, (Collins Insurance, Ludlow, MA), “Independent agents have trouble getting into a conversation with customers. With OrderDirect, all we have to do is show them where they can have this conversation for themselves.”

 

To help agents use the service more effectively, the OrderDirect area on the IMMS Web site (www.imms.com) includes comprehensive marketing guidelines, customizable advertising materials (letters, print ads, brochures, and press releases), and client questionnaires. OrderDirect also provides information on cross-selling seminars, publications, and access to leading consultants.

 

Agents can offer their clients access to the service through the OrderDirect area of www.IMMS.com. OrderDirect will be available on the Web sites of participating agents in the near future. For more information on OrderDirect and IMMS, go to http://www.imms.com/aboutimms.htm or call (800) 753-4467, ext. 1.

 

TOP AGENT SHARES MULTI-LINE SELLING EXPERTISE

 

LOS ANGELES, July 10, 2003 — Insurance Marketing & Management Services (IMMS) is proud to announce that Cosmo Conte, CLU, one of the nation’s most successful agents, is sharing his expertise in “The Magic of Multi-Line Selling,” a CD-workbook package tailored for insurance sales professionals.

 

Conte, the first State Farm agent to qualify in all lines for the company’s Top 50 in a single year, has spent more than 40 years developing and refining powerful cross-marketing techniques. Hundreds of agencies have used his proven methods to boost sales and retention levels, turn service staff into quality producers, set growth priorities, implement total financial planning, use automation as a marketing and service tool — and more.

 

Conte has distilled his “magic” into a power-packed 100-page workbook, plus four in-depth CD interviews with IMMS Chairman George Nordhaus, in a package produced by Sound Marketing, Inc. “Cosmo Conte’s track record speaks for itself,” says Nordhaus, “and it speaks volumes. Agents will use this resource as the focus of sales meetings to inform, inspire, and motivate their staff. For example, you’ll learn the two questions that can get all the Life business you’ll ever need.”

 

For more information, or to order this extremely valuable training aid, just visit http://www.soundmarketing.com/cosmo.htm or call Sound Marketing at (800) 451-8273.

 

Los Angeles-based IMMS (www.imms.com), North America’s leading provider of online marketing and management services for insurance professionals, serves more than 2,700 independent agents and brokers, as well as insurers, throughout the U.S., Canada, and Australia.