Agent News

Please take note the upcoming rate changes in various states.

Core States

The following core states have a pending rate change. New rates are not yet available in eLink; however, some renewing policies may be viewable in the renewal index. Please refrain from releasing quotes and renewals for these states until rates are updated.

Virginia

Effective April 1, Accident Fund is adopting NCCI’s revised loss costs in Virginia, resulting in an industry average increase of 0.9% to the voluntary loss cost level. In addition, we are decreasing our Loss Cost Multipliers as stated below to assist in market competitiveness. The actual Accident Fund impact will vary by class. New rates became available in our eLink system on Jan. 26.

Virginia Loss Cost Multipliers effective April 1:

• Accident Fund Insurance Company of America 1.43
• Accident Fund General Insurance Company 1.65
• Accident Fund National Insurance Company 1.19

Accommodation States

Please be sure to discuss pricing options for all new business and renewals with your business development consultant

The Agency Hall of Fame is recognition for those agencies that write the most new business each month. The acknowledgment, given to top agencies in each state, allows us to show appreciation to our agent partners for their efforts.

Arkansas

• BancorpSouth Insurance Services, Inc., Little Rock
• Brown & Brown of Russellville, Russellville

Georgia

• Risk Innovations, LLC, Atlanta
• Yates Insurance Agency, Inc., Atlanta

Illinois

• Lundstrom Insurance Agency, Inc, Elgin
• Southpoint Insurance Agency Inc, Mokena

Indiana

• Gregory & Appel Insurance Agency, Indianapolis
• H. J. Spier Co. Inc., Indianapolis

Iowa

• Harper Insurance Agency, LLC, Manchester
• Holmes, Murphy & Associates, Inc., West Des Moines

Kansas

• Fee Insurance Group, Inc., Hutchinson
• USI Midwest LLC – Wichita, Wichita

Maryland

• Moody & Associates Inc., Germantown
• Sandy Spring Insurance Corporation, Glen Burnie

Michigan

• The Huttenlocher Group, Waterford
• TrueNorth Companies, L. C., Grand Rapids

Minnesota

• Arthur J. Gallagher Risk Management Services Inc., Bloomington
• RJF, a Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC Company, Minneapolis

Mississippi

• GCM Insurance Agency, LLC, Columbus
• Insurance & Risk Managers, Brookhaven

Missouri

• Charles L. Crane Agency Company, Saint Louis
• W. E. Walker – Lakenan, LLC, Cape Girardeau

Nebraska

• INSPRO, Inc., Lincoln
• UNICO Group, Inc., Lincoln

North Carolina

• Faw Insurance Agency, Inc., North Wilkesboro
• Insurance Service Center of Fayetteville, Inc., Fayetteville

South Carolina

• Anderson Insurance Associates, LLC, Charleston
• Keenan & Suggs, Inc. – Columbia, Columbia

South Dakota

• Fischer Rounds & Associates Inc. Mitchell, Mitchell
• Howalt McDowell Ins, a Marsh & McLennan Agcy LLC Co, Sioux Falls

Tennessee

• BB&T Huffaker Insurance, Chattanooga
• Chappell, Smith & Associates, Inc., Franklin

Texas

• Highpoint Insurance Group, LLC, Houston
• InSource Ins Agcy, San Antonio

Virginia

• Campbell Insurance, Lynchburg
• Sheehan Insurance Group, Inc., Haymarket

Wisconsin

• Johnson Insurance Services, Inc., Racine
• McClone Agency Inc, Menasha

In qualifying for Accident Fund’s President’s Club, the following agents contributed to our overall success in 2014 by helping us grow and retain profitable business. Through their dedication to our products and their commitment to promoting our value to customers, they achieved impressive results for Accident Fund. We appreciate their ongoing support, continued feedback and valued insight into the individual needs of their clients.

President’s Club qualifications include written premium exceeding $1.5 million, a cumulative loss ratio of 50% or less, and premium retention of 80% or higher. We are proud to honor these agencies:

• InPro Insurance Group, Inc. — Michigan
• Doyle & Ogden, Inc. — Michigan
• Consolidated Insurance Center, Inc. — Virginia
• Ralph C. Wilson Agency Inc. — Maryland
• Goodman Venegas Insurance Agency, Inc. — Michigan
• The Larkin Group — Michigan
• Brownrigg Companies Ltd. — Michigan
• Correll Insurance Group, Inc. — South Carolina
• Southpoint Insurance Agency Inc — Illinois
• Harold W. Wells & Son, Inc. — North Carolina
• The Huttenlocher Group — Michigan
• Johnston Lewis Associates — Michigan
• Dewey Insurance Agency, Inc. — Michigan
• Cate – Russell Insurance, Inc. — Tennessee
• Wyatt Insurance Services, Inc. — Tennessee
• Insurance Marketing Group of Wisconsin, Inc (Image) — Wisconsin
• Diebold Agency Co., Tawas Bay Agency, Inc. — Michigan
• Cambridge P & C, a Marsh & McLennan Agcy LLC company — Michigan
• Brown – Hiller – Clark & Associates — Arkansas
• Johnson Insurance Services, Inc. — Wisconsin
• Hylant Group — Michigan
• J. Smith Lanier & Co. – West Point — Georgia
• Peoples First Insurance South — Carolina
• Security First Associated Agency, Inc. — Michigan
• The Craft Agency Inc. — Michigan
• Towne Insurance Agency, LLC — Virginia
• Berends Hendricks Stuit Insurance Agency, Inc. — Michigan
• Great Lakes Agency Services (GLAS) — Michigan
• Rosenfeld Einstein, A Marsh & McLennan Agency LLC Company — South Carolina
• Total Insurance Plus, LLC North — Carolina
• Combined Agents of America LLC — Missouri
• VAST — Michigan
• Unland Co. — Illinois
• Centurion Insurance Agency, Inc. — Michigan
• Cretcher Heartland, LLC — Kansas
• C. T. Lowndes & Co. — South Carolina
• Mid Atlantic Insurance Services, Inc. — Virginia

Our 2015 Annual Agent Meetings are officially underway! We have several more states to visit and would encourage you to register for one of our remaining meetings. We look forward to gathering with you to share our key messages, including how “We Are Different” in the marketplace. We’ll also share regional results and where we’re seeing the most success so you can continue to focus your energy on the markets that will benefit your business.

Click here to register for one of the meetings today! We look forward to seeing you soon.

April 1 renewals are just around the corner. With Real-Time and Download, Accident Fund can help you save time and money when you write business with us.

Rewards of Real-Time

• Real-Time provides a link between your system and Accident Fund’s policy system, giving access to our policy information without exiting your agency management system or logging in to our website.
• The inquiry features provide the ability to view, print and save declaration pages, direct bill information and loss runs.
• The rating feature connects the information from your customer’s application into our quoting system, which reduces the chance for error.

Download Delivers Up-to-Date Data

• Download sends policy information, which automatically updates your agency management system.
• It guarantees your system is up-to-date and improves data integrity.
• Transactions that produce a paper declaration page will download, including:
  • New business
  • Renewals
  • Final cancellations
  • Endorsements
  • Reinstatements

Click here for more useful information on our automation features.