Online MGA Gets More Agent Support

By Mark E. Ruquet

NU Online News Service, June 17, 12:32 p.m.EST?InsureZone announced it has picked up its 29th stateindependent agent association endorsement for its online managinggeneral agent solution AgentSecure.

The latest endorsements by associations affiliated with theAlexandria, Va.-based Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers ofAmerica are the Professional Independent Insurance Agents ofColorado, the Independent Insurance Agents of Maryland, theIndependent Insurance Agents of Nebraska, the Independent InsuranceAgents of Ohio, and the Utah Association of Independent InsuranceAgents.

AgentSecure is an MGA that now allows more than 16,000 small andrural agencies throughout the country access to major brandproperty-casualty insurance and life products over the Internet,the agency said.

Agents can access commercial insurance through such companies asAIG, CNA, The Hartford, Safeco, The St. Paul, and Zurich NorthAmerica Small Business.

InsureZone, based in Fort Worth, Texas, also has a co-marketingagreement with the Alexandria, Va.?based Independent InsuranceAgents of America's Eagle Agency.

The co-marketing agreement involves 13 states: Arkansas,Delaware, West Virginia, Pennsylvania, Vermont, Georgia, Virginia,Nevada, South Carolina, Tennessee, Alabama, Utah, andWashington.

InsureZone is an independent insurance agency partnered withother agents and brokers to provide insurance products to customerseither over the Internet or through agency offices. The onlineproducts are accessed using single-entry, multiple-carrierinterface (SEMCI), InsureZone said.

The agency plans to make additional announcements soon of morestate endorsements, said David Doremus, an agency spokesman.

InsureZone can be reached at www.insurezone.com. AgentSecure isavailable at www.agentsecure.com.