The Gainesville-based Tower Hill Insurance Group has become thefirst Florida-based carrier to offer agents and consumers a meansto obtain a quote for a homeowner's policy online. The quote's canbe accessed through the insurer's corporate web site atwww.thig.com.

The new online service allows interested parties to issue basicinformation such as the home value, year constructed, ZIP code, andbuilding material. From there, prospective customers will beprovided an estimated quote for a policy and the contactinformation for an agent marketing Tower Hill products in theconsumer's area. The company offers its policies solely through astatewide network of independent agents.

Tower Hill Chief Informational Officer Brian Elsmore said thenew “Get a Quote Now!” tool will eliminate the often lengthy onlineapplication process used by many other carriers. “Tower Hill offersproperty insurance consumers an opportunity to save both time andmoney by using our online quote process. As a technological leaderin the insurance industry, Tower Hill is the first Florida companyto provide this abbreviated real-time feature.”

Founded in 1972, Tower Hill has become one of the state'slargest writers of residential property insurance. It offershomeowners, mobile homeowners, dwelling fire, condominium, renters,commercial, and flood insurance.