PIA Management Services Inc. announced it has partneredwith Rochester, N.Y.-based FloodBroker.com to offer member agenciesa unique sales tool to facilitate the sale of flood coverage andprovide critical documentation of the agency’s efforts to doso.

This exclusive agreement will provide members of theProfessional Insurance Agents Associations of Connecticut, NewHampshire, New Jersey and New York State with a customized linkinstalled on their own agency’s website to encourage current andprospective clients to consider and purchase flood coverage.

The web portal leads consumers to flood insurance information,and with a simple application it will generate a quote for thecustomer, as well as a qualified lead for the agency to engage. Fora reasonable monthly fee, a member agency’s website becomes a partof the exclusive FloodBroker.com network from which they can offeronline quotes to all of their clients—while documenting againstE&O losses.

“After our members experienced the damaging storms of Irene, Leeand Sandy, PIA has continued to look for ways to help our membersas storms of this magnitude appear to be increasing in frequency,”said PIA Management Services President and CEO Mark LaLonde. “Weidentified FloodBroker.com as a valuable resource to help agentssell coverage and provide them with importantdocumentation and defense should an unfortunate E&O claim occurafter a disaster strikes.”

“FloodBroker.com was conceived as a tool to help agencies andproperty owners, and we are confident from research and extensivetesting that agents and insureds alike will benefit from being apart of the network,” said Evan Spindelman, president ofFloodBroker.com. “We are pleased to have the PIA endorsement and towork with the respected associations, which agents trust to bringthem the best products and services available.”

FloodBroker.com collects data from the application, produces aquote and forwards the information to the PIA member agency, whichcan identify appropriate carriers and follow up with the client. Inmost cases, property owners can answer the brief underwritingsurvey to get a free, no-obligation, real-time flood insurancequote. If the policy can’t be rated online, the PIA memberagency will work with the property owner to provide them a floodinsurance quote quickly.

PIA members interested in the PIA-exclusive FloodBroker.comcan sign up to getmore information.

PIA Management Services Inc.,is the umbrella corporation that manages the Glenmont, N.Y.-basedProfessional Insurance Agents associations, representingindependent insurance agencies, brokerages and their employees inConnecticut, New Hampshire, New Jersey and New York state.