Inc. magazine recently ranked The Iroquois Group on its 34th annual Inc. 5000, an exclusive ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. It is Iroquois’ second time on the list. The insurance agency network that began with a handful of agencies now lists more than 2,200 members.
Personal Lines
- Allstate
Allstate
The Allstate Corporation is the largest publicly held personal lines property and casualty insurer in America. Allstate was founded in 1931 and became a publicly traded company in 1993. We are listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the trading symbol ALL. Allstate is widely known through the "You're In Good Hands With Allstate ®" slogan. As of year-end 2011, Allstate had $125.6 billion in total assets. In 2011, Allstate was number 93 on the Fortune 500 list of largest companies in America.
- Chubb
Chubb
Chubb is the world's largest publicly traded property and casualty insurance company. With operations in 54 countries, Chubb provides commercial and personal property and casualty insurance, personal accident and supplemental health insurance, reinsurance and life insurance to a diverse group of clients. As an underwriting company, we assess, assume and manage risk with insight and discipline. We service and pay our claims fairly and promptly. The company is also defined by its extensive product and service offerings, broad distribution capabilities, exceptional financial strength and local operations globally. Parent company Chubb Limited is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: CB) and is a component of the S&P 500 index. Chubb maintains executive offices in Zurich, New York, London and other locations, and employs approximately 31,000 people worldwide. Additional information can be found at www.chubb.com.
- Encompass
Encompass
Encompass Insurance is the marketing name for a division of Allstate Insurance Company that focuses exclusively on the sale of personal property-casualty insurance products by independent agents.
- Foremost Auto
Foremost Auto
Foremost® is the Right Choice for many Iroquois members because they have:
• Market Leading portfolio including Personal Lines, Auto and Commercial
• Best-in-class customer claim service
• Financial Strength rating of an A from AM Best
• Industry leading education with 24/7 access
• Digital and Social Media training for your agency
• Award-Winning social media channelsThe Foremost Choice suite of products is built on a simple idea. Specialized Value. Their products offer value to your agency and your customers. Foremost has been offering specialized policies since 1952, and they continue to refine them to meet independent agents’ needs.
Landlord
• Convenient packaged policy and ability to customize policies
• Broad Underwriting
• No restrictions based solely on age of home
Vacant Dwelling
• Pro-rated cancellation
• Endorse to a Landlord policy
• No restrictions on the age of the home
Marine
• Three package choices that suit all kinds of boaters
• Broad craft appetite – small or large
• Vessels up to $300K and/or 45 feet or less are quoted without underwriting
Auto
• Comparative raters
• Optional Rideshare Coverage (in some states)
• eSignature and text alert customer payment reminders
Motorcycle
• Replacement Cost Coverage
• Optional Equipment Coverage
• Broad Underwriting and Discounts
Commercial
• Business Owners Policy
• Workers’ Compensation
• Commercial AutoAnd many more specialty choices like mobile home, seasonal home, off-road vehicle, travel trailer, personal watercraft, and snowmobile!
- Grange Insurance
Grange Insurance
Founded in 1935, Grange Insurance has grown from humble beginnings insuring central Ohio’s farming community to serving policyholders across 13 states. With $3 billion in assets and an “A” (Excellent) rating by A.M. Best, Grange has the strength and stability of a large insurance carrier, but provides the local, personalized service of a small company. Grange Insurance partners with independent agents to offer auto, home, life and business insurance protection to policyholders in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin.
- MetLife Auto & Home
MetLife Auto & Home
MetLife, Inc. is a leading global provider of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs, serving 90 million customers in over 60 countries.
- National General
National General
Formerly GMAC. Mono line auto program. Easy to use web site along with very competitive rates.
- Safeco
Safeco
Since 1923, Safeco has provided individuals and families with comprehensive insurance coverage and, after nearly a century of being in business, their commitment to customers has not changed. Safeco maintains a deep unwavering dedication to independent agents to build upon their mutual success. They are national but local – Safeco has the unique ability to invest, scale and add value to local relationships. Safeco has a robust, innovative and expanding product line to accommodate customers’ evolving personal insurance needs with products to give agents a one carrier solution. They continue to innovate, build and improve best-in-class digital experiences, programs and service capabilities for agents and customers. They deliver peace of mind by partnering with agents when, where and how they need them most. Safeco is backed by Liberty Mutual, rated A (Excellent) by AM Best and currently ranked #73 on Fortune 100, and delivers their products exclusively through independent agencies.
Iroquois member agents write more than $100 million in premium with Safeco.
- State Auto
State Auto
State Auto is a strong regional carrier that writes personal and commercial lines in 33 states. They are one of very few companies that have been rated A+ by A.M. Best for over 50 years. Their financial strength, ease of doing business, and broad appetite make them an asset for many Iroquois members.
- The Hartford
The Hartford
With more than 200 years of expertise, The Hartford (NYSE: HIG) is a leader in property and casualty insurance, group benefits and mutual funds. The Hartford sells its products primarily through a network of independent agents and brokers. The Hartford helps its customers prepare for the unexpected, protect what’s most important to them and prevail when the unforeseen happens. - Travelers
Travelers
Travelers Select Accounts has earned the recognition of agents as a top property and casualty carrier in the industry. We’ve done so by understanding the challenges, risks and nuances that differentiate one small business owner from another, and having the right customer solutions to respond. Count on us to help you deliver strong coverages at competitive prices, and to make it easy to do business with us.
Reasons to count on Travelers:
- Broad appetite. Your ability to grow your book is tied to the breadth of business you write. We offer one of the broadest risk appetites in the business. It’s a real advantage in the marketplace. And our customer solutions help you deliver relevant coverage that is “just right” for your clients, across the many industries we serve.
- Ease of doing business. Our TravelersExpress® quoting system makes it easier than ever to quote, bind and issue more business, more efficiently. We understand how valuable your time is and continuously look for ways to remain responsive to your needs
- Financial Strength. With an A.M. Best rating of A++, 160 years of writing risks and $102 billion in assets, we’ll be there when your customers need us.
More than 20,000 independent agents like you, and over one million small business customers, trust Travelers to help protect and grow their business. From our core Business Owner’s Policy, to being the #1 writer of workers compensation* to covering the bases with commercial auto and umbrella coverages – Travelers delivers.
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Commercial Lines
- Amerisafe
Amerisafe
AMERISAFE is a specialty provider of Workers' Comp Insurance focused on small to mid-sized employers in hazardous industries.
- AmTrust
- Berkshire Hathaway Guard
Berkshire Hathaway Guard
A.M. Best has affirmed the financial strength rating of A+ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings of "aa-" . . . . The ratings reflect Berkshire Hathaway GUARD's solid capitalization, favorable operating profitability achieved through disciplined underwriting initiatives, as well as the cautious manner initial claim reserves are established, which has resulted in favorable reserve development in recent years. The ratings also acknowledge the implicit and explicit financial support provided by the ultimate parent, Berkshire Hathaway Inc.
- CNA
CNA
Business is becoming increasingly complex and many providers are struggling to keep up with the evolving needs of businesses. In the world of commercial insurance, agents, brokers and their customers are looking for companies whose expertise goes beyond a product-focused mindset. They expect to work with specialists who have the expertise to understand their clients’ business needs and deliver effective underwriting, risk control and claim solutions. That is what CNA brings to the table. With a powerful legacy, an established market presence, and well-known business insurance expertise, we deliver distinctive insurance solutions and promise a superior customer experience.
With nearly 120 years of helping businesses manage risk, a broad product portfolio, and an “A” rating from A.M. Best, CNA is committed to serving their customers’ ever-changing needs. They operate with the firm belief that expertise and specialization create better results for everyone, and they continue to progress by focusing on key customer segments and specialized monoline insurance products. CNA is an international company with an emphasis on maintaining a strong local presence complemented by digital innovation.
This emphasis is proven by their commitment to fostering solid, long-term relationships that help them understand each customer and their business needs so that they can continue to grow together. By bringing customer-driven, industry-specific solutions to the marketplace, CNA has developed a powerful formula to deliver profitable growth and build loyalty among customers and key agents and brokers.
- Employers
Employers
For over a century, Employers® has been providing America’s small businesses with cost-effective workers’ compensation insurance. With their emphasis on financial stability and fast, efficient claims service, they now serve clients in 36 states and the District of Columbia. EMPLOYERS has an A- (Excellent) rating from A.M. Best and remains focused on keeping America’s Main Street Businesses not only working, but working safely.
EMPLOYERS Target Classes
• EMPLOYERS Target Classes have an above average hit ratio
• 75% of all business in the U.S. fall within EMPLOYERS’ Appetite
• They have 20 Target Class industries with quote ratios greater than 70% - Foremost Business
Foremost Business
Foremost® is the Right Choice for many Iroquois members because they have:
• Market Leading portfolio including Personal Lines, Auto and Commercial
• Best-in-class customer claim service
• Financial Strength rating of an A from AM Best
• Industry leading education with 24/7 access
• Digital and Social Media training for your agency
• Award-Winning social media channelsThe Foremost Choice suite of products is built on a simple idea. Specialized Value. Their products offer value to your agency and your customers. Foremost has been offering specialized policies since 1952, and they continue to refine them to meet independent agents’ needs.
Landlord
• Convenient packaged policy and ability to customize policies
• Broad Underwriting
• No restrictions based solely on age of home
Vacant Dwelling
• Pro-rated cancellation
• Endorse to a Landlord policy
• No restrictions on the age of the home
Marine
• Three package choices that suit all kinds of boaters
• Broad craft appetite – small or large
• Vessels up to $300K and/or 45 feet or less are quoted without underwriting
Auto
• Comparative raters
• Optional Rideshare Coverage (in some states)
• eSignature and text alert customer payment reminders
Motorcycle
• Replacement Cost Coverage
• Optional Equipment Coverage
• Broad Underwriting and Discounts
Commercial
• Business Owners Policy
• Workers’ Compensation
• Commercial AutoAnd many more specialty choices like mobile home, seasonal home, off-road vehicle, travel trailer, personal watercraft, and snowmobile!
- Grange Insurance
Grange Insurance
Founded in 1935, Grange Insurance has grown from humble beginnings insuring central Ohio’s farming community to serving policyholders across 13 states. With $3 billion in assets and an “A” (Excellent) rating by A.M. Best, Grange has the strength and stability of a large insurance carrier, but provides the local, personalized service of a small company. Grange Insurance partners with independent agents to offer auto, home, life and business insurance protection to policyholders in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin.
- Liberty Mutual
Liberty Mutual
At Liberty Mutual Insurance, we are proud of the strong relationships that form the core of our business. Working with independent agents and brokers, we provide tailored commercial auto, liability, property, and workers compensation coverages to meet our policyholders’ unique business needs. And as the #1 preferred business insurer with more than 100 years of experience, we are dedicated to providing outstanding service for all types of businesses. When accidents occur, we respond quickly to help customers get back up and running.
Liberty Mutual is a leading global insurer with operations in 30 countries and economies around the world. We are the 4th largest property and casualty insurer in the U.S. based on 2016 direct written premium data as reported by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners. We also rank 75th on the Fortune 100 list of largest corporations in the U.S. based on 2016 revenue. You can learn more about us by visiting: libertymutualgroup.com/betterprotected
*Based on 2016 survey of business insurance buyers on preference of national carriers sold via independent agents. - MetLife Auto & Home
MetLife Auto & Home
MetLife, Inc. is a leading global provider of insurance, annuities and employee benefit programs, serving 90 million customers in over 60 countries.
- Nationwide
Nationwide
Over the past 85 years, focusing on customers and valuing people have helped Nationwide become one of the largest insurance and financial services companies in the world. This A+ rated carrier is now an Iroquois Carrier-Partner.
- State Auto
State Auto
State Auto is a strong regional carrier that writes personal and commercial lines in 33 states. They are one of very few companies that have been rated A+ by A.M. Best for over 50 years. Their financial strength, ease of doing business, and broad appetite make them an asset for many Iroquois members.
- The Hartford
The Hartford
With more than 200 years of expertise, The Hartford (NYSE: HIG) is a leader in property and casualty insurance, group benefits and mutual funds. The Hartford sells its products primarily through a network of independent agents and brokers. The Hartford helps its customers prepare for the unexpected, protect what’s most important to them and prevail when the unforeseen happens. - Travelers
Travelers
Travelers Select Accounts has earned the recognition of agents as a top property and casualty carrier in the industry. We’ve done so by understanding the challenges, risks and nuances that differentiate one small business owner from another, and having the right customer solutions to respond. Count on us to help you deliver strong coverages at competitive prices, and to make it easy to do business with us.
Reasons to count on Travelers:
- Broad appetite. Your ability to grow your book is tied to the breadth of business you write. We offer one of the broadest risk appetites in the business. It’s a real advantage in the marketplace. And our customer solutions help you deliver relevant coverage that is “just right” for your clients, across the many industries we serve.
- Ease of doing business. Our TravelersExpress® quoting system makes it easier than ever to quote, bind and issue more business, more efficiently. We understand how valuable your time is and continuously look for ways to remain responsive to your needs
- Financial Strength. With an A.M. Best rating of A++, 160 years of writing risks and $102 billion in assets, we’ll be there when your customers need us.
More than 20,000 independent agents like you, and over one million small business customers, trust Travelers to help protect and grow their business. From our core Business Owner’s Policy, to being the #1 writer of workers compensation* to covering the bases with commercial auto and umbrella coverages – Travelers delivers.For more than 100 years, Travelers Bond & Specialty Insurance has been an industry leading surety provider specializing in both domestic and international surety needs - from the largest multi-national companies to "Main Street" businesses. Travelers Bond & Specialty Insurance has surety underwriting and claim professionals located in more than 70 offices nationwide. In just five simple steps, Travelers Click®, our online surety bond processing platform, makes it even easier to write surety bonds. Visit www.travelers.com/click!
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Specialty Lines
- Assurant Flood Solutions
Assurant Flood Solutions
Assuant Flood Solutions offers Internet-based policy processing, Outside sales and service specialists, expert underwriting, toll-free policy and claims service, free marketing materials and zone determinations and in-house claims adjusting and policy service.
- Burns & Wilcox, Ltd.
Burns & Wilcox, Ltd.
Burns & Wilcox, the Kaufman Financial Group’s flagship organization, is North America’s leading independent wholesale insurance broker and underwriting manager. Burns & Wilcox offers wide ranging and comprehensive solutions to serve retail insurance brokers and agents of all sizes, from the large houses to the more than 30,000 independent brokers and agents worldwide.
Fueled by its freedom from Wall Street and private equity, Burns & Wilcox is a privately owned company whose standards of service, depth of market relationships and outstanding talent are unsurpassed in the specialty insurance sector.
In addition to its more than 50 offices across the U.S. and Canada, Burns & Wilcox provides clients with a range of highly-skilled services through its Centers of Excellence. The centers offer in-house industry leadership across an array of insurance verticals:
• Environmental
• Recreation
• Marine
• High Net Worth
• Professional
• Transportation - Collectibles Insurance Services, LLC
Collectibles Insurance Services, LLC
Collectibles Insurance Services is a Managing General Agent for United National Insurance Company, United National
Specialty Insurance Company, and Penn-Star Insurance Company, all of which are rated “A” (Excellent) XI by A.M. Best.
A Member of Global Indemnity plc (Nasdaq: GBLI) - Diamond State Group
Diamond State Group
Diamond State Group was formed in 2007 to serve the wholesale brokerage market. It distributes commercial property, general liability, commercial automobile, and professional lines products underwritten by its own specialty underwriting staff. Its insurance companies hold admitted licenses and surplus lines qualifications in all 50 states and D.C. and maintain A.M. Best "A" (Excellent) XI ratings.
- Dovetail Insurance
- Grange Insurance (Life)
Grange Insurance (Life)
Founded in 1935, Grange Insurance has grown from humble beginnings insuring central Ohio’s farming community to serving policyholders across 13 states. With $3 billion in assets and an “A” (Excellent) rating by A.M. Best, Grange has the strength and stability of a large insurance carrier, but provides the local, personalized service of a small company. Grange Insurance partners with independent agents to offer auto, home, life and business insurance protection to policyholders in Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia and Wisconsin.
- Hagerty
- Markel
Markel
Markel Insurance Company underwrites commercial lines coverages on an admitted basis for a variety of niche markets, as well as accident & health insurance and equine-related commercial and personal lines coverages. Serving specialty markets for more than 60 years, MIC strives for market leadership by providing excellent products, superior customer service, and market-specific risk management information.
- Markel First Comp
Markel First Comp
- Stuckey & Co.
Stuckey & Co.
Founded in 1991, Stuckey & Company is one of the fastest growing insurance providers emphasizing hard to get specialty insurance programs.
- The Hartford (Flood)
The Hartford (Flood)
Founded in 1810, The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (NYSE: HIG) is one of the largest insurance and investment companies based in the United States, with offices in the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, Canada, Brazil and Ireland. The Hartford is a leading provider of life insurance, group and employee benefits, automobile and homeowners insurance and business insurance - as well as investment products, annuities, mutual funds, and college savings plans.
- US Assure
US Assure
The nation’s number one builders risk program for residential and commercial course of construction risks is a Specialty Access Market for Iroquois members. Through our builders risk partner - US Assure, you receive full compensation, and your organization’s production will count toward the Iroquois PartnerPlan.®
US Assure’s dedicated team of more than 50 specialists exclusively manages, distributes and services the Builders Risk Plan insured by Zurich throughout the United States for new construction, remodeling and installation projects valued up to $75 million.
Why builders risk insurance?
Custom homebuilders, general contractors and even property owners often find themselves searching for insurance coverage to protect personal or business projects under construction. Builders risk insurance protects a person's or organization's insurable interest in materials, fixtures and/or equipment to be installed during the construction or renovation of a building or structure should those items sustain physical loss or damage from a covered cause; it is often required to comply with government regulations or as a condition to meeting banking or other contractual arrangements.US Assure’s Program Highlights and Features: (subject to underwriting guidelines)
• Quick access with competitive commissions and no minimum commitment required
• Online platform for rating, quoting, issuing and managing accounts
• Available nationwide on an admitted basis
• Broad appetite for residential and commercial risks
• Policy options for single structures and high volume builders, including single structure / one shot, reporting form and blanket deposit premium
• Policy can be issued in the name of the owner or contractor
• Many coverages automatically included with the option to increase limits
• Ability to offer earthquake, earth movement and flood coverage
• Direct billed with premium payment installment options availableRegister Today in 4 Easy Steps
It’s fast and simple for Iroquois members to begin quoting and issuing builders risk insurance through US Assure. Gather the information listed below then register online with US Assure in just a few easy steps for instant access: start registration now.1. Individual license number(s)
2. Federal tax identification (FEIN), business or social security number (SSN)
3. Agency license number(s)
4. Errors & Omissions Policy informationIMPORTANT REGISTRATION TIP: Be sure the Partner Producer Code field on screen two contains US Assure’s business reporting code for Iroquois members: IRQ123.
If you’re already registered with US Assure, log in now to quote and issue builders risk insurance. For more information, visit usassure.com/br or contact US Assure’s dedicated team of specialists at (800) 800 – 3907.