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Start Selling More Cyber Business – A Lot More!

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All we need is the business name, address, revenue, website, industry class and whether they have a current cyber policy to get instant quotes from seven different markets in a side-by-side comparison format.

Now is the time to ensure your clients are protected while premiums are still low. You can now secure competitive pricing and comprehensive coverage, fast. When the client is ready to bind, we provide a pre-filled application and help you close.

The Benefits

  1. More Quotes – Easily source several quotes from leading carriers
  2. More Resources – We give you the tools to make presenting coverage easier including glossaries, FAQs and claims scenarios.
  3. More Binders – Seamlessly place more risk with less effort

Two Ways to Get Quotes!

  1. Arlington/Roe Quotes: Send us the six necessary pieces of information and we’ll send you back multiple quotes in a formal proposal.
  2. Agency Quotes: We send you a link for anyone in your office to use to enter the six pieces of information from your desk and you get the quotes in a formal proposal directly. Plus we offer 20% commission on DIY quotes.

Download the Flyer: Cyber Comparative Rater Flyer

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Andy Hamilton Appointment Expands Leadership Team & Aligns Arlington/Roe for Future Growth

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Arlington/Roe, managing general agent and wholesale insurance broker, expands its leadership team and aligns for future growth and perpetuation with the appointment of Andy Hamilton, CIC, as Transportation Manager.

Over the past 10 years, Arlington/Roe has grown exponentially from 119 associates to 189 and from $112 million in premium to $215 million. Notably, the company is still independent, family-owned and two of President and CEO Jim Roe’s sons, Andy and Patrick Roe, are serving in leadership roles.

“I am excited to have Andy come on board and look forward to many years of productive, profitable growth in our Transportation practice area,” Jim Roe said. “I believe Andy Hamilton has the experience and skills to help us grow.”

Andy has prior leadership experience as the branch manager of the Ohio office at J.M. Wilson Corp., and he has a wide variety of experience on the company, agency and E&S sides. He was responsible for all production in several states, and he led a team whose majority of premium was in transportation business.

Before moving to Columbus in 2017, Andy was the sales and agency relations manager for J.M. Wilson in Indiana and Ohio. He also has experience as a territory manager in Indiana with Liberty Mutual/Safeco and as a risk management consultant with the Henriott Group. He holds a Certified Insurance Counselor (CIC) designation.

A native Hoosier, Andy hails from Knightstown, Indiana. He is a graduate of Indiana University, Bloomington, where he earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in criminal justice and a minor in Spanish.

Andy’s favorite aspect of his chosen career is the people he has met. Given his varied career path, he says he has met some of the most amazing people and shared in their success. He is also fascinated by the continually evolving nature of the insurance industry, and he enjoys finding new solutions for the risks that emerge as a result of the changing world.

Andy and his wife, Rachel, have a seven-year-old daughter and a four-year-old son. He says that any free time he gets to spend with his family is compound interest in his life. He is a homebrewer, he loves to play guitar, and he stays very active with running, the occasional triathlon and lifting weights. He is also an avid Dodgers and Hoosiers fan!

Aimi Kunesh Selected to Markel’s 2021 Ascending Stars Program

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Congratulations to Aimi Kunesh who has been selected to Markel’s 2021 class of their Ascending Stars Program! Each year, Markel’s underwriters and management team recognize a group of young leaders from the producer community who represent the values they seek in long-term partners. Each candidate was selected for their hard work, professionalism and leadership in the industry. Please join us in congratulating her!

Here is a brief bio on Aimi:

What is your area of specialty?
Commercial Brokerage to include casualty, property, ocean marine, environmental, products, etc.

What is your favorite part of your career?
Working with a great team of people/friends; being challenged daily; every account being like golf – each account varies so much and can easily be won or lost with a minor change.

Where did you go to college?
Waukesha County Technical College; also currently working towards my CPCU (only two tests remaining!).

What are your passions outside of work?
Spending time with family and friends, vacationing with my family to any climate warmer than Wisconsin, baseball, especially the Milwaukee Brewers, movies, getting pulled into a good TV series and shopping.

Plane Pull Challenge

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On October 3, 2020, our team headed out to the Indianapolis International Airport for the 2020 Plane Pull Challenge, and we came in third place! The event benefits Special Olympics Indiana and is a giant tug-of-war between participants and a FedEx Boeing 757 aircraft weighing more than 164,000 pounds!

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Melody Langley joins Arlington/Roe

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Indianapolis — Jim Roe, CPCU, president and CEO, welcomes Melody Langley as a Senior Underwriter in our Commercial Underwriting area on the Kentucky and Tennessee teams at Arlington/Roe, managing general agency and wholesale insurance broker.

She has been in the insurance industry for over 20 years, most of which have been spent on the wholesale side. Melody is a graduate of Alice Lloyd College and Sullivan University where she earned her Bachelor of Arts and Master of Business Administration respectively. She holds Associate in Surplus Lines Insurance (ASLI) and Associate in Commercial Underwriting (AU) designations.

Melody is involved in a couple of local organizations including the Kentucky Citizens Foster Care Review Board and Foster Parent Mentor. Her favorite part of her chosen career path is the constantly evolving nature of the insurance industry and the opportunity to learn something new every day. In her spare time, she can be found reading, watching HGTV and spending time with her family.

Celebrating Founder’s Day

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A few years ago, we begin to celebrate Founder’s Day on Francis Roe’s birthday, August 13. He would have been 97 this year. Unfortunately, we couldn’t physically be together to celebrate, but we still came together in our hearts.

We are an especially unique and privileged company because we are third-generation family-owned, and we have always been independent.

Our company is based on a foundation of honesty, integrity, respect and trust. We are celebrating 56 years of Doing the Right Thing. On August 13, we celebrated our roots through Francis and our company’s future growth with Jim.

Beginning with the phrase, “Ruth, I just quit my job,” in a small house in Indianapolis to nine offices across the Midwest, the history of our company shows where we began and how much we have grown.

Read our company’s history here: https://www.arlingtonroe.com/about-us/company-history

 

A message from Jim Roe, President & CEO

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Arlington/Roe recognizes supporting diversity and inclusiveness is not only the right thing to do, it is the right thing to do for our business.

“Doing the Right Thing” is woven into our core pillars of honesty, integrity, and trust. During this painful and challenging time in which so many of us are grappling with the realities of racial and social injustice, racism or social injustice are not acceptable in our company. We respect each other’s different capabilities, abilities, and backgrounds. Our different backgrounds and perspectives are what make each of us unique, and it is our individual differences that make us stronger as a team.

We stand with anyone who has been discriminated against, and we acknowledge that it is wrong. As we look inward at our hearts, we encourage you to do the same. Let’s do less talking, more listening and be open to a change of heart. We are responsible to treat everyone with respect regardless of what we look like, where we come from, who we love or anything that makes us different. We, as a society, can and must do better.

For some of us, doing better means finding the courage to stand up and speak out. For others, it means patiently listening with empathy. For all of us, it means opening dialogue by asking questions, respecting answers, being open to different perspectives, and, most importantly, appreciating one another’s contributions to our Arlington/Roe family.

We are a family-owned company that strives to do what is right for our coworkers, our agency partners and our communities. We have been Doing the Right thing since 1964, but we must continue to educate ourselves, others and do more.

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Stay Safe, Stay Healthy & Stay Strong

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We want you to know we are in this together, and you are not alone. Our marketing team has a positive message for you.

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[su_quote]”We want to thank you. Yes, you! Our wonderful partners for keeping your head up and staying positive during this difficult and overwhelming time. We want you to know we are in this together and you are not alone. We are here for you. We appreciate you and helping you is our priority. Reach out to us and we’ll help you find the right solution. Stay safe, stay healthy and most importantly, stay strong. “[/su_quote]

Update on EFT Payment Changes

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The current environment caused us to review our internal accounting operations and make improvements to how we receive and issue payments. Thank you for continuing to work with us in this area. Electronic transactions are a quicker, easier, and more secure method of submitting and receiving payments.

Due to the success of these changes, we are adopting the following on a go-forward basis as standard business practices:

Online Payment Processing fee waived.

  • Effective immediately, ACH transactions are now available at no cost to you! There is now NO FEE when using this service!
  • Fees associated with credit card transactions still apply to the cardholder.

Direct Bill Commission Payments

  • Agents with Banking information on file will receive EFT transactions monthly.
  • Agents requiring a manual paper check will be issued twice a year during the months of June and December.

Agency Bill Credit Statements

  • Agents with Banking information on file will receive EFT transactions monthly.
  • Agents requiring a manual paper check will now be issued quarterly.

HOW DO I SIGN UP?

Banking information can be securely submitted to Arlington/Roe using the following link: arlingtonroe.com/ach-commissions/

NOTE: We are working with our vendor to update our systems to accommodate those agents wishing to use separate bank accounts for Direct Bill commissions and Agency Bill credit statement refunds. This will be released within the next few months and a further announcement will follow.

Management Liability in the COVID-19 pandemic world

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Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many Management Liability underwriters are becoming more restrictive by increasing premiums and restricting terms. Because the world economy was hit hard by this sudden slowdown, insurance carriers are reevaluating their underwriting guidelines. A risk that was acceptable in January or February is now seeing double-digit premium increases if not outright declinations.

Here are a few examples of what underwriters are worried about.

Directors & Officers Liability

Merger or acquisition: litigation over the “new” value of the company being acquired.

Preparation for the pandemic: litigation over the company’s preparation (or lack thereof) for the pandemic. Lost revenue, increased expenses, employee & customer safety, company image, etc.

Employment Practices Liability

Downsizing: Allegations over how the downsizing/furloughed employees were determined (i.e. discrimination).

Recalled Employees: Allegation that employees that were recalled from furlough where chosen (i.e. discrimination).

Cyber Liability

Ransomware: Increased exposure to phishing attacks with a larger number of employees working remotely from home.

We have access to many standard and surplus lines carriers that can help your client through this situation. Give us a call, and ask for help with your new
business opportunities and renewal accounts.

View our flyer: Management Liability in the COVID-19 pandemic world