This document summarizes an insurance brokerage firm called Assurance. They provide expert solutions, measurable results, and outstanding service from their passionate, fitness-focused, and award-winning employees. They are focused on creating personalized relationships to understand clients' needs and provide bottom-line impacting solutions. They pride themselves on their creative problem-solving abilities and transparency.

1. The expert solutions,
measurable results
and outstanding
service you could
only get from our
learning-lunching, Guitar Hero playing, green friendly, fitness addicted,
volunteering, wang chunging, iPod lovin’, award winning
independent
insurance brokers.

2. Everything you could want from an insurance broker,
plus a few key differences you wouldn’t expect.
Passionate problem solvers. Straight shooters.
At Assurance, we’re focused on creating highly If we’re not the right fit for you –
personalized client relationships that allow us we’ll tell you. There’s no beating
to accurately pinpoint our client’s needs and around the bush here. We think
provide solutions that impact their bottom line. every business deserves to work
Our clients are supported by: with a partner who is the peanut
» An industry leading service platform butter to their jelly, whether it’s
» Our ability to produce measurable results us or not.
» The insurance industry’s best and brightest
insurance and employee benefits experts
Those who work with us, experience first hand Insurance rock stars.
the difference these unique advantages bring to To many, insurance is boring. To us, it’s
their companies. As a result, 98% of our clients anything but. We have a unique opportunity
recommend us to other businesses. to help businesses and individuals find
success on multiple levels. Our employees
can make a rock star kind of impact through
“boring” old insurance. And that gets our
heart racing and adrenaline pumping.
Assurance in a Nutshell
Founded Clients Employees
1961 Over 5,300 nationwide 230 and growing
Status Premiums Our M.O.
Fiercely independent $450,000,000+ Passionate, results-driven
insurance experts

3. “ Wewith a better partner.
up
couldn’t have teamed
Assurance designed and
supports a benefits and
wellness solution that's cost
conscious and scales with
the growth of our company.
Scott Golas
”
VICE PRESIDENT
CENTRO
Our clients
are our
biggest fans.
“ We not onlytorecommend
Assurance our partners
“ Assurance truly understands
their clients’ needs which
and peers; we promote enables them to secure the
them as a value added to best coverage at the most
our business model.
Wayne Salen
” competitive price.
Norman Conrad
”
DIRECTOR OF RISK MANAGEMENT GENERAL COUNSEL
LABOR FINDERS ASSOCIATION OF ILLINOIS
ELECTRIC COOPERATIVES

4. Creative solutions designed especially for you with
one goal, to make your company better.
Part detective. Part matchmaker.
Solutions are all about asking the right Assurance can pair you up with the most
questions. We pride ourselves on our ability effective strategy to meet your goals, and
to engage with our clients and uncover what take your business to new heights. From
makes them tick. Through a detailed analysis insurance solutions for businesses and
of operations, as well as short and long-term individuals, to employee benefits and financial
business goals, we work to understand your services, Assurance offers a wide range of
objectives. This allows us to develop a detailed products and services to support your needs
service strategy to help you achieve your and improve your bottom line. We have what
goals. Best of all, we measure our performance it takes to develop a highly-personalized,
against these plans and report our value back long-term relationship.
on a consistent basis.
All game changer.
For some brokers, it may be enough to just
EMPLOYEE
BENEFITS merely locate the right carrier at the right
PRIVATE
INSURANCE price. But that’s just how we warm up.
BUSINESS
Built on a foundation to service the toughest
INSURANCE FINANCIAL risks in the marketplace, our solutions and
SERVICES
programs are structured to create long-term
SURETY
BONDS success by addressing the following goals:
Reduce loss exposures and claims
»
SAFETY
ALTERNATIVE
RISK
Improve efficiencies
»
Eliminate administrative costs
»
Improve the satisfaction level of key
»
stakeholders and employees
Increase profits
»
Our services can make
your bottom line soar.

5. 300%
300
insurance carriers
across the country.
24 hour
access
to policy information.
Educational
resources including
webinars, seminars
and newsletters
free to clients.

6. We're passionate about producing measurable results
and an immeasurable experience.
Focused on results. Not afraid to commit.
When it comes to evaluating your broker, how It’s been said that promises are made to
do you measure success? Do you simply look be broken. We beg to differ. Commitments
at money spent on premium? Service reliability? we make to you are monitored through a
Employee satisfaction? How does your customized service plan, tracked internally,
broker quantify their effectiveness in helping and available for your review at any time.
you achieve your objectives? Truth is – most Each Assurance service plan is created
brokers can’t. But that’s where we shine. based on your specific needs and coverages.
We believe our execution in meeting these
Assurance uses advanced auditing to measure
service commitments is the only true way to
the efficiency and effectiveness of the solutions
help you reduce your claims, risk, and the
we bring to the table. And it’s this unique ability
overall cost of your employee benefits and
to quantify value and track results that enables
insurance programs.
us to keep insurance costs down and overall
satisfaction high.
It all adds up.
Our focus on measuring success coupled
with a strong commitment to executing on our
service strategy equals results for our clients.
From claim reserve reductions, benefits
and wellness strategies that reduce health
care costs, safety programs that decrease
the severity and frequency of accidents to
negotiations with carriers to create cost-
effective programs, the savings add up.
These savings have a direct impact on
lowering the cost of your insurance.
Last year, Assurance saved our clients
$24.3M
in aggregate claims reserve reductions.

7. 295%
ROI through safety
300%
improvements.
$1.1M
immediate health
insurance savings.
953%
ROI on revamped
employee benefits
and wellness
program strategy.
$1.5M
claim reversal.

8. The industry’s best and brightest insurance rock stars
at your service.
Your ‘A’ team. Smart people. Creative solutions.
We know delivering top-notch solutions and Our employees are intensely dedicated
flawlessly executing our service plans are critical to educating and bettering themselves. In
to adding financial value to your business. Our fact, at any given time, around 3/4 of them
success in this challenging endeavor is a direct are pursuing professional designations.
result of our commitment to never losing sight From in-house learning lunches, to industry
of the first principle of the insurance brokerage seminars and other professional development
industry – this is a people business. That’s why courses, your ‘A’ team is set up to be just
we’ve created an award-winning workplace and that. This thirst for knowledge, combined with
culture to attract, develop and retain the best experience, consistently positions Assurance
industry professionals. to remain creatively on the cutting-edge in
terms of product innovation and plan design.
The knowledge, creativity, passion and talent of
Assurance employees are among the greatest
resources we provide our clients. Working hard
to get the job done right comes second nature
to us. This creates a winning combination,
as our success is predicated on p
putting your
interests first.
‘A’ Team Facts
Comm
Community Focused Green Friendly Wellness Fanatics
Throug
Through Assurance Caring With an intense focus on Employees embrace a healthy
Together, over 8,000 labor
Togeth reusing materials, recycling lifestyle by participating in
hours have been donated to
h and energy conservation, our wellness activities all year,
local charities by Assurance
ch colors, yellow + blue, really including walking challenges
employees in the past 5 years.
employ do equal green. and on-site fitness classes.

9. A better place to
work means better
client results.
24
awards received
over 5 years for
client service
and being a best
place to work.

10. Committed to providing Crazy about insurance.
Some people love their Harley. Some
innovative solutions, love their mother. We love insurance. The
hardcore results and passion we possess provides the foundation
necessary to deliver creative solutions,
outstanding service to measurable results and top notch service.
meet your demands.
Across the board. To every client. At every
interaction. For the life of our partnership.
Refreshingly different.
Most brokers focus on making your
insurance or employee benefits programs
better. Assurance is focused on making
your entire organization better. Used
effectively, insurance and employee benefits
can be the change agents that strengthen
your business and transform it for the better.
URANCE
NS
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11. Get in touch with an
Assurance expert today.
888.429.0999 I info@assuranceagency.com
www.assuranceagency.com

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1750 East Golf Road 16305 Swingley Ridge Road
Schaumburg, IL 60173 Chesterfield, MO 63017