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Erie Insurance, Assure America and Weir High School Promote Safe Driving for Teens
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(Weirton, WV) – Thanks to a $2,000 grant from Erie Insurance and its “Lookin’ Out” program, students from Weir High School will continue to spread the word about safe driving among their peers.
“Car crashes are the top killer of U.S. teens,” said Erie Insurance agent Angela Conforti of the Assure America Agency, who is partnering with the students at Weir High to implement the program. “In fact, teen drivers are involved in twice as many crashes as other drivers.”
Lookin’ Out is different from other safe driving programs, as it is rooted in a student-driven approach of positive peer influence. Through Lookin’ Out, teens create a series of events and activities addressing risk factors such as lack of seatbelt use, speeding and other reckless behavior, driving under the influence and distractions such as loud music and cell phone use.
Hilary Frantz, Weir GAA Advisor added, “We really appreciate the opportunity to work with Assure America and Erie Insurance on this program and believe it has the potential to make a real difference in raising awareness of the importance of safe driving habits for students.”
“The Lookin’ Out program is really making a difference in the schools,” Conforti added. “And the students at Weir High School are to be commended for their proactive efforts.”
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Assure America’s an Erie Insurance Gem
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(Weirton, WV - September 27, 2009) — Assure America Corp. was presented the West Virginia Gem Award for a third year in a row by Erie Insurance. The Gem Award recognizes the West Virginia agency with the highest production of all Erie agencies in the state for the 2009 Annual Dinner Meeting Contest. During the recent 30-day contest period, Assure America wrote 455 property and casualty policies, which was an Erie company record for 2009. Matthew Magnone, Assure America president stated, “Our team of agents at Assure America are exceptional and really set the standard for production. The fact that we led not only West Virginia but companywide in policies written during the 2009 contest period says a lot about the quality of our agents and Erie Insurance, especially in light of the economic challenges we face locally.”
Mike Fletcher, Erie vice president in charge of the state of West Virginia said, “What Assure America did during this contest was simply unbelievable. The numbers they produced were astounding. They wrote more property-casualty applications than any other agent not only in the state of West Virginia, but also more than any other agent in Erie’s entire operating territory for all spring contests,” Fletcher said. “To put this in perspective, Erie is a Fortune 500 company, and there is serious competition. However, the numbers are only half of the story with this agency as far as I’m concerned. The agency is knowledgeable, professional, well-managed, and very structured. It is a very impressive organization,” he added. “This is really a win-win because in addition to outperforming every other Erie agent in the country during this contest period, our agents were able to reduce the insurance premiums for the participating clients by over $75,000,” added John Frankovitch, Assure chief operating officer.
Assure America Corp. is the one of West Virginia’s largest independent insurance agencies representing 10,000 policyholders throughout West Virginia, Ohio and Pennsylvania. Assure America maintains office locations in Weirton, Chester and Wellsburg.
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Erie Insurance, Assure America and Brooke High School Promote Safe Driving for Teens
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(Wellsburg, WV – March 19, 2009) – Thanks to a $2,000 grant from Erie Insurance and its Lookin’ Out program, students from Brooke High School will continue to spread the word about safe driving among their peers.
“Car crashes are the top killer of U.S. teens,” said Erie Insurance agent Donna Ficca of the Assure America Agency, who is partnering with the students at Brooke High to implement the program. “In fact, teen drivers are involved in twice as many crashes as other drivers.”
Lookin’ Out is different from other safe driving programs, as it is rooted in a student-driven approach of positive peer influence. Through Lookin’ Out, teens create a series of events and activities addressing risk factors such as lack of seatbelt use, speeding and other reckless behavior, driving under the influence and distractions such as loud music and cell phone use.
“The Lookin’ Out program is really making a difference in the schools,” Ficca added. “And the students at Brooke High School are to be commended for their proactive efforts.”
Since its 2001 inception, Lookin’ Out has been launched in more than 100 high schools and awarded more than $350,000 in grants. close
ASSURE AMERICA ANNOUNCES AWARDS
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(Weirton, WV) – Assure America Corporation recognized three agency partners with awards during their recent annual meeting.
Melissa Jasko, API received the Mont Blanc Award for 2008. The Mont Blanc is the premier award for agency partners at Assure America. Melissa achieved this recognition through her commitment to teamwork, promotion of the agency’s mission and vision.
Angela Conforti, API received the Partner of the Year Award for 2008. The Partner of the Year Award recognizes the partner that has made the most contribution over the past year through the development of sales and service accomplishments.
J.W. Hughes received the Sales Initiative of the Year Award for 2008. J.W. achieved this accomplishment by leading all U.S. producers with McNeil and Company in writing new written premium for volunteer fire department and EMS providers.
Matthew Magnone, President stated, “We are very proud of each one of our agency partners but these individuals in particular have demonstrated our passion and commitment to offering superior service and protection over the past year.”
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OAEMS Announces Endorsement of Insurance Program
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In an effort to provide our OAEMS unit members with value added services, the Board of Trustees voted at our recent conference in Canton to endorse Assure America as the exclusive endorsed provider of professional and general liability insurance for OAEMS unit members (www.oaems.org). Assure America was founded in 1920 and is a leader in providing insurance coverage to fire departments and non-profit emergency medical service providers.
Our endorsement of the program was based on several factors including Assure America’s experience in our industry, providing OAEMS unit members with exclusive insurance savings opportunities and providing excellent coverage for each unit member as well as individual members of the covered department.
Both paid and volunteer fire departments as well as non-profit and volunteer EMS providers are eligible to participate in the Emergency Services Insurance Program (ESIP) insurance through Assure America. As an OAEMS unit member, you are automatically eligible for this program and will be receiving information as well as a personal contact from Assure America regarding your insurance program. The OAEMS Board of Trustees encourages you to consider participation in this association endorsed program.
We appreciate your support of OAEMS and will work to establish additional programs in the future to make certain you get the maximum value for your annual unit membership investment. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me at ktbeavers@yahoo.com.
Karen Beavers, President Ohio Association of Emergency Medical Services close
ASSURE AMERICA SETS RECORD WITH ERIE INSURANCE
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(Weirton, WV) – Assure America Corporation was recently presented the West Virginia Gem Award by Erie Insurance. The Gem Award recognizes the agency with the highest production based on size of all Erie agencies in the state for the 2008 Annual Contest period. During this same period, Assure America wrote 417 total policies including 167 auto policies, also achieving the milestone of writing more private passenger auto polices during a 30 day contest period than any other Erie agency in the nation during the contest period.
Matthew Magnone, Assure America President stated, “We have an exceptional team of agents at Assure America that represent the best in the industry and they deserve the credit for this incredible achievement. The fact that we can lead the nation in auto policy production with Erie during a contest period in light of our local demographics is really a testament to the quality of our agents and Erie Insurance.”
Mike Fletcher, Erie Vice President and in charge of the State of West Virginia said “What Assure America did during this contest was simply unbelievable. The numbers that they put up were astounding. However, as a credit to the agency, their numbers truly only tell half of the story. The agency is knowledgeable, well-managed, and very structured. It is a very impressive organization”.
According to A.M. Best Company, Erie Insurance Group, based in Erie, Pennsylvania, is the 15th largest automobile insurer in the United States based on direct premiums written and the 22nd largest property/casualty insurer in the United States based on total lines net premium written. The Group, rated A+ (Superior) by A.M. Best Company, has almost 3.8 million policies in force and operates in 11 states and the District of Columbia. Erie Insurance Group ranked 421 on the FORTUNE 500 and Erie Indemnity Company is included in Forbes Magazine's PLATINUM 400 list of the best-managed companies in America.
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ASSURE AMERICA IMPROVES OAKLAND FIELD
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(Weirton, WV) – Assure America Corporation has recently provided needed improvements to the Weirton Park Board property on Denese Drive.
Matthew A. Magnone, Assure America President stated, “Our company fundamentally believes in the concept of being a good corporate citizen and we are committed to improving specific areas in the communities we serve. “
After noticing parking problems associated with Termite football practices at Oakland Field, Assure representatives contacted Councilman Max Fijewski regarding providing resources to improve field.
“This is exactly the type of involvement we need to help improve our community – one company and one project at a time. I was excited at the prospect and immediately contacted the Park Board and Mayors office and everyone got on board,” stated Councilman Fijewski.
"On behalf of the Board of Parks Commissioners and Recreation Department, we greatly appreciate the work of Assure America on this project," Board Chairman William Curenton said.
To date, Assure America has provided resources in labor and machine work to clear the property and create an expanded parking area. Plans include painting and other improvements in the spring.
Magnone concluded, “We greatly appreciate the trust our clients have placed with us and feel strongly about our corporate responsibility to make certain we do our part to make Weirton a better place to live.”
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