American Service Ins. Co.
www.asilink.com
150 Northwest Point Blvd.
Elk Grove Village , IL 60007
Contact: Bob Fattore
Phone: (847) 472-6700
FAX: (847) 228-3026
rfattore@asilink.com

Percent of business in Illinois by line:

Commercial: 43% Personal: 57%

Premium Volume: $88,000,000

Are you currently appointing new agents? Yes

What type of agency is your company looking for? An agency experienced in writing personal non-standard auto, standard commercial auto such as Artisan, Taxi, Tow Truck, Para-Transit, Limo and Garage Liability.

What are your premium volume requirements? (In profit sharing? In life?) No volume requirement.

Are you currently doing any niche-marketing program? Not at this time.

What is your company’s most aggressive line of business? Auto

Do you use credit scoring? No

What methods do you use to distribute your insurance products? Independent agents

What do you think makes your company different, or stand out from all the rest in Illinois ? Why would an agent want to contract with your company? Excellent service, financial stability, competitively priced products.

If we had agents agree to sell homeowners policies with actual cash value endorsements, would you write more business in southern Illinois ? Not applicable

Please list your Marketing Representatives and the territory they cover:

John Lasavage-All Illinois and NW Indiana

Carl Erickson-same as above

Mick Bacon-Remainder of Indiana & Ohio

Do you plan on retaining your current profit sharing agreements? Some

Do you offer the ability for agents to integrate third-party reports into their comparative rating process? Yes

If yes, with what vendors have you developed and/or signed on to provide this technology? ITC, Choicepoint, QuotePro

Do you offer single-entry new business upload from either comparative raters and/or management systems? Yes

If yes, how many transactions do you process a month? 2,000

If yes, what vendors? ITC, QuotePro

Is it in development? Yes, No

Do you provide rates and assistance to comparative rating vendors? Yes

What kind of assistance? Rating assistance

Do you work with comparative rating vendors to improve accuracy? Yes

Do you test vendor rates? Yes

What is your current real-time rating strategy? Pursue with vigor

Do you provide an agent facing website for your agent’s reference? Yes

Do you offer the ability to quote and/or issue new business? Yes

Which lines? Personal Auto

Can the transaction be bound online? Yes

Can your agents service in-force policies? Yes

Which lines? Personal

Describe the service transactions available: Payment, Claims reporting, new business upload for personal auto

Do you publish agent manuals and policy forms on-line? Yes

Do you have upload? Yes

Which lines? Personal Auto

Do you support policy download? No

Do you support direct bill commission statement download? No

Which agency management systems do you work with? N/A

Do you support real time service for inquiry? Yes

Which lines? Personal Auto

Claims? Yes

Billing? Yes

Do you have real time endorsement capabilities? No

Do you support Transformation Station, Transact Now or other technologies? No

Please outline the top 3 technology initiatives your company will be implementing to benefit agency workflows, and describe how these initiatives will benefit the agency.

1. Web direct rating interface, to help agents that do not use a 3 rd party vendor.

2. Process endorsements on-line to facilitate process.

3. Develop commercial auto rating program to assist in expediting commercial submission process.