North Pointe Insurance Company
www.npic.com
28819 Franklin Road
Southfield, MI 48034
Contact: Toni LaDue
Phone: (248) 358-1171
FAX: (248) 357-3895
tladue@npic.com
Percent of business in Illinois by line:
Commercial: 61% Personal: 39%
Premium Volume: $4,482,718
Are you currently appointing new agents? Yes
What type of agency is your company looking for? Professional Multi-Line
What are your premium volume requirements? (In profit sharing? In life?) None
Are you currently doing any niche-marketing program? Liquor Liability, Bowling Centers, Bars & Taverns, Non-Standard Homeowners & Dwelling
What is your company’s most aggressive line of business? Bowling Centers
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? We are experts and understand our lines of business both from an underwriting and claims perspective. Our service is exceptional.
If we had agents agree to sell homeowners policies with actual cash value endorsements, would you write more business in southern Illinois? No
Please list your Marketing Representatives and the territory they cover: Bill Coughlin
Do you plan on retaining your current profit sharing agreements? Do not have them.
Do you offer the ability for agents to integrate third-party reports into their comparative rating process? No
If not, do you have plans to do so? Please list estimated timeframe of when this capability will be available for Illinois agents? No
Do you offer single-entry new business upload from either comparative raters and/or management systems? No
Is it available today? No
Is it in development? No
Do you provide rates and assistance to comparative rating vendors? No
Do you work with comparative rating vendors to improve accuracy? No
What is your current real-time rating strategy? Rating done on-line
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? Homeowners & Dwelling Fire
Can the transaction be bound online? Yes
Can your agents service in-force policies? No
Do you publish agent manuals and policy forms on-line? Yes
Do you support policy download? No
Do you support direct bill commission statement download? No
Which agency management systems do you work with? None
Live Systems? No
Do you support real time service for inquiry? Yes
Which lines? Homeowners & Dwelling Fire
Claims? Find Adjusters
Billing? Payment History, Policy Transaction History, What’s Due When
Do you have real time endorsement capabilities? No
Do you support either Transformation Station, Transact Now or other technologies? No
Is this technology available today? 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.
Imaging, Commission Statement Viewing and Workflow