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New York, New York (January 2008)
IMU has signed an agreement appointing Southern Marine and Aviation
(SMA), Inc. as an MGA. Based in Houston, Texas, Southern Marine and
Aviation is a marine-specialty Managing General Agent with a 50-year
history of writing commercial marine and cargo insurance. |
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New York, New York (January 2008)
The results are in and the winner of the coveted Flagship award for
2007 is IMU’s New England Region. “It has been several
years since we were last named as the winner!” exclaimed an
excited Meredith Atwood; AVP and Regional Manager. The Flagship award
is presented annually to the region whose performance is noteworthy.
The New England region grew in a very difficult market, and exceeded
its profit plan at the same time, proving that profitable growth is
in fact achievable. |
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New York, New York (January 2008)
IMU has expanded its property coverage for its marina and yacht club
packages as well as its Commercial Marine Package (CMP) to include
equipment breakdown coverage. This enhancement is provided to new
and renewal customers on the effective date of their coverage starting
on 1/1/2008. |
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Atlanta, Georgia (February 2007)
The 2006 Flagship award winner is the Southeastern Region. Co-winners
in 2004 the Southeast once again generated results that lead the company
in both growth and profit. "The notion that growth and profit
are mutually exclusive is simply not true! exclaimed John Pierce the
fiery manager of the Southeastern region. "Great companies do
both and it is a testament to our dedicated and professional staff
not just here in Atlanta but all across IMU" he went on to say.
The Flagship Award is presented annually to the region which produces
results demonstrating growth, profit and teamwork. Congratulations
to the Winners !!
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Pictured above is the Southeast Region
Staff along with IMU president Bob Gallagher along with the award
which is a scale model of the HMS Victory. |
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New York, New York (January 2007)
IMU has established a Yacht Underwriting Center for quoting and processing
private Pleasure craft business. The goal is to achieve greater processing
efficiency and underwriting consistency by utilizing a dedicated team
of specialists in a single location. Ongoing producer relationships
will still be shared between the IMU regional offices and the Yacht
Underwriting Center. The IMU Yacht service center is located in Annapolis
MD. For more information see the Contact Us
section of the website. |
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New York, New York (January 2007)
IMU has signed an agreement appointing Trident Marine Managers, Inc.
as an MGA. Based in Houston, Texas, Trident Marine Managers is a marine-specialty
Managing General Agent with a 25-year history of writing commercial
hull and casualty marine business. |
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New York, New York (May 2006)
Well the results are in and the 2005 Flagship award goes to the
Pacific Region. The Flagship award is presented annually to the
IMU region which produced the best combination of Profit, Growth,
and Teamwork. "This award is even more special this year because
it coincides with the retirement of our long time regional leader
Mr. David Crowne." voiced new regional manager Ben Walbridge.
Pictured below is Ben along with IMU president Bob Gallagher. Also
pictured is Ben, Asst. Manager Doug Kyono and the rest of the Pacific
Regional staff.
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New York, New York (February 2006)
IMU launches a package policy specifically designed to address the
unique needs of yacht clubs. This product has evolved out of our highly
successful marina package program and represents our continued commitment
to the American boating industry. For more information, please click
here |
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New York, New York (February 2006)
IMU has launched a new Web-based cargo insurance service platform.
IMU's ocean cargo customers and producers can use the system to
issue electronic certificates of insurance, complete shipment and
storage declarations online and create reports on demand. In addition,
IMUCargo.com enables users to meet letter-of-credit requirements
through form flexibility; issue documentation in a multilingual
format; customize documents and create templates for repeated use;
and print and send documents via the Web. The system also allows
third parties to verify certificate numbers.
Additional features for storage and shipment servicing include:
online management of storage, shipment and turnover declarations;
automatic coverage validation and premium calculation for shipments
of any
complexity; document and report issuance in PDF or Excel formats.
IMUCargo.com is administered by Oceanwide, Inc., a leading provider
of Web-based cargo insurance management software. |
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New York, New York (January 2006)
Bob Gallagher, International Marine Underwriters (IMU) President,
has been promoted to manage the IMU franchise, succeeding Jim Zrebiec
who has retired at year end 2005. Bob has been President of IMU for
the past five years and has been a tremendous asset to the IMU team.
Besides his deep marine insurance knowledge, we all appreciate his
passion for the business and his commitment to team and results! |
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New York, New York (2005)
- RESTRICTIVE LAWS / REGULATIONS
(IN UNITED STATES AND IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES)
U.S. RESTRICTIONS - The U.S. Government, through the Office of Foreign
Assets Control (OFAC), has determined that American citizens (companies
or individuals) may not generally do business with governments /
companies / individuals in certain foreign nations. These prohibitions
apply to marine insurance as well as other types of business. Please
understand that OFAC regulations are complicated and that they vary
from country to country. In some cases, certain items may be insured
(i.e. humanitarian aid) notwithstanding the general prohibition.
In general, however, it is likely that you are prohibited from writing
the marine insurance on risks associated with these countries. For
much greater detail, click onto OFAC's
website.
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New York NY and Atlanta GA.
(June 2005)
The coveted 2004 Flagship Award ended up as a tie!!. The Atlantic
Region and the Southeast Region both had years with outstanding
growth and underwriting profit as well as the intangible qualities
making them great teams. Both winning teams are pictured below:
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New York, New York (June 2004)
- IMU changes Underwriting Company effective 7/1/2004.
OneBeacon Insurance Group consists of a number of licensed companies
for the purpose of writing multi-state risks and offering specialized
products such as ocean marine insurance. To take full advantage of
these companies and to streamline internal operations, OneBeacon is
realigning company tiers and programs to be consistent across the
states. Therefore, we are moving International Marine Underwriters
(IMU) business from OneBeacon America Insurance Company or Camden
Fire Insurance Association to The Northern Assurance Company of America.
As part of the OneBeacon pool of insurance companies, The Northern
Assurance Company of America carries the same A.M. Best rating of
A (excellent). This change will effect all new and renewal business
effective 7/1/2004 and beyond.
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Palos Heights, Illinois (June
2004) - Midwest Region wins Flagship award
in 2003.
This year the coveted Flagship award was presented to IMU's Midwest
Region. The Flagship award is an annual event in recognition of
the IMU region contributing growth, great results and the intangible
winning spirit ! "This is very special to us here in the Midwest
region because for years we felt that what we lacked in size was
more than offset by what we contributed in quality underwriting,
and great team spirit!!" said Annie Solomon IMU's Midwest regional
manager.
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The award was presented
by IMU President Bob Gallagher pictured below presenting the award
to Ms Solomon.
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The Midwest underwriting team is pictured above with their well
deserved award. From left to right Diane Arroyo, Annie Solomon,
Roberta Appleby, and Kate Zukowski. Missing from the picture is
Marguerite Baumann. |
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New York, New York (June 2003) - The
prestigious IMU Flagship Award winner for 2002 was the Atlantic Region.
They enjoyed a 2002 which incorporated significant growth over the
prior year along with a combined ratio which was the best in the company!.
It is a milestone achievement and demonstrated the power of a focused
team effort!! Michele O'Donovan and her team accepted the award from
Chairman Jim Zrebiec and then enjoyed a breakfast hosted by IMU Marine
Headquarters which commenced immediately after the presentation. See
pictures below:
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The entire region with their award. |
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The senior staff of the region along with Chairman
Zrebiec with their award.
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Michele O'Donovan Regional AVP and Mike Schliwka Asst.
Regional Manager accepting the award from IMU Chairman Jim Zrebiec. |
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New York, New York (October 1,
2002) - Our new web site is a part of an enhanced communications
plan. The launch of the web site coincides with the release of a new
capabilities brochure that, together, are meant to reach out to potential
clients and to advertise IMU marine products and services. The web
site allows clients to access information about IMU and our array
of Marine Products, while also providing downloadable applications
for our producers.
In the near future, we will expand the functionality of our site to
provide to our producers online access to Producer Experience Reports,
Commission Statements, and Online Claims Status and Updates. Check
out our advertisement in the October 2002 issue of American Agent
& Broker magazine. |
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