Four years ago Schinnerer introduced a professional liability package for small firms of design professionals. It features a simplified application and a three-year price guarantee, even if the design professional firm has an increase in its billings. It also includes the same three-year policy and rate guarantee features of the small firm program. But even agents who are not set up to do their own seminars and newsletters can communicate useful information to architects, engineers and contractors. It includes links to articles about issues concerning architects, engineers and contractors from the general news media and trade publications.
Agents can send the articles, along with a personal note, to clients or prospects.
The site also includes a simplified application for a prospective insured to fill out. For those who do not list a broker, we assign one of our specialty agents to them. Schinnerer provides a variety of marketing support including printed material that agents can share with their design and construction clients. The company also has just introduced a home study course which design and construction firms can use to earn continuing education credits. It now includes a cover letter with information for the broker and the rest of it pertains to the client.