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NFIB Offers Insurance Agent Members Preferred Rate on DORISOnline
Nashville, Tenn. - February 13, 2008 - The National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB) recently added DORISOnlineT to its list of member benefits partners, offering preferred pricing on the agency management system to NFIB members who are insurance agents.
DORISOnline and TAMŽ (The Agency Manager) from Applied Systems, Inc., are the only automated agency management systems participating in "Smarter Choices for Small Business," the NFIB member benefits program. NFIB members from a broad range of industries and services make up the largest U.S. advocacy group for small business interests.
"The NFIB is pleased to partner with Applied Systems in offering our membership the industry's foremost agency management automation at a special rate," said Jeffrey M. Koch, vice president, NFIB Member Services Corporation. "This special offer is another way the NFIB demonstrates its commitment to making independent agents more efficient and more profitable."
Stephania Burnett, DORIS regional sales manager, said DORIS is a perfect choice to enhance the NFIB commitment to its agent members' efficiency and profitability.
"The NFIB's goals are compatible with DORIS's commitment to deliver independent agents a dependable, organized, reliable, insurance system that grants agents the power to make them more profitable," Burnett said. "We look forward to taking NFIB members to new profit levels using not only our state-of-the-art technology but our range of superior services, as well."
NFIB is the nation's leading small-business advocacy association, with offices in Washington, D.C., and all 50 state capitals. Founded in 1943 as a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization, NFIB gives small- and independent-business owners a voice in shaping the public policy issues that affect their business. NFIB's powerful network of grassroots activists sends its views directly to state and federal lawmakers through member-only ballots, thus playing a critical role in supporting America's free enterprise system. NFIB's mission is to promote and protect the right of its members to own, operate and grow their businesses. More information about NFIB is available online at www.NFIB.com/newsroom. For additional information, insurance agents should visit www.nfibinsurance.com.
Applied Systems, Inc., develops, sells and supports insurance agency and broker management systems and provides services for accounting, customer, policy, claims management, and all related agency functions. More than 129,000 users in 11,000 agencies of every size and complexity level use Applied Systems technology and services. The company leads the industry in agency-carrier real-time and batch communication solutions. Applied Systems automates insurance transactions at every distribution level from consumer through carrier, providing technical support and professional services to maximize customers' return on investment. Agents should visit www.appliedsystems.com and, for more specific DORISOnline information, www.dorissystems.com.
