Press Release
Suhr Risk Services Named Best Practices Agency
Suhr Risk Services has been recognized as an Independent Insurance Brokers and Agents of America Best Practices Agency
September 30, 2010
SAN JOSE, CA – Suhr Risk Services is part of an elite group of independent insurance agencies around the United States participating in the Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA or the Big “I”) “Best Practices” Study Group.
Each year since 1993, IIABA and Reagan Consulting, an Atlanta-based management consulting firm, join forces to study the country's leading agencies in six revenue categories. The agencies comprising the study groups are selected every third year through a comprehensive nomination and qualifying process and awarded a “Best Practices Agency” designation. The selected “Best Practices” agencies retain their status during the three-year cycle by submitting extensive financial and operational data for review each year.
More than 1,200 independent agencies throughout the U.S. were nominated to take part in the annual study, only 5 agencies in the Bay Area qualified for the honor. To be chosen, an agency had to be among the 35-40 top-performing agencies in one of six revenue categories.
The agencies were nominated by either an IIABA affiliated state association or an insurance company and qualified based on its operational excellence.
The Best Practices Study was initiated by IIABA in 1993 as the foundation for efforts to improve agency performance. The annual survey and study of leading independent insurance agencies documents the business practices of the “best” agencies and urges others to adopt similar practices.
Receiving the recognition of a Best Practices agency ties directly into our vision which is: To be known as a great company. We earn greatness through our disciplined commitment to excellence, integrity, and entrepreneurial spirit, coupled with a zealous and consistent adherence to our value system.
Founded in 1896, IIABA is the nation's oldest and largest national association of independent insurance agents and brokers, representing a network of more than 300,000 agents, brokers and their employees nationally. Its members are businesses that offer customers a choice of policies from a variety of insurance companies. Independent agents and brokers offer all lines of insurance - property, casualty, life and health - as well as employee benefit plans and retirement products. Web address: www.independentagents.com.
About Suhr Risk Services
Suhr Risk Services has been a presence in the Bay Area for over a century and has expertise in Property & Casualty, Workers' Compensation, Employee Benefits, Life & Estate and Personal Insurance. The primary niches for Suhr Risk Services include: Non-Profits, Specialty Construction, Grocers/Food Processing, Wholesale Suppliers, Equipment Rental Firms and Workers' Compensation.
We are trusted advisors to both local and national clients, as well as numerous trade associations, and advocates for policyholder rights before California insurance regulators. Suhr Risk Services has been featured in the Insurance Journal's Top Property and Casualty Agencies in the United States and has twice been voted one of the Bay Area's best places to work.
For more information, contact Meg Sneddon, business development director of Suhr Risk Services of California by email at , by phone, 800-788-1170 ext. 5446, or visit Suhr Risk on the web at www.insuhr.com.