SMALL, MIDDLE, & LARGE COMMERCIAL
Berkley Aspire provides solutions for small to middle market excess and surplus lines business including Package, General Liability, Property and Excess Liability lines of business. Berkley Aspire is an AM Best Rate A+ surplus lines carrier. Policies are direct billed with several payment options. Risks with premiums under $25K may qualify for an easy automatic renewal. Berkley Aspire does have a broad risk appetite and can help with hard to place accounts. (Vacant Buildings are available for quoting with Berkley Aspire)
Berkley Aspire works with the following affiliates to collaborate on coverage: Acadia Insurance, Berkley Fire & Marine Underwriters, Berkley Mid-Atlantic Group, Berkley North Pacific, Berkley Southeast, Continental Western Group, and Union Standard Insurance Group.
Coverage Availability
The Berkley Aspire Program is available to registered members in all states except DE.
Chubb Small Commercial Insurance (SCI) leverages superior underwriting expertise and world renowned claims, account services, and financial strength to offer solutions for small businesses with up to $30M in revenue.
Chubb BOP protects small business owners with up to $10M in revenue, in more than 500 business classes across several industries.
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Coverage Availability
The Chubb Small Commercial Program is available to registered members in all states except AK, HI, LA, and WA. In Florida, monoline workers comp is available.
CNA Small Business currently offers a market for a broad variety of businesses, representing Healthcare, Financial Institutions, Professional Services, Business Services, Technology, Retail, Real Estate, Wholesalers and Manufacturing. BOP, Workers Compensation, Commercial Automobile, Umbrella and Miscellaneous Professional Liability products are available.
Coverage Availability
The CNA Connect Program is available to registered members in all states except AK, FL, and HI.
EMPLOYERS is a specialty provider of workers’ compensation insurance that serves America’s small businesses in select markets. With competitive pricing, financial stability and dependability, EMPLOYERS remains focused on keeping America’s small businesses not only working, but working safely.
Coverage Availability
The EMPLOYERS Workers’ Compensation Program is available in all states except OH, ND, WY, & WA.
Pie Insurance makes offering Workers’ Compensation to small businesses, as easy as…pie. Workers Compensation policies are underwritten by The Pie Insurance Company rated A- by AM Best.
Coverage Availability
Pie Insurance Workers’ Compensation is available in all states, except: CT, HI, ID, MA, ME, MN, MT, ND, OH, SD, WA, & WY.
Progressive offers BOP and Contractors General Liability to small business owners to protect themselves and all they’ve built. Coverage for property, business liability, contractors tools and equipment, equipment breakdown, cyber liability exposures, professional liability, and employment practices are available based on the type of operation.
Coverage Availability
The Progressive BOP/GL Program is available in all states except AK, CA, DC, FL, HI, MA, NY, & WA.
Your business customers come in all categories. With The Hartford, you can keep expanding your repertoire. For 30+ years, they have offered industry leading protection that fits the unique needs of each business class, from technology companies to retail shops. BOP/Package, Commercial Property, General Liability, Commercial Auto, Workers Comp, Umbrella, Cyber, & Executive Risks products are available for a wide array of business classes. Hartford offers coverage on an admitted and non-admitted basis.
Coverage Availability
The Hartford is available in all states except AK & HI. Workers’ Compensation is not available in AK, CA, DC, FL, HI, NY, & WA
For Travelers Select accounts, a robust variety of coverages for your clients’ small businesses. Proprietary BOP product, Master Pac®, Workers Compensation, Commercial Automobile, & Commercial Umbrella, includes a broad array of industry-specific coverage options and coverage extensions.
Coverage Availability
The Travelers MasterPac Program is available to registered members in all states except AK, FL, HI & RI. Travelers will consider Auto and Workers Comp in FL.
Arlington/Roe is a managing general agency and wholesale insurance broker. Through our partnership, additional admitted and non-admitted markets for standard and specialty risks can be offered.
Appetite includes small business, middle market, large, and complex risks. Arlington/Roe also offers commercial agribusiness, aviation, & healthcare solutions as well as coverage for hard-to-place risks such as Auto Recyclers, Scrap Yards, & risks in the Cannabis sector.
Coverage Availability
IA, IL, IN, KY, MI, MN, MO, NE, OH, TN, & WI
Hanover offers a broad range of Small Commercial, Inland Marine, Professional Liability, and Management Liability products to address each client’s unique needs. From computer manufacturing and office equipment wholesalers to consultants, learning centers and accounting offices,
Hanover writes coverage for over 600 small commercial classes. Hanover provides industry-leading risk management and claims services, as well as convenient digital solutions that enhance the insured’s insurance experience.
Coverage Availability
All states.
Secura provides tailored, unique insurance for a wide range of niche classes, specialty businesses, and nonprofits. Coverage is offered on an admitted basis with writing companies rated A by A.M. Best. Appetite includes Human Services risks, Detective & Private Investigators, Pest Control, Tree Trimming, Select Markets (ex. Body Piercing/Tattoos, Petting Zoo, Driver Training School, Vacant Building, & more), Sports & Recreation risks, and Protection & Security Systems risks to name a few. Secura also writes Non-Profit Directors & Officers Liability and EPLI.
Coverage Availability
Arizona, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin.
RT Specialty is a leading wholesale distributor of specialty insurance products and services. They specialize in property, casualty, professional lines, transportation, and workers’ compensation, providing creative solutions to independent agents. Coverages are offered on a non-admitted basis.
These markets are used when admitted carriers are not a fit. Industry targets include agribusiness, aviation, construction, energy, financial institutions, healthcare, hospitality, life sciences, manufacturing, rail & infrastructure, real estate, retail, sports & entertainment, and transportation. healthcare, hospitality, life sciences, manufacturing, rail & infrastructure, real estate, retail, sports & entertainment, and transportation.
Coverage Availability
All states and DC.
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Formerly known as BIG “I” Markets, Big “I” Alliance Blue is IIABA’s FREE online market access placement center program. We provide Big “I” members with access to specialty/niche coverages, program business and hard-to-find markets. Our top tier carrier partners offer access to the products you need, with new carriers being added in response to member needs.
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After completing our online registration, you can begin submitting business online. Simply answer a few questions and provide banking info, licensing info, tell us about your E&O insurance, and accept the sub-producer agreement. Approval takes about 1 business day, then you’re off and running and can begin submitting and doing business online 24/7.
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You will need to be a member of the Big “I” to register. Not a member? Click here to find out how to join. If you are a current Big “I” Member you can register electronically in as little as 10 minutes. Be sure to have your agency tax ID, banking information for EFT commission, agency and producer license information and your current E&O coverage on-hand then jump over to our registration portal.
All markets currently available are listed above on this page.
All you have to do is select a product and get started. You can review the “Underwriting and Coverage” page for eligibility and then click on “Request a Quote”. From there we take you step-by-step through the process–just follow the prompts!
Log into the registration portal and flip through the screens until you arrive at the list of users for your agency. Click the “Enter License Info” button beside your name, confirm your email address is correct, enter your license information and click Next. Your information will save and you can begin submitting quote requests.
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Electronic Fund Transfers (EFT) are deposited on a monthly basis. If your agency has not enrolled in EFT you will receive a paper check that we process semi-annually. To check your agency’s EFT status, or update banking or contact information, log in to our Electronic Registration and enter your banking information on Step 2.
If you do not see “Agency Profile” you are not authorized to access it and should contact allianceblue@iiaba.net for assistance.
*Note: Check the ‘Commission and Policy Administration’ section of the specific product Underwriting & Coverage page for commissions that come directly from the carrier or MGA.
Your statements are available for retrieval and viewing by approximately the 20th of each month. If the statement reflects a negative balance, please remit payment to us within 10 business days.
Agencies who do participate in EFT payment are paid monthly as commission is earned. Agencies who do not participate in EFT payment will receive a paper check twice a year, in March and September.
For security purposes, only an authorized administrator in your agency can obtain your statement(s) online. We cannot email statements to you. You must access them online. Statements from December 2013 and future statements are available. We cannot amend email recipients and/or banking information for you. You must update your agency profile at www.bigimemberalliance.com to make those changes.
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NOTICE: Effective Sept 1, 2018, agencies not registered for EFT will be paid twice per year.
Big I Advantage® offers the option to send commissions using electronic funds transfer directly into a designated bank account on a monthly basis. Agencies who do not participate in EFT payment will receive a paper check twice a year, in March and September. Please note, we do not draft your account for return commission as it is handled via a paper invoice mailed to the agency.
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If you are your agency’s System Administrator, you should first assemble the information you will need to update your registration. (Only a user with System Admin or Organizational Admin access can update your registration.) Gather your banking information (and Tax ID number if it has changed), and the email address of the person to receive the commission statement.
Go to our Online Registration portal. You can use either your username or, as long as it is unique to you, your email address. Your password is the same either way. A lost password will be emailed to you immediately by clicking on the link below the sign in block for Big “I” Alliance Blue. Just click on “Request Password.”
To add your agency’s banking information follow the steps below:
- Verify/Enter the agency information on Step 1.
- Verify/Enter agency tax ID and banking information on Step 2.
- Enter whether you are tax exempt or not. If you have received a notification that you are not exempt from withholding, you must check “NO”. If you are unsure, you should confirm with your tax advisor.
- Click ‘Next’ to save the information. NOTE: You may exit the online registration at Step 3 and your EFT sign up will be complete. However, we encourage you to continue and verify all of the information for your agency, including adding any new users.
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