UMBRELLA & HOME BUSINESS
Big “I” Endorsed Umbrella Carrier
RLI’s PUP stands atop the existing homeowner and auto insurance to provide an extra layer of personal liability protection for the insured and their family. With RLI’s PUP program, the insured can maintain their auto or home coverage with any company they choose, provided they agree to maintain the mandatory minimum underlying coverage limits. See application for underlying coverage limit. Learn more.
Coverage Availability
The RLI Program is available to registered members and administered by an elected state administrator in your state and is available for quoting on the Big “I” Markets system in AK, AZ, CA, DC, GA, HI, IA, ID, IN, LA, MA, ME, MI, MN, MO, MT, NH, NJ, NM, ND, NV, NY, OH, OR, RI, SC, SD, TN, TX, UT, VA, VT, WI, WV and WY.
If you belong to another state association, please contact the person listed below for submission details or go to www.independentagent.com/RLI to access the Quick Quoter. If you are interested in accessing the product on the Big “I” Alliance Blue platform, please email allianceblue@iiaba.net and we will contact your elected state administrator with your request.
Alternative Umbrella Market
Our increasingly litigious society has created new and complex exposures for individuals. Anderson & Murison’s Primary and Excess Umbrella Liability insurance is designed to help mitigate the significant liability risks individuals face every day. Learn more.
Coverage Availability
The Anderson & Murison Program is available to registered members in all states except CT and NY.
Home Business Insurance
RLI’s Home Business Policy provides affordable coverage for those people who operate small home-based businesses. Insureds often believe their existing homeowners or apartment-dwellers policy will cover any loss or damage to their business equipment, furniture and supplies in the event of fire, theft or other catastrophe, when in fact, those policies usually explicitly exclude coverage for any business exposures on their premises. The RLI Home Business Policy, however, is not intended for all types of home business. It is specifically targeted for over 100 retail and services risks operated from the insured’s residence and presenting minimal product liability, professional liability and/or off-premises exposures. Learn more.
Coverage Availability
The RLI Home Business Program is available to registered members and administered by an elected state administrator in your state and is available for quoting on the Big “I” Alliance Blue system in AK, AZ, CA, DC, GA, HI, ID, IN, MA, MI, MO, NH, NV, NM, ND, OH, OR, RI, SD, UT, WI, and WV.
If you belong to another state association, please contact the person listed below for submission details or go to http://www.rlicorp.com/Products/IBP/agent.asp to download applications and rates for your state. If you are interested in accessing the product on the Big “I” Alliance Blue platform, please email allianceblue@iiaba.net and we will contact your elected state administrator with your request.
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about alliance blue
What is alliance blue?
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.
what sets us apart?
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.
program features
You can access the markets you need once a year or multiple times per day; the price to access products through Big “I” Markets remains the same: zero. Log in and plug in to the power of Big “I” Alliance Blue!
- No initial access fees
- No ongoing monthly fees
- No termination fees
- No monthly minimum production requirements
- No obligation to submit other accounts
- Ownership of expirations
- EFT commission payments
questions?
Contact allianceblue@iiaba.net.
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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.
It’s simple! Once you have identified availability in your state, just click “Coalition Cyber” from the list of markets. From there you will be passed through to the Coalition website to complete your quote.
Big “I” Alliance Blue processes commission once we receive it from our company partner, typically 45-60 days after the effective date of the transaction. We issue commission payments between the 15th & 20th of the month.
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.
If you are having trouble logging in, need user access updated, you are unsure who is an authorized user, or need help navigating the website, etc., please contact Big “I” Alliance Blue technical support for assistance at allianceblue@iiaba.net or via live chat on www.bigimemberalliance.com.
Instructions for accessing monthly Commission Statements:
*Reminder* only authorized System Administrators can access Commission Statements
Step 1: Login into Big “I” Alliance Blue
Step 2: Select “Agency Profile”
Step 3: Select “Commission Statements”
Step 4: Select the “Download Statement” image icon to download the statement.
As always, feel free to contact our office at allianceblue@iiaba.net or (703) 647-7800 should you have any questions or need assistance. Thank you for your business!
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.
How do you sign up for EFT? It’s easy to access from Online Registration portal!
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.
We know security of your information is a primary concern. We use secure socket layer (SSL) protocol to secure the information exchanged between the server and browser. SSL encrypts the data before it is sent over the Internet and decrypts at the server side. We are utilizing our standard security protocols to protect your data on our server.
If you have any questions or concerns, or require technical assistance, please contact us at allianceblue@iiaba.net or 703-647-7800.Big “I” Alliance – Market Access. logo