Agent, Broker, and Producer Center
Empowering Agents with Niche Market Insurance
Expand your business with access to over 150 specialized insurance programs. From Private Investigators to Charter Schools, we provide the expert underwriting and surplus lines access you need to insure your clients’ toughest risks.
Grow Your Agency Through Proven Expertise
Agents and brokers can skillfully interpret a customer’s insurance needs and communicate the best way for AMIS to meet them. Our excellent agent and broker relationships drive our business. AMIS offers our agents and brokers a vast array of insurance programs and products. Please browse this and our other website pages to find out more about our diversified product offerings and how to contact our broker staff.
Today about 150 Independent Insurance Brokers represent AMIS/Alliance Marketing & Insurance Services, serving retail brokers in all 50 States (except RI & WY). AMIS/Alliance Marketing & Insurance Services is recognized for providing niche markets to retail brokers with affordably priced, high quality insurance products and fair, timely, and considerate claims service through our insurance companies. Our retail brokers, representing AMIS/Alliance Marketing & Insurance Services, can depend on a company that will help them attract and maintain quality business by providing retail brokers with excellent value for their insurance dollar as well as the quality service they expect.
Commission levels are competitive. We are currently seeking to appoint additional Independent Insurance Brokers that are interested in producing our niche markets.
The insurance industry increasingly regards specialized insurance program development as the wave of the future. The sheer number and variety of programs offered by wholesalers and surplus lines brokers today is overwhelming, and new niche markets are being discovered every day.
At AMIS, we supply retail brokers with cutting-edge niche insurance products that contain specially tailored coverage. We help retail brokers serve their clients and take advantage of new revenue streams and business opportunities. Our agency is committed to the highest standards and ethical business practices, and providing excellent service.
Below are some of our agency’s most competitive insurance programs and we write in all 50 states. We issue most of our quotes within 2-3 days from when we receive a complete submitted application including current valued loss runs or a no loss letter.
Niche Insurance Markets We Serve
We provide these niche markets to Agents & Brokers nationwide:
- Alarm Installation, Sales & Service and Monitoring
- Burglar Alarms
- Business Insurance
- Charter Schools
- Church Organizations
- Churches
- Colleges
- Court Reporters
- Director & Officers Programs
- Employment Practice Liability (EPLI) for Investigators
- Fire Alarms
- Fire Sprinklers - Residential & Commercial
- Fire Suppression Contractors - Residential & Commercial
- General Liability and E&O Coverage
- Private Investigators
- Private Schools
- Religious Schools
- Security Consultants
- Security Guards / Private Patrols
To Our Agents and Brokers
AMIS Agency Disclaimer: The information complied in your application, endorsement or forms are information provided by you or your representative to AMIS/Alliance Marketing & Insurance Services for the purpose of obtaining insurance. While AMIS/Alliance Marketing & Insurance Services and the contributors and reviewers of this material have confidence every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy and completeness of this information, we cannot be responsible for any Errors or Omissions, nor any agency’s interpretations, application and changes of regulation described therein. Your acceptance of our quotation on behalf of the insured confirms that you have fully explained the terms, conditions, and forms to the insured and that said terms, conditions, and forms are fully understood by both you and the insured.
You must have a valid broker’s license and maintain Errors & Omissions Insurance in each state you are selling insurance.
Applications: Use AMIS applications on our programs or Acord applications including five years, current valued, and hard copy loss runs.
Quotation: When you provide us with a properly executed AMIS application or an Acord application we will send you a written quotation, usually good for 30 days. Premium indications provided over the phone are just that - indications - and are subject to receipt of a completed application.
Binding: You have no authority to bind coverage on our behalf. We reserve all binding authority. We can almost always affect coverage immediately for risks we have quoted. You may order coverage by fax or e-mail. Phone/Voice Mail orders are not acceptable.
Money: In most cases 25% of the premiums plus fees is required to bind coverage. The balance, less your commission, is due in our office within 20 days of binding. An invoice will accompany all premium transactions.
Certificate & Binders: Certificate of Insurance: Your agency may prepare certificates of insurance provided they are issued with the same verbiage as the policy regarding limits, etc.. If you prepare a certificate of insurance and make any changes on the certificate without an endorsement from the insurance company, your agency assumes all liability should a claim arise and the insurance company will not pay the claim.
Additional Insureds: must have prior approval by AMIS and there is a charge for most programs. All endorsements must be issued and approved by AMIS.
Binders: A binder can be issued by your agency once you have received the Certificate Evidencing Placement of Insurance with the policy number from AMIS. Our agency must advise you that the policy is bound prior to you issuing a binder. Cancellations: No flat cancellations are allowed after the inception date. Policies are subject to minimum earned premiums. Short-term policies are usually fully earned. Policy fees and inspection fees are fully earned. Return premium is subject to final audit where applicable.
Claims: Report claims to us immediately via Acord form. We take action the same day received. You do not have authority to assign adjusters. Provide names and phone numbers of claimants and contact persons. Forward summons, etc., to us immediately, telling us the date served. Please do not report claims to us by telephone.