by Juliane Rees | Jul 27, 2023 | Industry News, Press Release
The Professional Protector Plan® for Dentists (PPP) announced today the launch of its newly designed brand and website at http://www.protectorplan.com. The PPP provides dental malpractice insurance, including professional liability, general liability, property coverage, employment practices and a comprehensive risk management program for dentists in all career stages.The new website is more accessible and modernized, making it easy for dentists to find the information they need.
“Our website is designed to be more contemporary and user-friendly, with an improved site navigation for our guests,” said Mike Wensel, V.P. Program Leader of the Professional Protector Plan for Dentists. “We want our dentists to have a positive experience when visiting our site, as illustrated by the enhanced brand design that better represents our company’s values. We are also excited to share our new PPP Pillars of Strength – Prevention, Protection and Peace of Mind.”
Some new pages on the website include a “Who You Are” page where dentists can easily navigate product offerings by the type of practitioner, as well as a “Who We Are” page that introduces PPP’s program leader, Mike Wensel, and state and national advisory board members. The Risk Management page also provides a robust selection of resources for insureds to become a “Proactive Practice,” with information about continuing education courses, articles, and sample letters and forms.
The PPP’s new website will be regularly updated with news and insights, articles, new product offerings and risk management resources. Visitors are encouraged to explore the website, receive a quote and find an agent at protectorplan.com. They can also visit the PPP’s social media channels for more updates—PPP can be found on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter and YouTube.
About Professional Protector Plan for Dentists®
Through its network of specialized agents, the PPP has been serving dentists nationwide since 1969. This comprehensive insurance program was developed specifically for the dental practice. The plan is offered in all 50 states plus the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. The Professional Protector Plan for Dentists® is a division of Protector Plans, a wholly owned subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc. For more information on the insurance products for dentists and risk management services the PPP has to offer, please visit protectorplan.com.
About Brown & Brown, Inc.
Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO) is a leading insurance brokerage firm, delivering risk management solutions to individuals and businesses since 1939. With 15,000+ teammates in 500+ locations worldwide, we are committed to providing innovative strategies to help protect what our customers value most. For more information or to find an office near you, please visit bbinsurance.com.
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by Juliane Rees | Jul 20, 2023 | Industry News, Press Release
Wedding Protector Plan® has launched new travel protection coverage for honeymoons and destination weddings. The plan is now available through its partner, Travel Insured International (TII) – a leading travel insurance provider and a Crum & Forster Company.
Couples looking to help protect their honeymoon travel plans, and guests traveling to destination weddings now have a robust travel protection solution. The plan has a wide range of benefits including optional Cancel for Any Reason coverage which provides covered travelers reimbursement of up to 75 percent of their insured trip cost for cancelations.
The plan’s Travel Assistance non-insurance feature includes medical or legal referral, hospital admission guarantee, lost baggage retrieval, emergency cash advance, prescription drug/eyeglass replacement, and more. In addition, Identity Theft Resolution Services help restore an insured’s identity in case of identity theft during covered travel.
“With worldwide travel on the rise, couples are again planning honeymoons around the globe. Since honeymoon travel coverage is limited under wedding insurance policies, we believed additional options were needed to allow couples to more fully insure their travel plans,” states Meagan Phillips, vice president, program leader of Wedding Protector Plan®.
Travel Insured International has offered quality worldwide travel protection and an array of travel protection benefits for nearly three decades. Partnering with hundreds of travel agencies large and small, TII helps them to offer their travelers extensive travel protection plans, including Wedding Protector Plan’s® honeymoon and wedding destination coverage.
“Unexpected events can occur during a honeymoon or destination wedding, which is why the Worldwide Trip Protector Plan not only provides robust coverage for travelers, but also includes 24/7 non-insurance assistance services worldwide,” DeAnne Petritz, AVP, Account Management & Trade Relations at Travel Insured International. “With the Worldwide Trip Protector Plan, travelers can go away knowing that they have coverage and support when they need it most.”
Hotlines have been established in cases of an emergency for travelers covered under the Wedding Protector Plan. They can call toll-free 800-494-9907 (from the US) or call collect at 603-328-1707 (from all other locations) for assistance.
Worldwide Trip Protector Plan coverage is available to citizens or residents of the United States who have booked and paid for their trip. For more information on the Wedding Protector Plan®, visit https://www.protectmywedding.com/travel-protection/. To get a quote from Travel Insured International, call 1-855-752-8303 to speak with a licensed agent or get a quote online.
About Wedding Protector Plan®
Wedding Protector Plan® provides cancellation/postponement wedding insurance coverage for many problems, such as severe weather causing wedding cancellation or postponement, transportation shutdowns, lost deposits and other headaches that can ruin the anticipated celebration. Consumers also have the option to add private event liability with no deductible as an endorsement to their special event insurance policy.
Wedding Protector Plan® is a division of Protector Plans Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc.
Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO) is a leading insurance brokerage firm, delivering risk management solutions to individuals and businesses since 1939. With more than 14,500 teammates in 450+ locations worldwide, we are committed to providing innovative strategies to help protect what our customers value most. For more information or to find an office near you, please visit www.bbinsurance.com.
About Travel Insured International (TII)
Founded in 1994, Travel Insured International (TII) is one of the leading travel insurance providers, offering quality worldwide travel protection for over 25 years. Located in Glastonbury, Connecticut USA, the company offers an array of travel protection benefits including Emergency Assistance and Evacuation, Trip Cancellation and Trip Interruption Protection, Medical Expense Insurance, Baggage Insurance, Airline Ticket Protection, and more.
Travel Insured maintains relationships with specialty travel providers and tour operators, as well as provides 24/7 insurance assistance that allows you to travel relaxed, travel secure, and travel insured.
For further information visit: https://www.travelinsured.com/.
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by Juliane Rees | Apr 24, 2023 | Press Release
Lawyer’s Protector Plan, a division of Protector Plans, Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc., announced today that they have expanded their lawyers’ professional liability insurance product offering to include an Excess & Surplus (E&S) lines product in addition to its longstanding admitted primary and excess coverage. Long recognized in the marketplace for exceptional service and long-standing commitment to small and mid-sized law firms, the LPP program is the preferred professional liability insurance choice for even more attorneys nationwide.Forward-looking vision, well-executed underwriting strategies and strong partner relationships have kept LPP a stable force in the legal insurance marketplace for over 40 years.
“Our enhanced product offerings help us deliver high quality lawyers’ professional liability products and services at exceptional levels of customer service and value to agent partners and policyholders,” said Christina Melia, vice president and program leader of LPP. “Our team understands that the practice of law continues to evolve and that we must evolve to provide new and innovative insurance solutions. We have demonstrated our commitment to small and mid-sized law firms and have successfully underwritten firms with as many as 50 attorneys across the country.”
Lawyer’s Protector Plan’s E&S program provides underwriting solutions for firms with specialized needs. Program highlights include:
- Comprehensive E&S policy form available in most states
- Ability to bind off most competitors’ lawyers’ professional liability applications
- Opportunity for law firms to move to admitted product after rehabilitation
- Reviewed by LPP underwriters with over 110 years of combined experience dedicated exclusively to lawyers’ professional liability coverage
- In-house claims team established in 2000, led and operated by former practicing attorneys
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by Juliane Rees | Jan 31, 2023 | Press Release
Wedding Protector Plan was announced as a winner of the 2023 WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Award®, an accolade representing the top wedding professionals across the board in service, quality, responsiveness and professionalism reviewed by couples on WeddingWire, a leading national wedding vendor marketplace.
To determine these distinguished wedding professionals, WeddingWire analyzed reviews within its Vendor Directory across more than 20 service categories, including venues, caterers, florists, photographers, wedding planners and more. These distinguished vendors exhibit superior professionalism, responsiveness, service and quality when interacting with millions of couples who turn to WeddingWire to assist with their wedding planning each month.
Meagan Phillips, vice president, program leader of the Wedding Protector Plan, is overjoyed about the event insurance program winning the WeddingWire Couples’ Choice Award® for the eighth consecutive year. “This prestigious award represents our customers taking the time to review and provide honest feedback on wedding insurance purchased from the Wedding Protector Plan®. It’s an honor to be trusted to help protect weddings and provide quality service to every customer. 2022 was a year that the wedding industry began to bounce back, and it is wonderful to see many couples finally hosting the weddings of their dreams.”
“We are celebrating our 14th annual Couples’ Choice Awards, where we honor our vendors who help make millions of couples’ big day one to remember,” said Timothy Chi, CEO of WeddingWire. “Not only are these hardworking and distinguished wedding professionals, like Wedding Protector Plan, a fundamental part of the wedding planning process for engaged couples, but they help make WeddingWire a trusted source for wedding planning. We congratulate everyone on this well-deserved achievement.”
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by Juliane Rees | Apr 7, 2022 | Press Release
B&B Protector Plans,, Inc. (“Protector Plans”) a wholly owned subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc., and part of Brown & Brown’s National Programs segment, will enhance insurance distribution and in-house agency capabilities with the acquisition of substantially all of the assets of Harold Diers & Company and Diers Insurance Corporation (collectively, “Diers”).
With roots dating back to 1941, Diers specializes in insurance for a variety of professionals, including dentists, lawyers, CPAs, podiatrists and optometrists. For over fifty years, the Diers Agency has been the exclusive representative for Protector Plans’ Professional Protector Plan® for Dentists’ (“PPP”) program in Nebraska and North Dakota.
Jeffrey S. Grange, president of Protector Plans’ Tampa Programs division stated, “The addition of the Diers’ team supports Protector Plans’ vision to be the leading preeminent full service delegated underwriting platform for specialty lines in the MGA/MGU channel. We provideproprietary insurance products and solutionstailored to the risk management needs of ourcustomers as a talent-led organization committed to specialization. For over eight decades, the Diers team has demonstrated the same commitment to its customers as specialists in solving the insurance needs of professionals. We are pleased by the capabilities of our combined teams and how this integration will enhance our sales and service delivery to dental, healthcare, legal, accountancy and other professionals.”
Marilyn Diers stated, “Our team looks forward to joining Protector Plans. Through our long-standing relationship with the PPP program, we have come to appreciate a shared culture that puts the customer first.”
Working with the Protector Plans brands provides customers access to custom insurance solutions for commercial and retail products, extensive underwriting knowledge and fast quote turnaround. We work to simplify the insurance experience, build trust and reduce uncertainty. Protector Plans’ website will be updated regularly with news, blogs, business activity, new product offerings and events. Visitors are encouraged to explore the website and sign up for direct emails from Protector Plans at bbprotectorplans.com.
About Protector Plans
B&B Protector Plans, Inc. (“Protector Plans”) is a national administrator of property and casualty insurance solutions whose reputation for innovation and customer service is based on a 40+ year history of meeting the complex insurance needs of professionals. Protector Plans’ fundamental distinction is grounded in insurance product innovation. Protector Plans is a wholly owned subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc.
About Brown & Brown, Inc.
Brown & Brown, Inc. (NYSE: BRO) is a leading insurance brokerage firm, delivering risk management solutions to individuals and businesses since 1939. With over 12,000 teammates in more than 300 locations across the U.S. and select global markets, we are committed to providing innovative strategies to help protect what our customers value most. For more information or to find an office near you, please visit bbinsurance.com.
This press release may contain certain statements relating to future results which are forward-looking statements, including those associated with this acquisition. These statements are not historical facts but instead represent only Brown & Brown’s current belief regarding future events, many of which, by their nature, are inherently uncertain and outside of Brown & Brown’s control. It is possible that Brown & Brown’s actual results and financial condition may differ, possibly materially, from the anticipated results and financial condition indicated in these forward-looking statements. Further information concerning Brown & Brown and its business, including factors that potentially could materially affect Brown & Brown’s financial results and condition, as well as its other achievements, is contained in Brown & Brown’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Such factors include those factors relevant to Brown & Brown’s consummation and integration of the announced acquisition, including any matters analyzed in the due diligence process, and material adverse changes in the business and financial condition of the seller, the buyer, or both, and their respective customers. All forward-looking statements made herein are made only as of the date of this release, and Brown & Brown does not undertake any obligation to publicly update or correct any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that subsequently occur or of which Brown & Brown hereafter becomes aware.
by Juliane Rees | Jan 10, 2022 | Press Release
Professional Protector Plan® for Dentists (PPP) has announced a new Internet of Things (IoT) property loss prevention service with Sensor Solutions by HSBTM. The service, available as a part of PPP’s property insurance program, utilizes smart sensors to monitor dental offices 24/7 for water leaks and frozen pipes.
“We’re excited to team up with HSB to offer a sensor solution to our PPP insured dentists. Water and freeze damage losses are costly and disruptive. This turnkey solution enables insureds to proactively mitigate loss. We believe the HSB Sensor Solution complements our commitment toward a complete suite of program products and services.” Mike Wensel, underwriting director for PPP
HSB’s Meshify Leak and Freeze sensors are easy to install and connect to a cloud-based platform using battery-powered cellular technology, allowing them to continue operating even in a power outage. Because the sensors do not rely on a dental office’s Wi-Fi or data systems, the sensors is reliable and the dental office data systems are kept safe from cyber exposures.
HSB works with PPP to monitor conditions in real-time. If a leak or other condition requiring immediate attention is detected, the dental office is alerted via SMS, email and/or phone.
“Damage that occurs at night and/or on weekends can cost thousands of dollars and shut down operations for days or weeks,” said Dave Mercier, senior vice president of HSB’s Custom Accounts Division. “With advanced sensor technologies, we can help provide peace of mind for a business, knowing that its facility is being monitored even when staff is not on-site, or power is lost.”
For commercial and personal lines, Sensor Solutions by HSBTM provides tailored IoT programs that help mitigate risks and enable improved insurance outcomes. Since 2016, HSB’s IoT programs for business, industry, institutions and homes have collected more than 13 billion sensor readings, enabling customers to reduce claims and avoid business interruption.
The Professional Protector Plan® for Dentists was created by Brown & Brown professional programs division through the collaboration of dental and malpractice insurance professionals to create one insurance policy to help meet the needs of a dental practice.
About Professional Protector Plan® for Dentists
Through their network of specialized agents, the PPP has been serving dentists nationwide since 1969. This comprehensive insurance program was developed specifically for the dental practice. The plan is offered in all 50 states plus Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands and insures tens of thousands of dentists nationwide.
The Professional Protector Plan® for Dentists is a division of B&B Protector Plans Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Brown & Brown, Inc., a leading insurance brokerage firm, delivering risk management solutions to individuals and businesses since 1939. With over 11,000 teammates in more than 300 locations across the U.S. and select global markets, we are committed to providing innovative strategies to help protect what our customers value most. For more information or to find an office near you, please visit bbinsurance.com.
For more information on about sensor services for dental practices, insurance products for dentists and risk management services, visit our website at http://www.protectorplan.com.
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HSB, part of Munich Re, is a multi-line specialty insurer and provider of inspection, risk management and IoT technology services. HSB insurance offerings include equipment breakdown, cyber risk, specialty liability and other coverages. HSB blends its engineering expertise, technology and data to craft inventive insurance and service solutions for existing and emerging risks posed by technological change. Throughout its 150-year history HSB’s mission has been to help clients prevent loss, advance sustainable use of energy and build deeper relationships that benefit business, public institutions and consumers. HSB holds A.M. Best Company’s highest financial rating, A++ (Superior). For more information, visit www.hsb.com and connect on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook.
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