Insurance Partners Announces Partnership with GBO/Insur IQ™

WAYZATA, Minn. - April 8, 2015 - PRLog -- InterAgency Insurance Partners

540 N Willow Drive

Long Lake, MN 55356

NEWS RELEASE          Contact: Jim Holm

President and Founder

         InterAgency Insurance Partners

         Jim@interagency.com

InterAgency Insurance Partners Aggregation announces agency driven digital insurance store partnership with GBO/Insur IQ™

April, 8, 2015, Long Lake, MN.

Insurance Partners, one of the oldest independent insurance agency aggregators in the U.S, announced the introduction of an agency driven digital insurance store platform for its 216 participating agency members in partnership with GBO/Insur IQ™ of Shelton, CT.  The private labeled digital insurance stores will be available to all Insurance Partner member agencies effective immediately.

Built on the GBO/Insur IQ platform, the agency driven digital insurance stores give agents the ability to offer a multi-carrier marketplace and an enhanced portfolio of insurance and other personal protection products, such as; dental, accident, health, I.D. theft, pre-paid legal, event liability, and other personal products to their individual clients in a fully digital purchase and delivery environment.  There are no requirements that client be a member of a group or association to access and purchase the products from an agents website.

“Insurance Partners has been delivering on our moral imperative since our inception in 1989.”  Said Jim Holm, President and Founder of Insurance Partners. “That imperative is to help connect our customers to the insurance they wish to buy.  We want to educate consumers while making the process as streamlined as possible. That means providing 24/7 purchase ability that digital insurance stores offer.  As a group we use every service center offered by the insurance companies we represent. Adding the agent driven digital store model on the GBO/Insur IQ platform is a logical progression in our ongoing development. We will be using www.enhancedinsurance.com in partnership with GBO/Insur IQ to drive increased traffic to our member agency websites”

“We are pleased to provide The GBO/Insur IQ™ platform supporting Insurance Partners 216 member agencies.” stated GBO/Insur IQ President and CEO; W. Brian Harrigan. “As the leading technology provider exclusively supporting independent and captive agents our mission is to provide the tools they need to effectively compete across a rapidly changing insurance distribution landscape. Our intelligent, multi-product, digital insurance store technology allows each Insurance Partner agency to bring an expanded portfolio of personal protection products, from major, nationally branded, insurance providers, to their clients in a familiar, on-line, ‘shopping cart’, experience.

“Insurance Partners has always brought an increased value proposition to its member firms largely due to the vision of the next big thing that will impact agent’s ability to effectively serve customers and maintain a successful business.” ,  added Mr. Harrigan.

About Insurance Partners

Insurance Partners, headquartered in Long Lake, MN, supports insurance agencies with the market differentiation, tools and time to maximize their sales, profits and equity.  Member agencies enjoy unprecedented access to consumer focused educational materials and integrated lead generation initiatives. Member agencies are located in Minnesota, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

About GBO/Insur IQ™ (groupbenefitoptions.com (http://www.groupbenefitoptions.com)) (www.insuriq.com)

GBO/Insur IQ, headquartered in Shelton, CT, is changing the insurance landscape with digital insurance stores exclusively in support of distributors who are rapidly embracing a “Digital Strategy” for insurance product sales and service.  The GBO/Insur IQ platform combines a familiar on-line, “shopping cart”, purchase experience, with a multi-product, multi-carrier portfolio for the real-time sale of insurance and other personal protection products.