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Italiano Insurance Services, Tampa, Florida, Named NFIP “Agency of the Year”
Jacksonville, Fla. -- (June 3, 2008) --: Italiano Insurance Services of Tampa, Florida, a Fidelity partner agency, received Agency of the Year designations from the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) at their annual national conference held in Chicago, IL recently. Italiano Insurance Services is part of the independent agency network through which Fidelity National Property and Casualty Insurance Group markets the National Flood Insurance Program.
Fidelity National Property and Casualty Insurance Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF), a Fortune 500 provider of title insurance, specialty insurance and claims management services is also the largest provider of NFIP flood policies in the U.S. The National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP), a component of FEMA, provides flood insurance in more than 20,000 communities across the United States and annually recognizes notable insurance agencies that support the NFIP flood program.
Agency President, Jeff Italiano, of Italiano Insurance Services, headquartered in Tampa, FL, who accepted the award in Chicago, described the agency’s successful efforts as “about educating people that flood (risk) is not covered by their homeowner’s policy and that an easy fix called the Preferred Risk Policy is available.” Preferred risk flood policies are available to property owners in the low to moderate risk zones and offer flood coverage at the lowest rates in the program.
The agency won the award for sustained, increased flood sales but also for multiple marketing efforts touching the community via direct mail, radio, internet and TV advertising, and appearances at local community organizations, including realtor boards, mortgage and homeowners associations. In addition, the agency was noted for development of a new flood-marketing website: www.IneedFlood.com, which makes it possible for consumers to purchase a Preferred Risk Flood policy online.
Italiano Insurance Services is a full service insurance agency established in 1960 with 21 insurance professionals on staff. The agency’s headquarters is on Swann Avenue in Tampa, FL with a second location on Main Street in Boca Grande, FL.
For more information on Italiano Insurance Services, Inc. contact Jeff Italiano, President, 813-877-7799 or jeff@italianoins.com or see www.italianoinsurance.com
SOURCE: Fidelity National Property and Casualty Insurance Group
Fidelity National Property and Casualty Insurance Group CONTACT:
Patty Templeton-Jones, Vice President
904-997-7353 or ptempleton-jones@fnf.com.
About Fidelity National Financial
Fidelity National Financial, Inc. (NYSE:FNF), is a leading provider of title
insurance, specialty insurance, claims management services and information
services. FNF is one of the nation's largest title insurance companies
through its title insurance underwriters - Fidelity National Title, Chicago
Title, Ticor Title, Security Union Title and Alamo Title - that issue approximately
28 percent of all title insurance policies in the United States. FNF
also provides flood insurance, personal lines insurance and home warranty insurance
through its specialty insurance business. FNF also is a leading provider
of outsourced claims management services to large corporate and public sector
entities through its minority-owned subsidiary, Sedgwick CMS. FNF is
also a leading information services company in the human resource, retail and
transportation markets through another minority-owned subsidiary, Ceridian
Corporation. More information about FNF can be found at http://www.fnf.com/.
