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A Great Place to Work As a “Best Place to Work” company, we strive to continue to strengthen our Personal Lines staff to better serve you and your customers. CATHY KRUG joined Arbella in July 2011 JENNIFER NISCO joined Arbella in as a customer service representative and was promoted to the role of Personal Lines underwriter assist in December 2013. In her new role, Cathy works with underwriters to review new business, renewals, and endorsements and respond to agent inquiries. Cathy graduated from Bridgewater State College in 2010 with a Bachelor of Arts in English and a concentration in writing. Her highly developed customer service skills and attention to detail position Cathy well for success in this new role. November 2013 as a data analyst in Personal Lines Product Management. Her key responsibilities include underwriting, profit, and growth opportunity analysis, as well as identifying ways to improve the current report-generating process Prior to joining Arbella, Jennifer was a financial analyst and cost manager at Zwicker and Associates, PC, in Andover. She received a Bachelor of Science in nutrition from James Madison University in 2008, and is currently an MBA student at UMass Lowell. I NTR O D U C I N G AR B E LLA’S S E RVI C E C E NTE R! In February 2014, we launched the Arbella Service Center, a team of licensed insurance professionals dedicated to providing high-quality service and consultative support to Arbella insureds on behalf of their independent agent and in alignment with the agency’s business objectives. The possible benefits of partnering with the Arbella Service Center include an increas e in sales, higher average premium, greater account penetration, customer retention, improved loss results, and increased operational capacity for agency employees to focus on activities that drive profitable growth. “The Service Center is a direct result of feedback we received from our agency councils,” says Janet Corcoran, COO of Arbella. “We listened to our agents’ concerns and are proud to put this initiative in place to support them.” Customers will interact with an Arbella Service Center account specialist who will help them find the right coverage at the right price, answer questions about their existing policies, offer billing and payment solutions that meet customers’ needs, and much more. “We are very excited to 6 ARBELLA INSURANCE GROUP The Arbella Service Center Team partner with our independent agents to provide their Arbella customers with premier and efficient service and attention,” says Kim Kennedy, assistant vice president of Operations at Arbella. “With increased hours of operation and expedited services for Arbella customers, our Service Center is a valuable extension of each independent agency’s team.” To learn more about the Arbella Service Center, take a tour, or find out how your agency can participate, please contact Kim Kennedy at [email protected].