What They Say About UIPI

Insurance Companies Praise Institute Activities 


“What we’ve seen in the last year is very exciting. The breadth of programs, companies and organizations associated with the institute is steadily expanding, which GeneralCologne Re finds impressive.”
Sue Johnson
GeneralCologne Re

“There has been a lot of small business growth in urban areas over the past few years. If insurance companies are looking for ways to penetrate the urban market, the small business sector is one way to do that. UIPI offers its supporters a commercial insurance education presentation that will help them educate commercial insurance consumers.”
Irene Sewer
Grange Insurance Companies

“Urban areas are important to every insurance company, even those that may not yet be offering products in cities. The institute highlights best practices, and if we do it right the market will be terrific for everyone.”
Gwen Jones
American Family

“So many of the federal regulations are enforced by cities, which directly or indirectly impacts insurance companies. The institute can help us build essential relationships that we would not be able to approach individually.”
Tim Russell
Baldwin Mutual Insurance Company

“We’ve found that UIPI programs, linking urban residents with the insurance industry, open up important lines of communication, which benefit urban residents and insurance companies alike.”
Larry Lewis
Prudential Property and Casualty

“The institute’s urban affairs workshop enabled us to come with some interesting new ideas that we hope to develop in the near future.”
Earnie Hines
American Skyline Insurance Company

“We were very impressed with the seminar, especially the regulatory sessions.”
Janet Patrick
Illinois Insurance Association

“More insurers are demonstrating heightened interest and activity in urban markets. They’re looking for new markets to grow, and are seeking to learn and do more in urban communities. When we look at the membership of the UIPI, you can see how interest has grown over the years.”
Lorraine Brock
Nationwide Insurance

“UIPI’s unique value lies in the fact that it is the only property casualty insurance organization that works on urban issues from a company perspective.”
Larry Forrester
National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies

“The inuring benefit of the UIPI for a very small company like Lehigh Mutual Insurance Company is promoting confidence to recognize business opportunities in an expanding urban marketplace as well as introducing us to potential partners to enable us to successfully engage in business opportunities in the urban setting.”
Michael Yeager
Lehigh Mutual Insurance Company

“It really made an impression. We have heard since then how some of the neighbors saw how we were helping and started coming out and sprucing up their homes and yards. It becomes contagious.” (Kansas City, Kansas urban revitalization)
Garry Dial
Farmers Insurance Group

“The workshop topics were timely and the sessions informative. The setting was also fun.”
Christina Webber
The Philadelphia Contributionship Companies

“This was a great opportunity for employees, particularly the underwriting department, to help out and at the same time assist homeowners in improving their properties. It helps everyone understand some of the struggles homeowners face in regard to maintaining their properties and what efforts are available to help them.” (Wichita revitalization project)
Bruce White
Alliance Insurance Companies