FleetRisk Advisors and Safety Management Solutions Merge Products and Talent to Expand the Industry's Leading Safety Management and Risk Mitigation Offering

ALPHARETTA, Ga., March 5 /PRNewswire/ -- FleetRisk Advisors, Inc. announces the acquisition of Safety Management Solutions, LLC (SMS), a recognized industry leader in developing productive and safe workplace cultures in a variety of business sectors including: manufacturing, distribution, sales and mobile services. The merger strengthens FleetRisk Advisors' position as the recognized pioneer in predictive analytics and decision support technology for the transportation and logistics industry. This acquisition will allow FleetRisk to significantly expand the scope of offerings delivered through its flagship safety management platform The Driving Center™.

"The merger gives current SMS customers access to cutting edge technology and systems and provides current FleetRisk customers with additional subject matter expertise and much broader domain expertise," said James Kaletta, President of SMS. "We view becoming a part of FleetRisk a 'win-win' for our customers, employees and the future."

FleetRisk plans to integrate all SMS safety programs into its existing suite of predictive models for commercial driving risks which include, workers compensation risks, safety awareness, hiring and retention, on-line training, and automated intervention and countermeasures.

In 2008 FleetRisk merged with The Driving Center, LLC. Since that initial merger FleetRisk has successfully integrated technology and services into a single offering branded around The Driving Center™ name. The current FleetRisk offering includes large scale data aggregation, in-vehicle telematics integration, external data warehouse integration, a broad suite of predictive modeling applications, along with driver coaching, and risk intervention strategies. The output of predictive models which identify high risk situations are now coupled with The Driving Center™ and SMS's intervention strategies. The result is a packaged series of "intelligent countermeasures" and management "coaching plans".

"The SMS team has built an impeccable reputation across a broad cross section of the commercial safety marketplace," said Sam Wilkes, CEO of FleetRisk Advisors. "This merger allows FleetRisk to continue to expand our technology offerings while at the same time providing our customers with the broad level of in-depth professional skills and expertise to use this technology productively."

About Safety Management Solutions, LLC.

Founded in 1994, Safety Management Solutions is a specialized consulting firm providing expertise and leadership in safety improvement through program development, online learning and employee involvement. SMS has worked successfully with Fortune 500 companies including, Walgreens, Alberto Culver, Monsanto, sanofi-aventis, Abbott Labs, Reyes Holdings and S&C Electric to integrate safe driving and occupational safety processes into these organizations.

About FleetRisk Advisors, Inc.

FleetRisk Advisors provides a suite of risk and safety management services to the Transportation and Logistics market. Our target market is large commercial fleets. Our products and services are built around a core platform which provides the infrastructure and functionality required to build and sustain "best-in-class" risk and safety programs. The platform is supported by consulting services based on years of experience and deep domain expertise. The value proposition for our client is significant reductions in loss costs and significant improvements in the productivity of both personnel and assets. www.fleetriskadvisors.com.

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