Fremont Insurance Earns Industry Recognition

FREMONT, Mich., Nov. 30, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Fremont Insurance Company announced that the Company was recently presented with two national awards from ACORD (Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development) in recognition of the Company's commitment to achieving ACORD standards and leadership in the use of technology. ACORD is a global, nonprofit insurance association serving the insurance industry and related financial services industries. Since 1997, ACORD recognizes their members by issuing awards to those who show commitment and dedication to the standards.

Fremont Insurance earned the "Commercial Lines Download" award which recognizes companies that help streamline workflows and improve the quality of data available to users who need to service their customers.  Fremont Insurance also received the "Round Trip of Data" award which is given to those companies that have automated the life cycle of the data used by agents.

"Fremont Insurance has made significant investments in the development and implementation of real time strategies that allow our systems to seamlessly integrate with those of our agency partners," said David Mangin, CIO for Fremont Insurance Company.  "We are grateful for this recognition of our efforts from ACORD, and look forward to continuing to introduce new systems and technologies that create new efficiencies for our partners."

"I congratulate Fremont Insurance Company not only for their achievements and two 2011 awards, but also for showing the industry how essential ACORD data standard implementations are for improving communication and integration," said Lloyd Chumbley, Vice President, Standards, ACORD.

In addition to the ACORD Awards, Fremont Insurance was also recently recognized for its technological innovations by the Applied Users' Group which awarded the Company its "Innovation and Partnership" award.

About ACORD
ACORD (Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development) is a global, nonprofit standards development organization serving the insurance industry and related financial services industries. ACORD's mission is to facilitate the development of open consensus data standards and standard forms. ACORD members include hundreds of insurance and reinsurance companies, agents and brokers, software providers, and industry associations worldwide. ACORD works with these organizations towards a goal of improved data communication across diverse platforms through implementation of standards. ACORD maintains offices in New York and London.

About Fremont Insurance
Fremont Insurance is a subsidiary of the Auto Club Group, servicing the Independent Agents of Michigan. The company has been a Pure Michigan company since 1876. Dynamic Products, Exceptional Service, and Competitive Pricing have made Fremont Insurance one of the fastest growing and most respected companies operating in Michigan.  For more information about Fremont Insurance you can visit the company online at www.fmic.com, find them on Facebook at www.facebook.com/FremontInsuranceCo, or follow them on twitter at www.twitter.com/FremontIns.

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