ICW Group, a group of insurance companies, has entered the small business market for workers’ compensation insurance. Comprehensive coverage and claims services is available in more than 40 small business categories, with premiums starting as low as $2,500, for policy effective dates beginning Jan. 1, 2009. The company will expand into 50 additional categories beginning in the first quarter of 2009.
Earlier this year ICW Group introduced Snap, a web-based service designed to increase productivity by automatically uploading applications from any agency management system. Snap Instant Quote is the software’s newest feature designed for the small business market. Snap Instant Quote provides straight-through-processing capability, allowing agents to pre-qualify risks, reserve the markets, secure policy numbers upon binding, and obtain on-line access to all account documentation.
For information, visit www.icwgroup.com/.


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