Insurance Services
PINE established and runs the Graphic Arts Insurance Agency which provides complete insurance coverage and employee benefit services to companies in the graphic communications industry. The agency, operated for the benefit of members, offers, in addition to traditional coverage, alternatives from major insurance companies and sponsored association programs to meet your individual company’s needs. Working with dedicated groups and specialty underwriters, we have access to specialty programs and competitive pricing for printers and graphic arts businesses.
Business Insurance
We have established a partnership with Renaissance Alliance, a large group of independent agencies throughout New England working together to bring targeted coverage with group pricing to our industry. By aggregating our business, coverage of our unique exposures is available at competitive rates. Agents are geographically close to members for servicing while taking advantage of the buying power of the group. Comprehensive policies are available for small, medium and large graphic arts companies utilizing several national insurance companies to offer the following:
- Property, Casualty, Umbrella
- Workers' Compensation
- Commercial Auto
- Directors' & Officers Liability (D&O)
- Errors & Omissions Liability (E&O)
- Strike and Employment Related Practices Liability (ERPL)
Employee Benefits
Health and benefits coverage is a challenge these days. We have partnered with Partners Benefit Group (PBG), a comprehensive benefits group, to assure that the most cost effective package of coverage is available to all sized companies. Utilizing creative and partial self-insured approaches with a range of employee benefits carriers, we are able to design a program specifically for your needs and work to negotiate the most cost-effective pricing for:
- Health
- Dental
- 401(k) retirement
- Group Life & AD&D
- Group Short-Term Disability
- Group Long-Term Disability
Specialty Programs for Members:
- PINE Health Benefit Trust (PHBT) — Dental, Life and AD&D
- United Insurance Company Limited — Strike and Employment Related Practices Liability Insurance
- Printer's Disability Trust (PDT) — Group Life, AD&D, Short-Term, Long-Term and Managed Disability programs
- Safety/risk management seminars
United Insurance Company
United Insurance Company Limited (UIC) has provided innovative and affordable insurance products to graphic communications companies for more than 40 years. UIC’s mission is to provide specialized insurance products, particularly strike insurance, union organizing defense insurance (UODI), employment related practices liability insurance (ERPL) and employment related practices legal expense reimbursement insurance (ERP/LER).
Printing Industries of America, PINE and other PIA regional affiiliates endorse United Insurance Company.
To learn more about the products and services offered by the Graphic Arts Insurance Agency and answers to any other questions about insurance options, contact Mary Herilhy, insurance services manager, at 508-804-4123, 800-365-7961, or MHerlihy04@pine.org.
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