XpressPersonalLines.com is Open for Business - Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. Releases the Highly Anticipated 2nd Phase of Their “Xpress” Family of Programs

Oak Ridge, TN, April 04, 2007 --(PR.com)-- AUI launches XpressPersonalLines.com, a program portal of specialized personal lines insurance products designed specifically for independent insurance agents. It currently allows online “direct to carrier” rating access for stand-alone personal umbrella, dwelling fire, and watercraft lines of business.

In a short two months, AUI has parlayed the initial momentum of XpressUmbrella.com by developing two more unique programs; XpressDwellingFire.com and XpressWatercraft.com. Both of these new programs mirror the first by capitalizing on the same simple approach of aggregating business across the Internet, fulfilling a genuine market need, and by providing superior agency service. To aid in keeping things simple, the idea has always been to house these programs through a single portal, and that is XpressPersonalLines.com. As programs become enhanced and new ones added, agents and brokers can now easily navigate to this “one-stop” shop website or directly to individual sites as they wish. In addition to actively marketing to their network of over 7,000 independent agents nationwide, AUI has begun a nationwide print and web marketing campaign to run throughout 2007. For more information about the Xpress “Family” of programs, please visit www.XpressPersonalLines.com .

Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. is a full service MGA, providing independent agents a National wholesale outlet to multiple specialized markets for Workers' Compensation, Commercial Specialty, and Personal Lines of insurance. To learn more about Appalachian Underwriters, Inc. please visit www.appund.com .

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