Horticultural Asset Management, Inc. Names New National Affiliate Member Program Member

CARY, NC – Doug Cowles, president and CEO of Horticultural Asset Management, Inc. (HMI), has announced that Bollinger Insurance, a firm that provides business and personal insurance to a wide range of customers, has contracted to be a member of HMI’s Affiliate Member Program. Under the terms of the program, Bollinger clients will receive reduced pricing for HMI’s horticultural assessment. HMI will customize each assessment with the agency and individual agent’s logos and brand.

The assessment service involves the identification, sizing, mapping and general inspection of the landscape trees and shrubs on a property. This information is processed through HMI’s proprietary system and returns current through five-year replacement cost values, a plant health score, and plant descriptions, photographs and care and maintenance instructions for each asset. Bollinger clients can utilize the assessment to document their landscape assets in preparation of possible damage or loss as well as aid in the determination proper insurance coverage levels.

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News Facts:

• Bollinger Insurance has contracted to be a member of HMI’s Affiliate Member Program.
• Bollinger clients will receive reduced pricing for the assessment, and HMI will customize each assessment with the agency and individual agent’s logos and brand.
• The assessment involves the identification, sizing, mapping and general inspection of the landscape trees and shrubs.

Quotes:

“We have been fortunate that Bollinger as understood the value our assessments since our initial rollout,” said Cowles. “We are excited that their clients have been extremely responsive to our assessment, and we welcome them as an member of our affiliate program. This will allow their clients to experience the piece of mind that our assessment provide.”

“Bollinger Insurance is committed to keeping pace with the complexity of our customers’ needs,” said Rhonda Graber, Managing Director Personal Insurance of Bollinger, Inc. “Property owners lose millions of dollars worth of valuable landscape assets to fires, wind, lightning and other perils each year. Through HMI’s affiliate program, we will be able to offer our clients assessments at a exceptional value, while our agents will receive the education and training they need from HMI to help our clients make informed choices.”

About Horticultural Asset Management, Inc. (HMI)

Horticultural Asset Management, Inc. provides revolutionary products and services that are utilized by green industry professionals as well as experts in the tax, insurance and real estate industries. HMI’s Horticultural Scientific Standard (HS² ™) enables HMI Horticultural Assessments to provide accurate replacement costs for landscape assets. The replacement cost valuations provided in the HMI Horticultural Assessments can help property owners recover from the loss of landscape assets and they also provide valuable information to those purchasing properties. Also included in the HMI Horticultural Assessments is the Michael Dirr Plant Guide, written by renowned professor and author Dr. Michael Dirr. The plant guide provides customized care instructions, as well as photographs and plant descriptions.

For more information or to view a sample HMI Horticultural Assessment please visit the Web site http://www.moneygrowsontrees.com or call 866-937-6468.

About Bollinger, Inc.

In addition to its Short Hills headquarters, Bollinger has branch offices in New York City, Philadelphia, Princeton, and Moorestown, Vineland and Short Hills, N.J. With roots dating back to 1876, Bollinger provides business and personal insurance to a wide range of customers, as well as specialty insurance programs for golf and country clubs, amateur sports, and schools and colleges.

For more information on Bollinger, Inc. please visit http://www.BollingerInsurance.com.

Media Contacts:

Patty Briguglio
MMI Associates, Inc.
(919) 233-6600
(919) 233-0300 (fax)
[email protected]

Kipp Bodnar
MMI Associates, Inc.
(919) 233-6600
(919) 233-0300
[email protected]