BNI SuccessNet - Third Quarter 2002

I am pleased to announce that effective today, I will be a regular contributor to Entrepreneur.com's "Ask The Expert" section. The first article can be found at this URL address: www.entrepreneur.com/Community/CO_ExpertsInfo/1,4586,300965-----,00.html Feel free to post any questions for next month's article on business networking by selecting the "Ask This Expert" button right under the photograph at the above URL. To see a complete list of all the expert topics, go to: www.entrepreneur.com/experts.

This is great exposure for BNI and for business networking!

- Dr. Ivan Misner, Ph.D., Founder and CEO, BNI

The BNI Insurance Access Program was officially rolled-out at the BNI National Director's conference recently held in beautiful Colorado Springs, Colorado. The program will have multiple facets of insurance where BNI Insurance Professionals can go as an alternate place to shop for various insurance products. Our first phase is up and running and we've had an excellent response from BNI Insurance Professionals who have gone to the website or, contacted the program administrator directly.

What's special about this program?

It allows the BNI Insurance Professional to take a look at the coverages offered and work DIRECTLY with the underwriters as there are no middlemen. The coverages in some regards are direct to Lloyd's of London Syndicates and others are domestic but all are typically hard to find coverages. In most regards, PUA (Professional Underwriters Agency, Inc) will provide a premium quotation within 3-5 days. PUA, Inc. operates in Illinois and has many, many years of underwriting experience. In cooperation with the law firm Wilson, Elser, Moskowitz, Edelman & Dicker (WEMED) who acts in cooperation with PUA on claims settlements, this really is a complete package unlike anything in the market today.

BNI is not selling insurance, nor is BNI involved in any way with the program other than making it available ONLY to its Insurance professionals. BNI will only receive reimbursement for it's marketing expenses and that will be donated directly to the BNI-Misner Foundation. So how do you find out more about the program? It's really easy. Just go to www.bni.com and then to "BNI News Briefs." It's currently listed first on the News Briefs and you can click through to an information page. From that page you can either complete a questionnaire or go directly to the Administrators website at www.puainc.com/bni.htm.

Of course you can always contact me, J Lance Mead at jlance@bni.com or Sandip Chandarana at Sandip@puainc.com.

- J Lance Mead, BNI Insurance Access Program Coordinator