NEW YORK, April 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Fortress Global Investigations
(http://www.fortressglobal.com) today launched Agent Check Plus, a
comprehensive program to assist insurance companies in identifying
questionable agents, brokers and other representatives.
Agent Check Plus was created in response to increasing incidence of theft
and misrepresentation by unscrupulous agents who pocket premiums, divert
claims payments and commit other crimes. Fortress Global, a leader in the
background checking industry, designed Agent Check Plus to comply with the
specific requirements of the insurance industry.
"We reviewed countless cases in which the public and insurance companies
were victimized by dishonest agents and in virtually every instance there was
pre-existing evidence that should have raised red flags," said James Mulvaney,
Managing Director for Corporate Intelligence at Fortress Global. "We also
discovered that standard background checks can miss crucial details because
they are not integrated with the specific requirements of the insurance
industry. What makes Agent Check Plus special is that it was designed in
coordination with insurance industry specialists who identified the potential
witnesses and crucial criteria in establishing the bona fides of an agent."
Another differentiator of Agent Check Plus is that the applicant agent,
rather than the insurance company, pays for the investigation.
"This pricing model for Agent Check Plus is similar to the current
insurance industry practice, where agents pay licensing and franchising fees
to represent an insurance company," said Robert Seiden, President of Fortress
Global Investigations. "We believe that most honest brokers will be glad to
participate in a system that gets rid of shady competitors. Our Agent Check
Plus program identifies an agent as having attained the high standards of a
major insurance company."
Agent Check Plus was introduced today the insurance industry in
Philadelphia at The Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS) annual
meeting. Founded in 1950, RIMS represents 4,500 industrial, service,
nonprofit, charitable, and governmental entities, including the leading
entities in the insurance industry.
About Fortress Global
Fortress Global Investigations Corporation (http://www.FortressGlobal.com)
is a rapidly growing international private investigations firm, led and
managed by former senior leaders of the FBI, CIA, DEA, Interpol and the
Manhattan District Attorney's Office. Headquartered in New York City,
Fortress Global provides investigative and litigation assistance to many of
the nation's largest corporations, law firms and municipalities. It offers a
range of services including: witness location and interviews, business
intelligence and due diligence, fact verification, pre-employment screening,
background checks, surveillance, asset searches, computer forensics, and
related security services. For more information on Fortress Global
Investigations, call 212 725-7500.
SOURCE Fortress Global Investigations
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CONTACT:
Lisa Hendrickson, Fortress Global
Investigations, LHendrickson@fortressglobal.com, +1-516-643-1642
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