Assuranceamerica Corporation Announces First Acquisition in Alabama

Assuranceamerica Corporation Announces First Acquisition in Alabama

<p>AssuranceAmerica Corporation Announces First Acquisition in Alabama Wednesday January 17, 8:10 am ET </p><p>ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Atlanta based AssuranceAmerica Corporation (OTCBB: ASAM - News) today announced its retail agency subsidiary, TrustWay Insurance Agencies, acquired 80% of Frontline Insurance Agencies of Troy, Mobile and Montgomery, Alabama. Frontline is an independent insurance agency with approximately $4 million of premium volume. Frontline primarily writes non- standard auto insurance, but also writes on behalf of insurance carriers that provide term life coverages, and athletic injury policies for colleges and professional sports teams and players. </p><p>In announcing the acquisition, Lawrence (Bud) Stumbaugh, President and CEO of AssuranceAmerica said, "This acquisition now gives us retail agency ownership in Georgia, Florida and Alabama, three of the 6 states in which our wholesale business (Carrier/MGA) currently sells its insurance products. It also broadens our product offerings on behalf of non-owned insurance carriers. Frontline's President, Jim Bohanan, will remain a 20% owner of the Alabama agency group. He will also be a leader in our effort to identify other Alabama agencies that meet our strategic acquisition criteria." </p><p>AssuranceAmerica focuses on the specialty automobile insurance marketplace, primarily in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, Texas, and Louisiana. Its principal operating subsidiaries are TrustWay Insurance Agencies, LLC ("Agency"), which sells personal automobile insurance policies through its 48 retail agencies, AssuranceAmerica Managing General Agency LLC ("MGA"), which markets the company's insurance products through over 1,300 participating independent agencies, and AssuranceAmerica Insurance Company ("Carrier"). </p><p>This press release includes statements that may constitute "forward-looking" statements. These statements are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements inherently involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from the forward-looking statements, as discussed in the Company's filings with the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC). Historical results are not indicative of future performance. </p><p>Contact: AssuranceAmerica Corporation, Atlanta Renee A. Pinczes, 770-952-0200 Ext. 105 Fax: 770-984-0173 [email protected]</p>

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