Strategic Partners
The Institutes have officially acquired Polestar Performance Programs to continue meeting the professional development needs of those working in the risk management and insurance industry.
MALVERN, PA (PRWEB)Â NOVEMBER 14, 2016
The Institutes have officially acquired Polestar Performance Programs to continue meeting the professional development needs of those working in the risk management and insurance industry.
For more than 20 years, Polestar has offered customized consulting services, training and personal-performance coaching solutions designed to help insurance agencies, brokerages and carriers increase their productivity, profitability, sales performance, efficiency and client retention.
“The Institutes are excited about the new opportunities this acquisition presents,†said Peter L. Miller, CPCU, president and chief executive officer of The Institutes. “It enables us to expand our offerings, especially with in-person sales training and coaching while furthering our mission of meeting the professional development needs of the risk management and insurance industry.â€
Polestar also foresees valuable opportunities through its collaboration with The Institutes.
“We look forward to combining our services and capabilities with the knowledge leadership of The Institutes,†said Richard Coskren, chief executive office of Polestar Performance Programs. “We are confident that our alliance will positively impact both of our organizations as well as the industry.â€
The Institutes have begun integrating Polestar’s programs into their business functions as part of ongoing efforts to meet the needs of the agent and broker industry.
For more information about The Institutes, visit TheInstitutes.org.
Polestar Performance Programs believes its foundation is built upon great staff, as well as relationships with committed strategic partners as shown here:
Aspen Risk Management Group
Aspen Risk Management Group provides effective business improvement strategies to its clients (insurance carriers, agents/brokers, and others). They are experts in risk management, safety, and human resources training & coaching. Their people are dedicated to saving lives, preventing injuries & illnesses, and protecting their clients from harm.  They focus on providing solutions that are realistic, long-lasting, and embedded to an organization’s culture & operation.
Polestar incorporates materials such as Aspen’s best-selling book Workplace Safety: A Guide for Small and Midsized Companies in its development programs.  On average Aspen’s safety and risk management strategies have reduced client workers’ comp costs by 35%.
Forge3
Forge3’s goal is to educate and inspire you to launch and grow your dream business using today’s social and web technologies…while living life and having fun along the way!
They’ve developed their unique Bicycle Wheel of Business™ approach to highlight that business is more than tweets, “likes†and web tech. It’s about people and relationships. How and where you establish those relationships is changing. Technology is leading the way. Forge3 shows you how.
For over nine years, they’ve been building Websites, brainstorming strategies and helping companies understand all of today’s ever-changing web tools and technologies.
Polestar Performance Programs works with Forge3 to build its social networking and website platforms
New Level Partners
Take your learning to a new level with interactive web-based E-Learning modules and tailored Instructor-led training for your employees or clients.
New Level Partners will align closely with clients to design curricula that accelerate skill and competency development to meet existing and anticipated business demands. Their programs are specifically designed and developed to address the unique needs and challenges of your business.
New Level Partners offers both e-learning and onsite commercial and personal insurance coverage training programs with a proven blended learning approach – e-learning insurance modules, online coverage challenges, video risk management cases, and online risk management forums.
Polestar incorporates into our programs a number of technical training solutions offered by New Level Partners.
SDI Staffing
SDI Staffing is Polestar's West Coast partner in the recruiting and hiring of producers and insurance agency staff. Similar to The CIB Group, SDI Staffing recruits producers from outside the insurance industry for the Polestar New Producer Development Program (FastTrack).
Your Ops Manager
Founded by Deb Beddoe, Your Ops Manager has been the behind the scenes “ops†team of Polestar since 2009.
Your Ops Manager is a service that manages small business so that owners can concentrate on bringing talent to market and generating revenue. Your Ops Manager is designed for companies who don’t have the expertise, time, or resources to hire an office manager or operations manager. The Ops Manager team prioritizes and organizes your unique business operations into a calendar of tasks that they are responsible for completing.
