King and Companies’ mission is to enhance their clients experience by providing the Human Touch to Insurance through innovative programs for employers, employees, individuals and seniors. Starting this fall, King’s Corner will air every Saturday at 5pm on AM 1570.

Burnsville, MN, June 11, 2007:  King and Companies, an Employee Benefit Firm and Independent Insurance Agency, is pleased to announce that it has moved to the new Nicollet Plaza building in the Heart of the City of Burnsville. Sandra Schlaefer, President and owner, stated, “We are very excited to be a part of this awesome community and look forward to serving those South of the River”. King and Companies was the first business to purchase and move into the new Nicollet Plaza building, and is located at 150 East Travelers Trail, Suite C. Sandra Schlaefer is also the captain of the Heart of the City Get Fit Burnsville Program, starting on June 14, 2007.

King and Companies’ mission is to enhance their clients experience by providing the human touch to insurance through innovative programs for employers, employees, individuals and seniors. Contact Sandra Schlaefer at (952) 746-5959, or stop by for a cup of coffee and speak with Sandra or any of the other friendly King and Companies staff: Christi Pankonin, Lisa Beckstrom, Pat Tilleman, Tom Matthew, Caitie Johnson, and Gina Beckstrom.

MINNEAPOLIS, MN. February 21, 2006  – iCentera, the leading provider of on-demand communication portals that change the way businesses communicate, announced today that  King and Companies, Inc., which assists employers, sole proprietors and individuals with employee benefits and insurance programs, has been leveraging the icSuite  to deliver customized client insurance portals which they have branded as the value-added service HRescue.  With the icSuite, King and Companies is able to help customers stay compliant with state and federal regulations in the insurance industry.
“The insurance business is a paper intensive industry with an enormous amount of complex information and documentation. At King and Companies we want to bring the human touch to insurance and work closely with our clients to meet their insurance needs and stay within state and federal compliance guidelines,” said Sandra Schlaefer, RHU, President of King and Companies, Inc.
 “We use the icSuite to deliver client insurance portals which we have customized and branded for each client and which are known to our clients as HRescue. HRescue portals contain everything that pertains to a company’s insurance policies, from education to claim forms, HIPAA notifications, direct links to carrier websites, I-9s, workplace posters and benefit flyers reducing the large amount of paper work that is a critical part of the insurance industry.  With the icSuite we can deliver HRescue as a value-added service that looks completely proprietary and differentiates King and & Companies from the competition by giving our clients the close vendor relationship they want but can’t receive from some of the larger insurance firms today.”

Prior to the icSuite King and Companies had to leverage several solutions from ACT to email in order to effectively service their customers. With the icSuite the company can remove the burden of document management from the client and provide them with extra services that help them manage all of their insurance programs. Today the company has more than 200 documents and over 40 client insurance portals.

“The most powerful feature is the content engine.  With the icSuite we can deliver a large amount of information in a way that is not intimidating to the client.  For example, if there is a new person in HR, they don’t have to search through their file cabinets, email or call a provider to get the information they need,” Schlaefer commented.  “With the icSuite they get their own private website, with their particular information that is easy to locate, download and submit at anytime.  More importantly they gain a resource that helps them get up to speed quickly as well as communicate with King and Companies for any additional information.”

About King and Companies
King and Companies, Inc., assists employers, sole proprietors and individuals with employee benefits, human resources and insurance programs.  We specialize in group and individual medical insurance plans, Health Savings Accounts, dental, life, disability, vision, travel, voluntary, college student, long-term care, Medicare and Part D plans as well as HR and consulting.  At King and Companies we provide the human touch to insurance.

About iCentera Corporation
iCentera is the leading provider of on-demand communication portals that drive client communication and collaboration.  Within 24 hours, iCentera's hosted solution provides custom portal creation, content management, and real-time content and portal analytics so that companies can immediately improve communication with any audience, any time.  Founded in 2003, iCentera delivers Portals for MortalsTM, empowering customers to create portals on-demand to support critical business initiatives.