While the entire indoor tanning industry can share in celebrating the fact that busy season is nearly upon us, Team Universal has another reason to celebrate. This month marks 25 years of working with AIG, which means 25 years of support and service to our dear tanning salon professionals.
Twenty-five years as the program manager for AIG means 25 years of dedication to protecting salon owners.
There are many tanning salons that have been in business for the same amount of time, and Team Universal is proud to say that they still work with some of these industry veterans. If you are in this group that is still around, give yourself a pat on the back! You have weathered recessions, industry specific taxation and friendly, but fierce, competition.
And like all aspects in life, especially similar to the ever-changing tanning industry, Universal has gone through some changes over the years. One thing that has not changed at Universal, though, is their reputation of stability, great customer service and solid business practices.
In 1992, Universal partnered with a large insurance provider, AIG, after realizing that many salon owners were missing an important coverage for UV exposure. UV exposure, covered under the Professional Liability policy, is a very important and very specific coverage. Recognizing that many policies out there excluded UV exposure, Universal went to work on underwriting the tanning industry and providing a solution through AIG.
Due to the long-term relationship between Universal and AIG, Universal has been able to modify and adapt the insurance solutions offered based on the needs of the industry. Specializing in tanning and being able to represent the same carrier for so many years is an important accomplishment that Universal is proud of, and proud to share with all of the industry’s salon owners.
Business owners cannot specialize in everything, and the same concept applies to your insurance provider. Make sure you are insured with a company that will work with you and works FOR you, one that will drop whatever they are doing to help you. Just like all of the dedicated salon operators who believe in this industry, Universal also believes in it and has spent the last 25 years figuring out the best way to continue protecting it.
The ultimate goal of insurance is to make sure that you, as a business owner, are properly protected, and the goal at Universal is to help provide the protection you need.
Make sure you are insured with a company that will work with you and works FOR you.
