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2011 Cincinnati Five Star Auto and Home Insurance Agents Announced

Area Auto and Home Insurance Agents Qualify for Award Based on Consumer Research

Minneapolis, July. 1, 2011 – Five Star Professional has named the Cincinnati area recipients of the 2011 Five Star Auto & Home Insurance Agent award. The award winners appear in a special section in the July issue of Cincinnati Magazine.

Five Star Professional partnered with Cincinnati Magazine to conduct research to identify a select group of insurance agents who are exceptional in both their ability and their commitment to overall satisfaction. Fewer than one percent of the 13,290 in the Cincinnati area residents holding insurance licenses were selected.

A survey was provided to all Cincinnati area residents who purchased a home over $100,000 within a 36-month period (September 2007 to September 2010), 12,500 subscribers of Cincinnati Magazine and 250 mortgage and title companies. Respondents were asked to evaluate insurance agents they knew through personal experience and to evaluate them based on nine criteria. Both negative and positive evaluations were included in the scoring.

All qualified insurance agents were screened with the Ohio State Real Estate Commission’s database to verify that licenses were current and no disciplinary actions were pending. The final list was reviewed by a panel of local insurance company executives, professional and trade association officers and others directly involved in housing-related businesses.

Five Star Professional provides localized, independent client satisfaction research on the performance of service professionals. Five Star Professional conducts research with consumers, and industry peers and leaders, to identify service professionals who score highest in overall satisfaction. Award candidates also undergo a thorough regulatory review. Five Star Professional joins forces with city and regional magazines to make the research results available to consumers in more than 45 markets across the United States and now, Canada. Five Star Professional was founded in 2003 and is based in Minneapolis. For more information, go to: www.fivestarprofessional.com