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Fidelity Associates Insurance & Financial Services eNewsletter February 2012
IN THIS ISSUE
Atlas Tree Service

Stay Safe Online

Health Care Reform

FAST 24/7 Account Access

Employees of the Year

Pulled Pork Tacos Recipe

Allied Fire & Security
January Referral Gift Card Winner

Congratulations to Matt Allen, winner of our $50 gas card drawing!

For every referral who calls for a quote and says they were referred by you, you'll get a $10 gift card for movies, coffee or shopping. For every referral we receive from you in a month, you'll get one entry into the drawing for our monthly $50 gas card! That's it, whether they purchase from us or not. Just be sure they mention your name when they call. 

THANK YOU for sharing your friends with us!

CONGRATULATIONS 2011 EMPLOYEES OF THE YEAR!


We are proud of our 2011 Employees of the Year! Congratulations to all of the following:

Holly Sproul
Employee of the Year
Holly Sproul
Operations Assistant

Fidelity Associates Account Executive of the Year
Scott Jones
CEO/President

Fidelity Associates Financial Services Account
Executive of the Year
Jeff Dean
Account Executive

Department Employees of the Year:

Accounting:
Ann Kolbeck

Administrative:

Melanie Fiegl

Commercial Lines:

Account Managers Team Alan Wolfson 
Amanda Jasicko
Connie Zilbert
Laurie Stewart
Lisa Dyer
Vickie McLean

Financial Services:

Katy Durning

Personal Lines:

Melinda Whallon



SLOW COOKER PULLED PORK TACOS

Try this favorite recipe for slow cooker pulled pork tacos! Get the complete recipe and reviews
from Real Simple Food.

pork tacos

ALLIED FIRE & SECURITY

Thank you to our clients, such as Allied Fire & Security, for supporting our newsletter!

Atlas Tree Service - Spotlight Client
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Atlas Tree Service is locally owned and family operated and has been providing tree removal and tree care to Spokane since 1999. The owner, Kirk Etherton, has been in the tree business for 23 years. Kirk and his wife Monique have been married for 20 years and have three boys: a freshman at WSU and twin boys, sophomores at Ferris HS.

Atlas Tree Service offers a variety of services at different levels to fit within your budget. As a leading tree removal company in Spokane and all surrounding areas, we can guarantee your satisfaction with any of our tree removal, tree care, tree pruning or stump grinding services.

Tree Removal ~ Reconstructive Pruning
Lot Clearing and Thinning ~ Stump Grinding

Our mission statement is simple. We are committed to providing our customers with the best tree care you expect and deserve. We treat our customers with utmost honesty and integrity. Safety and quality are our top priorities.

We accomplish this by:
~ Promptly arriving at the site and providing dependable service
~ Conducting ourselves in a professional manner
~ Using minimally invasive procedures to quickly and smoothly complete projects with as little disruption to your property as possible
~ Providing honest, high-quality work at a competitive price while providing excellent communication and customer service

Our Services:
Residential & Commercial  ~  24 HR Emergency Service 
Brush Chipping  ~  Cavity Work/Cabling/Bracing  ~  Dead Wooding
Fire Prevention  ~  Fruit Trees  ~  Hazard Tree Removal  ~  Land Clearing
Limb Removal  ~  Ornamental Pruning  ~  Storm Damage Repairs
Total Clean Up  ~  Tree and Shrub Preservation  ~  Tree Removal
View Trimming/Clearing  ~  Windowing

Quality is our top priority, and we don't consider a job complete until you - the client - are satisfied.

Contact Us - South: 509-448-5192   North-Valley: 509-928-4522
allanetherton@comcast.net      www.atlastreeservicespokane.com
Stay Safe Online
With the web becoming such an integral part of our daily lives, personal data management, privacy and potential identity theft are important topics to consider. Can you outsmart internet scammers? How easily would you recognize if a website you are brought to from a link in an email or elsewhere is the "real thing", or a "phishing" attempt to steal your personal information? OpenDNS, an internet security provider, has created a handy little "phishing quiz" on their website that will test your ability to spot a phishing scam. The quiz will show you several websites and ask you to answer if you think each is real or not, and at the end will show you your correct/incorrect results, and explain how to recognize those pages that were phishing/scam attempts.
Take the quiz here: OpenDNS Phishing Quiz


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Another resource to get more information about online safety is Google's new consumer education campaign, "Good to Know". It is designed to teach anyone who uses websites and other online tools about safety, security and data management. There are four parts included:
Stay Safe Online: Tips and advice for staying more secure online
Your Data on the Web: How data makes websites more useful
Your Data on Google: How Google uses information to help make a better experience.
Manage Your Data: How to best manage your information.

Get more info here: Google Good to Know
What Does Healthcare Reform Mean to Businesses and Their Employees in Washington State?
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Work is underway to implement healthcare reform in Washington state that is likely to impact many. Specifically, the State's efforts to establish an "Exchange" as part of the law will impact the entire healthcare system. A number of experts have indicated that incentives and disincentives in the federal law may encourage some employers to discontinue employer-sponsored coverage and encourage their employees to seek the federally-subsidized coverage in the Exchange.

Carriers such as Premera Blue cross are hearing from some employer customers that they are starting to assess that option. Such a shift could lead to a huge transformation of the current system that relies on employer-sponsored coverage. Learn more in this article in Seattle Business Monthly, written by Premera's President and CEO Gubby Barlow, which further examines how healthcare reform, and the Exchange will impact our healthcare system.
New! FAST 24/7
We are pleased to offer our clients 24/7 online access to their insurance information! With our new Fidelity Associates Service Tool (FAST 24/7), you can: review your current policies; re-print auto ID cards; manage certificates of Insurance; manage vehicles, drivers & locations; request changes; and report a claim. 

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Click the FAST 24/7 icon now to set up your account (you will need to have one of your policy numbers handy), or contact your Account Manager and we will set it up for you.
Find Us Online:
                                   
 www.fidelityins.com
Fidelity Associates Insurance & Financial Services - 501 S Bernard, Spokane, WA
509-747-3121 - Toll Free 800-223-7954 - contactus@fidelityins.com