The Illinois League of Financial Institutions' for-profit
subsidiary, ILFI Service Corporation, endorses the following
companies and their products/services. The League is pleased to
recommend these companies and encourages League members to consider
utilizing the services offered by these firms. For more information,
please contact Jay Stevenson at the Illinois League office
800-237-1936 or jstevenson@ilfi.org.
121 Marketing Resources, Inc.
Practical,
cost-effective marketing support that includes what today is an
essential emphasis on local PR activities that will provide subtle,
but effective, assurance to customers – and will distinguish your
Illinois thrift/bank from the bank bailouts, stress tests and
assorted bad news that dominate cable TV and other news reports.
Contacts:
Jim Kendall (Jim@121MarketingResources.com
or 630-653-4237)
Rich Flansburg (Rich@121MarketingResources.com
or 630-653-4422)
A leading provider of Financial Institution
Bond and Extended Professional Liability, BancInsure is now an
endorsed partner of the Illinois League, offering a comprehensive
insurance product portfolio to Illinois' community thrifts/banks.
Risk management products offered by BancInsure include: Financial
Institution Bond, Extended Professional Liability, Kidnap, Ransom
and Extortion, Excess Deposit Bond, Property & Casualty and Flood
Insurance.
As a full-line independent insurer specific to
financial institutions, BancInsure's understanding of financial
institutions and their intricate operations is unmatched in the
marketplace. This translates to extraordinary value through
complete risk mitigation and risk management solutions.
Headquartered in Oklahoma City, BancInsure holds an A- (Excellent)
A.M. Best rating with a stable outlook and has proudly earned an industry leading 25% market
share.
Through their
relationship with the Illinois League, BancInsure provides you with
access to their superior portfolio of products and services.
BancInsure was formed by bankers, for bankers during the banking
crisis of the 1980’s to provide much needed products to America’s
community banks. BancInsure’s understanding of your business needs is
unmatched in the marketplace.
Contact: Patti Tobin
ptobin@bancinsure.com 314-302-4904
Tim Bennett
tbennett@bancinsure.com 216-534-4159
or visit www.bancinsurecom
online.
Clark Consulting
With more than 2,400 banking clients nationwide, Clark Consulting
leads the industry in providing tailored executive benefit programs,
financing and investment products and administration solutions that
help banks manage risk, optimize earnings and realize key financial
goals. Clark's consultative approach has benefited financial
institutions and their shareholders for over 25 years. As
industry experts, they can design and administer supplemental
(nonqualified) benefit plans, a key component of total compensation
that effectively attracts, retains and rewards extraordinary
executives and directors. When combined with measurable and
understandable performance benchmarks and tax deferral, banks can
provide meaningful incentives and rewards for their top performers.
To help offset the cost and manage the risk of employee benefits
liabilities, Clark Consulting offers bank-owned life insurance (BOLI),
including General Account, Separate Account and Hybrid Separate
Account products, from over 10 of the nation's top carriers.
Clark can help design, implement and administer a program that
reflects your bank's investment philosophy and long-term objectives.
Clark Consulting can assist in the design of:
Visit www.lpsnationalflood.com online or
Call 800-833-6347, ext. 638 to set up your LPS Flood account.
Elan’s national
surcharge-free ATM network includes more than 16,000 ATMs covering
48 states – and is a very marketable convenience for customers. In
Illinois, there currently are more than 500 participating ATMs with
an additional 165 ATMs committed and in the process of coming live.
Nationally, more than 1,000 financial institutions participate.
Contact: Ronald Bucelli (ronald.bucelli@usbank.com
or 716-636-3339
Pentegra is a full-service retirement benefit provider with over
sixty years of experience offering a wide range of retirement
services specifically designed to meet the unique needs of community
bankers and their clients. Retirement products include: 401(k)
plans; ESOPs; defined benefit pension plans; cash balance plans;
money purchase plans; profit sharing plans; and executive benefit
and director plans. Pentegra's new 401(k) Gateway product
provides banks with a full-service 401(k) program to offer their
commercial customers. Pentegra's turnkey approach includes custom
plan design, administration and recordkeeping, investment
management, consulting, legal support, plan compliance, shared
fiduciary responsibility under our multiple-employer plans and plan
education and participant communications. Clearly Pentegra
offers an unmatched value as the preferred retirement provider for
the financial community.
Visit www.pentegra.com
online.
Financial
institution advisory service nationally known for the original
Overdraft Privilege Service Program. Current focus is on
innovative, “real world” non-interest income solutions to build core
deposits, improve depositor relations and – especially important to
League members – enhance earnings.
Contact: Mike Sobba (msobba@strunklp.com
or 816-746-555)
TransFirst provides over 950 community banks in all 50 states
with a complete suite of merchant bankcard processing services.
Merchant Services is TransFirst's ONLY business and thus are subject
matter experts. TransFirst assumes full liability for your
program while allowing the bank to maintain ownership of your
merchants. TransFirst provides a complete suite of pre-paid
card products, electronic check services, Web-based processing
platforms for municipalities, utility companies, and Internet
merchants, equipment sales and service and provides each bank with
dedicated account management support. For a free analysis,
please call TransFirst's Executive Director, Esther Pochron at
847-548-2301 or email epochron@transfirst.com.
Visit www.TransFirst.com
online.
