IBM Renews Contract with First Priority Group's Fleet Service Subsidiary
15 December 1999
IBM Renews Contract with First Priority Group's Fleet Service Subsidiary, National Fleet Service, Inc.PLAINVIEW, N.Y., Dec. 14 -- First Priority Group, Inc. announced today that its largest subsidiary, National Fleet Service, Inc. has renewed its exclusive vehicle fleet maintenance contract with IBM . IBM's fleet has grown to become one of the Company's best accounts. According to Mr. Craig Kadamian, Vice President of Business Development for NFS, "National Fleet Service provides the nation's largest and most prestigious companies with the best nationwide collision repair management services available. IBM routinely audits our service and performance records for their fleet, and the renewal of this multi-year contract has earned our fleet subsidiary, IBM's continued long-standing vote of confidence." In addition, First Priority Group recently announced that because of its exemplary reputation as the nation's leader for the provision of collision repair management, it has taken advantage of its 16 years of experience by launching driversshield.com, a wholly owned subsidiary of FPG. The new web- based company offers the nation's first and only Internet site providing complete collision repair management for insurance companies throughout all fifty states, utilizing its highly qualified 2,500 contracted collision repair facilities. Since its founding in 1983, First Priority Group has built a national reputation for efficient, cost-saving management of collision claims for self- insured corporate and muniude Coca-Cola, Time Warner, The Hershey Company and many other prominent corporations. Through its affinity auto club programs, First Priority Group and its subsidiaries have established relationships with The Assurance Group, formerly American Bankers Insurance Group, Providian Bank and other prominent credit card and financial organizations. Certain information contained herein includes information that is forward- looking. The matters referred to in forward-looking statements may be affected by the risks and uncertainties involved in the Company's business. These forward-looking statements are qualified in their entirety by the cautionary statements contained in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.