Local Insurance Agency Selected for United States Postal Service® Small Business Advertising Campaign

Palatine, Ill., Feb. 24, 2003

Small business owner John Barringer and his company, The Miramar Group, is being featured in more than 33,000 Post Offices nationwide. Barringer is one of five small business owners profiled in the recent advertising campaign showing how the U.S. Postal Service has helped to grow his business. The campaign is being displayed in Post Offices through March 2003.

Barringer is thrilled with the opportunity. “As a small business owner, I want to work with companies that I trust and that will always deliver – the U.S. Postal Service accomplishes both every day,” he said. “Being featured as part of their advertising campaign in Post Offices nationwide is truly an honor.”

The campaign highlights small business owners and their reliance on the U. S. Postal Service as a key provider, helping them to find new customers and provide shipping solutions. The Miramar Group is the only company in the insurance industry chosen to be featured in this campaign.

Founded in 1997, The Miramar Group is an insurance brokerage agency focusing on health and life insurance. Headquartered in Palatine, Ill., it has 12,000 agents in 45 states across the country. The Miramar Group is a member of the Better Business Bureau, Brokers Health Insurance Network and National Association of Health Underwriters.