AirMed to Offer Memberships to American Bar Association

(BIRMINGHAM, AL – October 22, 2010) AirMed International (airmed.com), the country’s leading air ambulance company, announced today a partnership with American Bar Insurance Plans Consultants (ABI) to offer its air ambulance membership program to members of the American Bar Association. With more than 400,000 members, the American Bar Association (ABA) is the largest voluntary professional association in the world. 

“A low-cost AirMed Traveler membership surpasses travel insurance by bringing you to the hospital of your choice,” said ABI President Dave Andrews, former ABA Treasurer. “Purchasing an AirMed membership through ABI is the simple solution to unexpected travel emergencies.”

ABA members, their families and their firms will receive an exclusive discount on annual  AirMed membership plans through this exceptional offer. “We are honored that the ABI chose to recommend AirMed over our competitors. It’s a testament to their commitment to providing the best benefits available for the membership of the American Bar Association,” said Jeff Tolbert, AirMed International CEO. “ABA members can now join more than 1 million AirMed travelers who enjoy peace of mind while away from home, knowing we will be there for them if they need us.”

About the air ambulance membership program with AirMed

 

AirMed’s membership program, known as AirMed Traveler, gets you back home if you are hospitalized while traveling more than 150 miles from home. There are no co-pays or deductibles for members. AirMed International is an award winning air ambulance program, fully accredited, has been chosen as air medical transport for the nation's leading hospitals, including the renowned Mayo Clinic, and is a contracted carrier for the U.S. Department of Defense.  For more information about AirMed International, see our website at www.airmed.com.

  

American Bar Insurance Plans Consultants, Inc. was established in 1989 as a wholly-owned for-profit subsidiary of the American Bar Endowment. The Endowment is a non-profit membership organization consisting of ABA members. It offers unique group insurance programs in which ABA/ABE members are asked to donate dividends to the Endowment to support its program of grants to support research, education and public service in the field of law. ABI sponsors insurance programs for ABA members that do not lend themselves to the Endowment's dividend contribution structure. ABI is paid compensation by the underwriters of the programs it sponsors and dividends an appropriate portion of its net profits to the Endowment to support its charitable work.

 

With nearly 400,000 members, the American Bar Association is the largest voluntary professional membership organization in the world.  As the national voice of the legal profession, the ABA works to improve the administration of justice, promotes programs that assist lawyers and judges in their work, accredits law schools, provides continuing legal education, and works to build public understanding around the world of the importance of the rule of law.  More information about the AirMed and ABA discount can be found by visiting www.airmed.com/abi .

(Pictured in the photo:  Seated, left to right:  Jeff Tolbert, President and CEO of AirMed International and Dave Andrews, American Bar Insurance President and former ABA treasurer. Standing, left to right: Luz Maysonet of ABI, Doug Hughes of AirMed, Bill Bear of ABI and Tony Willoughby of AirMed.)