Standard & Poor's Initiates Factual Stock Report Coverage on Anthony Clark International Insurance Brokers Ltd.

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Standard & Poor’s announced today that it has commenced Factual Stock Report coverage on Anthony Clark International Insurance Brokers Ltd.

Anthony Clark International Insurance Brokers Ltd. (PINKSHEETS: ACKBF, TSX-V: ACL) engages in the operation of general insurance brokerages in Canada and the United States. The company operates out of 23 locations, including six in Alberta, Canada; five in California; one in Arizona; and 11 in Virginia.

The company provides personal insurance for automobiles, motorcycles, motor homes, boats, recreational vehicles, identity theft, umbrella liability, homeowners, high value homes, condominium owners, tenants, seasonal dwellings/cottages, travel and medical, and pets. It also offers commercial insurance for commercial automobiles, garage automobiles/fleets, trucking, commercial property, rental property insurance, manufacturing, farms and hobby farms, real estate, business owners, general liability, errors and omissions, director's and officer's liability, boilers and machinery, excess and umbrella liability, bonding/surety, and professional liability.

Anthony Clark provides insurance services through its offices in Alberta, Canada and in the United States. In Alberta, Anthony Clark operates under three different trade names: Anthony Clark Insurance, Heritage Hill Insurance and Dyck Insurance. The company has offices in Calgary, Olds, Cochrane and Edmonton. In the US, ACL provides insurance services as follows:

STATE OF VIRGINIA: Auto, Motorcycle, Boats, Recreational and Commercial Vehicles and Motor Homes insurance in Virginia Beach, Norfolk, Hampton, Suffolk and 7 other convenient locations. In Virginia ACL operates under 3 different trade names: "Al Vincent's Insurance Agency", "Affordable Insurance Agency of Tidewater" and "Auto Insurance Experts of Virginia".

STATE OF CALIFORNIA: Northern California: ACL operates its Northern California office out of Petaluma, Sonoma County under the trade name: "Vista International Insurance Brokers". This office provides mainly business insurance and is a one-stop shop for Accountants, Land Surveyors, Dentists, Optometrists, Non-Profits, Restaurants, Hotels & Motels and Waste Haulers. Southern California: ACL provides insurance services throughout the State of California with offices located in Anaheim, Northridge, Palmdale, Oxnard and Arizona. Policies can be purchased over the phone, by fax, or in person at any one of over 600 convenient locations throughout California and Arizona.. It provides low insurance rates for auto, truck, motorcycle, homeowners, condo owners, renters, commercial vehicle, business, recreational vehicle, boat and health insurance. ACL operates under 2 different trade names "Vista International Insurance Brokers" and "Aero Vista Insurance Brokers".

This report will also be accessible on an ongoing basis to the investment community by scores of buy-side institutions and sell-side firms that utilize S&P research and information platforms daily. Millions of self-directed investors also have access to the report via their e-brokerage accounts. Please visit www.anthonyclarkinsurance.com for additional information.

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