HMI Adds Barrett Tree Service East, Inc.
to Authorized Member Network

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEJanuary 27, 2010
Cary, N.C. - HMI announced that Barrett Tree Service East, Inc. joined its Authorized Member (AM) Network to support HMI's programs in the Greater Boston area. HMI provides property owners, insurers, and others with a full suite of support services for trees and shrubs, including emergency removals, inspections, cause of loss analysis and replacement cost calculations. HMI has established a national network of arborists and professional tree care companies to support these products and services.

"Having Barrett Tree Service East in our network is a great asset for our operations in the Boston area," said Doug Malawsky, executive vice president and COO of HMI. "Barrett is recognized as a leading service provider and was named as one of the top 10 contractors in the country by Angie's List. Barrett is also accredited by the Tree Care Industry Association and has arborists on staff who are certified by the International Society of Arboriculture making it one of the most qualified companies in their market. The service levels that Barrett will afford our clientele will be of the highest standards and will save insurance companies a significant amount by completing work professionally and mitigating further damage."

"We have built our company's success on the premise that investing in accreditation, safety training, highly qualified personnel and state-of-the-art equipment will ensure our success," said Trumbull Barrett, founder of Barrett Tree Service East, Inc. "HMI recognizes what constitutes a professional tree care company, and in order to promote the professional tree care industry, HMI allows only the best companies into its network. This then allows HMI to offer the services of its members to the insurance industry and to increase awareness nationwide of the importance of working with qualified tree care companies. We joined HMI's network to support these efforts."

Members of HMI's AM Network provide property owners with risk mitigation services, tree removal/repair and replacement services, and all other services related to tree loss and damage recovery. Other services include reports to support subrogation actions, and replacement costs for lost trees and shrubs. AM Network members receive work referrals and discounted pricing on HMI's treeFacts� Reports. In addition, HMI's treeFacts� Inventory Software is made available exclusively to HMI's AM Network.
About HMI

HMI is the only national provider of comprehensive tree and landscaping services that include emergency tree removals; standardized health inspections and average replacement cost analysis of trees for insurance, accounting and legal purposes; tree preservation services; and customized reports and inventories of landscaping. For more information, please visit HMI's web site at www.HMIadvantage.com or call (866) 937-6468.

About Barrett Tree Service East, Inc.

Barrett Tree Service East, Inc. is a full-service tree care company dedicated to its clients and their trees. Trumbull Barrett is a certified arborist who has ten years of tree care experience in Massachusetts, Chicago, Illinois and Brooklyn, New York. After studying environmental engineering at Dartmouth College and getting a Masters degree from Thayer School of Engineering, Trumbull apprenticed himself to his brother, an arborist in Western Massachusetts. Since 2000, he has nurtured individual urban trees, managed large wooded properties, and everything in between.
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