Strategic Alliances

DKI has worked hard to develop strategic partnership in many different market areas that guarantee DKI’s clients receive efficient, quality service when facing an emergency situation. The companies listed below also exhibit DKI’s commitment to providing exceptional customer services, disaster response planning and emergency response services.

Circumspex
Every business has a fundamental need to plan for surviving and recovering from a disaster. For that reason, DKI has aligned itself with Circumspex, the market leader in developing cutting-edge technology solutions for the creation of customized disaster response & business continuity plans.

Circumspex was designed by experts in the property management, development, construction and restoration industries, specifically to help businesses manage the critical information necessary in planning for and recovering from a disastrous event. Responding quickly and appropriately is key to keeping a business running, whether its responding to a burst plumbing line or a regional disaster. Circumspex enables companies to keep their information current and access it from anywhere at any time, via the Web.

Utilize the tool insurance professionals are recommending across industry lines. View an introductory video at www.circumspex.com.

Chicago Conservation Center (CCC)
The CCC is committed to providing excellent service and ensures that DKI’s clients are in good hands. Since 1983, CCC has offered an ever widening array of conservation services. After beginning as a provider solely for paintings conservation, they have grown to include the conservation of works of art on paper, photography, textiles and murals. Most recently, CCC has added conservation services for furniture, frames and decorative objects. A long time partner of DKI,

Now one of the nation’s leading private art restoration and conservation laboratories, CCC has cared for fine art from some of the country’s most prestigious museums and galleries. In the case of any damage to items, their staff will be responsive and review treatment options to ensure items are restored as close to pre-loss condition as possible.

Horticulture Asset Management (HMI)
HMI is the only source for standardized replacement costs and objective assessments of the health of trees and shrubs. Available 24 hours a day, their qualified arborists provide all services related to tree damage and debris removal, support subrogation and replacement shrubs.

Founded in 2003, HMI has amassed the world’s largest repository of horticultural data which includes current wholesale prices along with descriptions, cultural details, expert care instruction and even photographs on thousands of different trees and shrubs. Working together with leading horticultural and arboricultural experts, HMI has developed proprietary data collection software which enables its national network of arborists to efficiently and accurately inventory a property’s valuable plants.

HMI’s suite of treeFacts Reports are enabling property risk managers owners to proactively manage their client's valuable trees and shrubs by providing important information about any plants that may require remedial services to protect against a loss of the plant and possible damage to a nearby structure or other asset. In addition the reports provide average replacement cost data which is used to support insurance products, property loss claims and other applications. The company’s national network of certified/licensed arborists, leading tree care service providers and horticulturalists also provides a full suite of products and services to HMI’s clients including remediation and tree preservation services, claims support, loss analyses and other consultative services.

H.J. Martin and Son
For over 75 years, H.J. Martin and Son has been providing high quality installations and building services to clients. Their dedicated teams of fully trained professionals are stationed throughout the United Sates and are experienced in a full-range of complimentary divisions including, commercial flooring, doors and hardware, glass and glazing, millwork, and retail fixtures.

Vale Training Solutions
Vale Training Solutions has specialized in engaging training for 60 years. With three comprehensive training facilities, Vale systematically teaches employees the concepts they need to know– then creates “real world” training scenarios that prepare them as estimators, examiners, appraisers and adjusters for on-the-job challenges through practical hands-on application.

Their staff of expert instructors is unparalleled in training excellence, offering over 150 years of combined experience in Education, Insurance, Auto Repair, Construction and Claims. Vale offers a variety of programs and classes geared for today’s challenging market.