Leading Texas Tree Care Company Partners with National Tree Data and Service Provider

Cary, NC - HMI announced that Embark Tree and Landscaping Services has joined its Authorized Member (AM) Network to support HMI's programs in the SE Texas and Houston markets. HMI provides property owners, insurers and others with inspections, replacement costs and a full suite of claims support services for trees and shrubs. HMI has established a national network of arborists and professional tree care companies to support these products and services.

"HMI's coverage in Gulf States is critically important to our insurance partners in light of the storm activity that the region experiences." said Doug Malawsky, executive vice president and COO of HMI. "We are pleased to count another TCIA Accredited company as a member of our network in this important market."

"We are happy to support HMI's efforts to promote standards for tree care, as well as tree inspections, as a way to minimize losses from tree failures," said Ed Schultheis, vice president of Embark. "We recently participated in HMI's training for local insurance inspectors and it was exciting to see the reaction to HMI's pre-loss program."

Members of HMI's AM Network provide property owners with risk mitigation services, tree repair and replacement services, as needed, and all other services related to tree claims and tree damage recovery. Other services include tree and debris removal, reports to support subrogation actions, and replacement costs for lost trees and shrubs. AM Network members receive work referrals, customized report covers, and discounted pricing on HMI's treeFacts® Reports. In addition, HMI's Asset Inventory Program (AIP), a PDA application for collecting tree inventory, is available exclusively to HMI's AM Network. Read about HMI's AIP in TCI Magazine, Cutting Edge - Products, August 2009 edition.

About HMI

HMI is the only national provider of comprehensive tree and landscaping services that include emergency tree removal services; 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.