PhoneGuard and Aon Risk Solutions Announce Alliance to Promote Responsible
Texting and Smart Phone Usage
BOCA RATON, FL, Sep 12, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) -- PhoneGuard, Inc., a
subsidiary of Options Media Group Holdings, Inc. (pinksheets:OPMG) (otcqb:OPMG),
a leading provider of mobile applications software, today announced a new
alliance with Aon Risk Solutions, the global risk management business of Aon
Corporation (AON). PhoneGuard has teamed up with Aon Risk Solutions-Florida to
distribute PhoneGuard responsible texting and personal safety solutions.
Available for Blackberry, Android and iPhone smart phones, PhoneGuard's Drive
Safe(TM) application enables global positioning satellite (GPS) tracking to
calculate the speed of travel while a vehicle is in motion. Once vehicle speed
reaches 10 miles per hour, the Drive Safe(TM) application either locks the smart
phone, preventing the user from emailing, surfing the web or texting while
driving or reminds the driver of the dangers of distracted driving.
According to the Department of Transportation, those who text message while
driving are 23 percent more likely to get into an accident, and more than 1,000
deaths result from texting and driving each year. Additionally, distracted
driving causes more than 600,000 accidents and 448,000 injuries a year, making
responsible texting imperative for drivers today.
"Responsible texting directly relates to managing risk," said Aon Risk Solutions
Managing Director of Southeast Region Michael Parrish. "As a risk management
company, offering PhoneGuard products supports our objective of helping our
clients manage and mitigate risk."
"Entering into this marketing alliance with a global player like Aon presents
endless opportunities for our distribution and enterprise business channels.
PhoneGuard sees this alliance as a great fit as it will allow us not only
increased abilities to market our products, but it also holds the promise to
prevent injury and death that tragically often occurs as the result of distracted
driving," said Chairman of Options Media Group Holdings, Inc. and PhoneGuard
Keith St. Clair.
Two-time Grammy nominated singer/songwriter Justin Bieber commented, "Aon's
alliance with PhoneGuard demonstrates their awareness of the risk and dangers
involved in texting while driving. Their dedication to creating safer drivers is
great!" PhoneGuard and Justin Bieber developed the Drive Safe(TM) application as
a simpler free version of a larger application suite.
The October 2011 PhoneGuard's Drive Safe(TM) Pro paid product suite will include
a host of safety and convenience-oriented applications that will significantly
enhance the user's smart phone experience including: GeoFencing, which will allow
the phone's administrator to select geographic boundaries and receive a text
message if the phone strays outside of the boundaries, Panic Button, which is a
preselected and programmed emergency call function that is activated by the user
simply hitting one key, Speed Control enables the phone's administrator to
receive text message alerts showing the location and speed of the user's mobile
phone, Locator, which allows easy GPS tracking of a lost or misplace handset,
Auto-Reply, which allows users to set up customized responses that will
automatically be sent to those who send text messages to the user while the phone
is in motion, and Tracking, the ability to see where the phone was on certain
dates and times. The PhoneGuard's Drive Safe(TM)Pro will also contain a set of
robust administrative tools, such as Admin Override that lets the administrator
allow full use of the mobile phone at all times and Request Permission, which
allows a family member or employee to request permission from the administrator
to use the mobile phone even while it is in motion. PhoneGuard, Inc. hope to make
Drive Safe(TM) accessible to as many drivers as possible.
For more information regarding PhoneGuard's Drive Safe(TM) responsible texting
application, as well as Justin Bieber's joint campaign, visit
phoneguard.com, facebook.com or on Twitter at
@Phone_Guard. For more information regarding Aon Corporation, visit
aon.com.
About Aon Corporation Aon Corporation (AON) is the leading global provider of
risk management services, insurance and reinsurance brokerage, and human capital
solutions and outsourcing. Through its more than 60,000 colleagues worldwide, Aon
unites to deliver distinctive client value via innovative and effective risk
management and workforce productivity solutions. Aon's industry-leading global
resources and technical expertise are delivered locally in over 120 countries.
Named the world's best broker by Euromoney magazine's 2008, 2009 and 2010
Insurance Survey, Aon also ranked highest on Business Insurance's listing of the
world's insurance brokers based on commercial retail, wholesale, reinsurance and
personal lines brokerage revenues in 2008 and 2009. A.M. Best deemed Aon the
number one insurance broker based on revenues in 2007, 2008 and 2009, and Aon was
voted best insurance intermediary 2007-2010, best reinsurance intermediary
2006-2010, best captives manager 2009-2010, and best employee benefits consulting
firm 2007-2009 by the readers of Business Insurance. Visit aon.com for
more information on Aon and aon.com to learn about Aon's
global partnership and shirt sponsorship with Manchester United.
About PhoneGuard, Inc. PhoneGuard, Inc., a subsidiary of Options Media Group
Holdings, Inc., is a leading provider of mobile applications software. The
Company's flagship product, the Drive Safe(TM) anti-texting while driving
software application suite, is a next-generation software suite with the most
robust set of features and functions available today. The software product, which
is easily downloadable to mobile phones, allows for global positioning satellite
tracking of the mobile device in order to calculate the rate of speed of travel.
Above certain predetermined speeds, the Drive Safe Software will lock the
keyboard and prevent the user from emailing, surfing the web or texting, or will
remind the driver of the dangers of driving while distracted. While Drive Safe
Software is designed to prevent texting while driving, it also offers parents and
employers the ability to monitor the driving habits of mobile phone users in
order to prevent speeding. More information on PhoneGuard is at
phoneguard.com.
Contact Information:
Joseph Noel
Emerging Growth Research, LLC
Telephone: (925) 922-2560 |
