CILSU Associate Members

These groups work directly with CILSU members to provide the resources and benefits your small business needs to succeed. 

Insurance Providers



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Insurance Providers

Pure Risk Advisors

For over a decade, Pure Risk Advisors has been working with liquor stores, breweries, and restaurants providing peace of mind through our insurance solutions including, general liability, liquor liability, property insurance, crime, commercial auto, and workers compensation. Pure Risk Advisors is an independent insurance agency based in Erie and Buena Vista, Colorado offering a comprehensive suite of insurance solutions to protect Colorado residents & businesses from the unexpected. We work with multiple insurance carriers to provide your business with the best solution to their coverage needs. We are proud to partner with Illinois Casualty Company to offer the CILS Members a discount of up to 10%.

We also provide Employee Benefits solutions to help you recruit and retain the best employees.

To help you better operate your business, each month, Pure Risk Advisors will be providing CILS members with educational pieces regarding risk management and employee benefits.

Please contact us to set up a time to discuss your needs. 

www.pureriskadvisors.com/liquorstores

303-834-1001

John Jacquat, Founder and President

John@pureriskadvisors.com

303-834-1001

Colorado West Insurance

Colorado West Insurance Services, Inc. (CWI) is an Independent Insurance Agency. Located in Grand Junction, Colorado we have been providing protection to Colorado Business owners since 1976.

The job of the Insurance Agent is to help their clients feel assured that they are purchasing the most important coverages, while still keeping the pricing within their desired budget. 
Colorado West Insurance streamlines the insurance process for Colorado businesses. You can rest assured that your business property, vehicles, and operations are protected with a range of choices offering flexibility and economy. Representing many highly rated carriers gives us an edge when it comes to finding you top coverage at the right price. We are proud to partner with Illinois Casualty Company to offer the CILS Members a discount of up to 10%.

Let us make your insurance experience simple – you'll soon have superior protection without compromising on cost or convenience.

Visit https://www.cwipro.com/ or contact Kevin Harrison kevin@cwipro.com or (970) 245-6560.


Illinois Casualty Company

Our Company was founded as a Liquor Liability Insurance Company in 1950. Our goal is to meet the full range of business insurance needs for our clients in the food and beverage industry. We recognize that establishments serving and selling alcohol require unique insurance protection. We offer business owners, liquor liability, worker’s compensation and umbrella liability to our clients. As a key insurance carrier for the food and beverage industry, package liquor stores fit perfectly within ICC’s specialty. We have a specific program for package liquor store operators and proudly write policies for several CLBA/CILS members. 

 

We provide a premium discount to CILS members who purchase insurance through Pure Risk Advisors or Colorado West Insurance.  Please contact them for all of your business insurance needs.
 

Real Estate and Business Brokers

Denver Real Estate Brokers

DREB is Colorado's top liquor business brokerage. We have always had a close relationship with CILSU helping members evaluate their businesses and prepare for a sale when the time is right. We are happy to assist members with a longer-term operational strategy or exit strategy depending on their needs.


Visit https://www.drebonline.com/ or contact Rohit Mukherjee President, Broker

Rohit@DREBonline.com or (303) 719-0999.

Payment Processing

Premier Payment Resources

Premier Payment Resources has been the endorsed credit card processor for the

CLBA/CILSU since 2009. Hundreds of Members have chosen Premier for many reasons:


  1. A reasonably low rate that doesn't increase over the years. It starts low and stays low.
  2. Unmatched industry service and a team of professionals that are there for you from the day of the install and throughout the relationship.
  3. A relevant approach to Liquor Store specific needs focusing on transaction speed, ease of check out for the cardholder and back-up devices to assist your operations at times when internet connectivity is not reliable.
  4. Decent knowledge of most POS systems used in Liquor stores as it pertains to the card processing.
  5. Premier now also offers Point of Sale systems that are liquor specific and handle cloud computing, customer loyalty, online ordering, remote inventory management


Visit www.premierpaymentresources.com or contact Nader Ramzy service@paymentpremier.com or (719) 963-4565.

RITE

With a hyper niche focus on technology for independently owned beer, wine and liquor stores, RITE offers the Cloud Retailer liquor store point of sale software. Cloud Retailer is used by liquor stores in 40+ states - including several stores on the BARC Top 100 list! Besides Cloud Retailer, RITE has a suite of resources (many are even free like our newsletter at https://www.cloudretailer.com/subscribe/) available to CILSU/CLBA Members. 


You can reach our dedicated CLBA sales and service contact, Kevin Antosh, directly at kevina@rite.us or (208) 994-9404.

Although Associate Members are vetted, CILS does not make any representations, warranties, or guarantees regarding goods or services offered by our Associate Members.