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We are always looking for people interested in joining our organization.

Who Can Join?

We invite anyone in the moving and storage industry of Pennsylvania to join our organization. Whether your a single truck mover or an vanline with hundreds of trucks, you are welcome here.
 
Companies who service the moving and storage industry of Pennsylvania are also welcome.

10 Reasons to join the PMSA

  • Assistance with regulatory matters - There are specific requirements for your moving license, tariff, vehicle registration, tax issues, consumer complaints, corporate filings, etc. We can help you work through the maze of government bureaucracy.
  • Lobbying - We watch proposed legislation and regulatory changes that will affect your business. In today's world, somebody must be looking out for your interests.
  • Education - We provide conventions, seminars workshops, and other training opportunities, plus customized reference manuals and training tools for use within your company. New technology is providing even more opportunities is a cost-effective format for all.
  • Public Relations and Marketing Assistance - We can provide brochures and other marketing materials for your sales kits. Your use of the association name and logo in your advertising and sales material sends a good message to your customers that your company is professional. In today's marketplace, this helps distinguish your company from the fly-by-nights. Your membership adds to your credibility with your customers.
  • Customer referral - Today more than ever, prospective customers call state associations to check references and complaint histories. Our website educates your customers so they can make smarter choices about their move.
  • Leadership Opportunities - Participation in our committees and board of directors provides good experience and professional growth that will help improve your company. As an active participant in the PMSA, you and your employees frequently will be amoung the first to know about new regulations and requirements from movers. You will have the opportunity to help shape the future of your industry.
  • Group Purchasing Power - We offer group group benefits for insurance programs and more.
  • Networking Opportunities - Communicating with people in the same business as you provide the opportunity to exhange ideas, learn better methods and skills, and commiserate with those who understand the business. If you need a contact in a distant area, your fellow association members are the logical resource. Social events provide opportunities to meet your peers and develop helpful relationships.
  • Scholarship Program, Awards and Recognition, Public Service - Our benefits extend beyond daily business needs for your employees and their families.
  • Experience Association Staff - to help you navigate regulations, customer challenges, claims questions, government agencies, and more. One call typically does it all.


How Can You Join?

To apply for membership, please complete the appropriate application and code of ethics form from below. All potential members must fill out the code of ethics form and return it with your application. Once you've filled out the proper forms, mail them along with your membership dues to the address listed on the application. Your application will be reviewed and someone will be in touch with you soon after to advise you of your membership status.

Mover Application

Associate Application

2009 Movers Invoice

2009 Associate Invoice

Code of Ethics

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One of the benefits of joining are programs like this:

Paul Hertel & Company
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Builders Benefits, Inc. is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Pennsylvania Builders Association Benefits Trust (PBABT) offering a self-insured health plan to members of the Pennsylvania Builders Association Benefits Trust and their affiliates.

We can offer sole proprietors, small businesses and large corporations the opportunity to collectively enjoy a lower-cost health insurance plan because of lower claim costs, reduced administrative fees and the elimination of insurance carrier profits.  We can offer you a reduced premium now and in the future, and better plan design control going forward.

If you’re interested in joining PMSA and would like to see if you qualify for this program, please contact Fayez Elias at Paul Hertel & Company at (800) 220-5149 Ext. 171 or email at felias@paulhertel.com


"The reward of a thing well done is to have done it." - Ralph Waldo Emerson