) June 17, 2009 -- IVANS, Inc. has been regularly engaging its healthcare provider customers in discussions about healthcare reform, the importance of Medicare to their business and the steps providers should take in implementing technology to address short and long-term healthcare objectives.

IVANS Inc.

) January 14, 2009 -- IVANS, Inc., a leading provider of corporate connectivity solutions and services, is hosting its annual XChange Conference February 11-12, 2009 at the Renaissance Tampa Hotel International Plaza in Tampa, Florida. IVANS 2009 XChange will address issues currently confronting the industry and present proven technology strategies for helping insurance professionals strengthen their businesses in a challenging economy.

) January 15, 2009 -- IVANS, the leading provider of corporate connectivity solutions and services, notes that thousands of healthcare providers are choosing high-speed Internet technology over dial-up to access Medicare as they migrate to new Medicare Administrative Contractors. Since the passage of the Medicare Modernization Act of 2003, the IVANS healthcare team has helped tens of thousands of providers with Medicare Administrative Contractor (MAC) consolidations and Enterprise Data Center (EDC) migrations, observing firsthand how these initiatives are impacting the healthcare community.

) January 21, 2009 -- IVANS, Inc., a leading provider of corporate connectivity solutions and services, announced that Maggie O'Hara, IVANS group vice president of marketing, product management, and customer operations has been named as a finalist in the fifth annual Women of Innovation awards program hosted by the Connecticut Technology Council. This program acknowledges women in the workforce who exemplify innovation and have made major contributions in their fields. Nominations are submitted by peers and are evaluated by the Council based on experience, history of innovation, creative thinking, leadership and problem solving skills.

) June 23, 2009 -- IVANS, Inc. announced that the property-casualty industry is communicating electronically more than ever before. Download transactions from carriers to agents, and real-time transactions from agents to carriers, have increased 17% and 21% respectively in the past year. The growth can be attributed to new carriers implementing agency-company interface initiatives and existing carriers implementing new transactions such as commercial lines and claims.

) June 11, 2009 -- While more than one-third of home health care and nursing home organizations said they expect the government's economic stimulus package to increase use of healthcare information technology, another 52% said the stimulus package will have little or no impact on their businesses, according to a recent survey by IVANS, Inc.

IVANS Inc.

) June 4, 2009 -- IVANS, Inc., a leading provider of healthcare connectivity solutions and services, announced results from a recent survey that showed healthcare providers believe in the importance of reform, but are concerned about the toll proposed approaches could take on their businesses and patients. According to the IVANS survey, 72% of healthcare providers believe a pay-for-performance model could lead to improved patient outcomes, but 79% said it would increase their costs of doing business, most likely due to increased reporting and record-keeping requirements.

) May 18, 2009 -- IVANS, Inc., an expert in one-to-many and many-to-many data communications, was honored during the 2009 ACORD LOMA Insurance Systems Forum with four awards, recognizing IVANS ability to develop and implement innovative solutions based upon insurance industry requirements and ACORD standards.

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) February 18, 2009 -- IVANS, the leading provider of corporate connectivity solutions and services, announced that its Real-Time Medicare Eligibility Verification solution has helped Mobile X-Ray Imaging Inc. significantly reduce its costs for uncompensated care by cutting Medicare claims denial rates by 50%.

Alfa, the Lebanese mobile operator managed by Orascom Telecom since February 1, 2009 will be exhibiting at the same summit with Orascom Telecom Holding on 28-29 of May in Lebanon.

) November 24, 2008 -- Insurance Technologies Corporation, a leading provider of insurance rating, agency management, and website solutions, announced the launch of eTurboRater, an online automobile consumer rating product for the independent agent. With this release, insurance agencies in nine states can provide instantaneous comparative quotes to customers via their agency website. State availability includes; Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Ohio, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.

) May 27, 2009 -- Americans looking for life insurance information and solutions now have a one-stop online destination for in-depth answers to all their life insurance questions -- www.MyInsuranceQuotes.com.

The newly upgraded MyInsuranceQuotes.com Learning Center offers dozens of helpful articles to answer common life insurance questions, such as how much coverage an individual needs or how life insurance fits into a consumer's overall financial plan.

) October 15, 2008 -- SMB Technology Network and TechInsurance have formed an alliance that enables SMB Technology Network to offer a new benefit for its 500 members: access to small-business insurance products and services. The association chose to provide this benefit at the request of its members, who as busy business owners need fast, accurate and affordable access to insurance policies and information. More information is available at www.techinsurance.com/smbtn/.

) March 27, 2009 -- Kent Schwab and Associates, the largest Allstate insurance agency in Maryland, partnered with leading web design company, Blue Water Media to launch their new website. The new insurance website offers a friendly design with additional utilities that better serve customers needs. The website exhibits the many different services that the Kent Schwab Agency has to offer. In addition to auto, property, commercial, and business insurance, the agency offers financial services to customers in Maryland, Virginia, Washington DC, and West Virginia.

) March 28, 2009 -- Offering website visitors a choice from over 100 different types of personal, commercial and life insurance quotes plus mortgages and loans, following its launch QuoteRack.com will target some of the more unusual types of insurance and finance for which most insurance websites cannot cater, including Auto insurance, Property insurance, Healthcare insurance and Life insurance. Full details of the available Insurance quotes from QuoteRack.com.

QuoteRack.com launches in the USA

) August 6, 2009 -- QuickQuote, Inc, a leading provider of software and Web-based technology solutions for the insurance industry, announced today that as of August 10, 2009, the company will be known as QQ Solutions, Inc.

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) September 13, 2009 -- Homer Smith, President of Homer Smith Insurance, has realized that more and more policy shoppers are doing their quote research online. These are the days of advanced technology, and almost everyone now does some sort of shopping online. Insurance is no exception, and Homer Smith's independent insurance agency on the Olympic Peninsula is embracing this concept as a better way to sell insurance products.

) March 31, 2009 -- RateElert.com launches its revolutionary consumer insurance shopping site that makes the process of shopping for insurance alot easier by combining the power of the internet and wireless technology to match consumers with local insurance agents to help them save money.

Do you have the best insurance that meets your needs? Let us help!

) June 11, 2009 -- With the crisis in the Florida Property Insurance market looming and just 10 days into hurricane season, leading comparison shopping site RateElert.com has added Ark Royal and ASI Underwriters to its growing network of insurance providers to help Florida Homeowners shop for and compare Home Insurance Rates with a click of a mouse.

) July 15, 2009 -- In a state that has suffered the most job losses than anywhere in the country as a result of declining car sales and has one of highest foreclosure rates in the US, one of the most popular consumer shopping sites, RateElert.com and Citizens Insurance Company have partnered to provide Michigan residents with an easy way to shop for and save money on their Auto and Home Insurance.

As a result of declining revenues from investment income and increasing claim costs more and more insurance companies are planning to raise rates in the state of Michigan.

After 35 years of servicing the San Diego area, independent agency Garrison Insurance continues to find new ways to meet the needs of their customers and new shoppers. Most recently, the agency updated their website to help make dealing with insurance a simple and convenient experience for customers. This week, they are unveiling their new website, or "Virtual Insurance Office" at www.garrisoninsurance.com. (PRWeb Oct 14, 2009)

Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/2009/10/prweb3031604.htm

) May 28, 2009 - Insurance Claim Contractor Group continues to offer state-of-the-art online marketing services for insurance claim vendors to help increase their online visibility and connect these companies with those seeking their services. The Internet is one of the first places that property owners go to in order to find someone to help with an insurance claim. Without a solid online marketing strategy, insurance claim vendors are missing out on potential targeted customers.

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) October 22, 2009 -- INS Digital Media, the leading provider of insurance agent websites, now offers HIPAA compliant insurance website hosting and secure email service to insurance agents and brokers.

) September 24, 2009 -- Safeware, The Insurance Agency Inc. announces a lower price and deductible for iPhone insurance policies.

www.insuremyiphone.com

The new pricing and deductible are in response to customer feedback the company has received since the program launched in early July.

The price for the one year policy varies by model, starting as low as $59 for the 8GB 3G to $99 for the 32GB 3GS. "All models will also benefit from a substantial decrease in deductible which is now $50 per incident, down from $100."

) June 24, 2009 -- The Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Companies have selected SunGard's iWorks Investment Management solution to help the Companies manage over $1billion in invested assets by providing investment accounting, reporting, portfolio analytics, and decision support. SunGard is also providing consulting services to help the Companies optimize system configuration, maximize the efficiency of resources and minimize risk.

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) January 26, 2009 -- 2insure4less.com is pleased to unveil a new and easier way to get insurance quotes on the go. Insurance Shopper iPhone application is the first ever mobile phone application of its kind. Now iPhone and iPod Touch owners can receive insurance quotes directly through their mobile device.

) March 18, 2009 -- ABS Associates, a nationwide provider of outsourced help desk, desktop, managed hosting, and network support and solutions, this month formalized its partnership with online data backup and recovery firm, UbiStor. The alliance allows ABS to add a complimentary technology--SafeStor™, a state-of-the-art, online backup system - to its already-existing disaster recovery and business continuity consulting services.

Business Continuity Consulting Services

) July 7, 2009 -- Safeware, The Insurance Agency, Inc. announces the launch of the Nation's first comprehensive insurance program for the Apple iPhone 3G and iPhone 3GS.

iPhone insurance now available

"Safeware brings over 25 years of electronics insurance experience to the iPhone" with a program that offers full coverage against Accidental Damage, Liquid Spills, Power Surge, Drops, Falls, Collisions, Flood, Fire, Vandalism and Theft.

CSC (NYSE: CSC) today announced new offerings to bring mobility benefits to the insurance process lifecycle. These mobility solutions, presented at CSC's insurance client conference in Orlando, Fla., encompass mobile software applications, consulting and management services to help insurers plan, build and manage their wireless communications roadmaps.

) March 9, 2009 -- Hughes Insurance has launched an updated website to cope with increased online demand in the Northern Ireland car insurance market. The website, which includes a state of the art online quotation system, has been integrated into the Hughes Insurance system to help cope with customer demand and deliver against ever changing customer needs.

This latest investment complements the recent network expansion throughout Northern Ireland which included the opening of new branches in Newry, Coleraine, Omagh and The Kennedy Centre in West Belfast.

) May 13, 2009 -- Insurance Technologies Corporation and Agency Data Transfer Services announced today a joint agreement in which the two companies will merge. Through this merger, ADTS will now be part of the Insurance Technologies Corporation Pre-Fill Division. The division will utilize Agency Data Transfer Services' state-of-the-art technology for eliminating data entry by insurance MGAs, carriers, and agents.

) November 5, 2008 -- Internet based insurance agency, TheHealthQuote, leaders in providing free health insurance quotes to consumers, have made it even easier for consumers to research health plans and complete health insurance applications. TheHealthQuote is excited to announce the addition of their latest support feature which allows their licensed insurance representatives to virtually assist their clients in the comfort of their own computer.

) September 25, 2009 -- i/o Data Centers, a leading provider of wholesale colocation and data center solutions, announced today it has been selected by AAA Northern California, Nevada & Utah (AAA NCNU) to design, build and operate the membership organization's corporate data center.

AAA NCNU needed to find a provider that could engineer and manage a data center capable of scaling to meet the company's IT needs. AAA NCNU's requirements included access to highly-reliable power and network connectivity as well as a team that had the knowledge and experience to oversee a state-of-the-art data center for their mission critical IT systems.

) July 14, 2009 -- Standard Insurance Company ("The Standard"), a subsidiary of StanCorp Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: SFG), announced today a partnership with leading health advocacy service company, Health Advocate™. In addition to its insurance products and services, The Standard will offer the Health Advocacy Solution which will help organizations and their employees simplify health-related issues, relieve stress and improve well-being through the power of Health Advocate's Personal Health Advocates.

) February 17, 2009 -- Potrero Media Corporation, a leader in online marketing and lead generation for the insurance industry, announces increased support for consumers looking for insurance options. Potrero Media rises above the competition by expanding its already highly targeted service. An increasing number of consumers are now looking to compare insurance rates in an effort to cut costs, and Potrero Media is responding to the new demand by ramping up its consumer outreach efforts.

Insurance Options in a Down Economy

) February 10, 2009 -- MXSave, a leading provider of e-mail disaster recovery solutions, has announced the immediate availability of its backup mx and e-mail continuity services worldwide. MXSave provides inexpensive e-mail disaster recovery solutions to aide organizations when their e-mail server is down because of hardware failure, connectivity issues or natural disasters.

With the availability of the service internationally, MXSave has also added support for many foreign character sets that are necessary to read e-mail from around the world through its web mail client - which is part of its e-mail continuity add-on service.

) December 16, 2008 -- 2020 Capital Insurance, Inc. today announced that it has purchased the business of CaseRev and its innovative VenCore™ platform.

VenCore™ helps insurance companies improve how they make, manage, and control work assignments to external service providers, across all service categories and across all service provider types.

Our purchase of CaseRev and its VenCore™ platform is a logical next step in our continuing expansion of products that make our insurance customers more successful

) September 17, 2008 - Combined Insurance, a leading provider of supplemental insurance, today announced that it has been named to National Underwriter Life & Health's Top 200 list in a broad range of categories. This annual list highlights top insurance providers in life, annuity and health categories and provides statistical reports tracking growth for each category and company.

Combined Insurance

) August 24, 2009 --TitleVest, a Manhattan-based provider of title insurance and related real estate services is pleased to announce the addition of Carey Allaband LeRoux, Esq. as Managing Director of Business Development.

In her new role, Ms. LeRoux will facilitate relationships with prospective clients and leverage her industry connections to help grow TitleVest's commercial client base.

) April 14, 2009 -- MedCurrent Corporation, a provider of physician practice management solutions, announced the newest release of MedCurrent Verify™, a Web-based insurance eligibility verification tool. Medical practices use MedCurrent Verify to connect to databases from more than 350 US-based insurance carriers to secure real-time patient coverage information. By improving eligibility verification processes, MedCurrent Verify helps speed insurance workflow, improve claim submission accuracy, and optimize reimbursement.

MedCurrent Verify's new version adds these features: