Connective Technologies, Inc. Announces
Auto-Owners Insurance Company's Implementation of TEAM-UP Download
Houston, TX, (BusinessWire) September 7, 2006, Connective
Technologies announces the rollout of their TEAM-UP Download™
product, providing a cost effective, Internet-secure agency interface
program to Auto-Owners' agencies.
Auto-Owners Insurance Company has implemented TEAM-UP Download
with over 1500 independent insurance agencies. Auto-Owners implemented
TEAM-UP Download because of the product's cost effective rates
and reporting features. Generally, Auto-Owners' agencies schedule
TEAM-UP Download to run as part of their nightly computer process.
Additionally, agencies have the ability to resend immediately
an entire day of download or individual policy download on an
as needed basis.
"Auto-Owners rollout of TEAM-UP Download’s Version
3 further demonstrates the overwhelming industry acceptance of
our flagship product offering. We're excited that Auto-Owners
is extending the robust functionality provided in our contemporary,
Services-Oriented Architected "SOA" solution for making
it easier for their agents to do business." stated Dic Marxen,
Chairman of Connective Technologies.
TEAM-UP Download is an Internet-secure offering being leveraged
by P&C carriers in providing accessibility to over 10,000
trading partners with more than 31 different agency management
systems throughout the United States. Now in its third major release,
the product has matured to ensure agencies a seamless migration
from other download processes. The improved self-reliant features
such as single-policy, real-time archival retrievals by the agents,
improved group management distribution and tracking features that
ease and accelerate the registration process for both agencies
and carriers, have been implemented with TEAM-UP's SOA to seamlessly
fit into carriers’ existing agency portals. It also incorporates
a single-process entry point at the agency for accessing multiple
carriers downloads.
About Auto-Owners Insurance Company:
Auto-Owners Insurance Group is comprised of five property and
casualty companies and one life/health/annuity company. Auto-Owners
is headquartered in Lansing, Michigan, with 71 underwriting, claims
and marketing offices serving customers in 25 states. Auto-Owners
is represented by over 33,700 independent insurance agents in
more than 5,700 agencies. At year-end 2005 the Group had combined
assets of more than $11.7 billion and more than 4.1 million personal
and commercial insurance policies in force. The Company ranked
426th in the Fortune 500 rankings for 2005. In 2005, the Auto-Owners
property and casualty companies were rated A++ (Superior) by the
A.M. Best Company; included on the Weiss Recommended List (an
elite group of 114 property and casualty insurance companies);
received Demotech, Inc.’s, Financial Stability Rating A”
(Unsurpassed); and was named to the Ward’s 50 Benchmark Group
(one of only eight companies named to the property and casualty
Ward’s 50 Benchmark Group for 15 consecutive years). For
more information about Auto-Owners, visit www.auto-owners.com
<http://www.auto-owners.com/>.
About Connective Technologies, Inc.
Connective Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of e-Commerce
business solutions for the property and casualty insurance industry,
specializing in Internet interface solutions for carriers and
their agents. Connective has used its many years of experience
with leading agency management systems and traditional batch EDI
to pioneer the approach, which has helped it become the leading
provider of bridging and Internet-based interface solutions in
the industry. Connective provides implementation services for
its flagship products, TEAM-UP Upload, Download, and Data Translation
Services, as well as Site Development and Web Services. To learn
more about Connective products and services, contact Dic Marxen
at (817) 377-0815, by email at: dmarxen@connectivetech.com, or
visit our website at www.connectivetech.com <http://www.connectivetech.com>.
