Connective Technologies, Inc. Announces TEAM-UP Agency Download Contract with American Independent Companies, Inc.

Houston, TX, (BusinessWire) March 25, 2009, Connective Technologies announces the contract signing of TEAM-UP Download with American Independent Companies, Inc. (“AICI”) in Pennsylvania for the premier servicing of agency download. With their non-standard auto insurance being covered by their five underwriting companies, including OMNI Insurance in Georgia, the TEAM-UP suite of products provides once-and-done processing in an industry compliant, data-secure environment for agency downloads. Bruce Arneson, President of AICI said, “Our commitment to agency download represents our continuing support for our independent agents. Our goal is to provide our agents with state-of-the-art seamless efficiency allowing them to concentrate on profitable revenue generation.” Jonathan C. Edwards, CIO of AICI stated, “We’re excited to have selected the most secure agency interface solution in the industry. With TEAM-UP’s ease-of-use and accelerated roll-out capabilities, our time-to-market for agency deployment is measured in a matter of weeks, not months, for making it easy to do business with AICI.” Dic Marxen, CEO of Connective Technologies adds, “AICI further expands our presence on the east coast and adds another long-standing, well established leader in the P&C marketplace. We welcome AICI and their recently acquired OMNI Insurance to our group of loyal, very satisfied insurance carriers and agencies.” TEAM-UP Download is an Internet-secure offering being leveraged by more than 55 P&C carriers in providing accessibility to over 24,000 communicating agency pairs using more than 40 different agency management systems throughout every region in the United States. Now in its third major release, the product has matured to ensure agencies have 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 Service Oriented Architecture. This environment ensures a seamless fit into carriers’ existing agency portals and incorporates a single-process entry point at the agency for accessing multiple carriers downloads. About American Independent: American Independent Companies Inc. is the parent company of growing group of auto insurance companies doing business in twenty five states throughout the United States. The auto insurance companies are American Independent Insurance, Personal Service Insurance, Bankers Independent Insurance, Omni Insurance and Omni Indemnity Insurance. The Group’s Companies specialize in providing affordable automobile insurance with low down payments and convenient payment plans to fit any budget. Please visit our website at: www.aiico.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 Translation Solutions, 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 the website at www.connectivetech.com.