Connective Technologies, Inc. Announces
TEAM-UP Download Contract
with Pioneer State Mutual Insurance Company
Houston, TX, (BusinessWire) May 22, 2007, Connective Technologies
announces contract signing with Pioneer State Mutual Insurance
Company for their TEAM-UP Download product. This application
provides once-and-done processing in an industry compliant, data-secure
environment for agencies' downloads.
Tony Paris, Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Pioneer
State comments, "The TEAM-UP download solution complies with
Pioneer State's IT security audit requirements for both transport
and application level authentication. TEAM-UP also enhances the
serviceability to our premier agency force for making it easier
to do business with a more cost effective business model than
their competition."
Dic Marxen, CEO of Connective Technologies adds "Pioneer
State further solidifies and expands our existing agency penetration
in Michigan we're pleased that we are able to deliver an
industry leading download application in a seamless manner to
their agency force and to do so at a significantly reduced cost."
TEAM-UP Download is an Internet-secure offering being leveraged
by more than 30 P&C carriers in providing accessibility to
over 20,000 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. It also incorporates a single-process entry point at
the agency for accessing multiple carriers downloads.
About Pioneer State Mutual Insurance Company:
Pioneer has been delivering careful, comprehensive insurance coverage
to the residents of Michigan for more than 90 years. As an A.M.
Best A+ rated carrier, Pioneer State has provided multi-line coverages,
personal, commercial, and farm policies to their insured's' since
the early 1900's. Today's insurance climate demands careful attention
to detail, sound advice and solid underwriting. Every policy must
be thorough and comprehensive. Because it is the way insurance
should be, and for Pioneer State Mutual Insurance Company, the
only way to do business. Please visit our website at www.psmic.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.