Connective Technologies, Inc. Announces TEAM-UP Agency Bridging and Portal Services Launch with Alliance Partners and LEMIC Insurance Company
Houston, TX, (BusinessWire) March 19, 2009, Connective Technologies announces alliances with Cannon Cochran Management Services, Inc. (“CCMSI”) and Appulate to deliver TEAM-UP Agency Bridging/Portal Services for LEMIC Insurance Company. The TEAM-UP suite of products provides once-and-done processing in an industry compliant, data-secure environment for agency upload, download, and ACORD standard data translations. The web-services upload solution, delivers ACORD XML standard applications to the carrier’s website for real-time, straight-thru processing directly from the agency management system.
Dan Lastrapes, VP Operations and Management of LEMIC comments, “This is a tremendous value-add technology and service for our agencies in making it easier to do business with LEMIC…we are excited that this solution makes straight-thru processing a reality!”
Skip Brechtel, SVP and CTO of CCMSI also commented, “Our strategic combination of bringing the right technologies together with our alliance partners and delivering a premium service to our LEMIC worker’s comp client and their respective independent agencies is a tremendous milestone for all of us.”
Dimitri Nikouline, CTO of Appulate states, “Appulate is delighted to provide our Uplink technology to bridge data between the retail agents and the CCMSI / TEAM-UP portal. With this in place, any agent, regardless of which management system they use, will be able to send ACORD data to CCMSI electronically. The result will be both added efficiency for CCMSI and far less time spent doing data entry for the agent.”
Dic Marxen, CEO of Connective adds, “We’re also excited about our alliances and the launch of a premier, state of the art real-time solution that delivers once-and-done processing, directly from the agency to LEMIC, over the internet!”
TEAM-UP solutions are 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. TEAM-UP Bridging/Portal Services is an innovative and cost-effective web-based solution providing upload transmission services and company unique editing for all leading agency management systems. The TEAM-UP solution can be integrated with your existing Internet offering. This allows you to service each source of business, no matter what agency management system is, in real-time. TEAM-Up’s architecture also supports download transmissions, ensures a seamless fit into carriers’ existing agency portals, and incorporates a single entry point at the agency for accessing multiple carriers downloads.
About LEMIC Insurance Company:
LEMIC writes workers compensation coverage through networks of independent insurance agents in Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas and Tennessee. LEMIC is successful because it delivers services that enhance its product and its bonds between consumer and agent, and agent and company. Please visit our website: www.lemicins.com
About CCMSI:
CCMSI is a leading third-party administrator for workers' compensation and property/casualty self-insurance programs. With annual gross revenues of $80 million and a workforce of over 850 professionals in 38 office locations, we provide services to over 425 individual self-insured employers and 58 self-insured groups. CCMSI has a 98% client satisfaction rate. Please visit our website: www.ccmsi.com
About Appulate:
Appulate is the leading provider of software designed to help independent insurance agents automate the collection, transmission and tracking of data associated with the application process. Appulate's unique suite of agency products are enhanced through the use of Uplink™, a data bridge allowing the seamless sending of ACORD, supplemental and loss run data electronically to carriers. Please visit our website: www.appulate.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 provides implementation services for its flagship products, TEAM-UP Upload, Download, and Translation Solutions, as well as Bridging/Portal 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.