ADP Claims Solutions Group Reports Record Growth for Autosource `Total Loss' Service.

SAN RAMON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 1999--ADP Claims Solutions Group (CSG), a leading provider of information services for the automotive insurance claims industry, Friday announced record-breaking growth last year for its industry-leading Autosource service for obtaining total loss valuations.

According to John Barfitt, president of ADP CSG: "Autosource experienced exceptional growth in 1998, posting a 45 percent increase in business over 1997. As the fastest-growing total loss valuation service provider, we believe that Autosource has continued to improve its market penetration by providing claims professionals with vehicle valuations derived from the most comprehensive database available in the marketplace today."

Autosource offers valuation, market search and other information services through a variety of electronic and toll-free call-in/fax-in methods. By tapping market information from all available sources, and updating the database daily, Autosource offers users data with superior integrity and delivery methods in order to deliver precise market values.

The Autosource database is the world's largest database of "for sale" vehicle valuation information, with more than 30 million vehicles entered annually.

The database information is continuously updated from ADP CSG's dealer inventory program, which collects information weekly from more than 7,000 dealerships, as well as private-party advertisements in more than 2,700 publications nationwide. The result is the industry's largest database, updated with more than 800,000 vehicles per week.

ADP CSG, with headquarters in San Ramon, is a wholly owned subsidiary of Automatic Data Processing Inc. (ADP). ADP, with more than $4.5 billion in revenues and more than 425,000 clients, is one of the largest independent computing services firms in the world.

ADP CSG provides the property & casualty industry and its business partners with integrated and independent information services for automotive, medical and property claims management in 18 countries.

ADP Claims Solutions Group is located at 2010 Crow Canyon Place, San Ramon, Calif. 94583; 925/866-1100. The company's Web site can be found at http://www.csg.adp.com.