AscendantOne, A Leading P&C Front Office Solution Provider, Partners With Document Sciences Corporation.

Business/High Tech Editors

CARLSBAD, Calif. & NASHUA, N.H.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 7, 2001

Document Sciences Corporation (Nasdaq:DOCX), the leader in enterprise Content Automation software for Web, print and e-mail, and AscendantOne(TM), architect of next generation front office insurance technology, have joined forces to provide property and casualty insurers with comprehensive automation of quotes, policies, and correspondence through both electronic and traditional print channels.

AscendantOne provides property and casualty insurers with full-function, synchronized insurance front office solutions and services for marketing, retention and relationship management. AscendantOne modernizes rate/quote/issuance practices and policy management, linking them with insurance-focused customer relationship management to create a market-responsive front office. The company's core mission is to build competitive advantage and produce maximum economic performance from the complex P&C new-business-to-renewal process at any location, anytime, for any authorized insurance supply chain participant.

"Document Sciences' Autograph software is an ideal complement to AscendantOne's Web and network-based front office systems," said Neal Keene, Director of Business Development. "AscendantOne's network-based P&C Front Office Suite combined with Document Sciences' sophisticated rules-based Content Automation software gives property and casualty insurers a single source solution for delivery of mission-critical customer communications. The end result for these insurers is quicker time to market, enhanced customer relationships, and ultimately, increased profitability."

"Our relationship with Document Sciences Corporation boosts the end-to-end capabilities of AscendantOne's Front Office Suite," according to Patricia Dell Isola, Vice President, Business Development, AscendantOne. "Both companies feature advanced browser-based, XML-compliant technologies. This means our partnership can provide flexible, cost-effective front office solutions, including diverse, Web-accessible document and output management, to anyone, anytime, anyplace and on any device in the P&C marketing and service supply chain," said Dell Isola.

Document Sciences' Autograph software solutions, including Document Library Services (DLS) and CompuSet, are the most widely used Content Automation solutions in the insurance industry, used by five of the top ten Fortune property and casualty companies and eight of the top ten Fortune life and health insurance companies. Hundreds of insurance companies use Autograph software to generate customer-unique and regulatory-compliant content that can be printed, viewed on demand or distributed electronically in high volume.

Autograph will use data generated by AscendantOne's P&C Front Office Suite to compose documents such as insurance quotes, policies, customer statements and correspondence.

About Document Sciences

Document Sciences Corporation develops and markets software solutions that enable an enterprise to better communicate with their customers through both Automated Personal Portals on the web and high-quality personalized documents that can be printed, viewed on demand, or distributed electronically in high volume. Approximately 600 customers worldwide use Document Sciences products in insurance; banking and financial services; managed-care; telecommunications; utilities, and commercial print service bureaus. Customers include more than 60 Fortune 500 companies. Based in Carlsbad, California, with regional locations across the U.S. and a European subsidiary in Paris, France, the Company also markets its products in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Brazil, Argentina and Chile. For more information about Document Sciences Corporation, visit www.docscience.com.

Information about AscendantOne

Headquartered in Nashua, NH, AscendantOne delivers open, flexible XML-based technology and services that directly transform property & casualty front office economics, while boosting the marketing and client retention capabilities of insurance providers. AscendantOne introduces new browser-based paradigms for rate/quote/issuance, policy and customer management -- strengthening the entire new-business-to-renewals service process in the P&C distribution network. For more information, please visit www.AscendantOne.com.

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