Authoria Selected by American Family Insurance.Business and High Tech Editors WALTHAM, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 7, 2000 With Authoria HR, American Family Insurance American Family Insurance Group (aka "AmFam") is a private mutual company which focuses on property, casualty and auto insurance, but also offers commercial insurance, life, health, and homeowners coverage, as well as investment and retirement-planning products. Delivers Personalization Information to Over 7,200 Employees Online Authoria Inc., the leading provider of eWorkforce communication applications, today announced that American Family Insurance has chosen Authoria HR as its communication platform for its employee self-service (ESS (1) (Electronic Switching System) A large-scale computer from Lucent used to route telephone calls in a telephone company office. The 5ESS is a Class 5 central office switch, and the 4ESS is a Class 4 tandem office switch. ) initiative. American Family Insurance, headquartered in Madison, Wis., is the nation's ninth largest property and casualty insurer. It has more than 7,200 employees and more than 4,300 independent contractor A person who contracts to do work for another person according to his or her own processes and methods; the contractor is not subject to another's control except for what is specified in a mutually binding agreement for a specific job. agents in the 14 states in which it operates. "By using Authoria HR, American Family's HR department can deliver high touch, high quality, personalized service on demand no matter how quickly or how large their employee population grows," said Tod Loofbourrow, president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Authoria. "24 hours a day, seven days a week, employees can access personalized human resource information such as benefits, vacation, payroll, corporate policies, exactly when and where they need it. Having this information accessible via American Family's corporate intranet means their employees can have instant responses to questions and their human resource department can focus on supporting corporate goals through more strategic initiatives." Authoria's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , Authoria HR, is the choice of leading employers for communicating benefits plan and HR policies to employees. Deployed via corporate portal An internal Web site (intranet) that provides proprietary, enterprise-wide information to company employees as well as access to selected public Web sites and vertical-market Web sites (suppliers, vendors, etc.). , HR intranets for employee self-service (ESS), or within call centers, Authoria HR answers employees' questions in a pertinent, personalized, and dynamic manner. Using a knowledgebase structure especially developed to handle the complex nature of employee information, benefit plan and HR policy design, Authoria HR sets the industry standard in Web-based knowledgebase applications. About Authoria, Inc. Authoria, Inc. delivers the kind of personalized, high-touch support that employees need - when they need it and where they need it. Over 7 million people are served by Authoria's products through leading outsourcers such as Buck Consultants, Inc. and Exult and at Global 2000 industry leaders such as Anheuser-Busch, Honeywell, McDonald's Corporation, T. Rowe Price T. Rowe Price (NASDAQ: TROW) is an independent global investment management firm and mutual fund manager based in Baltimore, Maryland. It was founded in 1937 by Thomas Rowe Price, Jr.. T. , Union Pacific and Wells Fargo Wells Fargo armored carriers of bullion. [Am. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1147] See : Protectiveness Wells Fargo company that handled express service to western states; often robbed. [Am. Hist. . Headquartered in Waltham, Mass., Authoria has been ranked by Inc. Magazine and Deloitte and Touche as one of America's fastest-growing private companies. For more information, visit the Company's Web site at www.authoria.com or call (781) 530-2000. Note to editors: Authoria and Authoria HR are trademarks of Authoria Inc. All product names and references contained herein remain the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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