Benefits of bundling resources on the Web.

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 12, 1996--In an effort to create an online community for human resource, employee benefit and insurance professionals, Employease, Inc. has launched its World Wide Web site (www.employease.com). The site offers excellent up-to-date links to areas of interest to these groups as well as access to important industry news online provided by NewsPage, Inc.

"Finding what you're looking for on the Internet can be a slow process with lots of wasted time. The Employease Web site offers timely original content to industry professionals, as well as interconnects to other sites of interest for a one-stop bank of links for human resource, insurance and benefits professionals," said John Nail, CEO of Employease.

The Web site offers original content in the form of guides to important legislation, like ERISA, a resource guide for recruiting online, an online bookstore linked to Amazon Books, a benefits training guide and a nationwide directory of over 600 insurance brokers and 800 insurance and medical care providers.

Visitors can also create personalized Web pages to so they can easily access the specific information that is important to them.

Job hunters can find links to the most popular Internet job listings including JobWeb, CareerPath and Career magazine. The searcher can also find links to Bigbook for tracking down information about specific companies and a Web resume builder.

Future plans call for specific forums of interest such as: long- and short-term disability, medical, managed care and retirement plans, etc. These forums can be sponsored by insurance carriers or brokers to enhance their image and provide new types of services to their customers.

NewsPage is a single-user online information service from Individual, Inc. It is designed to provide World Wide Web users with current, pre-sorted news across a broad array of topics and industries. With more than 25,000 pages, all refreshed daily, NewsPage is one of the deepest, most comprehensive sites on the Web. Amazon Books (www.amazon.com) is an online bookstore with over one million titles available. The company's site combines the Internet's opportunities for consumer, author and seller interaction with powerful search engines and great reviews.

Employease (www.employease.com) is one of the first companies to use the Internet as a true business tool to provide concrete solutions to business problems. By bringing employee benefits administration to the employer's desktop in a simple form, benefits administrators can spend less time on high-cost, low-return paperwork and more time in their core businesses.

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