ConfirmNet Announces New California Sales Team; The Team Will Conduct e-Service Demos At RIMS.

Business Editors

RIMS, Booth No. 3144-3145

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 27, 2000

ConfirmNet(TM) Corp., a leading e-service business-to-business application service provider (ASP) for the $2.8 trillion global insurance industry, announced today a new sales team for California.

The sales team, along with Chief Executive Officer Bill Mudge and vice president of sales Dan McCarthy, will present a demonstration of its Internet service, CertificatesNow.com, at booth No. 3144-3145 of the annual Risk Insurance Management Society Inc. (RIMS) conference in San Francisco, April 30-May 4. The annual conference and exhibition attracts risk management professionals from all industries.

The new California sales team includes three representatives, Gary J. Deck, Brian J. Gannon and Bruce K. Lees, to cover regions throughout the state. Deck is the regional sales manager for the Central Valley. Deck brings 12 years of experience in commercial insurance and has worked for Lumber Insurance Companies, California Compensation, Jardine Insurance Brokers and Liberty Mutual Insurance Group.

Gannon is the regional sales manager for the Los Angeles Basin and brings seven years of experience in workers compensation insurance and financial consultation, having worked for Merrill Lynch, Cigna Insurance Co., Travelers Insurance Co. and SunAmerica Securities. Lees rounds out the new sales team and will manage the San Francisco Bay Area. Lees has over 12 years of experience in insurance marketing and sales and has worked for Golden Eagle Insurance Corp., Financial Pacific Insurance Co. and Safeco Insurance Companies.

Deck, Gannon and Lees and will run CertificatesNow.com demonstrations throughout the show featuring such benefits as one-step "batch" renewal processing, insured/client self-service and complete integration of all required documents and specialized addenda (ACORD and ISO.) Demo participants will be taken through the service step-by-step and will be able to email and fax certificates of insurance to their offices.

CertificatesNow.com's 100 percent Internet-based service re-engineers the entire certificate process, cutting the costs by more than 80 percent and giving insurance buyers the ability to self-serve their insurance certification needs 24 hours a day, seven days a week. CertificatesNow.com is rapidly becoming the new industry standard in certificate delivery and storage.

Incorporating both industry standard ACORD and ISO forms CertificatesNow.com is the first step in ConfirmNet's vision to empower insurance providers with e-service solutions. CertificatesNow.com is exclusively endorsed by the Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA), the nation's oldest and largest national association of independent insurance agents. IIAA represents 300,000 agents and agency employees nationwide.

ConfirmNet is a leading e-service business-to-business ASP that links insurance providers with their customers. The first product utilizing its "Now" technology is CertificatesNow.com, a secure Internet service that electronically delivers and stores certificates of insurance. This service allows certificates of insurance to be instantly viewed and forwarded via fax or email, saving time and money, eliminating paperwork and improving customer satisfaction. ConfirmNet's operating headquarters are located in San Diego. Visit the company's Web site at www.ConfirmNet.com or call 877/669-8600.