Connective Technologies and Mutual Benefit Group Announce TEAM-UP Upload Expansion.

HOUSTON -- Connective Technologies, Inc. and Mutual Benefit Group announce the expansion of their TEAM-UP Upload implementation to include PRIORITY(R) Data Systems' PriorityRate.com product as a source system.

"TEAM-UP acts as our point of entry for all of the agency-side bridges that interface with our website. With the flexibility built into TEAM-UP Upload, the ease of handling the necessary workflow modifications and data translations to accept PriorityRate.com files demonstrates the flexibility that the Connective web-enabled interface solutions provide. Our back-end systems did not require any changes; everything was handled by Connective. This makes it very easy for us to expand and enhance our agency relationships by offering new interfaces," said Rick Laabs, Vice President and Chief Information Officer of Mutual Benefit.

"It's becoming common for carriers to grow their agency and retention business by making it easier to do business through cost effective, web-based agency interface solutions. Our products are designed with this need in mind," stated Deborah Osborn, Account Executive for Connective Technologies. "We are constantly polling our clients and prospects on functional enhancement priorities to ensure we're spending our annual R&D investments wisely and in areas that allow them to serve their trading partners and policyholders more effectively and efficiently while at the same time future-proofing their technology investments."

"PRIORITY Data Systems has developed a user-friendly online point-of-sale system with the added convenience of quote submission into Connective's system for upload to Mutual Benefit for policy issuance," commented David Mellor, PRIORITY'S Vice President. "PRIORITY and Mutual Benefit customers will benefit by saving time and eliminating the need to re-enter data, thus improving their workflow."

TEAM-UP Upload is a real-time solution that provides a layer of isolation for the carrier that interfaces with agency-side bridges (much like a data access layer) to provide one common interface with all agency bridges. It fully supports all ACORD standards while accounting for inconsistencies within the source AL3 or XML data files. Connective provides an experienced process that assists carriers in implementing bridges.

Because of the quality and completeness of data coming from comparative raters, such as PriorityRate.com, they are becoming more common as an agency-side bridge. TEAM-UP Upload's ability to aggregate all agency data sources is therefore becoming more significant. The capabilities built into the product for handling input from virtually any source make the addition of comparative rating data an easy addition to a carrier's upload process.

Mutual Benefit Group, with home offices in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, provides property and casualty insurance through independent insurance agents in Pennsylvania and Maryland. Additional information about Mutual Benefit Group can be found at: http://www.mutualbenefitgroup.com/.

Connective Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of e-Commerce business solutions for the property and casualty insurance industry, specializing in Internet interface solutions for carriers and their agents. Connective used its many years of experience with all of the leading agency management systems and traditional batch EDI to pioneer the approach and become the leading provider of bridging and Internet-based interface solutions in the industry. Connective provides implementation services for its flagship products, TEAM-UP Upload, Download and Data Translation Services.

To learn more about Connective products and services, contact Deborah Osborn at 713-690-6789 ext. 136 or [e-mail], or visit our website at www.connective-edi.com.

PRIORITY Data Systems has been providing comparative and proprietary rating solutions for auto, home, dwelling, BOP, farm and commercial lines since 1984 to agency and company customers in 48 states. PRIORITY'S strong belief in service to the customer through accuracy and quality are evident in the development and support of its products, which are designed to improve the productivity and profitability of their customers. PRIORITY Data Systems was acquired by ChoicePoint Services Inc. in December 2004. For more information on PriorityRate.com Internet Rating, please call 800-228-9410 or visit their website at www.priority-data.com.