FPIC Announces Affiliation With iLIANT Corporation.Business Editors JACKSONVILLE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 8, 2001 Florida Physicians Insurance Company, Inc. (FPIC FPIC First Professionals Insurance Company (Jacksonville, FL) FPIC Field Programmable Interconnect FPIC Federal Partnership for Interoperable Communications FPIC Field Programmable Interconnect Chip ) (Nasdaq:FPIC), a leading provider of professional liability insurance for physicians, dentists Dentists can refer to one of the following:
This new affiliation between FPIC and iLIANT will offer FPIC physicians a centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. source for hosting and managing software applications and guarantee availability, performance, and security. Physician practices access and use the applications remotely through the Internet Internet Publicly accessible computer network connecting many smaller networks from around the world. It grew out of a U.S. Defense Department program called ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network), established in 1969 with connections between computers at the . iLIANT currently provides application support for over 800 physicians. In addition, iLIANT provides other levels of service for physician practices, including E-commerce group purchasing solutions, data analysis and clinical decision support, and outsourced solutions and management services. FPIC insureds may be eligible for discounts up to 10%. "We feel by forming this affiliation with iLIANT Corporation, we are able to offer value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. services to our insureds at reduced rates," stated Gary F. Izzo, Vice President of Marketing at FPIC. "FPIC will continue to consider affiliations that we feel will help our insureds in their everyday medical practices." Through iLIANT, FPIC will be offering several levels of services, including: -- Secure hosting of leading software applications -- Desktop and connectivity infrastructure -- E-Commerce group purchasing solutions -- Data analysis and clinical decision support -- Outsourced solutions and management services FPIC, rated "A-" Excellent by A.M. Best, is a leading provider of professional liability insurance for physicians, dentists, and other healthcare providers in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, and Ohio. Its parent company, the FPIC Insurance Group (FIG), also owns the Anesthesiologists' Professional Assurance Company, Intermed Insurance Company and Interlex Insurance Company, and the Administrators for the Professions, Inc. (AFP (1) (AppleTalk Filing Protocol) The file sharing protocol used in an AppleTalk network. In order for non-Apple networks to access data in an AppleShare server, their protocols must translate into the AFP language. See file sharing protocol. ). |
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