PRESS RELEASE

Applied Systems recognizes insurance carriers and agents for interface leadership and innovation

ASCnet TENCon Special-Orlando, Florida, October 17, 2007- Insurance technology company Applied Systems, Inc., today recognized the powerful partnership in agency-carrier communication in presenting its 2007 interface awards during the Applied Systems user group's annual conference.

The interface awards ceremony took place during TENCon, the Technology, Education & Networking Conference hosted by ASCnet, Inc., the Applied Systems Client Network. Applied Systems presented the Interface Partner Award to these insurance carriers, recognizing them as best at advancing agency-company interface by creating interface opportunities:

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Allied Insurance (Nationwide)
Allstate Insurance Company
Arbella Insurance Group
Auto Club Group
Auto-Owners Insurance
Central Insurance Companies
The Cincinnati Insurance Company
CNA
Encompass Insurance
Farmers Insurance Group
Foremost Insurance Group
Grange Mutual Casualty Group
The Hartford
Hastings Mutual Insurance Company
Integrity Mutual Insurance Company
Liberty Mutual Agency Markets
The Main Street America Group
Ohio Casualty, a member of Liberty Mutual Agency Markets
Penn National Insurance
Preferred Mutual Insurance Company
Progressive Insurance
Safeco Insurance Company
Selective Insurance
State Automobile Insurance Group
Travelers
Unigard Insurance Company
Westbend Mutual Insurance
Westfield Insurance

In another awards category, Applied Systems presented the 2007 Butterfly Award to individuals committed to promoting and creating interface throughout the industry. "Interface is constantly changing and evolving," Johnston said. "This group is made up of agents, carriers, and representatives of industry organizations, and each of them manages to stay on top of the changes and foster the evolution."

Butterfly Award winners are Angelyn S. Treutel, Bob Slocum, Brian Bartosh, Cal Durland, Dianna George, Donna Barr, Jeff Yates, JoAnn Litwin, Linda Dodson and Lisa Parry-Becker.

In a third award category, Applied Systems honored three insurance carriers for their leadership in implementing live-agency claims download, an industry-first transaction for which Applied Systems developed the technology. The 2007 Industry Leadership and Innovation Award went to Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance, Fremont Insurance Company and EMC Insurance Companies.

"These carriers all went through the certification process, used the standard, and took their agencies live in an efficient, timely fashion," Johnston said. "We applaud them for providing what their agencies need."

Applied Systems, Inc., develops and supports insurance agency and broker management systems and provides services for accounting, customer, policy, claims management, and all related agency functions. More than 128,000 users in 11,000 agencies of every size and complexity level use Applied Systems technology and services. The company leads the industry in agency-carrier real-time and batch communication solutions. Applied Systems automates insurance transactions at every distribution level from consumer through carrier, providing technical support and professional services to maximize customers' return on investment.