Business Editors/Insurance Writers

PARK CITY, Utah--(BUSINESS WIRE)--October 30, 2008--EbixExchange – a division of Ebix, Inc. (NASDAQ:EBIX) today announced that the American National Insurance Company will provide producers affiliated with its life insurance distribution network with the WinFlex illustration system. The system implementation will provide American National with increased exposure to the brokerage and independent insurance market while enabling the users of the system to create new efficiencies in their sales process.

“We’re pleased to be able to provide the latest compliant illustration platform from EbixExchange,” said David A. Behrens, executive vice president of the Independent Marketing Group at American National. “We see WinFlex as a means of broadening our relationships with producers representing our products in the field and further expanding our market outlook.”

WinFlex, regarded by many in the industry as the leading multi-carrier compliant illustration system, provides a common interface and common output for comparison of multiple insurance products and supports advanced life insurance sales concepts. Nearly half of EbixExchange’s 60+ insurance companies have product relationships with WinFlex. EbixExchange’s client base includes 300,000 brokers.

Chartered in 1905, American National is a leading provider of Life and Annuity products in the insurance industry. Strength and stability are American National’s hallmarks with an A+ (Superior) Best’s Rating and AA (Very Strong) by Standard & Poors.

In addition to WinFlex, EbixExchange also provides automation for research, quoting, and life insurance and annuity application order-entry via its VitalSales Suite and LifeSpeed and AnnuityNet platforms.

About EbixExchange

EbixExchange is the division of Ebix, Inc. that focuses on research, illustration, transaction processing, and compliance automation for the life insurance and annuity industry. Combining the expertise of pre-merger industry pioneers EbixLife and Finetre Corporation, EbixExchange is a leading developer of electronic Straight Through Processing and currently supports a broad range of insurance agencies, brokerage and clearing firms, and operations centers at over 60 of the leading insurance carriers and their affiliates. EbixExchange’s parent company, Ebix, Inc., is a publicly-held corporation (NASDAQ:EBIX). For more information, please visit http://www.ebixexchange.com.

About American National Insurance Company

With more than 100 years of experience, American National is a preeminent leader in the insurance industry, offering Life insurance, Fixed and Variable Annuities, and marketing programs including Wealth Transfer and Small Business Pension and Profit Sharing Plans.

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About Ebix, Inc.

Ebix, Inc. is a leading international supplier of software and e-commerce solutions to the insurance industry. Ebix provides a series of application software products for the insurance industry ranging from carrier systems, agency systems and exchanges to custom software development for all entities involved in the insurance and financial services industries.

Ebix strives to work collaboratively with clients to develop innovative technology strategies and solutions that address specific business challenges. Ebix combines the newest technologies with its capabilities in consulting, systems design and integration, IT and business process outsourcing, applications software, and Web and application hosting to meet the individual needs of organizations.

With bases in Singapore, Australia, the US, New Zealand, India and Canada, Ebix employs insurance and technology professionals who provide products, support and consultancy to more than 3,000 customers on six continents. Ebix’s focus on quality has enabled it be awarded Level 5 status of the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute’s Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI). Ebix has also earned ISO 9001:2000 certification for both its development and call center units in India. For more information, visit http://www.ebix.com.

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