Aspen Insurance Chooses iAutomate: Company Surety Solution from Insurance Automation Group
<p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt"> </span></span></p> <p align="justify"> <div align="justify"> <div align="center"><img height="53" alt="" src="http://www.insurancenewsnet.com/images/post/iag1011.gif" width="350" border="0" /></div> </div> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><em>Surety solution manages workflow for underwriting, booking, and account management, enabling Aspen to focus on their producers and client relationships within their commercial surety business</em></span></span></p> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><strong>WESTBROOK, ME – October 5, 2011</strong> – </span></span><a href="http://www.insuranceautomationgroup.com/home.htm"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Insurance Automation Group</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt"> (IAG) announces that </span></span><a href="http://www.aspenspecialty.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Aspen Insurance</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt"> has chosen its </span></span><a href="http://www.insuranceautomationgroup.com/iautomate-company-surety.htm"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">iAutomate: Company Surety</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt"> solution to help launch its commercial </span></span><a href="http://www.insuranceautomationgroup.com/surety-solutions.htm"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">surety</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt"> business. Aspen U.S. Insurance will use the </span></span><a href="http://www.insuranceautomationgroup.com/surety-solutions.htm"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">surety platform</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt"> for underwriting, as well as integrated booking and account management, as it builds its specialized commercial surety business. </span></span></p> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt"> “We have clear objectives for our emerging surety business, and we wanted to focus on our producers and our client relationships rather than on building a software solution,” says <strong>Michael Toppi,</strong> EVP-Chief Surety Lines Underwriter, Aspen Insurance. “Upon review of several surety solutions available in the market, it became quite obvious to our team that Insurance Automation Group and their products were best suited to meet our specific automation requirements; IAG has a strong surety platform and a robust technical team – this partnership is the right investment for our surety business.”</span></span></p> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">iAutomate: Company Surety helps surety companies streamline workflow and manage the volumes of information required to support underwriting and portfolio management needs.</span></span></p> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">“We welcome Aspen Insurance to the commercial surety business, and are pleased the company has chosen our iAutomate: Company Surety solution,” says <strong>Jeff Bucci</strong>, National Sales Manager, Insurance Automation Group. “We look forward to supporting their growth with our technology, our people, and our expertise.”</span></span></p> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"><strong style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">About Aspen U.S. Insurance</span></span> <p align="justify"></p> </strong> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Aspen U.S. is a subsidiary of Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., a leading global insurance and reinsurance company and listed on the NYSE (AHL). Aspen U.S. writes property, casualty and specialty insurance in the U.S. on both a surplus lines and admitted basis through Aspen Specialty Insurance Company and Aspen American Insurance Company. It offers depth of underwriting expertise and the ability to assess and manage technically complex risk. Its commercial surety business was launched early in 2011. For more information, visit </span></span><a href="http://www.aspenspecialty.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">http://www.aspenspecialty.com</span></span></a>.</p> <p align="justify"></p> <p align="justify"></p> <div align="justify"><a href="http://www.insuranceautomationgroup.com/home.htm"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt"><strong>About Insurance Automation Group</strong> <br /> <br /> The Insurance Automation Group</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt"> is a wholly owned subsidiary of Workgroup Technology Partners, a provider of advanced technology solutions and services based in Westbrook, Maine. The Insurance Automation Group develops software solutions that help insurance firms and Plans grow their businesses and capture more revenue without adding personnel overhead. The product line includes </span></span><a href="http://www.insuranceautomationgroup.com/iautomate-erlon-surety.htm"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">iAutomate: Erlon Surety</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">, </span></span><a href="http://www.insuranceautomationgroup.com/iautomate-company-surety.htm"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">iAutomate: CompanySurety</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">, </span></span><a href="http://www.insuranceautomationgroup.com/document-management.htm"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">iAutomate: SmartForms</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">, </span></span><a href="http://www.insuranceautomationgroup.com/iautomate-claims-datamanager.htm"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">iAutomate: Claims DataManager</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">, </span></span><a href="http://www.insuranceautomationgroup.com/iautomate-opl-casemanager.htm"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">iAutomate: OPL CaseManager</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt"> and </span></span><a href="http://www.insuranceautomationgroup.com/iautomate-overpayment-casemanager.htm"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">iAutomate: Overpayment CaseManager</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">. The Insurance Automation Group is an Applied ConneXion® Integrating Vendor and a Vertafore Integration Program Company. For more information, call 207-856-5300 or visit </span></span><a href="http://www.insuranceautomationgroup.com/"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">www.insuranceautomationgroup.com</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">.</span></span></div> <p style="font-size: 10pt" align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial">Contact:</span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Jeff Bucci<br /> Insurance Automation Group<br /> 207.856.5325<br /> </span></span><a href="mailto:jeff.bucci@insuranceautomationgroup.com"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">[email protected]</span></span></a><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt"> </span></span></p> <p align="justify"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">Alison Harris<br /> Harris Media Services<br /> 207.829.4500 <br /> </span></span><a href="mailto:alison@harrismediaservices.com"><span style="font-family: Arial"><span style="font-size: 10pt">[email protected]</span></span></a></p>
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