iPipeline Announces 2011 Winners of Insurance Industry Leadership Awards

Assurity Life, Genworth Financial, Lincoln Financial, Nationwide Financial & Others to Be Honored at Connections 2011

EXTON, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- iPipeline®, the leader in on-demand software that supports marketing, selling, and processing solutions for the nation’s top insurance carriers, distributors and producers, today announced the winners of iPipeline’s Insurance Industry Leadership Award. Winners include Assurity Life, Genworth Financial, Lincoln Financial Group, and Nationwide Financial in the carrier category and DBS-Lifemark, Highland Capital Brokerage, Insphere Insurance Solutions, and Shaw American Financial in the distribution category. The awards are given to insurance industry visionaries who have consistently demonstrated exceptional leadership in the implementation and deployment of iPipeline’s integrated SaaS-based solutions. The awards will be presented at iPipeline’s Connections 2011 User Meeting & Conference held at the Aria Resort & Casino in Las Vegas on March 10^th.

“We are excited about Connections 2011 and pleased to honor industry visionaries who are making a major impact on how they market, sell and process insurance via our cloud-based solutions. Since 1995, iPipeline has engaged our clients to understand how their challenges can be overcome through the development and deployment of next-generation technologies. The proof of their collective success is demonstrated in efficiency gains and the resulting placement ratio increase,” said Tim Wallace, CEO, iPipeline. “This year’s representation at the event spans carriers-captive, carriers-brokerage, BGAs, Direct Writers, Banks, Broker-Dealers, Wirehouses, and top industry partners. No other venue rivals iPipeline’s Connections 2011 User Meeting & Conference, and there is no better place to recognize the outstanding contributions of our winners. Congratulations to all.”

iPipeline's 2011 Connections User Meeting & Conference offers the opportunity to connect with approximately 500 representatives from top carriers, brokerage agencies and vendors. The expanded agenda for the 2011 event provides time for product training, information gathering, and networking with colleagues and customers at the new Aria Resort & Casino. Carriers, distributors, agency personnel and key industry vendors will be participating in open exchanges at the sessions and within the exhibition area. For more information and to attend, click here.

New carrier participation in iPipeline’s Insurance Cloud was unprecedented in 2010. To learn how you can implement iPipeline’s solutions to support the marketing, selling and processing of insurance and financial products, contact [email protected] or call 1-800-758-0824, option 2. View our iGO e-App video by clicking here, and read our CEO Blog today.

About iPipeline

iPipeline leads its industry in providing the next-generation suite of sales distribution software to the insurance and financial services markets through its on-demand service. iPipeline's channel solutions for carriers, distributors, and producers automate activities for CRM, forms distribution and processing, quotes and illustrations, in Good Order e-Applications, agency management, and policy delivery and related services, enabling the insurance industry to market, sell, and process faster. iPipelineprovides the process automation and seamless integration needed to make a sale by aggregating approximately 200 carriers, 1,300 distributors, and financial professionals and advisors in a single, Web-based environment -- the iPipeline Customer Network. With headquarters in Exton, Pennsylvania, iPipeline has offices in Atlanta, Charlotte, Milwaukee, Salt Lake City, and Vancouver. Visit us at www.ipipeline.com.

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