Business/Technology Editors
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 10, 2000
65 `Alliance 200' Sites Have Already Signed Agreements With
Ebix.com
ebix.com Inc. (NASDAQ: EBIXE), the world's most comprehensive insurance portal, today announced its "Alliance 200"
The objective of Alliance 200 is to create a network in which these alliance Web sites refer their customers to ebix.com for all of their insurance needs, increasing traffic to the Insurance Center and greatly expanding ebix.com's exposure online. Each of these alliances include:
--Building an ebix Insurance Center on their site, with a prominent link from their home page directly to www.ebix.com. The Center allows consumers to start the application process for buying auto, home, health, life, dental, vision, and long term care insurance directly from the alliance site itself.
--Direct links into ebix Research Center and ebix TV pages from these sites.
--ebix owns the advertising rights on these co-branded pages.
"Now that we have the market-leading technology and insurance relationships in place, ebix.com is concentrating its efforts on driving traffic to its insurance portal," said Robin Raina, President and CEO, ebix.com Inc. "Our Alliance 200 program will help us cut through the noise on the Internet and gain mind share with consumers visiting 200 of the most popular Web sites. By establishing these alliances, we are guaranteeing that ebix.com is the exclusive Insurance Center for some of the top sites in each industry."
A few of the 65 alliances that have already been established include Infospace.com, NADAGuides.com, cbsswitchboard.com, and headhunter.net. For more details on the Alliance 200 program, please contact James Schmidt, Director of Strategic Alliances, at 678-281 2022.
About ebix.com:
ebix.com, an HP Enabled E-Service which ebix.com Inc. launched on September 8, 1999, is the only site on the Web to meet the insurance needs of both the consumer and the insurance professional. ebix.com includes a virtual marketplace, ebix.mall, where consumers can define their policy coverages and seek competitive quotes from a number of carriers or agents/brokers in a timeframe defined by the consumer. This allows consumers to compare prices in a non-threatening environment and buy insurance online if they so desire.
ebix.com is the largest insurance marketplace online, offering consumers access to over 850 agents representing nearly 2,000 different carriers, as well as 20 carriers quoting direct. ebix.com also incorporates powerful and secure business tools for agents/brokers, including the workflow and management engine ebix.link. ebix.link is currently being piloted by a number of leading carriers and agents in the United States, drawing from ebix.com Inc.'s strong business relationships with six of the ten largest insurance agencies in the world and over 3,000 agencies in the United States. This workflow engine, launched in January, can save insurance professionals up to 70 percent in time, energy and costs associated with processing day-to-day transactions.
About ebix.com Inc.:
Founded in 1976, ebix.com Inc. - formerly known as Delphi Information Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: EBIXE) - is a leading international supplier of software and Internet solutions to the property & casualty insurance industry. The recent name change to ebix.com Inc. aligns the identity of the company with its strategic focus of using the Internet to enhance the way insurance business is transacted, through solutions that encompass both e-commerce and web-enabled agency management systems. An independent provider, ebix.com Inc. employs hundreds of insurance and technology professionals who provide products, support and consultancy to over 3,000 customers on six continents. ebix.com Inc. is the only insurance software provider that offers agency/broker management systems created by insurance professionals to serve the unique needs of each insurance segment around the world. ebix.com Inc.'s agency management products feature fully customizable and scaleable software designed to improve the way insurance professionals manage all aspects of insurance distribution, including: marketing, sales, service, accounting and management.
For more information on ebix.com Inc. products and services, call 678-281-2020 or visit the ebix.com Inc. web site at www.ebix.com.