Applied Systems, EMC Companies Team to Provide Agencies with Real-Time Inquiries via Web Bridge

November 10, 2003

Applied Systems, Inc. announced that Iowa-based EMC Insurance Companies is now using Applied’s new Web Bridge technology to offer real-time billing, policy and claim inquiries to agencies using The Agency Manager® and The Agency Manager® Vision Series™ software.

Web Bridge provides agencies with direct access from their agency management systems to information from a carrier’s Web site, without having to perform any additional data entry. Web Bridge is a tool that provides real-time agency-carrier interface, in addition and complementary to IVANS Transformation Station™ transactions. Now Applied agencies will be able to perform personal and commercial billing, claim and policy inquiries on EMC’s website without exiting their agency management systems.

“We are extremely pleased to work with EMC Insurance Companies to enable our agencies to quickly and easily access information directly from their website,” stated Wayne Pardue, executive vice president of Applied Systems. “EMC’s decision to implement Web Bridge demonstrates a commitment to providing real-time efficiencies to their agency partners.”