EarthLink Boosts Its Finance Channel Offerings With New Insurance Focused Tools and Resources

Business Wire, March 5, 2002

Business Editors

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 5, 2002

In its latest move to provide the services most relevant to subscribers' needs, EarthLink (Nasdaq:ELNK) has added more insurance-focused tools and content to the Finance Channel of its popular Personal Start Page(SM) (http://start.earthlink.net/) subscriber portal.

Assisting subscribers in accessing, organizing and utilizing the Internet's broad variety of business and personal finance-related content, EarthLink's Finance Channel (http://finance.earthlink.net/) features a broad variety of services and resources in the areas of banking, real estate, taxes, and now insurance. The new Insurance sub-channel features insurance specific content including quotes, news and information, and insurance related videos from partners such as QuickQuote.com, MostChoice, Esurance and VastVideo.com.

"One of the best ways to support our subscribers is to help them utilize the Internet to be more organized and informed about their personal finances," said Jon Irwin, EarthLink's executive vice president of customer experience. "Our Finance Channel offers a broad variety of leading content and services -- developed by our best-of-breed partners -- allowing our subscribers to log on to their Personal Start Page and, in seconds, review daily loan rates, file taxes, or compare insurance quotes with providers they know they can trust."

The EarthLink Finance Channel includes the following sub-channels:

-- Insurance (http://finance.earthlink.net /insurance): provides insurance
quotes for life, auto, home and renters, health and travel (partners include:
QuickQuote.com, MostChoice, Esurance, Bankrate.com and VastVideo.com);

-- Taxes (http://finance.earthlink.net /taxes): offers online tax filing and
downloadable state and federal tax forms, tax news and advice, and tax-related
videos (partners include: H&R Block, Bankrate.com and VastVideo.com);

-- Real Estate (http://finance.earthlink.net /realestate): helps locate agent
services, real estate listings, crime and school reports, area demographics and
home sale prices, daily mortgage rates, and mortgage loans and refinancing
(partners include: HomeGain.com, ZipRealty.com, Consumerinfo.com and
LendingTree.com);

-- Banking (http://finance.earthlink.net /banking): provides for online bill
payment, daily loan rates, news, a credit center offering free credit reports
and credit help, financial calculators, advice on topics such as auto loans,
home equity, credit cards and savings, plus a search for rates by state for
auto loans, credit unions, IRAs, savings, mortgage loans, credit cards, home
equity, money market, savings and CDs (partners include: American Express,
Bankrate.com, Consumerinfo.com, Paytrust and VastVideo.com).

The EarthLink Finance Channel is one of a number of channels on the popular and highly customizable Personal Start Page that also includes Chat, Sports, Entertainment and Health. Each is an individual customizable portal allowing subscribers to personalize their online experience and easily access the content most relevant to their individual needs.

About EarthLink

EarthLink brings the magic of the Internet to approximately 4.8 million subscribers every day. Headquartered in Atlanta, EarthLink provides a full range of innovative access, hosting and e-commerce solutions to thousands of communities over a nationwide network of dial-up points of presence, as well as high-speed access and wireless technologies. EarthLink is committed to doing an exceptional job of pleasing its subscribers, shareholders and the community by following the company's Core Values and Beliefs (http://www.earthlink.net/about/ourvalues/cvb/index.html). Information about EarthLink services is available by calling 800-395-8425 and through EarthLink's Web site at www.earthlink.net.