Connective Technologies and Farmers Alliance Companies Announce Agreement For TEAM-UP Download

Business Wire, Feb 23, 2005

HOUSTON -- Connective Technologies Inc. and Farmers Alliance Companies today announced the signing of a contract for Connective to provide Farmers Alliance its Internet-based download solution.

"Our goal is to provide quality customer service through feature-rich, cost-effective, and user-friendly agency automation. Connective's TEAM-UP Download allows us to do this along with the added benefit of improving internal efficiencies," stated Andy Edwardson, Farmers Alliance's IT manager. "TEAM-UP's growing user community and the flexibility of platform independence provides Farmers Alliance with a long term solution for growth in the area of agency download."

"TEAM-UP Download is the first commercially available Internet-based product that provides carriers with an easy transition from their traditional download mailbox methodology," added David Hahn, VP of Business Development for Connective. "The data being transmitted is secure using SSL 128-bit encryption. The ability of agents to manage their own archives has been very well received by the agent community." All of the leading agency management systems are supported with more than twenty-five now in production.

About Farmers Alliance Companies

Farmers Alliance has grown to an organization that writes more than $125 million of premium across a nine-state region. Insurance products are oriented to a predominately rural market, and more than 40% of the total business is written in the Farm insurance area. Personal and Commercial insurance products are offered as well. As a regional insurer, Farmers Alliance is represented by more than 650 Independent Insurance Agencies in the following states: Colorado, Idaho, Kansas, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota.

About Connective Technologies Inc.

Connective Technologies Inc. has been a leading provider of Internet-based Upload and Download interface solutions, as well as Data Translation Services, for the property and casualty insurance industry for the past twelve years. Connective was a pioneer in the development of bridging technologies allowing carriers and their agents to effectively communicate using the most cost efficient methods available. Connective's products fully support ACORD standards.

To learn more about TEAM-UP and other Connective products and services, contact Sales at 713-690-6789 Ext. 122 or sales@connective-edi.com, or visit our Web site at: www.connective-edi.com.