Connective Technologies, Inc. Announces TEAM-UP Download Contracts with Farmers Mutual Fire of Salem.

HOUSTON -- Connective Technologies announces the signing of contracts with Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Salem County for licensing and implementing TEAM-UP Download[TM] and TEAM-UP Translation Solutions. The TEAM-UP solution provides once-and-done processing in an industry compliant, data-secure environment for agency downloads.

Jim Doherty, Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Salem, commented, "We started reviewing download solutions last year with a goal of providing the best security and functionality to our agents and policyholders. After a thorough review and comparison of all the solutions available on the market, TEAM-UP Download came out on top."

Dic Marxen, CEO of Connective Technologies, adds, "We are pleased to add Farmers Mutual Fire of Salem as a new TEAM-UP Download carrier. They did a thorough analysis of the TEAM-UP Download functionality and security model. The implementation of download will expedite their growth initiative by enabling their agents to efficiently manage and grow their books of business."

TEAM-UP Download is an Internet-secure offering being leveraged by more than 47 P&C carriers in providing accessibility to over 20,000 communicating agency pairs using more than 40 different agency management systems throughout every region in the United States. Now in its third major release, the product has matured to ensure agencies have a seamless migration from other download processes. The improved self-reliant features such as single-policy, real-time archival retrievals by the agents, improved group management distribution and tracking features that ease and accelerate the registration process for both agencies and carriers, have been implemented with TEAM-UP's Service Oriented Architecture. This environment ensures a seamless fit into carriers' existing agency portals and incorporates a single-process entry point at the agency for accessing multiple carriers downloads.

About Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Salem County:

Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Salem County has been serving the property and casualty needs of New Jersey residents since 1851. We have seen many changes in the insurance industry in our 157 years. Today's insurance environment is rapidly changing with the introduction of computer technology and its time saving features. Agencies today have come to depend on electronic programs to manage data that people managed twenty years ago. Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Salem County is aware that agency staffs are shrinking due to lower premiums and stiff competition in the marketplace. Farmers Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Salem County is proud to form a partnership with Connective to deliver policy and endorsement information electronically to our valued agents. Kent Jones our President and CEO reminds our staff that our mission to our agents and insureds is "SUPERIOR SERVICE WITH PERSONAL ATTENTION."

About Connective Technologies, Inc.:

Connective Technologies, Inc. is a leading provider of e-Commerce business solutions for the property and casualty insurance industry, specializing in Internet interface solutions for carriers and their agents. Connective has used its many years of experience with leading agency management systems and traditional batch EDI to pioneer the approach, which has helped it become the leading provider of bridging and Internet-based interface solutions in the industry. Connective provides implementation services for its flagship products, TEAM-UP Upload, Download, and Translation Solutions, as well as Site Development and Web Services. To learn more about Connective products and services, contact Dic Marxen at (817) 377-0815, by email at: dmarxen@connectivetech.com, or visit our website at www.connectivetech.com.