ACS Announces New Features Added to AMS TransactNOW

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – April 14, 2008

AMS Connectivity Services (ACS) Announces New Features Added to AMS  TransactNOW

Bothell, Washington – AMS Connectivity  Services (ACS) is pleased to announce the addition of several new features to AMS  TransactNOW, a state-of-the-art solution which gives agents real-time access to  carrier information.  AMS TransactNOW's  new features, including CL Submit, Activities and Notifications and a new AMS TransactNOW  Client, version 6.0, which will be available to all AMS TransactNOW users and  carriers in May of 2008.

AMS  TransactNOW features include a multi-carrier commercial submission feature, CL  Submit, which enables extensive reuse of the policy detail stored in the agency  management system.  This allows agents and  commercial carriers to process submissions directly from AMS TransactNOW, and  supports submission data and documents from the agent. Further, integration  with the ImageRight content management system will be available "out of the  box" later this year. 

The  new AMS TransactNOW 6.0 Client features Windows Vista support and a completely  new installation program to support Citrix- and Terminal Server-based  agencies. 

Additionally,  AMS Services partnered with the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies to develop  and deliver the Activities and Notifications functionality. The Chubb Group of Insurance  Companies is the first carrier to implement this new AMS TransactNOW feature.  The Activities and Notifications capability will help agents receive timely  notification of claim, billing, and other activity, directly from carriers in  real-time, through AMS TransactNOW. 

"The  Activities and Notifications feature marks a true turning point in how  transactions are handled by carriers and agents," said Fred Covely, president  of AMS Connectivity Services. "Carriers can now reach out to the AMS TransactNOW  agent community electronically, whereas before only agents had the ability to initiate  transactions. Further, through CLSubmit, AMS TransactNOW agent users can send commercial  lines submissions to multiple carriers at the same time, while the new AMS TransactNOW  Client includes better integration capabilities than ever before."

These  new AMS TransactNOW features will ultimately allow for more timely  dissemination of critical data, enable new business submission of commercial  policies to multiple carriers, reduce duplicative keystroke efforts, and yield  much faster workflows in call center environments where agents execute the same  inquiry multiple times. 

"We  are continuing to raise the bar for ‘real time,'" concluded Covely. "These are  incremental steps toward a more connected industry."

For more information  about these new AMS TransactNOW features, please visit our website at www.amsservices.com or Linda Caudle at  425-354-6043 or lcaudle@amsservices.com.  Onsite at the AMS Users' Group Conference, please contact Linda via cell phone  at 425-246-1868.