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Press release:

Ref: OGI0288
18th August 2011

County Insurance Set to Increase Revenues with Open GI

County Insurance Consultants www.countyins.com have signed a new three year deal with Open GI to grow their online presence for Personal Lines and aid office productivity and administration efficiencies.

By using Open GI’s fully-hosted eBroker solution, County Insurance can now offer their clients a seamless means of online trading via Open GI’s market-leading quote engines, for Motor, Home and Truck, allowing customers to search and buy products online in real time. Their online trading brand is www.insurance4your.co.uk. Fully integrated with the Back Office, County Insurance will benefit from increased quote volumes without having to rekey data.

To aid the administration of their insurance policies, County Insurance have also integrated a number of efficiency enhancements with Open GI’s productivity solutions. These include Open Attach, an integrated file management system to reduce storage costs and create a paperless office environment. Likewise, Open Print Manager, a flexible print processing tool which effectively monitors and maintains the print queue, will reduce overall time spent organising documents for distribution. Included in the partnership is Open-i, an intuitive graphical interface which will aid Back-Office and core functionality and Open-i Quotations for faster, efficient Point of Sale quotations.

Dedicated to providing the full suite of insurance services, County Insurance is a firm of independent personal and business insurance brokers with a long history of providing high quality insurance to both private individuals and businesses. With three branches based in the North West of England, County Insurance wanted to enhance its systems to streamline processes and cater for its ever expanding staff count.

Dave Clapp, Managing Director at County Insurance Consultants said: “With continued growth and a dedicated vision as a business, it seemed a natural fit to continue our partnership with Open GI and enhance our existing IT platform with their latest solutions to aid hassle free trading. Using Open GI’s eBroker solution will enable us to deliver great products and services to our clients 24/7 and will increase our revenue.”

The productivity solutions will enable us to maintain a first class, competitive service and ensure efficiency in the areas of administration and processing times, ultimately improving our bottom line and customer service.”

Simon Hughes, Sales and Marketing Director, Open GI, said: “We are delighted to see County Insurance’s choice to employ our eBroker solution as this will not only aid repeat business opportunities but attract new customers from a gateway of around 49 million consumers who now have the ability to search and buy online.

County Insurance are successfully established in providing quality insurance solutions to customers and the recent efficiency enhancements will only aid them further in sustaining future growth. By recognising the importance for continual investment in technology, they are already one step ahead of the competition.”

For More Information about Open GI:
Adele Clarkson
Marketing and PR Manager
Open GI
Tel: +44 (0)1905 754455
email: adele.clarkson@opengi.co.uk

Notes to Editors:

Open GI supplies market leading IT solutions to insurance brokers across the UK & Ireland. With 20,000 users in around 2,000 firms, the company has a 40% share of the UK broker market and is committed to technological innovation. Open GI technology enables personal and commercial lines brokers trading in standard and niche markets to streamline business activity and become more profitable. With a workforce of 350 people and a 30-year heritage, the company enjoys a strong financial performance. For the year ended 31st May 2010 Open GI reported revenues of £35.0 million and an operating profit of £21.1 million.