ING Delivers Pending Case Downloads
via E-Z Data’s DataXchange Online Solution

Pasadena, CA, December 21, 2006 – E-Z Data, Inc., a leading provider of front-office systems for insurance companies, general agents, banks, investment dealers, agents, and financial advisors, announced today that ING in now delivering pending case downloads using the popular DataXchange™ Online solution. ING joins more than 25 other carriers using DataXchange, a data aggregation solution for the insurance brokerage industry, to proactively exchange new business and policy information with their independent distribution channels.

DataXchange Online is designed to meet the insurance brokerage industry’s unique data-integration needs, serving as a centralized hub that securely moves critical application and policy information from multiple insurance carriers to independent distributors. By pushing pending case status updates directly into the brokerage agencies’ underwriting systems, DataXchange eliminates the risk of cases falling through the cracks and provides the agencies’ case managers with immediate visibility into changes or past-due requirements that require their immediate attention. Staying focused on doing what is necessary to get their submitted business underwritten helps the agencies deliver superior service to their brokers.

“At Target we pride ourselves on service. But the service that we provide to our brokers and their clients is dependent in so many ways on the service that we get from our carriers,” said Matt McAvoy, president, Target Insurance Services, Inc. and immediate past chairman of Nailba. “Pending status download is enormously helpful in staying on top of our cases in underwriting. Without it, we all – carriers, agencies, and agents – are forced to operate so much less efficiently. We are delighted to have ING on board with status download. It will help us both do more business and do it better.”

“I would like to thank our partners at ING for recognizing the importance of providing this service to our BRAMCO member agencies,” said Chris Soniat, executive director at BRAMCO. “Having case status underwriting activity pushed directly into our systems is more effective by orders of magnitude than our case managers having to go calling after it or looking to see if anything has changed on every case and on every individual carrier’s website.”

DataXchange Online is used by more than 25 leading carriers to exchange new business and policy information with nearly 100 distributors nationwide. DataXchange Online is compatible with ACORD and NAILBA data standards and requires no proprietary software in the carrier’s data center.

About E-Z Data, Inc.
Leading financial services organizations and top financial advisors worldwide rely on E-Z Data’s practice management, agency management, and CRM solutions to systematize proactive, hi-touch communication with clients, increase sales, and reduce operational costs. E-Z Data solutions are used by more than a quarter million financial services professionals and industry-leading firms including HSBC, M Financial, MetLife, National Financial Partners, ProEquities, Prudential, Royal Alliance, and Securian. For more information about E-Z Data’s solutions, go to www.ezdata.com or call 800-777-9188.

Contacts:

CaroleAnne Hardy
E-Z Data, Inc.
caroleanne@ez-data.com
626-585-3505