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COLUMBIA, S.C., June 25 /PRNewswire/ — Access CoverageCorp, a Trumbull Services Company, has signed an agreement to provide its web-based new business submission tool to American Team Managers insurance Services, Inc. (ATM) of Anaheim, California for The Hartford’s small commercial business.
INTERCHANGE is a versatile tool which provides accurate real-time quoting, underwriting, binding and issuing. The tool’s streamlined underwriting and data integrity can dramatically lower the costs to quote policies and increase efficiency for customer service representatives. Consequently, INTERCHANGE allows employees more time to sell or assist customers.
“We are extremely excited about the opportunity to employ INTERCHANGE to enhance the user experience by providing the best price in a real-time environment to facilitate our submission process,” said Eric Magee, president of American Team Managers insurance Services, Inc. “The concept behind this tool is the same one we are committed to in our business — the right coverage at the right price.”
“I believe our relationship demonstrates ATM’s appreciation of the impact state of the art technology has on business,” said Chuck Shields, Vice President of Premium Services. “We look forward to a continuing partnership.”
Trumbull Services, LLC is a leading provider of business outsourcing and technology services to the property and casualty insurance industry based in Windsor, Connecticut. Trumbull’s business units (Agency Services, Policy Administration, and Claim Administration) offer products and services that span the entire P&C value chain. Trumbull provides business process outsourcing (BPO) and application service provider (ASP) solutions to the insurance industry in support of policy issuance, subrogation recovery, billing, and vendor management. In addition, Trumbull is one of the top four providers of flood insurance through the National Flood insurance Program. Access CoverageCorp is based in Charlotte, North Carolina.
For more information about Trumbull or Access CoverageCorp, contact Ann Pincelli at 800-708-1674 or visit our web site at .
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NYON, Switzerland, June 23 /PRNewswire/ — The official website of the UEFA euro 2008(TM) tournament has more than
doubled traffic levels and surpassed its own records set at UEFA EURO
2004(TM).

The official website of UEFA euro 2008(TM), euro2008.com, has registered
record traffic, with over 1 billion page views since its launch in February
2008. In June alone, over 42 million visitors from over 200 countries
logged-in to text, multimedia and video coverage of the euro matches. Up to
4.3 million visitors logged-in on a single day of the tournament, and up to
half a million visitors per hour follow live coverage on the web.

These traffic numbers represent an increase of over 250% compared to
euro2004.com four years ago, even though the tournament is still in its final
stages, and the traffic numbers are still coming in.

“For the first time, all content is distributed from one centralised
source, feeding into the overall euro2008.com offering and fulfilling the
video, audio, text and photo content needs of the converging world - football
content is available whenever and however they want it”, said Alexandre
Fourtoy, CEO of UEFA Media Technologies SA, UEFA’s subsidiary in charge of
site production.

Around 800,000 visitors have accessed the free video Magazine section,
while over 1.2 million have accessed the Replay video section. Over 800,000
visitors have accessed the website through a wireless or mobile device.

This is the first time that the official euro website has offered video
coverage in three different ways - live match simulcast in collaboration with
UEFA broadcasting partners, video on demand offering individual matches, and
highlights and free videos produced as vodcasts shown twice a day, with news
interviews and reports direct from the streets of Austria and Switzerland.

David Farrelly, editor-in-chief of the content team at euro2008.com said:

“The web is a great way to provide information to the millions of fans
around the world, and combining it with the latest technology helps provide
in-depth information for the new generation of football fans who are
increasingly able to multi-task and browse multiple devices at the same
time.”
63% of visitors to the site come from Europe, 20% come from the Americas,
14% are from Asia and the remaining 3% are from the rest of the world. From
the 10 languages the site offers, English is the most popular with 73% of
traffic, followed by German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Russian,
Japanese, Korean and Chinese.

The 10 countries with the most visitors coming to euro2008.com are the
United Kingdom (15%), US (8%), Germany (8%), Canada (5%) and Finland 4%,
followed by Italy, Spain, France, Turkey and Switzerland, who all total
around 3% or less of the total visitors.

Contact:
Michele Singh
Fast Web Media
Tel.: 44(0)7984-415-990
E-Mail: michele.signh@fastwebmedia.com

UEFA - Union of European Football Association

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WASHINGTON, June 19 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The U.S. Department of Labor announces a one-stop Web tool offering a number of resources to assist those negatively impacted by the recent spate of floods in the Midwest.
“We want to make information easily accessible and help quickly available to Americans affected by the devastating flooding in the Midwest,” said Secretary of Labor Elaine L. Chao. “In addition to our toll-free telephone number, we’ve set up a Midwest Flood Recovery Assistance Web page to guide affected residents on unemployment insurance, personal safety during cleanup operations and many other helpful resources for workers and employers.”
Displaced, evacuated and otherwise affected workers are encouraged to visit the department’s Midwest Flood Recovery Assistance Web page, at . Useful information and Web site links will assist victims with questions about benefits, eligibility, the latest information on locations of an operating OneStop Career Center or career service center, links to FEMA for updates on federally-declared disaster counties by state, links to unemployment insurance information by state, paycheck and wage-related questions, technical assistance information from OSHA on personal safety issues involved in cleanup and recovery efforts, and helpful toll-free numbers.
Workers can call the department’s toll-free number at 866-4-USA-DOL (487-2365) to get the latest information on where to file a claim and access temporary job information. Impacted workers can place their calls from anywhere and will be directed to sites near them that can take their claims. The Midwest Flood Recovery Assistance Web page will also post the latest Department of Labor news releases, compliance information for contractors and subcontractors working on federally-funded clean up activities, along with valuable information for businesses and employers including important federal filing extensions for business in affected states.
U.S. Department of Labor releases are accessible on the Internet at . The information in this news release will be made available in alternate format (large print, Braille, audio tape or disc) from the COAST office upon request. Please specify which news release when placing your request at 202-693-7828 or TTY 202-693-7755. The Labor Department is committed to providing America’s employers and employees with easy access to understandable information on how to comply with its laws and regulations. For more information, please visit .
U.S. Department of Labor

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ANDOVER, MA, May 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — CGI Group, Inc. (TSX: GIB.A; NYSE: GIB), a global leader in information technology and business process services, today announced outstanding Ratabase- Implementation achievement awards at its 15th Annual Alliance Ratabase Technology Forum & Educational Conference, held in Tucson, AZ. The Excellence in Ratabase Awards Program recognizes the superior efforts of clients that have demonstrated excellence in their commitment to Ratabase and its deployment within their organizations and solutions.The following carriers and individuals were recognized as the 2008 leaders in excellence: Business Impact: Harford Mutual insurance Company Process Improvement: aigdirect.com Travelers Technical Deployment: Erie insurance Group Business Automation: USAA Ratabase Advocate: Patrick Steuber, Shelter Insurance Brenda Dorogi, Farmers insurance Group Robert Lewandowski, Liberty Mutual Agency MarketsDavid Squibb, Vice President CGI Ratabase Practice, addressed the conference audience with highlights of each achievement in five different categories and emphasized the strategic benefits that the Ratabase solution has delivered to the winning organizations. “The Ratabase Excellence Awards are a fantastic example of how carriers are sharing their success using Ratabase, while being recognized within the industry for outstanding achievement and innovation” said David Squibb.”Each year we see more award submissions offering exciting and creative implementations of the Ratabase product suite. It is thrilling to see how leading carriers leverage CGI’s expert rating solution beyond straight rate management. Sharing successes spurs great discussion among our user community and increases collaboration within the carrier community. We congratulate all the 2008 Excellence Award recipients for the great efforts and thank them for making Ratabase the #1 implemented rating solution in the industry,” added Squibb.About Ratabase(R)CGI’s Ratabase is a comprehensive set of tools that empowers business professionals to build, design, and deploy insurance products in the fastest possible time and manner. Ratabase is successfully implemented in over 100 insurance organizations worldwide to allow them to create different and unique product plans. Since business users maintain the business logic, the dependency on IT resources is eliminated thus increasing the speed with which organizations can respond to market needs. Because it is not line of business specific, Ratabase is successfully implemented by many insurance organizations to create different and unique product plans. It can be deployed on a variety of platforms, facilitating integration into virtually any systems with broad processing requirements and distributed architectures, while ensuring consistent results across platforms.About CGIFounded in 1976, CGI Group Inc. is one of the largest independent information technology and business process services firms in the world. CGI and its affiliated companies employ approximately 27,000 professionals. CGI provides end-to-end IT and business process services to clients worldwide from offices in Canada, the United States, Europe, Asia Pacific as well as from centers of excellence in North America, Europe and India. CGI’s annual revenue run rate stands at $3.8 billion and at March 31st, 2008, CGI’s order backlog was $12.04 billion. CGI shares are listed on the TSX (GIB.A) and the NYSE (GIB) and are included in the S&P/TSX Composite Index as well as the S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology and MidCap Indices. Website: . CGI GROUP INC.

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KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., April 1, 2008 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — A year into their relationship, GSI Commerce Inc. and PowerReviews have successfully implemented online customer reviews and ratings for more than 20 GSI partners - with proven success. GSI, a leading provider of e-commerce and multichannel solutions, teamed up with PowerReviews, an innovative provider of consumer review technology, to offer a flexible, easily implemented customer review capability to support GSI’s e-commerce partners. As part of the growing trend of electronic “reality marketing,” consumer reviews and product ratings have quickly evolved as key decision making tools for online consumers. For example, since launching PowerReviews, a significant GSI partner generated revenue 18 times greater on average for reviewed products with four-star ratings versus non-reviewed products.”It’s a ‘no-brainer’ to provide consumer reviews as part of a successful Web store,” said Fiona Dias, executive vice president, partner strategy and marketing for GSI. “Giving consumers a voice regarding the products and shopping experience helps generate repeat business for online retailers and encourages shoppers to become ‘brand ambassadors.’ We’re very pleased with the smooth integration and results we’ve experienced with PowerReviews to date, and we’ll continue to work collaboratively to help our partners drive sales and increase brand loyalty by promoting customer reviews throughout their sites.”PowerReviews’ tag-based system, unique to its product review technology, enables customers to provide feedback in specific categories, such as product pros, cons, best uses and star ratings. This information can be integrated into site-search functionality, enabling consumers to narrow searches based on customer-submitted product attributes that are important to them, such as “soft” or “easy to assemble.” This type of “social navigation” promotes greater customer satisfaction with the purchase and the overall online buying experience by empowering shoppers to easily find products that best meet their specific needs and interests based on insightful and relevant feedback from their peers.According to a 2007 survey commissioned by Deloitte LLP, consumer product reviews are rapidly becoming the most referenced resource for purchase decision makers. Polling more than 3,330 consumers over the age of 16, the survey revealed that nearly two-thirds of consumers read written product reviews on the Internet. First-hand reviews also have impact beyond the world of Internet retail sales. The survey shows that 69 percent of consumers who read reviews share them with family and friends, thereby directly influencing the buying behaviors of others beyond the reader.Partner Case StudyFollowing GSI’s implementation of PowerReviews for a leading retailer, a comprehensive case study revealed overall review volume on that partner’s Web store more than doubled, with three quarters of the reviews receiving top ratings (4 or 5-stars). Additional results for this GSI partner are as impressive: — Positive ratings: 90ACIORFIPROCENTE of reviewed products have positive ratings of three or more stars. — Higher revenue: Products with positive ratings had revenue of an average of 11 times higher for those with three- and five-star ratings and 18 times higher for those with four-star ratings, compared to non- reviewed products. — Lower return rates: Products rated three or more stars also have a significantly lower return rate than products with lower ratings and those without ratings.”Enabling, organizing and leveraging online consumer reviews is a top priority in the online retail world,” said Lauren Freedman, president, the e- tailing group. The e-tailing group’s 2007 survey of 1,200 online retail consumers brought to light the growing segment of Internet shoppers identified as “social researchers” who explore and rely heavily upon like-minded customer reviews prior to making purchase decisions. “The bottom line, both literally and figuratively, is that retailers sell more when they enable peer-based feedback. The GSI partner case study data supports the trend that subjective product reviews submitted by ‘real’ customers make a difference in creating a more satisfying online shopping experience that can lead to increased conversion, higher online sales and reduced return rates.”About GSI CommerceGSI Commerce(R) () is a leading provider of services that enable e-commerce, multichannel retailing and interactive marketing for large, business-to-consumer (b2c) enterprises in the U.S. and internationally. We deliver customized e-commerce solutions through an e-commerce platform, which is comprised of technology, fulfillment and customer care. We offer each of the platform’s components on a modular basis, or as part of an integrated, end-to-end solution. We also offer a full suite of interactive marketing services through two divisions, gsi interactive(SM) and e-Dialog Inc.About PowerReviewsPowerReviews () is an enterprise solutions company that provides customer reviews and social merchandising to multichannel retailers and their shoppers. Our technology platform for collecting, organizing, structuring and moderating relevance-based reviews helps online retailers significantly boost their sales. PowerReviews’ user-generated content and community drives the highest sales uplift in the industry, and in addition to working with more than 200 online retailers, including Staples, Toys”R”Us, REI, Ritz Camera, Walgreens, and The Sports Authority, we have also launched our own shopping portal, Buzzillions.com The company is based in San Francisco, CA, and is backed by Menlo Ventures and Draper Richards.Forward-Looking StatementsThis news release contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements made in this release, other than statements of historical fact, are forward-looking statements. Actual results might differ materially from what is expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Additional information about potential factors that could affect GSI Commerce can be found in its most recent Form 10-K, Form 10-Q and other reports and statements filed by GSI Commerce with the SEC. GSI Commerce expressly disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements. Contact: GSI Commerce, Inc. Corporate Marketing 610.491.7474 Fax: 610.265.2866GSI Commerce Inc.

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LONDON, March 26 /PRNewswire/ — Guinness World Records TV has this week announced an increase in the lineup of portals on which its multi-language original TV programming may now be viewed. Building on existing successes with the likes of YouTube and Joost, new channels have now been added on Dailymotion and Veoh. Over 50 clips ranging from 2 to 5 minutes are alreadyavailable on YouTube with a total of over 7m views and an average viewingrate of 146k views per clip! The content is taken from official licensed GWRTV shows from all over the globe including those from RTL, France Televisionand Seven Australia. Guinness World Records TV channel has been available on theJoost platform since launch and has consistently rated in the top 20 mostviewed channels worldwide. The content ranges from shortform clips of 2-5minutes right up to full 30 minute episodes from Ultimate Guinness WorldRecords, a hosted clipshow which has been sold into over 30 territoriesaround the world. New plans on Veoh.com and Dailymotion include languagespecific channels to tie in with those territories in which the GuinnessWorld Records brand is best known. In addition to the mainstream Guinness World Records channelon YouTube, a new channel to specifically support the launch of its Gamer’sEdition book was launched in January 2008. Rob Molloy, Director of Television at Guinness World Records,said ‘”Our growth in online video presence and plans to grow thisexponentially in 2008 show our desire to communicate with our consumersthrough as many media as possible. We want them to be able to consume ourcontent however they want and wherever they want.” Guinness World Records TV will be exhibiting at MIP 2008 About Guinness World Records TV Guinness World Records TV (GWR TV) produces primetime factualentertainment TV programmes in partnership with broadcasters or producers.Developing TV formats in a variety of genres which are flexible andcustom-made for each client, it offers access to its entire TV archive ofmore than 400 hours of broadcast programming and the information featured inthe Guinness World Records book. For further information please contact Amarilis Espinoza at 44(0)2078914516 or press@guinnessworldrecords.comGuinness World Records

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