McCamish Systems Appoints Steve Talnose to Position of Business Development Manager

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 20, 2004--McCamish Systems is pleased to announce that Steve Talnose has been appointed to the Business Development Manager position effective today. Mr. Talnose will join the sales group reporting to Dave Kerford and will be integrally involved in strategic and tactical sales development for the company. McCamish Systems is a leading provider of BPO and supporting services to the Life Insurance and Financial Services industry.

"McCamish Systems has been very deliberate and conservative as we have developed our business," said Dave Kerford, Vice President of Sales and Marketing for McCamish Systems. "We have been consistently focused on providing the highest possible quality service to our clients, and over the last few years we have been preparing our business to provide the expanded BPO solutions and services that the Life Insurance and Financial Services industry today demands. By design, we have grown the sales organization carefully and have looked for sales personnel who are knowledgeable business professionals with a depth of understanding and experience with the needs and issues of the industry we serve. As McCamish Systems now adds to the sales group, Steve Talnose is indeed the right professional to help us expand our presence in the marketplace. He brings to us 15+ years of business management and sales experience in the Financial Services Industry."

Continued Dave Kerford, "I had the pleasure of having Steve on my management staff while at The Leverage Group in Glastonbury, CT. As Vice President of Client Services, Steve was responsible for all account relationships. I watched him consistently deliver quality solutions and as a result, build a powerful, positive reputation in the marketplace among highest level executives for his industry knowledge and integrity. Steve builds long term relationships in lieu of short term deals, and I am delighted to have the opportunity to work with Steve again in his new role here at McCamish Systems," said Dave. "He is a terrific addition to an excellent team."

"I am truly excited about joining the team at McCamish Systems. In my short time thus far here at McCamish, I have been extremely impressed with the staff's industry knowledge, as well as the senior leadership of the company. Over the years I consistently heard that McCamish Clients were very dedicated to the company and their solutions. The fact that every client is referenceable, reinforces my past impressions about the quality of McCamish products and services," said Steve Talnose. "I look forward to being part of the McCamish family for many years to come."

Mr. Talnose comes to McCamish Systems from Portland, CT, and is native to that area. He will move to Atlanta in the next few months with his wife, Carol, and his three daughters Ashley, Brittany, and Gabby. He is a sports enthusiast, an amateur musician, and is very active in his community.

McCamish Systems, L.L.C.

McCamish Systems is a premier provider of BPO services to the Life Insurance Industry. McCamish Systems also provides Non-qualified Benefit Plan Administration to the Financial Services and Retirement Services industry. McCamish Systems also makes its solutions available via Remote Processing and in License form for company's preferring either of those arrangements.

VPAS® (Variable Product Administration Systems) product family includes VPAS® Life and VPAS® Benefit Plan Administration as client/server based, relational database systems, that are scalable, feature rich and are flexible enough to be customized to suit unique client requirements.

VPAS® Life supports administration of sophisticated variable products as well as traditional life insurance products and annuities. Specialty products are also supported including private placement products and corporate and bank owned life insurance programs (COLI and BOLI). VPAS® Benefit Plan Administration provides record keeping capabilities for SERP, Split Dollar and other non-qualified benefit plans. All VPAS® products are Internet enabled, allowing clients, sponsors, brokers, agents and participants access to policy and plan information.

PMACS® (Producer Management and Compensation System), a software product designed to streamline the administration processes related to managing insurance carrier field forces, agencies and brokers, has been proven not only to significantly reduce operational expenses, but also to improve quality related to agent/producer management services. This is accomplished through significant automation of processes required for managing producers. PMACS® also provides highly flexible capabilities for managing the complex management and compensation reporting hierarchies found in retail insurance producer groups for both Life and Property Casualty Insurance.

McCamish Systems is a privately held company based in Atlanta, Georgia. For more information about McCamish Systems, please contact Barbara Grissom, Steve Talnose, or Dave Kerford at 800-366-0819, Excellence@McCamish.com, or visit our web site at www.McCamish.com.

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For more information about McCamish Systems, please contact our Sales & Marketing group at Solutions@McCamish.com or call 800.366.0819.