BEDFORD, MA, April 23, 2009 – FirstBest® Systems, Inc., developer of advanced insurance    Underwriting Management Systems™ (UMS) that enable property and casualty insurance carriers to profit from better underwriting, today announced it will present a complimentary Webinar.  The custom event, moderated by National Underwriter and Tech Decisions magazines, will include a presentation by Financial Insights (an IDC Company) of the key findings from a recent  Financial Insights - Council for Insurance Agents and Brokers (CIAB) survey.

WHAT:  For decades, the P/C insurance industry has touted the importance of Ease of Doing Business for their independent agencies and brokers. Financial Insights and CIAB interviewed independent U.S. insurance agencies to identify the types of systems and features that agencies specifically want or expect from carriers. The groups also interviewed insurance carriers with annual premiums above $500 million who operate in the commercial P/C market to reveal how they expect to fulfill the EoDB promise to their independent insurance agencies.

Webinar attendees will hear the results of this survey, learn about the key challenges agents face when they don’t have a truly effective system, and understand the types of capabilities insurance companies are deploying to make it easier for agents to bring business in the door.

WHEN:  Thursday, April 30, 2009 at 1:00 PM Eastern / 10:00 AM Pacific

WHO:    Hosted and moderated by National Underwriter and Tech Decisions. Presenters are:

• Barry Rabkin, Senior Analyst, Financial Insights - Will present the survey results.
• Julian Pelenur, CTO and Founder, FirstBest - Will demonstrate the FirstBest UMS.

The FirstBest UMS is one type of system used by forward-looking carriers and their agents to bring business in the door—writing more business and writing better business at the right price.

To register, visit:
http://www.sumitwebseminars.com/firstbestums/Pages/regFirstBest.aspx?pc=fbweb

About FirstBest
FirstBest® Systems, Inc. delivers advanced Underwriting Management SystemsTM (UMS) that enable insurance companies to write more business and write better business. The FirstBest UMSTM combines a next-generation insurance underwriting workstation with a rich agent portal for commercial lines carriers.  Insurers can achieve greater speed and business agility, provide real-time collaboration to make it easy for agents to do business with them, promote enhanced underwriting discipline and best practices, scale their book of business profitably, and empower underwriters and agents with greater visibility into the business.

For more information, visit www.firstbest.com or call 1.888.863.6095. 

Press contact:   
Meira Primes
VP, Marketing
FirstBest Systems, Inc.
781.863.6027
mprimes@firstbest.com