AQS Signs Policy Administration Agreement With GuideOne

HARTLAND, WI--(Marketwire - May 27, 2009) - AQS, Inc., a provider of policy administration systems for property/casualty insurance, today announced that GuideOne Insurance has licensed one of AQS's policy administration systems -- AQS Access.

GuideOne is one of the largest insurers of churches, private schools and colleges, and senior living communities in the country.

"We're especially happy to have been selected by GuideOne because they are a long-time client with our legacy product," said Dave Kerford, AQS's CEO. "They selected us because they knew we could deliver the flexibility and self-sufficiency they wanted, along with the ISO-based rating system. They also knew we already had the fundamental understanding of their business that they needed from their vendor."

AQS Access is a policy administration system with complete rate-quote, underwriting, and policy-management capabilities for all property/casualty lines -- including self-service options for product configuration. It integrates ISO Rating Service® and packages ISO's loss costs, rules, and policy forms information.

"What we found attractive about AQS was that they had a proven policy administration system in Access, and that it comes fully integrated with ISO loss costs," said Tom Fischer, Senior Vice President and CIO at GuideOne. "The system has the tools to give us the control we want. And, the AQS team understood our business coming in."

About AQS, Inc.

Since 1979, AQS has been providing policy administration and business-support services to property/casualty insurers, supporting all transactions for all lines of business in all 50 states. AQS products deliver scalability and interoperability, using web services and .NET architecture to maximize extensibility, to optimize integration with other systems, and to automate the entire policy life cycle. For more information, please visit www.aqssys.com.

About GuideOne

Founded in 1947 and headquartered in West Des Moines, Iowa, GuideOne Insurance is one of the nation's largest church insurers, with about 43,000 church policyholders. GuideOne also insures private schools and colleges, as well as senior living communities. In 1999, the company created the GuideOne Center for Risk Management® to help churches and faith-based organizations safeguard their ministries. This effort was expanded in 2008 with the launch of SafeChurch®, the most comprehensive church risk-management resource available. GuideOne's personal lines products include auto and homeowners insurance. GuideOne is licensed in all 50 states and markets its products and services through nearly 1,600 independent and career agents. The company carries an "Excellent" rating from A.M. Best. For more information, please visit www.guideone.com.

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