Mutual Benefit Group Signs with Connective Technologies to Implement TEAM-UP Solution

Houston-based Connective Technologies, Inc., an eCommerce solution provider to the insurance industry, has entered into a contract with Mutual Benefit Insurance Group to provide TEAM-UP upload for the Personal Auto and Homeowners lines of business. TEAM-UP is a robust, web based solution that provides affordable real-time upload from agency management system without having to pay transaction fees.

TEAM-UP integrates with existing expert underwriting, workflow and policy management systems at Mutual Benefit to extend their functionality. TEAM-UP provides secure, encrypted Internet transmissions of extract files from all of the leading agency management systems in the market. Once the file has reached the carrier, TEAM-UP has extensive integration capabilities built on the WebSphere (Eclipse) platform to that can re-use a carrier’s existing processing infrastructure for such things as real-time rating and issuance.

TEAM-UP was introduced to the market in March 2002 and has gained significant traction with carriers. The full implementation of the solution is estimated to take between four to six weeks depending on the availability of existing carrier components.