Merin Joins Ebix Board

July 29, 2004

Atlanta-based Ebix Inc., an international developer and supplier of software and e-commerce solutions to the insurance industry, announced the appointment of Kenneth Merin, an attorney with approximately 30 years of insurance industry and prominent federal and state governmental experience, to its Board of Directors.

Merin, is the second director to join Ebix’s Board in the past week, and his appointment brings the number of directors to seven, six of whom are deemed “independent” directors under Sarbanes-Oxley legislation.

Following his graduation with a J.D. degree from Seton Hall University School of Law in 1975, Merin served as Partner at two law firms with international practices, and he currently oversees the Insurance Regulatory Practice at Purcell, Ries, Shannon, Mulcahy and O’Neill, based in New Jersey.

Merin noted, “As a veteran and close observer of the insurance industry, I am acutely aware of the need for many carriers and agencies to upgrade their technological capacities in order to operate more efficiently and effectively. Robin (Raina) and his team at Ebix have been doing an excellent job of facilitating this transition into high tech applications and solutions. I look forward to contributing to the company’s future growth and success and am very pleased to accept this appointment to Ebix’s Board of Directors.”

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