Integrity Based Selling brings Well Thought-of Life and Annuity Sales Know-how to EbixExchange
ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ebix, Inc. (NASDAQ: EBIX), a leading international supplier of On-Demand software and E-commerce services to the insurance industry, announced today that seasoned life insurance and technology professional Erin Anders has joined EbixExchange Division.
Formerly Vice President of Sales and Marketing at AgencyWorks, Anders joins EbixExchange as an integral part of the enterprise sales strategy intended to reflect the way customers are viewing and implementing straight through processing today through EbixExchange alone. As a sales executive, Anders joins EbixExchange to continue the commitment to leading the industry’s only combination of insurance focused CRM unified with electronic transaction capabilities for Life Insurance and Annuities.
Dan Delity, Senior Vice President, EbixExchange said, “Anders’ background and trusted certainty aligns well with the vision of EbixExchange for an end-to-end value proposition with true differentiation in transactional information exchanges. Strength and differentiation in solution-based selling occurs for EbixExchange through dependable expertise, trust and a pledge to 'know your customer, know the industry'. Anders' recent background with stand-alone, conventional agency management systems complements EbixExchange efforts for bringing advanced and integrated CRM with illustration tools, agent/advisor sales tools and electronic applications.”
Michael Sladek, Vice President of Sales, EbixExchange, said, “EbixExchange is uniquely positioned for delivering industry-wide data movement capabilities through exchanges, and that requires the right set of solutions. More importantly in some ways, that requires the right internal ‘communications engine’. The team we’ve built knows business and technology drivers better than anyone in the industry and most I’ve worked with in my career. I see Erin as a significant move in our commitment to the life and annuity industry.”
As senior director of sales, Anders will cultivate and promote healthy and respected customer relationships for SmartOffice®, LifeSpeed, AnnuityNet, WinFlex and VitalSales Suite acceptance. In addition to advancing deployment of these systems, Anders will also help to lower industry costs and advance industry technology solutions through EbixExchange expertise in custom systems development, staff augmentation, and business process outsourcing.
With over 15 years of experience in the financial services industry, Anders is conversant with the language of value as delivered to customers and trustworthy in consulting with executives with whom he has built relationships. Anders last served as vice president of sales and marketing at AgencyWorks where he was responsible for the growth of that company’s agency management software offering. Anders also held senior management positions with LabOne, and at CNA Life Insurance Company, where as director business innovation group and general manager he was involved with developing and managing mission critical projects for life insurance and strategic business units. Anders holds a FLMI (Fellow Life Office Management Institute Designation) and other impressive professional designations.
About EbixExchange
A division of Ebix, Inc., EbixExchange is the premier On-Demand Software Exchange
that offers products and services that automate, expedite, and improve the process
for the life insurance, annuity, property & casualty, and health insurance
industries. Seen as a leading developer of electronic Straight Through Processing,
EbixExchange currently supports a broad range of insurance agencies, brokerage
and clearing firms, and operations centers at over 100 of the leading insurance
carriers and their affiliates. EbixExchange products include WinFlex (multi-carrier
compliant illustrations), VitalSales Suite (research/quotes/forms), AnnuityNet
(annuity order-entry), LifeSpeed (advanced application processing), EbixCRM
(SmartOffice® Customer Relationship Management and Agency Management System),
EbixHealth (employee benefits and claims) and various P&C exchanges across
the world. For more information, please visit www.ebixexchange.com
About Ebix
A leading international supplier of On-Demand software and E-commerce services
to the insurance industry, Ebix, Inc., (NASDAQ:EBIX) provides end to end solutions
ranging from infrastructure Exchanges, carrier systems, agency systems and BPO
services to custom software development for all entities involved in the insurance
industry.
With 30+ offices across Singapore, Australia, the US, New Zealand, India, China, Japan and Canada, Ebix powers multiple exchanges across the world in the field of life, annuity, health and property & casualty insurance, while conducting in excess of $100 billion in insurance premiums on its platforms. Through its various SaaS based software platforms, Ebix employs hundreds of insurance and technology professionals that provide products, support and consultancy to thousands of customers on six continents. Ebix’s focus on quality has enabled it to be awarded Level 5 status of the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute’s Capability Maturity Model (CMM). Ebix has also earned ISO 9001:2000 certification for both its development and BPO units in India. For more information, visit the Company’s website at www.ebix.com
CONTACT:
EbixExchange
Steve Horneman, 678-281-0309
steve.horneman@ebix.com