Connective Technologies, Inc. Announces TEAM-UP Agency Download Contract with Star Casualty Insurance Company

HOUSTON--Connective Technologies announces the contract signing of TEAM-UP™ Download with Star Casualty Insurance Company for providing quality service for agency download. With Star Casualty’s recent expansion into Kentucky the TEAM-UP suite of products provides once-and-done processing in an industry compliant, data-secure environment for agency downloads in their four southeast operating states: Arkansas, Florida, Kentucky, and Tennessee.

Don Moser, Vice President Marketing and Product Management of Star Casualty, comments, “We’re excited to take the next step in our commitment to providing premier service to our agent partners. When complete this venture will allow us to download our policy information to all of the major agency management platforms. Our goal is to provide optimal operating environments for our agent partners and ease of doing business by leveraging flagship agency interface solutions like TEAM-UP Download.”

Dic Marxen, CEO of Connective Technologies, states, “Star Casualty adds yet another strong, growing auto carrier in the southeast to our client base. We salute and applaud their continued mission and goal of being second to none in their servicing of the independent agency marketplace!”

TEAM-UP Download is an Internet-secure offering being leveraged by more than 55 P&C carriers in providing accessibility to over 24,000 communicating agency pairs using more than 40 different agency management systems throughout every region in the United States. Now in its third major release, the product has matured to ensure agencies have a seamless migration from other download processes. The improved self-reliant features such as single-policy, real-time archival retrievals by the agents, improved group management distribution and tracking features that ease and accelerate the registration process for both agencies and carriers, have been implemented with TEAM-UP’s Service Oriented Architecture. This environment ensures a seamless fit into carriers’ existing agency portals and incorporates a single-process entry point at the agency for accessing multiple carriers downloads.

About Star Casualty Insurance Company: Star has been providing automobile insurance protection to individuals and families in the state of Florida since 1988. Star Casualty has earned an A.M. Best secure financial rating of B++. What does that mean for you? According to A.M. Best 132 of 133 companies in this category can be expected to succeed in business. Star’s main office is located in Coral Gables, Florida, where it has earned a proud reputation with independent insurance agent partners and customers. Star’s company president, Mr. Paul G. Gabe, Jr., Has over 30 years of experience in the automobile insurance industry. Previously, Mr. Gabe was Senior Vice-President with The Hartford Financial Services Group. Mr. Gabe recognizes the importance of developing a partnership with independent insurance agents. Star understands that the definition of a true agent partnership must include the critical elements of making it very easy to conduct business.