Kansas City, Mo. - Westfield Insurance received the 2009 Interface Partner Award from insurance technology company Applied Systems. The award recognizes Westfield’s achievements in agency-carrier communication.

Applied Systems acknowledged Westfield’s leadership and innovations, citing the carrier’s commitment to providing agents with download, real-time inquiry and real-time rating.

"Real Time is key to making it easier for our agencies to do business with Westfield. We appreciate the recognition from Applied for our investment and efforts to continually support Real Time," said Tim Devine, Agency Automation Manager at Westfield.

Westfield Insurance received the partnership award during a ceremony in Kansas City, Missouri, at 2009 TENCon, the Technology, Education & Networking Conference hosted by ASCnet, the Applied Systems Client Network.

"The continued commitment of Westfield Insurance and other forward-thinking carriers keeps our industry advancing," said Doug Johnston, vice president, Partner Relations & Product Innovations at Applied Systems. "We recognize the company's dedication to interface partnerships with its agencies, and for overall benefit to the industry."

Applied Systems Inc. develops, sells and supports insurance agency and broker management systems and provides services for accounting, customer, policy, claims management, and all related agent and broker functions. More than 130,000 users in 11,000 agencies of every size and complexity level use Applied Systems solutions built around core systems Epic, TAM, Vision and DORIS. In addition, the company leads the industry in agency-carrier real-time and batch communication solutions. www.appliedsystems.com

Contact:

Terri Grimm, Westfield Insurance, terrigrimm@westfieldgrp.com, 330-887-6055 Back to Newsroom