November 2, 2001

Kemper Commences Five-year Maintenance and Support Agreement

Arlington, Texas - Kemper Insurance and PremiumWare, today announced the beginning of a five year maintenance and support agreement for all licensed server and client software. Software support services, contracted under the previously signed licensing agreement, will be provided to the Kemper premium audit business unit, as well as allied Kemper subsidiaries, including field auditors, managers and audit technicians and other service center staff located in multiple cities throughout the country.

The terms of the agreement specify Kemper IT services will be coordinating their activities to complement PremiumWare’s support. The integration of these 'best of breed' technology teams will enable the Kemper premium audit business unit to benefit by its receiving the most cost-effective support services. Designing and implementing this innovative, value-added support solution is only one more reason PremiumWare and their support services were chosen to provide a comprehensive premium audit solution for Kemper.

PremiumWare has already been actively engaged in the implementation and integration of PremiumWare software with the Kemper legacy policy systems databases for the past several months and with the commencement of the maintenance and support services, Kemper will be solidifying and extending the efficiency and effectiveness PremiumWare users experience.

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