Charlotte, NC (July 31, 2001) — Tarbet Technology Group, Inc. (TTG) has begun a marketing partnership with TowerStreet, a provider of insurance software and services and a leader in Internet-based rating and underwriting.  Through the partnership, TTG will help insurance agents get the most from their Web sites by providing strategic marketing and e-business consultation; support for design, site-mapping, and functionality; as well as complementary products and services that can help agents generate more business.

Whether an agency wants to make a successful site better, needs help with Web marketing, or needs to create a site for the first time, our marketing partners like TTG offer services to help.  All of TowerStreet’s marketing partners have Internet expertise specific to insurance agencies, and many are agents themselves," said Pat Slater, TowerStreet vice-president of business development.

We are very excited about this new partnership. TowerStreet products such as the QuoteNETWorks online quoting system help agents offer more to their customers, and generate more business through their Web sites  Our expertise in insurance Application Technology complements TowerStreet so agents can maximize their Internet investment," said Dave Tarbet, President, TTG.

Tarbet Technology Group (TTG) is an Internet and technology solutions group.  TTG provides a wide range of solutions to the insurance industry including the Back Office Product Suite, i-REP, custom Website development, hosting, and Internet solutions.

TTG’s i-REP is a dynamic Online Customer Service System that provides the independent insurance agency with a secure "bridge "between the agency management system and their Website.  Through i-REP the agency can leverage the two most important pieces of technology and information already available.   TTG functions as an ASP and makes i-REP available through an online subscription service.

i-REP will allow your customers to interact with their policy data in "real time" to request changes to (driver, vehicle, property, policy, and customer) information, view or print certificates, auto ID cards, and file claims online.  i-REP is the most user friendly, secure, and advanced 24/7 solution on the market today.  i-Rep is currently available for AfW customers and there are plans to integrate the product with Applied Systems Wintam and Sagitta. The main contact at TTG is Chad Smith.

TowerStreet is the largest provider of desktop and Web-hosted comparative rating systems, underwriting reports, and automated workflow applications in the insurance industry.  TowerStreet makes insurance processing more efficient, streamlining the delivery of insurance information, services, and products to more than 20,000 customers.  For more information, visit www.towerstreet.com.