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Press release:

Ref: OGI0250
24th January 2011

Alan Boswell Selects Open GI to Accelerate Growth in 2011

Leading regional broker, Alan Boswell Group, has signed a multi-year partnership agreement with Open GI in order to facilitate business expansion.

With over 25 years in the business, Alan Boswell Group is one of the UK’s leading regional insurance brokers, employing over 170 staff across four sites in East Anglia.  The Group, ranked by Insurance Age magazine as one of the UK’s Top 30 Independent Insurance Brokers, has selected Open GI to facilitate its planned internal business expansion.

The personal and commercial lines broker prides itself on maintaining long-term business relationships and puts recent growth down to the support of their long-standing clients. In recent years, the Group has extended the range of services it offers to include more specialist areas such as, risk management and employee benefits. As a result of strong demand, particularly for its specialist schemes, the Group is planning for further expansion in 2011.

The three year partnership agreement with Open GI will provide a bespoke development package that will be tailored to deliver additional functionality and developments as and when needed to meet the specific requirements of the business. The partnership deal also entails upgrading and increasing all of the Open GI licences to accommodate business growth and an expanding workforce.

Richard Hartley, Head of IT, Alan Boswell Group, said: “Over the past five years we’ve customised our Open GI system to closely fit existing business processes and integrated a wide range of other applications, ranging from document management to cheque printing solutions. These new enhancements will enable us to continue that valuable development, improving our workflow solutions for specific lines of the business, extending our bespoke scheme automation and increasing efficiency.”

The bespoke development package will allow us to take full advantage of the inherent flexibility of the Open GI system. It demonstrates our commitment to working with Open GI in order to come up with innovative features which help drive our business forward.”

Simon Hughes, Sales and Marketing Director, Open GI, said: “Alan Boswell Group is a long established broker with an impressive client portfolio. It is important for them as a group to maintain the standards they offer to their existing clients whilst continuing to grow and engage new clients. We’re delighted they have chosen to partner with Open GI for another three years and that they have chosen us to facilitate their internal business expansion and development plans.”

For More Information about Open GI:
Adele Clarkson
Marketing and PR Manager
Open GI
Tel: 01905 754455
email: adele.clarkson@opengi.co.uk

Notes to Editors:

Open GI supplies market leading IT solutions to insurance brokers across the UK & Ireland. With 25,000 users in around 2,000 firms, the company has a 40% share of the UK broker market and is committed to technological innovation. Open GI technology enables personal and commercial lines brokers trading in standard and niche markets to streamline business activity and become more profitable. With a workforce of 300 people and a 30 year heritage, the company enjoys a strong financial performance. For the year ended 31 st May 2007 Open GI reported revenues of £27.3 million and an operating profit of £13.6 million.