Sircon Cited as a Hot Insurance Tech Company to Watch in 2010 by Independent Research Firm

OKEMOS, Mich., Feb. 16 /PRNewswire/ -- Sircon Corporation (www.sircon.com), a wholly owned subsidiary of Vertafore, Inc. (www.vertafore.com), was among nine select small and emerging insurance technology companies Forrester Research recognized in its December 2009 Hot Insurance Tech Companies to Watch in 2010 report.  In this report, Sircon's latest offering – its ProducerEDGE™ personal compliance portal for individual producers – was evaluated.

According to the report, Sircon's ProducerEDGE adapts "… the functionality of its producer management and credentialing solution, putting licensing, renewal, continuing education and regulatory news on a single page," and also "… provides handy links so that users can apply, look up, renew, and print licenses along with taking care of the basic updates like name and address changes."

The report's Why it's Important section states that, "Solutions such as ProducerEDGE help individual producers tackle some administrative tasks critical for carriers, agencies and producers such as keeping track of their individual and collective compliance status and making minding that compliance easy and free through business partners."

"We're delighted to have been recognized in Forrester Research's report, which we consider a win for both Sircon and the entire Vertafore family," said Bob Nero, president of Sircon.  "Backed by Vertafore's entire portfolio of software solutions for the insurance distribution channel, Sircon's ProducerEDGE personalized compliance portal continues to offer strategic value for carriers, agencies and producers alike."

About Sircon

Sircon is a wholly owned subsidiary of Vertafore, Inc. Sircon provides a comprehensive producer lifecycle platform to grow, manage and optimize producer channels. The company offers this platform as software-as-a-service (SaaS) to deliver immediate and compelling value to insurance carriers, agencies and brokers, education providers, producers (agents) and state regulators for licensing, recruiting, contracting, appointments, regulatory compliance, education tracking and producer management. Sircon's solutions provide essential industry services by connecting key stakeholders in the producer lifecycle through the Sircon network. For more information, please visit www.sircon.com or call 877.876.4430

SOURCE Sircon Corporation