WebCE to Offer Continuing Education Solutions to Best Marketing USA Agents and Brokers

April 3, 2000

DALLAS, Texas - WebCE, the leading provider of Internet-based Continuing Education (CE) courses to the insurance industry, today announced a strategic alliance with Best Marketing USA, Inc. that will simplify the delivery of WebCE’s state-approved CE courses to all of Best Marketing USA’s 2,000 agents and brokers.

WebCE offers a comprehensive suite of Continuing Education solutions that allows insurance professionals to better serve their customers – improving product knowledge, communicating the latest industry trends and delivering consistently superior customer service.

" WebCE gives our brokers an added avenue to expand their professionalism and satisfy their CE requirements at a reasonable cost," said Leo G. Corsetti, Jr., President of the Boston-based life, disability and group brokerage agency with over 2,000 agents and brokers across the United States." The WebCE programs will be a great supplement to each agent's normal ongoing educational process."

WebCE’s curriculum will be available from both companies’ web sites. Using WebCE’s state-of-the-art course delivery technology, Best Marketing USA agents and brokers can instantly select and order state-approved correspondence courses over the Internet and start fulfilling Continuing Education requirements immediately. Through this integration, Best USA’s agents and brokers can also check on their training status and take state-approved tests from their web browsers. Traditional paper-based correspondence courses also will be available from WebCE’s state-of-the-art fulfillment center.

Courses can be completed in a single session or over a series of sessions, as is convenient for the student. Once completed, the material remains available to the student for review at a later date. In addition, users can monitor the status of orders and check on exams via the Internet.

Once the curriculum has been completed, state-approved tests are administered online or using printed copies, depending on state requirements. WebCE will then grade and validate the results, forward a "Certificate Of Completion" to professionals who successfully complete the program, and if required, inform the appropriate state agencies.

"Best Marketing USA has developed a special relationship with its agents and client companies to obtain coverage for individuals who have health conditions or are in hazardous occupations," said Gary Henkel, President of WebCE. "We believe our courses will help their agents improve their knowledge and therefore be able to better serve their policyholders. A highly focused insurance professional, armed with quality training, can offer an unprecedented ability to manage and optimize their value to customers."