LifeCare^® Selected by Vertafore Benefits To Enhance BenefitsCenter Broker Application

LifeCare's Technology Makes It Ideal Life Management Outsourcing Partner

WESTPORT, Conn., June 13, 2005 – LifeCare^®, Inc., the exclusive provider of Life Event Management^® Services, announced today that it has been selected by Vertafore Benefits to enhance the company's benefits administration application, BenefitsCenter. Vertafore's state-of-the-art application helps employee benefits brokers manage and strengthen relationships with clients, carriers, employees, and partners. With the addition of LifeCare's award-winning work/life web site, employee benefits brokers using BenefitsCenter will be able to offer world-class work/life services to small business clients and their employees. Traditionally, these services were primarily available to large employers.

The LifeCare web site will provide a wealth of specialized tools and resources to help individuals better manage their personal and professional lives—from their physical and emotional wellbeing … to their child and adult care needs … to their financial and legal issues … to the health and wellbeing of their families and loved ones. The LifeCare web site contains more than 60,000 pages of content and dozens of interactive work/life resources.

“We're delighted to be partnering with an industry leader like Vertafore,” said Thomas A. Carey, Managing Director of Sales for LifeCare. “The ability to deliver world-class work/life benefits to smaller employers gives Vertafore a real advantage in the marketplace. And thanks to our investment in cutting-edge technology, implementing LifeCare is essentially a plug-and-play proposition. That made us an ideal partner.”

“We are excited to be working with LifeCare and see this as a win-win situation for brokers, small employers and their employees,” said S. Stuart Spector, general manager of Vertafore Benefits. “Brokers have a new product offering that will add value, increase profitability and strengthen client relationships. At the same time, small employers have access to world-class life resources that will help boost employee productivity and satisfaction.”

The LifeCare web site contains best-in-class resources including:

		Locator tools to help employees find a wide range of professional resources including child care, adult care, schools, fitness centers, movers, adoption agencies, etc.
		Health-related articles written exclusively for women, men, seniors and children; a library of over 150 medical animations; a Drug Database; a Symptom Checker; a Diagnosis Lookup; and content by the National Cancer Institute (NCI) and Yale New Haven Hospital physicians.
		Financial calculators that address personal finances, investment and retirement.
		A legal forms library and nearly 300 articles and FAQs on legal topics including divorce and child custody, real estate, wills and estate planning, landlords and tenants, debt and bankruptcy, etc.
		Live virtual seminars on work/life issues—and a library of archived seminars and audio tips that members can access at a time that is most convenient for them.
		And much more.

Notes to Editors

Thomas A. Carey is available for interview.

About LifeCare^®, Inc.
LifeCare is one of the largest privately owned employee benefits organizations in the U.S. and the exclusive provider of Life Event Management^® Services. With more than 21 years of experience in delivering highly personalized counseling, education and referral services, LifeCare helps employees manage the day-to-day challenges of their lives. In turn, LifeCare helps employers improve employee commitment, recruitment, retention and workplace productivity. LifeCare currently serves 1,500 client companies with 4.5 million individuals within health plans, governmental agencies, unions and corporations. For more information, visit www.lifecare.com.

About Vertafore Benefits
Vertafore Benefits (www.vertaforebenefits.com) is a division of Vertafore, Inc., a company with over 30 years experience in agency automation software servicing over 15,000 agencies, 120,000 end users, and 300 insurance carriers. Vertafore Benefits AgencyCenter application offers employee benefits brokers and agencies a web-based workflow management system for managing sales, implementation, commission tracking, policy management and renewal processes. The broker-centric BenefitsCenter application helps agencies manage relationships with clients, carriers, employees, and partners as well as all financial and operational aspects of their business.

Media contact: Michael Civiello
LifeCare, Inc.
pr1@lifecare.com
203-291-4170