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Uniform Information Services Adds 5 New Adverse Decision Matrices To Its AUTHENTICWEB™ Product

(ACTON, MASS., September 12, 2002) – Uniform Information Services, the nation’s leading provider of information solutions for compliance professionals in the property and casualty insurance industry, announced today that it has released five new adverse decision matrices. Individual Matrices are now available for Conditional Renewal, New Business Cancellation, Mid Term Cancellation, Cancellation Due to Nonpayment of Premium, Nonrenewal and Declination/Refusal to Write for Personal Lines, Commercial Lines and Workers’ Compensation. The new matrices provide a complete resource for processing all types of adverse action notices with fast access to the latest state regulatory information and mailing information.

The Adverse Decision Matrices will save compliance professionals valuable research time. Matrices, which are offered over the Internet and in a downloadable format, are periodically updated to ensure current regulatory information. The Matrices offer the added benefit of the ability to be linked directly to the text of cited statutes and regulations in the company’s ComplianceWare^® product. Current AuthenticWeb™ and ComplianceWare^® subscribers who purchase a Matrix will have this ability as part of their existing subscription.

For more information or a demonstration, please visit our web site at www.UniformInc.com or email AuthenticWeb@UniformInc.com.

Uniform, a division of CCH INCORPORATED (CCH), is the nation’s number-one provider of compliance related services for the property and casualty insurance industry. The company was founded in Chicago in 1917 as a non-profit to provide standardized uniform-language insurance forms. Today, the company is part of CCH INCORPORATED Business and Finance Group, and is a leader in the advancement of property and casualty compliance and insurance forms automation. To learn more about Uniform, visit the company’s web site at www.UniformInc.com or call 800-503-1896.

About CCH INCORPORATED

CCH INCORPORATED, founded in 1913, has served four generations of business professionals and their clients. The company produces approximately 700 print and electronic products for securities, tax, legal, banking, securities, human resources, health care and small business markets. CCH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer North America. The CCH web site can be accessed at cch.com. The CCH business and finance group web site can be accessed at business.cch.com.

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