NILS Publishing, Compliance Research Services, LLC Offer New Online Compliance And Product Filing Services

(CHATSWORTH, CA, December 19, 2000) – NILS Publishing Company, the foremost provider of U.S. insurance law and regulatory information, today announced it is offering to customers two new online services for insurance professionals: Compliance Research Services’ Compliance Updates and Product Filing Guide.

The online versions of the popular Compliance Updates and Product Filing Guide can be directly linked to NILS’ full-text, web-based legal research service, INSource® Insurance.

Compliance Updates and Product Filing Guide, (formerly published by Andrews Consulting Services), are now owned by the insurance compliance consulting firm Compliance Research Services, LLC. NILS Publishing Company is a member of the CCH Business and Finance Group.

New Services Offer Fast Access, Comprehensive Coverage

Compliance Updates delivers concise analyses of newly adopted life and health insurance laws and regulations that affect policy compliance issues in 54 U.S. jurisdictions. Each new state law or regulation is reviewed and analyzed by an experienced analyst who drafts an easy-to-understand Update, in an easy-to-read outline format. Research can be conducted by state, type of coverage or customized to retrieve specific information that meets the needs of the user.

The initial online version of Product Filing Guide covers every aspect of administrative filing requirements for Life and Health insurance by state and type of coverage. Electronic versions of state forms that must accompany rate and form filings are also included. Research can be conducted by state, type of coverage or customized to deliver specific information the user desires. The Product Filing Guide will be expanded to offer Property and Casualty filing requirements early next year.

Through the combined services of INSource Insurance, Compliance Updates and/or Product Filing Guide, insurers can now gain access 24 hours a day, seven days a week to current and past state statutes, regulations, compliance and product filing information. It should be noted that the CRS services can also be purchased independently of INSource Insurance.

To obtain additional sales information or to view a demonstration of the new NILS/Compliance Research Services online services, visit the NILS Publishing web site at www.nils.com.

About Compliance Research Services

Compliance Research Services, LLC, based in Cincinnati, OH, is a compliance consulting firm offering services to the insurance industry. CRS produces the popular Compliance Updates and Product Filing Guide, and offers in-depth research of product requirements, filing for assumptions, name changes and redomestications, as well as drafts and files life and health products. The firm is owned by long-time insurance industry professionals David Simon and Rhonda Steger.

About NILS Publishing Company

NILS Publishing Company was founded in 1947—as the National Insurance Law Service®—to deliver the state laws and regulations that insurance organizations need to comply and compete. INSource® Insurance was introduced in 1991, delivering the information published in the National Insurance Law Service on CD-ROM.

Today, INSource Insurance on the Web delivers the most comprehensive library of state and federal compliance information with the speed and convenience of the Internet. For more information about NILS Publishing Company, visit www.nils.com. NILS Publishing Company is a member of the Business and Finance Group of CCH INCORPORATED. CCH is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wolters Kluwer North America. The CCH web site can be accessed at www.cch.com. The Business and Finance group web site can be accessed at http://business.cch.com.

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