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Duck Creek’s Inaugural Forum Enriches Insurance Executives

Bolivar, MO, April 10, 2007 — Duck Creek Technologies, a provider of policy administration, rating, underwriting and insurance product management solutions for the insurance industry, today announced the completion of the company’s inaugural Executive Forum, held March 28-30 at the Miramonte Resort & Spa at Indian Wells in Palm Springs, California. The Executive Forum was specifically tailored for insurance executives as a retreat to focus on industry trends and technology strategies.

“This was the best vendor conference that I have attended; it is a great way to be able to identify and discuss strategic industry initiatives for the future with one of my strategic vendor partners and peers," commented, Rick Laabs, Chief Information Officer, Mutual Benefit Group. “The Forum also offered a great opportunity to have some good quality discussions in a casual setting with all the key players at Duck Creek.”

Agenda highlights from the three day event included guest speakers:

  • Barry Rabkin, Senior Research Analyst with Financial Insights, an IDC Company
  • Pat Speer, Editor-in-Chief, Insurance Networking News
  • Larry Wilson, Venture Partner with Pequot Ventures and Duck Creek’s Chairman

Doug Roller, Duck Creek’s CEO, challenged attendees to evaluate their business processes and technologies to establish an environment of continuous improvement. Roller presented Duck Creek’s strategy to enhance Duck Creek’s current technology offering for policy processing and product management solutions. Roller also provided insight into his “Product in a Day” vision for the insurance industry.

“I’d like to thank all of our attendees, our guest speakers and the Duck Creek team for helping make the Forum such a great success,” said Roller.  “We view learning as an ongoing process and these Forums as a venue to listen and share the latest information on insurance and technology.”

In addition to the formal program and networking opportunities, other conference activities enabled the attendees to take advantage of the resort’s amenities including the Miramonte Spa and golf at the Indian Wells Country Club.

About Duck Creek Technologies

Duck Creek Technologies is a software and services company that is changing the rules of the insurance business by accelerating the ability to achieve the industry vision of “Product in a Day.” The EXAMPLE Platform® enables insurance carriers to rapidly define, develop, deploy, and manage their insurance products and services – for any line of business. Duck Creek’s customers use the Platform’s flexible Service-Oriented Architecture for product definition, rating and underwriting, submission processing, policy administration, and legacy migration.

Duck Creek is one of America’s fastest growing private companies, appearing on the Inc. Magazine “Inc. 500” list for the past two consecutive years. Founded in 2000, the company is headquartered in Bolivar, Missouri, and has offices in Farmington, Connecticut, and Columbia, South Carolina.

For more information, visit http://www.duckcreektech.com or call 800-889-8401.

Contact:
Melinda Burnett
burnetme@duckcreektech.com
417-328-5339

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