FirstBest Systems Named Among Best Places to Work by Boston Business Journal

BEDFORD, Mass., June 15 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstBest® Systems, Inc., provider of insurance software solutions that help commercial lines carriers drive premium growth, improve underwriting efficiency and quality and achieve high service levels with agents, announced today that the company has been named a "Best Place to Work" by the Boston Business Journal.  FirstBest was included among the top 20 small companies and top 60 overall best places to work, achieving the accolade amid nearly 450 nominated Boston-area organizations. This is the second consecutive year FirstBest has received the award.

"While FirstBest delivers software solutions, at the end of the day, our product comprises talented results-driven people.  The company is committed to hiring, growing and retaining the best minds in the business and employees appreciate working with a fun, smart, innovative and collaborative team," said FirstBest CEO and founder, John Belizaire.  "Employees are excited not only to help transform the insurance industry, but also to come to work each day -- and be recognized for their great contributions.  In this tough economy, more than ever, that enthusiasm is something to be proud of."

FirstBest Systems provides employees with a compelling compensation and benefits package, including competitive salaries, stock options, employee referral incentives, medical/dental insurance, and project excellence incentives.  The growing company also offers telecommuting, flexible schedules, Thursday lunches, and many out-of-the-box team-building events.

The Boston Business Journal honored the top 60 companies at its Best Places to Work 2010 awards breakfast held on June 11, 2010 at the Seaport Hotel in Boston. The 60 honorees were revealed in order, based on employee responses to an extensive survey.  Twenty companies were honored in each category:  large, midsize and small companies.

About FirstBest

FirstBest® Systems, Inc. delivers insurance software solutions that help commercial-lines carriers write more business and write better business.  Companies such as AMERISAFE, Inc., a specialty writer of workers' compensation insurance for hazardous industries, ICW Group Insurance Companies, a multi-line super regional insurance company, and Beacon Mutual Insurance Company, Rhode Island's largest writer of workers' compensation insurance, are leveraging the FirstBest solutions to grow market share, improve service levels with agents, and improve underwriting efficiencies in tandem with quality. Our solutions include an Underwriting Workstation, Agent Portal and Agency Connectivity.  Our flagship product, FirstBest UMS™, combines a next-generation underwriting workstation with FirstBest Agent™, a Web 2.0 agent portal.

For more information, visit www.firstbest.com or call 1.888.863.6095.

FirstBest is a registered trademark of FirstBest Systems, Inc. FirstBest UMS, Underwriting Management System, FirstBest Agent, and Agent-Carrier Connection are trademarks of FirstBest Systems, Inc.  All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.

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