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Grange Insurance Licenses Injury Sciences' WrExpert to Evaluate Automobile Claims

    SAN ANTONIO--June 9, 2003--Injury Sciences LLC announced today that Grange Insurance of Columbus, Ohio is the latest licensee of WrExpert(R), Injury Sciences' flagship product for fighting exaggerated soft-tissue claims.
    "Grange's claims philosophy is to exceed our policyholders' service expectations, to thoroughly investigate each claim and to provide fair and accurate claims settlement," stated Lyle Rhodebeck, Grange's Vice President of Claims. "WrExpert(R) is a tool that will assist us in evaluating injury claims and will help people who are injured to receive prompt and fair compensation."
    Scott Palmer, Injury Sciences' CEO states, "Grange is well known as a leader in deploying claims technology to better serve its policyholders. We are delighted to have them as part of our rapidly growing customer list. WrExpert(R) is helping 7 of the top 20 auto insurers in the United States fight exaggerated soft-tissue claims and provide more thorough and consistent claim evaluations."
    Grange piloted WrExpert(R) in several Ohio claims locations and found that it significantly reduced the time necessary to pay meritorious claims, as well as reduced the time necessary to investigate and evaluate claims that were questionable.

    About Grange Mutual Casualty Insurance

    Grange Insurance, based in Columbus, has been "your partner in protection" since 1935. Grange offers auto, home, life, business and farm insurance protection, plus financial services through The Grange Bank, in Ohio, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee. Grange Insurance is also affiliated with Integrity Mutual of Appleton, Wis., which offers its own insurance products and access to The Grange Bank through independent agents in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa.

    About Injury Sciences LLC

    Injury Sciences LLC is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas and is the leader in engineering-based expert systems for claims. The company's flagship product, WrExpert, was initially released in October 1998 and is now an Internet-based expert system. WrExpert evaluates the severity of specific automobile collisions and numerous other accident characteristics by analyzing damage repair estimate information, damage profiles of vehicles involved in a collision and, now, automobile black box data. WrExpert is the first claims application to evaluate the potential for a variety of injuries for those automobile accidents identified as minor collisions and provide engineering-based diagnostics of negligence/liability factors.