eAutoclaims.com(TM) Expands Call Center With new Vendor Telecom Unit
17 October 2000
eAutoclaims.com(TM) Expands Call Center With new Vendor Telecom UnitGrowth Expected to Double Over the Next Year PALM HARBOR, Fla., Oct. 17 eAutoclaims.com(TM) (OTC Bulletin Board: EACC) today announced the expansion of it's Columbia, South Carolina 24-hour call center with a new Vendor Telecom Unit. The expansion is part of company's growth strategy to double their auto body repair shop network over the next 12 months. The company expects the unit to be fully operational in approximately two weeks. Randy Wright, chief operating officer of eAutoclaims.com commented, "eAutoclaims currently has over 2,000 contracted network body shops in the US. We plan to more than double that number over the next year. The increase will further support our rapid growth of new customers and make our Internet claims service one of the fastest growing networks in the industry." eAutoclaims manages an additional 4,100 auto glass vendors nationwide, that provides 24-hour service for insurance clients and corporately owned fleet vehicles. All of the company's auto collision clients are connected via the company's "Bricks to Clicks(TM)" Internet Claims System, which connects their auto body network system for a faster turnaround time and ease of use. This planed expansion is also part of eAutoclaims new shop Member Benefits Program, which will be officially announced next month. About eAutoclaims.com: eAutoclaims.com(TM) Inc. is a pioneering business-to-business e-commerce company that utilizes the Internet to streamline and lower the overall cost of automotive repair paid by insurance companies and on corporately own fleet vehicles. The company is creating a new online digital automotive maintenance organization industry within the $123 billion market of the auto collision claim industry. eAutoclaims.com Inc(TM) is establishing itself as the pre-eminent Application Service Provider for the automobile insurance industry, providing seamless back-end infrastructures that link thousands of collision repair shops and/or glass repair facilities into a network. The company offers a cost effective and highly advanced "Bricks to Clicks(TM)" Internet Claims System for the processing and ultimate repair of damaged vehicles filed as insured auto claims and by self-insured fleets. eAutoclaims.com(TM) Inc. generates revenue from administrative fees and discounts earned by processing collision & glass work through its system. Forward looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. These and other important factors, including those mentioned in various filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission made periodically by the Company (available to the public at http://www.sec.gov), may cause the actual results and performance to differ materially from the future results expressed in or implied by such forward looking statements. The forward looking statements contained in this press release speak only as of the date hereof and the Company disclaims any obligation to provide public updates, revisions or amendments to any forward looking statements made herein to reflect changes in the Company's expectations or future events. CONTACT: John Liviakis of Liviakis Financial Communications, Inc., 415-389-4670, or 415-389-4694, or moreinfo@lfcnet.com, or investor-relations@eautoclaims.com, for eAutoclaims.com.