VERTEX, Incorporated Receives ACORD Award

NEW BRITAIN, Conn., June 1 /PRNewswire/ -- VERTEX, Incorporated
(www.vertexincorporated.com), a respected services and software solution
provider to the financial services industry, was recognized as an industry
leader for the sixth year in a row by the Association for Cooperative
Operations Research and Development (ACORD), a global, nonprofit insurance
association. VERTEX received an ACORD award at the ACORD LOMA Insurance
Systems Forum held in Lake Buena Vista, Florida.

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VERTEX received ACORD's prestigious Shared Service/Outsourcer or
Infrastructure Platform/Middleware Award in recognition of the significant
project outsourcing activities VERTEX performs on behalf of their clients who
are implementing and maintaining ACORD standards. In addition, the Award
recognizes the VERTEX VTXml Product Profiler shared service, which is an ASP
platform that builds and publishes ACORD and NAVA compliant XML based
transactions, including the Product Profile for Annuities (PPfA) transaction.

"On behalf of ACORD, I want to congratulate VERTEX on winning a 2009 ACORD
Shared Service/Outsourcer or Infrastructure Platform/Middleware Award. Their
actions and commitment show the industry the true value of ACORD standards
implementations," said John Kellington, senior vice president, ACORD.

VERTEX provides a comprehensive range of services and software that enable
their clients to automate their business processes using ACORD standards and
is an industry leader in the business and development ACORD transactions.

About VERTEX, Incorporated
Located in New Britain, CT, VERTEX has been providing business and technical
solutions to the financial services industry since 1991. VERTEX services
include Business and IT Consulting, Migrations, Conversions, Business
Automation and B2B Consulting. VERTEX focuses on the life insurance and
annuity segments and has gained a global reputation for expertise in these
specialties. VERTEX, Inc. is a woman-owned small business and is recognized
by our growing list of prestigious clients as a respected industry leader.
www.vertexincorporated.com

About ACORD
ACORD (Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development) is a
global, nonprofit standards development organization serving the insurance
industry and related financial services industries. ACORD's mission is to
facilitate the development of open consensus data standards and standard
forms. ACORD members include hundreds of insurance and reinsurance companies,
agents and brokers, software providers, and industry associations worldwide.
ACORD works with these organizations towards a goal of improved data
communication across diverse platforms through implementation of standards.
ACORD maintains offices in New York and London.

SOURCE VERTEX, Incorporated

Suzanne Brazeal, AVP and Product Manager of VERTEX, Incorporated,
+1-860-827-9090, Ext. 112, suzanne.brazeal@vertexincorporated.com