Access America Partners with Standard & Poor's

RICHMOND, Va., June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- Access America has partnered with
Standard & Poor's (S&P) Risk Solutions to incorporate S&P's Credit Risk
Tracker as a new, more advanced tool in its effort to obtain more accurate
risk information on travel supplier companies. Access America and its
Underwriting Department will use Credit Risk Tracker to analyze public and
non-public financial data from companies on or being considered for the
Covered Supplier List of the company's Access America Travel Insurance
products. Access America travel insurance policies cover customers for the
supplier default benefit when their travel supplier is included on the Covered
Supplier List.

Credit Risk Tracker is a scoring model that produces a forward-looking, one
year probability of default (PD) predictor and establishes a new standard for
evaluating risk within the hard-to-benchmark category of privately-held
companies. Credit Risk Tracker helps underwriters expedite underwriting
decisions and reduces the time and cost required for credit reviews. It also
improves the transparency and efficiency of risk management.

Mondial Assistance Chief Underwriting Officer David Bloom says S&P's Credit
Risk Tracker will help make underwriting reviews faster, fairer and simpler.
"It is our hope that using Credit Risk Tracker will provide us with a more
advanced tool to objectively analyze the data we require for effective risk
management of the travel supplier industry," said Bloom.

S&P's Managing Director and Global Head of Risk Solutions David Samuels adds,
"Access America's use of Credit Risk Tracker demonstrates their commitment to
adopting industry best practices in the area of credit analysis. Now more
than ever, it's critical to implement a process for assessing credit
worthiness and we are pleased that Access America has selected Standard &
Poor's Risk Solutions and our leading solution, Credit Risk Tracker, for their
risk management program."

Standard & Poor's, a subsidiary of The McGraw-Hill Companies (NYSE: MHP), is
the world's foremost provider of independent credit ratings, indices, risk
evaluation, investment research and data. With offices in 23 countries and
markets, Standard & Poor's is an essential part of the world's financial
infrastructure and has played a leading role for nearly 150 years in providing
investors with the independent benchmarks they need
to feel more confident about their investment and financial decisions. For
more information, visit http://www.standardandpoors.com.

Mondial Assistance is a global leader in specialty insurance and emergency
assistance services. Four percent of the world's population, or about 250
million people, are served by Mondial Assistance businesses around the globe.
In the United States, Mondial Assistance is a brand name of World Access
Service Corp., which is best known for its Access America(R) brand of travel
insurance and assistance services. As one of 29 business units, the U.S.
operation serves major travel suppliers, health insurers, credit card, and
entertainment companies with insurance products, international travel
assistance, and concierge services. Mondial Assistance is part of the Allianz
(NYSE: AZ) group of companies. For more information please visit:
www.mondialUSA.com.

SOURCE Mondial Assistance

Daniel Durazo, Mondial Assistance, +1-804-673-7175; Michael Privitera,
Standard & Poor's, +1-212-438-6679