News Article: Announcing W5 Version 5 - General Release
(6/1/2007)

The general commercial release of W5 Version 5 is the most exciting and feature rich product we have ever released!

Taking the distinctly different approach of developing both rich client technology and web based mobility, W5 has evolved into a claims workforce "power toolkit" that offers the most advanced, scalable and easy to use claims handling software.

• Create, store, search, protect claim data
• All parties name, address, contact details
• Powerful and easy to use searching
• Use search results to print reports and labels
• Use search results to remember a list of files for later recall
• Use search results to create Excel spreadsheets
• Policy and coverage information
• Record and search Notes
• Powerful and easy to use document management
• Document Library for policies, procedures, instructions and report distribution
• Share documents between files for the same claim # or same policy #
• Upload, download claim documents, pictures, faxes, estimate files, etc.
• Securely create documents using W5 templates even over the Internet. This includes Microsoft Word and Excel (and you don’t need to run the products on your web server)
• T+E in multiple currencies
• Task and appointment diaries
• User calendars
• Reserves and financial transactions in multiple currencies
• Invoices in multiple currencies
• Build and manage claim handling teams
• Secure W5 features and data with user and claim access rights
• Manage multiple branch locations including inter-branch claim sharing
• Manage and report reserves
• Issue payment requests and write checks
• Email
• Send and receive emails
• Save Emails directly onto the claim
• Save Email attachments as documents on the claim
• Define extremely flexible fee schedules and billing rules in multiple currencies
• Set up contract adjusters as vendors and let W5 automatically:
• generate their invoices to you whenever you bill your client according to agreed upon rates and rules,
• provide them with an automated invoice status and accounts receivable,
• provide them with their work in progress reporting
• Secured data exchange via W5’s Workflow Manager service including offline T+E and notes, invoice payments.
• Automated currency exchange rate updates
• LEDES 2000 bill submission
• Integrate with accounting systems such as Intuit QuickBooks, Peachtree and Microsoft Great Plains

Some of the above features are add-on modules.

What is the technical Base?

• Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 and above (C#)
• Microsoft ASP.NET (C#)
• Microsoft SQL Server 2000 and above
• Data Dynamics Reports
• Infragistics NetAdvantage