idNET, a supplier of after-hours customer service software andbusiness continuity software focused on catastrophes or disasters,has reacquired the remaining assets of idNET, Inc., d/b/a AfniInsurance Services. The new entity will be renamed Artizan InternetServices, LLC, effective immediately.

Artizan will continue its focus on the agent/broker/carriermarketplace. The company predicts more than 2.5 million consumertransactions will be processed in 2005 using its customer serviceand business continuity programs.

"Over the last three years, idNET has expanded customer care tothe Web and to agency-branded, after-hours call centers," saysRichard Roy, past chairman, CEO, and president of idNET andpresident-managing partner of Artizan. "Reacquiring full control ofthe company through the added participation of two of ourmanagement team will allow us to take advantage of the growinginterest in extended customer care and significantly increase ourposition. And I'm pleased that our staff, customers, and industrypartners will remain part of our new venture."