Brovada Technologies, a provider of insurance agent-carrierconnectivity solutions, announces the U.S. launch of the company'sNexCenter agency upload software, as well as three strategicpartnerships with prominent agency management system companies inthe U.S.

"We are very excited about the launch of NexCenter in the U.S.marketplace and about our growing list of agency management systempartners," says Karl Greenlaw, founder and CEO of Brovada. "Thefeedback and interest we have received so far has been outstanding.Agents in the U.S. will now have a solution that allows them tosave time and money while realizing dramatic increases inproductivity."

NexCenter is Brovada's standards-based upload connectivitysolution, which will allow U.S. agents to upload all of their datato virtually any insurance carrier portal. NexCenter currentlysupports approximately 80 percent of the real-time transactionsinitiated out of the agency management systems in production inCanada, and is a significant factor in the effort to create greaterease of doing business for agents and carriers alike.

NexCenter's interface eliminates the need to re-key agent policyinformation, thereby reducing the risk of data entry errors. Unlikeusing print streams or PDFs to extract data, Brovada's NexCenterintegrates directly to the agency management system resulting in asafe and secure data upload.

Additionally, NexCenter establishes workflows within an agency,provides a "community" environment to share scripts across offices,and delivers agents the ability to perform automated inquiry,quoting, new business upload and policy change at an affordableprice point for agencies and carriers of all sizes.

In coordination with the launch, Brovada has establishedstrategic partnerships with three U.S. agency management systemproviders, including Terrace Software, Agency Matrix and EvolutionManagement Systems (My-Evo). Further discussions are underway withother providers of agency management systems, and Brovada isactively seeking additional partnerships to further enhanceNexCenter's agent footprint.