"With over 20 years carrier sales and marketing management expertise, Ms. Tucker has extensive experience in the health care industry" said John Randazzo, President and CEO of BenefitPoint. "Her understanding of carrier distribution, product development and employee benefits management will provide both BenefitsAlliance and BenefitPoint with core competencies needed to grow our business."

Prior to joining BenefitsAlliance, Ms. Tucker served as Vice President of Sales for HealthMarket and ChannelPoint, two start-up companies. Ms. Tucker has also held senior level sales management positions with Health Net in California and New York, as well as national positions with Aetna and Maxicare.

"In her initial role as a consultant, Ms. Tucker managed a successful system conversion, expanded our product portfolio and implemented a business plan to better position BenefitsAlliance for growth among middle market employers in California," said Andrew Sterngold, Chairman of BenefitsAlliance.

"I am delighted to accept these new responsibilities and look forward to helping carriers, brokers and employers adopt new technologies that will improve the way benefits are purchased and sold in the health care industry," said Tammy Tucker, President of BenefitsAlliance.

About BenefitsAlliance
BenefitsAlliance is an employee-choice purchasing coalition that targets middle market employers with 51-5,000 employees in California. We offer a proprietary technology platform that simplifies the benefits administration process for businesses offering multiple health plan coverage. Services include online enrollment, communications and consolidated billing. BenefitsAlliance serves over 70 employers and 35,000 members. Carrier partners include Kaiser, Blue Shield of California, Health Net, CIGNA, MetLife, VSP, UNUM, EyeMed and others who provide unique customer solutions to our customers. New product offerings will include proprietary benefit platforms for carriers and large, regional brokerage firms.

About BenefitPoint
BenefitPoint is the first employee benefits infrastructure company to build the industry solution that makes the distribution and management of employee benefits more efficient for everyone. We connect carriers, brokers/consultants and employers on a common Internet-based platform and provide client management, procurement, online benefits communications, worksite products, reporting, analytics, marketplace benchmarking and data mining.

Building on the existing industry relationships among carriers, brokers and employers, the BenefitPoint solution combines the efficiency of the Internet with the established distribution model of the insurance industry to eliminate paper, improve procurement, expand distribution and reduce administrative costs.

Since general availability in February 2000, BenefitPoint has received widespread adoption from over 30 carriers and 115 brokerage firms, representing over 370 offices throughout the United States. Today, this procurement technology system handles $30 billion in premiums, covering 22 million employees. Adoption is expected to accelerate due to broker supported access for all major medical carriers in key strategic markets. The company, headquartered in San Francisco, California, may be reached at 415-277-5600 or at www.benefitpoint.com. BenefitPoint, Inc. is privately held.