AWARD-Benefit Express Announced As Winner of Stevie Award 2008

News Release Date: 7/25/2008

6^th annual Stevie® Awards were presented on June 12 in New York City

Arlington Heights, IL – July 25– Benefit Express was named the Winner of Best Product Development Organization categories in The 2008 American Business Awards, referred to as the “Stevie Awards”. Benefit Express competed in the Most Innovative Company and Best Product Development Organization categories for the HR Outsourcing Industry.

The American Business Awards are the only national, all-encompassing awards program honoring great performances in business and Stevie Award winners were announced during the annual gala on Thursday, June 12 at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. More than 600 executives from across the U.S.A. were expected to attend. The ceremonies were broadcast on radio nationwide by the Business Talk Radio Network and hosted by Liz Claman of FOX Business Network.

More than 2,600 entries from companies of all sizes and in virtually every industry were submitted for consideration in more than 40categories, including Best Overall Company, Best Executive, Best New Product or Service, Best Corporate Social Responsibility Program, and new categories including Best Management Team and Best Corporate Environmental Responsibility Program.

Benefit Express provides clients with the exact service package they need – not a one-size-fits-all approach, but a consultative, innovative solution for each and every client. In late 2007, Benefit Express created a Life Changes module of My Benefit Express^TM, allowing clients the ability for their employees to declare life event changes in a self service environment. “Our clients say this solution has saved countless participant support hours,” said Maria Bradley,president of Benefit Express. “This innovation has assisted in growing our business sales by over 30% in one year.”

Benefit Express has won awards for product performance, service delivery and customer satisfaction. This has resulted in Benefit Express’ partnership with leading names in outsourcing, such as ADP and Hewitt. By working through these larger firms,Benefit Express leverages an original product, customized design and superior administration to deliver services to one of the largest audiences in the HR industry.

Members of the Awards' Board of Distinguished Judges & Advisors and their staffs selected Stevie Award winners from among Finalists in final judging during the week of May 19. Finalists were chosen by business professionals nationwide during preliminary judging in April through early May.

Details about The American Business Awards and the list of Winners and Finalists in all categories are available at www.stevieawards.com/aba.

About Benefit Express

Benefit Express focuses on solutions for the administration of Human Resources/benefits programs. With the company’s My Benefit Express^TM self-service platform, clients have direct access to customized content delivery, enrollment assistance,employee benefit education tools, transactional administrative processing/tracking, carrier billing reconciliation, vendor data-links and detailed HR reporting.

About The Stevie Awards
Stevie Awards are conferred in four programs: The American Business Awards, The International Business Awards, The Stevie Awards for Women in Business, and the Stevie Awards for Sales &Customer Service. Honoring companies of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about The Stevie Awards at www.stevieawards.com.

Global Sponsor of the 2008 Stevie Awards is Dow Jones.Supporting sponsors of The 2008 American Business Awards include FIS Softpro,High Performance Technologies Inc., John Hancock, RCN Corporation, Richardson,and Ultimate Software. Media sponsors include the Business Talk Radio Network, CRM Advocate, and Human Resource Executive.

Contact:

Maria Bradley
220 W Campus Drive
Suite 230
Arlington Heights, IL 60004

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