SAN ANTONIO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 26, 2004--Injury Sciences LLC announced today that Grange Insurance of Columbus, Ohio is the latest licensee of EDR InSight(TM), the first and only set of solutions designed for claims professionals to facilitate the use of automotive Event Data Recorder (EDR) or "black box" data in the claims evaluation process.

Grange will use EDR InSight to identify vehicles with harvestable black box data. Grange claim representatives will further utilize EDR InSight to schedule harvesting services from a network of mobile service providers and for analysis and interpretation of the EDR data. EDRs provide objective insight into a collision event by recording such information as vehicle and engine speed prior to impact, throttle position, braking activity and impact severity.

"We are committed to fair claim service and believe that EDR InSight provides us the opportunity to improve liability determination on select claims by analyzing accurate and objective vehicle data. Injury Sciences makes it possible to take advantage of this new technology with its harvesting and interpretive services," according to Lyle Rhodebeck, Vice President Claims, Grange Insurance.

"We are pleased to be working with such a forward thinking property-casualty insurance operation," states Scott Palmer, President and CEO of Injury Sciences LLC. "Grange has a track record of successfully integrating advanced technology into their claim process."

"Obtaining objective information about what really happened during a collision event is a significant issue across the insurance industry, and using EDR InSight represents a strong commitment from Grange to provide its claims organization with technological advancements that improve the claims investigation and evaluation process," adds Palmer.

About Grange Insurance

Grange Insurance, based in Columbus, Ohio has been "Your Partner in Protection" since 1935. Grange offers auto, home, life, business and farm insurance protection, plus financial services through The Grange Bank, in Ohio, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Michigan and Tennessee. Grange Insurance is also affiliated with Integrity Mutual of Appleton, Wisconsin, which offers its own insurance products and access to The Grange Bank through independent agents in Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa.

About Injury Sciences LLC

Injury Sciences LLC, is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas and is the leading provider of software and solutions that enable automobile insurers to better understand what happened in an accident, the severity of the collision and the likelihood of occupant injury. The company's flagship product, WrExpert®, is a Web-based forensic evaluation tool that analyzes objective vehicle damage from repair estimates and photographs and immediately provides claims professionals with scientific assessments of impact severity and injury potential. EDR InSight is a comprehensive, Web-based service that offers claims professionals the first and only solution to facilitate the use of Event Data Recorder information in the claims evaluation process. Using EDR InSight, claims professionals can easily determine which vehicles have harvestable EDR data and identify the specific EDR data available for harvesting. In addition EDR insight provides automated access to service providers trained to harvest the data from the vehicle, analysis tools to provide an in-depth analysis of the harvested data and a secure data vault for data storage, preservation of evidence and secure access. Harvested EDR data may be directly imported to WrExpert to evaluate injury claims or utilized on a standalone basis to assess liability.

Contact:
Injury Sciences LLC
Gerry Kolb, 770-642-6828
gerry.kolb@injsci.com

Source: Injury Sciences LLC

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