Senn Dunn Marsh and Roland Selects Empliant Technology for Online Benefits Enrollment and Administration

CHAPEL HILL, NC - November 16, 2005 - Senn Dunn Marsh and Roland, Inc., North Carolina's largest independent benefits/insurance broker, and Empliant, Inc. announced an alliance that enables Senn Dunn to deliver Empliant's Online Benefits Enrollment and Administration technology, promoting employee self-reliance for the small to mid-sized employer marketplace. Through its exclusive, preferred pricing agreement with Empliant, Senn Dunn clients can receive Empliant's hosted Human Resource technology services at substantial discount.

Joseph A. Hughes, Vice President/Manager of Senn Dunn's Employee Benefits Services Division, is pleased to bring Empliant's robust technology to clients at special alliance pricing. "We evaluated a number of online benefits enrollment/administration options and concluded that Empliant is a best of breed offering - something our clients have come to expect from Senn Dunn! We believe the preferred pricing arrangement will allow Senn Dunn clients to save time and money - while improving employee satisfaction and productivity with Empliant's user-friendly Employee Self Service (ESS) applications. We are actively contacting clients with this special opportunity."

"A number of our clients have been asking for help in replacing labor intensive, paper/pencil benefits enrollment/administration processes with employee self service functionality. We also wanted to go one step beyond just providing online information, and with Empliant, our goal has been well achieved!" states Randal V. Taylor, Senn Dunn Vice President and Senior Employee Benefits Consultant. "Our producer team is pleased to have Empliant onboard as a key alliance partner for serving Senn Dunn clients."

Michael B. Owen, Empliant Vice President of Sales, HR and Business Development, says, "Empliant is pleased to have been selected as Senn Dunn's exclusively recommended vendor for online benefits enrollment and administration. We are eager to support Senn Dunn's current and future clients with leading edge, user-friendly technology, as it is clear that more employers are demanding increased efficiency and effectiveness with their employee benefits delivery processes."

About Senn Dunn
Senn Dunn serves a wide range of organizations, and since 1927 the company has partnered with clients to help manage risk. Senn Dunn's focus on personalized advice and management, and its dedication to the highest standards of training, performance and professionalism, has allowed the company has become the largest independent insurance agency in North Carolina. For more information about Senn Dunn, visit:www.senndunn.com

About Empliant, Inc.
Empliant, Inc., located in Chapel Hill, N.C., provides web-native, employee self-reliant solutions that reduce administration costs, increase employee satisfaction, and enhance operational efficiency. Empliant's technology applications include tools for on-line benefits enrollment and administration; personalized employee benefits statements, a fully searchable content management knowledgebase for benefit plan information, company policies, or management practices; and interactive transactions for stock options processing, all of which are accessed through a standard web browser. Empliant's hosted solution reduces capitalization costs and enables employers to provide employees with self-service capabilities to manage their own data in a secure, private environment. Empliant offers small to medium-sized enterprises (SME) the rich functionality found in expensive applications without the consulting costs, long implementation period, and reliance on customer support and product maintenance. For more information about Empliant's employee self-reliant solutions visit: www.empliant.com