Silverchair Learning Systems

CHARLOTTESVILLE, VA, APRIL 15, 2008 – Silverchair Learning Systems, the leading eLearning provider in senior care, announced its new strategic partnership with Swett & Crawford, the nation’s leading independent wholesale insurance intermediary. The partnership gives Swett & Crawford risk management clients access to exclusive training content managed by Silverchair’s eLearning technology.

“For over 3 years now, our clients have been telling us that our online training system is a critical component of their risk management strategy. It’s great to see a leader in the field recognize this and choose to partner with Silverchair,” says Mike Mutka, EVP of Sales and Marketing for Silverchair.

Swett & Crawford senior care clients will enjoy the benefit of risk management training organized and delivered by Silverchair’s Learning Management System (LMS). The LMS delivers, tracks, and reports on educational programs and provides a complete curriculum of courses. The system can also be customized for an organization to include material specific to its needs. Swett & Crawford clients will be offered this service at a discount, with Swett & Crawford paying the initial activation fees for their clients.

The partnership also includes the development of customized courses focused on addressing key risk management issues in Senior Care, exclusively available to Swett & Crawford clients.

“We’re excited to partner with Silverchair,” says Mary K. Nolan, Senior Vice President of HealthCare at Swett & Crawford. “This joint effort allows us to enhance training management for our clients and provide them with the best training content in risk management.”

“Swett & Crawford is the gold standard for senior care underwriting and brokering,” says Mike Benzian, President of Silverchair Learning Systems. “We’re thrilled to combine our eLearning capabilities with their industry knowledge to produce unique training opportunities in the risk management arena.”

The Learning Management System offering begins May 1, 2008 and the companies expect to offer Swett & Crawford clients the unique risk management course content later this year.

About Silverchair Learning Systems
Silverchair Learning Systems is the leading eLearning provider in Senior Care. Training more than 200,000 caregivers in 2,200 Facilities in 48 states, Silverchair is known for its extremely easy to use software and its excellent client service. www.silverchairlearning.com

About Swett & Crawford
Swett & Crawford, headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, is the nation’s oldest independent wholesale insurance intermediary. The company is owned by its employees and two private equity firms, HM Capital Partners and Banc of America Capital Investors.

For over 94 years, Swett & Crawford has delivered exceptional expertise and service to the commercial insurance marketplace. Swett has been the leading intermediary of its type in the United States for decades and has been voted “Best Wholesaler” by readers of the influential Business Insurance© magazine for the last three years.

In its national network of offices, Swett & Crawford serves independent agents and brokers through specialized Property, Casualty, Oil & Gas/Energy, Professional Services, Transportation and Underwriting Practice Groups. These groups provide access to commercial insurance products and programs, including property and casualty coverages, products liability, professional liability, commercial and public auto liability as well as a host of customized binding authorities and exclusive programs tailored to specific industries, businesses and professionals. www.swett.com