February 26, 2007

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – February 27, 2007 – Vimo today announced a new partnership deal with AHIA, the Association of Health Insurance Advisors. The joint marketing agreement offers AHIA’s member-brokers discounted access to the river of health insurance leads that Vimo generates as part of the operations of Vimo.com, the Internet’s leading comparison-shopping site for health care, plans and services.  In exchange, AHIA will use its network to dramatically raise Vimo’s profile amongst the nation’s 300,000+ independent insurance agents. AHIA members interested in the discounted lead program can call Vimo at 650-230-0073 to sign up. 

Both partners will leverage web, newsletter and email channels to get the word out to various constituencies.  In further consideration for the publicity, Vimo brokers profiled on the Vimo website (http://www.vimo.com) or in outbound emails will be tagged with the AHIA logo, if they are members of the respected professional organization.  In this way, Vimo can bring to consumers’ attention brokers of singular quality and training: those that adhere to AHIA’s stringent ethics and membership requirements.

“We’re extremely proud to be the only health comparison-shopping site to have earned AHIA’s seal of approval, “ said Chini Krishnan, CEO and Co-founder of Vimo. “AHIA represents the highest standards of ethics, trust and training for independent health insurance advisors and agents, and Vimo is honored to showcase AHIA brokers for our customers.”

“Vimo makes a perfect partner for us,” said AHIA President, Lawrence E. Lounds, CLU, ChFC, LUTCF. “The market is changing fast, and Vimo really gets it. Vimo is giving consumers the comparison-shopping tools they need to make smart insurance and health care choices… but Vimo also understands the crucial role the human insurance agent still performs in this complex transaction.”  Mr Lounds added, “We’re especially excited about the bulk discount on Vimo leads we were able to negotiate on behalf of our members. Vimo.com generates an extremely well-educated and prequalified lead-flow… better than any lead source we’ve ever seen.”

AHIA members interested in the discounted internet leads can call Vimo at 650-230-0073 to sign up immediately.  Details of the program will be available on the websites of both partners (www.vimo.com and www.ahia.net) soon.

AHIA is the health insurance division of the National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (NAIFA). The mission of AHIA is to advocate for a positive legislative environment, enhance business and professional skills and promote the ethical conduct of its members. AHIA members are NAIFA Federation members actively involved in the sale of group and individual health related products including disability, long-term care, critical illness, Medicare supplement insurance and work site products.

The National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors comprise 800 state and local associations representing the business interests of 225,000 members and their employees nationwide. Its mission is to advocate for a positive legislative and regulatory environment, enhance business and professional skills, and promote the ethical conduct of its member agents and advisors.

About Vimo

Founded by industry veterans from WebMD and Valicert, Vimo believes consumers deserve more power in the healthcare equation.  Vimo makes buying healthcare and insurance easier, cheaper and much more transparent. Vimo is the only Internet destination where users can gain objective, authoritative, and comprehensive shopping-comparison data about insurance, Health Savings Accounts (HSAs), medical procedures, doctors and dentists.  Insurance brokers interested in partnering with Vimo can visit http://www.vimo.com/brokercenter. For other partnership opportunities, e-mail partners@vimo.com, call Vimo at 650-230-0065 or visit http://www.vimo.com.