IWCL has selected and developed relationships over a number of years with specific companies to enhance the product and service to our clients.

The following companies are in a business or technological partnership:

IWCL uses astutech ltd as its main business partner for web site design. Its three directors combine around 50 years experience in the printing, publishing, design and Internet industries. astutech has built a reputation for high quality web sites and internet services at competitive prices. Through working with many government and blue chip organisations, astutech has gained the expertise and experience necessary to offer a full range of Internet services. These include: web site design, management and construction; data conversion; graphic design and corporate identity; bespoke web programming and e-commerce. astutech has been a finalist in Computer Weekly in recent years for its innovative design work for an Insurance company's software site. http://www.astutech.com

Close Premium Finance is the premium finance division of the Close Brothers Group, the UK's largest quoted independent merchant bank. Close Premium Finance introduced the concept of insurance premium finance to the UK in 1977 and today remains market leader, currently lending approx £2 billion of premiums through over 3,000 brokers in the UK and Ireland. We consistently provide pioneering insurance finance services that improve the way brokers do business with our products covering every aspect of the premium finance market: Commercial and Personal lines, recourse and non-recourse. We offer brokers a choice of loan periods at competitive rates, dedicated service teams and fully integrated software solutions. And we provide i-prompt, our award winning online trading system that ensures faster processing, real-time access, reduced admin and improved cash flow. In fact, all our products are designed to help brokers increase their income, reduce their costs and improve their service. http://www.closepf.com

DataCash is the only quoted payment services provider in Europe, providing outsourced solutions for the authorisation, settlement and fraud management of credit and debit cards as well as direct debits, direct credits and cheques. Transactions are accessible to merchants through a real-time MIS Reporting suite. DataCash's fraud management solutions support industry initiatives such as AVS/CV2 and 3D Secure's Verified by Visa and MasterCard SecureCode as well as traditional, rules-based, fraud screening. DataCash's solutions are suitable for merchants selling through any channel including High Street Point of Sale, the Web, Interactive TV, Kiosk, Call Centre and Interactive Voice Response. DataCash works with partners, such as IBM, to provide mid-tier retailers with solutions for Chip and PIN and smart card value added services. http://www.datacash.com

Postcode Anywhere is the web based address and postcode finder for over 27 million UK addresses and 120 million US addresses.The service delivers a complete address from just a postcode, zip code or partial address, thus making sure that you capture accurate address information quickly. IWCL are a reseller of Postcode Anywhere and it is used in the IWCL products. http://www.PostCodeAnywhere.co.uk

IWCL uses Premium Credit for Direct Debits for Personal Lines business through the Altitude system which essentially allows users the option to set-up electronically a direct debit when purchasing insurance through Altitude. Premium Credit is the leading insurance premium finance provider in the UK and Europe, having first launched the service in the UK in 1988. We dominate the UK premium finance industry commanding a 60% share of the market. We work with over 3,000 brokers and insurers (including Lloyd's) across the commercial, personal lines and professional indemnity market. We have nearly two million customers and collect 14 million direct debits each year. Our advances are currently approaching £3bn and our market-leading services are integrated with all the major broking software houses. But it is more than this that makes Premium Credit the No.1 choice for premium finance, it is the Premium Credit effect - pure and simple. Focussed, committed and successful. These values help us to deliver the ultimate service to our partners to promote efficient, profitable and successful businesses. One more to come from Premium Finance. http://www.premium-credit.co.uk

Secura supports customers with highly secure enterprise cloud services that deliver business advantage and value. Their highly secure Virtual Private Cloud hosting underpins applications with incredible flexibility and resilience, offering the scale, security and commercial flexibility that businesses need to grow quickly, without restrictions and restraints. This technology is backed by a commitment to ensuring the very highest levels of service and 24/7 support from their ISO 20000 accredited service desk team. Secura are ISO 27001, ISO 9001 and ISO 20000 accredited and a VMware Enterprise Service Provider. https://secura.cloud

IWCL uses telerik for enhancing the graphical and functional interfaces for users in various areas of Altitude with the objective to fully convert Altitude over the coming months. telerik is the leading vendor of ASP.NET UI components, content management solutions and add-ons for MCMS 2002 and Sharepoint. Building on our expertise in interface development and the potential of AJAX, telerik helps customers take the richness and responsiveness of desktop applications to the web. Our r.a.d. controls suite of components is the established choice of developers for truly impressive, cross-browser, standards-compliant and highly reliable ASP.NET applications. http://www.telerik.com

Thawte was established in 1995. IT entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth starts advising South African businesses on the commercial applications of the Internet. In 1996, Thawte evolves into the first Certification Authority to sell public SSL certificates outside the United States and Thawte starts selling its first digital certificates. According to a Netcraft survey, Thawte had captured an astonishing 41% of the global SSL certificate market by the end of 1999, selling certificates to numerous countries. In December 1999 - VeriSign acquires Thawte and provides the Company access to additional resources and backing. IWCL is an official ISP partner of Thawte, which allows IWCL to organise SSL certificates on behalf of clients. http://www.thawte.com