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Asurion Expands Grassmere Headquarters Site

NASHVILLE, Tenn., 6 May 2005 - Tennessee-based Asurion today announced it has expanded its headquarters at the south Nashville Grassmere Business Park by an additional 50,000 square feet of space to meet the growing demands of its business.

Located at the 648 Grassmere complex, the company now occupies over 132,000 square feet, holding a total of 681 employees.

"We've experienced tremendous growth in the past year, and we needed more space to accommodate our growing staff," said Bret Comolli, chief executive officer. "This expansion will be extremely beneficial for us; it allows us to keep our employee offices close together for better communication and increased efficiency."

Asurion signed the contract with the Mathews Company. The original contract included the 42,000-square-foot, third-floor space and an additional 40,000 square feet in an annex building. Asurion is the leading provider of specialty insurance and other marketing services to the wireless telecommunications industry. The company takes over one million service calls a month from wireless customers and ships over 200,000 new and refurbished wireless devices per month.

Asurion's services are designed to provide high value consumer services while also delivering financial and service benefits to its wireless carrier partners. Service offerings include (among others) Handset Insurance Services, Roadside Assistance Services, Warranty Management and Mobile Equipment Solutions.

About Asurion Asia Pacific

Asurion is the leading provider of mobile protection services to the wireless telecommunications industry with solutions that include handset insurance and data backup to help mobile operators generate additional revenue, reduce costs and improve customer satisfaction. Our wide-ranging expertise includes customer contact, distribution, risk management, product development, repair, reverse logistics and field support. Asurion has the scale and the scope to deliver unsurpassed quality of service. We have over 5,000 employees worldwide and works with operators such as NTT DoCoMo, Korea Telecom Freetel, Cingular, T-Mobile and Verizon Wireless to serve millions of subscribers.

For more information, please visit www.asurion.com.sg.