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Friday June 27, 2008, Ebix Reaffirms Repurchase Plan
Wednesday June 18, 2008, FORTUNE Small Business Magazine Ranks Ebix at the Top amongst Fastest Growing Public Companies in Georgia
Tuesday June 17, 2008, Ebix Set to Join Russell 2000 Index
Monday June 2, 2008, EbixExchange Provides New Approach for Annuity Sales Suitability
Tuesday May 27, 2008, Atlanta Journal-Constitution Ranks Ebix 2nd Amongst the Top 100 Public Companies in Georgia
Monday May 19, 2008, EbixExchange Launches New Era in Life Insurance Sales Processing
Monday May 19, 2008, Robin Raina Awarded the South Asian Personality of the Year Award
Tuesday May 13, 2008, EbixExchange Receives Two Awards From ACORD
Monday May 5, 2008, Ebix Net Income Grows 189% in First Quarter of 2008.
Friday May 2, 2008, Ebix 2008 First Quarter Earnings Conference Call on Monday, May 5, 2008 at 11:00 a.m. EDT.
Friday April 25, 2008, Ebix Acquires Michigan Based Insurance BPO - Periculum Services Group.
Monday April 21, 2008, Ebix Repurchases a Net of 230,000 Shares.
Friday March 7, 2008, Ebix 2007 net income rises 112% to a record $12.7 Million, or $3.61 per diluted share, on a 46% Revenue increase.
Thursday March 6, 2008, Ebix 2007 Annual Earnings Conference Call
Wednesday January 2, 2008, Ebix completes acquisition of Sydney based Telstra eBusiness Services

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EBIX REAFFIRMS REPURCHASE PLAN
Friday June 27, 12:38 pm ET

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ebix, Inc. (NASDAQ:EBIX - News), a leading international provider of software services and IT solutions for the insurance industry, today reaffirmed that it has a $5 million repurchase plan in place.

The company spokesman also confirmed that it is not aware of any news or events that could be reasons for the recent drop in stock price. The company announced the repurchase plan in response to a number of investor queries regarding the reasons for the recent price drop.

The company also announced that it is considering expanding its share repurchase plan to $10 million. This action would allow any block holders desiring to sell their shares to directly sell their shares back to the company.

About Ebix
A CMMI 5 Company, Ebix, Inc. is a leading international supplier of software and e-commerce solutions to the insurance industry. Ebix provides a series of application software products for the insurance industry ranging from carrier systems, agency systems and exchanges to custom software development for all entities involved in the insurance and financial industries.

Ebix strives to work collaboratively with clients to develop innovative technology strategies and solutions that address specific business challenges. Ebix combines the newest technologies with its capabilities in consulting, systems design and integration, IT and business process outsourcing, applications software, and Web and application hosting to meet the individual needs of organizations.

With bases in the United States, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, UK and India, Ebix employs insurance and technology professionals who provide products, support and consultancy to more than 3,000 customers on six continents. Ebix's focus on quality has enabled its development unit in India to be awarded Level 5 status of the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model Integrated (CMMI). Ebix has also earned ISO 9001:2000 certification for both its development and call center units in India. For more information, visit the Company's Web site at www.ebix.com.

SAFE HARBOR FOR FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS
Safe Harbor for Forward-Looking Statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 - This press release contains various forward-looking statements and information that are based on Ebix management's beliefs, as well as assumptions made by and information currently available to management. Ebix has tried to identify such forward looking statements by use of such words as "will," "expects," "intends," "anticipates," "plans," "believes" and similar expressions, but these words are not the exclusive means of identifying such statements. Such statements are subject to various risks, uncertainties and other factors which could cause actual results to vary materially from those expressed in, or implied by, the forward looking statements. Such risks, uncertainties and other factors include the extent to which the Ebix.com website and other new products and services can be successfully developed and marketed, the risks associated with any future acquisitions, and integrating recently completed acquisitions, the willingness of independent insurance agencies to outsource their computer and other processing needs to third parties, possible governmental regulation and/or other adverse consequences resulting from negative perception of the outsourcing of business processes to foreign countries, Ebix's ability to continue to develop new products to effectively address market needs in an industry characterized by rapid technological change, Ebix's ability to raise additional capital to finance future acquisitions and meet other funding needs, , Ebix's dependence on the insurance industry, the highly competitive and rapidly changing automation systems market, Ebix's ability to effectively protect its applications software and other proprietary information, Ebix's ability to attract and retain quality management, software developers, technical sales and other critical personnel, the risks of disruption of Ebix's Internet connections or internal service problems, the possible adverse effects of a substantial increase in volume of traffic on Ebix's website, mainframe and other servers, possible security breaches on the Ebix website, the possible effects of insurance regulation on Ebix, the possible effects of the Securities and Exchange Commission's investigation of Ebix's financial reporting, and possible future terrorist attacks or acts of war. Certain of these, as well as other risks, uncertainties and other factors, are described in more detail in Ebix's periodic filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including Ebix's annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007. Except as expressly required by the federal securities laws, Ebix undertakes no obligation to update any such factors or any of the forward-looking statements contained herein to reflect changed circumstances or future events or developments or for any other reason.


Contact:
Ebix, Inc.
Jesenia Jurado, 678-281-2036
jjurado@ebix.com

 

FORTUNE SMALL BUSINESS MAGAZINE RANKS EBIX AT THE TOP AMONGST FASTEST GROWING PUBLIC COMPANIES IN GEORGIA
Wednesday June 18, 9:42 am ET

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--FORTUNE Small Business announced today that Ebix, Inc. (NASDAQ:EBIX - News) has been ranked 23rd on the annual FSB 100 list of the fastest growing small public companies in America. The list, which is comprised of public companies, will appear in the July/August 2008 issue of FORTUNE Small Business Magazine.

For the fourth consecutive year, FORTUNE Small Business Magazine has ranked Ebix amongst the Hundred Fastest Growing Public Companies in America. FSB also ranked Ebix No. 1 fastest growing public company in the state of Georgia. Ebix was also ranked No. 6 nationally in the Technology sector by the magazine.

To compile the sixth annual list, FORTUNE Small Business asked financial research firm Zacks to rank public companies with revenues less than $200 million and a stock price of more than $1, based on their percentage growth in earnings, revenue, and stock performance over the past three years.

About Ebix
Ebix, Inc. is a leading international supplier of software and e-commerce solutions to the insurance industry. Ebix provides a series of application software products for the insurance industry ranging from carrier systems, agency systems and exchanges to custom software development for all entities involved in the insurance and financial services industries.

Ebix strives to work collaboratively with clients to develop innovative technology strategies and solutions that address specific business challenges. Ebix combines the newest technologies with its capabilities in consulting, systems design and integration, IT and business process outsourcing, applications software, and Web and application hosting to meet the individual needs of organizations.

With bases in Singapore, Australia, the US, New Zealand, India and Canada, Ebix employs insurance and technology professionals who provide products, support and consultancy to more than 3,000 customers on six continents. Ebix's focus on quality has enabled it be awarded Level 5 status of the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI). Ebix has also earned ISO 9001:2000 certification for both its development and call center units in India. For more information, visit http://www.ebix.com.


Contact:
Ebix, Inc.
Jesenia Jurado, 678-281-2036
jjurado@ebix.com

 

EBIX SET TO JOIN RUSSELL 2000 INDEX
Tuesday June 17, 1:28 pm ET

ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Ebix, Inc. (NASDAQ:EBIX - News), a leading international developer and supplier of software and e-commerce solutions to the insurance industry, today announced that it is set to join the broad-market Russell 2000 and Russell 3000 Indexes when Russell Investments reconstitutes its comprehensive set of U.S. and global equity indexes on June 27, according to a preliminary list of additions posted Friday on www.russell.com.

Annual reconstitution of Russell's U.S. indexes captures the 4,000 largest U.S. stocks as of the end of May, ranking them by total market capitalization. Membership in the Russell 3000, which remains in place for one year, means automatic inclusion in the large-cap Russell 1000 Index or small-cap Russell 2000 Index as well as the appropriate growth and value style indexes. Russell determines membership for its equity indexes primarily by objective, market-capitalization rankings and style attributes. The Russell 3000 also serves as the U.S. component to the Russell Global Index, which Russell launched last year.

Russell indexes are widely used by investment managers and institutional investors for index funds and as benchmarks for both passive and active investment strategies. An industry-leading $4.4 trillion in assets currently are benchmarked to them. These investment tools originated from Russell's multi-manager investment business in the early 1980s when the company saw the need for a more objective, market-driven set of benchmarks in order to evaluate outside investment managers.

Real-time market analysis on the Russell 3000 and other Russell Indexes is available at www.russell.com/Indexes/performance/real_time_market_analysis.asp.

About Russell
Russell Investments aims to improve financial security for people by providing strategic advice, world-class implementation, state-of-the-art performance benchmarks, and a range of institutional-quality investment products. With more than $213 billion in assets under management, Russell serves individual, institutional and advisor clients in more than 40 countries. Russell provides access to some of the world's best money managers. It helps investors put this access to work in corporate defined benefit and defined contribution plans, and in the life savings of individual investors. Headquartered in Tacoma, Wash., Russell has principal offices in Amsterdam, Auckland, Johannesburg, London, Melbourne, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Seoul, Singapore, Sydney, Tokyo and Toronto. For more information on Russell indexes, go to www.russell.com.

About Ebix
Ebix, Inc. is a leading international supplier of software and e-commerce solutions to the insurance industry. Ebix provides a series of application software products for the insurance industry ranging from carrier systems, agency systems and exchanges to custom software development for all entities involved in the insurance and financial services industries.

Ebix strives to work collaboratively with clients to develop innovative technology strategies and solutions that address specific business challenges. Ebix combines the newest technologies with its capabilities in consulting, systems design and integration, IT and business process outsourcing, applications software, and Web and application hosting to meet the individual needs of organizations.

With bases in Singapore, Australia, the US, New Zealand, India and Canada, Ebix employs insurance and technology professionals who provide products, support and consultancy to more than 3,000 customers on six continents. Ebix's focus on quality has enabled it be awarded Level 5 status of the Carnegie Mellon Software Engineering Institute's Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI). Ebix has also earned ISO 9001:2000 certification for both its development and call center units in India. For more information, visit http://www.ebix.com.


Contact:
Ebix, Inc.
Jesenia Jurado, 678-281-2036
jjurado@ebix.com

 

EBIX EXCHANGE PROVIDES NEW APPROACH FOR ANNUITY SALES SUITABILITY

Monday June 2, 11:12 am ET

Alternative method reduces suitability development costs while extending increased control of annuity sales compliance to distributors

HERNDON, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EbixExchange - division of Ebix, Inc. (NASDAQ:EBIX - News) today announced new automated compliance support for annuities transacted on the firm's AnnuityNet Platform. The new support, provided by the May 2008 release of AnnuityNet, is intended to reduce the complexity and cost associated with ensuring that an annuity sale is conducted in accordance with FINRA 2821 and other criteria governing the sale of annuities.

"The new suitability features on AnnuityNet were provided to give