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Focus Solutions Group PLC
24 October 2002


                                                                 24 October 2002


                           Focus Solutions Group plc

                Focus signs contract with Zurich Advice Network


Focus Solutions Group plc ("Focus" or the "Group"), the specialist provider of
sales automation solutions for the financial services industry, announces today
that it has signed a Point of Sale (POS) contract with Zurich Advice Network.



Zurich Advice Network is part of the Zurich Group, which was founded in 1872.
Today, the group has over 35 million customers worldwide, six million of which
are in the UK.



Under the agreement, initially worth £250,000, Focus will deliver some
components of its Multi Channel Advice (MCA) solution to support Zurich's
Franchise Network. The solution is due to go live in November and will be rolled
out to all Zurich's 3,000 advisers in early 2003.



John Streets, Chief Executive of Focus Solutions, said:



"It was pleasing to start this new project in August with ZAN.  The MCA
solution, that is built using Focus' 21st century software, goal:technology,
solves many of the cost reduction and speed to benefit issues in today's
marketplace. Unlike MCA, which is built to change, traditional IT solutions take
a long time to develop, have a high cost of ownership and are unable to respond
quickly enough to the constant changes in products, services and legislation."



Enquires:



Focus Solutions Group plc                                      01926 468 300
John Streets
Claire Forrest



Citigate Dewe Rogerson                                         0207 638 9571
Chris Barrie
Sara Batchelor



Notes to editors



Focus Solutions Group is a specialist provider of sales automation solutions for
the financial services industry.  Based on goal:technology, its business process
automation software, Focus delivers straight through electronic processing to
create a paperless sales process across multiple channels to market including
IFA portals, websites, Extranets, direct sales and call centres.



Focus has a portfolio of market facing propositions and services to help
customers to implement and use its technology effectively.  Propositions are
available for the Life and Pensions, Mortgage and General Insurance markets.
Focus has specific expertise in Point of Sale systems, having developed RIO,
Norwich Union's POS solution for their direct sales, tied agents and
telemarketing channels.



Focus customer base includes: Assureweb, The Exchange, Friends Provident,
IFAengine, Legal & General, Norwich Union, Prudential, Scottish Equitable,
Scottish Provident, Scottish Widows, Skandia, Standard Life and Zifa.




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