JACKSONVILLE, Florida (December 16,2002) Spillcop, Inc, announced today that the Canal Insurance Company, considered among the top 50 property and casualty insurance companies by Ward Financial Group for 10 years in a row, has selected SpillCop, Inc. as their partner for automating and managing the company's environmental claims unit.

SpillCop, Inc. provides the only automated Internet-based environmental emergency spill response system for incident management. This leading software and service named SpillCop Exchange™, allows a client to quickly select pre-qualified spill recovery companies by geographic location. The entire recovery lifecycle is tracked from the initial incident to final closure. SpillCop Exchange manages not only spill recovery contracting companies but also outside adjustors and attorneys. SpillCop’s national spill contingency plan enables technology to automatically notify and escalate emergency spill activities. Additionally, SpillCop’s National Response Center (SRC) provides a service that eliminates the mundane data entry work in submission of loss information while reducing administration cost and providing accurate record keeping of loss information in the system.

"We selected SpillCop because it compliments our claims handling and helps increase our growth capacity while continuing to increase the level of service we provide to our customers," said Mac Timmons, Senior Vice President of Claims for Canal Insurance.

"Leading companies like Canal Insurance recognize the need for Web-based automation to stay out in front of their competition," said Larry A. Longhi, Chief Executive Officer of SpillCop, Inc. "We are excited about this opportunity to provide Canal Insurance a technology advantage to their environmental claims management that will reduce their cost and maintain their superior customer service while they grow the business."

SpillCop delivers unrivaled emergency spill management capabilities. Our premier software product, SpillCop Exchange™, is your internet connection to emergency response and spill incident management.