Larry Berran, President and CEO of iPipeline, is pleased to announce that iPipeline has been recognized as on of the fastest growing, privately held companies in the Philadelphia region.  Last year’s Philadelphia 100® had an average $9.7 million in sales revenue and are creating jobs for the region as well, averaging 103 employees.  Forty-eight companies on the list were repeat winners with 9 of those recognized 3 or more times.  The technology sector leads the list with 23 winners followed by Consulting and Healthcare.  Eleven companies are bringing manufacturing back in style in Philadelphia.

iPipeline has achieved consistent, above average growth in each of the last five years almost quadrupling its revenue while continuing to add new jobs in the region.  In May 2007, iPipeline tripled its office space to provide for expansion and future growth expectations.  Brian Seidman, Executive Vice President commented, “We are grateful to our customers and proud of our employees who have merited The Philadelphia 100 designation through their innovation and extraordinary efforts.  We’ve been building iPipeline into a world class organization and this designation is a great recruiting tool to continue to hire the best and the brightest applicants to meet growing demand for our products and services.”


About The Philadelphia 100®
The Philadelphia 100® was founded in 1988 to publicly identify, recognize and promote young successful companies in the Greater Philadelphia region. Previously recognized companies include NovaCare, Forman Mills, ATX, Mothers Work, Sabre Systems, Urban Outfitters and Kremer Laser Eye Center, Eggland's Best and NeatReceipts among many others. The Philadelphia 100® is a meritorious designation based on verifiable revenue growth as reported on federal tax forms or audited financial statements. The Philadelphia 100(R) is a registered trademark of the Entrepreneurs' Forum of Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia Business Journal and The Wharton Small Business Development Center. For more information about the Philadelphia 100®, please visit the website at http://www.Philadelphia100.com.


About iPipeline
iPipeline, through its on-demand front-end platform, solves the problems associated with independent insurance distribution.  Over 100 insurance carriers participate in iPipeline’s platform by continuously providing content updates for products, rates and forms.  iPipeline also provides the industries first brokerage based e-application platform with e-signature and e-submission capabilities.  iPipeline provides this platform through and aggregates this data into a single, intuitive interface that is integrated directly into over 800 web sites of the industries largest banks, broker-dealers and insurance distributors on a subscription based model. This service provides brokers with real time access to carrier information and electronic applications enabling these agents to market, sell and process business faster and at a significantly lower cost.  iPipeline continues to search for the best employee talent in its research, development and implementation areas.  Top rated applicants can apply for developer, business analyst, project management, product manager and quality assurance positions at careers@ipipeline.com.