Data Trace Becomes Sole Provider Of Home-Study Risk Management For PICA Group. Agreement Brings Together Professional Liability Insurance Company and Leading Medical Publisher to Make Risk Management Easily Accessible to Thousands of Policyholders BALTIMORE, MD–Jan 24, 2002 -- Data Trace Publishing Company, a leading Scientific, Medical and Legal publisher, recently announced a multi-year agreement with the PICA Group to be the exclusive provider of home-study risk management programs for all of its policyholders. The agreement makes risk management programs available to policyholders of PICA, PACO and the OUM professional liability insurance programs. The home-study programs offered can fulfill requirements for obtaining risk management discounts as specified in the policies offered by each program. "Whether it's cutting-edge educational materials, relicensure credits, or risk management programs, PICA Group policyholders can find the high quality information they need in one convenient place," said Brian Rohd, director of sales and marketing for Data Trace. "We are pleased to be working with Data Trace to offer our policyholders risk management programs that will be pertinent and of assistance in their practices," said Mary Pulliam, PICA's director of risk management About Data Trace Publishing Company Data Trace is a full-service publishing, marketing, and information services company, with extensive experience in the legal, scientific and medical arenas. Products include books, journals, electronic and web-based media, programs in continuing education, risk management, and practice management, interactive training modules, professional seminars and other complementary products and services. About PICA Group PICA Group is a mutual company domiciled in the State of Illinois. Founded in 1980, it features an A.M. Best Company rating of A- "Excellent" and is the nation’s largest provider of professional liability insurance for podiatrists. The PICA Group’s offices are located in Brentwood, TN. Contact: Contact: Brian Rohd Company: Data Trace Publishing Company Voice: 410-494-4994, ext.222 Email: b.rohd@datatrace.com Contact: Jeanne Mathews Company: PICA Group Voice: 615-371-8776, ext.326 Email: jmathews@picagroup.com