Exhibit 99.1

                WRITTEN STATEMENT OF THE CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
                         PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SS. 1350

         Solely for the purposes of complying with 18 U.S.C. ss. 1350, I, the
undersigned Chief Executive Officer of Insurance Management Solutions Group,
Inc. (the "Company"), hereby certify, based on my knowledge, that the Quarterly
Report on Form 10-Q of the Company for the quarter ended June 30, 2002 (the
"Report") fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and that information contained in the Report
fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results
of operations of the Company.




/s/ David M. Howard
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David M. Howard
August 19, 2002