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Dec

Hurricane Georges' toll rises to $2.9 billion, up $400 million from initial $2.5 billion estimate. — December 16, 1998

ISO offers reinsurers a one-stop source for vital pricing information. — December 7, 1998

Hurricanes and wind storms drive property/casualty industry's net income for first nine months down 15 percent from same period a year ago. — December 7, 1998

ISO offers insurers a way to safeguard their internal information from year-2000 glitches. — December 4, 1998

Nov

Insurance Services Office establishes data-management consulting practice. — November 30, 1998

Single all-claims database and claim-analysis technology key to fighting insurance fraud, say experts at ISO's AISG Instech98 conference. — November 18, 1998

Virtual insurers will thrive in a wired world, says futurist at ISO's AISG Instech98 conference. — November 16, 1998

AISG INSTECH98 Conference: Hyatt Regency, New Orleans, November 16-18, 1998. — November 10, 1998

Insurance Services Office to acquire Insurance Data Resources, a provider of information on workers compensation. — November 9, 1998

Oct

ISO adds actuarial product to ISOnetSM internet delivery system. — October 22, 1998

Futurist & author Bill Bruck keynote speaker at AISG InsTech'98. — October 20, 1998

Insurers to pay $3.66 billion for third-quarter catastrophe losses, $8.3 billion for nine months, estimates ISO's Property Claim Services. — October 19, 1998

ISO offers insurers new customized filing service. — October 15, 1998

ISO & Systems Consulting Services, Inc. offer access to A-PLUS point-of-sale underwriting information. — October 14, 1998

Insurers to pay $2.5 billion to Hurricane Georges' victims, estimates ISO's Property Claim Services. — October 7, 1998

Sep

ISO's building-code enforcement program gains countrywide support. — September 25, 1998

ISO chairman to present in-depth analyses of industry trends at insurers meeting: New York, January 12, 1999. — September 9, 1998

ISO, NAII report first-half 1998 property/casualty industry financial results. — September 8, 1998

Hurricane Bonnie causes estimated $360 million in damage to insured property. — September 3, 1998

aug

ISO enhances general liability guide with new classifications. — August 19, 1998

iiX & ISO Form Strategic Alliance for Distribution of A-PLUS Point-Of-Sale Underwriting Information. — August 3, 1998

jul

ISO announces AISG Instech'98 conference: New Orleans, Nov. 15-18, 1998. — July 27, 1998

Record second-quarter losses push property/casualty insurance industry's first-half total catastrophe payments to $4.4 billion. — July 13, 1998

jun

ISO promotes Virginia A. Lee to vice president — insurance systems development. — June 29, 1998

Special factors push property/casualty insurers' surplus to all-time high, making 1997 banner year, new ISO study says. — June 22, 1998

CNA's Chookaszian, investment banker and educator re-elected to Insurance Services Office's Board. — June 17, 1998

Insurers to pay $650 million in May-June wind, hail and tornado catastrophe claims. — June 10, 1998

ISO, NAII report first-quarter 1998 property/casualty industry financial results. — June 8, 1998

ISOnet delivers ISO's core products over the internet, offers gains in speed, accuracy and productivity. — June 4, 1998

Insurers brace for 1998 hurricane season with an eye on risk securitization and other financing alternatives. — June 3, 1998

May

ISO names new CIO from Gtech Corp. — May 11, 1998

Apr

Tornadoes, Wind, Hail and Floods in Five South-Central States Are a $200 Million Catastrophe. — April 24, 1998

First-quarter catastrophe losses total $1 billion: quarter ranks sixth of past ten. — April 9, 1998

ISO program will help communities qualify for better fire protection classifications. — April 8, 1998

Mar ISO releases new, comprehensive classification tool for the California market — March 16, 1998
Feb

NICB turns its claims data bases over to ISO in move to fight insurance fraud by building one all-claims data base. — February 24, 1998

Jan

ISO uses space-age solution to assess wildfire risks. — January 26, 1998

Insurers' use of electronic commerce will be matter of survival, new ISO study finds. — January 23, 1998

ISO's Marcon Tells Insurers: "ISO Will Engage The Forces That Are Reconfiguring the Marketplace" — January 13, 1998

Editors' and reporters' advisory. — January 7, 1998

Risk of unprecedented wildfire losses is growing, says ISO report. — January 7, 1998