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Dec

Property/Casualty industry's net income surges, but slowing premium growth may hamper further progress. — December 22, 2003

IntelliCorp and Wonderlic sign agreement to provide complete employee assessment technologies through IntelliSearch. — December 15, 2003

AscendantOne signs agreement with Preferred MutualInsurance Company. — December 10, 2003

Corporate risk managers have a new tool to assess and manage catastrophe risk with the release of AIR's CATStation. — December 1, 2003

Nov

ISO claims database offers Enterprisewide search solution to U.S. Treasury's OFAC watch list. — November 19, 2003

U.S. property/casualty industry's profitability continues downward slide despite recent premium growth. — November 18, 2003

Insurers to pay California policyholders $2.04 billion for wildfire losses, estimates ISO's Property Claim Services unit. — November 17, 2003

Claims Outcome Advisor improves management of personal injury claims for Chaucer Insurance. — November 14, 2003

ISO to provide Kentucky Employers Mutual Insurancedata-reporting service for workers compensation. — November 11, 2003

As property/casualty industry's hard market ebbs,ISO's chief cautions companies not to sow seeds of their own destruction. — November 4, 2003

ISO launches benchmarking service to address increasingly complex whiplash claims. — November 4, 2003

ISO HomeValue offers insurers a new way to estimateresidential replacement values. — November 3, 2003

Oct

ISO in agreement with ProcessClaims to provide insurers streamlined claims handling via web services. — October 30, 2003

AscendantOne and RebusIS to deliver comprehensive insurance processing solution. — October 27, 2003

QBE the Americas selects AscendantOne for commercial lines rate-quote, underwriting and policy management. — October 21, 2003

Renowned futurist, industry leader and technology forecasters headline ISOTech conference. — October 20, 2003

Insurers' third-quarter catastrophe losses estimated at $2.9 billion, up 300 percent from third-quarter 2002, ISO's PCS unit says. — October 13, 2003

ISO claims database offers access to motor vehicle reports. — October 7, 2003

Insurers to pay $1.17 billion for Hurricane Isabelclaims, estimates ISO's Property Claim Services unit. — October 2, 2003

Most U.S. fire departments strained by growth and funding concerns, study finds. — October 1, 2003

Sep

Strong six-month underwriting and investment resultscontribute to property/casualty industry's continuing recovery. — September 29, 2003

ISO's new policywriting support forms will help insurers comply with legal and regulatory requirements. — September 22, 2003

National Equipment Register launches Heavy EquipmentClaims Support for insurers. — September 19, 2003

ISO to provide OneBeacon statutory filing and data-reporting services for workers compensation insurance. — September 15, 2003

ISO is enhancing claims-scoring system to score workers compensation claims. — September 11, 2003

New legislation clears way for ISO to provide Texas insurers advisory pricing information for four lines of insurance. — September 10, 2003

ISO to provide workers compensation injury-reportingservices in 50 states. — September 5, 2003

aug

U.S. property/casualty industry's net worth continues to decline despite rising profits, ISO study shows. — August 26, 2003

American Financial Group chooses AscendantOne property/casualty rating and policy-management system. — August 11, 2003

ISO's online medical reference library is claims adjusters' quick, easy source on injuries and treatments. — August 7, 2003

jul

Insurers expected to pay $4.9 billion for second-quarter catastrophe losses, second highest since 1994, says ISO's PCS unit. — July 28, 2003

AIR Worldwide releases 2003 European extratropicalcyclone model. — July 17, 2003

ISO introduces claims-scoring system to expedite claims processing and fraud identification. — July 14, 2003

AIR Worldwide releases CATStation: an integrated software platform for exposure concentration control and catastrophe risk underwriting. — July 10, 2003

jun

Property/casualty industry's first-quarter net income up 20.6 percent, driven by underwriting results and investment gains. — June 23, 2003

AIR expands San Francisco office as it embarks onnew researchin earthquake engineering. — June 17, 2003

ISO enhances NetMap for Claims fraud-detectionsoftware. — June 12, 2003

Catastrophe backgrounder: claims and property-loss information. — June 11, 2003

AIR releases new models and new features in 2003 version of CLASIC/2. — June 11, 2003

Commercial package policy rate-quotes now available through AscendantOne. — June 4, 2003

AscendantOne selected by Austin Mutual Insurance Companyfor rate-quote-issuance, underwriting and policy management. — June 2, 2003

May

AIR's hurricane model certified by the Florida Commissionfor the seventh consecutive year. — May 29, 2003

AscendantOne delivers ISO-validated rating for four major commercial lines of business, announces availability of three more lines in Q2 2003. — May 22, 2003

AIRWeather meets the weather risk planning needs for the energy industry by adding intra-month forecasts to ClimateCast. — May 21, 2003

Insurers to pay at least $1.55 billion in claims for insured property losses from storms and tornadoes in 18 states, estimates ISO's PCS unit. — May 20, 2003

The May 2–11 outbreak of severe storms could resultin the largest severe thunderstorm insured loss in history. — May 14, 2003

ISO acquires technology firm for field-survey workflow solutions. — May 12, 2003

ISO expands online educational seminar offerings to customers through second-half 2003. — May 7, 2003

Apr

Property/casualty industry to explore an array of topics at ISOTech — Disneyland Hotel, Anaheim, California, November 2–4. — April 29, 2003

Insurers to pay $1.2 billion in storm claims in 10 states, estimates ISO's Property Claim Services unit. — April 24, 2003

ISO's new service can now connect insurers' extranets to risk-management and loss-control information database. — April 21, 2003

Decline in surplus tarnishes p/c industry's return to profitability in 2002. — April 16, 2003

Insurers' first-quarter catastrophe losses at $1.46 billion, estimates ISO's Property Claim Services unit. — April 15, 2003

ISO's iiX unit named to Industry Advisory Board of American Association of Motor Vehicle Administrators. — April 10, 2003

Mar

ISO promotes Kevin Thompson to senior vice president – Insurance Services. — March 25, 2003

ISO acquires AscendantOne, developer of policy-management and insurance-rating software applications. — March 13, 2003

ISO bolsters all-claims system for customers by adding online medical-records retrieval service. — March 3, 2003

Feb

Florida insurance regulator approves changes to wind-loss mitigation credits under ISO's homeowners program. — February 24, 2003

AIRWeather offers complete set of weather data products for the energy industry with the release of PerfecTemp Hourly. — February 18, 2003

Insurers' 2002 catastrope losses at $5.8 billion, fourth-lowest year in 10 years; fourth-quarter tab $1.7 billion, estimates ISO's PCS unit. — February 13, 2003

Calendar editors' advisory: ISO 2003 PCS Catastrophe Conference in Orlando, May 4–7. — February 10, 2003

Jan

ISO's iiX unit awarded Privacy Council's highest certification for privacy practices. — January 30, 2003

Calendar editors' advisory — ISO & NICB 2003 Insurance Fraud Management conference: Baltimore, March 30–April 2 — January 28, 2003

AIR and John P. Woods Co. prepare first terrorism and earthquake catastrophe loss analyses of a life insurance portfolio for UnumProvident Corporation. — January 27, 2003

Insurance Services Office launches 'Pay as You Go' personal injury claims management. — January 22, 2003

ISO's all-claims database to help insurers comply with OFAC rules on U.S. economic sanctions and embargo programs. — January 2, 2003