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Dec

AIR Worldwide analyzes insurers' loss retention under Terrorism Risk Insurance Extension Act. — December 29, 2005

Insurers' income and surplus rise through nine-months 2005 despite record catastrophe losses. — December 27, 2005

Insurers can use ISO Terrorism Risk Insurance Program without revisions under newly enacted TRIA measure. — December 27, 2005

ISO'S iiX unit delivers integrated underwriting solutions to insurance agents on IBQ Systems platform — December 21, 2005

New ISO reserving tool provides customized analytics for estimating and benchmarking insurers' reserves. — December 14, 2005

AIR Worldwide and ISO announce the opening of a representative office in Beijing, China. — December 12, 2005

Why people who live close to restaurants are more likely to have an accident and pay more for auto insurance. — December 6, 2005

Nov

Seibels Bruce provides ISO HomeValue to Catawba Insurance. — November 29, 2005

Property/casualty insurers expected to pay Wilma victims $6.1 billion — insured catastrophe losses now at record $50.3 billion, says ISO's Property Claim Services. — November 28, 2005

Nanotechnology to have dramatic impact on the insurance industry's future assessment of policies and payment of claims. — November 23, 2005

AIR Worldwide CEO Karen Clark discusses catastrophe risk scenario at the National Catastrophe Insurance Program Summit. — November 16, 2005

AIR Worldwide analysis reveals significant quality issues with insurers' exposure data. — November 14, 2005

Record number of health care organizations make DxCG's 2005 User Conference a success. — November 10, 2005

New state's proof-of-coverage service added to ISO workers compensation transactional reporting option. — November 8, 2005

ISO and First Notice Systems announce strategic alliance to provide fraud detection as part of first-notice-of-loss reporting. — November 7, 2005

Third-quarter insured losses of $40.8 billion an all-time record, making 2005 costliest year for catastrophes, says ISO's Property Claim Services unit. — November 7, 2005

ISO's Coyne urges P/C insurers to reinvent themselves to survive fierce competition and catastrophes. — November 7, 2005

Insurers to pay Hurricane Rita's victims $4.7 billion for insured property losses, says ISO's Property Claim Services. — November 1, 2005

Oct

The Insurance Federation of New York to present Free Enterprise Award to ISO Chairman Frank J. Coyne. — October 31, 2005

ISO's eLiens unit enhances basic loss-payee and mortgagee-information service with new capability. — October 27, 2005

ISO's iiX unit in marketing agreement with ACS to provide integrated underwriting report and rating information. — October 26, 2005

ISO and Injury Sciences announce alliance to offer electronic data recorder information through ISO's all-claims database. — October 5, 2005

Record first-half profits and surplus boost property/casualty insurers' ability to cover hurricane claims. — October 5, 2005

Preliminary estimate puts insured losses from hurricane Katrina at $34.4 billion: ISO Property Claim Services — October 4, 2005

Sep

AIR Worldwide estimates total property damage from Hurricane Katrina's storm surge and flood at $44 Billion. — September 29, 2005

ISO fire protection program official receives award from fire accreditation organization. — September 27, 2005

New IntelliCorp website offers enhanced search capability, more functionality and easier access to public records. — September 26, 2005

AIR Worldwide analysis indicates more than 35% of the insured value of properties in Gulf and East coast states is in coastal counties. — September 22, 2005

ISO ClaimSearch issues guidelines to insurers reporting Katrina claims. — September 21, 2005

Editor's advisory: ISOTech 2005 — The Insurance Technology Conference — September 21, 2005

ISO's new handbook on state insurance laws facilitates insurers' access to regulatory information. — September 20, 2005

Predictive model for health care can help property/casualty insurers contain medical costs. — September 19, 2005

aug

ISO plays key role in developing premises security document to make buildings safer. — August 30, 2005

ISO enhances NetMap for Claims with new investigation functions. — August 17, 2005

ISO acquires eLIENS from Xtria to automate insurance coverage notifications to lenders. — August 16, 2005

Interthinx taps technology veteran, strengthens executive team; David Subar appointed chief information officer. — August 1, 2005

jul

Hurricane Dennis insured losses under a billion, estimates ISO's Property Claim Services unit. — July 26, 2005

Record first-quarter underwriting profits propel property/casualty industry's net income and surplus to new highs. — July 25, 2005

DxCG appoints Richard Williams vice president of channel partner development. — July 18, 2005

U.S. property/casualty industry's first net gain on underwriting since 1978 helps propel surplus to a record high: ISO study. — July 14, 2005

Midwest Insurance taps ISO for workers compensation services. — July 11, 2005

Insurers' $920 million in catastrophe losses is lowest for a second quarter in 10 years, estimates ISO's Property Claim Services unit. — July 6, 2005

jun

DxCG cofounder to present at international conference. — June 30, 2005

AIR Worldwide analysis determines potential impact of climate change on insured losses. — June 29, 2005

PICC conducts the first detailed earthquake risk analysis in China using AIR's China earthquake model. — June 27, 2005

ISO's IntelliCorp subsidiary to provide National Diagnostics public records online for employment screening. — June 27, 2005

DxCG to present at AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting. — June 21, 2005

Mortgage fraud giants Sysdome and AppIntelligence become Interthinx.TM. — June 13, 2005

AIR's enhanced ALERT service enables insurers to better manage catastrophe risk in real time. — June 6, 2005

May

Hurricane backgrounder: claims and property loss information — May 26, 2005

ISO's iiX unit in marketing agreement with Modotech to offer integrated underwriting information. — May 23, 2005

MI-Assistant and ISO's iiX unit unveil third-party report integration. — May 16, 2005

ISO enhances catastrophe-history database to accelerate insured property loss searches and analyses. — May 4, 2005

ISO makes real-time catastrophe information available online to insurers for strategic decision making. — May 2, 2005

Apr

Insurers to pay policyholders $2.1 billion for first-quarter catastrophe losses, estimates ISO's Property Claim Services unit. — April 28, 2005

ISO's new workers comp solution provides insurers easy access to their policy and claims data. — April 20, 2005

ISO's new claims solution helps adjusters assess accident-related liability claims. — April 18, 2005

First underwriting profit since 1978 and investment gains propelled P/C industry's net income and surplus to record highs. — April 12, 2005

ISO introduces first scoring model for insuring small-business risks. — April 11, 2005

Kenneth Zou joins AIR and ISO to lead business development in China. — April 7, 2005

DxCG announces Integration Management as new distributor partner. — April 4, 2005

AIR expands catastrophe modeling capabilities for life, accident and health, and disability insurers internationally. — April 4, 2005

Mar

iiX and Maple Technologies in marketing accord to provide insurers integrated underwriting solutions. — March 24, 2005

Sysdome agrees to be acquired by ISO — March 21, 2005

Specialty Underwriters' Alliance, Inc., selects ISO Rating Service and SunGard for rate management and policy administration solutions — March 21, 2005

ISO expands A-PLUS auto database to cross-check vehicles stolen and shipped from Mexico to U.S. — March 15, 2005

Maine Mutual licenses ISO Rating Service for personal auto, homeowners and commercial auto insurance lines. — March 14, 2005

ISO modeling unit to develop new analytic products. — March 1, 2005

Feb

Insurers pay a record $27.3 billion in 2004 catastrophe losses; fourth-quarter losses at $450 million: ISO Property Claim Services. — February 9, 2005

Glenn Hevron joins AIR as vice president of client software services. — February 2, 2005

New ISO program protects financial institutions from employee dishonesty, forgery and other perils. — February 2, 2005

Jan

ISO acquires AppIntelligence, provider of fraud-detection services to the mortgage industry. — January 24, 2005

Diagnostic Cost Group and RxGroups models predict total health care costs better than any type of data alone, DxCG study reports. — January 18, 2005

With customer input, ISO cites factors in holding down personal injury claims-handling costs. — January 18, 2005

AIR white paper demonstrates how insurers and reinsurers can prepare for multiple catastrophes in a single year. — January 13, 2005

PCS to provide catastrophe designations and loss estimates for terrorist acts and outsized workers comp events. — January 13, 2005

AIR provides insurers with means to analyze the impact of Florida's new deductible law. — January 11, 2005

ISO introduces cyber risk program to help cover $7 trillion e-commerce market. — January 11, 2005

Calendar editors' advisory: ISO's 2005 industry conferences. — January 7, 2005

American Re-Insurance Company licenses DxCG RiskSmartTM. — January 7, 2005

Two new services from ISO's iiX unit help insurers monitor driver violations. — January 6, 2005