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Dec

Absence of Hurricane Losses Drove Improvement in Property/Casualty Insurers' Results through Nine Months — December 27, 2006

Intellicorp Awarded HR-XML Certification in Recognition of its Open Data Exchange Standards  — December 13, 2006

Xactware’s Network Processes Five Millionth Valuation — December 7, 2006

Nov

Raj Bhat to Succeed Daniel Finnegan as President of QPC, Marty Ellingsworth Joins ISO Innovative Analytics — November 14, 2006

Escalating Competition Spurring Breakthroughs in Analytics that are Transforming the Insurance Business, ISO’s Chief Says — November 13, 2006

ISO HomeValue Now Enables Insurers to Incorporate Catastrophe Risk Assessments for Improved Residential Underwriting — November 13, 2006

AIR Worldwide Uses Proprietary Crop Yield Model to Win Commodity Trading Competition for Third Consecutive Year — November 3, 2006

ISO’s Property Claim Services Unit Estimates Insurers to Pay $971 Million in Third-Quarter Property Losses — November 2, 2006

Oct

AIR Worldwide Analysis Finds European Insurers Could Face Winter Storm Losses Exceeding €40 Billion — October 26, 2006

Intellicorp Announces Strategic Alliance with Florida Drug Screening to Offer Integrated Employment Screening Solutions — October 23, 2006

Interthinx Launches Online FSI: Fraud Scheme Investigator Exam Program — October 23, 2006

ISO Completes Acquisition of Urix, a Leading Provider of Healthcare Analytics and Reporting Solutions — October 18, 2006

XACTWARE’s Network Processes 10 Millionth Estimate — October 16, 2006

Brickstreet Mutual Taps ISO for Wide-Ranging Data-Management Services for Workers Compensation Insurance — October 11, 2006

ISO Announces Pending Acquisition of the Assets of Urix, a Leading Provider of Healthcare Analytics and Reporting Solutions — October 5, 2006

AIR ExportExpress Provides Easy and Efficient Access to Catastrophe Modeling Information — October 4, 2006

New ISO Tool Streamlines Underwriting Risk Evaluation Systems — October 4, 2006

Kenneth E. Thompson, Mergers and Acquisitions Attorney at McCarter & English, Joins ISO as General Counsel — October 3, 2006

Auto Premium Rating Error Cost U.S. Auto Insurers More than $16 Billion in 2005 — October 3, 2006

Property/Casualty Insurers’ Net Income and Overall Profitability Dropped in First-Half 2006 as Investment Results Deteriorated — October 2, 2006

Sep

U.S. Operation of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Expands its Roster of Workers' Compensation Services from ISO — September 28, 2006

AIR Worldwide Launches the AIR Institute to Provide Comprehensive Catastrophe Risk Management Education — September 25, 2006

InterthinxTM Unveils Most Comprehensive Fraud Prevention Tool to Date — September 25, 2006

DxCG Introduces Disease Management Calculator — September 25, 2006

Best-Selling Author, ISO Chief and Organizational Change Expert Headline ISOTech Conference in Florida, Nov. 12-14 — September 21, 2006

AIR Worldwide Releases New Model to Help Insurers Better Estimate Potential Losses from Wildfires — September 20, 2006

InterthinxTM Collaborates with Leading Industry Professionals to Create Effective Fraud Prevention DVD — September 18, 2006

FSC Insurance Solutions and ISO's iiX Unit Unveil Third-Party Report Integration; FSC Insurance Solutions Also Licenses ISO's VINMASTER Solution — September 18, 2006

AIR Worldwide Expands India Office to Accommodate Rapid Growth — September 7, 2006

aug

ISO Acquires Domus System under InterthinxTM Umbrella — August 31, 2006

AIR Worldwide Named 2006 Risk Modeling Agency of the Year — August 30, 2006

ISO Acquires Xactware, The Leading Provider of Estimation Software and Services for the Property Insurance Industry — August 10, 2006

TransUnion and ISO A-PLUS Introduce Credit Loss History Scores for Auto and Property Underwriting — August 8, 2006

Expanded ISO Property Address Database Provides Premium Tax Service for Insurers Operating in New York — August 7, 2006

InterthinxTM DISSCOSM Fraud Detection and Prevention System Selected by Harland Financial Solutions — August 1, 2006

jul

Flagstar Bank Integrates InterthinxTM DISSCOTM and ValVerifySM as Front End Fraud Detection and Prevention System — July 26, 2006

South Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Enhances Data Quality for Catastrophe Modeling While Improving Insurance-to-Value with ISO HomeValue — July 24, 2006

Insurers to Pay Homeowners and Businesses an Estimated $3.7 billion in Second Quarter Catastrophe Claims — July 21, 2006

InterthinxTM Expands Collateral Risk Product Suite — July 12, 2006

AIR Worldwide Sponsors Groundbreaking Hurricane Research Effort — July 11, 2006

Who Drives that Car? Where is it Driven? New Analytics Tool Enables Auto Insurers to Identify Missing Operators, Unstated Business Usage — July 10, 2006

ProLender Solutions, Inc. Integrates LOS with Interthinx DISSCO Fraud-Detection Solution — July 6, 2006

Insurers Turn to Satellite Technology for Help in Managing Wildfire Risks — July 6, 2006

jun

FIRST-QUARTER 2006 UNDERWRITING PROFITS AND GROWTH IN SURPLUS HELP INSURERS PREPARE FOR HURRICANE SEASON — June 28, 2006

AIR Worldwide President and CEO Warns Members of Congress and Staff of Increasing Natural Catastrophe Risk — June 13, 2006

ISO’s iiX unit and Blue Cod Technologies provide underwriting reports for greater productivity and cost savings — June 12, 2006

ISO HomeValue Helps Insurers Estimate Replacement Cost of Condominiums as the 2006 Hurricane Season Begins — June 6, 2006

ISO’s A-Plus Extends Early Adopters Program for Commercial Lines Loss History Information for its Database — June 5, 2006

Hermitage Insurance Company Selects ISO Rating Service — June 5, 2006

Hurricane Backgrounder: Claims and Property Loss Information — June 1, 2006

May

RTW Taps ISO for Workers’ Compensation Reporting Services — May 31, 2006

AIR Worldwide Releases Updates to Its Catastrophe Risk Management Systems — May 30, 2006

ISO announces three major orders for new ISO Liability Advisor solution - just six months after launch — May 25, 2006

Link Insurance uses ISO Claims Outcome Advisor to save £½ million per year — May 25, 2006

AIR Worldwide Provides Modeling Support for Mexico Earthquake Catastrophe Bond — May 23, 2006

PICC Licenses AIR’s Catastrophe Modeling Systems to Manage Earthquake Risk in China — May 17, 2006

AIR’s Hurricane Model Certified by the Florida Commission for the Tenth Consecutive Year — May 16, 2006

AIR Worldwide Releases Third-Generation NWP-Based European Extratropical Cyclone Model — May 15, 2006

Scoring brings efficiency to underwriting small commercial risks — May 15, 2006

ISO's Aimee Siliato named president-elect of Insurance Data Management Association; three ISO executives recognized as fellows for contributions to data management profession — May 11, 2006

U.S. Insurers withstood record CAT losses with strong capitalization, sound risk management, says ISO's Coyne — May 9, 2006

AIR Worldwide Analysis Concludes That Significant Uncertainty Overshadows Projections of Near-term Hurricane Activity — May 9, 2006

Apr

Catastrophe losses will double about every 10 years, says leading catastrophe modeling expert at PCS — April 25, 2006

Insurers expected to pay homeowners and businesses $1.38 billion for Q1 catastrophe losses, says ISO — April 20, 2006

Soun Risk Management and Strong Investment Results Enabled Insurance Industry to Weather Record Catastrophe Losses in 2005 — April 18, 2006

ISO Tackles the Rising Cost of Claims and Claims Handling — April 14, 2006

ISO's A-PLUS Auto Claims History Database REaches New Milestone: More than 900 Companies Contributing Auto Data Representing Over 91 Percent Market Share — April 11, 2006

Insurance Industry on Solid Financial Footing, But Overall Results Mask Problems in Certain Lines, Locations — April 10, 2006

Interthinx Hires Freddie Mac Fraud Expert Kevin Ludden — April 6, 2006

Guy Carpenter and AIR Worldwide Join Forces to Develop First Ever Earthquake Catastrophe Model for Switzerland; Model to Provide Critical Exposure Information in Key Economic Market — April 3, 2006

DxCG to Present at Society of Actuaries/Disease Management Association Predictive Modeling Seminar — April 3, 2006

Mar

ISO Acquires RegsData Under Interthinx Umbrella; Interthinx Fraud Solutions Now Offer Enhanced Mortgage License Verification — March 30, 2006

ISO workers' comp data management and compliance solutions to be integrated with Insureworx Powercomp policy and claims administrative software — March 23, 2006

ISO and NICB Collaborate to Develop New Antifraud Tools for Insurers — March 20, 2006

Beth Olson Joins Quality Planning as Assistant Vice President — March 16, 2006

DxCG Announces Distributor Partnership with Dataloom Solutions — March 9, 2006

Feb

CSAA adopts ISO HomeValue for residential replacement cost estimates. — February 7, 2006

National Equipment Register releases 2005 equipment theft report. — February 1, 2006

Jan

Insurers to pay a record $56.8 billion in 2005 catastrophe claims; fourth quarter's $8.9 billion loss a 10-year record, says ISO PCS unit. — January 26, 2006

Leading atmospheric scientist validates AIR Worldwide's NWP-based model for assessing winter storm risk. — January 24, 2006

DxCG selected as risk-adjustment method of choice in Germany. — January 23, 2006

AIR Worldwide opens Munich office to service growing European client base. — January 19, 2006

New LOCATION service from ISO provides insurers access to natural catastrophe information. — January 18, 2006

Calendar editors' advisory: ISO’s 2006 industry conferences. — January 6, 2006

AIR Worldwide releases Winter Storm Model for the U.S. — January 4, 2006