Insurance INSIGHTS FROM ISO ISSUE NO. 8 

This issue of Perspectives from America introduces the ISO Casualty Index, a new product that provides data from ten accident years for ten different liability segments. We also take a look at how risk managers can give their enterprise a competitive advantage through better capital allocation. And we discuss what questions CEOs should be asking of model providers.

Chris Kent, Director
Director, ISO European Operations

The ISO Casualty IndexTM: Ten accident years for ten liability segments

by Alex Korb and Joseph Izzo

The ISO Casualty IndexTM provides loss ratio and loss development data for 10 well-defined segments of general liability and commercial auto liability lines of business. The Index opens up new possibilities for risk transfer to the capital markets.    more»



Risk management as a competitive advantage: Analytics and modeling in ERM lead to more effective capital allocation

By Kenneth R. Rado and Michael H. Hoffman

Risk management professionals tend to focus on controlling the direct costs of risk management, but focusing on the more subtle effects that state-of-the-art enterprise risk management (ERM) will have on improving the efficiency of capital use can give an organization a competitive advantage.    more»



Getting comfortable with catastrophe models: Questions executives should ask model providers

by Ming Lee, CEO and President, AIR Worldwide

For companies exposed to natural and man-made hazards, catastrophe model output is essential for many significant business decisions. However, the rush to deploy results has sometimes outpaced critical evaluation of the models themselves.    more»

Save the Date: The Verisk Insurance Solutions Customer Conference 2011

The ISO Customer Conference is now the Verisk Insurance Solutions Customer Conference. We hope you'll make plans to join us October 2 to 4, 2011, at Disney's Yacht & Beach Club Resorts. For more information, contact Chris Kent at chris.kent@verisk.com, or go to the conference website.


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