ISO Publications

ISO publications

ISO publishes studies and newsletters on important issues for the insurance industry and society as a whole. We include incisive analysis by ISO’s actuaries and other experts. Regulators, legislators, and the public — as well as insurance company personnel — will find these materials valuable.

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• Effective Fire Protection: A National Concern — explores how community growth can affect fire protection and how fire chiefs use PPCTM to help plan for, budget, and justify improvements
• ISO’s PPCTM Program: Helping to Build Effective Fire-Protection Services — explains how the PPC program helps communities improve their fire protection and how ISO’s community outreach efforts help communities realize the economic benefits of improved public protection
• FireLineTM: Pinpointing Losses in California Wildfires — describes how FireLine information correlated with burn areas in California wildfires throughout the past six years
• 2007 Risk Metrics Validation Study — explains how the Interthinx® scoring system for mortgage risk exposure predicts nonperforming loans
• The Interthinx® F.R.A.U.D. Report — describes the top ten “hot spots” for mortgage fraud for second-quarter 2009
• The Coastline at Risk: 2008 Update to the Estimated Insured Value of U.S. Coastal Properties — explores how the increase in the number and value of exposed properties in coastal states contributes to greater hurricane losses

Click on the links below to access other valuable reports:

• Xactware's 2008 Property Report — provides information for the property insurance industry on major trends in pricing and claims, and discusses market changes in fuel costs, new construction and remodeling,  and green building
• Xactware's 2007 Property Report — provides information for professionals in the property insurance industry on pricing trends and other factors that influence the value of a claim

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• Fire Suppression Rating Schedule (FSRS) — manual containing criteria ISO uses in reviewing the firefighting capabilities of individual communities

• Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule (BCEGS®) — manual containing criteria ISO uses to assess the building codes in effect in a community and how the community enforces its codes

• Analyzing and Preparing for Multiple Event Seasons — explains how you can account for the probability of multiple events in a single year and techniques for insurance companies to improve catastrophe risk-management strategiesfuture

ISO Newsletters 

OnSite

A newsletter that focuses on ISO’s property and liability services for individual risks:

• Winter 2010 — learn about ProMetrixTM — property metrics that help you assess, measure, and manage risk — and how we’re rapidly expanding our commercial buildings database
• Summer 2009 — learn how you can reduce potential for loss with Risk Improvement Statements. Read about risk-assessment surveys and what green building means to insurers
• Fall 2008 — learn about the value of construction, occupancy, protection, and exposure information, and the newest SPI Plus business enhancements. Read about a customer ride-along and get a first-hand look at an ISO on-site survey
• Summer 2008 — highlights include estimated replacement costs, ISO's PPC, and the new SPI Plus® Property Details Report
• Fall 2007 — special double issue on how ISO and communities work together to improve hazard mitigation
• Spring 2007 — learn about the SPI Plus Customer Education Program, FlightDeckTM property inspection management, and enhanced SPI Plus reports
• Fall 2006 — inaugural issue highlights the hands-on training that ISO field representatives receive, our High-Risk Notification Service, and SPI Plus news

OnLocation

A newsletter that brings you important information about LOCATION® products and services, technical issues, customer case studies, and more:

• Winter 2010 — learn about LOCATION Analyst — ISO’s spatial risk-management system for insurers — and how we’ve taken LOCATION PPC accuracy to a whole new level
• Spring 2009 — learn how parcel-level mapping in LOCATION helps insurers get rooftop accuracy, and how CV Foreclosure Alert® lets insurers monitor foreclosure activity
• Summer 2008 — learn how building-code, flood, wildfire, and natural catastrophe information helps insurers manage their exposure to loss, and read our exclusive interview with an ISO director on PPC
• Fall 2007 — learn how LOCATION Crime Service can manage your crime exposure and how the enhanced FireLine Report analyzes wildfire risk in localized areas
• December 2006 — focuses on the importance of water for insurers and the communities where we live
• May 2006 — learn how ISO's products and services can give you the catastrophe information you need to make better business decisions; includes special pullout section on "A Decade of Natural Catastrophes"
• December 2005 — find out how ISO works with leading GIS content providers to make LOCATION the industry's No. 1 GIS, and learn how we keep track of water-supply systems throughout the country
• April 2005 — special issue on the ISO PPC program, LOCATION PPC Service, and ISO's Community Outreach Program
• Fall 2004 — highlights include LOCATON services, FireLine, and building codes

A-PLUS News

A newsletter from ISO’s Automobile-Property Loss Underwriting Service (A-PLUSTM) — the first and largest property and liability claims database designed for insurance underwriters

• March 2009
• October 2008
• May 2008
• October 2007
• August 2007
• April 2007
• October 2006

ISO ClaimSearch

A newsletter from ISO Claims Solutions to keep claims professionals informed about the industry

• Fall 2009
• Summer 2009
• Fall 2008
• Summer 2008
• Spring 2008
• Fall 2007
• Summer 2007

SIU:Searchline

A newsletter from ISO Claims Solutions developed for special investigation professionals — focuses on fraud-fighting tools and the concerns of the SIU community

• Fall 2009
• Summer 2009
• Fall 2008
• Summer 2008
• Spring 2008
• Fall 2007

CATWeek

A weekly e-newsletter from AIR Worldwide for catastrophe news and information

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AIRCurrents

A monthly online magazine from AIR Worldwide on the latest scientific research on catastrophes, their impact on lives and property, and best practices for employing modeling results

• Latest issue