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Directory of Underwriting Products and Services

During the underwriting process, it is usual to check some number of factors about the person or property being insured. Such factors can relate to either or both the insured and the item for which insurance is being placed.

For life insurance such factors could relate to medical condition and lifestyle. For an automobile it could include the physical condition of the vehicle, its current market value, and its ownership. For a residence such factors could include natural hazards - flood plain, earthquake zone - the replacement cost and location, as in a low or high crime area. For commercial properties, such factors as replacement cost, use of the property, value of raw materials and finished goods on site, etc.

As many such factors are complex and require come degree of special skills to assess, many products and services to support their proper determination have been developed and are usually offered by third parties.

Articles

• Marshall & Swift/Boeckh Launches the InFocus Solutions Suite To Diagnose and Fix Key Problems for Property Insurers
• MSB and Compu-Quote to Provide Industry Leading RCT EvaluRater™ Product Offering
• Marshall & Swift/Boeckh Canada Recognized as a 25-Year Member of the Building Industry and Land Association
• Marshall & Swift/Boeckh to Add "Green" Building Section to Historic Building Cost Manual
• MSB: Degree of Home Undervaluation Shifts in 2008
• MIB, Inc., to Introduce New Custom Filter at AHOU Conference; Will Help Members Attain Higher Straight Through Processing Ratios
• Tying Risk To Geography Can Help Limit Exposure (Homesite Insurance Group Case Study)
• Genworth Financial Canada Implements DMTI Spatial's Location Hub Software to Improve Address Management
• MSB ReAlign Reduces Valuation Uncertainties for Reinsurers
• 360ValueT Collaboration Enables Insurers to Efficiently and Reliably Capture Building Characteristics from Property Owners: Xactware
• New York Central Mutual Selects 360Value to Estimate Replacement Costs for Commercial Properties: Xactware
• TransUnion Launches Dynamic Monitoring
• RMS Launches Unique Winterstorm Model and Severe Convective Storm Model for U.S. and Canada
• MSB ReAlign Solution Available for Treaty Business Analytics Solution Seen as Independent Verification for Cat Models
• UPFRO Streamlines Inspection Process with MSB Web Services
• MSB Launches Exposure Assessment Solution for Reinsurers
• CGI Further Enhances AutoPlus with Vehicle Registration Data from Roy Speed & Ross Ltd
• MSB : Degree of Home Undervaluation Shifts in 2007
• Top Five U.S. Carrier Adds MSB Home Characteristics Data at Point of Sale Process
• DataLath, MSB Join to Support Insurer Growth in High-Value Property Market
• ISO Expands Its Predictive Analytics Offerings with the Environmental Module of ISO Risk Analyzer® Personal Auto
• Carrier Reaps the Rewards of MSB's Enterprise Decisioning Solution
• CGI, Locator Technologies and National Vehicle Service Database Will Help Detect Movement of Stolen and Unsafe Vehicles Across North American Borders
• CGI And Sherlock Antitheft Partnership Adds Valuable Vehicle Identification Information to AutoPlus Database
• FEMA Flood Zone Data Now Part of MSB's Comprehensive Hazard Data Services

Directory of Underwriting Products and Services

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