2008 Archive

Exciting Enhancements to XactAnalysis—Dec. 11, 2008
Xactware's full-cycle claims management program, XactAnalysis, has undergone exciting enhancements that will make it easier for customers to find the information they need.

Xactware to Release Structural Pricing Research on a New, Monthly Schedule—Dec. 4, 2008
Xactware’s pricing research division recently announced a significant change to the regularly scheduled publication of its pricing information database. Beginning in January, 2009, Xactware’s published pricing information will be released monthly instead of quarterly.

Interim Price List Update Now Available for Additional Areas Impacted by Gustav and Ike—Nov. 3, 2008
Please be advised that Xactware has just published an interim price list update for additional regions that FEMA has recently declared disaster areas impacted by damage from hurricanes Gustav (US landfall on September 1, 2008) and Ike (US landfall on September 13, 2008). This involved 12 specific regions in the states of AR, FL, LA, and OH.

October 27, 2008 Interim Price List Update Now Available for Areas Impacted by Gustav and Ike—Oct. 27, 2008
Please be advised that Xactware has just published an interim price list update for regions impacted by damage from hurricanes Gustav (US landfall on Sep 1, 2008) and Ike (US landfall on Sep 13, 2008). This involved 40 specific regions in the Southeast and Midwest ranging from TX to OH.

Xactware’s Network Processes its 15 Millionth Estimate—Oct. 10, 2008
Insurance professionals and repair experts hard at work in the aftermath of Hurricane Ike helped complete a surge of estimates that recently pushed the XactAnalysis claims management network over the 15 million estimate milestone. “One measure of the excellent service our customers give policyholders is the immediate surge of assignments and completed estimates that began to flow through the XactAnalysis network soon after Ike came ashore,” said Jim Loveland, Xactware’s president and CEO.

Fourth Quarter (4Q) Price List Update Now Available—Oct. 2, 2008
The fourth quarter (4Q) 2008 price list updates for over 460 regions in the United States and Canada are now available for download.

September 26, 2008 Interim Price List Update for Hurricane Impacted Areas—Sep. 26, 2008
Xactware has now published an update to reported pricing in the hurricane impacted areas of the Southeast. This is an early release of the 4th quarter update which would normally have been published on October 1st, 2008.

360Value™ Collaboration Enables Insurers to Efficiently and Reliably Capture Building Characteristics from Property Owners—Sep. 24, 2008
ISO subsidiaries Xactware and AIR Worldwide announce 360Value™ Collaboration, a unique capability that allows insurers to provide property owners the ability to confirm and edit property information used to estimate replacement costs. 360Value Collaboration is available only through 360Value (www.360-value.com), which provides replacement-cost estimates for residential, commercial, and agricultural properties.

New York Central Mutual Selects 360Value to Estimate Replacement Costs for Commercial Properties—Sep. 8, 2008
New York Central Mutual (NYCM) has selected 360Value™ (www.360-value.com) to estimate replacement costs for commercial properties throughout the state of New York. Developed by a team from ISO subsidiaries Xactware and AIR Worldwide, 360Value is a web-based replacement-cost estimator that provides reliable and easy-to-calculate replacement-cost estimates for residential, commercial, and agricultural properties. NYCM has been using ISO’s residential replacement-cost estimation solutions since 2004.

Exciting Enhancements to XactAnalysis—Sep. 5, 2008
Xactware's full-cycle claims management program, XactAnalysis, has undergone exciting enhancements that will make it easier for customers to find the information they need.

August 15, 2008 Interim Price List Update Now Available—Aug. 15, 2008
Please be advised that Xactware has just published an interim price list update for all 468 regions in the United States and Canada. This update is meant to address additional increases in labor and materials costs that have occurred since the July 1 2008 publication.

ISO’s Property-Valuation Solutions Reach 20 Million Estimates—Aug. 5, 2008
ISO’s property-valuation solutions have reached the significant milestone of calculating 20 million replacement-cost estimates. Embedded in the underwriting workflow of many U.S. insurance companies, ISO’s property-valuation solutions are used to calculate tens of thousands of valuations each business day. The companies include four of the top ten homeowners insurers as ranked by A.M. Best.

Farmers® Insurance Selects 360Value™ to Estimate Reconstruction Costs for High-Value Homes—Jul. 14, 2008
The Farmers Insurance Group of Companies®, the third largest home and auto insurance group in the United States, has selected 360Value™ (www.360-value.com) to estimate reconstruction costs for its high-value home program. Developed by a team from ISO subsidiaries Xactware and AIR Worldwide, 360Value is a web-based reconstruction-cost estimator that provides easy-to-calculate reconstruction-cost estimates for residential, commercial, and agricultural properties.

Third Quarter (3Q) 2008 Price List Update Now Available—Jul. 2, 2008
Third Quarter (3Q) 2008 Price List updates for over 460 regions in the United States and Canada are now available for download. Customers can view specific changes to the Price Lists by logging in to the eService Center.

Xactware and KLJ Announce the Integration of Xactware Tools with KLJ’s Venue—Jun. 26, 2008
Carriers and independent adjusters that use both Venue and Xactware tools can now enter claim information into one system and have it seamlessly update in the other—instantly and accurately, and without the need for duplication of effort.

Exciting Enhancements to XactAnalysis—Jun. 19, 2008
Xactware's full-cycle claims management program, XactAnalysis, has undergone exciting enhancements that will make it easier for customers to find the information they need.

Xactware and Quality Research and Replacement Services Announce New Contents Service—Jun. 4, 2008
Xactware Solutions, Inc. and Quality Research and Replacement Services (QRR) recently announced a contents service that pairs Xactware’s powerful contents estimating and assignment network with QRR’s comprehensive research and replacement expertise.

Xactware and Crawford & Company Announce Complete Contents Estimating Service—May 28, 2008
Xactware Solutions, Inc. and Crawford & Company announced an enhanced business partnership that will provide full-service contents estimation for property insurance carriers. Insurance carriers can use Xactware tools to send assignments to Crawford and track progress. Crawford will utilize Xactware’s industry leading XactContents estimation tool to create comprehensive contents estimates and electronically return those estimates back to insurance carriers.

XactRemodel® Now Features A-Systems JobView® Integration—May 8, 2008
Construction and remodeling professionals now have a powerful and accurate way to control their costs.

Xactware and its President and CEO, Jim Loveland, are named as a finalist for Ernst & Young’s Utah Entrepreneur of the Year Award—May 7, 2008
Xactware Solutions, Inc. and its President and CEO, Jim Loveland, have been named as a finalist for Ernst & Young’s prestigious Utah Entrepreneur of the Year award.

Xactware and Loss Technology Services Announce New Compatibility to Streamline the Water Loss Claims Cycle—May 6, 2008
Xactware Solutions, Inc. and Loss Technology Services, Inc. announced a new compatibility between Xactware tools and Loss Technology Services’ water mitigation modeling program. The combined tools provide an important new water-mitigation solution for insurance repair and restoration professionals.

Crawford Completes Claims Management System Integration with Xactware®—Apr. 22, 2008
Philip Porter, senior vice president of Crawford & Company's U.S. Property & Casualty segment has announced that Crawford has integrated CMS2, its proprietary claims management system, with Xactware's industry-leading property estimation solutions.

The Chicago Conservation Center and Xactware Give Claims Professionals Direct Access to Art Restoration Services—Apr. 14, 2008
When valuable works of art are involved in a loss, every minute counts. To help save these valuable minutes, Xactware and The Chicago Conservation Center recently announced a new partnership to streamline workflows. Claims professionals who use Xactware tools can now electronically send assignments directly to The Chicago Conservation Center.

Xactware and ServiceMaster Clean Expand Partnership to Include Complete Contents Estimating Service—Apr. 11, 2008
Xactware Solutions, Inc. and ServiceMaster Clean announced an exciting enhancement to their list of services by implementing a contents estimating service using Xactware's industry-leading XactContents estimating platform. Now insurance companies everywhere looking for local contents experts will be able to turn to ServiceMaster's extensive nationwide network of over 1,400 Disaster Restoration franchisees for consistent contents estimation results.

Five Lessons Since 2005—Apr. 3, 2008
The impact of the record-breaking 2005 storm season continues to reverberate throughout the property insurance industry. Jim Loveland, Xactware’s President and CEO, takes a look at some of the key lessons the industry learned from that unprecedented year.

Second Quarter (2Q) 2008 Price List Update Now Available—Apr. 2, 2008
Second Quarter (2Q) 2008 Price List updates for over 460 regions in the United States and Canada are now available for download. Customers can view specific changes to the Price Lists by logging in to the eService Center.

Xactware Releases 2007 Property Report—Mar. 7, 2008
2007 was one of the lightest years in the past decade for natural disasters but it was not light on drama according to Xactware's recently released 2007 Property Report. Fluctuating materials prices, rising fuel costs, and a crisis in the mortgage market all had an impact on reconstruction activity and costs in 2007.

Exciting Enhancements to XactAnalysis—Mar. 6, 2008
Xactware's full-cycle claims management program, XactAnalysis, has undergone exciting enhancements that will make it easier for customers to find the information they need.

Xactware Training at PLRB/LIRB 2008 Claims Conference & Insurance Services Expo—Jan. 31, 2008
Xactware offers free Xactimate 25 courses in conjunction with the PLRB/LIRB 2008 Claims Conference & Insurance Services Expo (April 13 - 16, 2008) at the Sheraton Boston Hotel.

First Quarter (1Q) 2008 Price List Update Now Available—Jan. 4, 2008
First Quarter (1Q) 2008 Price List updates for over 460 regions in the United States and Canada are now available for download. Customers can view specific changes to the Price Lists by logging in to the eService Center.