Mystery E-Mail Announces NCCI-ISO Deal.

National Underwriter Property & Casualty-Risk & Benefits Management, June, 1999 by HAYS, DANIEL

In a deal first revealed by a mystery e-mail writer, the National Council on Compensation Insurance has bought out rival statistical agent Insurance Data Resources, Inc. The unsigned message, sent to news outlets and regulators, arrived three days before NCCI of Boca Raton, Fla., and IDR's parent, New York-based Insurance Services Office, Inc.

went public with the sale of IDR and IDR Statistical Services, Inc. "If you have any questions, please contact ISO," said the message, which included ISO's phone number. "It didn't come from us," said David Ostwald, ISO's vice president of corporate communications. The e-mail, which read like a press release, said, "ISO will receive $15.5 million dollars and the right to purchase NCCI products and services at a 15...

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