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PPOO-4 ,. ~~d~~~~NY~00<8 2~...E~Y~~ES OFFICE, INC. . Insurance Services Office (ISO) is a leading source of information about property and liability risk. ISO provides statistical, actuarial, underwriting, and claims information and analyses; consulting and technical services; policy language; and information about specific locations for a broad spectrum of commercial and personal lines of insurance. In the United States and around the world, ISO serves more the 2,900 insurers and reinsures, as well as agents, brokers, self- insurers, risk managers, insurance regulators and other government agencies. The Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule was developed with the assistance of the Institute of Building and Home Safety, The International conference of Building Officials, The Southern Building Code Congress International, the Building Officials and Code Administrators International, an insurers advisory board and ISO. Using initial information from over 1500 building officials and pilot testing of 154 communities from the southeastern section of the country. ISO began a five phase implementation period of The Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule in 1995. Information is gathered through a combination of a questionnaire and field interview. Building Code Effectiveness Grading Schedule (BCEGS) surveys are being conducted by ISO in 44 states, additionally 5 States have independent rating bureaus, the rating bureaus staff has been trained by ISO and are conducting surveys in those States bringing the program to a totaJ of 49 States. Once the questionnaire and the interview are completed ISO tallies points to arrive at a classification for personal lines (PL) and commercial lines (CL) for each jurisdiction. The classifications range from I to 10, where I represents exemplary performance. . Current Number of Jurisdictions Classified 1 though 10 1800 '" ~ 1600 "= 1400 <..> ~ 1200 ";;; 1000 '- 800 0 ..... 600 0 ..0 400 e = 200 0:: 0 classl IIPLI ICL ~2~3~4~5~6~7~8~9~ 10 .