MarketStance, a resource fordemographic dataand analytical services for the US insurance industry, announcedthe release of its fall 2010 update to the company's coreinformation models.

This update brings all commercial insight products current with2009 premiums and insurable exposures. Now in the 13th year ofannual updates to its core information models, MarketStanceprovides the most accurate and detailed estimation of the domesticcommercial lines marketplace.

"Every year we refresh and validate all our databases tocontinue providing our clients the tools needed to make informedstrategic and tactical decisions based timely information," saysAdam Edelstein, chief operating officer for MarketStance."Recently, we have seen an increased appetite from carriers toleverage our data integration services to match MarketStanceinformation against their book of business for detailed headroomanalysis, especially with the capacity to integrate 2009 policydata."

Despite the continued year-over-year decline in carrier-writtenand alternative market premium, MarketStance version 10-0 datahelps carriers find pockets of opportunity. Combined withMarketStance's 2010-2011 and 2012-2013 growth forecasts, it ispossible to define the classes, geographies and segments poised tolead the economic recovery.