Alliances & Partnerships

MS/B Partners With AMS-Rackley

Marshall & Swift/Boeckh (Los Angeles), a supplier of building cost information and property valuation and technology services for the P&C sector, partnered with AMS-Rackley (Windsor, Conn.) to provide real-time access to home valuations for multiple carriers.

Experian, ISO Team

Experian (Costa Mesa, Calif.), a global information solutions company, agreed to make its SmartBusinessReports available to clients of ISO's (Jersey City, N.J.) Specific Property Information product suite as a way to assess business risk.

Grey Mountain Acquires AQS

AQS (Hartland, Wis.) has been acquired by Grey Mountain Partners, a New York-based private equity firm that will provide capital to help the AQS management team expand the value of its P&C policy administration solutions offerings.

Gartner to Buy META Group

Gartner (Stamford, Conn.) agreed to acquire META Group (Stamford, Conn.) for approximately $162 million to strengthen Gartner's research capabilities, increase sales and drive operational efficiency.

WorldGroup/Taliant Now InsureWorx

WorldGroup (San Francisco) acquired Taliant Software (Denver), forming InsureWorx, based in Emeryville, Calif., a provider of software solutions to the insurance industry.