1. A computer-implemented method, comprising: causing execution of a risk management application for performing decision logic that present alternatives that relate to a risk exposure of a family of a user, the risk management application selected by the user from a plurality of different risk management applications each capable of performing different decision logic and using different databases; retrieving first information from a database in accordance with the decision logic; processing at least a portion of the first information in order to generate second information not originally included in the database, in accordance with the decision logic, the second information including risk exposure data for risk types associated with the risk management application selected by the user; receiving third information from the user in accordance with the decision logic utilizing a user interface; processing the second information and the third information utilizing the decision logic for generating fourth information; and providing the fourth information to the user for enabling the user to make an informed selection among a plurality of supplier offers relating to management of the risk exposure of the family of the user; wherein the executing, retrieving, receiving, and processing are carried out by a single software platform adapted to execute on an operating system and computer hardware; wherein the single software platform includes an interface for interfacing the different risk management applications; wherein the same single software platform is capable of accomplishing the executing, retrieving, receiving, and processing for different purposes by executing the different risk management applications in response to a selection thereof such that the executing, the retrieving, the receiving, and the processing are accomplished by the same single software platform for a first purpose in response to a selection of a first management application and the executing, the retrieving, the receiving, and the processing are accomplished by the same single software platform for at least a second purpose in response to a selection of at least a second management application; wherein each of the different risk management applications is capable of performing the different decision logic and using the different databases, and the same single software platform is capable of driving a decision process through a sequence of decision-related operations to provide decision-relevant information to the user, where the sequence of decision-related operations are tailored to the risk management application selected by the user and the decision-relevant information is specific to the risk management application selected by the user such that different decision relevant-information is capable of being provided to the user for the different risk management applications in a common format via the same single software platform; wherein the risk management application is selected from the different risk management applications by the user via a graphical user interface of the same single software platform; wherein the same single software platform executes at least two of the different risk management applications in response to selection thereof by the user to obtain, for each of the at least two of the different risk management applications, results including cost and risk information based on current choices by the user, such that the cost and risk information is compared for each of the at least two of the different risk management applications; wherein the same single software platform identifies optimal results among the results obtained from the at least two of the different risk management applications; wherein the same single software platform further executes the at least two of the different risk management applications to obtain, for each of the at least two of the different risk management applications in response to selection thereof by the user, additional results including additional cost and risk information associated with alternatives other than the current choices by the user, such that the additional cost and risk information is compared for each of the at least two of the different risk management applications, and wherein the at least two of the different risk management applications are related to different categories of risk mitigation instruments.