Agency-Company for Researchand Development (ACORD)
One Blue Hill Plaza, Pearl River, N.Y., 10965
Telephone number: 914-620-1700
Facsimile number: 914-620-3600
Web site: www.acord.org
Contact: Thomas Cornell, director, management information systems
E-mail address: tcornell@acord.org
Mission: To sustain its position as the industry's resource for technology and standards.
Membership: Property and casualty insurance
companies
Number of members: 25,000 to 30,000
2001 annual meeting: May 20-23 in Orlando, Fla.
American Association of Managing
General Agents
9140 Ward Pkwy., Kansas City, Mo., 64114
Telephone number: 816-444-3500
Facsimile number: 816-444-0330
Web site: www.aamga.org
Contact: Jerry Fogel, executive vice president
Mission: To provide a renewed commitment to growth and prosperity for member companies and the industry they serve.
Membership: Managing general agents and vendor associate members
Number of members: 252 managing agents; 254 vendor associates
2001 annual meeting: May 20-24 in Palm Desert, Calif.
American Council of Life Insurance
1001 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C., 20004
Telephone number: 202-624-2128
Facsimile number: 202-624-2319
Web site: www.acli.com
Contact: David Leifer, counsel
E-mail address: davidleifer@acli.com
Mission: To advocate the interests of life insurers
and their millions of policyholders before federal
and state legislators, state insurance departments, administration officials, federal regulatory agencies
and the courts.
Membership: Life insurance companies
Number of members: 435
2001 annual meeting: To be announced
American Institute for Chartered
Property Casualty Underwriters
720 Providence Road, Malvern, Pa., 19355
Telephone number: 610-644-2100
Facsimile number: 610-640-9576
Web site: www.aicpcu.org
Contact: Jim Fryer, director, information
technology education
E-mail address: fryer@cpcuiia.org
Mission: To provide leadership in expanding knowledge through education, publications and research for risk management and insurance professionals of tomorrow.
Membership: Adult and college level students
Number of members: N/A
American Insurance Association
1130 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 1000, Washington, D.C., 20036
Telephone number: 202-828-7100
Facsimile number: 202-293-1219
Web site: www.aiadc.org
Contact: Eric Goldberg, senior counsel
E-mail address: egoldberg@aiadc.org
Mission: To forge constructive solutions to industry issues by listening to opinions and ideas of our companies, consumers, regulators, and business leaders, and build a consensus by melding the best of what the insurance industry needs to remain sound and what consumers need in insurance protection.
Membership: Property and casualty companies
Number of members: 300
2001 annual meeting: To be announced
Chartered Property Casualty
Underwriters Society
720 Providence Rd., Malvern, Pa., 19355
Telephone number: 800-932-2728
Facsimile number: 610-251-2780
Web site: www.cpcusociety.org
Contact: Lamont Boyd, chairman, information technology section
E-mail address: lamontboyd@fairisaac.com
Mission: The Society is dedicated to meeting the needs of professionals who have earned the CPCU designation, so that they may serve others in a competent and ethical manner.
Membership: Property casualty underwriters
Number of members: 30,000
2000 annual meeting: Oct. 22-24 in San Antonio
Compensation Advisory Organization of Michigan
P.O. Box 3337, Livonia, Mich., 48151
Telephone number: 734-462-9600
Facsimile number: 734-462-9721
Web site: www.caom.com
Contact: Jon Heikkinen, senior vice president,
data services
E-mail address: jheikkinen@caom.com
Mission: To enhance the workers' compensation system through customer service, education and administration of the Michigan Workers' Compensation Placement Facility. To perform duties in an equitable, professional, and responsive manner when dealing with all participants in the system.
Membership: Insurance carriers in Michigan licensed to sell workers' compensation products
Number of members: 250
2001 annual meeting: To be announced
Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel
P.O. Box 6068, South Bend, Ind., 46660
Telephone number: 508-668-6859
Facsimile number: 508-668-6892
Web site: www.thefederation.org
Contact: Sharon McGovern, executive secretary
E-mail address: mcgovern@thefederation.org
Mission: To represent the interests of those who need a defense in civil lawsuits. To operate in the best and most ethical way possible while helping each other stay informed about legal trends and developments which affect those whom we represent.
Membership: Attorneys representing and defending insurance carriers of various product lines
Number of members: 1,400
2001 annual meeting: July 22-28 in London, England
Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA)
555 13th St., NW, Suite 600-E, Washington, D.C., 20004
Telephone number: 202-824-1600
Facsimile number: 202-824-1722
Web site: www.hiaa.org
Contact: Kathleen Fyffe, federal legislative
executive director
Mission: Represents members interests in Congress and state legislatures; communicate members views to policymakers and consumers.
Membership: Health insurance companies
Number of members: 269
2001 annual meeting: To be announced
Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA)
127 South Peyton St., Alexandria, Va., 22314
Telephone number: 800-221-7917
Facsimile number: 703-683-7556
Web site: www.iiaa.org
Contact: Madeline Flanagan, director of research
and information
E-mail address: mflanagan@iiaa.org
Mission: Through its work with insurers, vendors and other industry organizations, the association intends to achieve seamless communication and data transfer for its members.
Membership: Independent agents
Number of members: 300,000
2000 annual meeting: Oct. 29-Nov. 1 in Orlando, Fla.
Inland Marine Underwriters Association
111 Broadway, New York, N.Y., 10006
Telephone number: 212-233-7958
Facsimile number: 212-732-3451
Web site: www.imua.org
Contact: Ronald Thornton, president
E-mail address: Imuargt@aol.com
Mission: To serve as the collective voice of the U.S. inland marine insurance industry, and provide members with education, research and communications services that support the inland marine underwriting discipline.
Membership: Inland marine insurers
Number of members: 400
2001 annual meeting: To be announced
Insurance Accounting and Systems
Association (IASA)
4705 University Dr., Suite 280, Durham, N.C., 27717
Telephone number: 919-489-0991
Facsimile number: 919-489-1994
Web site: www.iasa.org
Contact: Elaine Powell, secretary treasurer
Mission: Through cooperative effort, promote the study and development of modern practices and procedures applicable to insurance accounting and systems.
Membership: Health care, life, property-casualty and reinsurance companies
Number of members: 1,700
2001 annual meeting: To be announced
Insurance Information Institute
110 William St., New York, N.Y., 10038
Telephone number: 212-669-9290
Facsimile number: 212-732-1916
Web site: www.iii.org
Contact: John Spagnuolo, director of new media
E-mail address: marias@iii.org
Mission: To improve the understanding of insurance, what it does and how it works, primarily through the media.
Membership: Property and casualty insurers
Number of members: 275
2001 annual meeting: Jan. 9-10 in New York City
Institute for Business and Home Safety
175 Federal St., Suite 500, Boston, Mass.,
02110
Telephone number: 617-292-2003
Facsimile number: 617-292-2022
Web site: www.ibhs.org
Contact: Karen Gahagan, assistant vice president for information services
E-mail address: kgahagan@ibhs.org
Mission: To reduce deaths, injuries, property damage, economic losses and human suffering caused by natural disasters, and to help make disaster resistance an important consideration in our home and work environments.
Membership: P&C insurers and reinsurers
Number of members:100
2000 annual meeting: Sept. 13-15 in Newport, R.I.
International Insurance Society
101 Murray St., New York, N.Y. 10007
Telephone number: 212-815-9290
Facsimile number: 212-815-9297
Web site: www.iisonline.org
Contact: John P. Meyerholz, president
E-mail address: lbock@tci.edu
Mission: To facilitate the worldwide transfer of ideas and innovations and to foster the development of personal networks across national and international insurance markets through a joint effort of executives and academics.
Membership: Chief executives and senior officers spanning multiple insurance lines
Number of members: 1,000
2001 annual meeting: Mid-July in Vienna, Austria (exact dates to be determined)
Life Office Management Association (LOMA)
2300 Windy Ridge Pkwy., Suite 600,
Atlanta, Ga., 30339
Telephone number: 770-984-6434
Facsimile number: 770-984-6420
Web site:www.loma.org
Contact: Patricia Toups, chief librarian, information center
E-mail address: infotr@loma.org
Mission: LOMA is committed to a business partnership with its worldwide members in the insurance and financial services industry to improve their management and operations through quality employee development, research, information sharing and related products and services.
Membership: Insurance and financial service
companies
Number of members: 1,100
2001 annual meeting: To be announced
National Association of Health Underwriters
2000 North 14 St., Suite 450, Arlington, Va., 22201
Telephone number: 703-276-0220
Facsimile number: 703-841-7797
Web site: www.nahu.org
Contact: Lewis Tomlin, manager, IS
Mission: Serving the public by promoting the activities and the ethical conduct of insurance professionals through communication and education efforts and legislative representation.
Membership: Agents, brokers and company health insurance professionals
Number of members: 16,000
2001 annual meeting: To be announced
National Association of Independent
Insurance Adjusters
300 W. Washington, Chicago, Ill., 60606
Telephone number: 312-853-0808
Facsimile number: 312-853-3225
Web site: www.naiia.com
Contact: David Mehren, executive vice president
E-mail address: assist@naiia.com
Mission: Create dignity and invite a feeling of high regard to the business and profession of independent adjusting.
Membership: Independent insurance adjusters
Number of members: 365 member companies
2001 annual meeting: May 24-27 in Keystone, Colo.
National Association of Mutual
Insurance Companies
3601 Vincennes Rd., Indianapolis, Ind., 46268
Telephone number: 317-875-5250
Facsimile number: 317-879-8408
Web site: www.namic.org
Contact: Mike Ulmer, director, IS
E-mail address: infosys@namic.org
Mission: Through its presence in federal legislative and regulatory issues, NAMIC strives to serve the interests of member companies, the property/casualty industry and millions of policyholders.
Membership: Property and casualty insurers
Number of members: 1,200
2000 annual meeting: Sept. 24-27 in Nashville, Tenn.
National Association of Professional
Surplus Lines Offices Ltd.
6405 N. Cosby Ave., Suite 201, Kansas City, Mo., 64151
Telephone number: 816-741-3910
Facsimile number: 816-741-5409
Web site: www.napslo.org
Contact: Mike Ardis, communications coordinator
E-mail address: mike@napslo.org
Mission: To identify and explain to regulators, the media, the public and other segments of the insurance industry the vital role surplus lines plays in the insurance industry.
Membership: Surplus lines and wholesale insurance marketers
Number of members: 1,200
2000 annual meeting: Sept. 13-17 in Chicago
Professional Insurance Agents of America
400 N. Washington St., Alexandria, Va., 22314
Telephone number: 703-836-9340
Facsimile number: 703-836-1279
Web site: www.pianet.com
Contact: Casey McAllister, director, IS
E-mail address: caseymc@pianet.org
Mission: PIA serves its members by analyzing a broad spectrum of industry information, synthesizing it and providing it to our members in a form they can use to benefit their clients and build their businesses.
Membership: Agents specializing in home, auto and business coverage
Number of members: 180,000
2000 annual meeting: Sept. 8-10 in New Orleans has been cancelled
Reinsurance Association of America
1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 900, Washington, D.C., 20004
Telephone number: 202-638-3690
Facsimile number: 202-638-0936
Web site: www.reinsurance.org
Contact: Chris Shue, director, IS
Mission: To advance the interests of the U.S. property and casualty reinsurance industry through effective government relations with state and federal regulatory agencies, legislators and other officials.
Membership: Property/casualty reinsurance companies
Number of members: 30 member companies and affiliates
2000 annual meeting: N/A
GOVERNMENT ORGANIZATIONS
National Association of Insurance
Commissioners (NAIC)
2301 McGee, Suite 899, Kansas City, Mo., 64108-2604
Telephone Number: 816-842-3600
Facsimile Number: 816-783-8175
Web site: http://www.naic.org
Contact: Bob Martin, communications manager
Mission: To assist state insurance regulators, individually and collectively, to protect the public interest, promote competitive markets and facilitate the fair and equitable treatment of insurance consumers; to promote the reliability, solvency and financial solidity of insurance institutions; and support and improve the state regulation of insurance.
Number of members: 55, including states, territories and Washington, D.C.
National Conference of Insurance Legislators
139 Lancaster St., Albany, N.Y., 12210
Telephone number: 518-449-3210
Facsimile number: 518-432-5651
Web site: www.ncoil.org
Contact: Robert Mackin, executive director
Mission: To help legislators make informed decisions on insurance issues that affect their constituencies and to declare opposition to federal encroachment of state authority in regulating the business of insurance as authorized under the McCarron-Ferguson Act
of 1945.
Number of members: 34 states
2000 annual meeting: Nov. 16-19 in New Orleans
