What follows is an updated list of IT contacts at various insurance industry trade associations and educational groups. While the breadth and depth of the list is limited, it is an attempt to determine how many leading industry organizations have appointed a specific person or persons to track technology and electronic commerce issues.These individuals may be part of a formal information technology committee. More likely they are individuals who have a growing interest in information technology or electronic commerce and, therefore, are knowledgeable about some of the market trends.
In the spirit of networking, we've provided their names, phone number and e-mail addresses so our readers may contact them with questions or may find a forum in which to learn and share ideas about electronic commerce.
Agency-Company for Research and Development (ACORD)
One Blue Hill Plaza, 15th Fl., Pearl River, N.Y., 10965
Telephone number: 845-620-1700
Fax number: 845-620-3600
Web site: www.acord.org
Contact: Rick Gilman, vice president of communications
E-mail address: rgilmanl
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
2002 annual meeting: May 19-23 in Orlando
American Association of Managing
General Agents
7450 W. 130th, Ste. 210, Overland Park, Kan., 66213
Telephone number: 913-851-7949
Fax number: 816-851-3652
Web site: www.aamga.org
Contact: Bernie Heinze, executive director
E-mail address: bernie.heinze
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
2002 annual meeting: May 5-9 in Las Vegas
American Council of Life Insurance
1001 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, D.C., 20004
Telephone number: 202-624-2128
Fax number: 202-624-2319
Web site: www.acli.com
Contact: David Leifer, counsel
E-mail address: davidleifer
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: 425
2001 annual meeting: Nov. 11-13 in Boston
American Institute for Chartered
Property Casualty Underwriters
720 Providence Road, Malvern, Pa., 19355
Telephone number: 610-644-2101
Fax number: 610-640-9576
Web site: www.aicpcu.org
Contact: Jim Fryer, director, information technology education
E-mail address: fryer
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: Adult and college level students
2002 annual meeting: Not available
American Insurance Association
1130 Connecticut Ave., NW, Suite 1000, Washington, D.C., 20036
Telephone number: 202-828-7100
Fax number: 202-293-1219
Web site: www.aiadc.org
Contact: Eric Goldberg
E-mail address: egoldberg
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: 366
2002 annual meeting: March 12-13 in
Washington, D.C.
Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters Society
720 Providence Rd., Malvern, Pa., 19355
Telephone number: 800-932-2728
Fax number:610-251-2780
Web site: www.cpcusociety.org
Contact: James Marks, executive vice president
E-mail address: jmarks
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
2001 annual meeting: Oct. 21-23 in Seattle
Compensation Advisory Organization of Michigan
P.O. Box 3337, Livonia, Mich., 48151
Telephone number: 734-462-9600
Fax number: 734-462-9721
Web site: www.caom.com
Contact: Jon Heikkinen, senior vice president, data services
E-mail address: jheikkinen
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' comp products
Number of members: 250
2002 annual meeting: Not available
Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel
P.O. Box 6068, South Bend, Ind., 46660
Telephone number: 508-668-6859
Fax number: 508-668-6892
Web site: www.thefederation.org
Contact: Joseph Olshan, acting executive director
E-mail address: administrator
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
2002 annual meeting: Not available
Health Insurance Association of America
1201 F St. NW, Suite 500, Washington, D.C., 20004
Telephone number: 202-824-1600
Fax number: 202-824-1722
Web site: www.hiaa.org
Contact: Devin Jopp, chief information officer
E-mail address: djopp
Mission: Represents members' interests in Congress and state legislatures; communicate members' views to policymakers and consumers.
Membership: Health insurance companies
Number of members: 321
2001 annual meeting: Nov. 3-7 in Orlando
Independent Insurance Agents of America
127 South Peyton St., Alexandria, Va., 22314
Telephone number: 800-221-7917
Fax number:703-683-7556
Web site: www.iiaa.org
Contact: Madeline Flanagan, director of research and information
E-mail address: mflanagan
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
2001 annual meeting: Oct. 27-30 in Honolulu
Inland Marine Underwriters Association
111 Broadway, New York, N.Y., 10001
Telephone number: 212-233-7958
Fax number: 212-732-3451
Web site: www.imua.org
Contact: Ronald Thornton, president
E-mail address: imuargt
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
Insurance Accounting and Systems
Association (IASA)
4705 University Dr., Suite 280, Durham, N.C., 27717
Telephone number: 919-489-0991
Fax number: 919-489-1994
Web site: www.iasa.org
Contact: Elaine Powell, secretary treasurer
E-mail address:epowell
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
2002 annual meeting: June 2-5 in San Francisco
Insurance Information Institute
110 William St., 24th Fl., New York, N.Y., 10038
Telephone number: 212-346-5500
Fax number: 212-732-1916
Web site: www.iii.org
Contact: John Spagnuolo, director of new media
E-mail address: johns
Mission: To improve public's understanding of insurance what it does ands how it works, primarily through the media.
Membership: Property and casualty insurers
Number of members: 275
2002 annual meeting: Not available
Institute for Business and Home Safety
1408 North Westshore Boulevard, Ste. 208, Tampa, Fla., 33607
Telephone number: 813-286-3400
Fax number: 813-286-9960
Web site: www.ibhs.org
Contact: Hilary Thomson, information resources manager
E-mail address: hthomson
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
2001 annual meeting: Nov. 13-15 in San Antonio
International Insurance Society Inc.
101 Murray St., New York, N.Y. 10007
Telephone number: 212-815-9294
Fax number: 212-815-9297
Web site: www.iisonline.org
Contact: Linda Bock, executive director
E-mail address: lbock
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
2002 annual meeting: July 14-17 in Singapore
Life Office Management Association (LOMA)
2300 Windy Ridge Pkwy., Suite 600, Atlanta, Ga., 30339
Telephone number: 770-951-1770
Fax number: 770-984-0441
Web site: www.loma.org
Contact: Patricia Toups, chief librarian, information center
E-mail address: infotr
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: 1,250 member companies
2002 annual meeting: April 7-10 in
Fort Lauderdale, Fla.
National Association of Health Underwriters
2000 North 14th St., Suite 450, Arlington, Va., 22201
Telephone number: 703-276-0220
Fax number: 703-841-7797
Web site: www.nahu.org
Contact: Kevin Corcoran, executive vice president
E-mail address: kcorcoran
Mission: Serving the public by promoting the activities and ethical conduct of insurance professionals through communication, education and legislative representation.
Membership: Agents, brokers and company health insurance professionals
Number of members: 16,000
2002 annual meeting: June 23-26 in Dallas.
National Association of Independent
Insurance Adjusters
300 W. Washington, Chicago, Ill., 60606
Telephone number: 312-853-0808
Fax number: 312-853-3225
Web site: www.naiia.com
Contact: David Mehren, executive director
E-mail address: assist
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
2002 annual meeting: Not available
National Association of Mutual
Insurance Companies
3601 Vincennes Rd., Indianapolis, Ind., 46268
Telephone number: 317-875-5250
Fax number: 317-879-8408
Web site: www.namic.org
Contact: Mike Ulmer, director, IS
E-mail address: infosys
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 & casualty insurance companies
Number of members: 1,200
2001 annual meeting: Sept. 23-26 in Washington, D.C.
National Association of Professional Surplus
Lines Offices Ltd.
6405 N. Cosby Ave., Suite 201,
Kansas City, Mo., 64151
Telephone number: 816-741-3910
Fax number: 816-741-5409
Web site: www.napslo.org
Contact: Mike Ardis, communications coordinator
E-mail address: mike
Mission: To identify and explain to regulatory, 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
2001 annual meeting: September 12-16 in San Antonio
Professional Insurance Agents of America
400 N. Washington St., Alexandria, Va., 22314
Telephone number: 703-836-9340
Fax number: 703-836-1279
Web site: www.pianet.com
Contact: Casey McAllister, director, IS
E-mail address: caseymc
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
2001 annual meeting: Not available
Reinsurance Association of America
1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Suite 900,
Washington, D.C., 20004
Telephone number: 202-638-3690
Fax 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 elected or appointed officials, and representation before judicial bodies.
Membership: Property/casualty reinsurance companies
Number of members: 30 member companies and affiliates.
2001 annual meeting: Not available
