Professional Organizations & Bureaus Links 

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AAIS (American Association of Insurance Services) (Bureau for Inland Marine, & more) AAMGA (American Association of Managing General Agents) (Trade group for MGAs) AASCIF (American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds) (& Canadian) ACORD (Standards-setting organization for the insurance industry) Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Consumer, health & safety groups, & carriers) AIA (American Insurance Association) (Over 125 years & 370 companies) AIB (Automobile Insurers Bureau of Massachusetts) Alabama Independent Insurance Agents, Inc. Alberta Insurance Council (Regulatory agency in Alberta, Canada) Alberta Users Group of Applied Systems (AUGAS)   American Academy of Actuaries (Professional organization for actuaries) American Academy of Insurance Medicine (Association of Medical Directors) American Agents Alliance American Association for Long Term Care Insurance (AALTCI) American Association of Crop Insurers American Association of Health Plans (AAHP) (Representing HMOs, PPOs, & others) American Association of Insurance Management Consultants (AAIMCO) (Consultants trade group) American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) (Representing approximately 500 life insurance companies) American Educational Institute (Claims law & other courses) American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (CPCU designation) American Institute of Marine Underwriters (AIMU) (Trade group for American wet marine writers) American Institute of Professional Association Group Insurance Administrators (AIPAGIA) American Land Title Association (Trade group for the title insurance industry) American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) American Society of Appraisers (Professional group for appraisers) AMS Users' Group (Parent organization for 77 local mini-groups, all AMS agency products) Applied Systems Client Network (ASCNet) (Formerly NAUGUS) ARGIAS (User group for Redshaw, Global and ebix systems) ARIA (American Risk & Insurance Associations Art Loss Register (Computerized database of stolen works of art) Association of Health Insurance Advisors (Also see NAFIA ) Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals (AICP) Association of Professional Insurance Women (APIW) (Association of 200+ members) Atlanta Association of Insurance Professionals (AAIP) Automobile Insurance Agents of Texas (AIAT) (Trade group of Texas auto insurance agents) Aviation Insurance Association (Awards the Certified Aviation Insurance Professional degree)
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Balducci's Actuarial , Risk , and Insurance Links (Actuarial links, the majority from the University of Calgary) British Columbia Captive Insurance Association British Columbia Society of Fellows (BCSOF) (Of the Insurance Institute of Canada) BRMA (Brokers & Reinsurers Markets Association) (Treaty reinsurance forum)
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California Self-Insurers Association (For workers comp self-insurers) Canadian Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (CAMIC) (Canadian mutual's trade group) Canadian Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors (CAIFA) Canadian Board of Marine Underwriters (CBMU) (Canadian marine insurance industry trade group) Canadian Coalition Against Insurance Fraud (Fighting fraud in Canada) Canadian Institute of Actuaries (In English, and French) Canadian Life & Health Insurance Association (CLHIA) (Canada's oldest insurance trade organization) Canadian Life Insurance Medical Officers Association (CLIMOA) Canadian Pension & Benefits Institute (Conferences & seminars) CareQuest University (Long-term care courses) CaroTAM (Carolina user group for TAM, The Agency Manager mgmt system) Casualty Actuarial Society (Info for the public, and some for members only) CatAdjuster.org (Listings of catastrophe adjusters, forums, other useful information) Center for Economic Justice (Non-profit advocacy organization) Center for Insurance Reform ('Watchdog' organization for insurance) Center to Protect Workers' Rights (CPWR) (Part of AFL-CIO ) Cincinnati Insurance Board (America's first agent's association) Claims Conference of Northern California (Annual conference) Coalition Against Insurance Fraud (Focusing government & business efforts to fight insurance fraud) Compensation Advisory Organization of Michigan (CAOM) (Michigan’s workers comp bureau) Conference for Advanced Life Underwriting (Conference of CAIFA ) Council for Affordable Health Insurance (CAHI) (Trade group for health carriers) Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) (Over 300 firms with over 2,000 offices) Council of Insurance Brokers of Greater New York (CIBGNY) CPCU Society CPCU Society - Iowa Chapter CPIA (Certified Professional Insurance Agents Society) (Sales classes & CPIA designation) Crop Insurance Research Bureau (Trade group for crop insurors and related organizations) CWCI (California Workers' Compensation Institute) (Supporting California workers compensation)
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Delaware Compensation Rating Bureau (DCRB) (Delaware’s workers compensation bureau) Defense Research Institute (DRI) (Organization of lawyers involved in defense of civil action litigation)
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Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel Federation of Insurance Women of Texas Federation of New York Insurance Professionals (FNYIP) (Regional professional group) Financial Institutions Insurance Assoc. (Promoting bank insurance sales) Financial Services Commission of Ontario (Regulatory body for Ontario) Florida Association of Insurance Agents (FAIA) Florida Insurance Council (Florida's largest insurance trade organization) Florida Windstorm Underwriting Association (FWUA) (Florida’s insurance pool for windstorm coverage)
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Georgia Insurance Information Service (GIIS) (Trade organization for P&C insurers) Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP) Group 500 (Large organization of property/casualty agents)
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Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA) (Trade group for the health insurance industry)
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IAIABC (International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions) IASA (Insurance Accounting & Systems Assn) (Major vendor trade show) IBAWEST (Insurance Brokers & Agents of the West) (Formerly IIABC & WAIB) I-CAN (Insurance Consumer Advocate Network) (Informational site) Idaho Surveying & Rating Bureau (ISRB) (Idaho's property bureau) IIAA (Independent agent organization) IIAANY ('InfoNET', for the Independent Insurance Agents Association of New York) III International Facts (Basic worldwide insurance data, from Insurance Information Institute ) Illinois Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors (IAIFA) (Formerly IL Life Underwriters Assn) Independent Automotive Damage Appraisers (IADA) (Over 300 members across the U.S.) Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana (Education, agency services) Independent Insurance Agents of Pennsylvania Independent Insurance Agents of South Carolina (IIASC) Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) Independent Insurance Brokers of Alberta (Trade group for Alberta brokers) Indiana Compensation Rating Bureau (Comp bureau for Indiana) Inland Marine Underwriters Association (IMUA) Insurance Bureau of Canada (Trade group for Canadian P&C insurance companies) Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) (Formerly, Insurance Institute for Property Loss Reduction) Insurance Brokers Association of Canada (IBAC) (Representing almost 30,000 Canadian brokers) Insurance Brokers Association of Ontario (Ontario affiliate of IBAC) Insurance Canada (General home page for the Canadian insurance market) Insurance Committee for Arson Control (ICAC) (Helping to fight arson) Insurance Council of Manitoba (Regulatory body in Manitoba, Canada) Insurance Data Management Association (IDMA) (Enhancing professionalism in data management) Insurance Fraud Bureau Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)   Insurance Information Institute (III) (U. S. insurance information source) Insurance Information Institute (III) Insurance Institute of America (IIA) (Many professional courses and designations) Insurance Institute of Canada (IIC) (AIIC & FIIC degrees, and more) Insurance Institute of Indiana (Representing Indiana insurance companies) Insurance Library Association of Boston (Library, plus courses) Insurance Loss Control Association (ILCA) (Loss control organization) Insurance Marketing Communications Association (Trade group for P&C advertising & marketing) Insurance Marketplace Standards Association (Ethics for life sales) Insurance National Search, Inc. (INS) (Group of over 30 insurance recruiting firms, with job listings) Insurance Regulatory Examiners Society (IRES) (Organization for professional regulators) Insurance Research Council (Independent insurance research, since 1977) Insurance School of Chicago (CPCU, IIA, and other courses) Insurance Services Office (ISO) (Biggest of the P&C bureaus) Insurance Society of Philadelphia (Since 1901) Intermediaries & Reinsurance Underwriters Association (IRUA) (Reinsurance trade group) International Actuarial Association (Professional group for actuaries) International Association of Auto Theft Investigators (IAATI) International Claim Association (ICA) (L&H claims organization) International Institute of Loss Adjusters (Property adjusters, worldwide) International Insurance Brokers Association (IBA) (Serving over 100 countries) International Insurance Society (1,000 members in 90 countries) International Network for Insurance (I.N.I.) (International organization, 63 countries) Intersure Partners (Coalition of 43 major agencies in the U.S. and England)
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Latin American Agents Association (Supporting the Hispanic insurance community)   Life & Health Insurance Foundation for Education (LIFE) (General info about L & H) Life Insurance Institute of Canada (LIIC) (L&H carriers' trade group) LIMRA International (Organization devoted to life insurance marketing research & education) LOMA (Life Office Management Association) (Support for the life & financial products agency) Long Term Care International Forum (Supporting the long term care insurance industry) Loss Executives Association (LEA) (Organization of property loss adjusters)
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Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents (Independent affiliate in MA) Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Assoc. (FAIR plan for Mass.) Massachusetts Workers' Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau MIB (Organization for L&H and D carriers, helps reduce underwriting fraud) Michigan Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA) (Independent organization in Michigan) Michigan: Compensation Advisory Organization of Michigan (CAOM) (Michigan’s workers comp bureau) Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) (Premier organization for life insurance sales recognition) Minnesota Self-Insurers' Association (Trade group for MN self-insureds) Minnesota Workers Compensation Insurers Association (MWCIA) (MN’s workers compensation bureau) Mississippi State Rating Bureau (Property bureau in Mississippi) Missouri Association of Insurance Agents MSO (Mutual Service Office) (NJ-based rating & statistical service bureau)
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NAIC (National Association of Insurance Commissioners) (Regulatory information) NAII (National Association of Independent Insurors) (Over 560 insurance companies are members) NAMIC (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies) (Over 1200 strong) NAIW (National Association of Insurance Women) (Membership benefits of a great organization) NAPIA (National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters) (Also, awards the CPPA & SPPA degrees) NAPSLO (National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices, Inc.) (Major trade group) National Academy of Social Insurance (Non-profit research and educational organization) National Alliance for Insurance Education and Research (Insurance courses offered nationally) National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) (About 15,000 membership) National Association of Independent Insurance Auditors & Engineers (NAIIAE) National Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors (NAIFA) (Formerly NALU) National Association of Professional Allstate Agents (NAPAA) National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP) (Public site, with members area) National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP) (Membership & publications info) National Association for Variable Annuities   National Insurance Producer Registry (Implementing NAIC 's Producer Database) National Society of Insurance Premium Auditors (NSIPA) (Awards the CIPA designation) National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators (NSPII) National Structured Settlements Trade Association (NSSTA) National Viatical Association (Organization promoting viatical settlement area of insurance) NCOIL (National Conference of Insurance Legislators) (Legislators interested in insurance) New Jersey Compensation Rating & Inspection Bureau (NJCRIB) (NJ workers compensation bureau) New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (NYCIRB) (New York’s workers compensation bureau) Nonprofits' Insurance Alliance of California (Liability insurance pool for Calif. nonprofit organizations) North Carolina Insurance Guaranty Association (NCIGA) (NC’s post-assessment guaranty fund) North Carolina Rating Bureau (NCRB) (Rating bureau for multiple lines of insurance in North Carolina) North Carolina Reinsurance Facility (NCRF) (North Carolina’s assigned risk plan)
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Ohio Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors (OAIFA) Ohio Insurance Institute (Supporting Ohio’s property/casualty insurance industry) Ontario Mutual Insurance Association (Organization of farm mutual insurance companies) OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration) OSHA Standard Industrial Classification Search (SIC codes) (This page allows the user to search the 1987 version SIC manual by keyword, to access descriptive information for a specified 4-digit SIC code)
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Pennsylvania Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (PAMIC) Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau (PCRB) (Pennsylvania’s workers compensation bureau) PERMA (Public Employer Risk Mgmt Assn) (For non-profit self insureds) PIA of NY, NJ, CT & NH (4-state combination agency trade group) PIA of VA & DC (2-state combination agency trade group) PIPSO (Property Insurance Plans Service Office) (Reporting bureau for FAIR & Beach plans) PLUS (Professional Liability Underwriting Society) (Over 4000 members, RPLU designation) PRIMA (Public Risk Management Association) (Organization for public sector risk managers) Property & Casualty Insurance Compensation Corporation (PACICC) (Canadian guarantee fund) Property Loss Research Bureau (PLRB) (Property claims bureau) Public Agency Risk Managers Association (PARMA 2000) (For governmental risk managers) Public Utilities Risk Management Association (PURMA) (RM for public utilities)
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Registered Insurance Brokers of Ontario (RIBO) (Canadian provincial agents group) Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) (Trade group for P & C reinsurers in America) Reinsurance Research Council (Trade group for Canadian reinsurers) RIMS (Risk & Insurance Management Society) (Largest and highly professional organization)
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Sagitta Mini Users Group (SMUG) (For AMS ' Sagitta customers) Self-Insurance Institute of America (SIIA) (Supporting self-insureds since 1981) Society of Actuaries Society of Certified Insurance Counselors (CIC) (For those holding the CIC designation) Society of CPCU (See CPCU Society ) Society of Environmental Insurance Professionals Society of Insurance Licensing Administrators (SILA) Society of Insurance Research (SIR) Society of Insurance Trainers & Educators (SITE) (Info on membership, convention, education) Society of Risk Management Consultants (RM consultants, who do not sell or broker insurance) Specialty Agents, Inc. (Trade group of Florida auto insurance agents) Strategic Independent Agents Alliance (SIAA) (Network of over 500 agencies) Surety Information Office (SIO) (Promoting the field of surety bonding)
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Texas Surplus Lines Association (Promoting the TX surplus lines business)
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Washington Self-Insurers Association (For WA workcomp self-insurers) Washington Surveying & Rating Bureau (WSRB) (Property bureau for Washington state) Wisconsin Compensation Rating Bureau Workers Compensation Claims Association (WCCA ) (Supporting work compensation claims administration) Workers’ Compensation Claims Professionals (WCCP) (Over 2000 Florida workcompqensation claims folks) Workers Compensation Insurance Organization (WCIO) Workers Compensation Rating & Inspection Bureau (WCRIB) (Mass workers compensation bureau) Workers Compensation Research Institute (Independent research firm)