Trade & Professional Organizations & Bureaus

Compliments of G. Barry Klein, CPCU, CLU

For corrections or additions, please e-mail barry@barryklein.com

• 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)

• Agents Council for Technology (ACT)   (Helping agents embrace technology)

• AIA (American Insurance Association) (Over 125 years & 370 companies)

• AIB (Automobile Insurers Bureau of Massachusetts)

• AIPSO   (Bureau for assigned risk, other auto insurance plans)

• Alabama Independent Insurance Agents, Inc.   (Alabama Big I)

• Alberta Insurance Council   (Regulatory agency in Alberta, Canada)

• Alberta Users Group of Applied Systems (AUGAS)

• Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) (Trade group of over 260 carriers, over 75 years old)

• American Academy of Actuaries (Professional organization for actuaries)

• American Academy of Insurance Medicine   (Association of Medical Directors)

• American Agents Alliance (Mostly California auto insurance agents)

• American Association for Long Term Care Insurance (AALTCI)

• American Association of Crop Insurers (Pretty self explanatory, don't you think?)

• American Association of Health Plans (AAHP) (Representing HMOs, PPOs, & others)

• American Association of Insurance Management Consultants (AAIMCO) (Consultants trade group)

• American College (CLU, ChFC & other life insurance designations)

• American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) (Representing 400+ life companies)

• American Educational Institute   (Claims law & other courses)

• American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (CPCU designation)

• American Institute of Professional Association Group Insurance Administrators (AIPAGIA)

• American Land Title Association   (Trade group for the title insurance industry)

• American Society for CLU and ChFC (Now the Society of Financial Service Professionals)

• American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM)

• American Society of Appraisers   (Professional group for appraisers) 

• American Society of Pension Actuaries   (Professional group for actuaries)

• AMS Users' Group (Parent organization for 77 local mini-groups, all AMS agency products)

• ARGIAS (User group for Redshaw, Global and ebix systems)

• ARIA (American Risk & Insurance Associations (Superb site, check it out)

• Art Loss Register (Computerized database of stolen works of art)

• ASCnet (Applied Systems Client Network)   (National & many regional Applied Systems user groups)

• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners   (25,000 members globally)

• Association of Government Risk Pools (AGRIP)

• Association of Health Insurance Advisors   (Also see NAFIA) 

• Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals (AICP) (For compliance folks, including regulators)

• 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)

• Balducci's Actuarial , Risk , and Insurance Links (Actuarial links, mostly, from the University of Calgary)

• British Columbia Captive Insurance Association   (Promoting captives in B.C.)

• British Columbia Society of Fellows (BCSOF)   (Of the Insurance Institute of Canada)

• California Bail Agents Association (CBAA) (Trade group)

• California Self-Insurers Association   (For workers comp self-insurers)

• California Workers' Compensation Defense Attorneys' Association

• Canadian Association of Fire Investigators   (Adjusters included, too)

• Canadian Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors (CAIFA)

• Canadian Association of Insurance Women (CAIW - ACFA)

• Canadian Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (CAMIC)   (Canadian mutual's trade group)

• Canadian Board of Marine Underwriters (CBMU) (Canadian marine insurance industry trade group)

• Canadian Coalition Against Insurance Fraud (Fighting fraud in Canada)

• The Canadian Independent Adjusters' Association

• Canadian Institute of Actuaries (In English, and French, of course)

• Canadian Life & Health Insurance Association (CLHIA)   (Canada's oldest insurance trade group)

• Canadian Life & Health Insurance Compensation Corp. (CompCorp)   (Protection for carrier insolvencies)

• Canadian Life Insurance EDI Standards (CLIEDIS)   (Setting life data exchange standards)

• 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)

• Central Arizona RIMS Chapter   (Job openings, member list, more)

• 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 (Beautiful site, lots of useful information)

• CPCU Society - Iowa Chapter (Fast, clean site, the way sites are supposed to be)

• CPCU Society - Philadelphia Chapter   (Very comprehensive site)

• CPCU Society - West Chicago Chapter   (Look at their beautiful Chicago skyline graphic)

• CPIA (Certified Professional Insurance Agents Society)   (Sales classes & CPIA designation)

• Crop Insurance Research Bureau (Trade group for crop insurors and related organizations)

• CSIO (Centre for Study of Insurance Operations)   (Canadian standards organization)

• CWCI (California Workers' Compensation Institute) (Supporting California workers comp)

• Delaware Compensation Rating Bureau (DCRB) (Delaware’s workers compensation bureau)

• Defense Research Institute (DRI) (Organization of lawyers involved in defense of civil action litigation)

• Ebix Users Association (EUA) (ebix/Delphi/Redshaw/McCracken/Mountain States)

• Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel (Check out their legal links)

• Federation of Insurance Women of Texas   (Lots of educational stuff)

• 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)   (Large site for the Florida Big I)

• Florida Insurance Council   (Florida's largest insurance trade organization)

• Florida Windstorm Underwriting Association (FWUA) (Florida’s insurance pool for windstorm coverage)

• GAMA (Large life insurance trade group, formerly General Agents & Managers Association)

• Georgia Insurance Information Service (GIIS)   (Trade organization for P&C insurers)

• Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP)   (Sign up for free membership on the site)

• Group 500   (Large organization of property/casualty agents)

• Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA) (Trade group for the health insurance industry)

• 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)

• IEA (Insurance Educational Association) (Non-profit educational organization in the southwest)

• IIAANJ   (Informative site from the Independent Insurance Agents Assn of New Jersey)

• IIAANY ('InfoNET', the well-done site for the Independent Insurance Agents Assn 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 Broker Network (IBN)   (For California personal lines brokers)

• Independent Insurance Agents of America (IIAA) (Big I's national site)

• Independent Insurance Agents of Indiana   (Education, agency services)

• Independent Insurance Agents of Pennsylvania   (Big I site for Pennsylvania)

• Independent Insurance Agents of South Carolina (IIASC)   (Nice clean site from IIASC)

• Independent Insurance Agents of Texas (IIAT) (Big I of Texas' site, lots of material there)

• Independent Insurance Brokers of Alberta   (Trade group for Alberta brokers)

• Indiana Compensation Rating Bureau   (Comp bureau for Indiana)

• Inland Marine Underwriters Association (IMUA) (400 companies and 67 years strong)

• Insurance Bureau of Canada (Trade group for Canadian property/casualty 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 Canada (Site promoting Canadian insurance to the public)

• Insurance Council of Manitoba   (Regulatory body in Manitoba, Canada)

• Insurance Data Management Association (IDMA) (Enhancing professionalism in data management)

• Insurance Educational Association   (One of the first insurance educational organizations)

• Insurance Education Foundation (Seminars, teaching aids for teachers and students)

• Insurance Fraud Bureau (Back copies on line, a searchable site, download the entire register)

• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) (Really full site, chock-full of information)

• Insurance Information Association of Michigan   (Helping Michiganders understand insurance)

• Insurance Information Centre of Canada   (Canadian insurance information source)

• Insurance Information Institute (III) (U. S. insurance information source)

• 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 Internal Audit Group   (Insurance internal auditors, part of IIA) 

• 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 folks)

• Insurance Marketplace Standards Association   (Ethics for life sales)

• Insurance National Search, Inc. (INS) (Group of over 30 insurance recruiting firms, with job listings)

• Insurance Professional of Calgary   (Professional organization in Calgary, Canada)

• 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)

• Insurance Women of Greater Cincinnati   (Part of NAIW)

• Insurance Women of North San Diego   (Part of NAIW)

• Inter-Company Marketing Group   (Financial service company alliances)

• Intermediaries & Reinsurance Underwriters Association (IRUA)   (Reinsurance trade group)

• International Actuarial Association   (Professional group for actuaries)

• International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI)   (Professional organization of arson investigators)

• International Association of Auto Theft Investigators (IAATI) (Having had 3 cars stolen, I wish them luck!)

• International Association of Special Investigation Units (IASIU)

• International Claim Association (ICA)   (Life/health claims organization)

• International Federation of Employee Benefit Plans

• 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 Mass Marketing Association (IMMA)   (For P&C carriers & agents)

• International Network for Insurance (I.N.I.)   (International organization, 63 countries)

• Intersure Partners (Coalition of 43 major agencies in the US and England)

• Latin American Agents Association   (Supporting the Hispanic insurance community)

• Life Communicators Association   (Professional development for members)

• 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)

• LUTC (Life Underwriter Training Council   (Life insurance training courses)

• Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents (Big I affiliate in MA) 

• Massachusetts Property Insurance Underwriting Assoc.   (FAIR plan for Mass.)

• MIB (Organization for life/health/disability carriers, helps reduce underwriting fraud)

• Michigan Association of Insurance Agents (MAIA) (Big I organization in Michigan)

• Michigan Insurance Federation   (Association of MI P&C Carriers) 

• 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 Insurance Association (MWCIA) (MN’s workers comp bureau)

• Mississippi State Rating Bureau   (Property bureau in Mississippi)

• Missouri Association of Insurance Agents   (Big I & PIA combined organization)

• Missouri Insurance Coalition   (Trade group for Missouri insurers)

• MSO (Mutual Service Office) (NJ-based rating & statistical service bureau)

• NAIC (National Association of Insurance Commissioners) (Gateway to a lot of 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)

• NAPEO (National Association of Professional Employer Organizations)

• NAPIA (National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters)

• 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 Adjusters (NAIIA)

• National Association of Independent Insurance Auditors & Engineers (NAIIAE)

• National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies (NAILBA)

• National Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors (NAIFA) (Formerly NALU)

• National Association of Insurance Litigation Management (NAILM)

• National Association of Professional Enrollment Specialists/Enrollment Specialists International (N.A.P.E.S./ESI)

• National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (NAPIA)   (Representing insureds)

• National Association of Professional Allstate Agents (NAPAA)

• National Association of SIS Partner Agents (NASPA)   (SIS agencies users group)

• 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   (Open to anyone interested in this area)

• National Auto Agents Alliance (NAAA)   (For agents who write non-standard auto)

• National Insurance Claims Association (NICA) (Trade organization for independent adjusters)

• National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) (Working against insurance fraud)

• 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) (Useful site, not just for investigators)

• National Structured Settlements Trade Association (NSSTA)

• National Viatical Association (Organization promoting viatical settlement area of insurance)

• NCCI (National Council on Compensation Insurance) (Biggest of the workers comp bureaus)

• NCOIL (National Conference of Insurance Legislators)   (Legislators interested in insurance)

• (NEITUS) NorthEast Insurance Technology UserS (Users group, various software and vendors)

• Nevada Surplus Lines Association   (For all surplus lines brokers in NV)

• New Jersey Compensation Rating & Inspection Bureau (NJCRIB) (NJ workers compensation bureau)

• New York Association of Independent Adjusters, Inc.

• New York Auto Agents Alliance (NYAAA) (Trade organization for NY auto agents) 

• New York City Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors (NYCAIFA)

• New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (NYCIRB) (New York’s workers comp 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)

• Ohio Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors (OAIFA)

• Ohio Insurance Institute (Supporting Ohio’s property/casualty insurance industry)

• Ontario Insurance Adjuster Association   (Trade group of Ontario, Canada adjusters)

• Ontario Mutual Insurance Association (Organization of farm mutual insurance companies)

• Organization of Flying Adjusters (OFA)   (Aviation adjusters trade group)

• OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration)   (Not actually an insurance site, but relevant)

• Ottawa Association of Insurance Professionals   (Professional group in Ottawa, Canada)

• Ottawa Valley Adjusters Association   (Educational & social group, since 1961)

• Pennsylvania Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors   (Part of NAIFA)

• Pennsylvania Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (PAMIC)

• Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau (PCRB) (Pennsylvania’s workers comp bureau)

• PERMA (Public Employer Risk Mgmt Assn)   (For non-profit self insureds)

• PIA (National Association of Professional Insurance Agents) (2nd largest independent agent group)

• PIA of CA, AZ, NV, & NM   (Site for this 4-state combination agency trade group)

• PIA of NY, NJ, CT & NH (Site for this 4-state combination agency trade group)

• PIA of PA, MD & DE   (Site for this 3-state combination agency trade group)

• PIA of VA & DC   (Site for this 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)

• Professional Bail Agents of the United States (PBUS)

• 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)

• 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)

• Sagitta Mini Users Group (SMUG)   (For AMS' Sagitta customers)

• Self-Insurance Institute of America (SIIA) (Supporting self-insureds since 1981)

• Society of Actuaries (Very professional site)

• Society of Certified Insurance Counselors (CIC) (For those holding the CIC designation)

• Society of CPCU (See CPCU Society)

• Society of Environmental Insurance Professionals   (Very specialized group)

• Society of Financial Service Professionals   (Formerly the American Society of CLU & ChFC)

• Society of Insurance Licensing Administrators (SILA) (Two professional designations, and other stuff)

• Society of Insurance Research (SIR) (These folks know how to find stuff)

• 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)

• Surplus Lines Association of California (First association of it’s kind)

• Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association (TAIPA)   (Texas assigned risk plan)

• Texas Surplus Lines Association   (Promoting the TX surplus lines business)

• Toronto Insurance Women's Association (Professional organization, since 1960)

• United Policyholders   (Non-profit consumer rights & education group) NEW

• Urban Insurance Partners Foundation (Promoting better availability of insurance in urban areas)

• USAgents   (Organization of DORIS agents)

• Viatical & Life Settlements Association of America (Supporting the viatical settlement industry)

• Washington Self-Insurers Association   (For WA workcomp self-insurers)

• Washington Surveying & Rating Bureau (WSRB) (Property bureau for Washington state)

• Westchester Insurance Professionals (WIPNY) (Regional professional group)

• WIIS (Western Insurance Information Service) (Promotes insurance, but no lobbying)

• WISe (World Insurance e-commerce)   (Formerly LIMNET, RINET, & WIN, now merging with ACORD)

• Workers Compensation Claims Association (WCCA) (Supporting workcomp claims administration)

• Workers’ Compensation Claims Professionals (WCCP) (Over 2000 Florida workcomp claims folks)

• Workers Compensation Rating & Inspection Bureau (WCRIB)   (Mass workers comp bureau)

• Workers Compensation Research Institute   (Independent research firm)