Wheaton, Illinois, Nov. 17, 2006--The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) is sponsoring a new national meeting concentrating on strategic concerns related to the development and maintenance of property/casualty insurance products.

The meeting is called "The AAIS Main Event: Where insurance leaders come together to explore product issues, discuss solutions, exchange ideas . . ."

The 2007 Main Event, scheduled for April 22-24 in Charleston, S.C., grows out of and supplants the former AAIS annual conference. The conference program, now in the final planning stages, will be focused on product-related issues of strategic importance to CEOs and heads of operational units.

The Mills House Hotel in downtown Charleston is the setting for the Main Event, and other conference events partake of the rich history of the area.

A spouse/guest tour is planned for Middleton Place, the richly landscaped estate of one of South Carolina's most prominent families in the period from the American Revolution through the Civil War.

The closing reception and dinner will take place in The Old Exchange & Provost Dungeon, a beautifully restored 18th century structure that has served as a post office, customs house, and pirate prison.

For more information on the event, contact Joseph Harrington, AAIS director of corporate communications, at joeh@AAISonline.com, or by calling 800/564-AAIS.

AAIS is a national advisory organization that develops policy forms and rating information used by more than 600 property/casualty companies throughout the U.S.