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Staff
specialists from AAIS and The Hartford Steam
Boiler Inspection & Insurance Co. (HSB) will conduct a joint
Web-based seminar Feb. 2 on identifying and insuring equipment breakdown
exposures in agriculture. The seminar will begin at 1 p.m. Central time (2
p.m. Eastern) and last approximately one hour.
AAIS
and HSB recently collaborated on development of equipment breakdown
coverage parts for the AAIS Farmowners,
Farm Properties, and Agricultural
Output Programs. Companies affiliated with AAIS for use of those
programs can sign up for the seminar here 
The
seminar presenters will be:
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Paul Henault, HSB vice president;
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Kristi
Roberge, HSB assistant vice president for underwriting; and
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Deborah
Summerlin, AAIS vice president for insurance lines.
Seven reinsurers and software vendors are the first
organizations to sign up for AAIS
associate memberships, a new service package that gives them access to
AAIS product information and opportunities to promote their services to
primary companies that use AAIS programs.
The seven organizations are:
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Farmers Mutual Hail Ins. Co., Des Moines, Iowa;
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GE Reinsurance, Barrington, Ill.;
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GenRe, Stamford, Conn.;
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The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection &
Insurance Co., Hartford, Conn.;
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Insurity Software Co., Hartford, Conn.;
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Results International Systems, Worthington, Ohio;
and
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Town and Country Computer Services, Schenectady,
N. Y.
Claims adjustors, trainers, technical writers, and
other risk-related services that support AAIS member companies are
eligible to become associate members. For information on becoming an
associate member, contact Rick Maka, director of marketing, at rickm@AAISonline.com
Gray Wolf Insurance Seminars is offering an "AAIS
Personal Lines Underwriting Academy" Feb. 7-11 in Pittsburgh, Pa. The
five-day program will provide in-depth descriptions of forms and manuals
in AAIS personal lines programs. Details and registration information is
available at www.gray-wolfseminars.com,
or by calling 301/777-9316.
The Academy is led by Fred Macy, CPCU, AU, senior
instructor for Gray Wolf and an independent trainer who has taught
property/casualty courses since 1977 and AAIS-specific courses since 1996.
He will be joined by James Kloth, CIC, vice president of First Associated
Insurance Agencies, Inc., Brookfield, Wis.
People who sign up for the 2005 AAIS
Annual Conference by Feb. 11 will receive a discount on the
registration fee.
Under the theme "Getting it Right!," this
year's conference is April 10-12 at L'Auberge Del Mar Resort and Spa, Del
Mar, Cal., just north of San Diego. The business sessions address:
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Insurance Deregulation, featuring former
NAIC president Terri Vaughan and Joan Lamm-Tennant, president of
General Re Capital Consultants
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Crisis Leadership, featuring Steven Fink,
veteran of the Three Mile Island crisis and author of a seminal book
on crisis management
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Catastrophe Exposures, featuring Paul
VanderMarck, executive vice president of RMS, Inc.; Dr. Peter Hoppe, a
geo-scientist with Munich Re;and attorney Ron Robinson, who is
involved in terrorism issues
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Strategic Underwriting, featuring Deborah
Smallwood of the Tower Group drawing on that firm's study of
property/casualty underwriting strategies
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Engaging Employees, featuring Towers Perrin
consultant Jean Chiang drawing on that firm's global survey of the
factors that make employees more productive
For more information on the conference, contact Joseph
Harrington, director of corporate communications, at joeh@AAISonline.com
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