A report is available on presentations at the AAIS Annual Conference, along with  exhibits provided by some speakers at the event, plus pictures of conference activities.

The event, at the L'Auberge Del Mar Resort & Spa near San Diego, was attended by senior executives of property/casualty companies, plus representatives of the major reinsurers and other industry organizations.

The 2006 AAIS Annual Conference is scheduled for April 9-11 at The Ritz-Carlton in Sarasota. For information about speaking opportunities or event sponsorships, contact Joseph Harrington, director of corporate communications, at joeh@AAISonline.com.

LARRIS LARSEN PROMOTED TO AAIS 
ASSISTANT VICE PRESIDENT OF COMPLIANCE

Larris Larsen was recently named AAIS's assistant vice president for compliance. He was previously director of compliance and state filings, and continues to have supervisory responsibilities for those functions at AAIS, in addition to monitoring regulatory developments in the states.

Larsen came to AAIS in August 2000 from Legion Ins. Co., Milwaukee, Wis., where he was manager of research and development. Prior to that, he held positions as director of compliance for Vesta Ins. Co., Birmingham, Ala. and as manager of product development and state filings for John Deere Ins. Co., Moline, Ill. 

He started his career as an underwriter for Iowa Kemper, Mason City, and holds a master's degree in business administration from St. Ambrose University, Davenport, Iowa. He is a member of the Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals.

 'AAIS UNDERWRITING ACADEMY'
SCHEDULED FOR MAY 2-6

Gray Wolf Insurance Seminars has scheduled its next "AAIS Personal Lines Underwriting Academy" for May 2-6 in Tinley Park, Ill. (suburban Chicago). Registration is open to all property/casualty professionals that want in-depth training on using the forms and manuals in the AAIS Homeowners, Farmowners, Dwelling Properties, Landlord's Package, Personal and Premises Liability, Personal and Farm Umbrella, and Personal Inland Marine programs.

The academy is led by Gray Wolf senior instructor Fred Macy, who has taught property/casualty courses since 1977 and AAIS-specific courses since 1996.

NEXT AAIS WEB SEMINAR ADDRESSES 
MOTOR TRUCK CARGO INSURANCE

AAIS's next Web-based training seminar, scheduled for 1 p.m. Central time on May 25, will address aspects of rating and loss control in Motor Truck Cargo (MTC) insurance.

Robert Guevara, AAIS vice president of inland marine, will open the presentation with a review of changes to the rating procedure provided in the MTC section of the AAIS Inland Marine Guide.

The Guide is a leading industry resource for forms, rating procedures, underwriting guidelines, and other information for the traditionally nonfiled classes of inland marine insurance; Guevara is its principal developer.

Guevara will be joined by Bruce Dalrymple, president and CEO of Marine Solutions Group, LLD, who will describe the use of telephone surveys for loss control in Motor Truck Cargo.

To register,

VERMONT CLARIFIES POSITION 
ON PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF FILINGS

Insurers seeking to have proprietary information kept confidential after being filed in Vermont must designate specific documents and/or sections it wants withheld from  public disclosure and explain why disclosure would harm the filer's competitive position.

An April bulletin from the Vermont Department of Banking, Insurance , Securities and Health Care Administration reminds insurers that filings are generally considered to be public records open to public inspection. "Broad claims of confidentiality" will probably not be enough to sustain a request for an exemption from disclosure requirements, the bulletin reads, and "under no circumstances should an entire filing be marked as confidential."