AAIS is initiating filing action to introduce
countrywide manuals for its Homeowners
and Mobile-Homeowners Programs.
Under this format, pages for identifying specific state exceptions will be
issued separately, a change from the previous
practice of issuing separate manuals for each jurisdiction.
The new manuals will display basic rating information
in a factor rating format rather than as tables with amounts already
calculated. The manuals will display loss cost base amounts by territory,
and provide the applicable relativities for policy form, amount of
insurance, protection, and construction.
Proposed effective dates for the new manuals range
from May 1 to Sept. 1, 2006. Companies affiliated with AAIS for Homeowners
or Mobile-Homeowners will receive more information in an upcoming
bulletin.
For information on affiliating with AAIS for use of
its Homeowners or Mobile-Homeowners programs, contact Rick Maka, director of marketing, at rickm@AAISonline.com
or by calling 800/564-AAIS.
A new automated Motor Truck Cargo (MTC) rating
worksheet, recently developed for rating policies provided in the MTC
section of the AAIS Inland Marine Guide,
will be available to AAISdirect
users for beta testing this Friday, Sept. 23.
The new MTC rating worksheet is available in the VB
(Visual Basic) Script program used for other Guide worksheets
available on AAISdirect. Among other things, the MTC rating worksheet
features:
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Automatic calculation of loads, charges, and
premium;
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Quote display and quote print capabilities;
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Ability to save quote for up to one month; and
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Free form fields for documenting risk features.
(The automated MTC rating worksheet will be
available Friday under "Support Materials" in the Inland
Marine Guide section of AAISdirect. Click on "Internal
Rating Worksheets," then select "Motor Truck Cargo 02 05
Beta Test.")
For information on affiliating with AAIS for use of
the Inland Marine Guide, contact Rick Maka, director of marketing, at rickm@AAISonline.com
or by calling 800/564-AAIS.
AAIS recently issued updated statistical plans to its
Homeowners and Mobile-Homeowners affiliates. Earlier this year, AAIS
issued updated statistical plans for Crime, Glass, and Inland
Marine; new plans for other lines will be issued in coming months.
The new statistical plans are being revised to
accommodate available media for reporting statistics and to add fields.
For information on AAIS's Statistical Reporting service, contact Rick
Maka, director of marketing, at rickm@AAISonline.com.
CCH Insurance Services, the authorized vendor for AAIS
policy forms, has created a Web page with tables listing and summarizing
compliance information from Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana,
Texas, and other states related to Hurricane Katrina. The page provides
links to state Web sites where applicable.
The September 2005 edition of the Policy Form and
Manual Analysis Service (PF&M), published by
The Rough
Notes Co., features a detailed analysis of the AAIS Artisans Program,
concentrating on the open perils form provided in the program.
The Artisans Program is designed for insuring small
building contractors (carpenters, plumbers, electricians, etc.) that may
have little or no building property of their own. A policy emphasizes
liability coverage, and can be written to provide liability coverage only.
For information on affiliating with AAIS for use of
the Artisans Program, contact Rick Maka, director of marketing, at rickm@AAISonline.com,
or by calling 800/564-AAIS.
AAIS staff members will be at present at these
upcoming insurance meetings:
To arrange contact with AAIS staff at any of these
events, contact Rick Maka, director of marketing, at rickm@AAISonline.com
or by calling 800/564-AAIS.
Oct. 1, 2005 is the deadline for submitting
advertising for the Fall 2005 edition of AAIS's Viewpoint magazine.
This award-winning publication goes to 1,500 readers, most of them senior
executives of property/casualty companies.
For information on advertising in Viewpoint,
contact Joseph Harrington, director of corporate communications, at joeh@AAISonline.com.
