There is still an opportunity to see a declared
candidate for President of the United States speak at the
AAIS
Main Event, April 22-24 in Charleston, S.C. To register,
For assistance in finding a room, contact Joseph
Harrington at joeh@AAISonline.com,
or by calling 800-564-AAIS.
The Main Event's keynote speaker, Tommy G.
Thompson, former Governor of Wisconsin and Secretary of the
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, has announced that he
is seeking the Republican nomination for President.
This executive-level conference also features a
panel of five insurance CEOs addressing timely, critical issues,
including terrorism, flood coverage, proposals to repeal the
McCarran-Ferguson Act, and the
public image of the property/casualty industry, among other matters.
Those panelists include:
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James Sullivan, president and
CEO, Co-Operative Insurance Companies, Middlebury, Vt. and chairman
of AAIS, moderator
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Charles Chamness, president,
National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies
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Judy Jackson, president and
CEO, NLC Insurance Companies, Norwich, Conn.
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L. Gerald Roach, president,
Mutual Assurance Society of Virginia, Richmond
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Richard Zick,
president and CEO, Utica First Ins. Co., Utica, N.Y.
In addition, the business program features four
experts addressing emerging issues:
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Dr. Robert Blaunstein, manager of loss
control under contract for American Safety Ins. Co., addressing
nanotechnology;
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David Herman, senior counsel and senior
director of claims for the Food Products Association, reporting on
trends in food and beverage claims;
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Charles Kingdollar, vice president in the
emerging issues unit of Gen Re; addressing the expansion of personal
injury exposure and
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Sam Miller, executive vice president of
the Florida Insurance Council, reporting on public actions that
directly affect insurance product pricing and structure.
You will not want to miss any of the sessions--they
address the most pressing issues in the industry today.
Register today to join AAIS in Charleston for The Main Event, where
industry leaders come together to explore product issues, discuss
solutions, exchange ideas . . .
Insurance departments in Alabama and Iowa are the
latest to require insurers to submit filings electronically using the
System for Electronic Rate and Form Filing (SERFF).
In Iowa, a new
regulation specifies that filings must be made using SERFF as of
May 2, 2007. In Alabama, a
bulletin sets the date for mandatory SERFF filings at Nov. 1, 2007.
AAIS is an authorized third-party provider of SERFF
filing service, and companies can utilize AAIS for custom filings of
most products, whether or not they are based on AAIS programs. For
information, contact
compliance@AAISonline.com.
The Michigan Office of Financial and Insurance
Services (OFIS) is requiring that all companies make filings certifying
whether they include "discretionary clauses" in their policies.
Discretionary clauses, which are defined in an OFIS
regulation, restrict a policyholder's ability to appeal a claim
decision. AAIS has no such provisions in its policy forms, and OFIS is
requiring that companies respond individually. Sample filing letters are
provided in a
notice from OFIS.
Originally, the filing was to be made
by April 1 but, due to the late announcement of the requirement, OFIS is
granting 60-day extensions for compliance.
AAIS forms have been chosen as the standards used to
teach the inland marine segment of a new insurance designation:
Certified Construction Insurance Specialist (CCIS).
Forms found in the Builders Risk, Contractors
Equipment, and Installation Floater sections of the AAIS Inland
Marine Guide will be covered in part one of the CCIS curriculum in
the upcoming Contractors
& Builders Conferences being held in five locations. The Guide
is the leading industry resource for forms, rating procedures,
underwriting guidelines, and other information for the nonfiled classes
of inland marine insurance.
The inland marine segment will be taught by Marjorie
Segale, vice president of the Insurance Skills Center, Huntington Beach,
Calif., the sponsor of the conferences. AAIS has been a co-sponsor of
the center's Agribusiness Conference, and AAIS materials are used in the
curriculum for the center's Agribusiness and Farm Insurance Specialist
designation.
For more information, go to
www.insuranceskillscenter.com, or call 800-375-8704.
