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ACA 23-67-202.
defines Advisory Organization
or Rate Service Organization as “any entity which either has two (2)
or more member insurers or is controlled either directly or indirectly by
two (2) or more insurers, licensed under § 23-67-214, and which
assists insurers in ratemaking-related activities such as those enumerated
in § 23-67-216 or two (2) or more insurers having a common ownership
or operating in this state under common management or control constitute a
single insurer for the purpose of this definition.
The following are licensed as advisory or rate service
organizations in Arkansas.
ACORD
http://www.acord.com/
ACCORD is a nonprofit
insurance association whose mission is to facilitate the development and
use of standards for the insurance and related financial services
industries. ACORD accomplishes its mission by
remaining an objective, independent advocate for sharing information among
diverse platforms.
ACORD is committed to providing standards and services that improve
efficiency and expand market reach by: reducing costs; reducing duplication
of work and ambiguous communication exchanges; improving accuracy;
facilitating e-business; and supporting multiple distribution models.
AIPSO
http://www.aipso.com/
AIPSO
provides all the services necessary for the effective and efficient
administration of automotive insurance plans specifically designed to
provide options to high-risk drivers and the industry that insures them.
They are a not-for-profit organization.
They
provide expertise in the fields of insurance, management, actuarial
science, statistical analysis, information systems development, audit
services, accounting, and insurance law. Many services are provided
directly to or on behalf of governing committees that represent their
state's residual market mechanism.
ALLIANCE OF AMERICAN
INSURERS
http://www.allianceai.org/
Founded
in 1922, the Alliance of American Insurers today represents the interests
of more than 340 property-casualty insurers from coast to coast. Our
diverse membership includes companies of all sizes, providing automobile,
homeowners, professional liability, workers compensation, commercial, and
other lines of property-casualty coverages to their policyholders. The Alliance works
closely with its members to create a more favorable business environment
for insurers and their policyholders.
AMERICAN
ASSOCIATION OF INSURANCE SERVICES “AAIS”
http://www.aais.org/
The
American Association of Insurance Services is a product development
resource for property/casualty insurers who require responsive, innovative
information services. With more than 60 years of expertise in actuarial
analysis, policy form development, and regulatory filings, AAIS is now a
recognized leader in customized product research and design. More than 600
property/casualty companies use AAIS products and services.
HIGHWAY
LOSS DATA INSTITUTE (AN AFFILIATE OF INSURANCE INSTITUTE FOR HIGHWAY
SAFETY)
http://www.hwysafety.org/
The
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety is a nonprofit research and
communications organization funded by auto insurers. For over 30 years the
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety has been a leader in finding out
what works and doesn't work to prevent motor vehicle crashes in the first
place and reduce injuries in the crashes that still occur. The Institute's
research focuses on countermeasures aimed at all three factors in motor
vehicle crashes (human, vehicular, and environmental) and on interventions
that can occur before, during, and after crashes to reduce losses. In 1992
the Vehicle
Research Center (VRC) was opened. This center, which includes a
state-of-the-art crash test facility, is the focus of most of the
Institute's vehicle-related research. The Institute's affiliate
organization, the Highway Loss Data Institute, gathers, processes, and
publishes data on the ways in which insurance losses vary among different
kinds of vehicles.
INSURANCE
SERVICES OFFICE, INC. (ISO)
http://www.iso.com/
ISO is the
premier source of information about property and liability risk. For a broad
spectrum of commercial and personal lines of insurance, ISO provides
analytical and decision-support products and services, including
statistical, actuarial, underwriting, and claims information; consulting;
technical services; policy language; information about specific locations;
fraud-identification tools; and data processing.
ISO
DATA, INC
ISO Data is
the statistical data division of Insurance Services Office, Inc.
MILL AND
ELEVATOR RATING BUREAU (MERB)
Mill and
Elevator Rating Bureau is a commercial property rating association for
mills and grain elevators.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
INDEPENDENT INSURERS
http://www.naii.org/
NAII
is the nation's largest full-service property/casualty trade association,
representing more than 715 members. Its purpose is to advocate its members'
public policy positions at four levels: federal government, state
legislatures, federal and state courthouses and the public arena, and to
provide its members with targeted industry information.
NATIONAL
COUNCIL ON COMPENSATION INSURANCE “NCCI”
http://www.ncci.com/
NCCI operates as a not-for-profit rating, statistical and data
management services organization. NCCI products and services assist
insurers, regulatory officials, lawmakers, and other industry stakeholders
in making informed decisions that support the efficient economic
functioning of the workers compensation system.
NCCI's core
services include:
Rate and
advisory loss cost filings
Cost
analyses of proposed and enacted legislation
Residual
market management
Production
of Experience Ratings
Statistical
and compliance services
Maintenance
of the workers compensation infrastructure of classifications, rules, plans
and forms
Tools for
informed decision-making that extend and enhance traditional, core
offerings
NATIONAL CROP
INSURANCE SERVICES
http://www.ag-risk.org/
National Crop Insurance Services (NCIS)
is an international not-for-profit organization representing the interests
of more than 60 crop insurance companies. NCIS
member companies write Crop-Hail Insurance; Multiple Peril Crop Insurance (MPCI), the federally subsidized risk management
program; and, privately developed crop insurance products totaling
approximately $3 billion in premium, with liability totaling approximately
$50 billion. These companies service all farmers participating in the
federal program, including limited-resource and socially-disadvantaged
farmers. In partnership with the government, these private companies are
the safety net that equitably provides risk management to the American
farmer. NCIS members range in size from one-state
companies to national writers, as well as foreign company members.
NATIONAL INDEPENDENT
STATISTICAL SERVICE
http://www.niss-stat.org/
NISS is a
unique resource for the property/casualty insurance industry. We collect
and report timely, quality insurance data, and perform other related
functions, at a reasonable cost.
NISS is
committed to providing our member companies with outstanding service, and
doing it in a friendly, positive, responsive manner. We are here to make
your job easier - not only by providing you with the reporting mechanism
you need, but also by helping you understand it better and keeping it
simple.
We are number-crunchers. We truly enjoy working with numbers (why else
would we be in this business?). Even more importantly, we enjoy solving
problems and assisting people.
ODEN INSURANCE SERVICES
http://www.oden-ins.com/
ODEN®
Insurance Services, Inc. is a regulatory research and publishing
organization. We produce web-based compliance research and software, and
our products include information for all insurance lines. Some of the areas
we address include market conduct, underwriting, licensing, filing, and
policy termination. We are a family-owned business based in Tulsa, Oklahoma,
and since 1988 we have successfully assisted insurance companies, brokers, MGAs, risk managers and other professionals.
SURETY ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA
http://www.surety.org/
The Surety
Association of America (SAA) is a District of Columbia
non-profit corporation whose members are engaged in the business of suretyship. Member companies collectively write the
majority of surety and fidelity bonds in the United States. The Surety
Association of America is licensed as a rating or advisory organization in
all states, as well as in the District of Columbia
and Puerto Rico, and it has been designated by all state insurance
departments except Texas
as a statistical agent for the reporting of fidelity and surety experience.
The Surety Association of America represents its member companies in
matters of common interest before various federal, state and local
government agencies.
The Surety
Association of America has departments handling: statistical
information, regulatory filings, publications, government affairs,
membership, and both surety and fidelity bond underwriting.
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