Latest AAIS Online Headlines
All the headlines from our AAIS Online Topic Page, ordered by recency.
NOPE Says, ‘Stupidity Can Be Excluded!’
Dec 22 2015 // Departments of Insurance across the country are bracing for the introduction of new commercial property policy language promised by the newly-formed property insurance rating and policy form bureau National Organization of...
ACE’s Souza Named Farm, Agribusiness Manager at AAIS
Nov 19 2015 // Robin Souza, a veteran agricultural insurance, is the new product manager for farm and agribusiness programs for the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS). Souza comes to AAIS from ACE Agribusiness. She...
AAIS Releases New Builders’ Risk Coverage Form
Nov 6 2015 // A new builders’ risk coverage is now available for insuring civil or public works projects such as highways, levee systems, airports, and other facilities. The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) has...
AAIS Says Updated Small Businessowner Program Approved in 26 States
Sep 16 2015 // The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) recently filed updated eligibility criteria, endorsements, loss costs, and rating procedures for its Businessowners Program (BOP). To date, the filing has been...
Fireman’s Fund’s Rippley Named VP Commercial Lines at AAIS
May 29 2015 // Leslie Rippley, who has 25 years’ experience, nearly all of it with major carriers, is the new vice president of commercial lines for the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS), the national...
Is it Flood or Water Damage – Part IV of Flood, Flood or Flood
May 21 2015 // To review prior articles, links are here for Part I, Part II, and Part III. Part IV What the Insured Said Let’s bring this discussion back full circle to discuss what happened. What did the insured actually mean by...
People – West
May 18 2015 // St. Louis, Mo.-based Safety National Casualty Corp. appointed Tom Grove to the position of senior vice president – Business Development. In his new role, Grove is responsible for leading Safety National’s...
Flood, Flood or Flood! Who Responds: AAIS, ISO or NFIP? – Part III
May 13 2015 // Part III AAIS’s Flood Coverage Endorsement “Flood” becomes a covered cause of loss by attachment of AAIS’s Flood Endorsement CO 1223 (The Flood Endorsement specifically designed for the COP XL is...
Flood, Flood or Flood? – Part II
May 6 2015 // In case you missed it (and don’t want to begin in the middle of the conversation), here is the link to Part I. Part II AAIS’s COP and COP XL Coverage Forms AAIS’s COP and COP XL are designed and intended...
Flood, Flood, or Flood: What is Really Meant When a ‘Flood’ Loss is Reported? – Part I
Apr 29 2015 // Part I “We’ve had a flood,” says the commercial insured. “Oh, no!” the agent says as he quickly reviews the file documentation to confirm whether flood coverage was even offered. Then the key...
Buckeye’s Haines Becomes AAIS Chairman; Motorists’ Kaufman Elected to Board
Apr 23 2015 // R. Douglas Haines, president and CEO of Buckeye Insurance Group, Piqua, Ohio, is the new chairman of the board of the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS). Also, the group has elected David Kaufman, president...
AAIS, ACORD Partner on Standards for Insurers
Mar 17 2015 // Two major organizations that supply standard forms, rating information and policies to the property/casualty insurance industry have agreed to work more closely together. The American Association of Insurance Services...
AAIS Names Yocius, Kadous to Key Positions
Feb 14 2014 // Two veteran insurance product professionals have been named to leadership positions at the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS). Rich Yocius has been named vice president of actuarial services and chief...
AAIS Adds Three New Staff Positions
Jul 26 2013 // The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) has added three new positions to its staff. Scott Sheldon, an auto insurance product manager who spent 13 years with GEICO, has been named vice president for auto...
Will Wind/Hail Cosmetic Damage Exclusion Endorsements Become the Norm?
Mar 11 2013 // Cosmetic damage from wind and hail to homeowner and commercial properties may no longer be covered if insurers opt to use new policy endorsements – one for homeowners and another for commercial roofs. Two organizations...
Will Wind/Hail Cosmetic Damage Exclusion Endorsements Become the Norm?
Mar 11 2013 // Cosmetic damage from wind and hail to homeowner and commercial properties may no longer be covered if insurers opt to use new policy endorsements – one for homeowners and another for commercial roofs. Two organizations...
Will Wind/Hail Cosmetic Damage Exclusion Endorsements Become the Norm?
Mar 7 2013 // Cosmetic damage from wind and hail to homeowner and commercial properties may no longer be covered if insurers opt to use new endorsements, one for homeowners and another for commercial roofs, that are becoming...
AAIS Names Parkes Vice President of Sales
Jan 17 2013 // Don Parkes, an insurance executive with 18 years’ experience in catastrophe risk management, has been named vice president of sales for the American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS). AAIS is a national...
AAIS, IDentity 911 Release Sample Data Breach Endorsement
Dec 14 2012 // Insurers now have access to a new sample endorsement they can use to provide “data breach” coverage to small- and mid-sized commercial accounts. The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) has...
AAIS Names Esmond Senior Director of Customer Engagement
Nov 29 2012 // The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) has appointed Truman Esmond, of Denver, Col., to the newly-created position of senior director of customer engagement. Truman Esmond, AAIS AAIS, based in Wheaton, Ill.,...
