This report will provide the Officers and Executive Committee Members the salient details, concerning the happenings with the ten allied associations that this committee monitors for the benefit of the Association and its members.
INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTE OF LOSS ADJUSTERS
(Thomas Moss/Tenco Services -TN)
In 2023, the IILA’s 54th Annual Meeting was held in Madrid, Spain where Emre Kokavci of Turkey was installed as President. This event was well received by its membership with attendees coming from four continents to enjoy the proceedings.
The IILA’s 2024 Mid-Term Meeting will be held on May 10, 2024 in conjunction with the NAIIA’s Annual Conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in San Antonio, Texas. The IILA’s 2024 Annual General Meeting will be held in Heraklion, Crete at the Abaton Island Resort & Spa from October 18th through October 22nd. Further information on this event’s program including the pre-conference tour can be accessed via the IILA website (www.iila.com). The IILA encourage NAIIA members to apply for membership in this growing global professional association.
INTERNATIONAL FEDERATION OF ADJUSTING ASSOCIATIONS
(Charles J. Reilly, Jr/Edward R. Reilly & Company, Inc.)
The International Federation of Adjusting Associations is a worldwide organization established to promote the role of loss adjusting associations, their members and the member associations.
More information concerning this group’s upcoming meetings and events can be obtained from their website (www.theifaa.net).
SOCIETY OF REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ADJUSTERS
(Sheri Csom/NAIIA Executive Director)
The Society of Registered Professional Adjusters was established to promote strict professional standards for adjusters encompassing experience, continuing education and ethics.
It awards the RPA designation for those who exhibit significant experience, expertise, ethics and knowledge while engaged in the business of insurance loss and claim adjustments.
The RPA encourages members to apply for membership in this growing national professional association. For more information, please visit their website (www.rpa-adjuster.com).
CANADIAN INDEPENDENT ADJUSTERS ASSOCIATION
(G. LaMarche/LaMarche &Associates – MA)
With over 1,000 independent adjusters committed to the professionalism in 300 offices throughout Canada-the CIAA is hosting various education initiatives under the tutelage of its President, Maria Joshua. The organization will be hosting the Joint Atlantic Conference on May 29 – 31, 2024 at the Digby Pines Resort in Digby Nova Scotia. The CIAA will be hosting the Canadian Claim Summit which will be held on June 25, 2024 at the Marriot Toronto Airport Hotel in Toronto, Canada.
For those seeking information about the CIAA, should contact Pat Battle, CIAA, Executive Director by phone or email (tel:416-621-6222/email:pbattle@ciaadjusters.ca).
LOSS EXECUTIVES ASSOCIATION
(Margaret A. Reilly/Edward R. Reilly & Company, Inc. – NJ)
The Loss Executives Association was founded over ninety years ago for the property loss professional and provides a forum for discussion, study and consideration of common loss adjustment problems to explore options and alternatives. It is the LEA’s belief that a better understanding of such problems is the ultimate goal of the educational process.
Regular membership is restricted to insurance company personnel while associate membership is granted for independent adjusters, attorneys with property defense legal firms, CPA’s, salvors, property oriented engineering firms and other service firms, which regularly provide technical services and advice to the property claims industry.
The LEA holds two meetings a year with its upcoming Spring Meeting and Educational Conference being held on June 5th through June 7th, 2024, at the Newport Marriot Hotel Newport, Rhode Island.
For further information about the networking and educational benefits to be realized in this property insurance claims organization, please visit their website (www.lossexecutives.com).
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CLAIMS PROFESSIONALS
(C.J. Reilly, Jr./Edward R. Reilly & Company, Inc. – NY)
The 300 member group is populated by many carriers who rely on Independent Adjusters as their field adjuncts. The NAIIA has reciprocity with this organization with each association’s presidents attending each other’s annual conference.
The IACP’s upcoming New York Conference will be held at the University Club on June 20, 2024 and its Annual Meeting is slated to be held on September 29, 2024 at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in Orlando, Florida. Additional information concerning these events can be obtained from IACP website (www.iaclpro.org).
CLAIMS & LITIGATION MANAGEMENT ALLIANCE
(Cathy Hester/Claims Pro – AL)
The CLM’s Annual Conference will be held in Dallas, (Grapevine) Texas from April 9–11, 2025. Registration for this event is scheduled to open in December 2024.
CLM continues with its revolving venues for their seminars in most major cities. The CLM’s Litigation Management Institute (LMI) certifies those who successfully complete a three day course. Another feature is the CLM’s “tracker” feature which provides a one stop repository for your records of CEU courses taken. More information concerning this organization can be accessed at their website (www.theclm.org).
In June 2018, the Institutes acquired CLM along with the Claims Pages with both of these organizations being operated as non-profits going forward, but will each be acting as independent entities of the parent company.
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES
(John Henderson/Wickizer & Klutter – MO)
The NAMIC’s Annual Conference will be held from September 22nd through 25, 2024 in Denver Colorado. This three day event is a well-attended affair for smaller mutual companies, both domestic and their Canadian counterparts, along with their reinsurers. For more information please visit their website (www.namic.org).
WHOLESALE SURPLUS INSURANCE ASSOCIATION (WSIA)
(J. Michaelk/Gulf Coast Claims – TX)
The NAPSLO and the American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA) organizations have merged and the combined entity is now known as the Wholesale Surplus Insurance Association (WSIA), the authoritative voice of the surplus lines industry for both domestic and Lloyd’s underwriters.
In addition to many structured educational offerings, WSIA is best known for its annual conference drawing internationally upwards of 4,000 attendees from the carrier, brokerage, Lloyd’s and MGA ranks where prearranged meetings with TPA’s and IA’s during this conference, provide opportunities for unbundled claim services. NAIIA firms also holding membership within this group are active on the “committee” level advancing the interests of the claim services.
The organization’s annual gathering this year will take place in Chicago, Illinois on June 9th through June 12, 2024. For more information please visit their website (www.info@WSIA.org).
THE INSTITUTES
(Cathy Hester/Claim Pro – AL)
The Institutes were founded in 1911 and have evolved into the industry’s most trusted and respected knowledge leader. The Institutes and its affiliates are committed to meeting the evolving professional development needs to the insurance and risk management communities. Currently, the Institutes offer over 100 plus courses and awards more than twenty five professional designations.
The Institutes have acquired the operations of CLM and its sister operation the Claim Pages which will be both operating as non-profits going forwarding, but will be operating independent of the Institutes.
For further information concerning the educational offerings afforded to the industry, please visit their website (www.theinstitutes.org).
CONCLUSION
It is hoped that this report clarifies the developments that are ongoing with our sister associations and provides the NAIIA Membership with the appropriate background and contact information for like-minded interested professionals.
Respectfully submitted,
C.J. Reilly, Jr.
Charles J. Reilly, Jr., CPCU, RPA, CPAU
Chairman, NAIIA Allied Associations Liaison Committee
