Aircraft Builders Council, Inc.

www.aircraftbuilders.com

The Aircraft Builders Council (ABC) was founded in 1955 at a time when aviation products liability coverage was in its infancy and not readily available on the open markets. Working together, sharing a common goal, a group of aviation manufacturing companies, brokers and insurers developed a products liability insurance facility for the benefit of manufacturers in the aviation industry.

Since its formation, the Aircraft Builders Council program has provided aviation products liability insurance and continues to be the leader in developing coverage to satisfy the dynamic needs of the industry that it serves. Participants in the program may now secure coverage limits of up to $1,000,000,000.

American Institute of Professional Association Group Insurance Administrators

www.aipagia.com

 

The purpose of AIPAGIA is to establish and maintain a forum to promote the open and free exchange of ideas among a select membership composed of association group insurance administrators, in an atmosphere of fraternalism and social camaraderie.

Arizona Captive Insurance Association

www.azcia.org

The Arizona Captive Insurance Association (AzCIA) was formed as an Arizona non-profit corporation on March 2, 2001. AzCIA was the first Association in Arizona of its kind formed specifically to support, promote, foster and market Arizona as an attractive and competitive captive insurance domicile. To this end, the AzCIA was involved early on in the development of Arizona’s captive-enabling legislation, Title 20, Chapter 4, Article 14 of Arizona’s Revised Statutes. This legislation, sponsored by Rep. Ted Carpenter, and enthusiastically supported by both the AzCIA and the Arizona Department of Insurance, has paved the way for a stable and progressive captive environment in Arizona.

Captive Insurance Companies Association

www.cicaworld.com

The Captive Insurance Companies Association, formed in 1972, is the only domicile-neutral captive insurance association. That means CICA is free from jurisdictional or commercial ties since it is not linked with a domicile or government entity. Founded by risk managers for their collective benefit, CICA continues to work to provide the foremost education, networking and leadership for captive and risk retention group professionals.

Claims Education Conference

www.claimseducationconference.com

The Claims Education Conference is an annual event that provides high-level training away from the office where claims professionals are able to focus on high-quality performance, enabling them to work more efficiently and provide superior customer service.

International Insurance Institute, Inc. provides a variety of superior services dedicated to the enhancement of the insurance industry. Our goal is to assist the claims environment in its many highly technical and ever changing methods of operation via our analysis recommendation and educational processes.

Design-Build Institute of America - Upper Midwest Region

www.dbia.org

The Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA) is an association of leaders in the design and construction industry utilizing design-build and integrated project delivery methods to achieve high performance projects.

Founded in 1993 and headquartered today in Washington, DC, DBIA offers its members opportunities for education, networking, information, and advocacy. DBIA focuses its efforts on increasing the successful use of innovative design-build teams on non-residential building, civil infrastructure and process industry projects.

Forensic Accountants Society of North America

www.fasna.org

FASNA was chartered as a network of certified public accounting firms in 1997 for the purpose of providing claims adjustment services to the insurance industry. Over the years, litigation support and special investigations were added as they are often interrelated with our insurance services.

Grain Elevator and Processing Society

www.geaps.com

GEAPS began as the Society of Grain Elevator Superintendents [SOGES], with its first meeting in 1930 in Chicago. Soon chapters began to form in grain centers across the continent: the Minneapolis chapter began in 1936, followed the next year by Thunder Bay.

Over the years, GEAPS has offered a network of member services to help the organization live up to today's mission statement: GEAPS: An international professional society dedicated to providing its members with forums to generate leadership, innovation and excellence in grain-related industry operations.

Institute of Forensic Investigation, Inc.

www.institute-forensicinvestigation.org/

 

The Institute of Forensic Investigation (IFI) serves as the leading provider of educational, communications, and networking resources to critical response organizations, both private and public. IFI serves its mission through promoting collaborative, team-based approaches to critical incident management, enhancing member competence through educational opportunities, providing organizational design tools, and advocating legislative and regulatory bodies for the coordinated delivery of aid and assistance in catastrophic incident response, recovery, and remediation.

Institute of Real Estate Management-MN Chapter 45

www.iremmn.org

IREM is an association of nearly 10,000 persons engaged in the field of property management who have met stringent requirements in the areas of education, experience and commitment to a code of ethics. It is the only professional association committed to serving all of the real estate industry, both commercial and residential.

The Minnesota Chapter No. 45 of the Institute of Real Estate Management is one of the Chapters within the national organization. The current membership exceeds 270 professionals composed of CPMs, CPM Candidates, ARMs and ARM Candidates. The Minnesota Chapter is recognized for its outstanding seminars, courses and luncheons.

Minnesota Association of Nurse Anesthetists

www.mnana.org

The Minnesota Association of Nurse Anesthetists is a statewide professional organization of Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs) dedicated to promoting the profession of nurse anesthesia. MANA's mission is "Providing excellence in anesthesia care by preserving the past, serving the present, and guiding the future."

Minnesota Commercial Real Estate Women

www.mncrew.org

Founded in 1995, Minnesota Commercial Real Estate Women (MNCREW) has grown from a small group of energetic commercial real estate professionals to a network of more than 230 members. Today, MNCREW is the professional association of choice for the most experienced and successful women in Minnesota’s commercial real estate industry.

The Minnesota chapter is affiliated with the national organization of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW Network), consisting of over 6,000 members throughout the U.S. and Canada. Members specialize in all areas of the industry including development, appraisal, finance, law, leasing, brokerage, title insurance, marketing, architecture, property and asset management – everything needed to complete a deal!

Minnesota Construction Association

www.mnconstruction.org

The Minnesota Construction Association is a non-profit organization that provides networking, business development and education opportunities for construction managers, project managers, general contractors, subcontractors, owners, engineers, architects, attorneys, suppliers, developers, educators and students involved in the construction industry.

Minnesota Geothermal Heat Pump Association

www.minnesotageothermalheatpumpassociation.com

The Minnesota Geothermal Heat Pump Association is a non-profit organization dedicated to further advancing the geothermal heat pump technology in the state of MN.  The organization is comprised of industry professionals from contractors, engineers & designers, well-drilling contractors, loop field contractors, heat pump manufacturers & distributors, electric utilities, and associates to the industry.  The primary goal of the association is to provide the industry with training to promote proper design and installations, as well as educating the public about the benefits of the technology.  The other main focus of the association are to work with state and local officials on regulations and other issues that could affect either the geothermal industry, the environment, or the consumer.

Minnesota Heating and Cooling Association

www.mhca.info

The Minnesota Heating and Cooling Association (MHCA)’s mission is to support the elevation of our industry standards to ensure the utmost quality and value for our consumer, our environment and our employees. We will accomplish this by supporting training and education efforts of all member business regardless of annual sales or number of employees. Training and education efforts will focus on technical advancements, design, accounting, leadership, management and business practices. Through these efforts, we will advance each business individually and our industry as a whole.

Minnesota Medical Group Management Association

www.mmgma.org

The MMGMA has a primary mission, which includes enabling medical practice executives and their organizations to recognize and improve the health status of the community of patients they serve. This is accomplished by promoting and delivering the physician/administrative team approach to health care and medical group management. The MMGMA also focuses on enhancing a member's professional role, knowledge and skills.

The MMGMA serves its membership by advocating with the legislative and regulatory bodies to advance the concept of group practice with the health delivery system as well as building and providing a repository of data, process and organization design tools.

NAIOP Minnesota

www.naiopmn.org

NAIOP Minnesota is a chapter of NAIOP, the Commercial Real Estate Development Association and is the leading organization for developers, owners and related professionals in office, industrial and mixed-use real estate. NAIOP provides unparalleled industry networking and education, and advocates for effective legislation on behalf of its members. NAIOP advances responsible, sustainable development that creates jobs and benefits the communities in which its members work and live. With 1,000 members, NAIOP Minnesota is the third-largest of NAIOP’s 56 chapters.

 

National Association of Home Inspectors, Inc.

www.nahi.org

The National Association of Home Inspectors, Inc. (NAHI) was established in 1987 as a nonprofit association to promote and develop certified and licensed home inspectors in the professional home inspection industry. The National Association of Home Inspectors strives to promote excellence and professionalism in the Home Inspection industry; to provide a home inspector standards of practice and a code of ethics for home inspectors in the USA. Our national home inspector association also educates its home inspector members and informs the public of the benefits and scope of a professional home inspection. NAHI Home Inspectors must meet strict membership requirements and are held to the highest Standards of Practice in the home inspector industry. NAHI Home Inspectors continue to build their knowledge each year by attending home inspector educational events.

National Risk Retention Association

www.nrra-usa.org

The National Risk Retention Association is the voice of risk retention group and purchasing group liability insurance programs, organized pursuant to the Federal Liability Risk Retention Act. NRRA's central purpose is to promote Risk Retention Act-authorized group insurance programs as a practical, economical, efficient and financially sound option for distributing the liability risks of member insureds. NRRA fulfills its mission through education, communication, government relations, and judicial advocacy.

The Harmonie Group

www.harmonie.org

The Harmonie Group was founded in 1993 at the Harmonie Club in New York City, when several experienced and well-respected members of the defense bar met to discuss forming a national network of high quality law firms, that had the proven ability to serve the special needs of the risk industry. The Group believed then, as it does now, that both clients and attorneys benefit from a better understanding of the unique circumstances and concerns facing each of them. The members at the initial meeting wanted to create an organization where quality members would be encouraged to introduce their quality clients to other members, to promote an exchange of ideas between clients and lawyers, and to have frank discussions concerning the lawyer/client relationship.

Visual Communications Industry Group (formerly Polycom User Group)

www.vci-group.org

The Visual Communications Industry Group (VCIG) (formerly Polycom User Group) was founded in 2002 as an independent, global organization focused on providing an educational and peer networking vehicle in the Conferencing industry. PUG focuses on promoting and encouraging communication between users of Polycom®, Inc.products and services. The group provides feedback to Polycom on product enhancements and new development, and works toward the overall education of the conferencing professional.

Western Region Captive Insurance Conference

www.westerncaptiveconference.org

The Arizona Captive Insurance Association (AzCIA) and the Utah Captive Insurance Association (UCIA) recently bucked the trend of holding individual annual conferences by copartnering to create the Western Region Captive Insurance Conference (WRCIC). 

AzCIA and UCIA saw a way to grow their smaller individual conferences and save their members time and money by offering a joint event as an alternative to their traditional individual annual conferences. Together as the WRCIC, these organizations produced the “2010 Western Captive Round-up,” the first regional captive insurance conference of its kind held in the U.S., in early 2010.

This joint conference format provided members of each association and others in the global captive community with increased educational and networking opportunities, greater visibility and access to a larger number of prospective clients and captive experts, while helping them minimize the cost of attending multiple conferences to achieve these overall benefits.

World Captive Forum

www.worldcaptiveforum.com

Co-sponsored by Business Insurance, Towers Watson and Quest Management Services Limited, this annual event reviews current trends and developments in captive insurance worldwide.

The World Captive Forum is a three-day annual meeting that attracts risk managers, captive managers, regulators and service providers to exchange ideas, network and learn from expert speakers.

The conference is organized into three track sessions covering introductory topics, advanced topics and benefits financing topics. Sessions during this conference address topics such as new risk financing alternatives, reinsurance, tax issues, rent-a-captives, cell structures, investments and case studies.