Phone Directory of Insurance, Regulatory and Safety-Related Organizations

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For a directory of insurance resources by subject (including phone, mail, Web and email addresses) go to:
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AAA Foundation for Traffic Safety 202-638-5944
ACORD (Agency-Company Organization for Research and Development) 845-620-1700
Advocates for Highway & Auto Safety 202-408-1711
A.M. Best Company 908-439-2200
American Academy of Actuaries 202-223-8196
American Association of Crop Insurers 202-789-4100
American Association of Health Plans 202-778-3200
American Association of Insurance Services 630-681-8347
American Automobile Association 407-444-7000
American Bankers Association Insurance Association 202-663-5163
American Council of Life Insurers 202-624-2000
American Health Care Association 202-842-4444
American Hospital Association 312-280-6000
American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters 610-644-2100
American Institute of Marine Underwriters 212-233-0550
American Insurance Association (Washington, DC) 202-828-7100
American Land Title Association 800-787-2582
American Nuclear Insurers 860-561-3433
American Prepaid Legal Services Institute 312-988-5751
American Tort Reform Association 202-682-1163
Arbitration Forums, Inc. 888-272-3453
Association of Ohio Life Insurance Companies (Faith Williams) 614-227-2374
Association of Professional Insurance Women (APIW) 212-867-0228
Automobile Insurance Plans Service Office (AIPSO) 401-946-2310
Blue Cross/Blue Shield Association 312-440-5955
Captive Insurance Companies Association 952-928-4655
Casualty Actuarial Society 703-276-3100
Certified Auto Parts Association 202-737-2212
Cincinnati Insurance Board 513-533-1200
Coalition Against Insurance Fraud 202-393-7330
Consumer Federation of America 202-387-6121
CPCU (Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters) Society 800-932-2728
Crop Insurance Research Bureau 913-338-0470
Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) 301-447-1000
Federal Insurance Administration 202-646-4600
Griffith Foundation for Insurance Education 614-341-2393
Health Insurance Association of America (America’s Health Ins. Plans) 202-778-3200
Health Insurance Association of America—Ohio Reps (Doug Freeman/Kurt Harden) 740-522-8425
Highway Loss Data Institute 703-247-1600
Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America 703-683-4422
Independent Insurance Agents of Ohio 614-464-3100
Inland Marine Underwriters Association 212-233-0550
Institute for Business and Home Safety 813-286-3400
Insurance Accounting and Systems Association 919-489-0991
Insurance Board of Northern Ohio 440-887-3080
Insurance Committee for Arson Control 317-876-6226
Insurance Education Foundation 317-876-6046
Insurance Information Institute 212-346-5500
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety 703-247-1500
Insurance Institute of America, Inc. 610-644-2100
Insurance Regulatory Examiners Society 913-768-4700
Insurance Research Council 610-644-2212
Insurance Services Office, Inc. 800-888-4476
Insurance Value Added Network Services (IVANS) 800-888-4476
International Association of Special Investigative Units 410-931-3332
International Insurance Society 212-815-9294
Latin American Agents Association 626-444-0999
Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association 860-688-3358
Life Office Management Association 770-951-1770
National African American Insurance Association 866-566-2242
National Arbitration Forum 800-474-2371
National Association of Health Underwriters 703-276-0220
National Association of Independent Insurance Adjusters 630-397-5012
National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors 703-770-8100
National Association of Insurance Commissioners 816-783-8175
National Association of Insurance Guaranty Funds 317-464-8199
National Association of Insurance Women 800-766-6249
National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies 317-875-5250
National Association of Professional Insurance Agents 703-836-9340
National Conference of Insurance Legislators 518-449-3210
National Council on Compensation Insurance Holdings, Inc. 518-449-3210
National Fire Protection Association 617-770-3000
National Flood Insurance Program 301-731-5300
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration 202-366-9550
National Insurance Consumer Helpline 800-942-4242
National Insurance Crime Bureau 800-447-6282
National Lightning Safety Institute 303-666-8817
National Safety Council 630-285-1121
OHA: The Association for Hospitals and Health Systems 614-221-7614
Ohio Association of Health Underwriters 614-488-7009
Ohio Association of Health Plans 614-228-4662
Ohio Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors (Dave Field) 614-221-1900
Ohio Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (James R. Silver) 330-345-2005
Ohio Automobile Insurance Plan 614-221-2596
Ohio Bureau of Motor Vehicles 614-752-7700
License Plate/General Information 800-589-8247
Ohio Bureau of Workers’ Compensation (General Information) 800-644-6292
Ohio Department of Insurance (Public Information) 614-644-3481
Consumer Hotline 800-686-1526
Ohio Department of Public Safety (Public Information) 614-466-4344
Ohio Emergency Management Agency 614-799-3695
Ohio FAIR Plan 614-839-6446
Ohio Insurance Guaranty Association 614-442-6601
Ohio Insurance Institute 614-228-1593
Ohio Legislative Service Commission 614-466-3615
Ohio Mine Subsidence Insurance Underwriting Assn. 614-436-4530
Ohio State Fire Marshal 614-752-8200
Ohio State Highway Patrol (Public Information) 614-752-2792
DUI Hotline 800-472-2384
Highway Dispatcher 877-772-8765
Road/Weather Information Service 888-264-7623
Professional Insurance Agents Association of Ohio 614-552-8000
Property Casualty Insurers Association of America 847-297-7800
Property Claim Services 732-388-5700
Property Insurance Plans Service Office 617-371-4175
Rand Institute for Civil Justice 310-393-0411
Reinsurance Association of America 202-638-3690
Risk and Insurance Management Society 212-286-9292
Self-Insurance Institute of America, Inc. 800-851-7789
Society of Certified Insurance Counselors 800-633-2165
Surety Association of America 202-463-0600
Underwriters Laboratories 847-272-8800
Urban Insurance Partners Institute 317-580-2599
US Department of Transportation—Auto Safety Hotline 800-424-9393
US Fire Administration 202-646-4623
Workers’ Compensation Research Institute 617-661-9274

Hundreds of vanity license plates have been issued to promote causes to colleges to sport teams. The states with the most type of plates are: • Missouri: 373 • New York: 280 • South Carolina: 254 • Ohio: 232 • Illinois: 230 (Automobile License Plate Collectors Assn., from USA Today, 1/13/04)

False alarms—generally triggered by user error, windy weather or a pet—are eating away at police manpower. A US Justice Department study found that false alarms make up 10–25% of all calls to police. In Cleveland, 97% of the 17,757 commercial burglar alarms that rang turned out to be false in 2002. The city’s police department estimates its officers spent 6,833 hours responding to those alarms. Of the 59,174 burglar alarms that rang in Akron between 1996–2002, 99% were false. In Dayton, 97% of all alarms in 2002 were false. (Cleveland Plain Dealer, 4/7/03)