AAIS Boat Insurance Web Seminar For Insurers

NU Online News Service, March 19, 11:16 a.m.EST?The American Association of Insurance Services said onApril 3 it is offering a free Web-based seminar forproperty-casualty insurers interested in providing coverage forprivate boat owners.

The Wheaton, Ill.-based group said its Boatowners Program is thenation's only standardized program of forms and rating informationfor insuring small, privately owned watercraft.

AAIS said the standardized program, is filed and approved inmost states and available for use by licensed insurers.

The Boatowners Program can be used to endorse watercraftcoverage onto a personal lines policy, or to insure personalwatercraft with an individual policy.

The Boatowners Web seminar will begin April 3 at 10 a.m. Centraltime (11 a.m. Eastern) and feature commentary by Susan Luecke, AAISdirector of personal lines and Jeff Holaway, AAISmanager ofpersonal lines pricing.

Participants will be able to see the seminar exhibits and hearthe commentary over their own computers and telephones. They willalso have an opportunity to pose questions, AAIS said.

The seminar is open to staff of all p-c insurance companies,whether they are currently affiliated with AAIS or not.

Participants, AAIS said, can sign up for the seminar and receivepasswords by accessing the Web site www.AAISonline.com and clickingon the link at the top of the page.

Other Web seminars that AAIS said it plans to present includemold endorsements, commercial umbrella coverage, inland marinerating worksheets, and other topics. Announcements of dates andtimes will be made on the www.AAISonline.com Web site.

AAIS is a national advisory organization that develops policyforms and rating information used by more than 600 insurersnationwide.

Information on affiliating with AAIS for use of its BoatownersProgram is available by contacting Rick Anderer, marketingdirector, at [email protected] or by calling800/564-AAIS.