Resources

Jewelry Insured Today
www.insure-jewelry.com Personal jewelry insurance is our business and we do jewelry insurance better.

American Association of Insurance Services
AAIS is a national insurance advisory organization that develops policy forms, manual rules, and rating information used by more than 600 property/casualty companies throughout the United States.

ACORD
The Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development is a nonprofit insurance organization whose mission is to facilitate the development and promote the use of standards within the insurance and financial services industries.

American Gem Society
The American Gem Society (AGS) is a trade association dedicated to proven ethics, knowledge, and consumer protection within the jewelry industry, and which, among other things, re-certifies its members annually to maintain their AGS titles.

Coalition Against Insurance Fraud
The Coalition Against Insurance Fraud is a national alliance of insurance companies, consumer organizations, and government agencies combating all forms of insurance fraud through public advocacy, consumer education, and regulatory and legislative processes.

Gemological Institute of America
GIA's mission is to ensure the public trust in gems and jewelry by upholding the highest standards of integrity, academics, science, and professionalism through education, research, laboratory services, and instrument development.

Insurance Institute
The American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (AICPCU) and the Insurance Institute of America (IIA) are independent, nonprofit organizations that offer educational programs and professional certification to people in all segments of the property and liability insurance business.

Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA)
The Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America is the nation’s oldest and largest national association of independent insurance agents and brokers with more than 300,000 members.

Insurance Information Institute
The Insurance Information Institute is a nonprofit communications organization supported by the insurance industry, whose mission is to improve the public’s understanding of insurance, what it does, and how it works.

Insurance Research Council
A division of AICPCU, the Insurance Research Council is an independent, nonprofit research organization devoted solely to research and the communication of its research findings on a variety of topics of interest to the insurance industry.

Insurance Services Office (ISO)
ISO is the property/casualty insurance industry's leading supplier of statistical, actuarial, underwriting, and claims data.

International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
The International Organization for Standardization is a global network that identifies what international standards are needed to facilitate the inter-workings of business, government, and society. ISO standards are incorporated into a number of insurance industry processes and functions, including technology and systems

Jewelry Insurance Issues e-Newsletter
A free monthly e-newsletter that focuses on jewelry topics that are problematic for insurers, jewelers, and consumers, and shows how the use of jewelry insurance standards can resolve problems and improve satisfaction among the parties involved.

Professional Insurance Agents (PIA)
National Association of Professional Insurance Agents is a membership-based organization that has represented and served the interests of independent insurance agents in all 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the District of Columbia since 1931.

The National Alliance
The National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research develops and conducts continuing education programs for insurance professionals, including certification programs that lead to the Certified Insurance Counselor, Certified Insurance Service Representative, and Certified Risk Manager professional designations.