Glossary

The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) is an organization that collects statistical data, promulgates rating information, develops standard policy forms, and files information with state regulators on behalf of insurance companies that purchase its services.

The American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) is a national trade association formed in 1976 and headquartered in Washington, DC.

One of the predecessor organizations of "The Institutes," the American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (AICPU) was an independent nonprofit organization providing the CPCU professional designation to people engaged in the property-casualty (P&C) insurance industry.

The American Institute of Architects (AIA) is an organization for design professionals that publishes standard construction contract documents defining the rights and responsibilities of contracting parties, including indemnification and insurance requirements.

The American Institute of Certified Public Accountants (AICPA) is the US association that sponsors and governs the Certified Public Accountant (CPA) designation.

American Insurance Association (AIA) is a leading property-casualty (P&C) insurance trade organization that represents approximately 300 insurers.

The American Medical Association (AMA) is a nonprofit professional association founded in 1847 and incorporated in 1897, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

The American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM) is a nonprofit professional organization formed in 1980 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, that supports healthcare risk managers and has 5,400 members and 50 affiliated local chapters that represent a variety of healthcare-related entities with clinical, legal, and financial interests.

The American Society for Testing and Materials, now known as ASTM International , is an organization that develops and publishes international standards for a range of materials, products, systems, and services including those used in construction, manufacturing, and transportation.

American Transportation Research Institute (ATRI) is a not-for-profit research organization whose primary mission is to conduct and support research in the transportation field with an emphasis on the trucking industry's essential role in the US and international marketplace.