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A Nationwide Association Of Insurance And Risk Consultants, Educators And Experts

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AAIMCo Members Are The Most Sought-after Fee Based Professionals On Matters Related To Insurance And Risk

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Areas Of Expertise Include Agent/Agency, Company/Wholesaler, Corporations/Enterprise, Government And Law

AAIMCo Members Are Widely Published. From Books And Resource Documents To White Papers And General Articles

AAIMCo is a non-profit trade association comprised of insurance and risk professionals who provide fee-based consulting and educational services to their clients.

The Professional Members of AAIMCo are among the most knowledgeable and highly sought after, fee-based consultants, experts and educators in the insurance and risk management fields. Their clients include insurance agencies and associations, multi-national insurance companies, corporations and attorneys for services ranging from consulting and expert witness to education and training.

AAIMCo’s purpose is to provide an insurance and risk forum for professionals of the highest caliber to share ideas and exchange information for the betterment of our professions. AAIMCo also strives to set the highest professional standards for our members and our industries and will publish official position papers in support of that goal.

Nationally Recognized
Authoritative Publication of AAIMCo

"Standards & Guidelines For Appraising Insurance Agencies/Brokerages"

(Download a free copy)

Membership News

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

AAIMCo Annual Conference May 2-4, 2024

In Chandler, Arizona at the Crown Plaza Phoenix-Chandler Golf Resort

AAIMCo Phoenix Conference 2024

Featured Consultants

Jennifer Walker

Jennifer Walker is the founding member of the Walker Law Firm, LLC. (Iowa), the Law Office of Jennifer Walker, LLC. (Georgia) and Walker Risk Consulting, LLC. (Iowa).  Jennifer was admitted to the Georgia State Bar in 2014 after a 30 year career in the insurance industry.   She was admitted to the Iowa State Bar in 2015 and the Nebraska State Bar in 2016. Law Practice:  She practices primarily in the ...
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Mary A. LaPorte

Areas of Expertise: Operations consulting in the area of workflow and procedures with a strong expertise in Independent Agency operations Developing effective workflows and procedures Creating meaningful agency standards Providing action plans to facilitate implementation of recommendations Developing audit processes to assure compliance and support quality control Agency Errors and Omissions (E&O)  reviews and exposure identification in retail and wholesale insurance agencies Recommended by many of the largest E&O insurers ...
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James J Moore

James founded a Workers’ Compensation consulting firm, J&L Risk Mgmt Consultants, Inc. in 1996. J&L’s mission is to reduce our clients’ Workers Compensation premiums by using time-tested techniques. J&L’s claims, premium, reserve and Experience Mod reviews have saved employers over $9.8 million in earned premiums over the last three years. J&L has saved numerous companies from bankruptcy proceedings as a result of insurance overpayments. James has over 27 years of ...
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Andrew G. Sall

Andrew helps policyholders prepare, present, and defend their business interruption/business income claims and has been doing so for more than 20 years.  His success stems from his ability to understand and communicate the quirks and nuances of his clients’ businesses using both numbers and words. He has turned paltry claim offers and complete denials from insurance carriers into substantial claim settlements badly needed by his clients to rebuild their businesses.  ...
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Al Diamond

Over the years, Al has been thoroughly immersed in all facets of insurance agency operations including serving on committees, instructing, consulting and as an author. Building a solid track record of performance assisting agencies and company operations including mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, perpetuation and strategic planning, organizational development, compensation and salary administration programs, administrative and financial operations, marketing and automation planning, ESOP, and perpetuation issues. Al also helps agencies create and ...
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Featured Library Publications

Strategies To Avoid (Not Evade) Taxation In The Perpetuation Or Succession Of Your Agency

Lead In — You can’t BEAT the IRS but you can use strategies and tactics to avoid paying more taxes than you must in an agency transaction… Link here to see two of many ways to move agency ownership/management without severe tax ramifications.

SUCCESSION OR PERPETUATION??

Should you plan on perpetuating your agency from the inside or to outside parties? Each agent is in a different situation but here’s a guide to help you decide.

Producer Compensation Base/Growth Model

Producer Compensation is one of the most requested topics in both our speaking engagements and agency consultations.

WHY GEOGRAPHIC NON-COMPETE AGREEMENTS DON’T WORK

Geographic Non-Competes fail most of the time they are challenged. Here’s why and how to solve the problem.

Distributing Contingency Income Fairly

If you distribute Profit Sharing monies (Contingency Income) to various people/entities within your agency/cluster/Virtual Insurance Agency you know that volume-only calculations for distribution is unfair to the most profitable entity and overly generous to those who may have high loss ratios. Read about the Fair Share Contingency Distribution Program here that calculates Profitability Relativity as well as volume relativity when – …