About SIIA
he Self-Insurance Institute of industry and grants educational If your company is involved or
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America, Inc. (SIIA) is the scholarships to promising stu- interested in self-funding risk for
world’s largest trade associa- dents whose studies focus on the workers’ compensation insurance
tion dedicated exclusively to the self-insurance industry. programs, employee benefit plans,
advancement of the self-insurance or property and casualty exposures,
industry. Its goal is to improve the SIIA enjoys federal representation in then it should be a member of the
quality and efficiency of self-insur- our nation’s capital through counsel association serving the industry -
ance plans through education and to and staff on key legislative and regu- the Self-Insurance Institute of
create a general acceptance in the latory issues. SIIA is the only America, Inc.
public and business communities of national voice encompassing the
this viable alternative to convention- whole self-insurance industry.
al insurance.
Founded in 1981, SIIA represents
the interests of independent admin-
istrators, utilization review compa-
nies, managed care companies,
underwriting management compa-
nies, insurance companies, reinsur-
ers, agents, brokers, CPAs, attor-
neys, financial institutions, manu-
facturers, trade associations, retail
and service companies, municipali-
ties, and others.
SIIA designs and implements pro-
grams and services for the benefit of
its members, the industry, and the
general public to increase the general
level of knowledge about self-insur-
ance plans, achieve greater profes-
sionalism in the industry, and
enhance the general well-being and
mutual interests of members.
SIIA achieves its goals and objec-
tives through several means:
boxsolid International/national confer-
ences and industry forums pro-
vide educational opportunities,
with substantial discounts on the
registration fees offered to SIIA
members.
boxsolid Distributed monthly, The Self-
Insurer, features useful technical
articles as well as updates on top-
ical issues of importance to the
self-insurance industry.
boxsolid Hotline, a legislative/regulatory
update bulletin, is distributed as
“hot” issues arise.
boxsolid The Self-Insurance Educational
Foundation (SIEF) conducts sta-
tistical research regarding the
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