The American Association of Insurance Services (AAIS) has announced the formation of an AAISalliance of service vendors to provide underwriting, marketing, and loss control resources for property/casualty insurers.

AAIS is a national advisory organization that develops standardized policy forms and rating information used by more than 600 P&C companies throughout the U.S.

In addition to AAIS, the alliance to date includes four other organizations that will remain independent but provide AAIS member companies with information services under arrangements with AAIS:

? e2Value, which provides automated online construction cost valuation applications for residential, commercial, and farm buildings;

? MarketStance, which conducts research on market segments and helps insurers develop solutions for challenges in underwriting, marketing, and distribution;

? Overland Solutions, Inc.(OSI), which provides premium audit, risk inspection, loss control, and valuation services; and

? RiskMeter, which provides desktop matching software for determining a risk's proximity to natural hazards as well as other information.

Services from e2Value and RiskMeter already are available to AAIS member companies that use the AAISdirect Internet service; services from MarketStance and OSI will be added in the coming weeks.

For information on affiliating with AAIS for use of its insurance line programs, contact Rick Maka, vice president of marketing and industry relations, at [email protected], or by calling 800-564-AAIS, ext. 222.