Membership

Price: $110.00 new member rate, $85.00 renewal rate

Full-time employees of an insurance company, whose primary responsibility is the full time investigation and/or supervision of insurance fraud investigation

• Price: $110.00 new member rate, $85.00 renewal rate
• **Retiree Price: $75.00 new member, $50.00 renewal rate
• *Legal Advocate: $150.00 new member, $125.00 renewal rate

Associate membership shall include, but not be limited to:   

1. Self-insured employees: who are assigned to a Special Investigation Unit (SIU) and whose primary purpose is the full-time investigation and/or supervision of investigations of insurance fraud. 
2. Third-Party Administrator employees/General Agency Associates: who provide special expertise and/or services in the investigation and/or supervision of investigations of insurance fraud. 
3. Integral Anti-Fraud Personnel: full-time employees of an insurance company who may or may not be directly assigned to its SIU, but whose duties support the functions of SIU. This may include, but not be limited to, claims representatives, underwriting, compliance, cyber security, administrative staff and other insurance company employees who perform similar duties.
4. **Retiree Associates: members who retire and are not currently employed in the insurance industry may continue membership as a Retiree Associate.
5. Vendor Partner: entities that an insurer utilizes to perform SIU and/or integral anti-fraud duties or functions on behalf of the insurer.
   • The Vendor Partner must provide written verification from their employer stating they are employed by a company whose primary purpose is the full-time investigation and/or supervision of insurance fraud investigations and their primary duty is the full-time investigation and/or supervision of insurance fraud investigations. 
   • The Vendor Partner and his/her employer must be in conformance with the goals 
     and objectives of IASIU.
6. *Legal Advocates who meet the following qualifications:
   • a license to practice law in the state where membership is being sought; 
   • a nomination by an IASIU regular member with five years of active and continued membership; and
   • a letter to the Membership Committee certifying that providing representation of insurers in defense of insurance claims constitutes a majority of their practice, and they do not engage in plaintiff advocacy against insurers, except on behalf of other insurers in subrogation actions.
7. Full-time employees of the National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB), whose primary responsibility is the investigation and/or supervision of insurance fraud investigation. 
8. Full-time employees of the Coalition Against Insurance Fraud, whose full-time responsibility is to advocate against all forms of insurance fraud.

Price: $80.00 new member rate, $55.00 renewal rate

Government Partner membership shall include, but not be limited to: 

1. local, state, federal, provincial, or similar law enforcement officers providing special expertise or services for the investigation and/or prosecution of insurance fraud. This includes any integral anti-fraud law enforcement personnel who are not sworn, but whose duties support the functions of law enforcement officers in the effort to investigate insurance fraud; 
2. state insurance fraud bureau investigators, investigative supervisors and legal advocates, and any integral anti-fraud personnel whose duties are to support the functions of the insurance fraud bureau in the effort to investigate insurance fraud; 
3. local, state, federal, provincial, or similar fire department personnel providing special expertise or services for the investigation and/or prosecution of insurance fraud; or 
4. state insurance fraud bureau fire investigators and/or fire investigative supervisors and 
   any integral anti-fraud personnel whose duties are to support the functions of the 
   insurance fraud bureau in the effort to investigate insurance fraud.

This membership is reserved for those nominated by the Awards Committee and approved by the Board of Directors