Vol. 17 | February 2015

Filing Preparation Checklist and Statistical Reporting Guide

Our top priority is to make the reporting process as simple and painless as possible for our member companies. We have recently launched two more resources which we believe companies will find very helpful:

  1. Filing Preparation Checklist: This is a checklist which details the sequence of general tasks a company should follow each year to ensure all regulatory statistical reporting requirements are met.
  2. Statistical Reporting Guide: This guide is geared towards helping companies that are new to statistical reporting. It is written in a Q&A format and should help new member companies and new employees of current member companies understand the basics of statistical reporting.

Both the Filing Preparation Checklist and the Statistical Reporting Guide are available on our website. As always, these resources are free downloads for our member companies. If you would like more information regarding either of these documents, please contact us here.



Customer Service Survey Results

Periodically, NISS sends out a customer service survey to our member companies to help us discover areas in which we are meeting or exceeding expectations as well as to assess ways we can make the reporting process easier for our members. At the end of 2014, we received results from our most recent survey, and the responses were overwhelmingly positive:

In terms of the timeliness of staff members in addressing any questions, when do you generally receive an answer?

What is your overall satisfaction rating of NISS?

We also received many positive comments, such as:

  • “I enjoy working with all the people at NISS. They are friendly and helpful.”
  • “Anyone I talk to or work with at NISS is very considerate and helpful.”
  • “I am very happy with NISS. The ease of reporting stat data and the helpful staff that is always there to assist in any way possible. The website is very easy to use and helpful.”
  • “NISS has a great team of employees to work with. If they don't know the answer right away, they are quick to review and get back to you within a day. They are considerate of the company's time involved to correct errors and are willing to work with you.”

NISS is very pleased with the responses from the survey. We will continue to do all we can to make the reporting process as easy and simple as it can be.



2015 NISS Workshop

The annual NISS Statistical Workshop will be held at our Indianapolis office on Tuesday, April 14, 2015. The workshop covers a range of topics, including:

  • a brief history of statistical reporting
  • terms and concepts
  • an overview of the NISS internal flow of data
  • annual statement reconciliation
  • resources and reporting tips
  • edit tools (including Edit Software)
  • explanation of reports sent on behalf of member companies
  • frequently found errors

It also includes a thorough walkthrough of the NISS website, including tutorials on the member-interactive features. The workshop is fairly technical in nature and primarily directed to staff members that are involved in the details of data management and statistical reporting. It is also a wonderful opportunity to meet the NISS staff. For registration information, please click here. We hope to see you there!



About Us

NISS is a unique resource for the property/casualty insurance industry. We collect and report timely, quality insurance data and perform other related functions at a reasonable cost.

For more information, please visit www.niss-stat.org.

2015 Upcoming Due Dates

For a list of upcoming due dates, please click here.

2015 Upcoming Meetings

Technical Advisory Committee Meeting
Teleconference
February 24, 2015

Executive Committee Meeting
Indianapolis, IN
March 17, 2015

Board Meeting
Sedona, AZ
April 17-20, 2015

Technical Advisory Committee Meeting
Indianapolis, IN
June 16, 2015

Executive Committee Meeting
Teleconference
July 14, 2015

Board Meeting
Indianapolis, IN
September 21, 2015

Technical Advisory Committee Meeting
Indianapolis, IN
October 27, 2015

Executive Committee Meeting
Atlanta, GA
November 16, 2015

Board Meeting
Teleconference
December 14, 2015

Stat Brain Teaser

There are 20 footballs in a box. After deflating the footballs, you can now fit 50% more footballs into the box. How many total footballs can now be fit into the box?

Please email your answers to NISSNews@niss-stat.org. A person will be randomly drawn from the first ten correct answers, and that person will win a $10 gift card from Amazon.com!

Congratulations to Michael Hooks who won the $10 Amazon Gift Card in the last drawing for answering the Brain Teaser correctly!

For the question and answer from the last brain teaser, please view the NISS News section here.


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