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Organizations that award designations.

Advisors Certification Services

8657 Douglas Avenue, Suite 385 Des Moines, Iowa “Des Moines” redirects here. For other uses, see Des Moines (disambiguation).
Des Moines (pronounced /dɪˈmɔɪn/ in English,
 50322

Phone: (866) 299-8368

Fax: (641) 755-4034

www.annuityadvisor.org

caa@annuityadvisor.org

America's Health Insurance Plans

601 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, South Building, Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20004

Phone: (202) 778-3200

Fax: (202) 331-7487

www.ahip.org

ahip@ahip.org

American Academy of Actuaries The The American Academy of Actuaries, also known as the “Academy” or the AAA, is the body that represents and unites United States actuaries in all practice areas.  

1100 17th Street NW, 7th floor Washington, D.C. 20036

Phone: (202) 223-8196

Fax: (202) 872-1948

www.actuary.org

American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters and the

Insurance Institute of America

720 Providence Road, P.O. Box 3016 Malvern, Pa. 19355

Phone: (800) 644-2101

Fax: (610) 640-9576

www.cpcuiia.org

cserv@cpcuiia.org

American Society of Pension Professionals & Actuaries

4245 North Fairfax Drive, Suite 750 Arlington, Va. 22203

Phone: (703) 516-9300

Fax (703) 516-9308

www.asppa.org

agppa@asppa.org

Association for Financial Counseling and Planning Education

1500 W Third Avenue, Suite 223 Columbus, Ohio 43212

Phone: (614) 485-9650

Fax: (614) 485-9621

www.afcpe.org

411@afcpe.org

Association of Chartered Senior Financial Planners

8174 South Holly Street #253 Centennial, Colo. 80122

Phone: (866) 942-2737

Fax (303) 379-6483

www.acsfp.com

info@acsfp.com

Casualty Actuarial Society The Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS) is a professional society of actuaries. Its members are mainly involved in the property and casualty areas of the actuarial profession.  

4350 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 250 Arlington, Va. 22203

Phone: (703) 276-3100

Fax: (703) 276-3108

www.casact.org

office@casact.org

Certified Financial Planner Certified Financial Planner (CFP)

A person who has passed examinations accredited by the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, showing that the person is able to manage a client's banking, estate, insurance, investment, and tax affairs.
 Board of Standards

1670 Broadway, Suite 600 Denver, Colo. 80202

Phone: (303) 830-7500

Fax: (303) 860-7388

www.CFPBoard.org

mail@CFPBoard.org

CFA Institute

560 Ray C. Hunt Drive Charlottesville, Va. 22903

Phone: (800) 247-8132 (U.S. and Canada); (434) 951-5499

Fax: (434) 951-5262

www.cfainstitute.org

info@cfainstitute.org

College for Financial Planning Financial planning

Evaluating the investing and financing options available to a firm. Planning includes attempting to make optimal decisions, projecting the consequences of these decisions for the firm in the form of a financial plan, and then comparing future performance against
 

6161 S. Syracuse Way Greenwood Village, Colo. 80111

Phone: (800) 237-9990

Fax (303) 220-1810

www.cffp.edu

Conference of Consulting Actuaries The Conference of Consulting Actuaries, also known as the Conference or the CCA, is a professional society of actuaries engaged in consulting in the United States and Canada, as opposed to those employed by insurance companies.  

1110 W. Lake Cook Road, Suite 235 Buffalo Grove, Ill. 60089

Phone: (847) 419-9090

Fax (847) 419-9091

www.ccactuaries.org

conference@ccactuaries.org

Corporation for Long-Term Care long-term care (LTC),
n the provision of medical, social, and personal care services on a recurring or continuing basis to persons with chronic physical or mental disorders.
 Certification

114 Williams St. Lancaster, S.C. 29720

Phone: (866) 383-2075

Fax (803) 289-7247

www.ltc-cltc.com

mktng@ltc-cltc.com

Institute of Business & Finance

7911 Herschel Ave., Suite 201 La Jolla, Calif. 92037

Phone: (800) 848-2029

Fax: (858) 454-4660

www.icfs.com

International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans

18700 W. Bluemound Road Brookfield, Wis. 53045

Phone: (888) 334-3327

www.ifebp.org

Investment Management Consultants Association

5619 DTC DTC

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DTC

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See Depository Trust Company (DTC).
 Parkway, Suite 500 Greenwood Village, Colo. 80111

Phone: (303) 770-3377

Fax (303) 770-1812

www.imca.org

certification@imca.org

Limra International

300 Day Hill Road Windsor, Conn. 06095

Phone: 860-688-3358

Fax 860-298-9555

www.limra.com

LOMA lo´ma

n. 1. (Zool.) A lobe; a membranous fringe or flap.
 (Life Office Management Association)

2300 Windy Ridge Parkway, Suite 600 Atlanta, Ga. 30339

Phone: (770) 951-1770; (800) 275-5662 (U.S. and Canada)

Fax (770) 984-0441

www.loma.org

askloma@loma.org

National Alliance for Insurance Education & Research

3630 North Hills Drive, P.O. Box 27027 Austin, Texas 78731

Phone: (800) 633-2165

Fax: (512) 349-6194

www.scic.com

alliance@scic.com

National Association of Estate Planners & Councils

1120 Chester Ave., Suite 470 Cleveland, Ohio 44114

Phone: (866) 226-2224

Fax: (216) 696-2582

www.naepc.org

admin@naepc.org

National Association of Financial and Estate Planning Estate Planning

The overall planning of a person's wealth, including the preparation of a will and the planning of taxes after the individual's death.

Notes:
Contrary to popular belief, estate planning involves much more than preparing a will, and it is not only for the
 

525 East 4500 South, No. F100 Salt Lake City, Utah For ships of the United States Navy of the same name, see .
Salt Lake City is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. The name of the city is often shortened to Salt Lake, or its initials, S.L.C.
 84107

Phone: (801) 266-9900

Fax (801) 266-1019

www.nafep.com

National Association of Health Underwriters

2000 North 14th St., Suite 450 Arlington, Va. 22201

Phone: (703) 276-0220

Fax: (703) 841-7797

www.nahu.org

info@nahu.org

National Association of Insurance Women (International)

6528 E. 101st St., PMB PMB Private Message Board
PMB Print Measurement Bureau
PMB Performance Measurement Baseline
PMB Private Mail Box (non-USPS)
PMB Plant and Microbial Biology
PMB Private Mailbox
PMB Physics in Medicine and Biology
 No. 750 Tulsa, Okla. 74182

Phone: (800) 7666249

Fax: (918) 743-1968

www.naiw.org

joinnaiw@naiw.org

National Institute of Pension Administrators

401 N. Michigan Ave., Suite 2200 Chicago, Ill. 60611

Phone: (800) 999-6472

Fax (312) 245-1085

www.nipa.org

nipa@nipa.org

National Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors

2901 Telestar Court Falls Church, Va. 22042

Phone: (703) 770-8100

www.naifa.org

membersupport@naifa.org

Professional Liability Underwriting Society The Professional Liability Underwriting Society (PLUS) was founded in 1986 by industry professionals who recognized the need for a forum for individuals involved in the field of professional liability.  

5353 Wayzata Blvd. Suite 600 Minneapolis, Minn. 55416

Phone: (800) 845-0778

Fax: (952) 746-2599

www.plusweb.org

Risk and Insurance Management Society Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS), founded in 1950, is a membership-based industry trade group, representing nearly 4,000 industrial, service, nonprofit, charitable, and governmental entities and serves more than 10,000 risk management professionals around the  (RIMS)

1065 Avenue of the Americas, 13th Floor New York, N.Y. 10018

Phone: (212) 286-9292

www.rims.org

Society of Actuaries Mission Statement
The Society of Actuaries is a professional organization for actuaries based in North America. Its headquarters are located in Schaumburg, Illinois.
 

475 North Martingale martingale

a leather strap running from the girth to the reins or the noseband for the purpose of restricting the movements of the horse's head. There are many designs. The common ones are the standing martingale, which is attached to the noseband, and the running martingale, which
, No. 600 Schaumburg, Ill. 60173

Phone: (847) 706-3500

Fax (847) 706-3599

www.soa.org

exams@soa.org

Society of Certified Senior Advisors

1685 S. Colorado Blvd., Unit S, No. 272 Denver, Colo. 80222

Phone: (800) 653-1785

www.society-esa.com

society@esa-esa.com

Society of Insurance Trainers and Educators

2120 Market St., No. 108 San Francisco, Calif. 94114

Phone: (415) 621-2830

Fax: (415) 621-0889

www.insurancetrainers.org

ed@insurancetrainers.org

The American College

270 S. Bryn Mawr Ave. Bryn Mawr, Pa. 19010

Phone: (888) 263-7265

Fax: (610) 526-1465

www.theamericancollege.edu

The National Institute of Certified Estate Planners

3811 Southland Ave. Kokomo, Ind. 46902

Phone: (765) 4534300

www.nicep.org

cep@nicep.org
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