**What is the American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA)?**

We are the premier professional association of insurance scholars and other thoughtful insurance and risk management professionals. Through ARIA, members receive many valuable tools and opportunities for enlightenment, growth and education. Conferences, research papers, and recognition combine to make ARIA well worth joining.

Founded in 1932, the association's membership is comprised of academics, individual insurance industry representatives, and institutional sponsors. ARIA emphasizes research relevant to the operational concerns and functions of insurance professionals, and provides resources, information and support on important insurance issues. Our goals also include the expansion and improvement of academic instruction to students of risk management and insurance.

ARIA's ability to provide networking, information, and support on important insurance issues makes it a valuable organization to its members. Those provisions come from a variety of awards, publications, and conferences, including The Journal of Risk and Insurance, ARIA's Annual Meeting, and the annual Risk Theory Seminar.

Go to ARIAWeb's Home Page -- ARIAWeb is a World Wide Web (WWW) server that provides even more information concerning the programs and services offered to members and friends of ARIA.