The final annual meetings of both organizations will be held during 2001. HOLUA's "2001 An Underwriter's Odyssey" will be in Orlando, FL, May 6-9 at the Orlando Renaissance Hotel. IHOU's "Where Trends Are Born" will take place in Century City, CA, October 14-17 at the Westin Century Plaza Hotel. AHOU will hold its inaugural annual meeting in Seattle, WA, November 9 -12, 2002. For more information, visit www.ontherisk.org.

According to Brian Baxter, President of HOLUA, the new association will promote education and professional development, which have long been goals of HOLUA and IHOU.

"The objectives of the new AHOU will be to advance knowledge of individual risk classification and management, to promote professional excellence and to encourage its members to act according to its Code of Conduct," Baxter said.

Home office underwriters participate in a rigorous and diverse professional education curriculum of study leading to the designation Fellow, Academy of Life Underwriting (FALU). In addition, many outlets for continuing professional education exist, including an ALU Seminar Program and a professional journal read in 55 countries -- ON THE RISK. The Code of Conduct represents the professional standards to which all members are committed in service to the insurance-buying public, to insurance sales personnel and to the insurance companies and organizations which employ them.

For more information, visit www.ontherisk.org.

SOURCE: Home Office Life Underwriters Association (HOLUA)

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CO: Home Office Life Underwriters Association (HOLUA); Institute of Home Office Underwriters (IHOU); Association of Home Office Underwriters (AHOU)