IAAA AMA Appraisal Clause Umpire History
|
The IAAA Appraisal Clause Umpire History
The IAAA (International Automotive Appraisers Association) made history when it took the initiative to provide an opportunity for its members to participate in training and testing to achieve certification as IAAA/AMA Appraisal Clause Umpies. The announcement by the IAAA in its 2006 AAAIC (All-Automotive Appraisal Industry Conference) to provide training, testing and certification to become an IAAA/AMA Appraisal Clause Umpire took place in Scottsdale Arizona, January of 2006. It was a natural progression of the IAAA that was formed in 1994 to provide the automotive mediation/arbitration structure by which a credible automotive appraiser could fulfill the requirements defined in the Appraisal Clause by State and Federal Guidelines that was written into automotive insurance policies. This was an option put in place to resolve first party automotive claims disagreements arising out of the value of automobiles when the vehicles are considered a total loss or if the cost to repair them is in dispute.
|
The IAAA along with input from the Automediators Association established Ethics, Procedures and Terms and Conditions with the help of Dr. Amy E. Visser, Esq. Ph.D, ADR. Visser was a certified ABA (American Bar Association) arbitrator who worked with the Texas Bar Association in establishing criteria for arbitration and mediation procedures. Dr. Amy E. Visser’s resume also included working as an Arbitration and Mediation consultant for the US State Department. As a result of that initiative an IAAA Umpire provided its first Appraisal Clause Conference at that time and performed many of them to this day.
Dr. Amy E. Visser is seen in left photo administering the first ever IAAA/Auto Mediators Association Ethics and Procedure course and test in Scottsdale Arizona, January 19th, 2007, during the All-Auto-Appraisal-Industry-Conference.
|
|
|
