RESTON, Va. (Oct. 8, 2002) — The Tire Industry Association (TIA) has announced a three-point plan to help its members lower their insurance costs.
Reston-based TIA is establishing a partnership with Risk Assessment Management Services, a Battle Creek, Mich., insurance and risk counseling firm, to help tire dealers make decisions about business insurance coverage.
It also will lobby for passage of legislation to establish Association Health Plans, which allows accredited trade associations to pool their members for insurance buying power, and offer insurance counseling and related seminars at the International Tire Expo in Las Vegas Nov. 5-8.
Lowering insurance rates for TIA members "will be a key goal of the association in the coming years," said TIA President Steve Disney in a press release.