Following are some frequently asked questions and answers of importance to potential exhibitors.

Q. Which organizations have exhibited in the past?
A. Exhibitors over the past several years have included:

• Axiom
• A.M. Best
• Applix, Inc.
• Atlantic Research & Consulting
• Bureau van Dijk
• ChoicePoint
• Claritas, Inc.
• Computers for Marketing Corporation
• Conning & Company
• Data Monitor
• Educating Underwriters
• E-Tabs Limited
• Fair, Isaac & Company
• Focus Vision Network
• Geographic Data Technology
• Guideline
• Highline Data
  
• Insurance Services Office
• InsurQuote
• Kapstone Systems
• Loyalty Research Center
  
• Market Facts
• Market Probe, Inc.
• Marketing Leverage
• MarketStance
• Mathew Greenwald & Associates, Inc.
• Milliman USA
• NILS Publishing / Division of CCH
• NAIC
• NCCI
• NCR
• QM Software
• Perr & Knight, Inc.
• Price Waterhouse
• Readex Research
• Risk Metrics Corporation / Datalister
• Roper / NOP World
• SS&C Technologies
• TeleAtlas
• Total Research Corporation
• TransUnion LLC
• Weiss Ratings
• Zyvith / Golden Research
  

Q. Which companies sponsored meal/social functions or other conference components in the past?
A.

• Allstate
• A.M. Best
• Claritas, Inc
• Conning Research and Consulting, Inc.
• The Griffith Foundation for Insurance Research
• Highland Data
• Insurance Service Office
• MarketStance
• Nahmias & Company
  
• NCR Corporation
• NAIC
  
• Perr & Knight, Inc.
• Sagemaker, Inc

Q. How many exhibits do you anticipate having?
A. We typically accept 15 to 20 exhibits.

Q. How many conference attendees do you anticipate?
A. We expect at least 150.

Q. What is the average management level of attendees?
A. Based on past experience the average profile of attendees is as follows:

Middle management  30%
Director to senior officer  70%

Q. Will exhibitors be provided with a list of attendees?
A. Yes. Due to last minute registrations, a list of those registered (including name, title, company, mailing address, phone / fax numbers) will be provided to exhibitors at the conference registration desk.

Q. Is it permissable to schedule a private discussion / presentation during non-exhibit hours at a clients request?
A. Yes

If you have additional questions contact:

Ed Budd, CPCU, CIC
Executive Director, Society of Insurance Research
631 Eastpointe Drive, Shelbyville, IN 46176
Phone (317) 398-3684
Fax (317) 642-0535
e-Mail sir.mail@comcast.net

To find out more about S.I.R. visit the following: www.sirnet.org