Regular membership shall include:

(1) Insurance company employees whose primary purpose is the full-time investigation and/or supervision of investigation of insurance fraud.

(2) An employee of a self-insured corporation who is employed and assigned to a Special Investigation Unit and whose primary purpose is the full-time investigation and/or supervision of investigation of insurance fraud. The individual and the organization must be engaged in anti-fraud activities and must be in conformance with the goals and objectives of the association. Provided, however, any such individual whose professional activities and personal background are considered adverse to the objectives and interests of the association shall not be deemed eligible for membership.

(3) An agent, special agent, or supervisory special agent of the National Insurance Crime Bureau (US), the Insurance Crime Prevention Bureau (Canada), Larmtjanst AB (Sweden), the Danish Insurance Association (Denmark), Norwegian Insurance Federation (Norway), Finnish Motor Insurers’ Centre (Finland), or Finnish Insurance Federation (Finland).

Associate membership shall include:

(1) A local, state or federal law enforcement officer, or prosecutor who is involved in, or provides special expertise or services for the investigation and/or prosecution of insurance fraud crime.

(2) A full-time investigator or investigations supervisor of a state insurance fraud bureau.

(3) Any employee of an insurance company or any employee of a government agency who is involved in, or provides special expertise or services for the investigation of insurance fraud, who is endorsed in writing by a regular member.

Retiree Associate. Regular and associate members that retire and are not currently employed in the insurance industry or in a capacity ineligible for membership, are eligible to continue membership as an associate member.

Third Party Administrator/General Agency Associate. Employees of TPA’s or general agencies who are involved in, or provide special expertise or services for the investigation of insurance fraud, who is endorsed in writing by a regular member.

Associate membership shall be granted at the discretion of the board of directors. Associate members shall have the privileges of regular members except they may not hold office and may be excluded from any business meeting by a majority vote of regular members present.

IASIU CODE OF ETHICS

1. Members shall perform their duties in accordance with the law, and shall observe the highest moral principles in doing so.

2. Members shall at all times act with integrity, truthfulness and honesty, modeling behavior exemplary of our profession.

3. Members shall observe diligence in the discharge of their professional responsibilities.

4. Members shall exhibit competence at all times in the discharge of their professional responsibilities.

5. Members shall at no time divulge confidential information in an inappropriate or unlawful manner and shall exercise the care required to prevent unlawful or improper disclosure.

6. Members shall not maliciously injure the reputation or professional practice of colleagues, employers, insureds, claimants or other parties to investigations.

7. Members shall display the requisite courage to make the right decision when faced with potential conflicts of interest.

All local chapter members must also be members of the International Association of Special Investigation Units, with the exception of sworn law enforcement and fire personnel. If you are not sworn law enforcement or fire personnel and not a member of the International Association, please click here for the International's application. Once you have been provided a member ID by the International Association, you can complete the Michigan Chapter Application by clicking here.  Law/Fire personnel can join without the International ID.  Thank you.