EXPLANATION OF TERMS USED IN THIS DIRECTORY

The 11th annual Business Insurance directory of property loss control consultants and engineers lists companies that provide loss control services on an unbundled basis to organizations directly utilizing the service; consultants that provide these services only in conjunction with other services, such as brokering insurance, are not listed.

Listings begin with the name, address, telephone and fax number of each company. 1996 gross revenues are provided along with the percentage earned from unbundled property loss control consulting.

Information on staff members at year-end 1996, including professionals assigned to property loss control consulting and engineering services and some of their professional designations, is provided. The full names of professional designations abbreviated under staff are included below.

Next, the total number of property loss control consulting and engineering clients appears, followed by the year loss control services began and parent company (if any).

Details on frequent and occasional loss control services follow.

If a company specializes in consulting a particular type of business or industry, it is noted under the specialty heading. Listed next is the geographic region served and cities and states of branch offices providing property loss control services. Names and titles of principal officers follow. For readers wanting more information on the company, a contact person is provided.

Business Insurance publishes the directory as an editorial service; there is no charge to be included.

Listings are based on each company's response to a Business Insurance questionnaire. Although every effort is made to publish complete and accurate information, Business Insurance is unable to verify all information received.

Here are the full professional designations and organizations for those abbreviated under the staff heading:

ALCM is Associate in Loss Control Management; ARM is Associate in Risk Management; ASCE is member, American Society of Civil Engineers; ASSE is member, American Society of Safety Engineers; CSP is Certified Safety Professional; PE is Professional Engineer; SFPE is member, Society of Fire Protection Engineers.