A score is only worth what stops us selling it.
The Threat Impact Assessment Bureau assesses physical threat exposure at properties, issues the TIA Score, and maintains the Threat Impact Model that produces it. It operates under a boundary it publishes and does not cross — because a number a carrier or lender is asked to rely on is worth exactly as much as the constraints on the party issuing it.
It is a division of AIA Innovations
Created and maintained by AIA Innovations. Not a separate legal person, and this is not claimed otherwise — that would be a misrepresentation a counterparty could discover in ten minutes. Structural separation can follow if a counterparty requires it; the boundary below is built so that step is a formality rather than a rebuild.
A bureau, not an authority
An authority is conferred, and nobody has conferred one here. “Bureau” claims a function rather than a standing — true today, and the convention among private assessment bodies (Bureau Veritas; the insurance rating bureaus this model descends from).
A note on the name
The score was previously “AIA Score” — renamed to avoid colliding with the American Institute of Architects in the property/real-estate/construction market it serves. AIA Innovations stays the company name; the score carries the TIA name.
How the Bureau is constrained.
A bureau that audits its own constraints.
Everything the Bureau does is published; the line between assessment and consultancy is drawn so a counterparty can check it, not take it on trust.
Read →02MethodologySix layers. One score. Nothing hidden.
The Threat Impact Model is a 0–100 score with a letter grade, built from six weighted layers with data-confidence states the score states about itself.
Read →03Model VersionsA version that ships stays the version priced against.
When the model changes, scores are not retroactively restated. A new version is published with an effective date, a changelog, and a registry entry.
Read →04Right of AppealA score with consequences has a route to challenge it.
Any assessed party may appeal within 30 days, file it themselves, and receive an independent review with a written reason retained against the record.
Read →We cannot both fix and score.
Properties still need remediation work done, and AIA should still earn from it, just never on properties the Bureau scores. AIA certifies independent operators (four tiers); certified operators perform remediation as independent third parties; AIA earns certification and renewal fees; the Bureau never touches the work.
The Bureau never:
- designs, specifies, procures, or installs security measures at a property it scores.
- recommends a named vendor, product, or installer for one.
- takes compensation contingent on a score or score change.
- takes compensation from a carrier, broker, or MGA on a scored property.
- scores a property AIA or a principal holds an interest in.
Have a property assessed.
A published fixed fee, a field assessment against the model, a report that states its own confidence, plus a 30-day right to challenge what it says.