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American Association of Managing General Agents (AAMGA)
- Home page of the American Association of Managing General Agents.
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American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (CPCU)
- offering educational programs and professional certification to people in
property and liability insurance and risk management.
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Insurance Accounting and Systems Association (IASA) - purpose is to
enhance individual, organizational, and industry effectiveness by facilitating
the exchange of information and ideas among insurance-related
professionals.
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Insurance Educational Association (IEA) - A member sponsored organization with its roots in
sharing knowledge that reach back to 1876 with the Fire Underwriters' Association in San
Francisco. The Insurance Educational Association is dedicated to developing, providing and promoting the
highest quality professional education to meet evolving educational needs in insurance, risk
management, and affiliated products and services.
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Insurance Educational Foundation (IEF) - An organization
dedicated to improving public understanding of the role of
insurance in society through education of teachers and students.
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Insurance Research Council (IRC) - The Insurance Research Council
is an independent, nonprofit organization
founded and supported by leading property-casualty
insurance organizations. The Council's purpose is to provide
timely and reliable research to all parties involved in public policy
issues affecting risk and insurance, but the Council does
not lobby or take legislative positions.
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Insurance Services Office (ISO) - Property-Casualty
industry's leading supplier of statistical, actuarial, underwriting, and claims
information. Website features free, useful information and analysis for insurance company
professionals, agents, brokers, regulators, risk managers, researchers, and
others who need to know about insurance. You'll also find information about
ISO's products and services, and ISO customers can get Internet access to
many products.
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National Association of Independent Insurers (NAII) - property and
casualty insurance trade association representing insurers of varying sizes.
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National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
- State Insurance Departments, Products and Services, Financial Analysis and Research,
Meetings, Committee Activity and Model Laws.
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National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC)
- The 1200 member company national organization of mutual insurers. One of the largest organizations
of this type.
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National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI) - NCCI is the largest of the workers comp bureaus and is a shared-services organization committed to the collection, management, and distribution of information that serves the workers compensation industry.
On the website you'll discover what lies behind NCCI's philosophy and why they've prevailed as the industry leader for over 75 years.
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Risk and Insurance Management Society, Inc. (RIMS)
- daily risk, insurance and benefits news, searchable databases, legislative updates,
professional advancement, student center, public record searches, much more!
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A.M. Best Company (Best's) - Insurance Industry Reference
site from the publishers of Best's Insurance Review. Includes access to property-casualty and
life-health company financial summaries, group information and ratings. Also provides insurance
news, refernce guides, association list, conferences, and more! Excellent reference site.
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Barry Kline's Ultimate Insurance Links - A comprehensive list of
every insurance company, insurance software vendor and insurance supplier, organizations and associations,
publications, and reference sources. Whenever we can't find it anywhere else and it involves insurance,
this is where we look.
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Wards Financial Group - a consulting and investment banking firm
specializing in the insurance industry. Wards offers advisory services that consider regulatory,
competitive and operational ramifications unique to the insurance industry. Services include:
benchmarking services -- annual benchmarking programs available for the property-casualty market;
consulting services -- involving mergers and acquisitions,
business process redesign, organizational analysis and information systems;
and information services -- in the areas of peer group comparisons and annual statement analysis.
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American Agent & Broker - provides independent insurance agents and brokers with practical, successful ideas, business techniques and information that will help them sell more insurance and insurance-related products and services |
Andrews International Reinsurance Dispute Reporter - a unique publication that gives you in-depth coverage of industry news and legal developments with a focus on expert commentary from the best in the field. gives you in-depth coverage of industry news and legal developments with a focus on expert commentary from the best in the field. |
Best's Insurance News - A.M. Best's daily online newsletter. View 24 hours of insurance news and analysis summarized. Online edition provides daily updates on industry news and information as well as reports on industry trends and their impact on insurers. |
Best's Week: Property Casualty Edition - provides current information on hot industry issues and topic affecting insurers. Latest news plus global and financial updates, makes this the newsletter you can't do without. |
BestWire Services - Subscriber-only service gives immediate access to breaking industry news through your web browser. There's not a more comprehensive, accurate, and up-to-date source of insurance news and analysis anywhere. |
Business Insurance - serves executives responsible for the purchase and administration of corporate insurance/self-insurance programs, encompassing both property and liability and employee benefit programs, including life, health and pensions. The weekly printed publication includes news and articles related to these functions. Website also delivers current news and information daily. |
Claims Magazine - This online and print publication address the needs, concerns and issues of the claims professional. Published by National Underwriter. |
Claims People - This publication also focuses on the needs of claims professionals. Provides articles on everything from stress management to claims settlement, to detecting the drunken driver. |
FICC Quarterly - Published by the Federation of Insurance & Corporate Counsel this scholarly publication offers a technology law forum plus information and articles on recent insurance case law. |
FDN Fraud Report A service of the Fraud Defense Network, which is now the leading connection point for fraud-fighters in the insurance community. FDN acts as the Internet conduit to provide access to investigative information. The website provides access to the latest fraud detection information, cases and articles of interest plus many useful links. |
I.I.I. Daily - a service of the Insurance Information Institute which provides insurance related information and facts for insurance consumers, industry professionals and the news media. |
Independent Agent - Independent Agent magazine was established in 1903 as The American Agency Bulletin. It is published monthly by IIAA Membership Services, Inc. This is the online edition and provides access to back issues and selected articles of interest to agents and other insurance professionals covering such topics as website design and development, legislative issues, personal lines, experience rating and much more! |
Insurance & Technology - This is THE magazine aimed at the insurance systems professional community. It covers insurance systems and the issues involved in designing, developing, installing, maintaining and supporting them. Site includes the latest edition of their insurance products and services buyer's guide. |
Insurance Industry Litigation Reporter - Weekly report surveys case law developments in emerging areas of insurance coverage litigation, including: environmental claims (lead paint, indoor air quality, and other toxic exposure claims), e-commerce and technology-based claims, construction claims, employment claims (employment practices liability, professional liability, errors and omissions, and bad faith claims). |
Insurance Journal - a leading source of insurance industry news and information for independent agents and brokers. Provides information on international, national and regional news and developments of interest to the professional insurance agent as well as articles on market development and technology products and topics.. |
Insurance Network News - an index of articles of interest that appeared in Insurance Networking magazine. The articles are not available online but can be ordered from the publisher through this site. |
Insurance Networking - Online source for articles published in Insurance Networking magazine. Articles cover a wide variety of topics related to insurer and agency use of technology to address business needs. |
Insurance Research Letter - A subscriber-only site. This monthly newsletter is subscribed to by major life and non-life insurers and reinsurers around the world as well as retail and reinsurance brokers, consultants, libraries, government agencies and news agencies. Insurance Research Letter features: on-the-spot reporting, monthly issues with content arranged geographically for quick reference. Information covering legislative and admistrative developments, news of official and market changes as well as other insurance market news. |
Insurance Times - Limited online publication provides current news and original feature reports on the entire New England, New York and New Jersey insurance industry property and casualty, life, health, group benefits, risk management and related financial services. News and features cover legislation, regulations, products, markets, court rulings, mergers, meetings and profiles of successful agencies. For full access, you must subscribe. |
International Risk Management - This extensive free website provides, news, views and information for risk, insurance and reinsurance professionals. It is updated each working day. |
Journal of Insurance Regulation - This limited access site provides article abstracts for articles in recent issues of JIR. For full access to the articles, you must order them online and they are mailed or emailed to you. |
Insurance Law Journal Extra - This publication focuses on insurance case law and its impact on the industry and society. Lots of articles of interest here for those involved on a day to day basis with insurance claims settlement and litigation. |
National Underwriter Property/Casualty Edition - provides property & casualty professionals and risk & benefits managers with up-to-date news and information. Paid subscribers can access the complete newsweekly plus archives online. Non-subscribers get editiorials and contact information, but can access news archives on a pay-per-use basis. Be sure to also visit their Industry Resource Center! |
Professional Agent - a monthly publication by PIA National. Website provides a sampling of articles from past issues. |
Property/Casualty Insurance - Site provides access to articles and editorials from recent issues of Property and Casualty Magazine a publication of NAMIC. Lots of information and useful articles here. |
Research Quarterly - Site gives access to past issues of the NAIC Research Quarterly. Issues are provided in Adobe Acrobat. A compatable Acrobat reader is required and the site lets you download a free copy. A good online source of current industry information and articles. |
Research Review - Publication is a journal for professional research practitioners in the insurance and financial services industries. It contains articles in the areas of insurance, insurance planning and research, as well as being a written forum for the identification and discussion of industry research and planning issues. Article abstracts are available online. Full articles must be ordered. |
The Worldwide Reinsurance Review - This publication is dedicated to senior reinsurance and insurance professionals worldwide. Each month The Review deals with the issues affecting the industry with news, company and individual profiles, market reports and exclusive research. Website features the top ten recent articles of interest to visitors from their monthly publications. |
Risk & Insurance - Magazine is aimed at decision-makers in risk management and insurance. It offers articles designed to provide the inside track on trends and events in risk management, insurance, reinsurance, risk transfer, self-insurance, and benefits. Also features reports examining developments in workers’ comp, managed care, captives and alternative insurance vehicles, as well as risk and insurance technology. Site provides limited access to some selected articles and free subscriptions to the paper publication. |
Risk Management - RM is the publication of the Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS). Site provides recent issue and article abstracts but no full articles are provided. Reprints can be ordered online. |
Risk Retention Reporter - Publishers are specialists in the use of risk retention groups (RRGs) and purchasing groups (PGs) which provide commercial insureds alternative ways of meeting their liability insurance needs. Website is resource center for insurance buyers and professionals. It includes article abstracts from recent issues of the newsletter plus listings of insurance professionals providing services and products for RRG and PG programs, lists of affinity group liability programs for insurance buyers and professionals, and links to regulatory agencies, state insurance departments, captive associations and other industry sites. |
Rough Notes - Website is for Rough Notes Magazine which is aimed at the agency market. Some article extracts are provided along with access to highlights of back issues. Back-Issues can be ordered online. Online access is, however, limited. |
SNL Insurance Publications - Site offers subscriber-based publications aimed at the insurance investor and provides samples of publications online. They offer daily and weekly newsletters summarizing the previous day/week's news and market information affecting the insurance industry. Publications are delivered by e-mail or fax and provide up-to-date information on stocks, insider trades, ownership and disclosure filings, company news and events, M&A activity and legislative issues. |
Tort and Insurance Law Journal - Subscriber-based journal features in-depth articles on insurance litigation, business torts, ERISA and other employment issues, reinsurance, antritrust, and other matters. Samples of back issues are available online in Adobe Acrobat format. |
The Underwriters' Wire - This free online publication features late breaking industry news of interest to insurance professionals. Site repeatedly requests support from visitors but contains many articles of interest on a variety of insurance topics. Also includes a complete archive of recent articles. |
Workers Comp Executive - Site features selected article abstracts and access to full text of abstracted articles from current edition of the subscriber-based print magazine on a fee-per-article basis. Their full archives are also available for search. All articles are available for immediate download for a modest fee. |