Additional Sources of Insurance Information

• AAIS (American Association of Insurance Services) (Bureau for Inland Marine and much more)
• AAMGA (American Association of Managing General Agents) (Trade group for MGAs)
• ACFEA (Association of Current & Former Equitable Agents) ('Anti' Equitable site)
• ACORD (ACORD forms, standards, annual Technology show, +)
• Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Consumer, health & safety groups, & insurance companies)
• AIA (American Insurance Association) (Over 125 years & 250 companies strong)
• AIB (Automobile Insurers Bureau of Massachusetts)
• AISG (American Insurance Services Group) (Database & technical services to the P/C industry)
• Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) (Trade group of over 260 carriers, over 75 years old)
• APT (Alliance for Productive Technology) (Facilitating SEMCI, Single Entry Multi-Company Interface)
• American Agents Alliance (Mostly California auto insurance agents)
• American Association of Crop Insurers (They don't need to explain what they do, so neither do I)
• American Association of Health Plans (AAHP) (Representing over 1000 HMOs, PPOs, & others)
• American College (CLU, ChFC & other life insurance designations)
• American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (Coveted CPCU designation)
• American Society for CLU and ChFC (Organization of the holders of the CLU and ChFC designations)
• AMS Users' Group (Parent organization for 77 local mini-groups, all AMS agency products)
• ARIA (American Risk & Insurance Associations (Superb site, check it out)
• ARM (Associated Risk Managers International, Inc.) (400+ agencies, $4 Billion premium)
• Art Loss Register (Computerized database of stolen works of art)
• Association of Health Insurance Agents (AHIA) (Includes many links to related sites)
• Balducci's Actuarial , Risk , and Insurance Links (Actuarial links, mostly, from the University of Calgary)
• Bermuda Insurance Network (BINET) (Connecting the Bermuda insurance industry to the world)
• Bermuda Online (Info on doing insurance business in Bermuda)
• California Association of Life Underwriters (CALU) (Representing about 9000 L & H professionals)
• California Insurance Wholesalers Association (CIWA) (Useful listing of members)
• Canadian Board of Marine Underwriters (CBMU) (Representing the Canadian marine insurance industry)
• Canadian Institute of Actuaries (In English, and French, of course)
• Casualty Actuarial Society (Info for the public, and some for members only)
• Coalition Against Insurance Fraud (Focusing the efforts of government & business to fight insurance fraud)
• CWCI (California Workers' Compensation Institute) (Devoted to supporting California workers comp)
• Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) (Over 300 firms with over 2,000 offices)
• CPCU Society (Beautiful site, lots of useful information)
• CPCU Society - Iowa Chapter (Fast, clean site, the way sites are supposed to be)
• Crop Insurance Research Bureau (Trade group for crop insurors and related organizations)
• Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel (Check out their legal links)
• GAMA (Large life insurance trade group, formerly General Agents & Managers Association)
• Global Risk Management Network (Central site for risk management information)
• Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA) (Trade group for the health insurance industry)
• IAIABC (International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions)
• IBAWEST (Insurance Brokers & Agents of the West) (Formerly IIABC & WAIB)
• IEA (Insurance Educational Association) (Non-profit educational organization in the southwest)
• IASA (Insurance Accounting & Systems Association) (Where its at, as far as systems go)
• IIAA (The Big I, largest of the independent agent organizations)
• IIAANY ('InfoNET', the well-done site for the Independent Insurance Agents Assn of New York)
• Independent Automotive Damage Appraisers (IADA) (Over 300 members across the U.S.)
• Inland Marine Underwriters Association (IMUA) (400 companies and 67 years strong)
• Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) (Formerly Insurance Institute for Property Loss Reduction)
• Insurance Canada (General home page for the Canadian insurance market)
• Insurance Committee for Arson Control (ICAC) (Helping to fight arson)
• Insurance Education Foundation (Seminars, teaching aids for teachers and students)
• Insurance Fraud Bureau (Back copies on line, a searchable site, download the entire register)
• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) (Really full site, chock-full of information)
• Insurance Information Institute (III) (Where insurance meets the media)
• Insurance Institute of America (IIA) (Many professional courses and designations)
• Insurance Institute of Canada (IIC) (AIIC & FIIC degrees, and more)
• Insurance Marketing Communications Association (Trade group for p/c advertising & marketing folks)
• Insurance Research Council (Independent insurance research, since 1977)
• Insurance Regulatory Insurance Network (IRIN) (PBD - Producers Data Base - and more)
• Insurance & Risk Management Systems Group (IRMSGroup) (New organization for RM & systems folks)
• Insurance Services Office (ISO) (Biggest of the P/C bureaus)
• International Association of Auto Theft Investigators (IAATI) (Having had 3 cars stolen, I wish them luck!)
• Intersure Partners (Coalition of 43 major agencies in the US and England)
• Life & Health Insurance Foundation for Education (LIFE) (General info about life & health insurance)
• LOMA (Life Office Management Association) (Support for the life & financial products agency)
• Massachusetts Association of Insurance Agents (Affiliated with both IIAA & PIA)
• MIB (Organization for life/health/disability carriers, helps reduce underwriting fraud)
• Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) (Premier organization for life insurance sales recognition)
• NAIB (National Association of Insurance Brokers) (Lots of big members)
• NAIC (National Association of Insurance Commissioners) (Gateway to a lot of regulatory information)
• NAII (National Association of Independent Insurors) (Over 560 insurance companies are members)
• NAMIC (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies) (Over 1200 strong)
• NAIW (National Association of Insurance Women) (Membership benefits of a great organization)
• NAPSLO (National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices, Inc.) (Major trade group)
• National Alliance for Insurance Education and Research (Insurance courses offered nationally)
• National Association of Independent Insurance Adjusters (NAIIA) (Order a free listing of members)
• National Association of Life Underwriters (NALU) (Federal Legislative Reports are on-line, other info)
• National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP) (Membership & publications info)
• National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) (Working against insurance fraud)
• National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators (NSPII) (Really useful site, not just for investigators)
• National Viatical Association (Organization promoting viatical settlement area of insurance)
• NAUGAS (North American Users' Group of Applied Systems) (For users of The Agency Manager)
• NCCI (National Council on Compensation Insurance) (Biggest of the workers comp bureaus)
• Nonprofits' Insurance Alliance of California (Liability insurance pool for Calif. nonprofit organizations)
• Northeast Insurance Technology Users (NEITUS) (Users group supporting various software and vendors)
• Ontario Mutual Insurance Association (Organization of farm mutual insurance companies)
• PIA (National Association of Professional Insurance Agents) (Second largest independent agent group)
• PILR (Property Insurance Loss Register) (AISG's popular loss register)
• PLUS (Professional Liability Underwriting Society) (2300 members, RPLU designation)
• Property Loss Research Bureau (PLRB) (Property claims bureau)
• Public Agency Risk Managers Association (PARMA 2000) (For governmental risk managers)
• The Quality Insurance Congress (Dedicated to continuous improvement of the insurance business)
• RIMS (Risk & Insurance Management Society) (Largest and highly professional organization)
• RiskWeb (Dr. James Garvin's online Risk Management discussion page)
• Society of Actuaries (Very professional site)
• Society of Certified Insurance Counselors (CIC) (For those holding the CIC designation)
• Society of Certified Insurance Service Representatives (CISR) (For the professional CSR)
• Society of CPCU (See CPCU Society)
• Society of Insurance Research (SIR) (These folks know how to find stuff)
• Society of Insurance Trainers & Educators (SITE) (Info on membership, convention, education)
• Society of Risk Management Consultants (RM consultants, who do not sell or broker insurance)
• Society of State Filers (Professional organization for p/c, life/health state filers and regulatory folk)
• Surety Information Office (SIO) (Promoting the field of surety bonding)
• Surplus Lines Association of California (SLA) (First assoc. of its kind, deals with non-licensed insurers)
• Urban Insurance Partners Foundation (Promoting better availability of insurance in urban areas)
• Washington Surveying & Rating Bureau (WSRB) (Property bureau for Washington state)
• WIIS (Western Insurance Information Service) (Promotes insurance, but no lobbying)