Links for Insurance Research

ISO is the premier source of information for and about the property/casualty insurance industry. But insurance is a complex topic, and many organizations have valuable data and interesting points of view. That's why we're pleased to offer this classified list of links for people doing research on insurance and related topics.

To find the site you need, click on one of the topics below, or scroll down to browse the whole list.

Actuarial

• Canadian Institute of Actuaries
• Casualty Actuarial Society (CAS)

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Advisory Organizations

• Automobile Insurers Bureau of Massachusetts (AIB)
• Commonwealth Auto Reinsurers (CAR) (Massachusetts)
• Mississippi State Rating Bureau (MSRB)
• National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI)
• Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI)
• Property Insurance Association of Louisiana (PIAL)

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Agents' and Brokers' Organizations

• Independent Insurance Agents and Brokers of America (IIABA)
• Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers
• National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA)

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Automation and Technology

• Agency Company Organization for Research & Development (ACORD)
• Alliance for Productive Technology (APT)
• Insurance & Technology magazine
• Insurance Accounting and Systems Association (IASA)
• Insurance Data Management Association (IDMA)
• Insurance Value Added Network Services (IVANS)

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Catastrophes

• AIR Worldwide Corporation
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• National Earthquake Information Center (NEIC)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)/ National Hurricane Center (NHC)
• Tornado ProjectOnline

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Claims

• Claims magazine
• DRI: Defense Research Institute
• Insurance Fraud Bureau (IFB)
• National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB)
• RAND/Civil Justice Institute

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Directories

• Insurance Industry Information Network (IIIN)
• Insurance Industry Related Resources (ipipeline)
• PropertyAndCasualty.com
• Yahoo:Insurance

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Education

• American Institute for CPCU and Insurance Institute of America (IIA)
• American Risk & Insurance Association (ARIA)
• Insurance Data Management Association (IDMA)
• Insurance Educational Association (IEA)
• Insurance Law Center/University of Connecticut
• Society of Insurance Trainers and Educators (SITE)
• The National Alliance for Insurance Education and Research

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Federal Government

• Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
• Census Bureau
• Department of Transportation (DOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS)
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• FedWorld (a service of the National Technical Information Service, U.S. Department of Commerce)
• Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA)
• Occupational Health and Safety Administration (OSHA)
• Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)/EDGAR filings
• Social Security Administration (SSA)
• STAT-USA (a service of the U.S. Department of Commerce)

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Insurance Industry Organizations

• American Insurance Association (AIA)
• Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel
• Inland Marine Underwriters Association (IMUA)
• Insurance Data Management Association (IDMA)
• Insurance Industry Charitable Fund
• Insurance Information Institute (III)
• National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC)
• National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators
• Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI)
• Reinsurance Association of America (RAA)

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Insurance News Services and Business Publications

• American Agent & Broker
• Business Insurance
• International Risk Management Institute
• Insurance News Network
• Insurance Journal
• InsWeb
• Journal of Commerce: Insurance Page
• National Underwriter
• Rough Notes
• South Carolina Insurance News Service (SCINS)
• Standard Publishing

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International

• AssurWeb (France)
• Actuarial Society of South Africa
• Bermuda Insurance Market
• Canadian Institute of Actuaries
• Insurance Advisory Organization (IAO) (Canada)
• Insurance Canada
• Insurance Services Network (ISN)
• Lloyd's of London
• Lloyd's in America
• General Insurance Association of Japan
• Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (OSFI)(Canada)

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Legal and Regulatory

• National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
  includes a gateway to state insurance departments
• ODEN Insurance Services, Inc.

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Rating Agencies

• A. M. Best Co., Inc.
• Moody's Investors Service

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Research Organizations

• Insurance Research Council (IRC)
• Society of Insurance Research (SIR)

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Risk Management

• Captive.com
• Insurance Communications (Risk Retention Reporter)
  includes access to the Risk Retention Act of 1986
• International Risk Management Institute (IRMI)
• Risk and Insurance Management Society (RIMS)
• RiskInfo
• Self-Insured Institute of America (SIIA)
• Society of Environmental Insurance Professionals (SEiP)

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Safety and Loss Prevention

• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS)/Highway Loss Data Institute (HLDI)
• Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS)
  formerly Insurance Institute for Property Loss Reduction (IIPLR)
• National Fire Protection Association (NFPA)
• National Safety Council(NSC)
• Safety Information Resources on the Internet (Vermont SIRI)

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Women's Professional Groups

• APIW: a professional association of insurance women
• National Association of Insurance Women (NAIW)

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Workers Compensation

• Compensation Advisory Organization of Michigan (CAOM)
• Delaware Compensation Rating Bureau
• National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI)
• New York Compensation Insurance Rating Board (NYCIRB)
• Pennsylvania Compensation Rating Bureau
• Texas Workers' Compensation Rate Guide (Texas Department of Insurance)
• Workers' Compensation Insurance Rating Bureau of California (WCIRB)
• Workers' Compensation Rating and Inspection Bureau of Massachusetts (WCRIB)