Insurance Resources

The following comprehensive list of links to insurance-related Web sites is a gateway to endless resources and information to keep insurers abreast of pertinent information in the industry.  In addition, specialty insurance Web sites have been included for insurers who have clients with special needs.

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Insurance Related

• AAIS (American Association of Insurance Services) (Bureau for Inland Marine, & More)
• AAMGA (American Association of Managing General Agents) (Trade Group for MGAs)
• AASCIF (American Association of State Compensation Insurance Funds) (& Canadian)
• ACORD (Standards-Setting Organization for the Insurance Industry)
• Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety (Consumer, Health & Safety Groups, & Carriers)
• Agents Council for Technology (ACT)   (Helping Agents Embrace Technology)
• AIA (American Insurance Association) (Over 125 years & 370 Companies)
• AIB (Automobile Insurers Bureau of Massachusetts)
• AIPSO   (Bureau for Assigned Risk, Other Auto Insurance Plans)
• Alliance of American Insurers (AAI) (Trade group of over 340 carriers, over 80 years old)
• American Academy of Actuaries (Professional organization for actuaries)
• American Academy of Financial Management   (Professional organization that awards ChFP & other degrees)
• American Academy of Insurance Medicine   (Association of Medical Directors)
• American Association for Long Term Care Insurance (AALTCI)
• American Association of Crop Insurers (Crop Insurance)
• American Association of Health Plans (AAHP) (Representing HMOs, PPOs, & others)
• American Association of Insurance Management Consultants (AAIMCO) (Consultants trade group)
• American College (CLU, ChFC & other life insurance designations)
• American Council of Life Insurers (ACLI) (Representing 400+ life insurance companies)
• American Educational Institute   (Claims law & other courses)
• American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (CPCU designation)
• American Institute of Marine Underwriters (AIMU) (Trade group for American wet marine writers)
• American Institute of Professional Association Group Insurance Administrators (AIPAGIA)
• American Land Title Association   (Trade group for the title insurance industry)
• American Society for Healthcare Risk Management (ASHRM)
• American Society of Appraisers   (Professional group for appraisers) 
• American Society of Pension Actuaries   (Professional group for actuaries)
• AMS Users' Group (Parent organization for 77 local mini-groups, all AMS agency products)
• ARGIAS (User group for Redshaw, Global and ebix systems)
• ARIA (American Risk & Insurance Associations) (Superb site)
• Art Loss Register (Computerized database of stolen works of art)
• ASCnet (Applied Systems Client Network)   (National & many regional Applied Systems user groups)
• Association of Certified Fraud Examiners   (25,000 members globally)
• Association of Government Risk Pools (AGRIP)
• Association of Health Insurance Advisors   (Also see NAFIA) 
• Association of Insurance Compliance Professionals (AICP) (For compliance folks, including regulators)
• Association of Life & Health Administrators   (Professional organization)
• Association of Professional Insurance Women (APIW) (Association of 200+ members)
• American Institute for CPCU and Insurance Institute of America
• American Insurance Association
• ARIAWeb - American Risk & Insurance Association
• Association of Online Insurance Agents
• Aviation Insurance Association   (Awards the Certified Aviation Insurance Professional degree)

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• Captive Insurance Companies Association (CICA)   (Trade group for captives)
• CareQuest University   (Long-term care courses)
• Casualty Actuarial Society (Info for the public, and some for members only)
• CatAdjuster.org (Listings of catastrophe adjusters, forums, other useful information)
• Center for Economic Justice   (Non-profit advocacy organization)
• Center for Insurance Reform   ('Watchdog' organization for insurance)
• Center to Protect Workers' Rights (CPWR)   (Part of AFL-CIO)
• Cincinnati Insurance Board   (America's first agent's association – great for reference)
• Coalition Against Insurance Fraud (Focusing government & business efforts to fight insurance fraud)
• Conference for Advanced Life Underwriting   (Conference of CAIFA)
• Contra Costa Chapter of the National Association of Insurance Women
• Council for Affordable Health Insurance (CAHI)   (Trade group for health carriers)
• Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers (CIAB) (Over 300 firms with over 2,000 offices)
• Council of Insurance Brokers of Greater New York (CIBGNY)
• CPCU Society (Useful information)
• CPIA (Certified Professional Insurance Agents Society)   (Sales classes & CPIA designation)
• CRESTA   (International group dealing with catastrophe risk control)
• Crop Insurance Research Bureau (Trade group for crop insurers and related organizations)
• CSIO (Centre for Study of Insurance Operations)   (Canadian standards organization)
• Defense Research Institute (DRI) (Organization of lawyers involved in defense of civil action litigation)
• Ebix Users Association (EUA) (ebix/ Delphi/ Redshaw/ McCracken/ Mountain States)
• Environmental Risk Resources Association   (Promoting environmental insurance as risk management tool)
• Federation of Insurance and Corporate Counsel (Check out their legal links)
• Financial Institutions Insurance Assoc.   (Promoting bank insurance sales)
• Financial Services Marketing Assocation   (For marketing officers)
• Florida Association of Insurance Agents (FAIA)   (Large site for the Florida Big I)
• Financial Institutions Insurance Association
• Florida Insurance Council   (Florida's largest insurance trade organization)
• Florida Insurance Guaranty Association   (Florida's guaranty fund)
• Florida Surplus Lines Service Office   (Supporting the FL surplus lines marketplace)
• Florida Windstorm Underwriting Association (FWUA) (Florida’s insurance pool for windstorm coverage)
• GAMA (Large life insurance trade group, formerly General Agents & Managers Association)
• Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP)   (Sign up for free membership on the site)
• Group 500   (Large organization of property/casualty agents)
• Guaranty Fund Management Services   (Runs various state guaranty funds)
• Health Insurance Association of America (HIAA) (Trade group for the health insurance industry)
• HEAT (Help Eliminate Auto Theft)   (Organization to reduce auto theft losses)
• Highway Loss Data Institute HLDI
• IAIABC (International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions)
• IASA (Insurance Accounting & Systems Assn) (Major vendor trade show)
• I-CAN   (Insurance Consumer Advocate Network)   (Informational site)

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• III International Facts   (Basic worldwide insurance data, from Insurance Information Institute)
• Independent Automotive Damage Appraisers (IADA) (Over 300 members across the U.S.)
• Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers of America (IIABA) (Big I's national site)
• 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 Accounting and Systems Association (IASA)
• Insurance Committee for Arson Control (ICAC) (Helping to fight arson)
• Insurance Data Management Association (IDMA) (Enhancing professionalism in data management)
• Insurance Educational Association   (One of the first insurance educational organizations)
• 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) (U. S. insurance information source)
• Insurance Institute of America (IIA) (Many professional courses and designations)
• Insurance Internal Audit Group   (Organization of insurance internal auditors)
• Insurance Library Association of Boston   (Library, plus courses)
• Insurance Loss Control Association (ILCA)   (Loss control organization)
• Insurance Marketing Communications Association (Trade group for p/c advertising & marketing folks)
• Insurance Marketplace Standards Association   (Ethics for life sales)
• Insurance National Search, Inc. (INS) (Group of over 30 insurance recruiting firms, with job listings)
• Insurance Regulatory Examiners Society (IRES)   (Organization for professional regulators)
• Insurance Research Council (Independent insurance research, since 1977)
• Insurance Services Office (ISO) (Biggest of the P/C bureaus)
• Insurance Technology Coalition   (Providing info to Congress & federal policy makers)
• Inter-Company Marketing Group   (Financial service company alliances)
• Intermediaries & Reinsurance Underwriters Association (IRUA)   (Reinsurance trade group)
• International Actuarial Association   (Professional group for actuaries)
• International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI)   (Professional organization of arson investigators)
• International Association of Auto Theft Investigators (IAATI)
• International Association of Special Investigation Units (IASIU)
• International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions
• The International Association of Insurance Fraud Agencies, Inc. IAIFA
• International Association of Insurance Supervisors (Represents insurance supervisory authorities of over 100 jurisdictions)
• International Claim Association (ICA)   (Life/health claims organization)
• International Cooperative & Mutual Cooperative Federation   (International insurance organization)
• International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans (Employee benefit information)
• International Institute of Loss Adjusters   (Property adjusters, worldwide)
• International Insurance Brokers Association (IBA)   (Serving over 100 countries)
• International Insurance Society   (1,000 members in 90 countries)
• International Mass Marketing Association (IMMA)   (For P&C carriers & agents)
• International Network for Insurance (I.N.I.)   (International organization, 63 countries)
• Intersure Partners (Coalition of 43 major agencies in the US and England)
• Iroquois Group   (Largest of the agency cluster organizations)
• Jewelry Insurance Appraisal Institute   (Awards the Certified Insurance Appraiser degree)

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• Latin American Agents Association   (Supporting the Hispanic insurance community)
• Life Communicators Association   (Professional development for members)
• Life & Health Insurance Foundation for Education (LIFE) (General info about L & H)
• Life Insurance Institute of Canada (LIIC)  (L&H carriers' trade group)
• LIMRA International   (Life insurance & financial services marketing, research & education)
• LOMA (Life Office Management Association) (Support for the life & financial products agency)
• Long Term Care International Forum   (Supporting the long term care insurance industry)
• Loss Executives Association (LEA) (Organization of property loss adjusters)
• LUTC (Life Underwriter Training Council   (Life insurance training courses)
• MIB (Organization for life/health/disability carriers, helps reduce underwriting fraud)
• Million Dollar Round Table (MDRT) (Premier organization for life insurance sales recognition)
• NAIC (National Association of Insurance Commissioners) (Gateway to regulatory information)
• NAII (National Association of Independent Insurers) (Over 560 insurance companies are members)
• NAMIC (National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies) (Over 1200 members)
• NAPEO (National Association of Professional Employer Organizations)
• NAPIA (National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters)
• NAPSLO (National Association of Professional Surplus Lines Offices, Inc.) (Major trade group)
• National Academy of Social Insurance   (Non-profit research and educational organization)
• National Alliance for Insurance Education and Research (Insurance courses offered nationally)
• National Association of Alternative Benefit Consultants (NAABC)   (Focused on MSA's)
• National Association of Financial & Estate Planning (NAFEP)
• National Association of Health Underwriters (NAHU) (About 15,000 membership)
• National Association of Independent Insurance Adjusters (NAIIA)
• National Association of Independent Insurance Auditors & Engineers (NAIIAE)
• National Association of Independent Life Brokerage Agencies (NAILBA)
• National Association of Insurance & Financial Advisors (NAIFA) (Formerly NALU)
• National Association of Insurance Litigation Management (NAILM)
• National Association of Insurance Women (NAIW) (Membership benefits of a great organization)
• National Association of Professional Enrollment Specialists/Enrollment Specialists International (N.A.P.E.S./ESI)
• National Association of Public Insurance Adjusters (NAPIA)   (Representing insured)
• National Association of Professional Allstate Agents (NAPAA)
• National Association of SIS Partner Agents (NASPA)   (SIS agencies users group)
• National Association of Subrogation Professionals (NASP)   (Public site, with members area)
• National Association of Surety Bond Producers (NASBP) (Membership & publications info)
• National Association for Variable Annuities   (Open to anyone interested in this area)
• National Auto Agents Alliance (NAAA)   (For agents who write non-standard auto)

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• National Conference of Insurance Guaranty Funds   (Support for state guaranty funds)
• National Crop Insurance Services   (Bureau for crop insurance)
• National Insurance Crime Bureau (NICB) (Working against insurance fraud)
• National Insurance Producer Registry   (Implementing NAIC's Producer Database)
• National Insurance Task Force (NITF)   (Working with community organizations)
• National Society of Insurance Premium Auditors (NSIPA)   (Awards the CIPA designation)
• National Society of Professional Insurance Investigators (NSPII) (Useful site, not just for investigators)
• National Structured Settlements Trade Association (NSSTA)
• National Viatical Association (Organization promoting viatical settlement area of insurance)
• NCCI (National Council on Compensation Insurance) (Biggest of the workers comp bureaus)
• NCOIL (National Conference of Insurance Legislators)   (Legislators interested in insurance)
• Nonprofit Risk Management Center   (Helping nonprofits with insurance)
• Organization of Flying Adjusters (OFA)   (Aviation adjusters trade group)
• OSHA (Occupational Safety & Health Administration)   (Not actually an insurance site, but relevant)
• PERMA (Public Employer Risk Mgmt Assn)   (For non-profit self insured)
• PIA (National Association of Professional Insurance Agents) (2nd largest independent agent group)
• PIA of Florida   (Professional Insurance Agents of Florida's site)
• PIPSO (Property Insurance Plans Service Office)   (Reporting bureau for FAIR & Beach plans)
• PLUS (Professional Liability Underwriting Society) (Over 4000 members, RPLU designation)
• PRIMA (Public Risk Management Association) (Organization for public sector risk managers)
• Professional Bail Agents of the United States (PBUS)
• Professional Insurance Marketing Association (PIMA)   (Trade group for affinity marketing)
• Property Loss Research Bureau (PLRB) (Property claims bureau)
• Public Agency Risk Managers Association (PARMA 2000) (For governmental risk managers)
• Public Utilities Risk Management Association (PURMA)   (RM for public utilities)
• RIMS (Risk & Insurance Management Society) (Largest and highly professional organization)
• Self-Insurance Institute of America (SIIA) (Supporting self-insured since 1981)
• Society of Actuaries (Very professional site)
• Society of Certified Insurance Counselors (CIC) (For those holding the CIC designation)
• Society of CPCU (See CPCU Society)
• Society of Financial Service Professionals   (Formerly the American Society of CLU & ChFC)
• Society of Insurance Financial Management   (Formerly the Society of Insurance Accountants)
• Society of Insurance Licensing Administrators (SILA) (Two professional designations, and other stuff)
• Society of Insurance Research (SIR) (Insurance research tools and results)
• 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)
• Specialty Agents, Inc.   (Trade group of Florida auto insurance agents)
• Spread the Risk   (Kevin Hennosy's insurance research & public information site)
• Strategic Independent Agents Alliance (SIAA)   (Network of over 500 agencies)
• Surety Information Office (SIO) (Promoting the field of surety bonding)
• Surplus Lines Association of California (First association of it’s kind)
• Target Markets Program Administrators Association   (New group)
• United Policyholders   (Non-profit consumer rights & education group)
• Urban Insurance Partners Institute (Devoted solely to urban affairs)
• USAgents   (Organization of DORIS agents)
• Viatical & Life Settlements Association of America (Supporting the viatical settlement industry)
• Western Agency Officers Association (WAOA)   (For marketing officers of life companies)
• WISe (World Insurance e-commerce)   (Formerly LIMNET, RINET, & WIN, now merging with ACORD)
• Workers Compensation Claims Association (WCCA) (Supporting workcomp claims administration)
• Workers’ Compensation Claims Professionals (WCCP) (Over 2000 Florida workcomp claims folks)
• Workers Compensation Rating & Inspection Bureau (WCRIB) (Mass workers comp bureau)
• Workers Compensation Research Institute  (Independent research firm)

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 State Agencies

• The State of Florida – Complete Access to ALL Agencies (One Web site for all state-related needs)

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 Weather Sites

• Florida Emergency Management Agencies

• National Hurricane Center

• The Weather Channel

• National Oceanic & Atmospheric Association

• North Florida Stormtrack

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Insurance Hardware/Software Vendors

• ACORD

• AMS

• Applied

• Ebix (Formerly Delphi Systems)

• Doris

• IVANS

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 Florida Media Lists                                                              

• Florida Times Union

• Yahoo Florida News Media Directory

• All Florida Media Directory

• Florida Newspapers

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Florida Educational Sites

• Barry University- Miami Shores
• Embry-Riddle University- Daytona Beach
• Florida A and M University- Tallahassee
• Florida Atlantic University- Boca Raton
• Florida Gulf Coast University- Ft Myers
• Florida International University- Miami
• Florida State University- Panama City
• Florida State University- Tallahassee
• Jacksonville University- Jacksonville
• Lynn University- Boca Raton
• Nova Southeastern University- Ft Lauderdale
• Saint Thomas University- Miami
• Stetson University- DeLand
• Trinity International University - Miami
• Troy State University- Fort Walton Beach
• University of Central Florida- Orlando
• University of Florida- Gainesville
• University of Florida- Ft. Pierce
• University of Miami- Coral Gables
• University of North Florida- Jacksonville
• University of South Florida- Lakeland
• University of South Florida- Sarasota
• University of South Florida- St. Petersburg
• University of South Florida- Tampa
• University of Tampa- Tampa
• University of West Florida- Pensacola

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Other Helpful Links

• Hoovers Business Directory Online

• Lexis-Nexus (Limited or pay-as-you-go access)

• Ultimate Insurance Links (Information not guaranteed)

• Standard & Poor’s Insurance Ratings