Insurance

Dictionaries and Handbooks
Directories
General Sources
Indexes
Journals
Professional Organizations
Ratings of Insurance Companies
Statistical Sources

Dictionaries and Handbooks

Dictionary of Insurance  (Reference HG 8025 .D3 1990)
Brief definitions of words and phrases concerned with insurance. Includes a directory of organizations related to the insurance industry and a directory of state insurance commissioners.

Glossary of Insurance and Financial Planning Terms
Very brief definitions presented by faculty at the University of Calgary.

Glossary of Insurance and Risk Management Terms  (Reference HG 8025 .G57 1999)

Glossary of Insurance Terms  (Reference HG 8025 .M37 1996)
Brief definitions of over 2,500 terms in the industry.

The Insurance Center - Insurance Dictionary
Provides definitions of key terms.

Insurance Dictionary
Presented by a business to business site for the insurance industry.

Insurance Producer's Handbook  2 vols.  (Reference HG 8061 .J33)
Handbook for personal and commercial lines of insurance.

Insurance Words and Their Meanings: Glossary of Insurance Terms  (Reference HG 8025 .I48 1998)

International Dictionary of Insurance and Finance  (Reference HG 8025 .C58 1999)

Life and Health Insurance Handbook  (Reference HG 8769 .G7 1973)
Covers life and health insurance, pensions and deferred compensation plans, and estate planning.

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Directories

Insure.com
Directory to over 200 companies.

The Insurance Almanac  (Reference HG 8019 .I5)
Annual directory of agents, brokers, actuaries and consultants, adjusters, organizations, state officials, management groups, and insurance groups and companies.

Who Writes What in Life & Health Insurance  (Reference HG 8021 .N5)

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General Sources

Insurance Information Institute
Information about various types of insurance, an industry overview, facts and statistics, and news.

Insurance-links.com
A portal to insurance sites, managed by Dataclarity Ltd of the UK.

Insurance Research Council
Provides general information and links to industry associations, research centers, and governmental and regulatory agencies.

National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Provides information about the Commission and the industry.

Yahoo! - Insurance
Provides links to insurance company web pages and other insurance web sites.

Major insurance companies provide company histories, organizational structure, and financial information on their Web sites. In addition to their home pages, also visit these sites:
About Aetna
About Aflac
AIG - Investor Information
About Chubb
About CIGNA
About GEICO
MassMutual - about us
MetLife - About Us
Northwestern Mutual
Prudential Investor Relations
About State Farm
Transamerica - About Us

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Journals

Best's Review  (HG 9651 .B478)
Formerly Best's Review: Property/Casualty Insurance Edition. (HG 9651 .B503) and Best's Review: Life/Health Insurance Edition. (HG 8751 .B488) Some fulltext is available at the Best's Web site.

Business Insurance  (HG 8011 .B87) and Find It
See also the onine version, reporting on corporate risk, employee benefits, and managed health care news.

Illinois Insurance  (HG 8538 .I4)

Insurance and Technology
Includes an archive of issues back to August 1998.

Insurance Forum  (HG 8011 .I4)

Insurance Journal.com
Includes current breaking news stories online.

Journal of Risk & Insurance  (HG 8522 .A5) and Find It

National Underwriter: Life & Health/Financial Services Edition  (HG8 751 .N302) and Find It

Risk Management  (HG 8059 .C7 N312) and Find It

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Professional Organizations

American Council of Life Insurance
A national trade association.

American Insurance Association
A national trade association for writers of property/casualty insurance.

CPCU Society

Insurance Services Office (ISO)

National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Represents insurance regulators in the states.

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Ratings of Insurance Companies

Best's Insurance Reports, Life / Health  2 vols.  (Reference HG 8943 .B3)
Best's Insurance Reports, Property / Casualty  2 vols.  (Reference HG 9655 .B5)
Best's Key Rating Guide, Property / Casualty  (Reference HG 9765 .B405)
A.M. Best is a leader in providing insurance information and insurer ratings. The annual Reports contain detailed descriptions and ratings; coverage in the Guide is brief. The online version provides a description of the rating system and ratings for individual companies.

Mergent's Bank and Finance Manual  (Reference HG 4961 .M65)

National Underwriter Profiles: Life Insurers  (Reference HG 8955 .U502)
National Underwriter Profiles: Property/Casualty Insurers  (Reference HG 9765 .A683)
Annual financial and underwriting performance results and ratings with ranking tables.

Standard & Poor's Insurer Financial Strength Ratings
Search for ratings of individual companies. Provides current rating, outlook, and five years of historical ratings.

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Statistical Sources

Health Insurance Data
U.S. Census Bureau statistical data.

Life Insurance Fact Book  (Reference HG 8943 .L5)
Annual by the American Council of Life Insurance.

Property/Casualty Insurance Facts  (Reference HG 8523 .I5202)

Source Book of Health Insurance Data  (Reference HG 9396 .S6)
Annual by the Health Insurance Association of America.

Tax Facts on Life Insurance  (Reference HG 8121 .T2)

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