Insurance
Handbooks and Dictionaries
Dictionary of Insurance. Lewis E. Davids. 7th ed.
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. 7th ed. (Ref HG8025 .G57 1999)
Glossary of Insurance Terms. 6th ed.
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. Alfred I. Jaffe. 1980. 2 vol.
Handbook for personal and commercial lines of insurance.
Insurance Words and Their Meanings: Glossary of Insurance Terms. Diana L. Kowatch. 16th ed.
International Dictionary of Insurance and Finance. John Clark. (Ref HG8025 .C58 1999)
Life and Health Insurance Handbook. Davis W. Gregg and Vane
B. Lucas.
Covers life and health insurance, pensions and deferred compensation plans, and estate planning.
Directories
Insure.com
Directory to over 200 companies.
The Insurance Almanac. Annual.
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. Annual.
Ratings of Insurance Companies
Best's Insurance Reports, Life / Health. Annual. 2 vol.
Best's Insurance Reports, Property / Casualty. Annual. 2 vol.
Best's Key Rating Guide, Property / Casualty. Annual.
A.M. Best is a leader in providing insurance information and insurer ratings. The
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.
Moody's Bank and Finance Manual Annual.
National Underwriter Profiles: Life Insurers. Annual.
National Underwriter Profiles: Property/Casualty Insurers. Annual.
Financial and underwriting performance results and ratings with ranking tables.
Standard &Amp; Poors Insurer Financial Strength Ratings
Search for ratings of individual companies. Provides current rating, outlook, and five years of historical ratings.
Statistical Compilations
Health Insurance
Data
U.S. Census Bureau statistical data.
Life Insurance Fact Book. American Council of Life Insurance. Annual.
Property/Casualty Insurance Facts. Annual.
Source Book of Health Insurance Data. Health Insurance Association of America. Annual.
Tax Facts on Life Insurance. Annual.
Journals
Best's Review (HG9651 .B478)
Formerly Best's Review: Property/Casualty Insurance Edition. (HG9651 .B503) and Best's Review: Life/Health Insurance Edition. (HG8751 .B488) Some fulltext is available at the Best's Web site.
Business Insurance. (HG8011 .B87) See also the onine version, reporting on corporate risk, employee benefits, and managed health care news.
Illinois Insurance. (HG8538 .I4)
Insurance and Technology
Includes an archive of issues back to August 1998.
Insurance Forum. (HG8011 .I4)
Insurance Journal.com
Includes current breaking news stories online.
Journal of Risk & Insurance. (HG8522 .A5)
National Underwriter: Life & Health/Financial Services Edition. (HG8751 .N302)
Risk Management. (HG8059 .C7 N312)
Internet Sites
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.
In addition, many major insurance companies now have web sites. Most provide
company histories, product descriptions, financial information, and ratings:
Aetna
AIG
Chubb
CIGNA
GEICO
MassMutual
MetLife
Northwestern Mutual
The Prudential
State Farm
Transamerica
