Insurance 

See also: Banking and Finance

Databases and Indexes to Journal Articles

See: Databases and Indexes: Business

Internet Sites

Insurance Information Institute

This site provides a wide array of information including, facts about the insurance industry, links to organizations and insurance companies, news and consumer information, statistics on catastrophes worldwide.

Insure.com

This site focuses on the insurance consumer. Included are directories, including state guides to insurance companies, guides to selecting policies (such as home insurance), ratings of insurance companies from Standard & Poor's and from Duff & Phelps, and information about complaints filed against individual companies.

Dictionaries and Encyclopedias

Glosssary of Insurance Terms (from Insure.com)

Glossary of Insurance and Risk Management Terms. 7th ed. International Risk Management Institute, 1999. (Reference HG8025 .G57 1999)

Glossary of Insurance Terms. (Thomas Green et al) Merrit, 1982. (Reference HG8025 .G73 1982)

International Dictionary of Insurance and Finance. (John Clark) Glenlake/AMACOM, 1999. (Reference HG8025 .C58 1999)

Directories and Biographical Sources

Directory of State Insurance Commissioners

Insurance Phone Book & Directory. Reed-Elsevier, 1997. (Service Desk [6c], Reference HG8525 .I62 1997)

Government Information

Indiana Department of Insurance

Handbooks and Statistical Information

Best's Insurance Reports: Life/Health (link is to selected articles from current issue)

Best's Insurance Reports: Property/Casualty (link is to selected articles from current issue)

Fact Book: Property/Casualty Insurance Facts. Insurance Information Institute, 1996. (Reference HG8523 .I52 1996)

Highway Loss Data Institute Research Reports, 1988-1992. The Institute, 1988-1992. (Reference HG9970.3 .I538)

Injury Facts. National Safety Council, annual. (Service Desk [8A], Reference HA217 .A4)

Formerly known as Accident Facts, this publication of the National Safety Council provides data about accidents and injuries (including motor vehicle, occupational, and firearms) the costs associated with them.

Life Insurance Fact Book. American Council of Life Insurance, 1997. (Reference HG8943 .L5 1997)

Source Book of Health Insurance Data. Health Insurance Association of America, biennial. (Reference HG9396 .S6 1996)

Vital Statistics of the United States. U.S. National Center for Health Statistics, annual. (Government Publications HE 20.6210: year)

Journals Related to Insurance

Note: This is a highly selective list of key journals available in IPFW's Helmke Library. For additional titles, check the IUCAT Catalog (Indiana University's online library catalog).

BestWeek: Insurance News and Analysis. (Reference HG8075 .B48)

Best's Review. (Life/Health Insurance Edition) (Periodicals HG8751 .B5)

Best's Review. (Property/Casualty Insurance Edition) (Periodicals HG9956 .B5)

Business Insurance. (Periodicals HG8059 .B8 B97)

Journal of Risk and Insurance. (Periodicals HG8522 .A5)

Professional and Trade Organizations

Alliance of American Insurers

American Council of Life Insurance

"The ACLI is a trade association representing . . . legal reserve life insurance companies conducting business in the United States. Our mission is to provide a unified association to advance the interests of the life insurance industry."

American Insurance Association

"AIA is the leading property and casualty insurance trade organization."

Health Insurance Association of America

Independent Insurance Agents of America

Insurance Information Institute

Risk and Insurance Management Society

This organization "serves its member entities by proactively providing the highest quality products, services and information to manage all forms of business risk"