Insurance and Insurable Risk Management

A.M. Best Company: The site of the nation's leading company assessing the financial strength of insurance companies. The site's resource center includes directories, news, state insurance commission links, glossary, and product information. http://www.ambest.com/

Claims Magazine: This site provides articles and other resources from Claims Magazine. The magazine covers property and casualty issues and includes stories, news, archives, and links. http://www.claimsmag.com/

Intelliquote Insurance Services: This site is one of several insurance quotation services (see also Quickquote http://www.quickquote.com/ ). However, it also has a nice resource center providing information on term insurance, permanent life insurance, how to determine how much insurance you need, wills and estate information, and a glossary of insurance terms. http://www.intelliquote.com/resources.htm

Insweb: This site provides quotes and considerable resources in the form of links, analytical tools, and articles covering life, health, property and casualty insurance. Go to the site's "Research Center." http://www.insweb.com/

LIFE-LINE: The site of an educational organization designed to provide unbiased information on life and health insurance. http://www.life-line.org/ The site also provides very useful insurance calculators to determine human life value, disability income, and insurance needs.

Property and Casualty Com.: This site should meet the information needs of professionals interested in up-to-date information related to the property and casualty insurance business. This commercial site includes a marketplace, career center, news feature, newsletter, product and service listing, and much more. http://www.propertyandcasualty.com/content/homepage/default.asp?VNETCOOKIE=NO

Property Casualty Insurers Association of America: The site of an organization representing independent insurance brokers and agents. This site includes news, legislative information and position papers. http://www.pciaa.net/sitehome.nsf/Main?openframeset

Quicken: This site developed by the software company Quicken provides quotes and generally basic resources covering insurance topics. The site's "Insurance Basics" includes short articles on topics covering basic issues related to life, health, property and casualty insurance and risks. The site has a glossary and some valuable risk assessment services. http://quicken.intuit.com/?src=www.quicken.com

Reliaquote: Provides term life quotes from 1,000 insurers. http://www.reliaquote.com/

ToxicMoldUSA: This site offers some useful tips in negotiating a claim with an insurance company. http://www.toxicmoldusa.com/negotiation.htm

RiskINFO: This site is a collaborative effort by leading risk management and insurance publishers to provide a resource center on the Internet for risk management and insurance professionals. Articles from a variety of publications are included. The site includes links to many valuable insurance and risk management sites. http://www.Riskinfo.com/