Insurance

Coverage by contract to protect financially against specified loss in return for premiums paid.

Resources in this category:

Alliance of Claims Assistance Professionals
http://www.claims.org/

The "members include professional electronic billers who work for providers as well as professional claims assistance professionals who work for patients." The site has a list of ACAP professionals along with their standards of conduct. You can also view the latest issue of the ACAP newsletter.

American Insurance Association
http://www.aiadc.org/AIAdotNet/

The American Insurance Association (AIA) is a property/casualty insurance trade association. It has existed for more than 125 years and represents over 250 property and casualty insurance companies. This site provides information about the various activities of the AIA, its mission, membership, and regional offices. It also includes recent press releases, a bibliography of its recent policy research reports, and information about its other publications. Some of the articles do require a user name and password to view.

American Risk and Insurance Association
http://www.aria.org/

ARIA is the professional association of insurance scholars and other insurance and risk management professionals. Its members include academics, individual insurance industry representatives, and institutional sponsors. This site provides information about the organization, its publications, annual meeting, seminars, job listings, and links to other risk and insurance sites.

Association for Professional Insurance Women
http://www.apiw.org/

The "APIW is a professional association of women. APIW members are highly regarded decision-makers with primary insurers, reinsurers, insurance brokers, risk management, professional services firms and other industry-related organizations." This site provides general information about the organization, membership, its activities, and publications.

Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers
http://www.ciab.com/

"The Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers has represented the nation's leading insurance agencies and brokerages, specializing in the commercial property/casualty insurance business, since 1913. Today, The Council represents 300 of the country's largest and most prominent firms." This site provides information about the council, its member benefits, upcoming events, and publications. It also includes industry news and information about recent international developments and legislative issues affecting the industry.

Loss Executives Association
http://www.lossexecutivesassoc.org/

"The Loss Executives Association (LEA) was founded over sixty years ago to provide a forum for discussion, study and consideration of common loss adjustment problems with the belief that a better understanding of such problems would lead to mutually acceptable solutions." This site includes lists of resources, membership information and application, and information about upcoming events.

Medical Association of Billers
http://www.e-medbill.com/

"The Medical Association of Billers is an insurance claims organization created as a dependable source of basic and specialty coding information for independent third party billing and coding centers as well as provider offices and hospitals in need of billing and coding education and training." MAB offers online medical billing training, as well as a variety of weekend seminars. The site has information on training cources, membership, publications and other products, and MAB's mentoring program.

Minnesota Independent Insurance Agents & Brokers
http://www.iiaba.net/mn/default?ContentPreference=MN&ActiveT...

Information and resources for independent insurance agents in the state of Minnesota. The site has information on the association, how to join, a calendar of the classes offered by the association, and industry news, including legislative updates. Links to industry-related sites are also available.

The National Academy of Social Insurance
http://www.nasi.org/

"A nonprofit, nonpartisan organization that promotes research and education concerning Social Security, Medicare, Unemployment Insurance, Workers' Compensation, the appropriate role of government in protecting individuals from the costs of personal health care services, and related public and private programs. The Academy provides a forum in which to explore challenges and opportunities facing social insurance and health care financing; assesses social insurance programs and their relationship to other public and private programs; helps develop scholars and administrative leaders; supports basic study, policy analysis, and research; and promotes public understanding of social insurance principles and programs. The Academy has nearly 500 members, who represent a balance of disciplines and ideologies and who are recognized experts in social insurance and health care financing."

National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies
http://www.namic.org/

This "102-year-old property/casualty trade association is the industry's largest, both in number of member companies (nearly 1,200) and the amount of business underwritten." The page has major sections covering industry news and issues.