Publishers & Publications

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A

• AAIS (American Association of Insurance Services) (Bureau for Inland Marine, & more)
• ACORD (Standards-setting organization for the insurance industry)
• Actuarial Jokes (Jerry Tuttle's library of actuarial humor)
• Adjuster.com (Claims News, Jobs, Training, Legislative Updates, & Calendar website)
• Agency Ideas (Sales, other publications from the Shulman Consulting Group)
• Agent's Sales Journal (Sales/marketing guide for life/health agents)
• AlocalAgent.com (Free electronic listing of local insurance agents, by state)
• A. M. Best Company (Financial ratings, and much more)
• American Agent & Broker   ("The Magazine For Insurance Agency Success")
• American Educational Institute (Self-study courses, and claims professional designations)
• American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters (Textbooks & study guides)
• Andrews Publications ("The Litigator's Choice")
• Appeals Board Reporter   (Workers comp appeals board reports, searchable database)
• Aspen Publishers   (Healthcare publications)
• Atlantic Informations Services (AIS)   (Publisher of medical news & data)

B

• Benefits Information Group (Published listings of employee benefit plans, geographically)
• BestWeek   (Weekly publication from A. M. Best)
• Betterley Report   (Publisher of the EPLI Market Survey & other evaluations)
• The Burnham System (CPCU and other professional designation training material)
• Business Insurance (Large weekly magazine, lots of information)

C

• California Workers’ Compensation Enquirer (Web site for this long-time California publication)
• Cal-OSHA Reporter (Check out their searchable Decisions database … Cool!!)
• Canadian Insurance   (Canadian insurance magazine)
• Canadian Underwriter (Monthly Canadian insurance magazine)
• CaptiveGuru.com   (e-publication, all about captives)
• ClaimRep.com   (Resource site for adjusters)
• Claims Magazine (Covering the business of loss)
• The Claims Page (Michael Kay’s excellent resource page for claims adjusters)
• ClaimSchool, Inc. (Claims-related books by author/columnist/attorney Barry Zalma)
• Content.com   (Searchable database of insurance-related articles)
• Crittenden Publishing (Lots of different market newsletters, check out their new site)
• CSR Cross-Selling   (P&C cross-selling ideas and tools)

D

• D & O Maps   (In depth comparative analysis of D&O policies)
• Dearborn Publishing (Licensing, continuing education, and lots more)
• Demotech, Inc. (Financial stability ratings, state filings assistance, & actuarial services)
• Demutualization.Org (Site devoted to the issue of insurance company demutualization)

E

• E-Claim.com   (Resource site for adjusters)

F

• Financial Services Online   (Financial & insurance news, on their site & by e-mail)
• Florida's Insurance News   (Monthly Florida magazine)
• FYI: Georgia Views & News   (Eddie Emmett's insurance industry newsletter)

G

• Global Reinsurance (Leading publication for the reinsurance industry)
• Griffin Communications (‘Umbrella Book’, ‘EPL Book’ & others from Warren, McVeigh & Griffin)

H

• Hart Information Services (Paper & electronic forms)
• Hill Publishing   (P&C and Life/Health publications)
• Hollander Interchange Manuals   (Lists millions of auto parts, & their interchangeable equivalents)

I

• IBT Financial   (Internet-based continuing education courses)
• Independent Agent   (Official magazine of the Independent Insurance Agents of America)
• Insurance Achievement (CPCU and other professional designation training material)
• Insurance and Financial Services Research Station (Makoto Okubo's excellent insurance research site)
• Insurance and Technology Magazine (Online copy of the magazine, other info)
• Insurance Canada   (Central insurance site, maintained by Canadian Insurance magazine)
• The Insurance Forum   (Joseph Belth's insurance publication)
• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) (Really full site, chock-full of information)
• Insurance Journal  (Daily news for the P & C insurance industry)
• Insurance Law List   (Over 5,500 law firms that represent carriers & self-insureds)
• Insurance Law Report (Provides key industry information that insurance law specialists need)
• Insurance Market Finder   (Specialty lines directory)
• Insurance Marketing & Management Services (IMMS)  (Programs, tapes, +)
• Insurance Marketplace (Rough Notes' specialty lines directory)
• Insurance Newslink   (Insurance news, with commentary)
• Insurance News Net (Current insurance news, on the ‘net)
• Insurance Research Letter   (Global insurance news & statistics, since 1966)
• Insurance Research & Publishing (IRP)   (Global insurance research)
• Insurance Services Network (ISN) (Check out the 'country' information, it's great!)
• Insurance Services Office (ISO) (Rate & rule manuals, forms, etc.)
• Insurance Taxation & Regulation Publications (Various taxation, actuarial, and regulatory publications)
• InsuranceStock.com (Bob Hogue’s site with insurance stock information and research reports)
• Insure Tech   ('Insurance Strategies' series of continuing ed classes)
• Insure.com   ('The Insurance Guide', for consumers & professionals)
• IOMA ('Property/Casualty Rates & Ratings' and 'Preventing Business Fraud' newsletters)
• IRMI (International Risk Management Institute) (Practical references, articles, courses)  
• IRMI Update   (Free e-zine with tips, commentary, and links to articles)

J

• JCRS   (Publisher of Jewelry Insurance Manual)
• Journal of Commerce (See their 'Insurance in Brief' section, it's excellent)

K

• Keir, Jack, Inc. (CPCU & other supplemental study materials)
• Kinder Brothers International (Sales training programs & supplies, geared especially towards insurance)
• Knowledge Digest   (All kinds of info on risk, especially financial; a division of MIB)

L

• Life Insurance Selling   (For top life, health, & financial services producers)
• Long-Term Care Sales Strategies (Newsletter to help producers sell long-term care insurance)
• Loss Mitigation Guide with Standards (LMGS)   (Priority One Mitigation)
• LTC Connection   (Online resource for LTC planning professionals)

M

• Marshall & Swift (Construction cost publications and software)
• Martin & Company ('Penn. Insurance Advisor', 'Professional Liability Report', other services)
• MDRT Center for Productivity   (Products, productivity tools for life insurance professionals)
• Mealey Publications   (Lots of publications, many dealing with insurance litigation)
• R. S. Means Company, Inc. (Construction cost information, printed and electronic)
• Mr. Long-Term Care (Impressive weekly Internet magazine about long-term care)
• MSO (Mutual Service Office) (NJ-based rating & statistical service bureau)

N

• N.A.D.A. Guides   (New, used car pricing)
• National Insurance Law Service (NILS) (All the state & federal insurance laws)
• National Underwriter Company (Many publications & products)

O

• Oden Insurance Services (Regulatory research products)

P

• PBD, Inc. (Fulfillment company for CPCU and Jack Keir, Inc. study materials)
• Pictorial (Licensing, continuing education courses, and other training material)
• Practical Risk Management (Excerpts from some of their issues)
• PropertyAndCasualty.Com (Online insurance industry resource site)
• Property Loss Research Bureau (PLRB) (Wonderful property claims research material)

R

• Reactions Magazine
• Reinsurance Contacts   (Directory of reinsurance services)
• Risk & Insurance   (Risk management, benefits, insurance, & reinsurance publication)
• Risk Information, Inc.   (Brian Sullivan's Auto Insurance Report and Property Insurance Report)
• Risk Retention Reporter (Risk retention & purchasing groups)
• Risk World   (News & views on risk assessment & management)
• RiskINFO (Wonderful resource site for Risk Management professionals)
• Rough Notes Company (Read the current & old copies online)

S

• Sales Autopsy   (Horror stories from sales war correspondent Dan Seidman)
• Senior Market Advisor   (Magazine for agents selling to the maturing market)
• Sheshunoff Information Services, Inc. (NAIC data on the ‘net and on CD, and other stuff, too)
• SNL Securities (Large line of insurance financial publications)
• Sounding Line   (John Ashenhurst's insurance-Internet publication)
• SteveAnderson.com   (Great tips & info from this well-known insurance columnist)

T

• TAAR (The Automated Agency Report) (Rick Morgan's software analyses)
• Technology Decisions   (Insurance technology magazine from the National Underwriter Company)
• Thompson's World Insurance News (Canada's weekly insurance news)
• Trusts & Estates   (Online version of this wealth management publication)

U

• Underwriters Laboratories, Inc. (Country's leading testing laboratory)

W

• Frank R. Walker Company (‘Walker’s Building Estimator’s Reference Book’, and other things, too)
• Ward Financial Group (Financial analysis and benchmarking of carriers, using NAIC data)
• Warren, McVeigh & Griffin (Risk Mgmt consultants, also publishers of ‘Umbrella Book’ & others)
• WebCE.com   (Web-based Continuing Education courses)
• The Wedge   (Randy Schwantz' popular book & sales method)
• Weiss Ratings (Financial ratings of almost all insurance companies)
• Werbel Publications (Insurance licensing exam preparation material)
• Wolters Kluwer Financial Services (Regulatory Compliance Resources & Tools and Forms, including NILS INSource, AuthenticWeb, and Uniform Forms)
• Workcomp.com  (Worker's comp resource for agents & brokers)
• Workers’ Comp Advisor (State-specific workcomp sites for CA, FL, OH, & TX)
• Workers' Comp Executive (Paper & free e-mail coverage of the Calif. Workcomp marketplace)

Z

• Barry Zalma, Inc. (Barry’s Insurance Fraud Letter, and his books by ClaimSchool)