This page lists links to Academic Societies, Industry Organizations, Industry Training Organizations, Rating Agencies and Other Sources. [Disclaimer: I do not own or control any of the links.]
Societies
* 2025 in Vancouver, Canada
International Insurance Foundation (Closed c.2020)
Microinsurance, Microfinance
The MIX Market (Microfinance Information Exchange)
Natural Disaster Monitoring
Catastrophe Risk Evaluation and Standardizing Target Accumulations (CRESTA)
Red Cross – Recovering after a Disaster (consumer education)
industry organizations
American National Standards Institute (ANSI) (Private sector emergency management standards for terrorism insurance purchase)
Association for Cooperative Operations Research and Development (ACORD)
Association of Governmental Risk Pools (created in 1998)
Comité Européen des Assurances (European Federation of National Insurance Associations) (Now, Insurance Europe)
Groupe Consultatif Actuariel Europeen (Actuarial Association of Europe)
International Federation of Risk and Insurance Management Association
International Insurance Council (Washington, D.C.; Closed in 2002)
Institute for Business and Home Safety (formerly, the Insurance Institute for Property Loss Reduction)
National Organization of Life and Health Insurance Guaranty Associations (U.S.)
PTA Reinsurance Company (COMESA Re)
VoxEU by the Center for Economic Policy Research (CEPR)
e-libraries, journals, publishers
Academic and Research Oriented Publications
Journal of Insurance Studies (by KIDI, Korea) (Also available in English)
Journal of Insurance Issues (by WRIA)
Industry Journals and Publications
Global Reinsurance (UK)
National Underwriter Property-Casualty Edition (now, PropertyCasualty360)
Reactions (UK) (now, Insurance Insider)
Other Sources
Insurance-Finance.com by Makoto Okubo
Santa Clara Law School - US, Canadian and English Insurance Organizations
Investment Company Institute (Mutual Fund Fact book)
International Financial Risk Institute (Also home of the Institute of the Chief Risk Officers)
training bodies, rating agencies
Training Organizations
* Chartered Life Underwriter (CLU)
* Chartered Financial Consultant (ChFC)
* Chartered Property Casualty Underwriter (CPCU)
* Associate in Risk Management (ARM) and many others
CFP Board (for the Certified Financial Planner (CFP))
* Fellow, Life Management Institute (FLMI)
Singapore College of Insurance (Official APRIA Secretariat)
Rating Agencies