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Law Librarians of New England

a chapter of the American Association of Law Libraries

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Insurance Law

National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
http://www.naic.org/

The NAIC is the largest professional association for state insurance regulators. The web site offers a clickable map of insurance regulators, allowing easy access to state insurance departments' web sites. The site contains Model Laws, drafts of Model Acts and Regulations, newsletters, press releases, abstracts from the Journal of Insurance Regulation, and other publications that contain financial, statistical and regulatory information pertaining to all areas of insurance law. Researchers can also use the NAIC search engine to access all the information NAIC has on a particular subject, including publications available, upcoming meetings, etc.

Legal Information Institute (LII)
http://www.law.cornell.edu/topics/insurance.html

This page is published jointly by Cornell Law School and the Legal Information Institute. It is an excellent resource for finding primary materials on insurance law. These include the U.S. Code, state statutes, Supreme Court insurance decisions, and U.S. Court of Appeals cases. It also provides links to other internet resources.

Insurance Information Institute (III)
http://www.iii.org

This site attempts to answer any question insurance consumers may have regarding insuring home, auto, business, and other belongings. It also provides statistics and current updates on a wide variety of insurance issues, and gives advice on how to save money on insurance costs. There is a link for catastrophes within News Media, which provides researchers with information regarding earthquakes, hurricanes, tornadoes, floods and fires. Also available are links to the financial services industry and the international insurance marketplace. Users can also click on Media Tools to preview some of III's video and radio news releases.

A.M. Best Company
http://www.ambest.com/

A.M. Best provides Best Ratings reports on the financial condition of insurance companies all over the country. The rating coverage of the insurance industry includes life, nonlife, reinsurance, title, health care, alternative risk vehicles and Lloyd's. Best also provides special reports on ground-breaking industry trends and their impact on insurance ratings and daily updates on industry news and events. Users can search A.M. Best's extensive database of 6,000 property/casualty, life/health and international insurance companies. This site provides links to insurance associations and government regulators for all the states. Center publishes a newsletter, "The Filter," on their website which covers public interest-oriented Internet issues.