Insurance Resources - The Ultimate List

Helpful Resources

 

• CNN Money Essentials will help you be smarter with your finances, we specifically warmly recommend the following great insurance guides:

• Car Insurance - Things to Know
  

• How to Choose a Health Insurance Plan 

• Where to Buy Health Insurance Coverage

• How to Find an Affordable Health Insurance Coverage

• Types of Life Insurance Policies 

• Choosing a Life Insurance Policy

• Homeowners Insurance - Things to Know

• How to Choose a Home Insurance Company

• Filing a Home Insurance Claim

 

• Go through the latest insurance news and content: Twitter, Instagram, CNN, BBC, Wall Street Journal, NY Times, Reddit, Google News, YouTube, Pinterest, Tumblr, Vimeo, Flickr, Yahoo! Finance, The Guardian, Mix, Digg, USA Today, Reuters, Huff Post, Forbes, Washington Post, MSN, Slideshare, Bing, Bloomberg, TIME, NPR, AOL, LA Times, Business Insider, MIT, The White House, The Economist 

• Explore insurance jobs on LinkedIn

• Wordpress offers some great insurance themes and plugins 

• Download some of the best insurance apps: Travelers Mobile, MetLife US App, Nationwide Mobile, Allstate Mobile, MyAmFam, Lemonade Insurance App, GEICO mobile car insurance, Farmers Insurance App, MassMutual Insurance App, Safety Mobile, The General Insurance App, StateFarm App, Progressive, United Automobile Insurance Co App, 21st Century Insurance App, Verifly Drone Insurance App, Auto & Home at The Hartford App, Auto Owners Mobile, Globe Life Insurance App, Insurance Journal News App, Microsoft

• Learn more about insurance by listening to the Simply Explaining Insurance Podcast

• Turn your discovery in to health with the National Institues of Health

• Check your brokers credentails at FINRA Broker Check

• NAIC: The National Association of Insurance Commisssioners, or NAIC, is the US standard-setting and regulatory support organization created and governed by the chief insurance regulators from the 50 states, the District of Columbia and 5 US territories. More about NAIC here

• NAIC's Licensee Lookup

• Insurance Information Institute: III.org is a US industry association with the mission to "improve the public understanding of insurance, what it does and how it works". The Insurance Information Institute was founded in 1959 and is based in New York City. To read more about the Insurance Information Institute click here

• Healthcare.gov: A United States federal government operated health insurance marketplace that allows people to compare health coverages that meet their needs and budgets. More about healthcare.gov here

• Medicare.gov: The official US government website for Medicare. Read more about Medicare here

• Protect yourself from health, safety and security threats at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Insurance Research Council: IRC is an independent non-profit research organization that is backed by leading P&C companies and associations that provides research and analysis on issues that affect insurers, consumers and policy makers. Founded in 1977 and based in Malvern, Pennsylvania

• Law360: Insurance Legal News and Analysis: Legal news, research, analysis and information on carriers, brokers, agents and reinsurers 

• The Insurance Institute for Business and Home Safety: IBHS is an independent nonprofit scientific research and communications organization that provides real-world solutions for home and business owners with a mission to identify and promote the most efficient and effective ways to strengthen homes, businesses and communities against natural disasters and other causes of loss, and by that create a world with more durable and resilient communities

• USA.gov: USA.gov is the official website of the United States federal government. It's an official online guide to all US Government Information and Services - a one resource for all US federal government resources - More about USA.gov here

• Small Business Administration: SBA.org is a US government organization that provides support to entrepreneurs and small businesses in order to empower and strengthen the nation's great economy - Read more about SBA.org

• Consumer.gov:  A US Federal trade Commission website that is dedicated for the sole purpose of protecting America's Consumers by using money wisely, using credit and loans carefully and protecting identity

• Children's Health Insurance Program: CHIP provides low cost health insurance coverage to families that earn too much to qualify for Medicaid. Each state offers CHIP coverage and works closely with its state Medicaid program. In some states, CHIP covers pregnant women too

• Insure Kids Now: insurekidsnow.gov is the state child health insurance program (S-CHIP). It's a program ran by HHS to provide health insurance coverage to families with children in all US states 

• OpenSecrets.org: OpenSecrets is the website of the Center for Responsive Politics, a nonprofit, nonpartisan research group located in Washington DC. It's the top resource in the US for unbiased information and allows users to track federal campaign contributions and lobbying by lobbying firms, individual lobbyists, industry, federal agency and bills. Other resources include the personal financial disclosures of all members of the US congress, the president and top members of the administration. OpenSecrets users can also search through ZIP codes to learn how their neighbours are allocating their political contributions

• Insurance Institute for Highway Safety: IIHS is a US non profit organization funded by auto insurers, founded in 1959 and based in Arlongton, Virginia, that provides crash test ratings, news and more, to reduce the amount of auto accidents damages. More about IIHS here

• Insurance plans that are accepted by the Cancer Treatment Center of America.

• The National Flood Insurance Program: NFIP is a program created by the congress of the United States in 1968 through the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968. More on that here. 

• Learn more about insurance in general through Wikipedia. You can also learn specifically about insurance in the United States.

• Insurance Terms Glossaries: 1. IRMI  ; 2. AM Best

• Insurance Companies Financial Strength Ratings: A.M. Best, Moody's, Standard & Poor's America, Standard & Poor's Global Ratings, Fitch Ratings, JD Power's Insurance Ratings, Kroll Bond Rating Agency, Weiss Ratings, BBB.ORG

• NAIC's Research - Insurance Companies Rating Agencies: Methods & Procedures

• Health Insurance Trends During Trump's Administration - Harvard University Analysis

• HHS.GOV - US Department of Health & Human Services: HHS's mission is to take care of your health and give assistance to those in need. HHS supports and protects American elderly, people with disablities, infants and children. 

• FDIC: US Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

• HUD: The department of housing and urban development. Its mission is to increase home ownership in the US, encourage community development and maximize accessibility to affordable housing

• Healthfinder.gov: Healthfinder provides information from many trusted sources to help people remain healthy, understand health better, prevent diseases, understand diagnoses, get support and discover treatment options

• Social Security: The website of the federal old-age, survivors and disability insurance provides many healthcare services including social insurance, replacing MediCare card, changing your contact information, applying for social security retirement benefits and more. More about social security in the United States here  

• AWS for Insurers

• Insurance on Harvard University

• Office of Insurance at MIT

• Insurance on BBB.org

• Insurance Resources on USDA

• EPA

• NOAA

• FDA

• Insurance on NPS

• Explore insurance legislation and content on The Library of Congress

• Insurance on IRS.gov

• Student Loans Information

• Insurance on US State Department

• Insurance search on the US House of Representatives

• How Insurance Companies Settle Cases