Chapter 7: General Reference
Selected Insurance, Regulatory And Safety-Related Organization Websites
 
The following selected insurance, regulatory and safety-related organizations should not be construed as a complete listing of available website resources. Many can be reached as links from OII's website: www.ohioinsurance.org.
More men than women shop for insurance online, but women are more likely to buy it via the internet.
(RightQuote, reprinted from National Underwriter, 1/18/99)

OII Member Insurance Companies/Organizations
Alliance of American Insurers
Allstate Insurance
American Commerce Insurance Company
American Family Insurance Group
American Insurance Association
Auto-Owners Insurance Co.
Buckeye Insurance Group
Central Mutual Insurance Group
Century Surety Group
Cincinnati Insurance Cos.
Citizens Insurance Company of Ohio
CNA
Crum & Forster
Employers Reinsurance Corp.
Erie Insurance Group
E.W. Blanch Company (Paragon Reinsurance)
Farmers Insurance
General Reinsurance Corp.
Grange Insurance
Great American Insurance
Liberty Mutual
Metropolitan P/C
Motorists Insurance
Mutual Benefit Group
Nationwide Insurance
OHIC Insurance Co.
Ohio Casualty Group
Ohio Mutual Insurance Group
Professional Insurance Agents of Ohio, Inc.
Progressive Insurance
Reinsurance Association of America
State Farm
Swiss Reinsurance America Corp.
USAA
Wayne Mutual Insurance Company
Western Reserve Group
Westfield Cos.

Insurance Associations and Miscellaneous Resources
AA Foundation for Traffic Safety
ACORD
Advocates for Highway and Auto Safety
Air Bag Safety Campaign
A.M. Best Co.
American Assn. of Crop Insurers
American Assn. of Health Plans
American Council of Life Insurance
American Institute for Chartered Property Casualty Underwriters
American Ins. Services Group
Bureau of Transportation Statistics
Captive Insurance Companies Assn.
Coalition Against Insurance Fraud
College of Insurance
Columbus CPCU Chapter
Conning & Co.
Council. of Insurance Agents and Brokers
CPCU Society
Federal Insurance Administration
Gamma Iota Sigma
Health Ins. Assn. of America (HIAA)
Highway Loss Data Institute
Independent Ins. Agents of America
Institute for Business and Home Safety
Insurance Accounting & Systems Assn.
Insurance Education Foundation
Insurance Information Exchange
Insurance Information Institute
Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
Insurance Law List
Insurance News Network
Insurance Research Council
Insurance Services Office
Insure Web
International Assn. of Special Investigative Units

Life Insurance Marketing and Research Assn., Inc.
Life Office Management Association
Mothers Against Drunk Driving
National Assn. of Health Underwriters
National Assn. of Independent Insurers
National Assn. of Insurance Commissioners
National Assn. of Insurance Women
National Assn. of Mutual Insurance Companies
National Assn. of Professional Insurance Agents
National Council of Insurance Legislators
National Council on Compensation Insurance
National Crop Insurance Services, Inc.
National Fire Protection Assn.
National Flood Insurance Program
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
National Insurance Crime Bureau
National Lightning Safety Institute
National Oceanic/Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)
National Safety Belt Coalition
National Safety Council
National Transportation Safety Board
Society of Certified Insurance Counselors
Society of Insurance Research
Surety Association of America
Towers Perrin Tillinghast
Ultimate Insurance Links
Underwriters Laboratories

Ohio Organizations and Misc. Governmental Entities
Attorney General's Office
Governor's Office
Independent Insurance Agents of Ohio
Joint Committee on Agency Rule Review (JCARR)
Legislative Bill Directory
Legislative Budget Office (LBO)
Legislative Information Services (LIS)
Legislative Service Commission (LSC)
Lieutenant Governor's Office
National Weather Service-Cleveland
National Weather Service-Wilmington
OHA: The Association for Hospitals and Health Systems
Ohio Association of Insurance and Financial Advisors
Ohio Association of Life Insurance Companies
Ohio Bureau of Workers' Compensation
Ohio Department of Insurance
Ohio Department of Natural Resources
Ohio Department of Public Safety
Ohio Department of Transportation
Ohio Emergency Management Agency
Ohio General Assembly
Ohio House of Representatives
Ohio Revised Code
Supreme Court of Ohio

The search engine competition for sites dealing with insurance issues is enormous. According to one researcher (reported in February, 2000), entering the search word "insurance" resulted in the following results:

  • Yahoo: 53 categories, with hundreds of thousands of links
  • Alta Vista: 4.3 million pages
  • Go: 1.8 million matches
  • HotBot: Over 100,000 matches
  • Excite: 793,369 matches
  • AOL.com: 1,642 categories, 18,916 sites
  • Lycos: 518,000 sites