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Insurance Reference Sources

RATINGS SOURCES

Best's Aggregates & Averages. Property/Casualty (1991 to date)
Business Library, Reference: HG8523.B4501

Best's Aggregates & Averages. Life/Health (1996 to date)
Business Library, Reference: HG8941.B48

Best's Insurance Reports. Life/Health (1994 to date)
Business Library, Reference: HG8943.B32

Best's Insurance Reports. Property/Casualty
Business Library, Reference: HG9655.B52

Best's Key Rating Guide. Life/Health (2003 to date)
Business Library, Reference: HG9002.B483

Best's Key Rating Guide. Property/Casualty (2003 to date)
Business Library, Reference: HG9768.B48

Mergent Bank & Finance Manual (2001 to date)
Business Library, Reference: HG4961.M72

Standard & Poor's Insurance Company Ratings Guide
3rd floor Paterno: HG8501.S83 1995

DICTIONARIES, ENCYCLOPEDIAS & FACT BOOKS

Dictionary of Insurance
3rd floor Paterno: HG8025.D3

Dictionary of Insurance Terms
(Electronic version through NetLibrary. Click on link in CAT record)

Elsevier's dictionary of insurance and risk prevention : in English, French, Spanish, German, and Portuguese (1992)
Business Library, Reference: HG8025.L83

Glossary of Insurance Terms (1996)
Business Library, Reference: HG8025.G73

Insurance Dictionary: what means what when it comes to life, health, business, home, auto and other coverages (2002)

International Dictionary of Insurance & Finance (1999)
Business Library, Reference: HG8025.C58

Life Insurance Fact Book (1946-1967, 1969-1973, 1975-1998)
3rd floor Paterno: HG8943.L5

Life Insurers Fact Book (continues Life Insurance Fact Book) 2001
3rd floor Paterno: HG8943.L5

DIRECTORIES & REFERENCE SOURCES

Insurance Almanac (1964-67, 1969-1983, 1985 to date)
Business Library, Reference: HG8019.I5

The Insurance Industry, an Information Sourcebook (1988)
Pattee Stacks 2, Reference: Z7164.I7W44

Insurance Marketplace
Business Library, Reference: HG8523.I614

Market Sourcebook
Business Library, Reference, HG 8011.M37

Who's Who in Insurance (1981, 1986, 1989-1990)
3rd floor Paterno: HG8523.W5

Who Writes What in Life & Health Insurance (1983, 1987, 1996)
3rd Floor Paterno: HG8861.W48

INDEXES & BIBLIOGRAPHIES

Insurance and Employee Benefits Literature (1981-2000)
3rd floor Paterno: HG8501.I57

Insurance Periodicals Index (1963-1990)
Click the "I want it button" on CAT record to retrieve from the Annex.

LIMRA International Research (1998 to date)
(Life Insurance Marketing and Research Association)
3rd floor Paterno: HG8018.L48

National Health Care: An Annotated Guide to the Current Literature (1995)
4th floor Paterno: RA410.53.A73

Unemployment Insurance Research: An Annotated Bibliography (1999)
2nd floor Paterno: Doc US L 37.213/2:99-3 Microform

SELECTED WEB SITES

Claims Pages

E-Insurance Directory

Insurance.About

Insurance Accounting & Systems Association

Insurance & Planning Resource Center

Insurance Company

Insurance Industry Internet Network

Insurance Information Institute

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety

Insurance Professional

Insurance Related Resources

Insurance Services Office

Insure.com: The Consumer Insurance Guide

Property Casualty Insurers Association of America
Established January 2004 merging the Alliance of American Insurers and the National Association of Independent Insurers

Self-Insurance Institute of America

Ultimate Insurance Links

Yahoo! Insurance Center

Rating Sites

A.M. Best

Fitch Ratings

Standard and Poor's Insurance Ratings

Selected Insurance Company Websites

Aetna

Capitol Blue Cross

CIGNA

Coventry Health Care
Includes HealthAmerica

Nationwide

State Farm

Additional companies may be found through Hoover's Online. Click on "Industry" tab, type "insurance" in search box.

CAREER RESOURCES:

Actuarial Foundation

Be an Actuary

American Academy of Actuaries

Society of Actuaries

The Schreyer Business Library has a Career Resource Guide that provides tips on searching for jobs, resume and cover letter preparation, internship information and other useful links.

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