Insurance

Sector journalism and trade press.

• Insurance Journal
  P&C industry trade publication.
• Business Insurance $
  Commercial insurance, risk management.
• National Underwriter / ALM $
  Insurance and financial services trade.
• Insurance ERM $
  Risk management and capital insurance.
• Reinsurance News / Artemis
  Reinsurance and ILS market coverage.
• Insurance Times (UK)
  UK insurance industry.
• LIMRA Research / SOA Magazine
  Life/annuity industry research.

Membership bodies, advocacy, standards.

• APCIA — American Property Casualty Insurance Assoc.
  P&C industry trade group.
• ACLI — American Council of Life Insurers
  Life and annuity industry.
• NAMIC — National Assoc. of Mutual Insurance Cos.
  Mutual P&C insurers.
• AHIP — America's Health Insurance Plans
  Health insurance industry (overlap with health-insurance industry).
• LIMRA
  Research and learning for the life industry.
• Society of Actuaries (SOA) / CAS
  Actuarial professional organizations.
• Insurance Information Institute (III)
  Industry data and consumer education.

Where deals get done and announcements happen.

• RIMS Riskworld
  Largest risk management conference; ~10K attendees.
• InsureTech Connect (ITC)
  Largest insurtech industry event; Las Vegas.
• Monte Carlo Reinsurance Rendez-Vous
  Annual global reinsurance market gathering.
• PCI Annual Meeting (now APCIA)
  P&C industry annual.
• LIMRA Annual Conference
  Life and retirement industry event.
• NAIC International Insurance Forum
  Regulatory body's annual industry meeting.

Sector-specialist analysts and data providers.

• AM Best $
  Insurance company financial strength ratings.
• Swiss Re Institute / sigma
  Reinsurer's annual market data; sigma reports.
• Munich Re Insurance & Reinsurance Stats
  Major reinsurer's market analysis.
• S&P Global Insurance Ratings $
  Insurance credit research.
• Aon Reinsurance Market Outlook
  Reinsurance broker's market analysis.
• Marsh Global Insurance Market Index
  Commercial insurance pricing index.
• LIMRA Research
  Life and retirement industry data.

Agencies that govern the sector.

• NAIC — National Association of Insurance Commissioners
  US state insurance regulator coordinating body.
• State Insurance Departments
  Insurance is state-regulated in the US.
• FIO — Federal Insurance Office (Treasury)
  US federal insurance monitoring.
• EIOPA — European Insurance & Occupational Pensions
  EU insurance regulator.
• PRA — Prudential Regulation Authority (UK)
  UK insurance prudential supervision.
• IAIS — International Association of Insurance Supervisors
  Global insurance regulatory standards.

Bellwethers and notable executives.

• Berkshire Hathaway / GEICO
  Warren Buffett, Chairman. Insurance is BRK's core business.
• Allianz
  Oliver Bäte, CEO. Largest European insurer; German.
• AXA
  Thomas Buberl, CEO. French global insurer.
• Prudential Financial
  Andy Sullivan, CEO. US life and retirement.
• MetLife
  Michel Khalaf, CEO. Largest US life insurer.
• AIG
  Peter Zaffino, CEO. Global commercial P&C.
• Chubb
  Evan Greenberg, CEO. Largest publicly-traded P&C.
• Travelers
  Alan Schnitzer, CEO. Top US P&C insurer.
• Progressive
  Tricia Griffith, CEO. Largest US auto insurer.
• State Farm
  Mutual insurer; #1 personal lines in the US.
• Munich Re
  Joachim Wenning, CEO. World's largest reinsurer.
• Swiss Re
  Andreas Berger, CEO. Top global reinsurer.
• Lloyd's of London
  Burkhard Keese, COO. Specialty insurance market.
• Marsh McLennan
  John Doyle, CEO. Largest insurance broker (Marsh, Mercer, Guy Carpenter, Oliver Wyman).
• Aon plc
  Greg Case, CEO. #2 global insurance broker.