http://www.limra.com
- LIMRA International, Inc. was formed to support and enhance
the marketing functions of life insurance companies through
original research, as well as products and services based
on that research.
http://www.loma.org/
- LOMA is an international association of insurance and
financial services companies. LOMA helps insurers and the
financial services industry improve management and operations
through quality education, employee development, research,
information sharing, and related products and services.
http://www.naic.org/
- The official site of the National Association of Insurance
Commissioners. Contains useful information about state regulatory
issues.
http://www.nailba.com/
- The National Association of Independent Life Brokerage
Agencies (NAILBA) is a non-profit, trade association dedicated
to serving the interests of value-added, independently-owned
brokerage agencies throughout the United States and North
America.
http://www.nascio.org/
- This site, maintained by the National Association of State
Chief Information Officers, provides direct links to
state health and welfare information.
http://www.ncoil.org/
- This is the official web site for the National Conference
of Insurance Legislators whose main area of public policy
concern is insurance legislation and regulation.
http://www.propertyandcasualty.com -
Overall Property & Casualty industry site.
http://www.ultimateinsurancelinks.com -
A great tool to locate insurance carriers, vendors, organizations and publishers.
http://cms.hhs.gov
- This is the official web site for the Centers for Medicare
& Medicaid Services (CMS) (formerly the Health Care
Financing Administration) and is useful in monitoring the
agency's activities, including its implementation of HIPAA.
http://uscode.house.gov/search/criteria.shtml
- This is the web site for the U.S. House of Representatives
Internet Law Library which provides a searchable site for
U.S. Code and links for downloading U.S. Code by Titles.
www.hhs.gov
-This is the official web site for the Department of Health
and Human Services.
www.irs.ustreas.gov
- This is the Internal Revenue Service home page, which
also provides links to other information concerning taxes
and tax policy, the IRS Code and regulations.
www.dol.gov
-This is the official web site for the Department of
Labor and is a good source for ERISA information.
http://thomas.loc.gov/home/legbranch/legbranch.html
- The Library of Congress's US Legislative Branch website.
www.fjc.gov -The Federal
Judicial Center website provides links to the US Supreme
Court and all the Federal courts.
www.medicare.gov -This
is the official US web site for information on Medicare.
www.house.gov/commerce/ -The House Committee on Commerce site keeps up-to-date
with mark-up language, amendments, bill text, hearing testimony
and committee reports. When things heat up in Congress,
this site is an invaluable tool for obtaining the most current
health information.
www.house.gov/ways_means
- The House Committee on Ways and Means site offers similar
information to the Commerce Committee site. This is also
a good source for mark-up language, testimony, and other
pertinent information.
www.whitehouse.gov
- The White House website offers a complete library of speeches
given by the President. In the What's New section, the
most recent speeches and publications are available. The
site is organized in date order.
www.gao.gov/ - The Government
Accounting Office published reports on a variety of topics
relating to public policy. The website offers free access
to their publications. In order to read or download anything
from this site, Adobe Acrobat software needs to be on the
computer.
OTHER
WEBSITES OF INTEREST
http://www.ambest.com -
The site of A.M. Best Company, Inc. This site provides current
insurance industry reporting and numerous links to other
sites.
http://thomas.loc.gov
- This site is best for monitoring Congressional activities,
including pending legislation, House and Senate member directories
and committee assignments and enacted Public Laws. Includes
links to other governmental branches and key federal agencies.
www.mbc.com-
McBride, Baker and Cole law firm website. This is a great
site for ecommerce and digital signature issues.
www.law.cornell.edu-
This site allows research for state and federal laws, regulations and court cases.
www.statelocalgov.net-
A resource guide to government sponsored Internet sites.
www.michie.com-
LexisNexis offers several states' statutes online..
http://hippo.findlaw.com/
- Health Hippo is a collection of policy and regulatory
materials related to health care.
www.findlaw.com/
- This web site, produced by FindLaw, provides links to
state and federal law resources as well as legal news and
references.
http://mr-longtermcare.com/
- This web site contains an exhaustive set of links to every
imaginable topic on long term care insurance.
http://www.nuco.com/ - The site of NATIONAL UNDERWRITER
Magazine. This site includes information on current issues
information for both Life & Health and Property &
Casualty
LEGAL RESEARCH SUBSCRIPTION SERVICES - all of the
following impose a membership or subscription fee for the
service
www.nils.com/ - National
Insurance Law Service (NILS)- InSource . This web site offers
a research database for enacted laws and regulations in
all 54 jurisdictions plus US Code for both health like and
property and casualty.
Insource also offers a Product Filing Guide and Compliance
Update Service developed by NILS Publishing company
and Compliance Research Services. Full information is available
on the insource web site.
http://www.statenet.com/
- An organization that provides information on pending bills
and initiatives in all 50 states and Congress.