This category is for any site related to actuarial science and the actuarial profession, members of whom are called actuaries. What is an actuary? Consider the following description from BeAnActuary.com: "Actuaries put a price tag on future risks. They have been called financial architects and social mathematicians because their unique combination of analytical and business skills is helping to solve a growing variety of financial and social problems. Actuaries make financial sense of the future. How? An actuary applies mathematical models to problems of insurance and finance. To be more specific, actuaries improve financial decision making by developing models to evaluate the current financial implications of uncertain future events. If you’ve never met an actuary, that’s not unusual. The actuarial profession numbers only about 19,000 people in North America. But don't let that small number fool you. Actuaries put their special problem-solving skills to work in many different business situations, and their work has had an influence on people’s lives for more than a century. Actuaries make a difference. Their calculations and projections are the backbone of the insurance and financial security industries. Actuarial work involves lots of math, but actuaries must also be up-to-date on business issues and trends, social science, law, and economics. In other words, actuaries have a well-rounded business approach to problem solving. And they must be good communicators to explain things to nonactuaries. Actuaries are key players on a company's management team. They are well paid, and they like what they do for a living."

This category is for retail insurance marketers such as agents, brokers, and agencies. Quote sites may be listed if they offer unique and useful content beyond their quote engine. For example, an agency which offers online quotes might be eligible if they also describe their products, licensing, and staff. The quote content on the site is ignored for purposes of review.

Lists sites offering services to agents and brokers.

This category is for not-for-profit insurance association or organization which has a state, provincial, national, or international scope.

This category links to regionally-focussed insurance categories. Local agents, brokers, and other related businesses will be found listed in these categories.

This category is for insurance carriers (actual insurance companies, not third party administrators, brokers or agents). Please submit reinsurance companies to the Reinsurance/Carriers category. Please submit third party administrators to the Third Party Administrators category. Please submit agents, brokers, or online quotes sites to the proper subcategory of Agents and Marketers.

This category is for insurance claims professionals such as adjusters, assessors, appraisers, examiners, and investigators. Adjusters, assessors, and examiners are similar. They do the routine work of processing insurance claims. In the UK, assessor is more common; in the USA, adjuster. Insurance examiners typically are associated with life/health carriers, and adjusters with property/casualty. Appraisers are expert in determining the value of insured items. They also determine the actual amount of damage, such as the loss a car received in an accident. Investigators are detectives who research hard cases, as when fraud might be suspected. Surveyors are combination appraisers and adjusters, usually associated with marine claims.

Provides access to commercial insurance topics. Some commercial information will be left out of this view, as when a carrier offers both commercial and property/casualty insurance types.

This category is for consulting firms that provide support services to the insurance industry. All agency, brokerage, and marketing sites that market to consumers should be submitted to the appropriate sub-category of Agents and Marketers

This category is for web sites that are a directory of insurance CARRIERS, direct links or mailing addresses leading to insurance companies which are not on the web.

Companies providing methods to train all types of insurance industry personnel.

Category is for sites devoted to the employment of people in the insurance industry only. For sites devoted to the general employment of several occupations, please go to Business/Employment.

This category contains sites related to financial guaranty insurance. This specialized niche of the insurance business exists in order to enhance the credit quality of financial instruments, such as municipal bonds. Financial guaranty insurance typically involves three parties: the investor, the issuer, and the insurer. The issuer pays a premium to the insurer for issuing a financial guaranty policy for the benefit of the investor. In the event that the issuer defaults on its obligations, the insurer guarantees full and timely payment of principal and interest to the investor.

Insurance holding companies are not necessarily carriers. They own carriers and possibly branded marketing organizations. The holding company itself is really in the business of ownership, not insurance.

Provides access to life and health insurance topics. Some information will be left out of this view, as when a carrier offers both life/health and property/casualty insurance types.

Insurance business magazines and E-zines that help companies and their representatives obtain more professional results, in the home, office, and field.

Provides access to property and casualty insurance topics. Some information will be left out of this view, as when a carrier offers both property/casualty and life/health insurance types.

Reinsurance is the transfer of some or all of an insurance risk to another insurer. The company transferring the risk is called the "ceding company"; the company receiving the risk is called the "assuming company" or "reinsurer."

Risk management consultants analyze a company's business practices and determine what different risk treatments are needed to protect the company from losses.

Firms which administer claims handling and other services for insurance carriers and self-funded plans.

This category is for insurance wholesalers who market to and service "retail" agents and brokers or even other wholesalers. Listings include sites of general agents (GA), managing general agents (MGA), underwriters, and insurance consortia (e.g. Lloyd's syndicates).

Workers' compensation describes the "no fault" system providing medical treatment and rehabilitation for injured workers. A number of nations require that employers offer this insurance, and it is available through self-insurance, commercial and mutual carriers, and sometimes pools or group captives. In the USA and Canada, and likely other nations, different agencies regulate workers' compensation insurance than most other types.