Links to Other Sites

Risk Management

• Applied Insurance Research (catastrophe risk assessment and measurement technologies for the insurance industry)
• Risk Management Solutions (risk assessment models, software applications, consulting services)
• EQE (structural engineering, risk consulting, risk assessment software)
• Insurance Services Office, Inc. (ISO)
• Lloyd's

Insurance Risk Markets

• Bermuda Commodities Exchange
• Captive.com (Business-toBusiness Risk and Insurance Exchange)
• The Catastrophe Risk Exchange (CATEX)
• Chicago Board of Trade
• Florida Joint Underwriting Association (JUA)

Hazards and Natural Disasters

• Asbestos Exposure (National Cancer Institute)
• Erosion (Register of Ecological Models)
• Hurricane Andrew (Florida Insurance Guaranty Association)
• Northridge earthquake
• Texas windstorms

General Resources

• Hazard risk maps (U.S. Geological Survey)
• Indices of web resources related to Natural Hazards
• Migration patterns in U.S. (Census Bureau)
• property and casualty.com

Government Agencies and Programs

• California Office of Emergency Services
• California Seismic Safety Commission
• Federal Emergency Manegement Agency (FEMA)
• National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA)
• Small Business Administration—Disaster Assistance
• Texas Department of Insurance
• U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development

Other Institutions

• Natural Hazards Center at the University of Colorado, Boulder
• Insurance Information Institute (III)

Ratings and Analysis

• A.M. Best Company
• Standard and Poor's

Legislation, Codes and Standards

• Alquist-Priolo Earthquake Fault Zoning Act
• American Society of Civil Engineers
• Building Seismic Safety Council, National Institute of Building Sciences
• California insurance code (Department of Insurance)
• Coastal Barriers Resource Act
• Construction/ building codes/ mitigation (FEMA)
• Disaster planning (FEMA)
• Earthquake insurance disclosure (California Land Title Association)
• Emergency Management and Assistance (National Archives searchable database of U.S. Code of Federal Regulations)
• Erosion and Sedimentation Control in North Carolina
• Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting (FAIR)
• Floodplain Management (Nebraska Natural Resources Commission)
• Florida Windstorm Underwriting Association
• Lender mortgage reqirements (FannieMae)
• McCarran-Ferguson Act
• National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC)
• North Carolina Coastal Management Program
• North Carolina Coastal Resource Commission
• Regulation of Insurance
• Risk-Based Capital (RBC)
• State Guaranty Funds

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