Description: The Insurance Library Association of Boston founded in 1887, is a non profit insurance association that has an extensive insurance library on all lines of insurance. Supported by a membership of some 500 representing 34 states, the library facilitates insurance reference and research work for members as well as for consumers and students. I particular, they have textbooks, manuals and insurance legal treatises and often provide company financial reliability data to consumers. An index of insurance-related journals is maintained. Seventy percent of the consumer calls are from Massachusetts, and thirty percent of the calls come from outside the state. A specialty for consumers is tracing insurance companies who changed their names or merged into other companies so that policyholders may "find" their coverage. The library also offers courses and seminars on insurance topics.

Description: Insurance industry-supported college providing a curriculum leading to bachelor’s and master’s degrees in business administration, financial management of risk, insurance finance and actuarial science. The Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Library (212-277-5135) provides services, products and resources to its members.

Description: Professional organization of trainers and educators in insurance.

Description: The foundation promotes the teaching and study of risk management and insurance at colleges and universities nationwide and provides education programs for public policymakers on the basic principles of risk management and insurance.