Complete List of All Links (R - Z)

Compliments of G. Barry Klein, CPCU, CLU

For corrections or additions, please e-mail barry@barryklein.com

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• RA&MCO Insurance Services   (Wholesaler, all states, professional liability)

• Rackley Systems, Inc. (Rating and related products & services)

• Radian Guaranty   (Mortgage insurer)

• Ranger Insurance (Large, Houston-based insurance carrier)

• Raphael & Associates   (Independent adjuster, TPA, in Hackensack, NJ)

• RapidityINS   (Comparative rating software for mobile homeowners policies)

• RateNow.com   (Internet-based agency mgmt system for agents & MGAs)

• Rating Services   (Rating vendor, one of the AMS companies)

• Ravello Solutions   (Web-based rating & issuance systems)

• RBC Insurance Company   (Carrier subsidiary of Canada's Royal Bank)

• RCA Insurance Group   (Program managers for the hospitality industry)

• Read Waering Associates   (Insurance recruiters, for life/health)

• Reagan & Associates (Financial & management consultants, does the IIAA's Best Practices work)

• The Rebus Group   (Facilities management, underwriting systems, outsourcing, & more)

• Reciprocal Group (Group of companies writing professional liability & workers comp)

• ReClaim Technologies (Software to discover unrealized reinsurance claims)

• Re Collections International (Foreign collection of problematic reinsurance balances)

• Registered Insurance Brokers of Ontario (RIBO)   (Canadian provincial agents group)

• Regence Group   (Blue Cross/Blue Shield licensee in WA, OR, ID, UT)

• Regional Underwriters Service Co.   (Audits, inspections, valuations)

• Regis Insurance Company   (Commercial lines in about 15 states)

• Reinsurance Association of America (RAA) (Trade group for P & C reinsurers in America)

• Reinsurance Contacts   (Directory of reinsurance services)

• Reinsurance News Network (NewsRe) (Information and news about the reinsurance business)

• Reinsurance Research Council (Trade group for Canadian reinsurers)

• Reinsurance Solutions International (RSI) (Reinsurance administration, consulting)

• Reiswig &Company, Inc.   (Premium auditing company)

• RelianceDirect (Reliance’s direct-writing Internet site)

• Reliance Insurance Company (Philadelphia based, one of the oldest carriers)

• Reliance National (Specialty lines carrier)

• ReliaStar Insurance (Formerly Northwestern National, this is the Minneapolis-based conglomerate)

• REM Information Services   ('illumin' claims administration web software) 

• A. J. Renner & Associates   (Surplus lines broker, part of Summit Global Partners)

• ReplacementFinder.com   (Central site for replacement items)

• Republic Indemnity (California workers comp company, part of American Financial Group)

• Republic Mortgage Insurance Company (RMIC)   (Mortgage insurer)

• Republic Standard Life Insurance   (Subsidiary of Delphi Financial)

• Republic Underwriters Insurance Company   (One of the Winterthur companies)

• Republic Western (Specialty personal & commercial lines programs from Amerco, the U-Haul folks)

• Research Data Unlimited   (Property inspections, other services)

• Research Specialists, Inc. (RSI)   (Inspection company, offices in California)

• Resource Intelligence Services Corp.   (Insurance defense investigations)

• Response Insurance   (Direct writer, personal lines)

• Restorator.com (Link site for adjusters, restoration companies, and related sites)

• Results International Systems (RIS) (IT outsourcing, for the P&C insurance industry)

• RIC Insurance General Agency   (Tustin, CA wholesaler)

• Ricci Consultants   (Actuarial, other consulting services)

• Richter-Robb Pacific Insurance Services   (Wholesaler in Manteca, CA)

• RightTrak Software ("FamNeeds" life insurance sales software)

• RIMS (Risk & Insurance Management Society) (Largest and highly professional organization)

• Risk & Insurance   (Risk management, benefits, insurance, & reinsurance publicationF)

• Risk Information, Inc.   (Brian Sullivan's Auto Insurance Report and Property Insurance Report)

• Risk Management Internet Services (RMIS)   (Central site for risk management information)

• Risk Management Solutions, Inc. (Software and services to manage volatile risks)

• Risk Navigation Group   (Claim management consulting)

• Risk Partners   (ART market securitzation techniques, consulting)

• Risk Retention Reporter (Risk retention & purchasing groups)

• Risk Solutions, Inc.   (Auditing, consulting, risk management programs)

• Risk Technologies, Inc.   (RiskVision risk management software)

• Risk Transfer Exchange   (Reinsurance marketplace, part of London's inreon)

• Risk World   (News & views on risk assessment & management)

• RiskBiz (Electronic magazine, with a global risk management focus)

• RiskClick   (Collaborative infrastructure for insurance)

• Riskebiz.com   (UDDI registrar for insurance)

• RiskINFO (Wonderful resource site for Risk Management professionals)

• risklabs   (Risk management software and services)

• RiskTutor (Medical underwriting resource for life insurance agents)

• RLD Associates (Premium audit and loss control and inspections)

• RLI Corp (Lots of specialty lines and programs)

• RMA (Richard Meyers & Associates)   (Executive recruiters)

• RMC²   (Property wholesaler, in Chicago, big with large account placement)

• RMG Consulting, Inc.   (Claim file audits, benchmarking, other services)

• RMIS Web (The Internet resource site for Risk Management Information Systems)

• Rockingham Group (Regional company, in Harrisonburg, VA)

• Rockwood Casualty (Workers comp and other commercial lines in PA and several other states)

• Rockwood Programs   (Program manager, part of E. W. Blanch)

• George Rothert Insurance Services   (Santa Rosa, CA wholesaler)

• Ron Rothert, Inc.   (Seattle wholesaler)

• Rough Notes Company (Read the current & old copies online)

• Roush Insurance Services   (MGA in Noblesville, IN)

• Rowayton Re   (Sales & marketing services to the insurance & reinsurance industry)

• Royal & Sun Alliance (Combination of two venerable English insurers, now one of world's largest)

• Royal & Sun Alliance (Canada) (P & C, Life and Investments)

• Royal Maccabees Life (Part of Royal & SunAlliance Financial Services)

• Royal Oak Underwriters   (MGA in Richmond, VA)

• Royal Premium   (Premium financing, in most states)

• RSI Insurance Brokers   (Santa Ana, CA MGA, big in trucking)

• RTS Services, Inc.   (Investigators, adjusters, in Florida)

• RTW, Inc.   (Workers comp carrier, formerly Return To Work Insurance, heavy in loss control)

• Rudd & Wisdom   ('QLAdmin life insurance adminstration software)

• Russell Bond & Company   (E & S broker in Buffalo, NY)

• Russell Grace, Inc.   (Fort Worth, TX, MGA)

• Russell Miller, Inc. (Investment bankers to the insurance industry)

• Russian Insurance (English-language version of 'O Strakhovanii', monthly 'On Insurance' magazine)

• Rutgers Casualty   (Cherry Hill, NJ subsidiary of American European group)

• RVOS Insurance (Farmers Mutual Protective Association of Texas)

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• Sacia Risk Solutions   (MGA, big in cyber & e-commerce liability)

• SAFECO (Seattle's very large national P&C, L&H, and surety carrier) 

• Safety Insurance Company   (Auto insurance in Massachusetts)

• Safety National (St. Louis company specializing in workers comp and alternative risk funding)

• Sage Life   (Variable annuities & offshore investment products)

• Sagitta Mini Users Group (SMUG)   (For AMS' Sagitta customers)

• SAIF Corporation (Oregon's largest workers compensation carrier)

• SAIS (Superior Access Internet Software)   (Multi-carrier, multi-state realtime underwriting & rating)

• Sales Autopsy   (Horror stories from sales war correspondent Dan Seidman)

• SALT Solutions, Inc.   (Actuarial software and consulting)

• Sam Senders   (Specialist in Structured Settlements)

• Sams & Associates   (Adjusters in Sacramento, CA)

• Sanford Rose Associates   (Insurance executive recruiting)

• Sapiens   (E-commerce solutions for insurance)

• Saskatchewan Blue Cross   (Health provider in Saskatchewan, Canada)

• Saucon Mutual   (Still writing perpetual policies in Pennsylvania, since 1832)

• Savings Bank Life Insurance of Massachusetts ('The No-Nonsense Life Company')

• SBLI USA Mutual Life   (Life insurance in NY state only)

• Scene Genesis   (Photo software, for the P & C insurance industry) 

• Schinnerer & Co.   (One of the oldest & largest underwriting managers, part of Marsh)

• Robert A. Schneider Agency, Inc.   (MGA in MN & WI)

• Scholastic Risk Services   (Program manager for education risks)

• SCPIE   (Medical malpractice, mostly in California)

• SCOR Re (France’s first reinsurer, operating worldwide …. the site’s in English, too)

• Scottish Re   (Life reinsurance solutions)

• Seaboard Underwriters   (MGA for transportation risks)

• SeaTech (Insurance and reinsurance company software)

• Seattle Specialty   (Seattle MGA, specializes in lender-placed coverages)

• Seco Direct   (Sales leads & direct mail services)

• 2nd Wind Solutions   (Add-on products to ebix' INfinity systems)

• Secura Insurance (Covering the Upper Midwest from Appleton, WI)

• Security-Connecticut Life (One of the ReliaStar companies)

• Security Financial Life (Life, financial products, formerly Security Mutual Life)

• Security First Group   (Annuities & more, from this MetLife company)

• Security Life of Denver ("Life without Limits")

• Security Mutual Insurance Company (New York only carrier, based in Ithaca, NY)

• Security Risk Managers   (Specialty lines MGA in Nashville, TN)

• Sedgwick CMS   (Claims mgmt services for comp, liability, & disability claims) NEW

• J. P. Sedlak (Data processing and insurance software for over 25 years)

• Seibels Bruce Group (Doing business, through independent agents, for over 130 years)

• Selectica   (L&H policy processing systems, other software)

• Selective Insurance (Hard to get to Branchville, hard to beat their service)

• Self-Insurance Institute of America (SIIA) (Supporting self-insureds since 1981)

• Selling Strategies   (Emily Huling's insurance sales consultancy)

• SellingWithTechnology.com   (Patricia Berry's Internet marketing consultancy)

• The Semaphore Corporation   (Software & consulting for P&C carriers)

• Senior Market Advisor   (Magazine for agents selling to the maturing market)

• Sentry Insurance (P&C and L&H from the good folks in Stevens Point, WI)

• ServCom Associates   (Premium audit services)

• Settlement & Verdict Reporter   (Publication of jury verdicts & settlements)

• SettleOnline (Alternative dispute resolution from Resolute Systems, Inc.)

• Settlers Life Insurance Company   (Part of National Guardian Life)

• Severan Corporation   (Web-based company operating systems)

• SGRisk   (Actuaries & insurance advisors)

• Shand Morahan & Company   (Deerfield, IL underwriting manager, part of Markel)

• Shelter Insurance (Regional carrier in Columbia, MO)

• Shenandoah Life (Spreading westward from Roanoke, now in all of the south and most of the east)

• Sherwood Insurance Services   (San Francisco wholesale broker, part of Aon)

• Sherwood International   (Various insurance software and services)

• Sheshunoff Information Services, Inc. (NAIC data on the ‘net and on CD, and other stuff, too)

• Shumka, Craig & Moore Adjusters   (Adjusters, office throughout Canada)

• Sierra Health (Large, diversified health care company, based in Las Vegas)

• Sierra Insurance Group   (Workers comp insurance in selected states)

• Sierra Software Technology Corp.   ('EZ-Audit' & 'EZ-Survey' software)

• Sigma Actuarial (Casualty actuarial consulting group, based in Nashville, Tenn)

• Signal Mutual (Association providing USL&H coverage, regulated by the Department of Labor)

• Signet Star Re (Alternative markets, rent-a-captive, and other stuff)

• Silver Plume (Electronic insurance library)

• Simple Solutions   ('ManagePro' premium audit & loss control tracking software)

• D. W. Simpson (Actuarial search firm)

• Simsol, Inc. (Claims estimating and processing software)

• singleentry.com   (Web-based application submission service)

• Sintech Software   (Web-based ASP agency management system)

• S.I.S. (Strategic Insurance Software, Inc.) (Agency and company software)

• SITECH   (Imaging, policy processing systems, consulting)

• Sitkins Group   (Roger Sitkins' agency consulting company)

• Siver Insurance Consultants   (Home page for Ted Siver's insurance consulting firm)

• Slade & Darnell   (Adjusters in north Florida & south Georgia)

• Smart-Comp   (All kinds of workers comp software)

• Smart's Publishing Group   ('Smart's Insurance Bulletin', & more)

• smartfac   (Free online submission to multiple fac re markets, from CNA Re)

• S. H. Smith & Co.   (MGA handling primarily liability lines, in Hartford, CT)

• Smith Bell & Thompson   (Program manager in Burlington, VT)

• SNL Securities (Large line of insurance financial publications)

• Society Insurance   (Personal & commercial lines from this Fond-du-Lac, WI carrier)

• Society of Actuaries (Very professional site)

• Society of Certified Insurance Counselors (CIC) (For those holding the CIC designation)

• Society of CPCU (See CPCU Society)

• Society of Environmental Insurance Professionals   (Very specialized group)

• Society of Financial Service Professionals   (Formerly the American Society of CLU & ChFC)

• Society of Insurance Licensing Administrators (SILA) (Two professional designations, and other stuff)

• Society of Insurance Research (SIR) (These folks know how to find stuff)

• Society of Insurance Trainers & Educators (SITE) (Info on membership, convention, education)

• Society of Risk Management Consultants (RM consultants, who do not sell or broker insurance)

• Softech International   (Agency management software, MVRs, web integration)

• Softwerc   (Custom IT solutions for the insurance industry)

• SolCom   (Health insurance systems)

• SOLCORP (Set of integrated products, all with capital letters, for the life insurance industry)

• Sons of Norway   (Fraternal benefit society, in Minneapolis, MN)

• Sorema NA Re (North American subsidiary of France’s Groupama)

• Sound Marketing   (Jack Burke's tape/digital recording company)

• Sounding Line   (John Ashenhurst's insurance-Internet publication)

• South & Western General Agency   (Addison, TX MGA)

• South Carolina Farm Bureau Mutual (Largest domestic writer of P&C insurance in SC)

• South Carolina Insurance News Service   (Insurance issues affecting SC)

• South Carolina Wind & Hail Underwriters Association   (Residual property market in SC)

• South Easthope Mutual Insurance Company   (Mutual carrier in Tavistock, Ontario)

• South Texas General Insurance Agency   (Houston, TX MGA)

• Southeastern Security Insurance Company   (Auto & mobile home, in GA)

• Southern Cross Underwriters  (MGA/wholesaler, offices in MS, TN & AL)

• Southern Family Insurance Company   (Florida only carrier, in Tampa)

• Southern Farm Bureau Casualty   (One of the larger farm bureaus)

• Southern General   (Personal lines, plus commercial auto, in GA & SC)

• Southern Guaranty Insurance Company (One of the Winterthur companies)

• Southern Heritage Insurance Company (Homeowners and auto in selected states)

• Southern Insurance Underwriters   (Serving the southeast, from Atlanta, GA)

• Southern Michigan Insurance Company   (Personal lines in Michigan)

• Southern Mutual   (Over 150 years, in Athens, GA)

• Southern Mutual Church Insurance Company   (Insuring NC, SC, GA churches)

• Southern Trust Insurance Company   (Personal, commercial lines in GA & TN, from Macon, GA)

• Southern United (Surety and non-standard auto in Alabama and other southern states)

• Southland Life   (A member of the Dutch ING banking & insurance holdings company)

• Southwest Casualty Company (See New Mexico Mutual Casualty Company)

• Southwest Damage Appraisal & Adjusting   (Texas auto damage appraiser)

• Southwestern Life (Since 1903, based in Dallas)

• Sovereign General Insurance Services   (MGA in Stockton, CA)

• S. P. S. P., Inc.   (NV & CA MGA)

• SPAN2   (Formerly NetCommerce Co., information infrastructure provider)

• Speare & Company   (Intellectual Property Insurance Specialists)

• Special Agent (Makers of - you guessed it - 'Special Agent' agency management software)

• Specialty Agents, Inc.   (Trade group of Florida auto insurance agents)

• Specialty Risk Associates   (Shreveport, LA MGA)

• Specific Software   (ModMaster, Loss Forecaster, & NPVision software)

• Spectra Securities Software   (Insurance & securities software)

• Jonathan S. Spencer   (Marine hull adjusting)

• SpiderTek (Life software integrator, specializing in ACORD's 'OLife' standard)

• Spring Valley Mutual   (Over 100 years in Spring Valley, MN)

• St. Paul Fire & Marine (With the purchase of USF&G, now one of the biggest)

• St. Paul Re (Reinsurance, from the St. Paul people)

• Standard & Poors (Financial Strength Ratings of carriers on line ... and free)

• Standard Guaranty Insurance Company (One of the Fortis group of companies)

• Standard Life Insurance Company of Indiana   (Operates in 48 states & D.C.)

• Stargate Solutions (Value-added reseller of insurance automation systems)

• Starmount Life (Specializing in large, accidental death policies)

• Star Solutions   (Rating & policy processing systems for carriers and MGAs)

• C. V. Starr & Company   (Underwriting manager for Ins. Co. of the State of Penn.)

• State Auto Insurance (Cute graphics from this Columbus, Oh-based carrier)

• State Compensation Insurance Fund (California's largest work comp writer)

• State Farm Insurance (Like a good neighbor, this is a friendly site)

• STATE FUNDS (WORKERS COMPENSATION):AZ CA CO ID KY LA MD ME MN NM NY OH OR RI TX UT WV WY Alberta Manitoba New Brunswick Nova Scotia Saskatchewan

• State Fund (Arizona) (Arizona's largest workers compensation carrier)

• State Fund Mutual (Minnesota writer of workers compensation insurance)

• State Industrial Insurance System (SIIS) (Nevada's monopolistic state fund)

• State Volunteer Mutual Insurance Company (Physician-owned, writes in 7 states)

• Statewide Auto & Property Appraising   (Florida appraisers)

• Statewide Insurance Company   (Specializing in construction risks) 

• SteveAnderson.com   (Great tips & info from this well-known insurance columnist)

• Stewart Smith Group   (Large NY wholesale broker, part of Willis)

• Stewart Title Guaranty Company   (Title insurance company)

• Stimpson Communications   (Henry Stimpson's insurance communications firm)

• William R. Storie & Company, Ltd (Leading Bermuda consulting firm, very informative site)

• StrateCision, Inc.   (Software for long-term care, other life/health needs)

• Strategic Asset Alliance   (Investment consultant, for carriers only) 

• Strategic Financial Services, Inc.   (Variable annuity accounting & other software & services)

• Strategic Independent Agents Alliance (SIAA)   (Network of over 500 agencies)

• Strategic Research Institute   (Annual 'CyberInsurance' conference, & more)

• Stuart Allan & Associates   (Premium finance collection specialists)

• Subrogation Division, Inc.   (Subrogations services for carriers)

• SubroNet   (Network of subrogation attorneys)

• Sullivan & Sullivan   (Wholesaler for motorcycles, and much more)

• Sumitomo Marine & Fire Insurance Company (US site for this large Japanese carrier)

• Summit Risk Services   (Claims & litigation management)

• Sun Coast General Insurance   (Laguna Hills, CA MGA)

• Sun Life (Canada's major life insurance company)

• Sun States Insurance Group   (Personal & commercial insurance in several southern states)

• SunAmerica (Specializing in fixed and variable annuities)

• Sungard Insurance Systems (Heavy duty insurance accounting systems)

• Sunset Life   (Life & Annuities, a subsidiary of Kansas City Life)

• Superior Access Insurance Services   (Online, bindable quotes from this MGA)

• Support Systems International   ('CompSupport' workers comp software)

• Supportive Insurance Services   (Licensing services and CE courses) NEW

• Surety Bond Technician   (Submission & approval system for surety bonds)

• Surety Information Office (SIO) (Promoting the field of surety bonding)

• Surety Solutions   (Crisis & risk management for troubled construction projects)

• Surety 2000   (Bid bond approval tracking system)

• Surplus, Inc.   (Texas E & S broker)

• Surplus Line Managers, Inc.   (E&S broker in New England)

• Surplus Lines Association of California (First association of it’s kind)

• Sutter Insurance Company   (Calif. & western states, mostly personal lines)

• Swett & Crawford   (MGA in Los Angeles, for over 85 years)

• Swift Print Communications (Annual statement printing) 

• Swiss Re (Zurich-based parent company of the Swiss Re Group)

• Symmetry Technology Labs (STL)   (Standards-based solutions for insurance)

• Systems Consulting Services, Inc. (SCSI) (Interactive systems using MVRs, CLUE, other reports)

• Systems Engineering Group   ('BASECS' life & annuity calculation engine)

• Systems Task Group (Policy processing systems for MGAs and carriers)

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• TAAR (The Automated Agency Report) (Rick Morgan's software analyses)

• TableLogic   (Premiums, claims solutions for desktop, ASP, web environments)

• Taliant Software (Oracle db-based systems for insurance companies)

• TAPCO Underwriters   (Burlington, NC wholesaler)

• Target Capital   (MGA in Avon, CT)

• Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)   (Both outsourcing & carrier software)

• Teachers Life   (Insuring Ontario's teachers)

• Teachers Protective Mutual Life Insurance Company (guess their specialty?)

• Tec4 Systems (‘Policy Works’ Windows-based policy issuance system)

• Technology Decisions   (Insurance technology magazine, from the National Underwriter)

• Technology Point Int'l (TPI)   (Bob Portrie's 100+ person IT consultancy)

• Tejas American General Agency (TAGA)   (Austin, TX MGA)

• Telesis Information Systems   (Texas investigations & claims adjusting)

• Tenco Services   (Adjusters, surveyors in the mid-south)

• TenFold Corporation ('Property and Casualty Manager' rating, issuance, processing system)

• Tennant Risk Services   (Hartford CT MGA, big in professional, products, GL)

• Tennessee Farmers   (Insuring Tennessee farmers, of course)

• Tennessee Insurance Company (One of the Permanent General Companies)

• Teradata   (Large database solutions for insurance)

• Terrace   (Management systems for MGAs & brokers, custom solutions, insurance web site design)

• Tetsell Group   (P & C insurance recruiting)

• Texas Automobile Insurance Plan Association (TAIPA)   (Texas assigned risk plan)

• Texas Builders Insurance Company (Texas work comp writer, not just for construction risks)

• Texas Claims & Consulting   (Claims investigations)

• Texas Farm Bureau Insurance Companies   (Personal lines, farm, L&H)

• Texas General Agency   (San Antonio, TX MGA)