2009 Editions of Popular Insurance Fact Books Now Available at I.I.I. Book Store

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INSURANCE INFORMATION INSTITUTE
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New York: 212-346-5500; media@iii.org
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NEW YORK, January 16, 2009 ¯ The Insurance Information Institute (I.I.I.) has revised and updated its 2009 Insurance Fact Book, the almanac of the insurance industry featuring thousands of facts, figures, tables and graphs designed for quick and easy reference. The Fact Book looks at the dollars and cents of the business, factors affecting costs (including major catastrophes), losses by category, laws affecting motorists and premiums by line and by state. The 2009 edition includes a host of new charts that shed light on today’s challenging economic and financial environment, including:

Leading writers of mortgage guaranty insurance and financial guaranty insurance
Global insurance mergers and acquisitions
New data on causes of homeowners insurance losses
Expanded data on catastrophe bonds
Updated data on population growth and property exposure in hurricane-prone states

Also available through the I.I.I. Store is the 2009 Financial Services Fact Book. Since its inception in 2002, the Financial Services Fact Book, a partnership between The Financial Services Roundtable and the Insurance Information Institute, has provided reporters, businesses and researchers with insight into the trends and statistics shaping the financial services industry, including the banking, securities, insurance and mortgage sectors. This role is especially pivotal in light of recent turmoil in the credit and mortgage markets.

Other books available through the store include: Insuring Your Business: A Small Businessowners’ Guide to Insurance, which helps businessowners decide what kind of insurance they need for their particular enterprise; the Insurance Handbook for Reporters, a journalist's guide to the insurance industry, providing concise explanations of auto, home, life, disability and business insurance; and Reinsurance Fundamentals, which explains the basics of the reinsurance business, including facultative reinsurance, constructing catastrophe and liability reinsurance programs, loss development and the role of the intermediary, as well as the different markets.

The store also has available the Insurance Daily, a newsletter that keeps thousands of readers up-to-date on important events, issues and trends in the insurance industry each business morning; and brochures such as: 12 Ways to Lower Your Homeowners Insurance Costs, 9 Ways to Lower Your Auto Insurance Costs, How to File an Insurance Claim, Insuring Your Business Against a Catastrophe and Surviving Severe Cold Weather.

You can order publications through the I.I.I. Store, by phone at 212-346-5500 or 800-331-9146, by email at publications@iii.org or by mail:
Insurance Information Institute
110 William Street, 24th Floor
New York, NY 10038

Reporters can request a complimentary copy of the 2009 Insurance Fact Book, 2009 Financial Services Fact Book or the Insurance Handbook for Reporters by phone or email.

As a special bonus, each 2009 Insurance Fact Book will be shipped with a copy of A Firm Foundation, a colorful booklet which highlights the insurance industry’s contribution to the national economy and to state economies including investments, employment, mitigating catastrophes and more. The booklet is also posted on the I.I.I. Web site at A Firm Foundation.

For information about insurance, go to the I.I.I. Web site.

The I.I.I. is a nonprofit, communications organization supported by the insurance industry.