Insurance-Related Organizations

Insurance Federation of North Carolina (IFNC)
Organization answering media & consumer insurance questions
3605 Glenwood Ave,  Suite 500

Raleigh, NC 27612

O: 919-834-9773
F: 919-834-9802

N.C. Department of Insurance
State agency regulating insurance and handling consumer questions and complaints
Commissioner of Insurance - Wayne Goodwin

919-733-2032

Media Relations - Kristin Milam

919-733-5238
Toll-free Consumer Hotline

800-546-5664
www.NCDOI.com

N.C. Arson Hotline
Toll-free statewide hotline for reporting suspicious fires
800-334-3000

Insurance Information Institute
National organization answering media and consumer insurance questions
212-346-5500

www.iii.org

Insurance Consumer Helpline
National hotline answering consumer insurance questions
800-942-4242

The Brantley Risk and Insurance Center at Appalachian State University
828-262-6179
www.insurance.appstate.edu/

N.C. Joint Underwriting Association/ N.C. Insurance Underwriting Association
Administers Beach Plan, which provides insurance for property for home/business owners who cannot get insurance in coastal areas. Also administers the FAIR Plan, which insures property in high-risk areas that cannot otherwise get insurance.
919-821-1299

Independent Insurance Agents of North Carolina
N.C. organization representing independent insurance agents
800-849-6556
www.iianc.com

N.C. Life & Health Insurance Guaranty Association
Backs policies of failed life & health insurance companies
919-833-6838
877-833-6831
www.nclifega.org/

N.C. Insurance Guaranty Association
Backs policies of failed auto/home/business insurance companies
919-783-9813
www.ncrb.org

N.C. Reinsurance Facility
Provides auto insurance for high-risk drivers
919-783-9790
www.ncrb.org/

N.C. Rate Bureau
Recommends to the Insurance Commissioner appropriate rate increases or decreases for auto, homeowners and workers compensation insurance
919-783-9790
www.ncrb.org

Statistics

A.M. Best (ratings of insurance companies)
908-439-2200
www.ambest.com

American Risk and Insurance Association
610-640-1997
www.aria.org

Federal Emergency Management Administration - Emergency Info/Media Affairs
800-621-FEMA (3362)
www.fema.gov

Insurance Institute for Highway Safety
703-247-1500
www.highwaysafety.org

Insurance Research Council
610-644-2212
ircweb.org

Insurance Services Office (ISO)
1-800-888-4476
www.iso.com

National Association of Insurance Commissioners
816-842-3600
www.naic.org

National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI)
561-893-1000
www.ncci.com

National Flood Insurance Program (for consumer information)
800-427-4661
www.fema.gov

National Insurance Crime Bureau
1-800-TEL-NICB
www.nicb.com

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration
1-888-327-4236
www.nhtsa.dot.gov

N.C. Emergency Preparedness Division
919-733-2126
www.nccrimecontrol.org

Workers Compensation Research Institute
617-661-9274
www.wcrinet.org/

Life and Health Insurance

American Council of Life Insurance
202-624-2000
www.acli.com

Health Insurance Association of America
202- 778-3200
www.hiaa.org

Life Insurance Marketing & Research Association, Inc.
860-285-7789
www.limra.com

National Association of Health Underwriters
703-276-0220
www.nahu.org

N.C. Association of Health Plans
919-788-8830
www.ncahp.org

N.C. Hospital Association
919-677-4241
www.ncha.org

Trade Organizations

American Association of Crop Insurance
202-789-4100
www.cropinsurers.com

American Association of Health Insurance Plans
202-778-3200
www.ahip.org

American Insurance Association
202-828-7100
www.aiadc.org

Crop Insurance Research Bureau
913-338-0470
www.cropinsurance.org

Institute for Business and Home Safety
813-286-3400
www.ibhs.org

Insurance Fraud Bureau
800-323-7283
www.ifb.org

Property Casualty Insurers Association of America
847-297-7800
www.pciaa.net

Reinsurance Association of America
202-638-3690
www.raanet.org