The Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) is a nonprofit organization that explains insurance to consumers, journalists, regulators, and the industry itself. Insurance companies fund the group, but it does not sell policies or lobby lawmakers. Its work centers on research, data, and plain-language education about how insurance works.
Website: iii.org
Head office address: 720 Providence Road, Suite 100, Malvern, PA 19355
Founded: 1960, New York City
Company type: nonprofit communications and education organization; affiliate of The Institutes
Regions served: US
Triple-I traces back to 1960, when the insurance industry set it up as a shared communications outlet in New York City. The goal was simple: give reporters, regulators, and the public one trustworthy place to ask questions about insurance.
The affiliation connected Triple-I to a larger research and education network. The organization kept its own name and staff, and it now operates from The Institutes’ campus in Malvern, Pennsylvania.
The Insurance Information Institute organizes its content by insurance type and by hazard. This structure matches the questions people search for most, and economists, actuaries, and communications staff produce the material behind it.
These resources give readers a starting point on a coverage question or a disaster-recovery process without wading through policy language.
Insurers do not have to join the Insurance Information Institute to read its research, but membership funds the operation. Carrier members range from regional mutuals to national and global insurers, and they include personal lines, commercial lines, and reinsurance companies.
An Executive Leadership Committee guides the organization’s priorities. Its chair, typically the president and CEO of a member company, is elected to the role.
The Insurance Information Institute also produces Issues Briefs on topics such as legal system abuse, homeowners insurance costs, and cyber risk. Journalists and policymakers use these briefs for context on fast-moving issues.
These programs carry the Insurance Information Institute’s research past newsroom contacts and into classrooms, conference rooms, and legislative hearings.
Check the news section on this page for Triple-I’s latest research and updates.
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