Insurance Designation Lookup https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html 1933 — Glass‑Steagall Act: The Great Separation of Banking, Securities, and Insurance 1999 — Gramm‑Leach‑Bliley Act (GLBA): The End of Glass‑Steagall and the Birth of Financial Conglomerates 1994 — Northridge Earthquake: The Quake That Broke the California Insurance Market 1993 — Daubert v. Merrell Dow: The Scientific‑Evidence Revolution 1992 — Hurricane Andrew: The Event That Reshaped Modern Insurance 1990s — The Rise of Cat Bonds and Insurance‑Linked Securities (ILS) 1990s — The Bermuda Reinsurer Boom: A New Global Capital Hub Emerges 1988 — RMS: The Founding of Risk Management Solutions and the Rise of Scientific Catastrophe Modeling Insurance Timeline 1988 — Pilot Life v. Dedeaux: ERISA Preemption Reshapes Insurance Litigation 1960s–1990s — Offshore Captive Domiciles: Bermuda, Cayman, Guernsey 1960s–1990s — The Evolution of Claims‑Made Liability Forms 1987 — AIR Worldwide and the Birth of Commercial Catastrophe Modeling 1986 — Chernobyl: The Nuclear Disaster That Rewrote Global Risk, Liability, and Catastrophe Modeling 1981 — Vermont’s Special Insurer Act and the Rise of the U.S. Captive Domicile 1996 — The Creation of the California Earthquake Authority (CEA) 1980s — The Birth of Catastrophe Modeling (AIR, RMS, EQE) 1970s–1990s — ISU and the Birth (and Stillbirth) of Insurance Agency Franchising 1970s–1980s — Environmental Impairment Liability (EIL): The First Modern Pollution‑Liability Architecture 1980s–1990s — Association‑Sponsored Liability Programs 1970s–1990s — The Rise of Public‑Entity Risk Pools 1974–1976 — The Mid‑1970s Liability Crisis and the Product‑Liability Explosion 1985–1986 — The Liability Crisis (“The Big One”) 1970s–1990s — The Rise of Captives and the Modern Self‑Insurance Movement 1981–1986 — Federal Legislation Creates Risk Retention Groups (RRGs) Berkshire Hathaway Acquires National Indemnity: Buffett Enters Insurance 1980s — Rise of Specialized Professional Liability Brokers and Underwriters 1980s — Expansion of Directors & Officers (D&O) Liability Insurance 1970s–1990s — NAIC Model Laws Expansion & Harmonization 1980s–1990s — COMPLINE, Workers’ Comp Executive, and the Birth of California Workers’ Comp Data Intelligence The UST Crisis and the Birth of Environmental Impairment Liability (EIL) CERCLA / Superfund 1900s-1950s – NAIC Model Laws Modernization 1940s–1950s – NAIC Model Laws Modernization Modern Environmental Liability Market Forms NAIC Accreditation Program Risk‑Based Capital (RBC) Framework Alfred Maguire Best (1854–1935) A.M. Best and the Rise of Insurance Financial‑Strength Ratings The Oil Crisis and the Inflation Shock to the Insurance Industry Berkshire Hathaway Acquires General Re: The Rise of a Global Insurance Powerhouse Three Mile Island: The Nuclear Accident That Redefined Catastrophic Risk Insurance Journal Becomes the Dominant U.S. P&C Trade Publication 2010s — Telematics: The Datafication of Auto Insurance EPA & the Clean Air Act Absolute Pollution Exclusion (CGL) Smart’s Insurance Bulletin Formation of ISO Home