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