The Society of Insurance Research

Today's Practitioners Looking Into Tomorrow

Our next national event will be in Savannah, Georgia,
October 19-22, 2008

The Society of Insurance Research (SIR) is the leading international, interdisciplinary organization of insurance research practitioners focused on identifying, understanding, and communicating industry trends, emerging issues, and innovations for the benefit of our Members and their employers.

SIR Members are insurance professionals with responsibilities in research, product development, competitive intelligence, actuarial science, strategic planning, marketing, and other disciplines who bring their knowledge of research principles to bear in practical applications every day. Typically, our Members are either employees of insurance carriers or they offer research-related products and services to insurance carriers. However, SIR Members also come from government, academic, and other environments with an interest in the business of insurance.

The Society provides our Members a unique forum to be forward thinking and to learn and share at the cutting edge of developments in research and insurance.

Historically this has been accomplished principally through our multi-day semi-annual conferences, but the Society is actively engaged in projects to deliver additional value to Members via meetings and classes in other formats, via the Internet, and by other means. Examples include the Fundamentals of Insurance program introduced in Chicago in August 2007, and the Personal Research Portal which became available as an SIR membership benefit in October 2007.

For nearly forty years, the Society of Insurance Research has served the insurance industry by providing high caliber forums for technical education, networking, and professional growth. Even as the Society expands and enriches its portfolio of programs and resources available to Members, the greatest value of SIR membership will remain the networking opportunities and relationships it makes possible with some of the keenest thinkers in the industry.

We are a family of hands-on practitioners from organizations that range from the giant international carriers, to single state and niche writers, to data and service providers of every size.

Come, join us!