Agency Checklists

To better serve the independent insurance agents, brokers, and professionals in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Agency Checklists has started a new section of our website entitled "Sites We Like for Agents. Our goal is to reach out to various insurance groups and associations in the Commonwealth who provide valuable services to agencies like you. Little by little, we will be adding sites we like to this section so that you can come and take a look for yourself at what these associations have to offer to you. Our inaugural site is The Insurance Library Association of Boston. In the words of the Library's director, Jean Lucy, The Insurance Library Association of Boston has been serving the reference, research, and education interests of the insurance community in Massachusetts and beyond since 1887, and the librarians look forward to continuing their service for many years more! The Library's website is http://www.insurancelibrary.org or click on the Library's logo on our page to explore the library and its wonderful resources and services. This is truly a place where you can find everything you need to know about insurance. The Library's collections and services are available free of charge to consumers, including students. For those working in the insurance community, however, the Library receives no public funds and so depends upon the support of the insurance community and related fields through memberships. As such, if you, as an agent are interested in using the Insurance Library for business purposes, you can become a member here. In addition, a great membership benefit is the use of the Library's beautiful meeting space which can be reserved for any important meetings you may have in Boston, by reserving in advance. The Library also has a blog entitled Insurance Musings as well as a quarterly newsletter which give insightful looks into various issues affecting the insurance community throughout the Commonwealth. To give you a taste of the breadth of knowledge the Insurance Library has, below is a sample Q&A from the Library's website showing how infinitely capable the Library and its librarians are of handling any type of insurance question an agent or anyone else might have: Q: Was any form or type of insurance written in the United States before it was written anywhere else? A: We learned that title insurance has the "unique distinction" of being the only form of insurance invented in the United States. It has been said that the first title insurance company, the "Law and Property Assurance Society", existed in Pennsylvania as early as 1853. Not only did it insure against defective titles, but it also guaranteed the repayment of loans and mortgages. Q: I'm trying to get in touch with the Massachusetts Casualty Insurance Company, and I can't find any listing.