is a U.S. industry association which exists "to improve public understanding of insurance – what it does and how it works.
has held 501(c)(6) tax-exempt status (defined as business leagues, chambers of commerce, boards of trade, and the like).
The Web site also contains papers, presentations and factsheets that focus on financial results, disasters, climate change, and other key issues the insurance industry faces.
[4] The institute's current president and chief executive officer, Sean Kevelighan, assumed the post in August 2016.
since 2007; Hartwig left in order to become a faculty member in the University of South Carolina's Darla Moore School of Business, and director of the school's Risk and Uncertainty Management Center.