Family Economic Security 

Risk Management and Insurance

Wisconsin - General

Insurance Coverage and Making a Claim
What to do before and after a disaster. http://www.uwex.edu/ces/news/info/commfam.pdf

Managing Between Jobs--Meeting Your Insurance Needs
UWEX Cooperative Extension publication (B3459-6). http://cecommerce.uwex.edu/pdfs/B3459_6.PDF

Wisconsin Office of the Commissioner of Insurance Publications
Health (Long-term Care, Medicare supplement, and General), Life Insurance and Annuities, Homeowners, and Other are categories for these online publications. Some are available in Spanish. http://oci.wi.gov/pub_list.htm

Wisconsin State Bar - Legal Topics: Insurance Law
Auto insurance & uninsured motorist financial responsibility law, health, medicare/medicaid, and insurance laws. http://wsll.state.wi.us/topic/insurance/index.html

Wisconsin DOA Bureau of State Risk Management
Provides risk management and risk financing services to State of Wisconsin agencies. http://www.doa.state.wi.us/section_detail.asp?linkcatid=127

Health

Wisconsin OCI Health Insurance Publications
Long-term care, Medicare supplement, and General health care publications. From Office of the Commissioner of Insurance. http://oci.wi.gov/pub_list.htm

Wisconsin Family Care
Options for long term care from WI Dept. of Health and Family Services. http://www.dhfs.state.wi.us/LTCare/INDEX.HTM

Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
Medicare, Medicaid, and SCHIP Agency. http://www.cms.hhs.gov/

Checkup on Health Insurance Choices
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research guide.
Rockville, MD. http://www.ahrq.gov/consumer/insuranc.htm

Choosing and Using a Health Plan
Agency for Health Care Policy and Research guide. http://www.ahcpr.gov/consumer/hlthpln1.htm

America's Health Insurance Plans: Consumer Information
Under Guides are guides to Health insurance, Disability income insurance, Managed care, and Long term care, as well as a Guide for business owners. This trade organization represents the private health care system. http://www.ahip.org/content/default.aspx?bc=41

Health Insurance Data
U.S. Census reports. http://www.census.gov/hhes/www/hlthins/hlthins.html

Medicare: Official U.S. Government Site for People with Medicare
Medicare and Medigap Information and publications. http://www.medicare.gov/

State Children's Health Insurance Program (SCHIP)
Statistics and reports. Search for BadgerCare to get WI reports. ttp://www.cms.hhs.gov/schip/

Life

Wisconsin Buyer's Guide to Annuities
"An annuity contract is a written contract between you and a life insurance company. In return for your premium, the company will pay you an annuity which is a series of payments made at regular intervals." http://oci.wi.gov/pub_list/pi-016.htm

Wisconsin State Life Insurance Fund
"State-sponsored life insurance program for the benefit of residents of Wisconsin." http://oci.wi.gov/slif.htm

Insurance Information Institute: Life
Life insurance basics, buying a policy, and types of policies. http://www.iii.org/individuals/life/

Life
"Educational site for consumers to learn about life, health and disability insurance" from the non-profit organization, LIFE. http://www.life-line.org/

Understanding Life Insurance
16 page Illinois Cooperative Extension publication. http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~vista/html_pubs/lifeinsure/lifeinsr.htm OR http://www.ag.uiuc.edu/~vista/pdf_pubs/LIFEINS.PDF

Car

BBB Booklet: Tips on Auto Insurance
From Better Business Bureau. http://www.bbb.org/alerts/auto.asp

Insurance Information Institute: Auto
Auto insurance basics, buying a policy and saving money, how to file a claim, and auto safety tips. http://www.iii.org/individuals/auto/

Yahoo Auto Insurance Center
Links to a coverage analyzer and other educational auto insurance sites. http://insurance.yahoo.com/auto.html