Top picks for online resources

The Internet is now an integral tool for many professionals as they go about their daily business and risk managers and benefit managers are not exceptions to that trend.

Using everything from sites that offer in-depth information on specialty risk transfer mechanisms or employee benefits trends to general financial news sites, risk and benefit managers increasingly rely on the Internet as an information source. But as use of the Internet has grown, so has the number of Web sites, making it challenging to sift through all the information that is available.

In an effort to home in on the sites that are the most useful for risk managers and benefit managers, Business Insurance editors have surfed the net in search of sites that serve commercial insurance buyers. The sites chosen were those that were determined to be useful, interesting, informative and innovative. All the sites selected are open to the public.

To view the 2006 Risk Management Best of the Web, click here.

To view the 2006 Benefit Management Best of the Web, click here.