Am I eligible for membership?

The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety (IBHS) has three levels of membership:

Insurer membership is open to insurers and reinsurers that conduct business in the US or re-insure risks located in the US.

Affiliate membership is open to independent insurance agents, brokers and managing general agents.

Associate membership is open to catastrophe modelers and other companies that provide risk analysis for the built environment to the property insurance industry that want to support the IBHS mission.

If your company is not in one of the categories described, you would not be eligible for membership with IBHS.

How do I become a member of IBHS?

If your company is eligible for one of our membership levels, please contact us for more information. The process to become a Member includes submitting a membership application and determining the annual dues that would apply for your membership level.

How much does it cost to be a Member of IBHS?

Annual dues are determined based on the type of membership. Our membership year runs from January to December. For more information about cost, please contact Larry Scott (lscott@ibhs.org).

Does IBHS offer product testing services?

The Insurance Institute for Business & Home Safety is a research and communication organization that conducts building science research for the US property insurance industry. We do not test, evaluate, or certify commercial products at the request of manufacturers or distributors.

Our research projects and test schedules are guided by our members and planned in advance. Should our research plans call for testing a particular product or class of products in the future, we obtain the product through normal supply chains, as we do for most of the products and materials we use in our research.