Glossary

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is responsible for reducing deaths, injuries, and economic losses resulting from motor vehicle crashes.

National Independent Statistical Service (NISS) is a not-for-profit corporation serving as a statistical agent and advisory organization that collects and compiles data to keep member companies in compliance with state regulatory requirements.

The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health is a federal agency that is part of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the Department of Health and Human Services, which is responsible for conducting research and making recommendations for the prevention of work-related injury and illness.

The National Practitioner Data Bank is a federal registry of adverse actions taken against doctors (e.g., payments made on behalf of doctors by professional liability insurers).

The National Priorities List is the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) list of the most serious uncontrolled or abandoned hazardous waste sites identified for possible loyng-term remedial action under Superfund.

The National Response Center is the federal operations center that receives notifications of all releases of oil and hazardous substances into the environment.

The National Response Team includes representatives of 13 federal agencies that, as a team, coordinate federal responses to nationally significant incidents of pollution (an oil spill, a major chemical release, or a Superfund response action) and provide advice and technical assistance to the responding agency(ies) before and during a response action.

The National Safety Council is a nonprofit organization devoted to eliminating the leading causes of death.

The Nationwide Marine Definition specifies the types of property that may be insured on inland marine and ocean marine insurance forms.

Otherwise known as Natechs, these refer to natural hazards triggering a technological accident that arises from the coincident effects of a natural hazard, such as a storm or earthquake, and the failure or disruption of technological infrastructure, such as chemical plant spills, releases, and explosions. For example, chemical plants can be particularly vulnerable to seismic forces due to their complex systems that consist of numerous pipes, vessels, connections, and other components. Damage to a single element may result in the failure of entire systems, possibly resulting in fires, explosions, and the release of hazardous substances. While a flange opening or a weld breaking may seem insignificant from a structural point of view, they could lead to considerable cascading accidents and losses at a chemical processing facility