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Insurance: Overview

This is a guide for resources about the business aspects of the insurance industry.

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These insurance focused databases are a great place to start your research for insurance company information.

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In-depth reports on public and private US, Canadian and Non-US insurers, reinsurers, and groups. The AMB Credit Reports feature five years of financial analysis and detailed commentary on a company's operating methods and management philosophy, as well as corporate changes that impact existing companies.
S&P Global
SNL combines analysis and in-depth data in real time for the U.S. banking and insurance industries.

SNL combines analysis and in-depth data in real time for the U.S. banking and insurance industries. Get complete GAAP and as-reported financials, current news coverage and analytical tools. For the Banking Industry, special features include lists of Banks in Organization, DeNovo Banks and Thrifts, and Deposit and Mortgage Market Share by U.S. States and subdivisions. Also included is extensive information on U.S. Financial Stability Coverage; TARP (Troubled Asset Relief Program) participants list including capital ratios, asset quality measures, stock performance and TARP Warrants; TLGP (Temporary Liquidity Guarantee Program) debt issued, and TLGP participants and debt issued. For the U.S. Insurance Industry, you can evaluate every U.S. insurance company, public and private. and get financial reports and metrics for Property & Casualty companies, Life, Accident & Health companies, and Life Separate Account statements and Health firms. Also included are SEC Filings. Statutory Data. M&A capital markets, key ratios and sector-specific reports. Comprehensive and proprietary news are available via e-mail or RSS feeds.
WRDS - Wharton Research Data Services
Within WRDS, Wharton graduate students can access Bureau van Dijk's ISIS. ISIS is a comprehensive database of detailed reports on public and private insurance companies around the world. ISIS contains information on 11,700 companies in 190 different countries. Each company report typically contains income statements and balance sheets, ratios, shareholder, and subsidiaries.

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