Roadmap to Public Data on the Insurance Industry
January 31, 2008
This is the first article in a series designed to help readers understand the tremendous amounts of published data available on the insurance industry. Look for other articles in the series in the weeks ahead.
Data is the foundation of the insurance industry. So it’s not surprising that there are mountains of data available about the insurance business.
Investors, consultants, and businesses trying to understand the industry — or sell to it — have access to all this data. But there is almost too much of it. With over 3000 companies publishing hundreds of pages of arcane, jargon-encased financial reports every quarter, any detailed analysis of the insurance industry presents significant data management challenges.
Here is a brief, and admittedly incomplete overview of publicly available data about the insurance industry. It is designed for analysts who may not be intimately involved with the insurance industry but need to sort through the available data to develop operational or marketing insight for their own businesses. It won’t answer all your questions, but we hope it will help you begin the process of finding what you need. Read more