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Updated:  October 17, 2006

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Clark, John Owen Edward.  International Dictionary Of Insurance And Finance.  Chicago: Glenlake; New York:  AMACOM, 1999.
     Ref. HG8025 .C53 1999

The Complete Glossary of Insurance Coverage Explanations. 
     http://www.coverageglossary.com/lcgroup_explanations.html
Online glossary prepared by Lewis-Chester Associates, Inc.

Glossary of Insurance and Financial Planning Terms.
     http://www.haskayne.ucalgary.ca/programs/undergrad/bcomm/rmin/glossary/glossary.html
List of brief definitions of insurance-related terms.  Prepared and maintained by Norma Nielson.

Glossary Of Insurance And Risk Management Terms.  7th ed.  Dallas, TX:  International Risk Management Institute, 1999.
     Ref. HG8025 .G57 1999

Lexikon:  Dictionary Of Health Care Terms, Organizations, And Acronyms.  2nd ed.  Oakbrook Terrace, IL:  Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations, 1998. 
     Ref. RA395.A3 O43 1998

Rubin, Harvey W.  Dictionary Of Insurance Terms.  4th ed.  Hauppauge, NY:  Barron's Educational Series, 2000.
     Ref. HG8025 .R83 2000

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A. M. Best

Since 1899 A.M. Best has specialized in gathering, analyzing and publishing information to meet the dynamic needs of the insurance industry.

Best's Insurance Reports:  Life-Health.  Annual.
    Index Table 4 
Information on more than 1,700 insurance companies operating in the U.S. and Canada, with brief company histories, management and operation, assets and liabilities, investment data, and Best's rating.

Best's Insurance Reports:  Property-Casualty.  Annual.
     Index Table 4 
A companion of the above title, it provides information on more than 2,400 companies operating in the U.S. and Canada.  For up-to-date analysis and industrial news, consult Best's other publications (also on Index Table 4):

BestWeek.  Weekly.
BestWeek Special Report.  Irregular.
BestWeek Statistical Study. I rregular.
Best's Rating Monitor.  Irregular.
Best's Rating Monitor:  Annual Review of International Insurers.  Annual.
Best's Pocket Key Rating Guide.  Annual.

Best's Ratings Online
     http://www.ambest.com/ratings/index.html
Features a search engine for accessing data in the A. M. Best ratings database, which contains ratings and insurer profile reports for insurers and health maintenance organizations.  One-time, free registration required.

Weiss

Claims to update and revise their reports more frequently than other rating companies.  They do not accept payments from the companies being rated.  Each print volume includes lists of companies, Weiss recommended companies, all companies by their ratings, and ratings upgrades and downgrades.

Weiss Ratings Guide To HMOs And Health Insurers
     Index Table 4
Covers 1200 insurers

Weiss Ratings Guide To Life Health And Annuity Insurers
     Index Table 4
Covers 1400 insurers

Weiss Ratings Guide To Property And Casualty Insurers
     Index Table 4
Covers 2200 insurers

Weiss Ratings, Inc.
     http://www.weissratings.com/ns/default2.htm
Information limited to the weakest companies by type of insurance.

Other

FIS Online (Formerly Moody's)   In-library and remote access.
     Contains historical and financial information as reported by the companies for over 10,000 U.S. public companies traded on the NYSE, AMEX and NASDAQ stock exchanges as well as historical and financial information for approximately 13,000 non-United States-based companies from over 100 countries. Includes links to Edgar filings from 1993 to present for U.S. companies. Annual reports in image format are available.

Insurance Almanac:  Who, What, When, and Where in Insurance.  Annual.
     Ref. HG 8019 .I5
A company directory of six principal lines of insurance, including type of insurance written, territory covered, and officers. Also includes a directory of insurance and brokers, actuaries and consultants, adjusters, organizations, and state officials.

Mergent Moody's Bank and Financial Manual.  4 volumes.  Annual with semiweekly or weekly supplementary "News Reports."
     Index Table 1 
Volume 2 covers U.S. companies in all phases of the insurance business as well as lists of 300 largest life insurance companies, 50 leading property-casualty companies, and distribution of assets of U.S. life insurance companies.

Yahoo! - Insurance
     http://dir.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Shopping_and_Services/Financial_Services/Insurance/ 
Link to Insurance companies' web pages.

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Finance, Insurance, and Real Estate USA:  Industry Analyses, Statistics, and Leading Organizations.  1993-  .  Annual.
     Index Table 4 
Statistics on 36 financially oriented industries by SIC codes (Part I) and by state and county (Part II).  12 industries at 3-digit SIC level and 24 at 4-digit SIC level.  More than 2,600 companies included.  SIC, keyword, company, and occupation indexes provided.

Life Insurance Fact Book.  Bi-annual.
     Ref. HG 8943 .L5 1999
Overview of the U.S. life insurance industry through text, graphs, and statistics, including life insurance ownership, annuity benefit payments, assets, pension and retirement programs, and life expectancy.

Missouri Department of Insurance Annual Report and Statistical Data.
     Ref. HG 8511 .M8 D58a
Annual report on insurance business in Missouri, including financial data of more than 1,600 Missouri-licensed insurance companies, their addresses, and ranking of companies by size.

Source Book of Health Insurance Data.  Bi-annual.
     Ref. HG 9396 .S6
Information on private health insurance business, including coverage, data on claims and premiums, medical care costs, utilization of the nation's medical facilities, and national morbidity trends.

Vital Statistics of the United States.  2 volumes.  Annual.
     Lower Level Gov. Doc. HE 20.6210:
Compiled by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, volume 1 contains statistical data on birth; volume 2 and 3 on mortality.  "Life Tables," information on longitudinal perspective, is available in Section 6 of volume 2.  Current and provisional statistics appear in Monthly Vital Statistics Report on the Web [Gov. Doc. Microfiche HE 20.6217:] and its annual supplement.  Its successor National Vital Statistics Report began with Volume 47 No. 1.  Statistics for other countries are included in United Nations' Demographic Yearbook [Ready Ref. HA 17 .D45].

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ABI/INFORM Global Edition. 1971- .  ProQuest.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated daily. Indexes and abstracts more than 1,300 journals and trade publications in all areas of business and management, many with an international focus.  Full text is available for more than 600 of the periodicals in page image (PDF), text, and/or Bell & Howell's Text+Graphics format.  Examples of areas covered are accounting and taxation, banking and finance, economics, government, health care, human resources, labor relations, marketing, public administration, real estate, etc.

Academic Search Premier. 1975- .  EBSCOhost.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated daily.  Indexes about 8,000 scholarly and general interest periodicals.  Subject coverage includes biological and medical sciences, chemistry, education, engineering, humanities, physics, psychology, religion & theology, sociology, and women's studies. The full text of articles from approximately 3,500 periodicals is available.

Business & Company Resource Center.  1980-  .  Gale.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated daily except Sunday.  Indexes approximately 1,000 business journals and trade/industry publications as well as 200,000 full-text company directory profiles and over 50,000 full-text investment reports.  Approximately half of the journals and trade/industry publications are full text.

EconLit.  1969-  . SilverPlatter.   In-library and remote access.
     Updated monthly.  Produced by the American Economic Association this is the major index for locating literature in economics.  It is the electronic equivalent of Journal of Economic Literature, Index of Economic Articles in Journals & Collections, and Cambridge University Press Abstracts of Working Papers in Economics.  Indexes worldwide literature on economics from books, working papers, collective volumes, and more than 300 major economics journals.

LexisNexis Academic.  LexisNexis.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated continuously.  Provides online access to full text of current and historical court cases, current codes and bill tracking for States and the United States, news sources, business and financial information, and international news and company information.

St. Louis Post-Dispatch.  1989-  .  In-library and remote access.
     Updated daily.  Access to archival articles back to 1989.  Go the St. Louis Post-Dispatch Web site for late-breaking news and articles available only on their Web site.  Another point of access for this newspaper is Academic Universe.

Wall Street Journal.  1986-  .  ProQuest.  In-library and remote access.
     Updated daily.  This U.S. newspaper "is the financial newspaper of record. It offers in-depth coverage of national and international finance as well as first rate coverage of hard news." (text from site)  Indexing, abstracting, and full text is available from 1986 forward.

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Search the Saint Louis University Libraries Catalog, the SLU electronic library catalog, and MOBIUS, the Missouri Union Catalog, by author, title, keywords, author-title, subject, etc.  Use in the library or by remote access.  The Saint Louis University Libraries Catalog is available from the Saint Louis University Libraries Home Page.  Tip:  Always search Saint Louis University first.  If needed item(s) is/are not found, extend the search to MOBIUS.

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American Risk & Insurance Association
     http://www.aria.org/
Homepage of the American Risk and Insurance Association (ARIA), with links to its publications, news, and other related Web sites.

Insure.com:  The Insurance Guide
     http://www.insure.com/pro/
For professionals.

The Insurance and Planning Resource Center.
     http://www.lcgroup.com/resource/
Guides on various insurance topics.

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