Last reviewed: September 4, 2026
Primary sources, institutional research, public filings, industry data and other resources for serious insurance research.
Good insurance research rarely begins with someone else’s conclusion. It begins with the underlying evidence.
This directory brings together many of the regulatory agencies, government databases, research institutions, actuarial organizations, ratings agencies, academic resources, standards bodies and industry publications regularly used in InsuranceIndustry.ai research. It is not intended to include every possible source. It is a curated working map of where reliable insurance information can often be found.
There is nothing proprietary about the list. Many of these resources are freely available, and serious industry analysis is stronger when readers can examine the same source material, test the evidence and reach their own conclusions.
How InsuranceIndustry.ai Uses These Sources
Not every organization listed here serves the same purpose. Some provide official records, regulatory guidance, public filings or original data. Others provide institutional analysis, market intelligence, legal interpretation or early notice of developments worth investigating.
InsuranceIndustry.ai generally relies on original documents, regulatory materials, official datasets, academic research and institutional publications for significant factual claims. Trade publications, consulting reports, vendor materials and press releases can be useful for discovery and context, but whenever practical, important claims are traced to the underlying evidence.
Inclusion in this directory is not an endorsement of everything an organization publishes. Every report, dataset and claim must still be evaluated on its own merits.
The value is not simply knowing where the sources are. It is knowing what questions to ask of them.
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Evidence, Data and Institutional Research
- U.S. Regulators, Government and Filings
- Global Insurance Supervision and AI Governance
- Actuarial, Institutional and Public-Policy Research
- Academic Research
- Insurance Infrastructure and Standards
- Ratings, Financial Research and Analytics
- Insurance Technology Research
- Reinsurance, Catastrophe and Capital Markets
- Agency, Brokerage and Distribution
Analysis and News Discovery
- Consulting Research
- Legal and Regulatory Analysis
- Industry Publications
- Press Releases and Announcements
Evidence, Data and Institutional Research
These sources provide original records, regulatory materials, public filings, industry data, technical standards and institutional research. They are generally the strongest starting points for establishing facts and understanding the structures that govern insurance markets.
U.S. Regulators, Government and Filings
Official sources for insurance regulation, federal policy, public-company disclosures and market oversight in the United States.
Federal Insurance Office, U.S. Department of the Treasury
Monitors the U.S. insurance sector and publishes information related to federal insurance policy, market accessibility, financial stability, international insurance matters and the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program.
National Association of Insurance Commissioners
Supports state insurance regulators through model laws and bulletins, committee proceedings, market data, regulatory research, accreditation standards and materials from NAIC national meetings.
SEC EDGAR
Provides public access to corporate filings, including annual reports, quarterly reports, current reports, registration statements and proxy materials filed by publicly traded insurers, brokers, reinsurers, insurtech companies and technology providers. The SEC also offers an EDGAR full-text search for locating specific terms across filings.
Global Insurance Supervision and AI Governance
International supervisory organizations and governance frameworks relevant to insurance regulation, financial stability, emerging technology and artificial intelligence.
European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority
Publishes European Union insurance supervisory policy, market analysis, Solvency II materials, consumer-protection guidance and research concerning digitalization and artificial intelligence.
International Association of Insurance Supervisors
Develops global principles and standards for insurance supervision and publishes material on financial stability, systemic risk, governance, market conduct and emerging technological issues.
NIST AI Risk Management Framework
A voluntary framework and supporting collection of resources for identifying, measuring, managing and governing risks associated with artificial intelligence systems.
Actuarial, Institutional and Public-Policy Research
Research organizations, professional bodies and public-policy institutions that publish insurance statistics, actuarial work, market analysis and educational resources.
American Academy of Actuaries
Publishes public-policy analysis, issue briefs, comment letters and actuarial resources covering property and casualty insurance, life insurance, health, pensions, financial reporting and risk management.
Casualty Actuarial Society
Provides property and casualty actuarial research, papers, monographs and professional resources addressing ratemaking, reserving, predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, catastrophe risk and emerging insurance issues.
The Geneva Association
A global insurance industry research organization whose members are insurance and reinsurance chief executives. Its work covers climate risk, protection gaps, financial stability, regulation, emerging technology and the changing role of insurance.
Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I)
Offers insurance market statistics, background information, consumer research and analysis of industry trends, catastrophes, coverage issues and economic conditions affecting property and casualty insurance.
Insurance Research Council
Conducts research on property and casualty insurance issues, including automobile insurance, claim trends, injury costs, insurance fraud and public-policy questions.
International Risk Management Institute
Provides insurance and risk-management reference materials, coverage analysis, glossaries, educational resources and practical commentary on commercial insurance topics.
National Council on Compensation Insurance
Produces workers’ compensation data, actuarial analysis, legislative and regulatory tracking, loss-cost information and research on workplace injuries, claim trends and insurance system performance.
Swiss Re Institute
Publishes sigma studies, economic forecasts, catastrophe analysis, insurance market research and reports on emerging risks, technology, resilience and global risk financing.
The Institutes
Provides professional education, research and industry resources addressing insurance, risk management, claims, underwriting, leadership, ethics and emerging technology.
World Bank Research
Publishes global economic and policy research relevant to financial inclusion, insurance-market development, disaster-risk financing, climate resilience and emerging economies.
Academic Research
Gateways for locating academic studies, working papers and research relevant to insurance economics, risk, regulation, technology and public policy. Working papers and preprints should be evaluated individually, and the final published version should be used when available.
National Bureau of Economic Research
Publishes economic working papers and research addressing insurance markets, risk financing, health economics, labor, climate, financial institutions and public policy.
SSRN
A research repository containing working papers and preprints in economics, law, finance, business and related fields. Inclusion in SSRN does not necessarily indicate peer review, so publication status and methodology should be checked before relying on a paper.
Insurance Infrastructure and Standards
Organizations that develop or support insurance forms, rating information, data standards, statistical reporting and connectivity across carriers, agencies and other market participants.
American Association of Insurance Services
A national not-for-profit insurance advisory organization providing policy forms, manuals, rating guidance, regulatory filing support, statistical reporting and data services for property and casualty insurers.
ACORD
Develops global insurance data standards, forms and implementation resources used to exchange information among insurers, reinsurers, brokers, agents and technology providers.
ISO and Verisk Insurance
Provides policy forms, rating information, loss costs, underwriting data, claims resources and analytics used throughout the property and casualty insurance market.
Ivans
Provides connectivity and data-exchange infrastructure linking insurance carriers, managing general agents and agencies, along with research on carrier-agency connectivity and digital distribution.
Ratings, Financial Research and Analytics
Organizations providing insurer financial-strength ratings, credit analysis, actuarial research, financial data, market forecasts and analysis of insurance company performance.
AM Best
Specializes in insurance company financial-strength ratings, credit analysis, financial data and market research covering insurers and reinsurers worldwide.
Conning
Produces insurance industry research, market forecasts and sector studies addressing carrier performance, distribution, operations, investments, capital and emerging market developments.
Demotech
Provides Financial Stability Ratings and financial analysis for property and casualty insurers, title underwriters and other risk-bearing organizations, including many regional and specialty insurers.
Fitch Ratings: Insurance
Publishes insurer financial-strength and credit ratings, rating-action commentary, sector outlooks and research covering insurance and reinsurance markets around the world.
Milliman
Provides actuarial and financial research covering insurance pricing, reserving, capital, risk modeling, health, retirement, catastrophe exposure and emerging industry issues.
Moody’s Ratings
Publishes credit ratings, financial analysis, rating methodologies and sector research concerning insurers, reinsurers and insurance-related debt issuers.
S&P Global Ratings: Insurance
Provides insurer financial-strength and credit ratings, rating criteria, market commentary and sector outlooks for global insurance and reinsurance companies.
Insurance Technology Research
Research and benchmarking organizations focused on insurance technology, core systems, vendor markets, digital transformation and artificial intelligence adoption.
Celent
Provides research and advisory analysis on insurance technology, core platforms, digital operations, artificial intelligence, vendor capabilities and technology investment decisions.
Datos Insights
Publishes insurance and financial-services research, benchmarks and vendor evaluations covering technology strategy, core systems, distribution, automation, data and artificial intelligence.
Evident AI Index
Benchmarks artificial intelligence adoption and maturity across major financial institutions, including insurers, using indicators related to talent, innovation, leadership, responsible AI and business outcomes.
Reinsurance, Catastrophe and Capital Markets
Research addressing reinsurance pricing and capacity, catastrophe losses, capital markets, insurance-linked securities, emerging risks and the forces affecting global risk transfer.
Aon Insights
Publishes insurance and reinsurance market analysis, catastrophe reports, risk surveys, capital-market research and commentary on emerging risks and global risk-transfer conditions.
Gallagher Re Insights
Provides reinsurance renewal reports, market analysis, catastrophe and climate research, insurtech reports and studies of reinsurance capital, pricing and capacity.
Marsh Re (formerly Guy Carpenter)
Publishes research on reinsurance markets, renewals, catastrophe activity, capital solutions, pricing, modeling, cyber risk and emerging exposures. Guy Carpenter began operating under the Marsh Re name in 2026.
Lloyd’s Futureset and Research
Explores emerging and systemic risks through reports, scenarios and data covering climate, cyber, geopolitics, technology, resilience and the future of insurance.
Munich Re Insights
Provides catastrophe analysis, loss data and research on climate, cyber risk, emerging technology, resilience, insurance markets and changing patterns of risk.
Swiss Re Institute
Produces global insurance and reinsurance research, including sigma studies, catastrophe-loss analysis, economic forecasts, emerging-risk reports and capital-market insights.
Agency, Brokerage and Distribution
Sources covering insurance agency performance, brokerage economics, mergers and acquisitions, commercial pricing and the wholesale and specialty insurance markets.
Council of Insurance Agents & Brokers
Publishes commercial insurance pricing surveys, employee-benefits research, legislative analysis and market information relevant to large insurance and employee-benefits brokerages.
MarshBerry
Provides insurance brokerage research, performance benchmarks, valuation analysis and information on mergers, acquisitions, organic growth and distribution economics.
OPTIS Partners
Tracks merger and acquisition activity involving insurance agencies and brokerages, providing transaction counts, buyer trends and historical consolidation data.
Reagan Consulting
Produces agency and brokerage performance benchmarks, organic-growth and profitability research, valuation analysis and the annual Best Practices Study.
Wholesale & Specialty Insurance Association
Provides research, market statistics, regulatory information and educational resources concerning wholesale insurance, excess and surplus lines and specialty distribution.
Analysis and News Discovery
These organizations provide interpretation, market intelligence, professional analysis and early awareness of industry developments. Their work can identify important questions, offer useful context and point toward underlying evidence, but individual claims should still be verified against the strongest available source.
Consulting Research
Large consulting firms publish executive research, surveys and strategic analysis covering insurance economics, operations, technology, workforce, regulation and organizational transformation.
Accenture Insurance
Publishes research on insurance operations, artificial intelligence, underwriting, claims, cloud technology, workforce, customer experience and enterprise transformation.
Boston Consulting Group: Insurance
Provides strategic analysis of insurance growth, costs, operating models, distribution, technology, artificial intelligence and changing market economics.
Deloitte Financial Services and Insurance
Publishes insurance outlooks, surveys and analysis addressing regulation, actuarial work, financial reporting, operations, technology, artificial intelligence and mergers and acquisitions.
McKinsey & Company: Insurance
Produces executive research on insurance strategy, industry economics, underwriting, claims, distribution, technology, artificial intelligence, private capital and organizational performance.
PwC Insurance
Provides insurance research and analysis covering market outlooks, regulation, transactions, financial reporting, operations, risk, technology and artificial intelligence.
Legal and Regulatory Analysis
Law firms and professional advisory organizations can provide useful interpretation of insurance regulation, litigation, transactions, governance and compliance. Their analysis should be read alongside the applicable statute, regulation, regulatory filing, court decision or other controlling document.
Debevoise & Plimpton
Publishes analysis of insurance regulation, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, private equity, reinsurance, corporate governance and major insurance transactions.
Eversheds Sutherland: Insurance Regulation and Compliance
Provides legal analysis concerning insurance regulation, licensing, product development, market conduct, transactions, data, artificial intelligence and regulatory compliance.
Hinshaw & Culbertson: Insurance
Publishes insurance-law analysis covering regulatory compliance, coverage disputes, claims, bad faith, market conduct, litigation, transactions and reinsurance.
Mayer Brown: Insurance
Provides legal analysis of insurance regulation, corporate transactions, capital markets, reinsurance, insurance-linked securities, private capital and emerging technology.
Plante Moran: Insurance Services
Publishes accounting and advisory analysis relevant to insurers, including statutory reporting, taxation, audit, valuation, cybersecurity, regulatory compliance and transactions.
Quarles & Brady: Insurance Coverage Litigation
Provides legal analysis concerning insurance coverage, claim disputes, bad-faith allegations, policy interpretation and insurance-related litigation.
Sidley Austin: Insurance
Publishes analysis of insurance regulation, mergers and acquisitions, reinsurance, capital markets, corporate governance, insurtech and financial-services policy.
Skadden: Insurance
Provides legal analysis concerning insurance transactions, regulation, capital markets, restructuring, private equity, governance and enforcement matters.
Willkie Farr & Gallagher: Insurance and Reinsurance
Publishes analysis of insurance and reinsurance transactions, regulation, capital markets, insurance-linked securities, private equity and insurtech.
Industry Publications
Trade publications are useful for original reporting, topic discovery and ongoing industry awareness. When coverage concerns a regulatory action, study, corporate filing or company announcement, InsuranceIndustry.ai looks for the underlying document before relying on significant factual claims.
Best’s Review
AM Best’s monthly insurance publication, covering carrier financial performance, market rankings, underwriting, distribution, emerging risks and interviews with industry executives.
Business Insurance
Reports on commercial insurance, risk management, brokers, carriers, employee benefits, litigation, regulation and major industry personnel and transactions.
Carrier Management
Focuses on property and casualty insurance company executives and directors, with reporting and commentary on strategy, financial performance, underwriting, leadership, technology and regulation.
Claims Journal
Covers property and casualty claims, litigation, catastrophes, fraud, claims technology, legal developments and loss-adjustment practices.
Digital Insurance
Reports on insurance technology, insurtech, artificial intelligence, data, cybersecurity, digital operations and technology leadership.
Insurance Business America
Covers U.S. insurance carriers, brokerages, agencies, specialty markets, technology, appointments, transactions and market developments.
Insurance Journal
Provides property and casualty insurance news covering carriers, agencies, regulation, legislation, mergers and acquisitions, catastrophes and regional insurance markets.
InsuranceNewsNet
Focuses primarily on life insurance, annuities, health insurance, financial professionals, retirement products, regulation and public policy.
PropertyCasualty360
Covers property and casualty insurance markets, claims, underwriting, distribution, technology, regulation and emerging risks.
Risk & Insurance
Reports on commercial risk management, insurance coverage, workplace safety, claims, brokers, emerging exposures and risk-financing strategies.
Rough Notes
Covers independent insurance agencies and brokerages, commercial and personal lines, specialty markets, agency operations and insurance-company relationships.
Press Releases and Announcements
Press-release services provide early notice of corporate announcements, product launches, partnerships, transactions, executive appointments and research releases. They distribute information supplied by the issuing organization and should not be treated as independent verification.
Business Wire
Distributes company announcements, financial disclosures, product releases, partnership news and other corporate communications.
GlobeNewswire
Publishes press releases and corporate announcements from insurers, technology companies, research organizations and other businesses.
PR Newswire
Distributes corporate news, executive appointments, product announcements, transactions, research releases and other company-supplied information.
About This Directory
InsuranceIndustry.ai maintains this directory as an editorial resource. It is selective rather than comprehensive. Inclusion is based on recurring usefulness to our research, not a commercial relationship, and does not imply endorsement of an organization or everything it publishes. Likewise, absence from the directory should not be interpreted as a judgment about the quality or value of any publication, organization, or website.
Individual InsuranceIndustry.ai articles cite the specific report, filing, paper, dataset, or other document used. The organization links on this page are intended to help readers locate and explore the broader research resources available from each source.
This directory will be updated as new organizations become part of the publication’s recurring research workflow and existing resources change.
AI Disclaimer: This content was created with assistance from artificial intelligence technology. While content is based on factual information from the source material, readers should verify all details directly with the respective sources before making business decisions.
