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In our databases Banking and Insurance may be classified under the broader Financial Services heading or may be broken down into narrower sub-sectors such as life and non-life insurance, commercial banking and investment banking.

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Fitch Connect	Although primarily a source of financials and ratings for banks with up to 30 years of financial data, it does also provide commentary and some analysis as well as information and data on Sovereigns. Now uses Single Sign On.
IBIS World	Provides detailed market research reports for UK, US, China and (limited) global. Range of sectors covered in the reports including Investment Banking and Brokerage (Global), Life Insurance (UK), Savings Banks and Thrifts (US). It includes short Brexit Impact Statements for various types of business within the Banking and Insurance sector in the UK.
S&P Capital IQ Pro	Formerly known as Market Intelligence or SNL Financial, as well as financial data for financial institutions, it also includes news and analysis. Pre-registration required.
MergentOnline	Use Mergent to find, company financials, short industry reports and analyst research reports on this sector.
Statista	Statistics and reports on many aspects of banking and insurance markets.
Technavio Insights	Market reports on topics such as retail banking, but also on topics such as contactless cards and risk & compliance, banking IT spend...
Bloomberg Finance Zone only	Go to > Function <BI> and selection sectors and sub-sectors. Or use the function <RES>.
Firsthand	Although primarily a careers database it offers useful insight into working in various roles and sectors. Pre-registration required.

**Web sources**
Bank for International Settlements Research publications and statistics available primarily of relevance to central banks, but also covers topics such as bank lending and faster payments.	Global Insurance Market Trends OECD Annual publication published in January. Website also has .xls files of accompanying statistics
Bain & Company Financial Services is one of the sectors that Bain covers. Recent reports include: Loyalty in Retail Banking (Global Edition) and Are Global Insurers too big to succeed?	Cap Gemini Produce a number of reports such as their 2023 Top Trends in Retail Banking report, the Top Trends in Payments (2023) and 2023 Top Trends in Life Insurance. You may need to register to download their reports free of charge.
Financial Stability Board 'This international body monitors and makes recommendations about the global financial system'. It produces numerous publications and has lists of systemically important insurers and banks.	Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) This UK regulatory body produces reports on market studies it conducts, occasional papers and other research documents as well as sales data for various types of financial services such as mortgage products or retail investments.
Federal Insurance Office An Office of the US Treasury Department the FIO produces an annual report on the Insurance Industry. The focus is the US but international developments and initiatives are covered	PriceWaterhousCoopers (PWC) PWC produce many reports and surveys on the Financial Services sector and more specifically banking, insurance and fintech.
Insurance Europe Publications and data available from the website of the European Insurance and Reinsurance Federation.	Creating value, finding focus: Global Insurance Report 2022 By McKinsey, Feb 2022

News and keeping up to date

Financial News	Daily / Weekly news and analysis on securities and investment banking, funds, hedge funds, private equity and fintech. Pre-registration required
Factiva	Our global news database with news wires, newspapers, websites and trade and professional titles. For a more targeted search limit the sources to those relevant to the Banking & Credit and / or Financial Services and / or Insurance industries
FT.Com	Prior registration required for access to the website and app. Note: It is also included when searching Factiva
Economist	Full personalised access to the Economist. Must register first using LBS email address
Science Direct	A number of titles include articles on banking and insurance.