Jackson Library

• Standard & Poor's NetAdvantage Go to Industry Surveys > Insurance: Property-Casualty
• MarketLine Go to Companies > Financial Services > Payments
  
  Subcategories under Payments:
  • Bank Transfers
  • Cash
  • Cheque
  • Direct Debit
  • New Payment Technologies
• Hoover's Online
  • Go to Insurance > Auto & Other Vehicle Insurance
  • Go to Financial Services > Transaction, Credit & Collections > Electronic Payment Systems (primary)
  • First Search Industry Profiles - Industry profile for insurance carriers and credit card processing.
• Factiva
  
  Sample search for Merchant Services information
  • Go to Search page
  • Select Industry > Banking/Credit > Credit Types/Services > click Credit Cards and Debit Cards
  • Go back up to the Free Text search box and type in keywords MERCHANT SERVICES
  • Limit Date to In the last year
  • Click Run Search
• eMarketer

  Sample search (on 4/25/08) on Payments resulted in 1370 records (184 articles, 1182 charts, 4 reports). Instead of scrolling down to get to the 4 reports on the result page, you can deselect articles and charts on the right hand side of the page and click GO.

   

• OneSource's US Business Browser Specific contents include:
  • Corporate Family
  • Latest News Stories
  • Analysts' Reports
  • Strategic Initiatives
  • Strengths/Weaknesses
  • Peer Analysis
• Hoover's Online Specific contents include:
  • Family Tree
  • Competitors
  • News
  • Significant Developments
  • Industry Watch
  • Most viewed companies for Transaction Processing & Settlement: Companies that provide services and technology related to processing and settling check, debit card, and credit card transactions; and billing, card issuance, and transaction management.
  • Most viewed companies for Electronic Payment Systems: Companies that operate systems that provide for the movement of money electronically, particularly at the consumer level.

• National Underwriter P&C Property & Casualty News Sample keyword search: auto insurance rates
• Insurance.com Includes Illinois auto insurance news articles
• Business Source Complete
  
  Sample keyword search:
  1. insurance, automobile (in subject SU) and pricing (in abstract AB)
     Sample search result: Price Wars. Best's Review; Oct 2005, 106:6, p37-40 View article
     
     
  2. insurance, automobile (in subject SU) and pricing (in subject SU)
     Sample search result: Pay-As-You-Drive Pricing and Insurance Regulatory Objectives. Journal of Insurance Regulation; Spring 2005, 23:3, p35-53 View article

Company Sites

• PayPal Merchant Services Website Payments Pro
• Google Checkout Home
• Google Checkout Stores

Article search

• ABI/Inform Global Search subject terms: payment systems, electronic funds transfer systems, EFTS, online transaction processing, wire transfer, service introduction, electronic commerce. Sample search result:
  • Resource Guide: Alternate Payment Systems. William Atkinson. Multichannel Merchant, Mar 07, 24:3, p. 47 View article
• Business Source Complete Search company name with subject terms: credit cards, payment, EFTS, internet sales, cellular telephones, radio frequency identification systems, RFID, mobile commerce. Sample search result:
  • PayPal: U.S. Not Ready for Mobile-Pay. American Banker, 3/25/2008, 173:57, p1-11 View article
• eMarketer

  Sample search (on 4/25/08) on payments resulted in 1370 records (184 articles, 1182 charts, 4 reports). Instead of scrolling down to get to the 4 reports on the result page, you can deselect articles and charts on the right hand side of the page and click GO.

• Forrester Research Search keyword "payments" and browse by the following categories:
  • Retail Payments
  • Electronic Invoice Presentment & Payment
  • Contactless Payments
  • Electronic Bill Presentment & Payment
  • Mobile Payments
  Sample search result on payments:
  Why Consumers Like Alternative Payment Methods When Shopping Online
  February 20, 2008
  ...Seventy-four percent of online shoppers report having used alternative payment methods like PayPal, Bill Me Later, or Google Checkout during recent Web...
• JupiterResearch Search payments or use Advanced Search to sort results by vision report, concept report, and/or case study.
  Sample search result for vision report on recurring payment:
  Online Banking: Deploying Personal Financial Management Tools to Enhance Loyalty
  June 5, 2007 - Vision Report

• Premium by zipcode insurance.com.
• Sample premium by state 2007 Auto Insurance Pricing Report, insurance.com.
• Illinois auto insurance directory by county and by city internetautoguide.com.
• Colorado Automobile Insurance Premiums Report
• Massachusetts premium comparison Massachusetts Division of Insurance.
• Plunkett Research Sample record under Industry Research Centers > Insurance > Statistics > Typical U.S. Automobile Insurance Costs per Year: 2007 (by type of car)

• Illinois Division of Insurance
• Illinois Insurance Facts
• Illinois Administrative Code - Go to Title 50: Insurance
• Colorado Division of Insurance
• Code of Colorado Regulations: Division of Insurance > 3 CCR 702
• Regulations for INSURERS from the California Department of Insurance - Go to: California Code of Regulations:
  • TITLE 10. INVESTMENT
  • CHAPTER 5. INSURANCE COMMISSIONER