Banking and Insurance
Minnesota Information
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Federal
Reserve Bank of Minneapolis - Website includes Ninth District economic
data and access to their publications and papers.
- Minnesota House Research: Commerce - Reports and briefs related to banking and financial institutions, insurance, and more.
- Minnesota Bankers Association - MBA provides Minnesota commercial banks, trust companies and savings associations with education resources, as well as legal, legislative, and insurance information.
- Minnesota Credit Union Network - MCUN is a statewide organization that serves and supports credit unions throughout Minnesota. The Network, working in conjunction with the Credit Union National Association (CUNA), provides hundreds of products and services.
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Minnesota Department of Commerce - The Banking and Finance Division provides information on Minnesota
regulation of state-chartered banks, trust companies, credit
unions, savings banks, and other financial services companies. The Insurance Gateway area includes information for consumers, agents, companies, and regulators.
- Minnesota Independent Insurance
Agents & Brokers - A professional trade organization made up of 4,200 independent insurance agents throughout the State of Minnesota.
- Minnesota Workers' Compensation Insurers Association - MWCIA is the preferred Minnesota Data Service Organization (DSO) for quality
workers' compensation data collection, analysis, and products.
National Information
- American Bankers Association
(ABA) - National trade and professional association serving
the entire banking community.
- Banking: an overview - Includes links to federal and state laws and key Internet resources. Provided by the Legal Information Institute at Cornell University Law School.
- Bankruptcy Statistics
- The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts compiles quarterly statistics on bankruptcy filings.
- Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System - The Federal
Reserve, the central bank of the United States, was founded by Congress in 1913. Information on
the Twelve Federal Reserve Districts is available
through the site. Provides access to the Federal Reserve Archival System for Economic Research (FRASER), which includes historical bank statistics.
- Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) - Information on banking, including their quarterly publication, Statistics
on Banking.
- Federal Emergency Management Agency - FEMA provides information on disaster assistance and the National Flood Insurance Program.
- Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council - An interagency body empowered to prescribe uniform principles, standards, and report forms for the federal examination of financial institutions.
- Insurance Information Institute
- Information on organizations and articles about the insurance
industry, including a web tool that provides a random listing of state insurance companies for consumer use.
- Insurance Research Council -
The IRC is an independent, nonprofit research organization supported by leading property and casualty insurance companies and associations.
- National Association of Insurance
Commissioners (NAIC) - An index to model laws, abstracts
of recent articles in the Journal
of Insurance Regulation, and links to
state insurance departments.
- National Credit Union Administration
- Provides information about federal credit unions, including credit
union data from a database that lets you create a custom report
from many optional combinations.
- U.S. Department of the Treasury
Other Information
- A.M. Best
Ratings & Analysis - Database of nearly 6,000 life/health, property/casualty,
and international insurance company ratings.
- American Banker Online - News, analysis, and data on the banking and financial services industry.
- Bankrate.com - Objective, current information on loan rates of
all types.
- Business Insurance - Online version of this weekly newsletter reporting on corporate
risk, employee benefits, and managed health care news. Includes
an archive of past newsletters.
- Moodys.com - Moody's provides research data and analytic tools for assessing credit risk, including ratings on over 170,000 corporate, government, and structured finance securities.
See also Housing for information on foreclosure prevention.
The sites listed on this page are not created, maintained, or endorsed
by the Minnesota Legislature.