A.M. Best's The Guide to Understanding the Insurance Industry 2009-2010 Now Available on Amazon.OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has released the fifth edition of The Guide to Understanding the Insurance Industry 2009-2010. Showcasing exclusive proprietary information from A.M. Best's extensive line of insurance information products, The Guide to Understanding the Insurance Industry 2009-2010 is an illustrated, easy-to-read handbook that looks at today's insurance business environment in the context of how the industry has performed over the past 10 years. The Guide to Understanding the Insurance Industry 2009-2010 is available for purchase online at The Insurance Book Store (www.insurancebookstore.com) and Amazon.com (Amazon.com, Seattle, WA, www.amazon.com) The largest online shopping site and one of the most widely known e-commerce sites on the Web. Founded by Jeff Bezos in 1995, it had 11 employees by year's end. Within four years, it had more than 1,600 employees and four million customers. (www.amazon.com). The guide is packed with 56 pages of charts and graphs that explore -- in a colorful and concise way -- the vital signs of financially fit insurance companies. It is a handy reference for industry-current trends and terminology, and a comprehensive resource that focuses on the many lines of business within the property/casualty, life, health and reinsurance The contract made between an insurance company and a third party to protect the insurance company from losses. The contract provides for the third party to pay for the loss sustained by the insurance company when the company makes a payment on the original contract. industries, with rankings of top writers. The guide also highlights information on the following: * captive captive said of naturally wild or feral animals kept in captivity for educational and scientific investigation with no attempt being made to domesticate them. domiciles; * solvency The ability of an individual to pay his or her debts as they mature in the normal and ordinary course of business, or the financial condition of owning property of sufficient value to discharge all of one's debts. solvency n. and ratings; * A.M. Best stock indexes; * how insurance is sold and regulated reg·u·late tr.v. reg·u·lat·ed, reg·u·lat·ing, reg·u·lates 1. To control or direct according to rule, principle, or law. 2. ; and * how catastrophes affect the industry. The guide is an excellent resource for reports, speeches and presentations, and is appropriate as a gift for new employees, board members, customers or anyone who wants to gain a better understanding of how the insurance industry works. For additional information about this and other books in the A.M. Best Guide Series, including The Guide to Understanding Insurance Marketing and a new edition of The Guide to Understanding Insurance Ratings, please visit guides.ambest.com. A.M. Best guides also are available at Abe Books (www.abebooks.com) and Alibris (www.alibris.com). Founded in 1899, A.M. Best Company is a global full-service credit rating organization dedicated to serving the financial and health care service industries, including insurance companies, banks, hospitals and health care system providers. For more information, visit www.ambest.com. |
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