A.M. Best Adds More Value to Best's State Rate Filings(R).OLDWICK, N.J. -- A new offering has been added to Best's State Rate Filings, which provides subscribers with one year of online access to the monthly rate filing reports via the A.M. Best Co. Web site in Adobe adobe (ədō`bē): see rammed earth. adobe Handmade sun-dried bricks formed from a mixture of heavy clay and straw found in arid regions. (R) PDF (Portable Document Format) The de facto standard for document publishing from Adobe. On the Web, there are countless brochures, data sheets, white papers and technical manuals in the PDF format. format. This new and easy-to-use option provides customers with access to valuable filing information more quickly than ever before. Each month, subscribers receive an e-mail alerting them when filings have been posted on the Best's State Rate Filings Web site. The current and prior monthly PDF reports may be viewed, printed or saved to a subscriber's computer for archiving archiving Informatics The storage of data in archives. See Mirroring, Optical disk archiving. purposes. A.M. Best still also offers a searchable online database for Best's State Rate Filings. It not only provides a two-year archive (1) A file that contains one or more compressed files. Most archive formats are also capable of storing folders in order to reconstruct the file/folder relationship when decompressed. See archive formats. of monthly rate filing reports, but also includes a comprehensive search engine. The extensive database includes filings dating back to 2000 and also provides value added Value Added The enhancement a company gives its product or service before offering the product to customers. Notes: This can either increase the products price or value. market share data for most insurers from Best's State/Line product. Direct access to the entire set of data fields published in the monthly rate filing reports is provided, enabling users to search across multiple states, sort by a variety of categories and export the data directly to Excel A full-featured spreadsheet for Windows and the Macintosh from Microsoft. It can link many spreadsheets for consolidation and provides a wide variety of business graphics and charts for creating presentation materials. (R). Purchasers receive access to the database and monthly reports for one year. Best's State Rate Filings, which covers activities in the U.S. representing nearly 100% of the property/casualty premiums written each year, provides insurance industry professionals with state-specific information regarding approved filings, including policy rate changes, loss cost information and new programs. The filings provided in each edition have been approved or filed for use by insurance companies with individual state insurance departments. Commercial and personal lines of insurance are listed separately and each filing includes the company name; subject, policy or program; effective date; insurance department filing number; description of filing; market share percentage and overall rate level effect. Best's State Rate Filings can be purchased online at ratefilings.ambest.com or by calling (908) 439-2200, ext. 5674. Multi-state discounts apply. A.M. Best Co., established in 1899, is the world's oldest and most authoritative insurance rating and information source. For more information, visit A.M. Best's Web site at www.ambest.com. |
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