A.M. Best Adds Updated Ratings, Additional Company Reports to 2004 Best's Insurance Reports Non-U.S. Edition.Business Editors/Insurance Writers OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 26, 2004 The first interim update to the 2004 edition of Best's Insurance Reports(R) - Life & Non-Life In the physical sciences, non-life is an umbrella term set to distinguish or characterize those inanimate chemical precursors found in the primeval soup of the early years of planetary evolution from which life, theoretically, evolved or came into existence. - Non-US is now available. This update provides subscribers with current ratings and reports on more than 4,000 companies in CD-ROM CD-ROM: see compact disc. CD-ROM in full compact disc read-only memory Type of computer storage medium that is read optically (e.g., by a laser). format. This release includes 785 updated ratings and 325 reports on additional companies. The Best's Insurance Reports series began more than a century ago and is the most detailed and relied-upon guide to insurance companies and groups available. Each report provides A.M. Best's complete analysis of an insurer's financial strength, including the Best's Rating Best's rating A rating A.M. Best Co. assigns to insurance companies based on the company's ability to meet its obligations to its policyholders. and Rating Rationale rationale (rash´  nal´),n the fundamental reasons used as the basis for a decision or action. ; performance indicators such as Financial Size Category designations and Best's Profitability, Leverage and Liquidity tests; financial statement items such as net premiums written; business review; and management and contact information. The CD-ROM format lets users search and sort data fields, create custom lists, export data to other software packages and log on to the A.M. Best Web site to check real-time 1. real-time - Describes an application which requires a program to respond to stimuli within some small upper limit of response time (typically milli- or microseconds). Process control at a chemical plant is the classic example. news, ratings and report updates. Subscribers also get two additional CD-ROMs, with updated ratings and reports. Best's Insurance Reports - Life & Non-Life - Non-US offers access to the most timely insurer An individual or company who, through a contractual agreement, undertakes to compensate specified losses, liability, or damages incurred by another individual. An insurer is frequently an insurance company and is also known as an underwriter. analysis available. Subscribers can download To receive a file transmitted over a network. In any communications session, "download" means receive, and "upload" means send. The download/upload often implies a big/little scenario, in which data is being downloaded from the "big" server into the "little" user's computer. up to 10 real-time Best's Company Reports for any insurers listed in the publication at no extra cost, with 33% off the price of any additional reports. Purchases of multiple-user licenses receive unlimited access to the latest reports. Subscribers can register to use the BestDirect(R) company-tracking service, which notifies users by e-mail of news items, press releases and company report updates for the insurers they select. All purchases include a one-year adj. 1. completing its life cycle within a year. Adj. 1. one-year - completing its life cycle within a year; "a border of annual flowering plants" annual phytology, botany - the branch of biology that studies plants subscription to Best's Review magazine, which offers articles on insurance news and trends. For an additional cost, Full Service subscribers also receive a one-year subscription to BestWeek, (R) which provides weekly, daily and real-time news and access to archived articles from all A.M. Best news publications. For more information, visit www.ambest.com/sales/BIRInternational, call Customer Service at (908) 439-2200, ext. 5742, or e-mail customer_service@ambest.com. 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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