A.M. Best Announces New Online Captive Directory.Business Editors OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 30, 2002 A.M. Best Co. announces the availability of the new online edition of Best's 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. Directory, accessible exclusively through A.M. Best's new online Captive Center (www.ambest.com/captive). Best's Captive Directory is the world's leading guide to captive insurers, captive ratings, captive managers and other information regarding the captive industry. The Directory comprises more than 25 years of research into the captive marketplace in domiciles around the world. Best's Captive Directory editors have assembled as·sem·ble v. as·sem·bled, as·sem·bling, as·sem·bles v.tr. 1. To bring or call together into a group or whole: assembled the jury. 2. current, reliable information on captive entities by consulting public records, captive owners, managers and other service providers. Subscribers to Best's Captive Directory can enter the database through the Captive Center on the A.M. Best Web site and search the entire database to locate specific information. They can check captive ratings, read company reports and have the opportunity to obtain Special Reports focused on the captive insurance Captive insurance companies are limited purpose insurance companies established with the specific objective of financing risks emanating from their parent group or groups, they sometimes also insure risks of the parent company's customers. industry. These reports include an overview of the captive industry and a statistical compilation Compiling a program. See compiler. of rated captive insurers. Subscribers will also have access to news articles posted at the Captive Center as well as in the online version of Best's Review magazine and 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. notification of news and rating changes with BestDirect, A.M. Best's company tracking service. Best's Captive Directory is published in association with Tillinghast-Towers Perrin General Perrin may refer to:
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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