A.M. Best Company's 2004 Catalog Showcases Relaunched Best's Insurance Reports, Expanded Web Centers and Additional Health Data.Business Editors OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 15, 2004 New information products and new ways to find those products are some of the highlights and improvements in the newly released 2004 Publications and Services catalog catalog, descriptive list, on cards or in a book, of the contents of a library. Assurbanipal's library at Nineveh was cataloged on shelves of slate. The first known subject catalog was compiled by Callimachus at the Alexandrian Library in the 3d cent. B.C. from the A.M. Best Company. This resource presents in detail the company's line-up line-up Noun 1. people or things assembled for a particular purpose: Christmas TV line-up 2. of books, software and Web-based products that present ratings, company information and insurance financial data. The catalog provides explanations of service level options, how to order, and who to contact for information on specific products. A new "Product Finder Product finders are information systems that help consumers to identify products within a large palette of similar alternative products. Product finders differ in complexity, the more complex among them being a special case of decision support systems. " chart helps readers find the appropriate insurance-information product. Notable entries include: -- The Relaunching of Best's Insurance Reports - Subscribers to the Life/Health and Property/Casualty (U.S. and Canadian Canadian (kənā`dēən), river, 906 mi (1,458 km) long, rising in NE New Mexico. and flowing E across N Texas and central Oklahoma into the Arkansas River in E Oklahoma. companies) editions of Best's flagship publication now receive a printed reference and a desktop database on 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). . All editions also include access to 10 online Best's Company Reports, which always present the most current information available on an 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. . -- The Addition of Health Data to Best's Statement File and Best's Statement File Supplement: State/Line - Health Statement data now is available on both the Property/Casualty and Life/Health editions of Best's Statement File, as well as the P/C Standard Lines and Life Lines and Accident & Health Lines editions of Best's Statement File Supplement: State/Line. All the Supplement databases now include access to BestDirect, A.M. Best's 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. company information tracking service. -- The Expansion of Subscription-Based Online Web Centers-Several of A.M. Best's Web centers - all housed within www.ambest.com - offer subscription-based Premium Data & Reports services, which provide access to sector-specific company reports and data unique to each Web center. These subscriptions offer an array of features and content, including our most detailed analysis of an insurance company's performance -- Best's Company Reports. To request a 2004 A.M. Best Company Publications and Services catalog, call (908) 439-2200, ext. 5742 or e-mail customer service at customer_service@ambest.com. A 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. edition of the catalog can be downloaded at http://www.ambest.com/sales/catalog.pdf. 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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