A.M. Best Continues to Update Best's Health Center - Premium Data & Reports to Reflect 2004 Statement Data.

OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co.'s Best's Health Center - Premium Data & Reports will continuously be refreshed approximately every two weeks until June, to reflect the performance data gathered from 2004 annual statements for the more than 1,300 individual health insurers and HMOs it contains. Accessible through http://www.ambest.com/health, this Web Center provides exclusive, accurate and comprehensive information on this segment of the insurance industry.

Best's Health Center - Premium Data & Reports supplies access to Best's Company Reports, which contain current, detailed quantitative and qualitative information on all companies within the database. Subscribers can also access statistical reports, which contain five years of financial data on health insurers and HMOs, and Company Profile Reports, which offer a snapshot of a company's operations.

Best's Health Center - Premium Data & Reports is updated in real-time and offers advanced search capabilities. Subscribers also have the ability to create, export, print and save custom company lists. Using this information, subscribers can:

--Objectively evaluate health companies competing for health care coverage contracts

--Examine the impact of the managed care industry on the cost of health care

--Identify companies that meet specific criteria 

To order Best's Health Center - Premium Data & Reports, or for more information, visit http://www.ambest.com/health or call customer service at [phone], ext. 5742. Multi-seat and enterprise-wide access is also available; call [phone], ext. 5311 for more information.

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 http://www.ambest.com.