A.M. Best Releases BestLink(R) for Excel(R), a Web Services-Based Data Retrieval Tool.OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has introduced BestLink for 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. , which allows users of several key financial products to 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. data directly into their spreadsheets The following is a list of spreadsheets. Freeware/open source software Online spreadsheets
This online offering is the first to use A.M. Best's Web Services (1) Loosely, any online service delivered over the Web. Such usage appears in articles from non-technical sources, but not in IT-oriented publications, because definition #2 below describes the correct use of the term. architecture and online Global Insurance & Banking Database. A.M. Best is using the latest technology to provide access to the most recent financial and rating information from within Microsoft Excel (tool) Microsoft Excel - A spreadsheet program from Microsoft, part of their Microsoft Office suite of productivity tools for Microsoft Windows and Macintosh. Excel is probably the most widely used spreadsheet in the world. Latest version: Excel 97, as of 1997-01-14. . Users can create standard and custom reports. BestLink for Excel includes a series of instructional Wizards and a Quick Reports feature to assist users in creating the following standard reports: * Best's Executive Summary Reports * Best's Market Share Reports * Best's Insurance Expense Exhibit Studies * Best's Company Profile Reports * Best's Ratings 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. Profile Reports * Plus: Statement Pages The Custom Report option lets users select the companies, data fields, years (up to 11) and, in some cases, the states and lines of business required. The Advanced Search dialog helps users locate insurers based on a wide range of criteria, and allows them to easily find the top insurers for any financial data field. BestLink for Excel is part of the following products: * Best's Statement File - U.S. (Property/Casualty, Life/Health, and Health, including Separate Accounts) * Best's State/Line (Property/Casualty Lines, Life Lines, A&H Lines, and Health Lines) * Best's Schedule P * Best's Insurance Expense Exhibit For more information about BestLink for Excel, please visit www.ambest.com/sales/bestlinkforexcel.pdf. For more information about A.M. Best's Insurance Industry Financial Suite, visit www.ambest.com/sales/statement or call Corporate Sales at (908) 432-2200, ext. 5311. Founded in 1899, A.M. Best Company is a full-service credit rating organization dedicated to serving the financial services The examples and perspective in this article or section may not represent a worldwide view of the subject. Please [ improve this article] or discuss the issue on the talk page. industries, including the banking and insurance sectors. For more information, visit www.ambest.com. |
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