Best's Insurance Reports® Book Shipment Completes 2005 Package

Business Wire, Sept 15, 2005

OLDWICK, N.J. -- The book components of the 2005 Property/Casualty and Life/Health editions of Best's Insurance Reports - United States & Canada have shipped, A.M. Best Co. announced. Best's Insurance Reports is a book/CD-ROM and Web-based package that includes access to updated information on CD-ROM and online. The CD-ROM portion of the package was released last month. This was also the first year that the product was made available for download from the A.M. Best Web site. E[acute accent]Best's Insurance Reports has been published for more than a century and is the industry-standard in-depth guide to insurance companies and groups. The 2005 Property/Casualty edition lets insurance professionals examine reports on the financial performance of 3,588 insurers; the Life/Health edition includes 2,242 reports. E[acute accent]The book component provides convenient, off-the-shelf access to slightly condensed versions of the full reports that appear on the CD-ROM. The full reports provide A.M. Best's complete analysis of an insurer's financial strength, including the Best's Rating and Rating Rationale; performance indicators such as Best's Profitability, Leverage and Liquidity tests; financial statement items such as net premiums written and asset distribution; business review; and complete management and contact information. E[acute accent]Individual subscribers can download up to 10 online Best's Company Reports for any insurers in the edition purchased, with a 33% discount off the price of additional reports, while group subscribers receive unlimited access to these reports. All subscribers can register for the BestDirect(R) online company-tracking service, which notifies users by e-mail of news items, press releases, rating changes and company report updates for the insurers they select. E[acute accent]All purchases include a one-year subscription to Best's Review magazine, which offers articles on insurance news and trends and includes The Best's Review Guide to Understanding the Insurance Industry. 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. E[acute accent]For more information, visit www.ambest.com/sales/birpc (Property/Casualty) or www.ambest.com/sales/birlh (Life/Health), call Customer Service at (908) 439-2200, ext. 5742, or e-mail customer_service@ambest.com.

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