2007 Best's Insurance Reports Offers New Corporate Changes And Retirements Database

Oldwick, NJ - A.M. Best Co. has released the 2007 editions of Best's Insurance Reports – Life/Health and Property/Casualty – United States & Canada. This standard-setting financial resource provides in-depth analysis and commentary on thousands of U.S. and Canadian insurance companies.

All subscribers now have access to a new online database featuring a 15-year chronology of corporate changes and retirements. Users of this feature are able to search for changes impacting existing companies or to locate surviving insurers for companies that are no longer in business.

Best's Insurance Reports is presented as a multi-component service including a CD-ROM with unabridged reports, a convenient print edition featuring slightly condensed reports, and online access to updated data and news. Each report provides A.M. Best's complete analysis of an insurer's financial strength, including the Best's Rating and Rating Rationale; Financial Size Category designation and Best's Profitability, Leverage and Liquidity tests; financial statement items such as net premiums written; business review; and management and contact information.

Subscribers can download up to 10 real-time Best's Company Reports at no extra cost, for the most comprehensive financial information available on any insurers listed in the publication. Multiple-user licensees receive unlimited access to both Best's Company Reports and the new AMB Credit Reports – Business Professional, which are available in real time, present three years of essential insurer data and feature financial tables and charts in full color.

Single- and multi-seat subscribers are also entitled to 30% off the cost of Historical Best's Company Reports, available in print or online at www.ambest.com/ratings, dating back five years, while purchasers of unlimited subscriptions receive access to these reports at no additional cost.

All purchases include a one-year subscription to Best's Review, A.M. Best's award-winning industry magazine, and BestAlert Service, our company-tracking and e-mail notification service. For an additional cost, Full Service subscribers also receive a one-year subscription to BestWeek, which provides weekly, daily and real-time news and access to archived articles.

SOURCE: A.M. Best Co