I need to find out all i can about the A.M.BEST insurance rating company-a.m. best was my great-grandfather.?

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I need to find out all i can about the A.M.BEST insurance rating company-a.m. best was my great-grandfather.?

Answer 1

Are you saying that your great grandfather was A.M. Best, the founder of the A.M. Best Company?

To find out about the A.M. Best Company, just "google" it, and you will find their website.

Answer 2

Founded in 1899, A.M. Best Company is a full-service credit rating organization dedicated to serving the financial services industries, including the banking and insurance sectors. Policyholders and depositors refer to Best's ratings and analysis as a means of assessing the financial strength and creditworthiness of risk-bearing entities and investment vehicles.



A.M. Best Company is...

A worldwide insurance-rating and information agency with more than 100 years of history. The company was founded in 1899 by Alfred M. Best. Offices are located in the United States, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong.

The largest and longest-established company devoted to issuing in-depth reports and financial strength ratings about insurance organizations. Its flagship publication and database, Best's Insurance Reports, offers the largest coverage of insurers and reinsurers in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and worldwide of any interactive rating organization.

An issuer of fixed-instrument debt ratings that cover bonds, notes, securitization products and other financial instruments issued by insurers and reinsurers. Its debt and commercial paper ratings are used by capital-market issuers and professionals worldwide.

Responding to industry trends by expanding its analytical coverage to the banking industry, focusing primarily on the U.S. market. This coverage includes news, analytical reports, and interactive rating services on U.S. banks and bank holding companies. A.M. Best Company is currently the sole agency providing comprehensive interactive rating services to U.S. community banks. The company has also begun to issue ratings for hospitals and health care systems.

A publisher of books, directories, CD-ROM products and Internet-based services pertaining to the insurance industry. Products focus on insurance company financial information, underwriting information, providers of legal representation and claims adjusting services to the insurance industry, and company-specific or industry-wide analytical information in the United States, Canada, Europe, Middle East and Asia insurance markets.

The longest-running, largest and most-recognized source for insurance news. Articles generated by A.M. Best's news staff are published in Best's Review magazine, BestWeek, through its real-time news channels and distributed via more than a dozen international information distributors.

The premier source for regulatory statement financial information. Best's Statement File products and reports are the industry standard for reliable, accurate and comprehensive statement-source information about insurance organizations operating in the United States and Canada.

The winner of numerous awards for our news publications and marketing campaigns.

A.M. Best has job openings in Oldwick, London and Hong Kong.

Answer 3

Founded in 1899 by Alfred M. Best in New York City, the company moved to Morristown, New Jersey in 1965 when CEO Charley McCormick pioneered the use of the company's Legal Digest, and subsequently to Oldwick, New Jersey in 1974. It also maintains offices in London and Hong Kong, and a news bureau in Washington, D.C.

A.M. Best issues financial strength ratings measuring insurance companies' ability to pay claims. It also rates financial instruments issued by insurance companies, such as bonds, notes, and securitization products.

Unlike fellow NRSROs Standard & Poor's, Moody's and Fitch Ratings -- all three of which issue ratings for a broad range of business sectors -- A.M. Best historically has specialized exclusively on the insurance marketplace. However, the company recently began issuing debt and financial strength ratings for small and mid-sized commercial banks.

The company publishes BestWeek, a popular weekly insurance industry newsletter, as well as a monthly magazine, Best's Review, and an online wire service called BestWire. In addition, it annually presents the E-Fusion Awards, granted for outstanding technological innovation in the insurance industry.