Introduced Best's Insurance News, a monthly supplement to Best's Insurance Reports. Now known as Best's Review®.
1904
Determined the losses of Fire insurance companies affected by the Baltimore Conflagration. Published first-hand reports in Best's Insurance News, now known as Best's Review®.
1905
Acquired Insurers Reporting Company.
1906
Printed the first ratings of Property/Casualty insurance companies in the selectively available Confidential List of Surplus Line Companies and Associations.
Determined the losses of Fire insurance companies involved in the San Francisco Conflagration. Published first-hand reports in Best's Insurance News, now known as Best's Review®.
Introduced Best's Life Insurance Reports as a result of the Armstrong Committee's investigation of the life insurance business. Now known as Best's Insurance Reports®--L/H, US & Canada.
Introduced Best's Life Insurance News, a monthly supplement to Best's Life Insurance Reports. Now known as Best's Review®.
1907
Introduced the first volume of published ratings in Best's Key Ratings of Licensed Joint-Stock Fire Insurance Companies. Now known as Best's Key Rating Guide®--P/C, US & Canada.
Published the first Special Report, the popular Special Report Upon San Francisco Losses and Settlements. This was a final report on the total losses of insurance companies affected by the San Francisco earthquake.
1920
Purchased and relocated to 75 Fulton Street in Lower Manhattan. The Best Building would remain the company's headquarters for forty-five years.
Held the first annual insurance technology conference addressing innovative uses of technology in the industry. Now available as a series of webinars known as Insurance & Technology Webcast--E-Fusion.
Introduced Best's Underwriting Analysis with Ratios (By Line), Insurance Expense Exhibit: Property/Casualty on CD-ROM. Now available online as Best's Insurance Expense Exhibit--P/C, US.
Introduced Best's FormsGen, financial statement preparation software for the UK, on CD-ROM. Now known as BestESP® Services--UK.
Introduced Best's Insight Life and Best's Insight Non-Life for the UK, on CD-ROM. Now available in a combined Life and Non-Life edition of Best's Statement File--UK.
Recognized as a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (NRSRO) by the Division of Market Regulation, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.