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Best's Aggregates & Averages: Overview

The Best's Aggregates & Averages series is a vital benchmarking and strategic planning tool that presents current and historical consolidated data for the property/casualty or life/health industries.

Results in key areas of insurer performance for all companies are aggregated and presented in meaningful exhibits that help you see how a company's performance compares to the experience of its particular industry. Best's Aggregates & Averages provides a means for discerning statistical patterns over time and gives you a reliable basis for projecting future trends.

• Aggregated information for the P/C and L/H industry includes:
  • Balance Sheet and Summary of Operations
  • Quantitative Analysis Reports
  • Key pages of the Annual Statement for the current year P/C or L/H Total Industry, Industry Segment and Industry Composite records, with appropriate eliminations applied for interownership
  • Insurance Expense Exhibit (P/C edition)
  • Time Series (P/C edition)
  • Analysis of Operations by Line (L/H edition)
  • Reserves (L/H edition)
• Company-specific information provided includes:
  • Lines of Business studies developed from the Insurance Expense Exhibit database (P/C edition)
  • Leading Companies and Groups: rankings of the leading writers of P/C or L/H insurance
  • U.S. and Canadian Company rankings

Your Purchase Includes:

• A printed reference that presents a detailed compilation of P/C or L/H industry results for the current data year and over time.
• Aggregated information for the P/C or L/H industry, including:
  • Balance Sheet and Summary of Operations - consolidated data on the Life and Property/Casualty Total Industry, Industry Segments and Industry Composites
  • Quantitative Analysis Reports - a comprehensive review of key financial and operating performance measures within three critical evaluation areas: Profitability, Investments and Liquidity, and Leverage/Capitalization
  • Annual Statement - Key pages of the Annual Statement for the current year P/C or L/H Total Industry, Industry Segment and Industry Composite records, with appropriate eliminations applied for interownership
  • Insurance Expense Exhibit (P/C edition) - Parts 1, 2 and 3 of the Insurance Expense Exhibit for Total Industry and Part 1 for the Industry Segments and Industry Composite records
  • Time Series (P/C edition) - trends over a period of years for various industry totals and ratios, including Major Contributions to Investments, Industry Operating Results, Industry Underwriting Ratios, and Aggregates of the Property/Casualty Business
  • Analysis of Operations by Line (L/H edition) - detailed income statements for each primary business line, on a total industry basis, with a condensed 10-year history by line
  • Reserves (L/H edition) - detailed information by line for Life, Annuity, and Accident and Health reserves on a total industry basis with a 10-year history
• Company-specific information, including:
  • Lines of Business (P/C edition) - studies developed from the Insurance Expense Exhibit database that allow you to compare the principal loss and expense components of major insurers for a particular class of business with other companies and with industry aggregates
  • Leading Companies and Groups - rankings of the leading writers of P/C or L/H insurance based on Assets, Net Premiums Written, and other measures
  • U.S. and Canadian Company Rankings - listings of the top U.S. and Canadian P/C or L/H groups and unaffiliated single companies as ranked based on Assets, Net Premiums Written and other measures
  • Best's Review magazine - a one-year subscription to this award-winning monthly publication is included with your purchase at the Regular Service level
  • A one-year subscription to Best's Review and BestWeek at the Full Service level

Important Links

• Learn more about our data & request a video
• Best's Aggregates & Averages--Online--P/C
• Bests Aggregates & Averages--Online--L/H
• Best's Aggregates & Averages--P/C (print)
• Best's Aggregates & Averages--L/H (print)

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(Document updated 6/24/2009)