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Frequently Asked Questions: BestWeek: Overview
What is BestWeek?
What are the benefits of subscribing to BestWeek?
What is NewsRoom?
What does Best's Rating Actions Web site offer?
In which formats is this product offered?
How much does a subscription cost?
How do I subscribe?
What if more than one person in my company wants access to BestWeek Online?
How do I access the other edition of BestWeek after I have already selected the edition I want as my home page?
What is BestWeek?
BestWeek takes the insurance industry's most important news and developments from around the world and presents them in two convenient weekly publications: BestWeek U.S./Canada and BestWeek Europe. Enhanced with graphics, Best's Statistical Studies, Best's Special Reports and valuable A.M. Best data, BestWeek provides information at a glance and puts the news in perspective.
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What are the benefits of subscribing to BestWeek?
Subscribers can access the entire enhanced A.M. Best news archive, which includes:
- Full access to our real-time news flow and news database (NewsRoom), including BestWeek, BestWire and Best's Review articles, both current and archived
- Access to the interactive Best's Rating Actions Web site, with updated Rating Rationales when they accompany a rating action released in the previous two weeks
- Full text of each day's edition of BestDay, A.M. Best's daily e-mail news update
- Downloadable Best's Special Reports and Best's Statistical Studies at no extra charge. Subscribers can also download the data in spreadsheet form
- BestAlert Service, A.M. Best's online company-tracking service
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What is NewsRoom?
A subscription to BestWeek gives you access to NewsRoom, A.M. Best's real-time news source and news database, which includes BestWire articles published since 1993, BestWeek articles published since 2001 and Best's Review articles published since 2000. The main page, www.ambest.com/newsroom, displays the latest BestWire news articles and offers a search function to access the news archive. You can search headlines or full articles for key text across all A.M. Best news publications, search for articles published within a range of dates, or search according to predefined topic categories.
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What does Best's Rating Actions Web page offer?
BestWeek readers have online access to full text of updated Rating Rationales when they accompany a rating change. Access to the updated rationales expires within two weeks of publication. New search features allow BestWeek subscribers to search our archive for rating actions.
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In which formats is this product offered?
BestWeek U.S./Canada is available in both print and online. BestWeek Europe is available online only. Subscription options include print/online and online only.
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How much does a subscription cost?
The print/online edition of BestWeek is $805 for an individual subscriber. This includes a one-year subscription to Best's Review magazine. The online edition of BestWeek is $705 for an individual subscriber and also includes Best's Review.
Both editions of BestWeek offer multi-seat and companywide (Unlimited) access; call (908) 439-2200, ext. 5311, for more information. We also offer a three-month subscription to BestWeek online--for only $235. (Best's Review and multi-seat and Unlimited options are not available as part of the three-month offer.)
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How do I subscribe?
To subscribe, call Customer Service at (800) 424-2378 or (908) 439-2200, ext. 5742, e-mail customer_service@ambest.com, or visit www.bestweek.com for our online subscription page. You can also subscribe using your Best's Online Account.
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What if more than one person in my company wants access to BestWeek Online?
To inquire about multi-seat availability or Unlimited (companywide) access, call Corporate Sales at (908) 439-2200, ext. 5311.
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How do I access the other edition of BestWeek after I have already selected the edition I want as my home page?
Simply click the yellow buttons labeled U.S./Canada Edition and Europe Edition on the top left side of your BestWeek home page to switch between editions.
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