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Frequently Asked Questions: Best's News Services via Bloomberg Professional
What is the Bloomberg Professional service?
What A.M. Best information is available through the Bloomberg Professional service?
Can all Bloomberg Professional users access this information?
How current are the Best's Ratings on the Bloomberg Professional service?
What kind of BestWire information appears on the Bloomberg Professional service, and how current is it?
Can I perform searches and maintain alerts through the Bloomberg Professional service to identify rating changes and news articles of interest to me?
Are other A.M. Best products and services available through Bloomberg?
What is the Bloomberg Professional service?
The Bloomberg Professional service is the interactive financial information network that is Bloomberg LP's core business. Available 24 hours a day to more than 260,000 professionals in more than 100 countries, the service seamlessly integrates data, news, analytics, multimedia reports and e-mail into a single platform. It is used by market professionals around the world to make informed decisions and to complete transactions --- in any currency and in a way that is meaningful, accurate and consistent.
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What A.M. Best information is available through the Bloomberg Professional service?
Three important elements of A.M. Best's flow of insurance information are delivered through the Bloomberg Professional service: Best's Financial Strength Ratings, Securities Ratings and BestWire real-time news.
Financial strength ratings are a letter-grade indicator of an insurance company's financial strength and claims-paying ability, based on a qualitative and quantitative review of the insurer's financial statement data and supporting documents by A.M. Best analysts. Securities ratings provide information on debt and other financial instruments. BestWire is a real-time insurance news service that delivers a minimum of 20 insurance-related news stories each day, plus real-time notification of rating changes.
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Can all Bloomberg Professional users access this information?
Best's Ratings are available to all users. When searching for a corporate rating, users will have the opportunity to view the company's Best's Rating in addition to ratings from other global rating agencies.
BestWire is a premium news service available only to subscribers who have made arrangements with A.M. Best to receive it on their Bloomberg terminal. A BestWire information screen is available by typing AMBN .
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How current are the Best's Ratings on the Bloomberg Professional service?
Updated ratings are delivered at least once a day to Bloomberg. To double-check any rating, users can also access the A.M. Best rating search tool at www.ambest.com/ratings/search through their Bloomberg terminal or from a personal workstation with an Internet connection.
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What kind of BestWire information appears on the Bloomberg Professional service, and how current is it?
Bloomberg receives the same real-time BestWire feed that is delivered to all of A.M. Best's news vendors and displayed at A.M. Best's NewsRoom site, www.ambest.com/newsroom. That includes at least 20 articles per day on various developments in the insurance industry, plus real-time notice of rating changes.
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Can I perform searches and maintain alerts through the Bloomberg Professional service to identify rating changes and news articles of interest to me?
Bloomberg Professional users who have purchased Best's News Services can search for and be alerted to any rating announcement, press release and news article delivered through BestWire.
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Are other A.M. Best products and services available through Bloomberg?
Not at this time. However, we are always examining new channels and formats for our information. For suggestions and inquiries, please contact our Sales team at (908) 439-2200, ext. 5311, or send an e-mail to sales@ambest.com.
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