Best's Custom Data Services

In addition to our standard products, you can purchase projects created to your specifications. Our staff will work with you, one-on-one, to determine the exact selection of information that meets your needs, in the format that's most useful to you. Here are some of the advantages a custom report can offer:

Select core data or identifying characteristics, used to select particular companies you'd like to include in your report.
Targeted selection of information Specify data items, industry segments, geographic regions and other criteria.
Organize your data: Produce a telling cross-section of any industry segment as it pertains to your business.
Additional data years: Up to 30 years of historical data is available on a custom basis.
Format options: Our analysts will work with you to determine the best delivery method for your technical environment, such as CD-ROM, e-mail, spreadsheets or printed formats.
Customer support: We will assist you in putting the information you've purchased to use.

Order your customized report today

With A.M. Best, you have the freedom to choose as much or as little data as you need in a format that best suits your purposes. For a discussion of your data needs, please contact us at (908) 439-2200, ext. 5383. Or, e-mail us at customproducts@ambest.com

Select core data

Your customized report begins with a selection of core data, or identifying characteristics, used to select the particular companies you'd like to include in your report. Some identifying characteristics include:

State of Domicile
Group name and number
National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) number
Federal Employer's ID number
Organization type
Marketing type

To find out what statement data is available in our database, we provide A.M. Best Statement Availability Guides, which include reproductions of the annual statement blanks for Property/Casualty or Life/Health companies. Call our Custom Products & Services department at (908) 439-2200, ext. 5383 for your free copy.

Targeted selection of information

A.M. best houses the world's largest proprietary database of insurance information, more than 25 years of historical data. Our team of insurance experts draws on this data to aid you in the creation of your customized report. Following is a list of A.M. Best databases:

Property/Casualty
Life/Health
State/Line
Consolidated data
Quarterly statement data
Special files
International
HMO

We also offer data on the banking and health care systems industries.

Not sure how to choose the database that's best for you? Just call our Custom Products & Services Department at (908) 439-2200, ext. 5383. Our expert staff will guide you through the process.

Organize your data:

One of the advantages of having a customized report is that you can organize the information the way it best pertains to your business by utilizing historical group data.

We can provide you with group data derived from affiliated companies' individual statements (inter-ownership eliminations applied) in one of two ways:

As is: This data compares a group's current-year structure to data from previous years, allowing you to evaluate a group's performance between years on a consistent basis.
As was: This data presents a group's structure as it existed in prior years. This format is especially helpful if you're working with data involving inter-ownership as it existed in prior years.

Additional data years:

A.M. Best's vast reservoir of information includes up to 30 years of historical data, which you can use to monitor trends and measure performance. Choose from the following databases:

Property/Casualty
Life/Health
State/Line
Consolidated as-filed data
Quarterly statement data

We also offer data on the banking and health care systems industries.

We can also provide exclusive A.M. Best indicators and ratios, such as:

Best's Credit Ratings: receive weekly, monthly, quarterly or annual updates from our ratings database of nearly 6,000 L/H, P/C and international insurance companies.
Best's Qualitative Analysis Report (QAR): divided into three sections - Profitability, Liquidity and Leverage - this report presents five-year trends for most of the data presented. It provides a summary of trends for significant financial ratios or variables and helps identify favorable and unfavorable trends in a company's operations.

Customer support:

A.M. Best offers start-to-finish support for customers who are interested in or who have purchased custom or standard products. We will walk you through the data selection process, beginning with a discussion of what you are trying to accomplish and ending with the selection of a product that precisely meets your needs.

But our commitment to your satisfaction doesn't end once a purchase is made. Best's unique level of access to the statement and the crosschecks enables us to answer questions and guide you in the application of the data. Our dedicated Sales, Technical Products Support and Customer Service personnel are ready to assist you at any time.