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Best's Statement File - United Kingdom

Get Financial Services Authority (FSA) regulatory returns data and analysis for Life and Non-Life insurers operating in the United Kingdom, in an easy-to-navigate software package that makes performance tracking and assessment simple and efficient.

Use this product to:

• Research and compare specific insurers or reinsurers.
• Coming Soon: Access the latest financial data online with BestLink^® without the need to install new software.
• Perform peer and market-trend analysis on a comparable and consistent basis.
• View company-specific or main Non-Life business lines to track claims development, or create and view combined lines of business.
• Access PDF copies of original FSA returns.
• Create graphical representations of your analysis without leaving the system, which lets your work flow more smoothly.
• Create and print custom reports for individual countries.
• Integrate the latest rating and financial data into your custom research projects using BestLink for Excel, which pulls online data directly into Excel spreadsheets.

• Easily export data to other applications.

Your purchase includes:

• Coming Soon: BestLink, which gives you direct online access to the latest financial and rating data via your web browser
• A CD-ROM with two databases of insurers, Life and Non-Life, which contain data from the 1983, 1996 and 2005 Regulation formats, complete with source references
• In the Non-Life database:
  • Returns data going back to 1988 for more than 600 U.K. general insurers and reinsurers
  • DTI/HMT/FSA returns data from all cells of all forms, from 1981 onward
• In the Life database:
  • Returns data for more than 300 U.K. Life Insurance Offices and 33 Friendly Societies, backdated to 1988 and 1996, respectively
  • DTI/HMT/FSA returns data from all cells of all forms, for multiple years
  • Exhaustive report and analysis options, including Summary, Revenue Account, New Business, Surplus, Assets and Solvency
• Comprehensive analysis capabilities, including as-filed regulatory returns data, in-depth company analysis, multicompany tabulated reports and access to PDF copies of complete FSA returns
• An Excel Add-In that lets you create reports and analysis in your own spreadsheets
• BestLink for Excel, which lets you download the latest online financial and rating data via Excel
• Best's Financial Strength Ratings and text summary
• A Ratio Builder that lets you create ratios and reports to your specifications
• Best's Review - Digital, one subscription per user
• BestWeek Online, one subscription per order
• BestAlert Service, A.M. Best's company-tracking system

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Includes BestAlert Service, A.M. Best Company's notification and tracking service. Registered customers have the ability to track and receive notice of selected insurance company rating changes, related news and other company-specific information.

Year First Published: 2006
Published: Frequently
Contains Best's Ratings: Yes
Phone orders: In the U.S. call (908) 439-2200 ext. 5803 (Sales Support). In Europe call +44 (0)20 7397 0290.
Multi-seat inquiries, including organization-wide access: In the U.S. call (908) 439-2200 ext. 5803 (Sales Support). In Europe call +44 (0)20 7397 0290.
ISBN: 978-1-934301-85-2

Need additional data? Contact A.M. Best's Custom Data Services team for your special needs. With access to decades of filings, historical rating information and the ability to aggregate financial information by a variety of criteria, a solution is only a phone call away. (908) 439-2200 ext. 5383.

A.M. Best Data: Clean. Complete. Accurate.

1. No data provider can equal the accuracy, scope or value of information from A.M. Best. We collect quarterly and annual statement data from more than 6,000 companies -- Property/Casualty and Life/Health companies, HMOs, alternative market entities and others -- and perform exhaustive tests and cross-checks for accuracy.
2. Historical information is presented in 'as is' format, meaning it reflects today's ownership structures. Each company is identified in a way that allows us to track its development through changes in ownership or structure.
3. Financial information for groups and major industry segments are presented in consolidated format, information that is not available elsewhere.
4. Many of our publications include qualitative analysis of insurance company and industry performance, as well as unique, value-added indicators such as Best's Ratings and Profitability, Leverage and Liquidity ratios.

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