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Results

The interactive Results grid displays company lists matching search results generated from BestLink search pages. View Results from Basic Search, Advanced Search, Officers and Directors Search, Company List Manager or Company Browse search criteria. The Results page also displays company lists that users can load directly into the grid using the Select Company List feature. This feature supports all list types -- custom, shared, criteria and standard.

The companies resulting from a search are placed in a temporary custom company list called - Search Results - . Therefore, users who choose to load a list into the Results grid will still be able to load a prior search back into the grid by going to Select Company List and clicking on the - Search Results - under Custom Company Lists.

Access the Results page from the Main Menu, Search menu, Manage Lists menu, or from the View Results option available after running a search using one of the options listed above.

    1. Click the Modify Search text link to modify your search criteria. Basic Search opens with the previously selected criteria.

    2. Click the Modify/Save Search text link, when applicable to return to Advanced Search and save or edit your previously searched criteria.

    3. Click the New Search text link to begin a new search.

    4. Click the Corporate Changes Search text link when displayed to access corporate changes going back to 1819.  This option is available when the searched criteria is based on company name or company number.

    1. Select Company List - from the Company List Selection pop-up select from the following:

Notes:

      • We recommend that you add related companies to a list before any sorting is done, thereby allowing groups and members of those groups to appear together within the grid.

      • The sort order within the grid is changed to the follow the Ultimate Parent Name / Group Name / Rating Unit Name sort order when adding any of the items in the Additional Related Companies feature.

    • Ultimate Parent - Identifies the topmost entity based on AM Best's analysis of the overall corporate structure and ownership.

    • Groups - Consolidation or grouping of related companies. For US Groups, this information is assigned for related companies that file the same financial statement type.

    • Rating Unit - Assigned to identify either individual insurers or a consolidation of member companies that are rated as a single entity.

    • Members of Rating Units - Rated entities that fall under a given Rating Unit.
      For Example: A rated entity, XYZ Insurance Co., is one of the consolidated member companies of, XYZ Insurance World Inc., its Rating Unit.

    • Members of Groups - Related entities that are part of an AMB Group.

Take Results to:

  1. Quickly navigate to the features available in BestLink. Access is subscription based.

  1. Click the Go button to take your results to the selected destination. If you have made changes to the original search results you will be promoted to confirm that your search results will be overwritten with your selections. If you do not wish to overwrite your results you can save the results as a custom company list.