AM Best Online Help

Basic Search

Quickly locate companies by company identification, business type, consolidation type, country of domicile, and AM Best's Ratings. Select the Advanced Search text link to locate companies using financial data.

Note: Rating-related information displayed for AM Best Rating Units identified with a (G) or (SG) in the Company Name are derived from its legal entity group members.

Note: Searching  by company name will also populate AMB trade names in the results.

 

Access Basic Search from the Search menu or More Search Options text link located under the Find a Company search box.

 

1. Select the search criteria by using any combination of the following options:
   Note: Do not include hyphens when searching by FEIN or AIIN numbers.

   • Main Population - Find only companies that are in business, or search for all companies regardless of business status. Companies in business is set as the default option.

   • • Additional Options: Use the following filters to further limit your results to AMB Rating Units, AMB Rated Legal Entities, companies with National Scale Rating Entities or Rating EU or UK Endorsed that match your criteria.

   • Optional Filters: Use optional filters to further refine your search based on specific company information, Best's Credit Ratings, geographic location, or general company attribute(s).

   • • Company Information - Enter the desired search criteria:

     • • Company NameCompany Name

         • Starts With

         • Contains

         • Words Starting With

         • Words Containing

         • Words Exactly Match

         • Any Value

       • Company IDCompany ID

         • AMB Number

         • AMB Group Number

         • AMB Parent Number

         • AMB Ultimate Parent Number

         • AMB Entity Number

         • NAIC Number

         • FEIN Number

         • AIIN Number

         • Legal Entity Identifier

         • National Registration Number

     • Best's Credit Ratings - Search for companies using any of the following options below:

     • • Rating

       • • Guide to Financial Strength Rating - (FSR)

         • Guide to Issuer Credit Rating - Long - Term (ICR)

         • Guide to Issuer Credit Rating - Short Term (ICR)

       • Outlook/Implication

       • Modifier

       • Rating Action

       • Rating Category

       • Rating Effective date

1. 1. • Domiciled - Find companies specific to a state or territory, or extend your search to include countries or regions.

      • • U.S. States & Territories / Canadian Provinces

        • Country

        • Regions

      • Company Attributes

      • • Business TypeBusiness Type - Defines the type of business that a company conducts.

          • Composite

          • Health

          • Life, Annuity, and Accident

          • Multi-Line

          • Property/Casualty

          • Title

        • Entity TypeEntity Type - Describes the company's operations.

          • Data Consolidation

          • Funding Entity

          • Holding Company

          • Intermediate Holding Company

          • Operating Company

          • Syndicate

        • Consolidation TypeConsolidation Type - Defines an entity's affiliation as per its Corporate Structure (which is defined based on ownership).

          • AMB Consolidated Group

          • AMB Consolidated Sub-group

          • Affiliated Single Company

          • Branch

          • Combined

          • Company Consolidated Sub-group

          • Company Consolidation

          • Industry Total/Sub-Total

          • Separate Account, Segregated Account or Segregated Cell

          • Unaffiliated Single Company

2. Use the following options to decide how you would like to view the companies that match your search criteria.

   • Click the View Result button to locate companies that match the selected criteria.

   • Take Results To option allows you to take the search results to a specific search results pages such as company overview, product specific wizards, standard reports or product specific profiles.

   • Click the Clear button to clear all search criteria.

   • View the number of hits that match your search criteria when Calculate Total Hits is selected.

 

If only one company matches the search, the Review Company page displays. If multiple companies match the search performed, the Results page displays.

The companies are placed in a temporary list that are displayed on the Results page.