The Founder
Caldwell, N.J.
Where was he born in 1876?
First published in 1929 listing lawyers who had given satisfactory service to reputable insurance companies.
What is Best's Recommended Insurance Attorneys?
In 1900, a compilation of credit reports on property/casualty insurers.
What is Best's Insurance Reports P/C?
100-year anniversary.
What is 1999?
An online service available exclusively to public and academic libraries.
What is Best’s Library Center (launched in 2010)?
Junior Clerk
What was his first position in the industry?
A comprehensive directory of the top independent adjusting firms in the United States first published in 1931.
What is Best's Directory of Adjusters and Investigators?
1905
When did we develop the first insurance company credit ratings?
Current global headquarters.
What is Oldwick?
(Circa 1974)
Desktop application for US property/casualty companies.
What is Best’s Capital Adequacy Ratio Model – P/C, US (launched in 2008)?
1899
When was his company founded?
America's pioneer safety magazine, established in 1901 and devoted to the promotion of health and prevention of accidents in industry and accident prevention on the highways, in the home, etc.
What is Safety Engineering that we acquired in 1936?
At-a-glance snapshot of an insurer’s underwriting performance used in assessing insurer financial strength.
What is the 1912 introduction of the Combined Ratio?
London
Where is A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Ltd. and A.M. Best Europe located?
(Circa 1997)
Introduced Best’s Loss Control Reports.
What is 1968?
Covered only "surplus line" concerns.
What was in his first Key Rating book (circa 1906)?
1940
What was the year we produced the first volume of Best's Aggregates and Averages?
Insurance Man of the Year by the Federation of Insurance Counsel.
Who is our founder?
A forum where insurance industry leaders address key issues and trends.
What is the Review & Preview Conference?
Electronic statement preparation software.
What is BestESP?
(Launched in 1986.)
Magilton
What is his middle name?
Flitcraft, Inc.
What did we assume in 1947, which publishes two volumes and a monthly paper, all devoted exclusively to life insurance matters?
In 1984 this online access platform was introduced.
What is BestLink?
Insurance Media Association’s Insurance Media Hall of Fame inductee.
Who is our founder?
(2008 – posthumously)
2019
When did Best’s Insurance Reports transition to online delivery exclusively?
(After 120 years of publication.)