OLDWICK, N.J. - (Business Wire) A.M. Best Co. has released the fifth edition of The Guide to Understanding the Insurance Industry 2009-2010. Showcasing exclusive proprietary information from A.M. Best’s extensive line of insurance information products, The Guide to Understanding the Insurance Industry 2009-2010 is an illustrated, easy-to-read handbook that looks at today’s insurance business environment in the context of how the industry has performed over the past 10 years.
The Guide to Understanding the Insurance Industry 2009-2010 is available for purchase online at The Insurance Book Store (www.insurancebookstore.com) and Amazon.com (www.amazon.com).
The guide is packed with 56 pages of charts and graphs that explore — in a colorful and concise way — the vital signs of financially fit insurance companies. It is a handy reference for industry-current trends and terminology, and a comprehensive resource that focuses on the many lines of business within the property/casualty, life, health and reinsurance industries, with rankings of top writers.
The guide also highlights information on the following:
- captive domiciles;
- solvency and ratings;
- A.M. Best stock indexes;
- how insurance is sold and regulated; and
- how catastrophes affect the industry.
The guide is an excellent resource for reports, speeches and presentations, and is appropriate as a gift for new employees, board members, customers or anyone who wants to gain a better understanding of how the insurance industry works.
For additional information about this and other books in the A.M. Best Guide Series, including The Guide to Understanding Insurance Marketing and a new edition of The Guide to Understanding Insurance Ratings, please visit guides.ambest.com. A.M. Best guides also are available at Abe Books (www.abebooks.com) and Alibris (www.alibris.com).
Founded in 1899, A.M. Best Company is a global full-service credit rating organization dedicated to serving the financial and health care service industries, including insurance companies, banks, hospitals and health care system providers. For more information, visit www.ambest.com.
A.M. Best
Marilyn Ostermiller, 908-439-2200, ext. 5562
Assistant Vice President, Communications
marilyn.ostermiller@ambest.com
