BestLink for Excel Supports Insurer Schedules for Investments

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A.M. Best Co. has added BestLink^® for Excel^®, its online data-retrieval tool, to Best’s Schedule D, allowing users to download the latest financial and rating data for this schedule directly into their spreadsheets from the A.M. Best Web site.

Best’s Schedule D tracks the investments of insurance companies. In addition to BestLink for Excel, Best’s Schedule D now features access to the Hybrid Securities US database, a new component that is included with the purchase of any Best’s Schedule D product (including, Corporate Bonds, Municipal Bonds, Preferred Stocks or Common Stocks). The Hybrid Securities database compiles any stock or bond that includes an Issue Description of “Hybrid Bond/Stock,” and is available only through BestLink for Excel.

BestLink for Excel is also part of the following products:

• Best’s Statement File – U.S. (Property/Casualty, Life/Health, Health)
• Best’s State/Line (Property/Casualty Lines, Life Lines, A&H Lines, Health Lines)
• Best’s Schedule P
• Best’s Schedules F and S
• Best’s Insurance Expense Exhibit
• Best’s Statement File – Canada (Property/Casualty, Life/Health)
• Best’s Statement File – Global

For more information about BestLink for Excel, visit www.ambest.com/sales/bestlinkforexcel.pdf.

For more information about Best’s Schedule D, visit www.ambest.com/sales/scheduled.

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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.