A.M. Best is a leading provider of ratings, financial data and news with a specialist focus on the worldwide insurance industry. Best’s Credit Ratings are recognised as the benchmark for assessing the financial strength of insurance-related organisations and the credit quality of their obligations.

In recent years, A.M. Best has greatly expanded its coverage in MENA, becoming the pre-eminent rating agency for insurers in the region. A.M. Best’s MENA, South & Central Asia office, is established in the Dubai International Financial Centre, to service clients throughout the region, and develop new relationships.

Overview

• Established in the US in 1899 and pioneered the concept of insurer Financial Strength Ratings (FSR) in 1906
• Worldwide headquarters in New Jersey, U.S.; regional centres in London (serving Europe, Middle East & Africa), Hong Kong & Singapore (serving Asia Pacific & Oceania) and Mexico City (serving Latin America). Representative office in Dubai (serving MENA, South & Central Asia)
• Only international rating agency dedicated to the (re) insurance sector
• World’s leading provider of insurer Financial Strength Ratings by company coverage
• Full-service global ratings capabilities
• Over 3,500 ratings in 85 countries worldwide
• Extensive marketing and publishing capability to promote corporate ratings in local and international insurance markets
• Largest and most comprehensive insurance database providing unique insights by segment and line of business
• Data and research covering over 16,000 insurance companies worldwide

Market Coverage
Insurance-related companies operating in various markets, including:

• Property/casualty (non-life) insurers
• Life insurers and annuity writers
• Health insurers
• Reinsurers
• Mutual insurers and Protection & Indemnity (P&I) clubs
• Lloyd’s and its syndicates
• Takaful, Re-takaful and co-operative insurers
• New company formations (“start-ups”)
• Alternative Risk-Transfer (ART) vehicles (including captives, pools and risk retention groups)
• Catastrophe bond issuers and other Insurance-Linked Securitisations (ILS)

A.M. Best is twice winner of the “International Best Rating Agency” as part of the International Takaful Awards (2015-2016); won Reactions award for “Best Global Rating Agency” for seven consecutive years (2009-2015) and received the “Intelligent Insurer Best Rating Agency Award” for four years (2012-2015).

The Global Symbol of Financial Strength

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