AM Best operates globally as an insurance sector specialist rating agency and currently rates companies in 25 countries across Asia Pacific. AM Best opened the Hong Kong office in 2000 and Singapore in 2015.
We are the leading provider of ratings, financial data and news with a specialist focus on the worldwide insurance industry. Best’s Credit Ratings are a recognised tool for assessing the financial strength of insurance-related organisations and the credit quality of their obligations.
Established in the U.S. in 1899 and pioneered the concept of financial strength ratings in 1906 Worldwide headquarters in New Jersey, U.S.;
Regional centres in London and Amsterdam (serving Europe, Middle East and Africa), Hong Kong and Singapore (serving Asia Pacific and Oceania) and Mexico City (serving Latin America); representative office located in Dubai (serving MENA, South and Central Asia);
Full-service global ratings capabilities;
World’s leading provider of insurer Financial Strength Ratings (FSRs) by company coverage;
Interactive ratings coverage exceeding 3,500 companies, including 200+ captives, in over 90 countries;
Key rating agency used by global broker security teams;
Financial data and research covering more than 17,000 (re)insurance companies worldwide;
Largest and most comprehensive insurance database providing unique insights by segment and line of business;
Publishers of frequent specialised reports on global insurance industry issues, including sector, company and geographic regional analysis. Extensive global insurance news delivery and resources
As the only international rating agency dedicated to the insurance industry, AM Best’s market coverage includes: Property/casualty (non-life, Life and annuity insurers; Health insurers, Reinsurers, Mutuals and Protection and Indemnity (P&I) clubs, Takaful, Retakaful and co-operative insurers, Lloyd’s and its syndicates, New company formations (“start-ups”), Alternative risk transfer (ART) vehicles (including captives, pools and risk-retention groups) and Catastrophe bond issuers and other Insurance-Linked Securitisations (ILS).
For further details, please visit www.ambest.com.
Contact: Scott Ryrie, Co - CEO of A.M. Best Asia-Pacific (Singapore) Pte Ltd.