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[Business Wire] – A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A- and issuer credit ratings of “a-” of American Equity Investment Life Insurance Company (American Eq View full post on Yahoo! Finance: Life Insurance Industry News

[Business Wire] – A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the issuer credit rating to “bbb-” from “bb” and the indicative debt ratings of FBL Financial Group, Inc. [NYSE: FFG]. These ratings have bee View full post on Yahoo! Finance: Life Insurance Industry News

A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘B’ (Fair) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “bb” of Illinois-based American Country Insurance Company and American Service Insurance Company, Inc. – members of the American Service Pool (ASI Pool). … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

In connection with its revision of its outlook on AIG, A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of Chartis US Insurance Group and its members and the Lexington … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to stable from negative and affirmed the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb” of American International Group. It has also revised the outlook to stable from negative and affirmed the financial strength ratings … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of ‘A-’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” to Costa Rica’s Instituto Nacional de Seguros (INS), both with stable outlooks. The ratings reflect “INS’ strong capitalization and liquidity position, diversified … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to ‘A+’ (Superior) from ‘A-’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) to “aa-” from “a-” of Montpelier US Insurance Company (MUSIC). Best also removed both ratings from under review with … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

A.M. Best Co. has placed under review with negative implications the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “aa-” of Bermuda-based Partner Reinsurance Company Ltd. and its affiliates. Best also placed under review with … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has commented that the ratings of Australia’s QBE Insurance Group Limited and its main insurance subsidiaries are unchanged following the market update issued by QBE on January 12, 2012, in which it revised its … View full post on Insurance Journal » News

A.M. Best Co. has revised the outlook to stable from positive and affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating “a-” of Hong Kong-based Taiping Reinsurance Company Limited (TPRe). Best explained that the revision of its … View full post on Insurance Journal » News