Ratings News

Ratings Recap: State Auto National, Mountain West Farm Bureau

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has placed its ‘A-‘ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on State Auto National Insurance Co. (SA National), a subsidiary of State Auto Financial Corp. and a member of SAG, on CreditWatch with negative implications. …

A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Michigan Insurance Co.

A.M. Best Co. has removed from under review with negative implications and affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a” of Michigan Insurance Co. based in Grand Rapids, Mich. The outlook assigned to both …

S&P Affirms ING’s Ratings; Removed from CreditWatch; Outlook Negative

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has affirmed its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on various operating insurance subsidiaries of ING Groep N.V. (ING) and its ‘A-/A-2’ counterparty credit ratings on Netherlands-based insurance holding company ING Verzekeringen N.V. …

A.M. Best Downgrades Michigan Commercial Insurance Mutual

A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating to “bbb” from “a-” of Michigan Commercial Insurance Mutual (MCIM) in Lansing, Mich. The outlook for both ratings has been revised …

S&P Withdraws GenRe UK’s Ratings After Restructuring

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has withdrawn its ‘AA+’ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on General Reinsurance UK Ltd. (GRUK). “This rating action follows the transfer of all assets and liabilities of GRUK to an affiliate, the U.K. branch …

Best Affirms Aviva USA, Subsidiaries Ratings; Outlook Revised to Positive

A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a+” of Iowa-based Aviva Life and Annuity Company (ALAC) and its wholly owned subsidiary, Aviva Life and Annuity Company of New …

Ratings Roundup: China Taiping (NZ), BEST RE (Malaysia)

A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘B++’ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb” of China Taiping Insurance (New Zealand) Company Limited (CTPNZ), both with stable outlooks. The ratings reflect CTPNZ’s “adequate risk-adjusted capitalization, notable improvement …

Ratings: Cherokee/Oakland, Wayne Mutual, Executive, United Fire, Mercer

A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating to ‘A’ (Excellent) from ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) to “a” from “a-” of Cherokee Insurance Company. In addition Best has upgraded the ICR to “bbb” from “bbb-” of …

A.M. Best Upgrades Wisconsin’s 1st Auto & Casualty Insurance Co.

A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to B++ (Good) from B+ (Good) and issuer credit rating (ICR) to “bbb” from “bbb-” of 1st Auto & Casualty Insurance Company (1st Auto). These rating actions are based on …

Best Revises Aviva and Subs Outlook to Positive; Affirms Ratings

A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has revised the outlook to positive from stable and affirmed the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” of the UK-Based non-operating holding company, Aviva plc. Best also affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) …