OLDWICK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE/AETOSWire)– AM Bestis requesting comments from market participants in the insurance industry and other interested parties on the updated draft criteria procedure, “AM Best’s Ratings on a National Scale”, to be known as “Best’s National Scale Ratings” which is available on the methodology section of AM Best’s website until no later than March 28, 2023.
The revisions to Best’s National Scale Ratings (NSRs) include the introduction of NSRs for five countries: Egypt, India, Indonesia, Philippines, and Vietnam. These new NSRs will allow greater differentiation amongst insurance participants in their respective markets. The mappings of the new tables from the global Issuer Credit Rating (ICR) to the NSR is included in the updated draft rating criteria. To denote the difference between a global ICR and Best’s NSR, the NSR will have an “.XX” where XX represents a two-letter country code.
A Best’s NSR is a relative opinion of an insurance company’s financial strength within a single country. NSRs are constructed based on the financial characteristics of (re)insurers that are domiciled in the country, and to an extent, mitigate country-specific limiting factors in the global rating analysis. The draft criteria procedure update is available on the methodology section of AM Best’s website until no later than March 28, 2023.
AM Best does not expect the revisions to Best’s NSR to impact any published credit ratings. At present, AM Best only issues NSRs in Mexico.
AM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specializing in the insurance industry. Headquartered in the United States, the company does business in over 100 countries with regional offices in London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mexico City.
