About AM Best
A global credit rating agency, news publisher, and data analytics provider specializing strictly in the insurance industry. Its financial strength ratings (FSR) serve as the benchmark standard for evaluating the creditworthiness and stability of risk carriers globally.
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ROE for US P&C insurers reached decade high level in 2025: AM Best
A new AM Best report has revealed that the return-on-equity for U.S. property & casualty (P&C) insurers reached a decade high level of 14.97% in 2025, while the cost of equity held relatively steady at 8.18%. Despite early-year challenges for P&C insurers, with the California wildfires causing extensive damage in January, a relatively benign hurricane […] The post ROE for US P&C insurers reached decade high level in 2025: AM Best appeared first on ReinsuranceNe.ws.
Hamilton Select Insurance gets ratings upgrade from AM Best
Credit ratings agency AM Best has upgraded the Financial Strength Rating of Hamilton Select Insurance, Inc., the US excess and surplus (E&S) lines underwriting platform of Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer, Hamilton Insurance Group Ltd., to “A” (Excellent), with a stable outlook. AM Best explained that this ratings upgrade is primarily driven by Hamilton Select Insurance’s […] The post Hamilton Select Insurance gets ratings upgrade from AM Best appeared first on ReinsuranceNe.ws.
AM Best Downgrades Credit Ratings of Arrow Mutual of Massachusetts
AM Best has downgraded the credit ratings of Massachusetts-based workers’ compensation carrier Arrow Mutual Liability Insurance Co. The ratings firm downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating to “bbb+” (Good) …
AM Best upgrades MS Reinsurance’s issuer credit rating
AM Best has upgraded MS Amlin AG’s (MS Reinsurance) (Switzerland) Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “aa” (Superior) from “aa-” (Superior) and affirmed its Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A+ (Superior). The company is a subsidiary of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Company, Limited (MSI). MS Reinsurance has expanded in recent years and now represents a […] The post AM Best upgrades MS Reinsurance’s issuer credit rating appeared first on ReinsuranceNe.ws.