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2022 U.S. Group Life Insurance Study, J.D. Power

After an unprecedented two years, consumers are thinking about their group life insurance coverage beyond what their employers may offer. Engagement and education fueled by solid communications is important to policyholders, according to the J.D. Power 2022 U.S. Group Life Insurance Study, released today. In fact, group life insurance satisfaction is at least 21 points higher (on a 1,000-point scale) than individual life insurance satisfaction across all comparable factors, except interaction. "One-on-one communication is a great opportunity for group life carriers to increase customer satisfaction,” said Robert Lajdziak, director of global Insurance intelligence at J.D. Power. “For...

AM Best withdraws credit ratings of Blue Cross Life Insurance, Insurance Business Canada

AM Best has withdrawn the credit ratings of Blue Cross Life Insurance Company of Canada (Blue Cross Life), after the latter said it no longer wanted to participate in AM Best’s interactive rating process. The credit rating agency had affirmed the company’s financial strength rating of A- (excellent) and a long-term issuer credit rating of a- (excellent). The outlook of these ratings is negative. The ratings reflect Blue Cross Life’s balance sheet strength, which AM Best assessed as strong. The ratings likewise show the Moncton-based firm has an adequate operating performance, neutral business profile, and appropriate enterprise risk management. Blue Cross Life specializes...

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In March 2021, A.M. Best, a global credit rating agency specializing in the insurance industry, awarded CMFG Life Insurance Company a Financial Strength Rating of “A” (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “a+.” CMFG Life underwrites TruStage® Insurance products. The ratings for CMFG Life Insurance reflect the strength of the CMFG Life’s balance sheet, its strong operating performance, neutral business profile and appropriate Enterprise Risk Management (ERM). CUNA Mutual Group first introduced TruStage Insurance Agency to offer insurance products in 2013. Its TruStage products help protect more than 20 million Americans. TruStage offers life insurance and...

The Importance of Structured Settlements, Ratings, and Approved Life Insurance Companies

AM Best, which focuses on insurance company ratings and uses an exhaustive qualitative and quantitative analysis to determine claims paying ability and financial strength, publishes a study on life insurance company solvency, from 1977 to the present. The most recent study, published in May 2021, contains a wealth of data, but a few items of note include data that highlights the long-term stability and health of insurers who are highly rated over a long period of time, and that ratings decline in the years before a carrier becomes insolvent. Thus, a company holding a high rating for a long time is the best indicator of financial stability while ratings that are in a state of decline are...

Credit ratings agency retains ‘negative outlook’ on UK’s non-life insurance sector

Credit ratings agency AM Best has this week announced that it would maintain its negative outlook on the UK’s non-life insurance sector for the coming year. As defined by the agency, a negative outlook indicates that AM Best expects overall market trends to have a negative influence on companies operating within the sector over the next 12 months. This does not mean that the outlook for all companies within the sector will be negative, clarified AM Best. It predicted that high levels of general inflation in the UK will drive up claims costs, while the ability of motor insurers to offset claims inflation with rate increases is expected to be curtailed by strong market competition. AM Best...

TEXT-S P affirms ING U.S. insurance ratings at A- , Reuters

-- We are affirming our ratings on ING U.S. Insurance and its U.S. holding companies and removing them from CreditWatch negative, where they had been placed Dec. 8, 2011. -- The affirmation reflects our prior ratings action taken when the company announced a $1.2 billion-$1.5 billion in earnings charge that would be taken in fourth-quarter 2011. -- The stable outlook reflects the favorable trend and diversity seen in the operating performance of the ongoing U.S. businesses, the reduced risk profile of the investment portfolio, and ING US Insurance’s pro forma year-end 2011 capital adequacy position as measured by our model. -- We consider the $1.5 billion letter of credit, which was put in...

Understanding Life Insurance Table Ratings, Fox Business

In life insurance lingo, a "table rating" refers to the life insurance premiums charged to people who cannot qualify for standard rates. Life insurance companies identify their tables in various ways, such as Table 1, 2, 3 and above or Table A, B, C, etc. "Table ratings can be given for medical and non-medical conditions," says Thomas Bigoski, owner of the Bigoski Insurance Agency in Gainesville, Va. "Some examples include high blood pressure, cancer, diabetes and your combined height and weight, especially obesity. Other issues could be a history of mental illness or your occupation." (See: " How much can you save on life insurance by losing weight? ") A life insurance applicant with a...

Prosperity Life Insurance Group Assigned A- (Excellent) Financial Strength Rating from A.M. Best, Prosperity

Prosperity Life Insurance Group Assigned A- (Excellent) Financial Strength Rating from A.M. Best New York, NY - May 11, 2016 - We are pleased to announce that A.M. Best has initiated its coverage of Prosperity Life Insurance Group, LLC (“Prosperity” or “Company”) by assigning a financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of “a-” to members of the Prosperity Life Insurance Group SBLI USA Life Insurance Company, Shenandoah Life Insurance Company and S.USA Life Insurance Company. The outlook assigned to the ratings is “stable”. The A-/a- ratings are given to companies that have an excellent ability to meet their ongoing insurance and senior financial obligations...

2022 life insurance ratings - 4 things you should read

2022 life insurance ratings - 4 things you should read Our Protection Product Ratings provide advisers with a valuable resource to research and check the quality of each insurers protection proposition, as well as a range of underlying features and benefits. The features and benefits that make up the overall score are based on those most commonly selected by advisers on our research tools over the last 12 months. For this reason, our ratings are a reflection of what is important to advisers and their clients. They’re not static either and throughout the year we update the scores and medals if and when insurers make improvements to their products. Today we bring you a round-up of our life...

Detailed Ladder Life Insurance Reviews, Policy Advice

Flexibility Flexible policies User Ratings Trustpilot rating of 9. Pricing Varies by different factors Availability All states except New York Ladder is a fast-growing insurance setup that offers life insurance to individuals aged from 20 to 60 years. The company was first launched in January 2017 in California and has now expanded further to all states. If you are looking for detailed Ladder life insurance reviews, you have come to the right place. Here is everything you need to know about the California-based insurance company and Diamond Award-winner, Ladder: About Ladder Ladder believes that life insurance is a basic necessity for every individual. The insurance company gives a...