Bond & Stock Rating News

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA assigns a long-term rating of AA to the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA) Second Lien Dedicated Revenue Bond, Series 2025A. Concurrently, KBRA affirms the AA rating on outstanding parity Second Lien Dedicated Revenue Bonds, and affirms the AA+ rating on outstanding Dedicated Revenue Bonds (Senior Lien). The Outlook is Stable. Key Credit Considerations The rating was assigned because of the following key credit considerations: Credit Positives...

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best has revised the outlook to positive from stable for the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term ICRs of “bbb” (Good) of Florida Family Insurance Company and its subsidiary, Florida Family Home Insurance Company, which together make up the two pool members of Florida Family Group (Florida Family). The outlook of the FSR is stable. Both companies are domiciled in Bonita...

MEXICO CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of Seguros El Roble, S.A. (El Roble) (Guatemala). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is positive. The ratings reflect El Roble’s balance sheet strength, which AM Best assesses as strongest, as well as its strong operating performance, neutral business profile and appropriate enterprise risk management (ERM). The positive outlook...

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best has affirmed the Long-Term Issue Credit Rating (Long-Term IR) of “a” (Excellent) on the $846 million (of which $450 million remained outstanding as of March 31, 2025), 6.00% Series Hannover, No. 1 variable funding credit-linked note (Block 1 CLN), due July 1, 2038, issued by Weston2038 LLC (Weston2038), a Delaware limited liability company (issuer). Concurrently, AM Best has affirmed the Long-Term IR of “a” (Excellent) on the $433 million (which upsized t...

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating to A- (Excellent) from A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings to “a-” (Excellent) from “a” (Excellent) of Indiana Farmers Mutual Insurance Company and Indiana Farmers Indemnity Insurance Company. These companies are collectively referred to as Indiana Farmers Insurance Group (Indiana Farmers) and are domiciled in Indianapolis, IN. The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) has been revised to...

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) to Calais Reciprocal Insurance Exchange (CIE) (Springfield, IL). Concurrently, AM Best has assigned a Long-Term Issue Credit Rating of “bbb” (Good) to the $85 million, 7% surplus notes, due May 2040, and the $15 million, 7.0% surplus notes, due May 2040 issued by CIE. The outlook assigned to these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable. The rati...

AMSTERDAM--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) of ERIKA Försäkringsaktiebolag (publ) (Erika) (Sweden). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable. The ratings reflect Erika’s balance sheet strength, which AM Best assesses as very strong, as well as its strong operating performance, limited business profile and appropriate enterprise risk management. Erika’s strongest level o...

SINGAPORE--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent), the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) and the Indonesia National Scale Rating (NSR) of aaa.ID (Exceptional) of PT Asuransi Astra Buana (Asuransi Astra) (Indonesia). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable. The ratings reflect Asuransi Astra’s balance sheet strength, which AM Best assesses as very strong, as well as its strong operating performance, neutral bus...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA assigns a long-term rating of AA+ to the City of El Paso, TX General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2025. KBRA additionally affirms the long term rating of AA+ for the City's outstanding General Obligation Bonds and Combination Tax and Revenue Certificates of Obligation. The rating Outlook is Stable. Key Credit Considerations The rating actions reflect the following key credit considerations: Credit Positives Total unassigned and committed general fund balanc...

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--KBRA assigns preliminary ratings to six classes of refinancing notes issued by Hildene TruPS Securitization 3, Ltd. (HITR3), a securitization backed by a portfolio of bank and insurance TruPS CDO assets. The transaction originally closed in June 2020 as Hildene TruPS Securitization 2020-3 Ltd and had an initial refinancing in August 2021. This transaction will include an upsize of $43.7 million of new assets and resets the terms of the securitization including the sta...