AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings of RSUI Group’s Members

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A++ (Superior) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICRs) of “aa+” (Superior) of RSUI Indemnity Company and its reinsured subsidiaries, collectively referred to as RSUI Group (RSUI). RSUI Group is headquartered in Atlanta, GA. The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable. (Please see below for a detailed listing of the companies and their ratings.)

The ratings of RSUI reflect its balance sheet strength, which AM Best assesses as strongest, as well as its strong operating performance, favorable business profile and appropriate enterprise risk management. The ratings also reflect implicit and explicit support provided by its ultimate parent company, Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

RSUI has kept its risk-adjusted capitalization at the strongest level, as measured by Best’s Capital Adequacy Ratio (BCAR), despite the continuous payment of significant dividends and the impact of unrealized investment losses two years ago. RSUI continues to reserve conservatively and to report favorable loss reserve development, as it has done for more than 10 consecutive years. The group’s balance sheet strength assessment also benefits from significant internal reinsurance support provided by one of its affiliated companies, National Indemnity Company, as well as from the vast financial flexibility of, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. AM Best expects that over time, RSUI’s investment portfolio, which is currently heavily weighted toward U.S. Treasury bills, will see an increase in allocations to common stocks with high intrinsic value, in accordance with Berkshire Hathaway Inc.’s investment philosophy.

The group’s overall operating performance has exceeded AM Best’s surplus lines industry composite for a prolonged period. Operating performance continued its favorable trend, mostly driven by low loss ratios and higher net investment income, which benefits from the effects of high interest rates on its short duration portfolio. RSUI’s favorable business profile assessment reflects the group’s track record of maintaining a market-leading position and better-than-peer results in the competitive surplus lines market through hard and soft market cycles.

The FSR of A++ (Superior) and the Long-Term ICRs of “aa+” (Superior) have been affirmed with stable outlooks for the following members of RSUI Group:

• RSUI Indemnity Company
• Landmark American Insurance Company
• Covington Specialty Insurance Company

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