AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings of Fortegra Insurance UK Ltd.
AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings of Fortegra Insurance UK Ltd.
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 Fortegra Insurance UK Ltd. (FIUK) (United Kingdom). The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable.
The ratings of FIUK reflect the company’s balance sheet strength, which AM Best assesses as strong, as well as its adequate operating performance, limited business profile and appropriate enterprise risk management. The ratings also consider, in the form of rating lift, AM Best’s expectation that FIUK’s intermediate parent, The Fortegra Group, Inc. (Fortegra), and its ultimate parent, DB Insurance Co., Ltd., will provide financial support to the company, if needed.
FIUK’s balance sheets strength is underpinned by its risk-adjusted capitalisation, which was assessed at the strongest level for year-end 2025, as measured by Best’s Capital Adequacy Ratio (BCAR), supported by capital injections from Fortegra. AM Best expects FIUK’s risk-adjusted capitalisation to remain at least the very strong level, prospectively, based on the company’s business plans. The balance sheet strength assessment is further supported by a conservative investment strategy consisting of high credit quality fixed income securities, and capital injections from Fortegra during the start-up phase. However, as a result of FIUK’s small size and start-up nature, its balance sheet is subject to potential volatility.
AM Best assesses FIUK’s operating performance as adequate. During the first full year of operating in 2025, FIUK reported a profit after tax of GBP 3.0 million. For prospective years, FIUK projects positive technical results during the start-up phase, supported by local and group underwriting expertise as well as complemented by modest investment income.
FIUK is a United Kingdom (U.K.) incorporated start-up subsidiary of Fortegra, a U.S. insurance group specialising in program underwriting for personal and commercial lines property/casualty (P/C) business. FIUK was established in 2024, to write specialty P/C insurance business in the U.K. market. Additionally, in 2025, the company received the license to write U.S. excess & surplus (E&S) business. In 2025, the company wrote gross written premium of GBP 27.4 million through different managing general agents, which focused on surety, financial lines and property businesses, as well as U.S. E&S business.
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