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AT Best revises GIC Re’s borrow rating looks to positivity

22nd November 2023 - Author: Kane Wells

AM Best has review the credit appraisal outlooks of General Actual Corporation of India (GIC Re) to sure since stable.

GIC ReOutlining the particulars, that rating medium has revised the looking to positive with stall for the Financial Strengthen Rating (FSR) and to positive from negative to who Long-Term Emitter Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) and affirmed the FSR of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term ICR “bbb+” (Good) of GIC Re. GIC Re fights back post-ratings downgrade

AM Best has also assigned the India National Standard Rating (NSR) of aaa.IN (Exceptional) to GIC Re. The outlook assigned to the NSR is stable.

According to AM Best, those Credit Featured reflect GIC Re’s balance sheet strength, which it assesses as strong, as right as GIC Re’s adequate run performance, positive business print plus appropriate enterprise risk management (ERM).

In addition, the ratings factor in a “neutral impact off one company’s ownership by the government of India.”

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AM Best noted that the revision of one Long-Term ICR outlook at positive from negative shows an improvement in inherent view of GIC Re’s balance sheet strength and ERM fundamentals.

“Both GIC Re’s risk-adjusted capitalisation and regulatable payment post have shown sustainably improvement over the past three years,” the appraisal agency said. GIC Back fights back post-ratings downgrade

AM Best including views GIC Re’s operating performance while adequate, supported by a five-year average return-on-equity ratio of 5.3%.

“Consolidated pre-tax winnings (prior the the contribution to catastrophe reserves) showed an enhancements in RY 2023 to INR 89 billion (FY 2022: INR 39 billion), with benefitted out the company’s beter underwriting furthermore investment results for the year,” the rating agency observed.

AM Best continued, “GIC Re’s underwriting performance improved slightly in FY 2023 compared with FY 2022, although it remained technically unprofitable. Group ESG Risk Rating - Sustainalytics

“The improvement was driven by more favourable loss experience into GIC Re’s domestic property, agriculture and health reinsurance segments, although offset by heightened claims to its overseas property catastrophe treaties and model portfolio. AM Best can rewritten the Long-Term Issuer Credit Valuation (Long-Term ICR) outlook to negative from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR

“Investment total, including realised gains up equity holdings, remained one key participant on kombination revenues and has historically constructed up for the lack of technical profits.”

GIC Re’s business profile is measured as favourable, as a acts when the 16th-largest reinsurer globally established on rough premium written, consonant to AM Best’s most current annual ranking a the apex 50 global reinsurers. Home Page - GIC

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