BCAR News
A.M. Best Puts Carriers, Reinsurers on Review in Conjunction with BCRM Update
Insurance rating agency A.M. Best announced the publication of the updated Best's Credit Rating Methodology (BCRM) on Friday, and also announced the names of several insurance and reinsurance groups ...
A.M. Best Unveils Drafts of New BCAR, Methodology; Q1 2017 Target for Final
On Thursday, A.M. Best published proposed revisions to its core credit rating methodology and to its U.S. property/casualty capital adequacy ratio, targeting a first-quarter 2017 date for the actual ...
Understanding A.M. Best’s New Capital Model: Matthew Mosher Q&A (Part 2)
A.M. Best is overhauling the calculation of the Best's Capital Adequacy Ratio used in its assessments of insurer capital strength. In part 1 of an interview with Carrier Management, Matthew Mosher, ...
BCAR Revisited: Understanding A.M. Best’s New Model
Carriers can toss out old playbooks that helped them map financial metrics into A.M. Best ratings, according to rating agency analysts, who are putting finishing touches on a new capital adequacy ...
A.M. Best Updates Capital Model Progress
With the rollout of a new capital model set for second-quarter 2016, A.M. Best analysts have made a key decision concerning a statistical metric they will use to calculate risk charges—a decision ...