Best Withdraws ‘Public Data’ Ratings on UK Insurance Companies

A.M. Best Co. announced that it has “withdrawn all public data (pd) ratings on UK insurance companies. Best last reveiwed the listed companies in December 2007.

The financial strength ratings (FSR) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of the following companies have been withdrawn. An NR-5 (Not Formally Followed) has been assigned to the FSRs and an “nr” to the ICRs:
— Automobile Association Underwriting Services Limited
— AXA Insurance UK plc
— AXA PPP Healthcare Limited
— AXA Sun Life plc
— BUPA Insurance Limited
— Canada Life Limited
— Cardrow Insurance Limited
— Churchill Insurance Company Limited
— Clerical Medical Investment Group Limited
— Co-operative Insurance Society Limited
— Direct Line Insurance plc
— Domestic and General Insurance PLC
— esure Insurance Limited
— Fortis Insurance Limited
— Friends Provident Life and Pensions Limited
— Halifax Life Limited
— Hamilton Insurance Company Limited
— Highway Insurance Company Limited
— HSBC Insurance (UK) Limited
— HSBC Life (UK) Limited
— Liverpool Victoria Insurance Company Limited
— Liverpool Victoria Life Company Ltd
— Lloyds TSB General Insurance Limited
— Marine and General Mutual Life Assurance Society
— Merchant Investors Assurance Company Limited
— MMA Insurance plc
— National Westminster Life Assurance Limited
— Nationwide Life Limited
— Provident Insurance plc
— The Royal London Mutual Insurance Society Limited
— Royal Scottish Assurance Plc
— Scottish Equitable plc
— Scottish Widows plc
— Standard Life Assurance Limited
— St Andrew’s Insurance plc
— Sterling Insurance Company Limited
— The National Farmers Union Mutual Insurance Society Limited
— The National Insurance and Guarantee Corporation Limited
— UK Insurance Limited
— Wesleyan Assurance Society
— Western Provident Association Limited
— Winterthur Life UK Limited

Source: A.M. Best – www.ambest.com