{"id":22447,"date":"2026-06-17T18:34:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?guid=62fbbec794c7070c0040e174eaf63e9a"},"modified":"2026-06-17T18:34:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-17T16:34:00","slug":"bests-special-report-bests-impairment-rate-and-rating-transition-study-1977-to-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/?p=22447","title":{"rendered":"Best\u2019s Special Report: Best\u2019s Impairment Rate and Rating Transition Study \u2014 1977 to 2025"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/insurance?src=hash\" >#insurance<\/a>--<b>AM Best\u2019s<\/b> latest special report on the long-term impairment rates of U.S.-domiciled insurance companies states that<b> <\/b>no insurers rated by AM Best became impaired in 2025.<\/p><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260617248290\/en\/828829\/5\/AM_Best_Logo.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260617248290\/en\/828829\/22\/AM_Best_Logo.jpg\" \/><\/a><br\/><a href=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260617248290\/en\/828829\/5\/AM_Best_Logo.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/mms.businesswire.com\/media\/20260617248290\/en\/828829\/21\/AM_Best_Logo.jpg\" \/><\/a><p>\nThe <i>Best\u2019s Special Report<\/i>, titled, \u201cBest\u2019s Impairment Rate and Rating Transition Study \u2014 1977 to 2025,\u201d covers 48 one-year periods from Dec. 31, 1977, to Dec. 31, 2025, and the term impairments refers to insurers that became impaired and had a Best\u2019s Financial Strength Rating or Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating at the time of impairment. AM Best designates an insurer as a financially impaired company upon the public placement of the company, via public court order or other international equivalent, into conservation, rehabilitation and\/or insolvent liquidation.<\/p><p>\nBecause weather conditions have contributed to heightened impairments in the U.S. property\/casualty industry, the report includes information about natural catastrophes that have caused impairments since 2012, with nearly all companies in this population having withdrew from the rating process prior to impairment or were never rated by AM Best. In the most recent five-year period through 2025, 22 companies became impaired due to natural catastrophes; all 13 impairments in 2021-2022 were domiciled in Florida or Louisiana and were due to hurricane losses; of the nine impairments in 2023-2025, eight were predominantly in Midwest states and driven by severe convective storm losses, with one other impairment in Florida.<\/p><p>\nTo access a copy of this report, please visit <a  href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww3.ambest.com%2Fbestweek%2Fpurchase.asp%3Frecord_code%3D365724&amp;esheet=54555964&amp;newsitemid=20260617248290&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=http%3A%2F%2Fwww3.ambest.com%2Fbestweek%2Fpurchase.asp%3Frecord_code%3D365724&amp;index=1&amp;md5=fce2a854e8814aa0d3f4d49d0512f2d3\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">http:\/\/www3.ambest.com\/bestweek\/purchase.asp?record_code=365724<\/a>.<\/p><p>\n<b>AM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specialising in the insurance industry. Headquartered in the United States, the company does business in over 100 countries with regional offices in London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mexico City. For more information, visit <\/b><a  href=\"https:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ambest.com&amp;esheet=54555964&amp;newsitemid=20260617248290&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=www.ambest.com&amp;index=2&amp;md5=598f5c15d696cdea61af03ab7efdfac2\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\"><b>www.ambest.com<\/b><\/a><b>.<\/b><\/p><p class=\"bwalignc\">\n<b>Copyright \u00a9 2026 by A.M. Best Rating Services, Inc. and\/or its affiliates.<\/b> <b>ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.<\/b><\/p><br\/> <b>Contacts<\/b> <br\/><p>\n<b>Emmanuel Modu<\/b><br\/><b>Managing Director, Global Reinsurance and Insurance-Linked Securities<\/b><br\/><b>+1 908 882 2128<\/b><br\/><a  href=\"mailto:emmanuel.modu@ambest.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">emmanuel.modu@ambest.com<\/a><br\/>\n<br\/><b>Wai Tang<\/b><br\/><b>Senior Director,<\/b><br\/><b>Insurance-Linked Securities<\/b><br\/><b>+1 908 882 2388<\/b><br\/><a  href=\"mailto:wai.tang@ambest.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">wai.tang@ambest.com<\/a><br\/>\n<br\/><b>David Mautone<\/b><br\/><b>Senior Quantitative Specialist,<\/b><br\/><b>Insurance-Linked Securities<\/b><br\/><b>+1 908 882 2098<\/b><br\/><a  href=\"mailto:david.mautone@ambest.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">david.mautone@ambest.com<\/a><br\/>\n<br\/><b>Christopher Sharkey<\/b><br\/><b>Associate Director, Public Relations<\/b><br\/><b>+1 908 882 2310<\/b><br\/><a  href=\"mailto:christopher.sharkey@ambest.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">christopher.sharkey@ambest.com<\/a><br\/>\n<br\/><b>Al Slavin<\/b><br\/><b>Senior Public Relations Specialist<\/b><br\/><b>+1 908 882 2318<\/b><br\/><a  href=\"mailto:al.slavin@ambest.com\" rel=\"nofollow\" shape=\"rect\">al.slavin@ambest.com<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>OLDWICK, N.J.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;#insurance&#8211;AM Best\u2019s latest special report on the long-term impairment rates of U.S.-domiciled insurance companies states that no insurers rated by AM Best became impaired in 2025.<br \/>\nThe Best\u2019s Special Report, titled, \u201cBe&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-infos-businesswire"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=22447"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22447\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22448,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22447\/revisions\/22448"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=22447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=22447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stocks-future.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=22447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}