MARC has affirmed its insurer financial strength rating of AA+ with a stable outlook on Bermuda-based International General Insurance Co. Ltd. (IGI). The rating is based on Malaysia’s national scale. The affirmed rating is mainly driven by IGI’s well-diversified underwriting portfolio across business lines and geographies and a strong capitalisation level to support growth. These strength...

MARC has affirmed its insurer financial strength rating of AA+ with a stable outlook on International General Insurance Co Ltd (IGI). The rating affirmation is driven by IGI’s healthy capitalisation, sound liquidity profile and a well-diversified underwriting portfolio that has been able to withstand the impact of catastrophic events in 2017. IGI is a specialty insurer with total assets of...

MARC has affirmed its insurer financial strength rating of AA+ with a stable outlook on International General Insurance Co Ltd (IGI). The rating affirmation reflects IGI’s strong capitalisation level and prudent reserving policy as well as proactive underwriting approach that have enabled the insurer to withstand the impact from periodic catastrophic events. Moderating the rating are the i...

MARC has affirmed the insurer financial strength rating of AA+ on Bermuda-based International General Insurance Co. Ltd. (IGI) with a stable outlook. The rating is based on Malaysia’s national rating scale. The rating affirmation mainly reflects IGI’s strong capitalisation level and well-diversified portfolio, underpinned by a prudent underwriting approach. The rating is moderated by IGI’s ...

MARC has affirmed its insurer financial strength rating of AA- on Luxembourg-based FWU Life Insurance Lux S.A. (FWU Life) (formerly known as Atlanticlux Lebensversicherung S.A.). The outlook on the rating has been revised to stable from developing. The outlook revision follows the merger cancellation between FWU Life and Skandia Lebensversicherung AG (Skandia Austria). The parent company, FW...

MARC has affirmed its insurer financial strength rating of AA+ on Bermuda-based International General Insurance Co. Ltd. (IGI) with a stable outlook. The rating is based on Malaysia’s national rating scale. The rating affirmation reflects mainly IGI’s strong capitalisation level and well-diversified portfolio, underpinned by a prudent underwriting approach. The rating is moderated by IGI’s ...

MARC has affirmed its insurer financial strength rating of AA- on Luxembourg-based Atlanticlux Lebensversicherung S.A. (ATL). The rating is based on the Malaysian national rating scale. The affirmed rating reflects ATL’s low business risk of primarily underwriting unit-linked life insurances, its low retention of mortality risk and steady profitability track record. These positive factors are m...

MARC has assigned an insurer financial strength rating of AA+ to Bermuda-based International General Insurance Co. Ltd. (IGI). The outlook on the rating is stable. The assigned rating reflects MARC’s assessment on the ability of IGI to meet its insurance obligations on Malaysia’s national rating scale. The rating considers IGI’s competitive underwriting capabilities, diverse bu...

MARC has affirmed its insurer financial strength rating of AA- on the Malaysian national rating scale on life insurer Atlanticlux Lebensversicherung S.A. (ATL). The outlook on the rating is stable. The affirmed rating is underpinned by ATL’s focus on underwriting relatively low-risk unit-linked life policies and maintaining a low retention of mortality risk. The rating is moderated by ATL&...

MARC has assigned an insurer financial strength of AA- on Malaysia’s national rating scale to Luxembourg-based Atlanticlux Lebensversicherung S.A. (ATL). The primary driver for the rating is ATL’s focus on writing relatively low-risk unit-linked life policies and the life insurer’s low retention of mortality risks and guarantee risk on unit-linked business with guarantees. ATL sa...