Understanding insurer ratings

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      <subfield code="a">A.M. Best Co., Standar and Poor's, Mody's Investors Service, Fith Ratings and Weiss Research, Inc, are the mesurance rating agencies in the business. They provide an informative view of what information is considered when evaluating an insurer's financial strength and its abiblity to pay policyholder obligations or claims. They consider the overall financial strength of an insurance company, its filed financial stratements, level of capitalization, level of surplus relative to its level of risk underwriting and investments</subfield>
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