AM Best Comments on Credit Ratings of Everest Group, Ltd. and Its Subsidiaries Following Recent Earnings Release
04 Febbraio 2025 - 9:37PM
Business Wire
AM Best has commented that the Financial Strength Rating
(FSR) of A+ (Superior) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings
(Long-Term ICR) of “aa-” (Superior) of the operating subsidiaries
of Everest Group, Ltd. (Bermuda) [NYSE: EG] (collectively referred
to as Everest) remain unchanged following the recent earnings
release and associated $1.7 billion of net reserve strengthening
reported. Additionally, AM Best has commented that the Long-Term
ICRs of “a-” (Excellent) of Everest Group, Ltd. and Everest
Reinsurance Holdings, Inc. (Delaware), and the Long-Term Issue
Credit Ratings (Long-Term IR) of Everest Reinsurance Holdings, Inc.
remain unchanged as well. The outlook of these Credit Ratings
(ratings) is stable.
The ratings reflect Everest’s balance sheet strength, which AM
Best assesses as strongest, as well as its adequate operating
performance, very favorable business profile and appropriate
enterprise risk management for the group’s risk profile.
Everest reported total net reserve strengthening of $1.7 billion
for year-end 2024, which primarily reflects unfavorable loss trends
in its U.S. casualty business, including more recent accident
years. AM Best has analyzed the impact of the reserve strengthening
on risk-adjusted capitalization and does not expect a material
impact. Furthermore, Everest’s operating performance trends remain
in line with other companies assessed at the adequate level on a
five-year basis, inclusive of the reserve strengthening actions.
Management has already implemented initiatives to improve
underwriting and reserving trends going forward, which could result
in a decline in top line premium. However, AM Best does not
anticipate that this will have a material impact on the current
business profile assessment of Everest.
AM Best recognizes that social inflation trends, and to a lesser
extent economic inflation, have driven adverse reserve development
across the U.S. casualty (re)insurance market for the past several
calendar years. That trend appears likely to continue for the
foreseeable future, as there are no clear signs suggesting any
dissipation of key factors that are currently promoting social
inflation. AM Best will continue to monitor Everest’s reserve
adequacy and overall profitability in the aftermath of this reserve
strengthening and the ongoing underwriting actions taken to improve
the performance of its casualty portfolio. If Everest is required
to take additional, material reserve strengthening in the near to
medium term, it could cause AM Best to revisit the potential impact
to the company’s ratings.
This press release relates to Credit Ratings that have been
published on AM Best’s website. For all rating information relating
to the release and pertinent disclosures, including details of the
office responsible for issuing each of the individual ratings
referenced in this release, please see AM Best’s Recent
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