Finding Life Insurance You Can Trust by Using Ratings Data
Life insurance provides you and your family with financial protection you may need in times of trouble. But how can you be sure that the insurance policy you buy now will still be valid later? When economic times are tough, it's worrying to think that the insurance company you bought your policy from might not exist ten or twenty years in the future.
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If you find yourself having to make a life insurance claim, the last thing you want is to have to fight the insurance company to get your money. That's why it's important, when you buy insurance, to deal with a company whose reputation and rating you can trust. So what do all those ratings mean?
How to interpret insurance company ratings data
Once you understand what insurance company ratings mean, it's not difficult to quickly get a good idea of how financially stable a particular company is.
Insurance company ratings are a measure of a company's current financial strength (including the company's ability to pay out insurance claims) and its financial instruments (the bonds and notes that the company issues).
Most rating companies, such as A.M. Best and Standard and Poor's, measure insurance companies using a series of letter designations, ranging from A (excellent) to B (good) to C (weak). If the company has a designation such as NR, it means the company is not rated.
In general, it's best to choose an insurance company with a rating of at least "good," both for current ratings and future ratings projections. When an insurance company has a projected rating of "good" or "excellent," it means the company is more likely to remain financially strong in the future.
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