AM Best has assigned a Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and a Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “a-” (Excellent) to Best Meridian International Insurance Company, I.I. (BMIIC II) (San Juan, PR). The outlook assigned to these Credit Ratings (ratings) is negative.

Tokio Marine HCC has announced that A.M. Best has affirmed the ‘A++’ (Superior) Financial Strength Ratings and ‘aa+’ Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of the property/casualty insurance companies in the Houston Casualty Group and HCC Life Insurance Company. The outlook for all of these ratings is Stable.

AM Best has upgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICRs) to “a+” (Excellent) from “a” (Excellent) and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) of the insurance subsidiaries of Starr International Company, Inc. (SICO) (Switzerland), a private investment holding company.