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New England Mutual Insurance Company’s Rating Upgraded

September 14, 2015 by AC Editor

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<em><strong>The Quincy Mutual Insurance Group headquarters Photo courtesy of Quincy Mutual</strong></em>

AM Best announced this week that it has upgraded the financial strength rating of the New England Mutual Insurance Company (NEMIC) to A+ (Superor) from A (Excellent). In addition, it upgraded the issuer credit rating to “aa-” from “a”. Domiciled in Quincy, The New England Mutual Insurance Company is part of the Quincy Mutual Insurance Group, which includes NEMIC’s parent company, Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Company and Patrons Oxford Insurance Company, Quincy Mutual’s Maine Subsidiary which operates in Maine. Both the financial strength rating of A+ (Superior) and the issuer credit rating of “aa-” was affirmed for the members of the Quincy Mutual Group.

In commenting on NEMIC’s rating upgrade, AM Best explained its reasoning behind the upgrade:
NEMIC is fully integrated into the group’s operations and is operated by the same management team as Quincy Mutual. NEMIC is utilized as a vehicle for price tiering and targeted underwriting criteria. The company writes standard homeowners business solely in Massachusetts. On July 1, 2015, a quota share agreement was established between NEMIC and Quincy Mutual whereby all business written in NEMIC is ceded into Quincy Mutual Fire Insurance Company. Given the explicit and implicit support provided to NEMIC, the ratings of Quincy Mutual have been extended to the company.

Negative rating pressure may occur if frequent and severe weather events have a material impact on Quincy Mutual’s exposures, which are concentrated in a limited geographical location in the Northeast, or other market disruptions cause underwriting losses as well as the volatility in the equity markets that can have a substantial adverse effect on risk-adjusted capitalization.

Key drivers that could lead to positive rating actions would be Quincy Mutual producing a strong operating performance over several years that consistently outperforms the industry composite.

 

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