You can do this by checking the financial strength rating online. Life insurance companies are ranked by independent services according to the financial strength of the company. This is done by a rating system. These life insurance company ratings are determined by independent analysts that are paid to review a company’s financial strength. In this section we’ve provided a chart of the different financial ratings from the leading life insurance company rating services.
Your Intramark Insurance representative will be glad to review the financial ratings of any life insurance company with you.
The chart below shows the different rating categories from the leading rating services. These include A.M. Best and Company, Standard & Poor’s, Moody’s Investor Service and Fitch. There is another rating service not shown on the chart, Street.com which rates companies similar to school grades from A+ to A to A- to B+, B, B- etc.
When you get a term life quote or a return of premium life quote on LifeInsure.com’s quote engines, the A.M. Best rating shows up next to the insurance company quoted.
Life Insurance Company Rating Categories
| Rank Number | A.M. Best | Standard & Poor’s | Moody’s | Fitch |
| Financial Strength | Financial Strength | Financial Strength | Financial Strength | |
| 1 | A++ Secure / Superior | AAA Extremely Strong | Aaa Exceptional | AAA Secure / Highest |
| 2 | A+ Secure / Superior | AA+ Very Strong | Aa1, Aa2, Aa3 Excellent | AA+ Secure / Very High |
| 3 | A Secure / Excellent | AA Very Strong | A1, A2, A3 Good | AA Secure / Very High |
| 4 | A- Secure / Excellent | AA- Very Strong | Baa1, Baa2, Baa3 Adequate | AA- Secure / Very High |
| 5 | B++ Secure / Very Good | A+ Strong | Ba1, Ba2, Ba3 Questionable | A+ Secure / High |
| 6 | B+ Secure / Good | A Strong | B1, B2, B3 Poor | A Secure / High |
| 7 | B Vulnerable / Fair | A- Strong | Caa Very Poor | A- Secure / High |
| 8 | B- Vulnerable / Fair | BBB+ Good | Ca Extremely Poor | BBB+ Secure / Adequate |
| 9 | C++ Vulnerable / Marginal | BBB Good | C Lowest | BBB Secure / Adequate |
| 10 | C+ Vulnerable / Marginal | BBB- Good | BBB- Secure / Adequate | |
| 11 | C Vulnerable / Weak | BB+ Marginal | BB+ Uncertain | |
| 12 | C- Vulnerable / Weak | BB Marginal | BB Uncertain | |
| 13 | D Vulnerable / Poor | BB- Marginal | BB- Uncertain | |
| 14 | E Vulnerable / Under State Supervision | B+ Weak | B+ Possessing Risk | |
| 15 | F Vulnerable / In Liquidation | B Weak | B Possessing Risk | |
| 16 | S Rating Suspended | B- Weak | B- Possessing Risk | |
| 17 | CCC+ Very Weak | CCC Substantial Risk | ||
| 18 | CCC Very Weak | DD Liquidating | ||
| 19 | CCC- Very Weak | SR Suspended Rating | ||
| 20 | CC Extremely Weak | |||
| 21 | R Regulatory Action | |||
| Based on public information only. | ||||
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