Best’s News & Research Service - November 03, 2022 10:38 AM (EDT)
AM Best Revises Outlooks to Positive for FHM Insurance Company
- November 03, 2022 10:38 AM (EDT)
Oldwick //BestWire// - AM Best has revised the outlooks to positive from stable and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B+ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb-” (Good) of FHM Insurance Company (FHM) (Jacksonville, FL).
The Credit Ratings (ratings) reflect FHM’s balance sheet strength, which AM Best assesses as strong, as well as its marginal operating performance, limited business profile and marginal enterprise risk management (ERM).
The outlook revisions to positive reflect a prospective view that improvement in the company’s ERM is taking hold with a degree of sustainability not recently demonstrated, as evidenced by continuous and foundational underwriting actions taken by management to improve the overall operating performance, accompanied by a supportive level of risk-adjusted capitalization. Improved operating performance would likely translate to further strengthening and growing the balance sheet given management’s appropriate risk appetites and tolerances. FHM benefits from industry and product expertise, as well as a modest amount of financial flexibility derived from the recent purchase of control of FHM by a regional peer, LUBA Casualty Insurance Company.
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