PEMBROKE,
Best’s ratings and analysis assess the financial strength and creditworthiness of insurance companies. The “A” financial strength rating is Best’s third highest rating and is given to companies that have an excellent ability to meet their ongoing financial commitments.
“The upgrade of our financial strength ratings is another major milestone for our company and reflects our very strong capital position, significant operating earnings, robust risk management and superior management team,” said
The rating agency specifically cited Athene’s “strong risk-adjusted capitalization, a trend of strong profitability and recent sales growth through retail initiatives, including its position as a leader in the fixed-index annuity market” as well as “a strong management team with proven ability to grow capital both organically and through new capital generation and the company’s strong trend of earnings and capital growth” as reasons for the upgraded rating.
The Athene companies receiving financial strength ratings upgrade from
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Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company -
Athene Annuity & Life Assurance Company of New York -
Athene Annuity and Life Company -
Athene Life Insurance Company of New York -
Athene Life Re Ltd.
Concurrently,
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About
Athene, through its subsidiaries, is a leading retirement services company that issues, reinsures and acquires retirement savings products designed for the increasing number of individuals and institutions seeking to fund retirement needs. The products offered by Athene include:
- Retail fixed and fixed indexed annuity products;
- Reinsurance arrangements with third-party annuity providers; and
- Institutional products, such as funding agreements.
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