A.M. Best Withdraws Credit Ratings of Lone Star National Insurance Company

OLDWICK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– A.M. Best has withdrawn the Financial Strength Rating of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings of “a-” of Lone Star National Insurance Company (LSN) (Indianapolis, IN).

Pan-American Life Insurance Group, Inc. completed the acquisition of LSN on March 31, 2017. Prior to the sale, the inter-company pooling agreement between LSN and its three former affiliates, Pennsylvania Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company, Indiana Lumbermens Mutual Insurance Company (ILM) and ILM’s subsidiary, National Building Material Assurance Company, collectively known as Pennsylvania Lumbermens Group, was revised effective Dec. 1, 2016, making LSN a clean shell at the time of sale. The sale of LSN has resulted in A.M. Best withdrawing the ratings for this entity.

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