A.M. Best Affirms Credit Ratings of The Bahrain National Insurance Company BSC (c)

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A.M. Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B++ (Good) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bbb+” of The Bahrain National Insurance Company BSC (c) (BNI) (Bahrain). The outlook... Read more »

KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to Drug Royalty III LP 1, Series 2018-1 Senior Secured Notes

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) announces the preliminary ratings to two note classes of Drug Royalty III LP 1, Series 2018-1, a drug royalty securitization. This transaction is backed by... Read more »

KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to Oportun Funding XII, LLC, Series 2018-D

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) assigns preliminary ratings to four classes of Oportun Funding XII, LLC, Series 2018-D (“Oportun 2018-D”), a consumer loan asset-backed securities transaction. The collateral in the... Read more »

KBRA Releases Structured Credit Research: Structured Credit 2019 Sector Outlook

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) releases our inaugural Sector Outlook for Structured Credit. As the calendar turns to 2019, the major themes in Structured Credit point to the same conclusion:... Read more »

KBRA Assigns BBB- Rating to Autopistas Metropolitanas de Puerto Rico, LLC’s 6.75% Senior Secured Notes Due 2035

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) assigns a BBB- rating to the 6.75% Senior Secured Notes Due 2035 (the “Notes”) issued in 2013 by Autopistas Metropolitanas de Puerto Rico, LLC (“Metropistas”)... Read more »

KBRA Releases Rating Report for the Board of Education of the City of Chicago Unlimited Tax GO Refunding Bonds (Dedicated Revenues) Series 2018C and Unlimited Tax GO Bonds (Dedicated Revenues) Series 2018D

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On November 20, 2018, Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) assigned the long-term rating of BBB with a Positive Outlook to the Board of Education of the City of Chicago Unlimited... Read more »

KBRA Releases Rating Report for the Board of Education of the City of Chicago Dedicated Capital Improvement Tax Bonds Series 2018

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On November 20, 2018, Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) assigned the long-term rating of BBB with a Positive Outlook to the Board of Education of the City of Chicago’s Dedicated... Read more »

KBRA Assigns Preliminary Ratings to FREMF 2018-K85 and Freddie Mac Structured Pass-Through Certificates K-085

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) is pleased to announce the assignment of preliminary ratings to seven classes of FREMF Series 2018-K85 mortgage pass-through certificates and five classes of Freddie Mac... Read more »

KBRA Releases Research Report: Cyber Monday: New Sales Tax Windfall for States?

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) releases a research report entitled “Cyber Monday: New Sales Tax Windfall for States?” The report looks again at the potential impact of the Wayfair decision... Read more »

A.M. Best Downgrades Credit Ratings of Citadel Reinsurance Company Ltd.; Withdraws Credit Ratings of Great Falls Insurance Company

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A.M. Best has downgraded the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “bbb+” from “a-” of Citadel Reinsurance... Read more »