Insurer
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AM Best
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S & P
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Moody’s
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Aviva Life & Annuity
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BB-w to BB-
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A1w to A1
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Principal
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AA- to A+
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Mass Mutual
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Aa1 to Aa1w
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Notes:
The ‘w’ refers to the insurance company being on the rating agency’s watch list.
Here is this month’s ratings update and the activity level seems to be slowing. We do not normally report ratings from Fitch but they have downgraded AIG to A- from AA- and Hartford to A- from A.