{"id":526142,"date":"2021-08-10T15:46:09","date_gmt":"2021-08-10T19:46:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/am-best-affirms-credit-ratings-of-national-western-life-group-inc-and-its-subsidiaries\/"},"modified":"2021-08-10T15:46:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-10T19:46:09","slug":"am-best-affirms-credit-ratings-of-national-western-life-group-inc-and-its-subsidiaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/am-best-affirms-credit-ratings-of-national-western-life-group-inc-and-its-subsidiaries\/","title":{"rendered":"AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings of National Western Life Group, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>        <!--.bwalignc { text-align: center; list-style-position: inside }body {font:normal small Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;color:#000;background-color:#fff;padding:24px;margin:0;} a img {border:0;} h3 {font-size:medium;color:#000;margin:0 0 1em 0; text-align:center;}-->  <\/p>\n<p class=\"bwalignc\"><b>AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings of National Western Life Group, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries<\/b><\/p>\n<p>OLDWICK, N.J.&#8211;(<a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\">BUSINESS WIRE<\/a>)&#8211;<b>AM Best <\/b>has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of \u201ca\u201d (Excellent) of National Western Life Insurance Company (NWLIC) (Centennial, CO). Concurrently, AM Best has affirmed the FSR of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term ICR of \u201ca-\u201d (Excellent) of Ozark National Life Insurance Company (Ozark) (Kansas City, MO). In addition, AM Best has affirmed the Long-Term ICR of \u201cbbb\u201d (Good) of National Western Life Group, Inc. (headquartered in Austin, TX) [NASDAQ:NWLI], the parent holding company of NWLIC and Ozark. The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe ratings of NWLIC reflect its balance sheet strength, which AM Best assesses as strongest, as well as its adequate operating performance, neutral business profile and appropriate enterprise risk management (ERM).\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe ratings also reflect NWLIC\u2019s strongest level of risk-adjusted capitalization, as measured by Best\u2019s Capital Adequacy Ratio (BCAR), as well as its consistent GAAP operating earnings, although derivative accounting has resulted in some earnings volatility on a statutory accounting basis.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThese strengths are offset by NWLIC\u2019s high concentration of reserves in interest-sensitive products, elevating the risk of duration mismatches and spread compression. NWLIC has taken steps to reduce this risk, ceding about $1.7 billion of statutory reserve liabilities to Prosperity Life Assurance Ltd. on a coinsurance with funds withheld basis in December 2020. Although premiums increased last year, the company has experienced a declining trend in net premiums written in recent years, driven by a reduction in annuity production, and a shift in strategy a few years ago that saw NWLIC cease issuing new life insurance business in international markets. Despite this move, international markets still represent a significant portion of the group\u2019s premiums, although they will run off over time. NWLIC intends to focus on the U.S. annuity and life insurance marketplace.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe ratings of Ozark reflect its balance sheet strength, which AM Best assesses as strongest, as well as its adequate operating performance, limited business profile and appropriate ERM.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nOzark\u2019s existing business model, which is focused primarily on selling simplified ordinary life insurance products to the middle market through its captive agent channel, has faced challenges during COVID-19. Ozark\u2019s historically stable earnings pattern has continued since NWLIC\u2019s acquisition. AM Best will continue to monitor the execution of Ozark\u2019s integration with NWLIC, particularly with respect to integration of its risk management framework within NWLIC.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nThe holding company assessment for NWLIC is viewed as neutral with no financial or operating leverage.\n<\/p>\n<p><b>This press release relates to Credit Ratings that have been published on AM Best\u2019s website. 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Concurrently, AM Best has affirmed the FSR of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term ICR of \u201ca-\u201d (Excellent) of Ozark National Life Insurance Company (Ozark) (Kansas City, MO). In addition, AM Best has affirmed the Long-Term ICR of \u201cbbb\u201d (Good) of National Western Life Group, Inc. (headquartered in Austin, TX) [NASDAQ:NWLI], the parent holding company of NWLIC and Ozark. The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable. The ratings of NWLIC reflect &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/am-best-affirms-credit-ratings-of-national-western-life-group-inc-and-its-subsidiaries\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings of National Western Life Group, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-526142","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings of National Western Life Group, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries - Market Newsdesk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.marketnewsdesk.com\/index.php\/am-best-affirms-credit-ratings-of-national-western-life-group-inc-and-its-subsidiaries\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings of National Western Life Group, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries - Market Newsdesk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings of National Western Life Group, Inc. and Its Subsidiaries OLDWICK, N.J.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211;AM Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of \u201ca\u201d (Excellent) of National Western Life Insurance Company (NWLIC) (Centennial, CO). 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Concurrently, AM Best has affirmed the FSR of A- (Excellent) and the Long-Term ICR of \u201ca-\u201d (Excellent) of Ozark National Life Insurance Company (Ozark) (Kansas City, MO). In addition, AM Best has affirmed the Long-Term ICR of \u201cbbb\u201d (Good) of National Western Life Group, Inc. (headquartered in Austin, TX) [NASDAQ:NWLI], the parent holding company of NWLIC and Ozark. The outlook of these Credit Ratings (ratings) is stable. 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