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AM Best Comments on Credit Ratings of Fortitude Re Co Following Announced Prudential Annuities Life Assurance Corp Acquisition.

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ENPNewswire-September 16, 2021--AM Best Comments on Credit Ratings of Fortitude Re Co Following Announced Prudential Annuities Life Assurance Corp Acquisition

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Release date- 15092021 - AM Best has commented that the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of 'a' (Excellent) of Fortitude Reinsurance Company Ltd. (Fortitude Re) (Bermuda) remain unchanged following the its parent company's recent agreement to acquire Prudential Annuities Life Assurance Corporation (PALAC) (Arizona).

AM Best views the acquisition of PALAC, which will be executed by Fortitude Re's holding company, Fortitude Group Holdings LLC (FGH), to be consistent with the initial new business plan as contemplated during the assignment of Fortitude Re's Credit Ratings (see press release dated Aug. 9, 2021).

The roughly USD 30 billion of variable annuities acquired in the deal will be funded via excess capital and modest debt issuances at FGH. AM Best views execution risk associated with the transaction to be mitigated partially by the Fortitude Re management team's extensive expertise in the variable annuity sector, and by the higher certainty around future cash flow patterns resulting from acquiring the business via a secondary market. AM Best notes that while Fortitude Re is not participating directly in the acquisition, the change in FGH's capitalization could have an impact, as its financial flexibility could become limited if initial assumptions around the acquisition materially change. The transaction is not anticipated to impact the organizations balance sheet strength metrics materially...

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