RoyalSun USA Gets Best A- Rating; Neg Outlook

A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the A- (Excellent) financial strength rating of The Royal & SunAlliance USA Insurance Pool (pool). The outlook remains negative. The U.S. operations are now regarded by A.M. Best as strategically important to the group, but not core. Accordingly, they are now assigned financial strength ratings reflecting their stand-alone financial strength, enhanced by their strategic importance to the group. (See separate rating press release on the United Kingdom parent, The Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc). The rating also reflects the pool's very good, albeit substa...