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A.M. Best Requests Comments on Draft Criteria: BCAR for Title Insurance Companies


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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

OLDWICK - MAY 26, 2015 04:31 PM (EDT)
A.M. Best is requesting comments from market participants in the insurance industry and other interested parties on the draft criteria report, "BCAR for Title Insurance Companies" (updates version dated April 2, 2014).

The proposed change is the inclusion of the exhibit of credit risk factors applied to recoverables.

This draft criteria report is available at ambest.com/ratings/methodology .

These updates are part of A.M. Best's continual review of its rating methodology and are not expected to affect the ratings. Written comments should be submitted by email to rating.methodology@ambest.com no later than June 26, 2015. The details of any comments received may be made public unless specifically requested to be kept confidential.

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