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Country Risk

A.M. Best defines country risk (read the methodology) as the risk that country-specific factors could adversely affect an insurer's ability to meet its financial obligations. Country risk is evaluated and factored into all A.M. Best ratings. As part of evaluating country risk, A.M. Best identifies the various factors within a country that may directly or indirectly affect an insurance company.

Countries are placed into one of five tiers, ranging from Country Risk Tier 1 (CRT-1), denoting a stable environment with the least amount of risk, to Country Risk Tier 5 (CRT-5) for countries that pose the most risk and, therefore, the greatest challenge to an insurer's financial stability, strength and performance.

A.M. Best's country risk evaluation does not impose a ceiling on ratings.

Questions about A.M. Best's Country Risk Methodology may be directed to: country.risk@ambest.com.

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Country List - All CRTs

Select the Tier from the list below to narrow the view to include only those countries within the Tier.  A comprehensive presentation of all the model results is available in the AMB Country Risk Report: Global Summary.


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Antigua And Barbuda CRT- 4 India CRT- 4 Norway CRT- 1
Australia CRT- 1 Indonesia CRT- 4 Oman CRT- 3
Austria CRT- 1 Ireland CRT- 2 Panama CRT- 4
Bahamas CRT- 3 Isle Of Man CRT- 1 Philippines CRT- 4
Bahrain CRT- 3 Israel CRT- 3 Poland CRT- 3
Barbados CRT- 2 Italy CRT- 2 Qatar CRT- 3
Belarus CRT- 5 Jamaica CRT- 5 Russia CRT- 4
Belgium CRT- 2 Japan CRT- 2 Saudi Arabia CRT- 3
Bermuda CRT- 2 Jordan CRT- 4 Singapore CRT- 1
Bosnia And Herzegovina CRT- 5 Kazakhstan CRT- 4 Slovenia CRT- 2
British Virgin Islands CRT- 2 Kenya CRT- 5 South Africa CRT- 3
Brunei Darussalam CRT- 4 Kuwait CRT- 3 South Korea CRT- 2
Canada CRT- 1 Lebanon CRT- 5 Spain CRT- 2
Cayman Islands CRT- 2 Liechtenstein CRT- 2 Sweden CRT- 1
China CRT- 3 Luxembourg CRT- 1 Switzerland CRT- 1
Cyprus CRT- 3 Macau CRT- 2 Taiwan CRT- 2
Denmark CRT- 1 Malaysia CRT- 3 Thailand CRT- 3
Dominican Republic CRT- 5 Malta CRT- 3 Trinidad And Tobago CRT- 3
Egypt CRT- 4 Mauritius CRT- 4 Tunisia CRT- 4
Finland CRT- 1 Mexico CRT- 3 Turkey CRT- 4
France CRT- 1 Morocco CRT- 4 Ukraine CRT- 5
Germany CRT- 1 Netherlands CRT- 1 United Arab Emirates CRT- 3
Ghana CRT- 5 Netherlands Antilles CRT- 3 United Kingdom CRT- 1
Gibraltar CRT- 1 New Zealand CRT- 2 United States CRT- 1
Guernsey CRT- 1 Nigeria CRT- 5 Vietnam CRT- 5
Hong Kong CRT- 2


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