What the rating agencies say
Our financial strength ratings
New York Life Insurance Company and its subsidiary, New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation, earn the highest financial strength ratings currently awarded to any life insurer by all four major ratings agencies. Current ratings for the two companies are as follows:
Notes:
A.M. Best (Financial Strength): A Best's Financial Strength Rating is an opinion of an insurer's ability to meet its obligations to policyholders.
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Fitch Ratings (Insurer Financial Strength): Fitch Ratings’ Insurer Financial Strength rating provides an assessment of the financial strength of an insurance organization and its capacity to meet senior obligations to policyholders and contract holders on a timely basis.
Moody's (Financial Strength): Moody's Insurance Financial Strength Ratings are opinions of the ability of insurance companies to repay punctually senior policyholder claims and obligations.
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