EMC Insurance's "Excellent" Ratings Affirmed by AM Best

DES MOINES, Iowa (Nov. 4, 2024)—EMC Insurance announced today that rating agency AM Best has affirmed the "Excellent" category Financial Strength Ratings and Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings for EMC Insurance and EMC Life:

EMC Insurance (EMC) and its five property/casualty subsidiaries*

• Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A (Excellent)
• Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of “a” (Excellent)
• In its review, AM Best recognized EMC's balance sheet strength as "very strong," as well as its adequate operating performance, neutral business profile and appropriate enterprise risk management
• Outlook remains stable

EMC Life

• Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent)
• Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) of "a-" (Excellent)
• Outlook remains stable

• AM Best deemed EMC Life’s balance sheet very strong and its enterprise risk management appropriate. It also noted EMC Life is highly integrated into EMC, which provides diversification and cross-selling opportunities for agents and customers.

“We are proud that AM Best has once again affirmed EMC’s “Excellent” ratings,” said Scott Jean, EMC’s President and CEO. “Our commitment to executing on our plans and business strategies, with a focus on keeping insurance human, continues to move EMC in the right direction and allows us to level up to better serve our agents and policyholders.”

*EMC Insurance refers to Employers Mutual Casualty Company (EMCC) and its five property/casualty (P/C) subsidiaries:

• Dakota Fire Insurance Company
• EMC Property & Casualty Company
• EMCASCO Insurance Company
• Illinois EMCASCO Insurance Company
• Union Insurance Company of Providence

About EMC Insurance

EMC Insurance has approximately 2,200 employees and is among the top 60 property and casualty insurance organizations in the country based on net written premium. Employers Mutual Casualty Company (EMCC) was organized in 1911 to write workers’ compensation protection in Iowa. Today, operating under the trade name EMC Insurance, EMC Insurance affiliated companies provide commercial property/casualty lines, bonds and life insurance products and services throughout the United States. EMCC is licensed in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. For more information, visit emcinsurance.com.

About AM Best

AM Best, the world’s oldest insurance rating and information source, uses the following definitions for their ratings:

• Issuer Credit Rating (ICR): an independent opinion on an entity’s ability to meet its ongoing financial obligations that can be issued on either a long‐ or short‐term basis.
• Financial Strength Rating (FSR): an independent opinion of an insurer’s financial strength and ability to meet its ongoing insurance policy and contract obligations.

For more information, visit ambest.com.

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