OLDWICK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#insurance—AM Best has assigned a Long-Term Issue Credit Rating (Long-Term IR) of “a-” (Excellent) to the recently announced CAD 250OLDWICK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#insurance—AM Best has assigned a Long-Term Issue Credit Rating (Long-Term IR) of “a-” (Excellent) to the recently announced CAD 250

AM Best Assigns Issue Credit Rating to Intact Financial Corporation’s Senior Unsecured Medium-Term Notes and Subordinated Notes

2026/02/21 00:16
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OLDWICK, N.J.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–#insurance—AM Best has assigned a Long-Term Issue Credit Rating (Long-Term IR) of “a-” (Excellent) to the recently announced CAD 250 million, 3.784% senior unsecured medium-term notes, due February 2038, issued by Intact Financial Corporation (Intact) (Toronto, Ontario, Canada). At the same time, AM Best also has assigned a Long-Term IR of “bbb” (Good) to the recently announced CAD 250 million, 5.642% subordinated notes, due March 2086, also issued by Intact. The outlook assigned to these Credit Ratings is stable.

The net proceeds from Intact’s debt offerings will be used toward repayment of any amounts that it previously borrowed, and general corporate purposes. As a result of the offerings, Intact’s financial leverage remains in-line with current rating guidelines.

This press release relates to Credit Ratings that have been published on AM Best’s website. For all rating information relating to the release and pertinent disclosures, including details of the office responsible for issuing each of the individual ratings referenced in this release, please see AM Best’s Recent Rating Activity web page. For additional information regarding the use and limitations of Credit Rating opinions, please view Guide to Best’s Credit Ratings. For information on the proper use of Best’s Credit Ratings, Best’s Performance Assessments, Best’s Preliminary Credit Assessments and AM Best press releases, please view Guide to Proper Use of Best’s Ratings & Assessments.

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