AM Best Affirms Credit Ratings of Sooner Insurance Company
The ratings reflect Sooner’s balance sheet strength, which AM Best assesses as very strong, as well as its strong operating performance, neutral business profile and appropriate enterprise risk management (ERM).
Sooner’s balance sheet strength is underpinned by its risk-adjusted capitalization at the strongest level, as measured by Best’s Capital Adequacy Ratio (BCAR), generally favorable loss reserve development and low underwriting leverage. Sooner’s most significant asset is a loan back to its ultimate parent,
Sooner has a long track record of strong operating performance, driven by solid underwriting profits, with most return metrics outperforming the industry composite. The company’s loss experience has been largely favorable for more than a decade due in large part to ConocoPhillips’s strong risk management programs. As a core component in ConocoPhillips’ ERM program, the captive arrangement afforded the corporation flexibility to manage the largest loss efficiently and productively in its history from a claim late in 2021.
The company’s business profile assessment reflects its position as the captive insurer for its ultimate parent. Sooner’s underwriting risks mainly provide property damage and excess liability coverage to
Sooner’s ERM has a culture of risk awareness and a framework to identify and manage various types of risks continually, including periodic reviews of its potential loss exposures through a specialist within industrial risks, a process AM Best views as very appropriate for the company’s risk profile. The ratings also reflect the implicit support of
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