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Traditional companies such as AM Best, Moody's Investors Service, Standard and Poor’s, and Fitch Ratings do rate insurance providers, but typically only large national companies. [4] Demotech was founded in 1985 [1] [2] to provide financial analysis of, and actuarial services for, niche markets ignored by Big Three (credit rating agencies).
In 1941, Paul Talbot Babson purchased Poor's Publishing and merged it with Standard Statistics to become Standard & Poor's Corp. In 1966, the company was acquired by The McGraw-Hill Companies , extending McGraw-Hill into the field of financial information services.
As of 2013 they hold a collective global market share of "roughly 95 percent" [1] with Moody's and Standard & Poor's having approximately 40% each, and Fitch around 15%. [ 2 ] According to an analysis by Deutsche Welle , "their special status has been cemented by law — at first only in the United States, but then in Europe as well."
The highest rating offered is A++ (Superior) while the lowest is a D (Poor). AM Best does not rate any other kind of businesses other than insurance companies. Standard & Poor’s
This is a list of U.S. states by credit rating, showing credit ratings for sovereign bonds as reported by the three major credit rating agencies: Standard & Poor's, Fitch and Moody's. The list is given as of May 2021.
It is the parent company of S&P Global Ratings, S&P Global Market Intelligence, S&P Global Mobility, S&P Global Sustainable1, and S&P Global Commodity Insights, CRISIL It is also the majority owner of the S&P Dow Jones Indices joint venture. "S&P" is a shortening of "Standard and Poor's".
The rating agencies added levels of gradation to their rating systems. In 1973, Fitch added plus and minus symbols to its existing letter-rating system. The following year, Standard and Poor's did the same, and Moody's began using numbers for the same purpose in 1982. [8]
Morningstar DBRS is the fourth-largest credit rating agency by global market share, with between 2% and 3% of global market share. [3] The company is one of only four CRAs, including Standard & Poor's, Moody's Investors Service, and Fitch Ratings, to be recognized as an external credit assessment institution by the European Central Bank (ECB). [4]