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Guides

Our guides are designed to support insurers, brokers, and reinsurers through key steps in the ratings and market security process.

Getting A Rating
For The First Time

Whether you're a start-up or an existing carrier, getting a rating can be business-critical, and managing the process well from the start is vital. This short guide gives you the basics.​

PDF| 3 Pages

Optimising your Rating
 

We believe it's smart for rated companies to manage their rating agency communications and relationship(s) on an ongoing basis - "you should manage your rating like an asset, otherwise it will become a liability".

PDF| 3 Pages

Monitoring Insurer Financial Strength: Considerations for brokers

Commissioned by our friends at the British Insurance Brokers Association ('BIBA' - https://www.biba.org.uk), this guide walks through broker market security processes and is available to members, and non-members upon application

PDF| 3 Pages

The Litmus Ratings Guide

This guide seeks to help market participants make the most effective use of ratings. We highlight common misconceptions and outline best practice in the use of ratings, as well as clarifying  how rating agencies operate.

PDF| 3 Pages

The Litmus First XI 

Top Tips for Managing your Relationships with the Rating agencies

Eleven key tips for maximising your chances of getting a good hearing from the analysts.

PDF| 3 Pages

Key Ratio Guide​

A quick reference guide giving an overview of the more commonly used metrics and ratios for analysing a non-life insurer or reinsurer.

PDF| 3 Pages

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