Credit Ratings of Life Insurers in Singapore 2020
This is a follow-up from a post 3 years ago , where I compiled the credit ratings of the life insurers in Singapore, to have an idea of the differences in terms of their credit worthiness. Flawed Assumption People often think that life insurers and the policies they issue are homogeneous (the same), and often compare benefit illustrations as if two companies are going to make the exact same amount of profits, exact same amount of investment returns, have the exact same amount of business operating costs, and et cetera. How far away from the truth that flawed assumption can be. Every life insurer holds a different asset mix in their insurance funds, and have different profits/returns/costs. Even their shareholders may demand a different dividend rate on their shares. Therefore it is not surprising that life insurers with larger assets and bigger operations in Singapore tend to be the ones rated higher by Standard and Poors (S&P), one of the foremost rating agency in the wo