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Ratings
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2018
Rating Actions [Abstract]  
Ratings
Ratings
 
The financial strength ratings (or similar ratings) for AGL’s insurance subsidiaries, along with the date of the most recent rating action (or confirmation) by the rating agency, are shown in the table below. Ratings are subject to continuous rating agency review and revision or withdrawal at any time. In addition, the Company periodically assesses the value of each rating assigned to each of its companies, and as a result of such assessment may request that a rating agency add or drop a rating from certain of its companies.

 
S&P Global Ratings, a division of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC
 
Kroll Bond Rating
Agency
 
Moody’s Investors Service, Inc.
 
A.M. Best Company,
Inc.
AGM
AA (stable) (6/26/18)
 
AA+ (stable) (12/21/18)
 
A2 (stable) (5/7/18)
 
AGC
AA (stable) (6/26/18)
 
AA (stable) (11/30/18)
 
(1)
 
MAC
AA (stable) (6/26/18)
 
AA+ (stable) (7/12/18)
 
 
AG Re
AA (stable) (6/26/18)
 
 
 
AGRO
AA (stable) (6/26/18)
 
 
 
A+ (stable) (7/13/18)
AGE (2)
AA (stable) (6/26/18)
 
AA+ (stable) (12/21/18)
 
A2 (stable) (5/7/18)
 
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(1)
AGC requested that Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (Moody's) withdraw its financial strength ratings of AGC in January 2017, but Moody's denied that request. Moody’s continues to rate AGC A3 (stable).

(2)
As a result of the Combination, each of S&P Global Ratings, a division of Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (S&P), and Moody’s withdrew their ratings on AGLN and AGUK.

    
There can be no assurance that any of the rating agencies will not take negative action on the financial strength ratings (or similar ratings) of AGL's insurance subsidiaries in the future or cease to rate one or more of AGL's insurance subsidiaries, either voluntarily or at the request of that subsidiary.
    
For a discussion of the effects of rating actions on the Company, see Note 6, Contracts Accounted for as Insurance, and Note 13, Reinsurance.