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Insurance
AM Best Affirms Erie Insurance Group Ratings, Points to Underwriting Recovery
AM Best affirmed Erie's A (Excellent) ratings, citing stronger reserves and a Q4 2025 return to underwriting profit, whi...
Economy
Africa’s $74.5bn Risk Premium: The Case for Home-Grown Credit Ratings
UN adviser Ahunna Eziakonwa says biased sovereign risk perceptions cost Africa an estimated $74.5bn in extra debt-servic...
Markets
AfCRA's First Ratings Face a Closing Window as AI Locks In Africa's Borrowing Premium
The Africa Credit Rating Agency is preparing its first sovereign ratings just as AI models trained on legacy agency data...
Personal Finance
The Credit Rating Blind Spot That Costs Retail Investors
Credit ratings are among the most overlooked yet powerful signals in bond investing. Many individual investors ignore th...
Markets
Global rating firms buy African local insight just as continent readies its own credit agency
S&P Global and Moody's are snapping up domestic rating agencies across Africa, betting that on-the-ground expertise beat...