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AM Best Revises Outlooks to Stable and Affirms Credit Ratings of Mercury General Corporation and Its Subsidiaries
OLDWICK, N.J., February 24, 2026--AM Best has revised the outlooks to stable from negative and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of A (Excellent) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of "a" (Excellent) for the members of Mercury Casualty Group (Mercury). Concurrently, AM Best has revised the outlook to stable from negative and affirmed the Long-Term ICR of "bbb" (Good) of the organization’s publicly traded ultimate parent, Mercury General Corporation (MGC) (Los Angeles, C
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