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    Moody's Assigns First-Time Baa3 Investment Grade to Freedom Life Subsidiary

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    Moody's Assigns First-Time Baa3 Investment Grade to Freedom Life Subsidiary

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    Moody's Investors Service published inaugural Insurance Financial Strength Ratings for Freedom Holding Corp.'s underwriting entities, assigning Baa3 to Freedom Life and Ba1 to Freedom Insurance, both with stable outlooks. The Baa3 rating marks an institutional milestone as the first investment-grade rating across the holding company structure, lowering potential reinsurance costs and expanding counterparty eligibility.

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    Market Ontology
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    2026-09-06
    Published
    2026-10-20
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    1 · 2026-10-20

    Cite as: Market Ontology, “Moody's Assigns First-Time Baa3 Investment Grade to Freedom Life Subsidiary”, revision 1, evidence through 2026-09-06. https://marketontology.com/market-events/2026-09-06/moody-s-assigns-first-time-baa3-investment-grade-to-freedom-life-subsidiary-04e69e

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    Moody's Assigns First-Time Baa3 Investment Grade to Freedom Life Subsidiary
    Moody's Investors Service published inaugural Insurance Financial Strength Ratings for Freedom Holding Corp.'s underwriting entities, assigning Baa3 to Freedom Life and Ba1 to Freedom Insurance, both with stable outlooks. The Baa3 rating marks an institutional milestone as the first investment-grade rating across the holding company structure, lowering potential reinsurance costs and expanding counterparty eligibility.
    FRHC
    Impact
    68
    SEP 6
    SIG
    94%
    FRHC
    Moody's Assigns First-Time Baa3 Investment Grade to Freedom Life Subsidiary
    Moody's Investors Service published inaugural Insurance Financial Strength Ratings for Freedom Holding Corp.'s underwriting entities, assigning Baa3 to Freedom Life and Ba1 to Freedom Insurance, both with stable outlooks. The Baa3 rating marks an institutional milestone as the first investment-grade rating across the holding company structure, lowering potential reinsurance costs and expanding counterparty eligibility.
    → First-time investment-grade credit rating reduces debt funding costs and expands institutional counterparty eligibility for FRHC subsidiaries.
    Impact
    Moody's Investors Service published inaugural Insurance Financial Strength Ratings for Freedom Holding Corp.'s underwriting entities, assigning Baa3 to Freedom Life and Ba1 to Freedom Insurance, both with stable outlooks. The Baa3 rating marks an institutional milestone as the first investment-grade rating across the holding company structure, lowering potential reinsurance costs and expanding counterparty eligibility.
    Affected
    FRHC
    Transmission
    First-time investment-grade credit rating reduces debt funding costs and expands institutional counterparty eligibility for FRHC subsidiaries.

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    AssetExposure and channelDirectionEvidence
    FRHCinstitutional credit risk premium compressionUp1-4wMoody's assigned first-time Baa3 investment grade to Freedom Life.

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