AM Best Assigns Issue Credit Rating to Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited Senior Unsecured Notes; Comments on Re-Opened Senior Unsecured Notes

This section is Partnership Content suppliedThe content in this section is supplied by Business Wire for the purposes of distributing press releases on behalf of its clients. Postmedia has not reviewed the content. by Business Wire Article contentOLDWICK, N.J. — AM Best has assigned a Long-Term Issue Credit Rating (Long-Term IR) of “a-” (Excellent) to the recently issued CAD 400 million, 4.4% senior unsecured notes, due February 2036, of Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited (Fairfax) (Toronto, Canada) [TSX: FFH]. The outlook assigned to this Credit Rating (rating) is stable. At the same time, AM Best has commented that the Long-Term IR of “a-” (Excellent) on the CAD 300 million 5.1% senior unsecured notes, due August 2055, originally issued in August 2025 by Fairfax, remains unchanged despite the additional notes being added as part of the same series. Fairfax has announced that it has issued an additional CAD 250 million of senior unsecured notes, bringing the total to CAD 550 million. The outlook of this rating is stable.Sign In or Create an AccountEmail AddressContinueor View more offersArticle contentArticle contentThe Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of Fairfax, as well as the ratings of its operating subsidiaries and all other debt issuances, are unchanged. Fairfax intends to use the net proceeds from the offering to refinance, repay or redeem outstanding debt, equity or other corporate obligations, to pursue potential acquisition or investment opportunities (which may include acquisitions of minority interests in its subsidiaries), and for general corporate purposes.Article contentWe apologize, but this video has failed to load.Try refreshing your browser, ortap here to see other videos from our team.Article contentTop StoriesGet the latest headlines, breaking news and columns.There was an error, please provide a valid email address.Sign UpBy signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.Thanks for signing up!A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder.The next issue of Top Stories will soon be in your inbox.We encountered an issue signing you up. Please try againInterested in more newsletters? Browse here.Article contentThis press release relates to Credit Ratings that have been published on AM Best’s website. For all rating information relating to the release and pertinent disclosures, including details of the office Article contentresponsible for issuing each of the individual ratings referenced in this release, please see AM Best’s Article contentRecent Rating ActivityArticle content web page. For additional information regarding the use and limitations of Credit Rating opinions, please view Article contentGuide to Best’s Credit RatingsArticle content. For information on the proper use of Best’s Credit Ratings, Best’s Performance Assessments, Best’s Preliminary Credit Assessments and AM Best press releases, please view Article contentGuide to Proper Use of Best’s Ratings & AssessmentsArticle content.Article contentAM Best is a global credit rating agency, news publisher and data analytics provider specializing in the insurance industry. Headquartered in the United States, the company does business in over 100 countries with regional offices in London, Amsterdam, Dubai, Hong Kong, Singapore and Mexico City. For more information, visit Article contentwww.ambest.comArticle content.Article contentCopyright © 2026 by A.M.

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