AM Best Assigns Issue Credit Rating to Ameriprise Financial, Inc.'s New Senior Notes

Business Wire 22-Mar-2019 9:09 AM

AM Best has assigned a Long-Term Issue Credit Rating of "a-" to the $500 million 3.00% 3-year senior unsecured notes, due March 22, 2022, issued by Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (Ameriprise Financial) (headquartered in Minneapolis, MN) (NYSE:AMP). The outlook assigned to the Credit Rating (rating) is stable. All other ratings of Ameriprise Financial and its subsidiaries are unchanged.

AM Best expects the proceeds from the issuance to be used for general corporate purposes including repayment or redemption of future note maturities. The debt offering is a drawdown from the company's shelf registration. With this issuance of the new debt instrument, AM Best calculates Ameriprise Financial's debt-to-capital ratio to rise initially to approximately 34%, which remains in line with AM Best's guidelines for the rating level. In addition, AM Best expects interest coverage to remain very strong. The financial leverage, along with interest expense coverage, is expected to remain well within AM Best's expectation for the assigned rating.

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