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The two US credit rating agency is spread in a unique public debate in connection with the reliability of the scores to increase personal loan investments in insurance companies.

An investigation is underway in the dispute, as it is made by the publisher, to find that a small loan rating agency has been appointed more generous scores to special credit investments than those larger and more. The Kroll Bond rating agency accused the battle rating of burning market participants by handing over the work to increase the quality of ratings.

Fitch On Monday, the National Insurance Commissions Association Associations published the criteria on the basis of the 2024 research on the basis of the study of the 2024.

A Fitch spokesman stood with his report, claiming that the group of the insurance client had similar results in previous investigations. “If (Association) provides new information, we will update our analysis.”

An unusual cart highlights a rapidly growing and profitable competition personal credit Industry to wake the field – not only among the lenders, but also between groups of non-transparent investment proposals of the market for their credit capabilities.

“There are risks in the insurance industry and also the former large mood, the Extended Loan Executive CEO Rutledge, which is an analyst in Rutledge.

Insurers and other investors use rating types known as private letter ratings, known as private letter ratings, known as no public rating. Larger rating firms, leaving the market dominated by small agencies, these types of scores for private loan products are historically releasing these types.

Private letter investments “are more risky than inflation, which are risky in the lack of transparency and lack of potential rating and lack of potential rating,” any part of the process, analyzes or information is a problem in assessing credit quality, “he said.

Kroll, who was the first among the global financial crisis, was among the first among the first among the first among the first, he was concerned with the increase in the “statistically unfounded” research. Fitch’s criticism said he was paid to support the dominance for the dominance.

“While searching for an actuality to increase market share in a private loan, Fitch has little principle of two basic principles for integrity and analytical hardness,” said Kroll said.

The research conducted by NAIC was aimed at increasing special letter ratings for private credit investments of about $ 350 billion in late 2023.

The secret prices of small rating shops have been overlooked by the Association’s own securities evaluation departments and more higher than scores. According to original reportAs small groups of Kroll tried to offer three cents higher than the internal account of the Union, and the larger agencies like this two hooks offered a higher rating.

The study also showed 86 percent of securities in 2023 in 2019 in 2019 in 2019, in 2019, increased by 823 to 8.152 in 2023 in 2023.

The report also noted that a private letter rating is the leading provider of a private letter rating between Fitch, S & P Global Ratings and Moody’s rankings.

But in the beginning of this month insurance unit declared The report was released from the website of the report of the report “To clarify the submitted analysis.”

Without calling the names, the Insurance Association said, “The people said that the information we gave is wrong or inappropriate,” he said.

NAIC rejected a request for comment.