Press Release

DBRS Assigns Provisional Rating to iA Financial Corporation Inc.’s Subordinated Debt of BBB (high), Stable

Insurance Organizations
September 19, 2019

DBRS Limited (DBRS) assigned a provisional rating of BBB (high) with a Stable trend to iA Financial Corporation Inc.’s (the Company) Subordinated Debentures.

DBRS assigned the Subordinated Debentures a rating one notch below the Company’s Issuer Rating of A (low). The assignment of the rating results from the application of DBRS’s methodology, “Global Methodology for Rating Life and P&C Insurance Companies and Insurance Organizations.”

Notes:
All figures are in Canadian dollars unless otherwise noted.

The applicable methodology is Global Methodology for Rating Life and P&C Insurance Companies and Insurance Organizations (September 2019), which can be found on our website under Methodologies & Criteria.

The related regulatory disclosures pursuant to the National Instrument 25-101 Designated Rating Organizations are hereby incorporated by reference and can be found on the issuer page at www.dbrs.com.

The rated entity or its related entities did participate in the rating process for this rating action. DBRS had access to the accounts and other relevant internal documents of the rated entity or its related entities in connection with this rating action.

Lead Analyst: Komal Rizvi, Vice President, Canadian FIG & Insurance
Rating Committee Chair: Roger Lister, Managing Director, Chief Credit Officer

For more information on this credit or on this industry, visit www.dbrs.com.

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