A.M. Best Company affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) with a positive outlook for UNIFI Companies. 

According to A.M. Best, "The ratings reflect UNIFI's strong growth trends in individual insurance, significant agency distribution expansion, excellent consolidated risk-adjusted capitalization and highly diversified operating platform. The group's operations are well-diversified with core lines including life insurance, annuities, disability income insurance, retirement plans, mutual funds, banking, and group dental and eye care insurance. On a post-merger basis, UNIFI has significantly improved its competitive scale within individual life and continues to enjoy a top-five market position within the group voluntary dental market. The group benefits from its ownership of the Calvert mutual fund family, which continues to demonstrate strong sales, net flows and growth in assets under management. Finally, UNIFI's overall capitalization levels are strong, on both an absolute and risk-adjusted basis, with modest financial leverage, below average intangibles and a generally conservative investment posture supporting its high quality balance sheet. A.M. Best expects the group's operating performance to improve meaningfully over the next five years, given anticipated expense efficiencies, distribution expansion and solid life sales growth."

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