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Fitch Withdraws Q-IFS Rating of Group Health Options, Inc.


CHICAGO -- Fitch Ratings Fitch Ratings

An international rating agency for financial institutions, insurance companies, and corporate, sovereign, and municipal debt. Fitch Ratings has headquarters in New York and London and is wholly owned by FIMALAC of Paris.
 has withdrawn it's 'BBq' rating on Group Health Options, Inc. The company no longer meets Fitch's criteria to be eligible to receive a Q-IFS rating.

For more information on Fitch's Q-IFS ratings, visit the Fitch fitch: see polecat.  web site www.fitchratings.com. A report titled 'The Updated U.S. Health Insurer An individual or company who, through a contractual agreement, undertakes to compensate specified losses, liability, or damages incurred by another individual.

An insurer is frequently an insurance company and is also known as an underwriter.
 Quantitative Insurer Financial Strength Ratings Methodology' can be found in the Criteria Reports section of the Sector marked 'Insurance.'

The following rating has been withdrawn by Fitch:

Group Health Options, Inc. (NAIC NAIC

See National Association of Investors Corporation (NAIC).
 Code 47055)

--Quantitative Insurer Financial Strength (Q-IFS) 'BBq'.

Fitch's rating definitions and the terms of such ratings are available on the agency's public site, www.fitchratings.com. Published ratings, criteria and methodologies are available from this site, at all times. Fitch's code of conduct, confidentiality, conflicts of interest, affiliate firewall, compliance and other relevant policies and procedures Policies and Procedures are a set of documents that describe an organization's policies for operation and the procedures necessary to fulfill the policies. They are often initiated because of some external requirement, such as environmental compliance or other governmental  are also available from the 'Code of Conduct' section of this site.
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