According to a recent Best’s Special Report, Stress Testing Rated Companies for COVID-19 published by ICMIF Supporting Member AM Best in May 2020, initial stress testing conducted by the rating agency to gauge the preliminary impact from the COVID-19 pandemic on its rated insurance companies’ financial strength found that most insurers’ capital levels provided an adequate buffer against a potential shock to their balance sheets. Findings showed that sensitivity to the pandemic was greater for life/health insurers with high asset and mortality risks; insurers with material exposures to mortgage loans; carriers operating in domiciles in higher country-risk tiers; and companies with smaller capital bases.