Ken Johnson is managing director at AM Best, an independent insurance information and rating service provider. Since joining AM Best in 2009, Ken has held various positions, including heading up the corporate research function. He is currently responsible for managing teams of senior analysts that prepare financial rating recommendations for life/annuity and property/casualty composite companies and global reinsurers, as well as performance assessments for Delegated Underwriting Authority Enterprises. Ken also is a co-founding member of both the Investment Working Group and Hybrid Evaluation Group, along with serving as a standing senior member of the AM Best rating committee.

Before joining AM Best, Ken served as a senior vice president at HSBC Securities and held senior roles at HSBC and JPM/Chase Manhattan Bank covering the insurance industry in various capacities. Ken was formally credit-trained through Chase Manhattan’s MBA Credit Training Program. He holds a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) designation, as well as the Chartered Alternative Investment Asset (CAIA) and Financial Risk Manager (FRM) designations. He received his master’s degree in bank finance from Fairleigh Dickinson University and received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Herbert H. Lehman College.