Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) was established in 2010 by Jules Kroll to restore trust in credit ratings by creating new standards for assessing risk and by offering accurate, clear and transparent ratings. KBRA is registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as a Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization (NRSRO). In addition, KBRA is recognized by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) as an Acceptable Rating Organization (ARO).

Kroll Bond Ratings has over 50 professionals in the New York, NY and Mount Airy, MD offices.

How We Are Different

Kroll Bond Ratings will set a standard of excellence and integrity that is synonymous with the Kroll name. Everything we do is aimed at building a service that restores trust in credit ratings. We will:

• Never rely solely on information provided by issuers of bonds; we'll look under the hood to find out what goes into each security.
  
  
• Adopt superior corporate governance principles to ensure we will never lower our standards in pursuit of business, always keeping the interests of investors above all other concerns.
  
  
• Make accuracy the cornerstone of our business, which applies not only to initial ratings but also to continued surveillance.
  
  
• Hold ourselves to the highest standards of transparency - putting our methodology and analysis into the public domain for everyone to see.