On the back of strong ratings from credit rating agency A.M. Best, share price of CNO Financial Group Inc. ( CNO ) went up 0.1% to $14.40 on Sep 30, 2013. On Sep 27, 2013, A.M. Best Co. affirmed the issuer credit ratings (:ICR) of "bbb" and financial strength ratings of "B++" of the key life/health subsidiaries of CNO Financial. Concurrently, the ratings agency upgraded the outlook on the ICR to positive from stable while it retained the stable outlook on FSR. Additionally the ICR of "bb" on CNO Financial and the existing debt ratings have been affirmed while revising the outlook to positive from stable. The upward revision in the outlook of the ICRs and debt ratings came on the back of the favorable trends in CNO Financial's statutory operating earnings, risk-adjusted capitalization and core life insurance sales.