All the headlines from our AM Best Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 7 2007 // Real Estate Agents and Brokers E&ONuts & Bolts: London American Professional Liability LLC a program administrator and MGA, introduced a new program for real estate agents and brokers errors and omissions. The...
Jan 4 2007 // Bancinsurance Corp. today announced that the financial strength rating for Ohio Indemnity Co., a wholly-owned subsidiary, has been reaffirmed at A- (excellent) by A.M. Best Co. Ohio Indemnity’s issuer credit rating...
Dec 29 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned debt ratings of “bbb-” to the $24 million senior secured term A loans and “bb+” to the $40 million senior secured term B, both due December 2009, of Triomphe Re. The...
Dec 28 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has placed the financial strength rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent) of State-Wide Insurance Co. of Hempstead, N.Y. under review with positive implications.This action has been taken due to the announced...
Dec 27 2006 // In addition to assigning a ‘stable’ outlook for 2007, A.M. Best Co. awarded Star Casualty Insurance Co. of Coral Gables an initial rating of B++. Star Casualty is a domestic property and casualty company that...
Dec 25 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management Liability New P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically...
Dec 25 2006 // Accident Site and Public Response Nuts & Bolts: AIG Specialty Excess, an umbrella and excess casualty underwriting unit of the AIG Companies, announced the addition of Accident Site Advisor and PublicResponse to its...
Dec 24 2006 // Accident Site and Public ResponseNuts & Bolts: AIG Specialty Excess, an umbrella and excess casualty underwriting unit of the AIG Companies, announced the addition of Accident Site Advisor and PublicResponse to its...
Dec 24 2006 // E&O, Professional/Management LiabilityNew P/C Insurance Agents’ E&O Rockwood Programs partnered with certain underwriters at Lloyd’s of London to offer professional liability coverage specifically for...
Dec 22 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of “A-” (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” of Amlin Bermuda Limited (ABL) with a stable outlook.“The ratings...
Dec 20 2006 // Fremont Michigan InsuraCorp, Inc. announced today that the rating of its insurance subsidiary, Fremont Insurance Co., has been upgraded by rating agency A.M. Best to “B++” (very good).The Best’s Financial...
Dec 18 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of A- (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” of Bermuda-based Montpelier Reinsurance Ltd. Concurrently, Best affirmed the ICR of...
Dec 18 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” of Bermuda-based Flagstone Reinsurance Limited. It also assigned an ICR of...
Dec 11 2006 // Monoline Auto Classes, Small Commercial Businesses Nuts & Bolts: Zurich’s small business agents now have more than 500 monoline auto classes to sell. The company has opened an additional 257 existing America...
Dec 11 2006 // Coastal Property — Texas Nuts & Bolts: Western Security Surplus has increased capacity to write coastal property coverage in Texas, including wind and hail, Tier 1 and 2 counties. The property coverage is...
Dec 11 2006 // Trucking Operations Nuts & Bolts: Kansas-based Interstate Insurance Management and Swiss Re’s Commercial Insurance announce the immediate expansion of their insurance program for the trucking industry into...
Dec 10 2006 // Monoline Auto Classes, Small Commercial BusinessesNuts & Bolts: Zurich’s small business agents now have more than 500 monoline auto classes to sell. The company has opened an additional 257 existing America...
Dec 10 2006 // Coastal Property – TexasNuts & Bolts: Western Security Surplus has increased capacity to write coastal property coverage in Texas, including wind and hail, Tier 1 and 2 counties. The property coverage is offered...
Dec 8 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed its Syndicate Ratings of “A” (Excellent) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a+” of Lloyd’s Syndicate 2623 and Lloyd’s Syndicate 623, managed by the...
Nov 29 2006 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) to Blue Whale Re Ltd. of Burlington, Vermont. The rating outlook is stable.A.M. Best said the rating reflects the company’s “strong...