All the headlines from our S&P Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 8 2001 // Standard & Poor’s affirmed its single-‘A’-plus counterparty credit rating on PartnerRe Ltd. and its double-‘A’ counterparty credit and FSR on Partner Reinsurance Co. Ltd. and PartnerRe...
Oct 5 2001 // Standard & Poor’s announced that it has lowered its counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Denmark’s Copenhagen Re and its British subsidiary The Copenhagen Re Co.(U.K.) to...
Oct 3 2001 // The four major engines of global reinsurance–Swiss Re, General & Cologne Re, Munich Re, and EmployersRe–form the backbone of a financially sound insurance response to the World Trade Center attack of Sept....
Sep 25 2001 // Standard & Poor’s commented recently on its CreditWatch placement of ratings on Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (HFSG), Hartford Accident & Indemnity Co., and related entities following the...
Sep 24 2001 // Standard & Poor’s (S&P) placed its “A+” counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on American Excess Insurance Exchange RRG (AEIX), American Diversified Reinsurance Ltd., and Premier...
Sep 21 2001 // In the face of ever increasing loss assessments from insurers following the terrorist attacks in the U.S., Standard and Poor’s announced that it had downgraded Lloyd’s financial strength rating from...
Sep 19 2001 // The underwriting entities which make up Australia’s QBE Group became the first insurers to be downgraded by Standard & Poor’s following its assessment of the group’s exposure to the World Trade...
Sep 19 2001 // Standard & Poor’s said it is likely to put on CreditWatch with negative implications the ratings of many insurers and reinsurers with exposures to the tragic loss at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11.Net...
Sep 17 2001 // Standard & Poor’s announced that the direct financial losses relating to the disasters will in all likelihood exceed the largest insured losses ever yet seen.“Any attempt to quantify the financial impact...
Sep 10 2001 // Standard & Poor’s has affirmed its double-‘A’ counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on the core operating companies of the CGNU Group, and removed Norwich Union Holdings from...
Sep 10 2001 // On Aug. 28, Standard & Poor’s assigned its ‘R’ financial strength rating to Frontier Insurance Co. after the New York State Insurance Department and Frontier reached an agreement for Frontier to...
Sep 10 2001 // Standard & Poor’s (S&P) lowered its counterparty credit and FSR on Farmers Insurance Exchange group to “AA-” from “AA+” and placed the ratings on CreditWatch Negative.At the same...
Aug 30 2001 // Standard & Poor’s assigned its “R” financial strength rating to Associated Physicians Insurance Co. (APIC). APIC was declared insolvent and placed into liquidation on Aug. 16, 2001, by the Circuit...
Aug 29 2001 // Standard & Poor’s announced that it had raised the counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Latin American Reinsurance Co.,Ltd. (LARe) to double-‘A’ from single -‘A’-minus...
Aug 29 2001 // Standard & Poor’s assigned its “R” financial strength rating to Frontier Insurance Co. after the New York State Insurance Department and Frontier reached an agreement for Frontier to enter into...
Aug 28 2001 // Standard & Poor’s addressed the recent weakness in the Japanese stock market, stating that “the current level of Japanese stock prices is within the tolerance of its counterparty ratings on Japanese banks...
Aug 27 2001 // Standard & Poor’s has assigned an ‘R’ rating (under regulatory supervision) to PHICO Insurance Co., following the granting of the Pennsylvania Insurance Department’s petition to place the...
Aug 27 2001 // On Aug. 6, Standard & Poor’s (S&P) placed its “AA-” counterparty credit and financial strength rating (FSR) on Fireman’s Fund Insurance Co. (FFIC) and related entities on CreditWatch with...
Aug 27 2001 // S&P placed its ratings on Nationwide Financial Services Inc. (NFS) and related entities on CreditWatch with negative implications. At the same time, S&P placed its ratings on Provident Mutual Life & Annuity...
Aug 27 2001 // S&P took rating actions on Acceptance Insurance Companies Inc. (AICI) and its insurance operating subsidiaries.S&P downgraded American Growers Insurance Co. (AGIC) because of declining earnings and uncertain...