All the headlines from our S&P Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 2 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that its ratings on Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. (A-/Stable/–) and its operating subsidiaries are not affected by the announcement of the appointment...
Oct 25 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on the core operating companies of the American National Insurance Co. group (ANICO) to ‘A+’ from...
Oct 14 2010 // The Everest Re Group’s Board of Directors has announced that Joseph V. Taranto has accepted its request to reconsider his decision to retire and will remain as Chairman and CEO through December 31, 2012.At the same...
Oct 13 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said it has revised its outlook on Mutual of Omaha Insurance Co. to negative from stable, and has assigned its ‘A’ rating to Mutual of Omaha’s issue of up to...
Oct 8 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said that its ratings on Horace Mann Educators Corp. (BBB/Stable/–) and its insurance operating subsidiaries are “unaffected by executive leadership changes within...
Oct 7 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on American Financial Group’s (AFG) core insurance subsidiaries to ‘A+’ from...
Oct 6 2010 // Climate change commentators have often spoken of capital markets as a source of funding, but many hurdles have to be overcome before institutional investors will allocate money to environmental projects in developing...
Sep 27 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has removed its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on U.K.-based non-life insurer AXA Insurance U.K. PLC (AXAI) from CreditWatch with negative...
Sep 22 2010 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” of Finland’s Tapiola General...
Sep 21 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its ‘BBB+’ senior unsecured debt rating to W.R. Berkley Corp.’s (WRB) proposed issue of $300 million of 5.375 percent senior unsecured notes,...
Sep 16 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that its ratings on Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. – currently ‘BBB+’ with a stable outlook – and its operating subsidiaries...
Sep 15 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on Selective Insurance Group Inc. (SIGI) and its operating subsidiaries (collectively, Selective) to stable from negative. S&P also affirmed its...
Sep 9 2010 // Global reinsurance companies are reconsidering their choices of corporate domicile, according to a new report from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, titled “Choosing A Domicile Remains A Hot Topic For...
Sep 9 2010 // A study published by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services – entitled: “Reinsurers Foot The Bill For Chilean Earthquake Losses” – indicates that the global reinsurance industry has...
Sep 9 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its ‘BBB+’ senior debt rating to Aon Corp.’s three tranches of recently priced senior debt issues. S&P said it expects that Aon will use the...
Aug 26 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has affirmed its ‘BBB’ unsolicited counterparty credit rating on Markel Corp. However, S&P said the “outlook on Markel remains negative.”Credit...
Aug 25 2010 // Ireland’s financial headache worsened on Wednesday after Standard & Poor’s cut its credit rating in a move criticized by the country’s debt management agency.In a strongly worded statement, the...
Aug 25 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its counterparty credit rating on Validus Holdings Ltd. to ‘BBB’ from ‘BBB-‘. S&P has also assigned its ‘A-‘ counterparty...
Aug 23 2010 // The slump in the U.S. commercial property market didn’t quite plumb the depths of the downturn in residential real estate, but although there are signs that home prices are nearing the bottom, commercial real estate...
Jul 29 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its counterparty credit rating on Arch Capital Group Ltd. to ‘A-‘ from ‘BBB+’. S&P also raised its counterparty credit and financial...