All the headlines from our S&P Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 2 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has placed its ratings on Prudential PLC and its operating subsidiaries, including the ‘A+’ long-term counterparty credit rating on Prudential, on CreditWatch with...
Mar 2 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has placed its ‘A+’ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on American International Assurance Co. Ltd. (AIA) and American International Assurance Co....
Mar 2 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength ratings to ‘B++’ (Good) from ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings to “bbb” from “a-” of Western Insurance Company...
Feb 22 2010 // Neither Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services nor A.M. Best are currently expecting to change their ratings on Zenith National Insurance Corp or on Toronto-based Fairfax Financial Holdings, following the...
Feb 12 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the issuer credit rating to “bbb+” from “bbb” and affirmed the financial strength rating of’ B++’ (Good) of Panamanian insurer Compania Internacional de...
Feb 5 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its long-term counterparty credit rating on Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (BRK) to ‘AA+’ from ‘AAA’. S&P also lowered its financial strength...
Jan 28 2010 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength ratings (FSR) to ‘A’ (Excellent) from ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) to “a” from “a-” of Royal & Sun...
Jan 27 2010 // In a victory for ratings agencies, a U.S. judge Tuesday dismissed claims against Moody’s Corp. and McGraw-Hill’s Standard & Poor’s in litigation over nearly $100 billion of Lehman Brothers Holdings...
Jan 22 2010 // Validus Holdings announced that it has priced a registered offering of $250 million aggregate principal amount of 8.875 percent Senior Notes due 2040. They are to be sold to the public at a “price of 98.71 percent of...
Jan 21 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services stated that its ratings on Japan’s financial institutions and insurance companies “would be unaffected by the debt forgiveness requested by Japan Airlines Corp....
Jan 12 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has stated that its ratings on Bermuda-based RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (currently ‘A’ with a stable outlook) and related entities are not affected by the...
Jan 12 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its ‘AAA’ senior debt rating to Berkshire Hathaway Finance Corp.’s (BHFC) $1.0 billion senior notes. The notes will have various maturity dates....
Dec 22 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating of “a” of Italy’s Societa Cattolica di Assicurazione – Societa Cooperativa. Both...
Dec 22 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today that it has revised its outlook on the core operating entities of French credit insurance group Coface to negative from stable. The core entities are: —...
Dec 21 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its counterparty credit rating on Platinum Underwriting Holdings Ltd. to ‘BBB+’ from ‘BBB’. S&P also assigned its ‘A’...
Dec 15 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on the following core subsidiaries of Bermuda-based Catlin Group Ltd. to ‘A’...
Dec 15 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it withdrew its ‘A’ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on XL Europe Ltd. on Dec. 10, 2009. “We withdrew the ratings because of...
Dec 11 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has withdrawn the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘B++’ (Good) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb” of German insurer Wuerttembergische und Badische Versicherungs-AG (WUEBA) and...
Dec 9 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating to ‘B++’ (Good) from ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) to “bbb+” from “a-” of Novae Insurance...
Dec 7 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. (WTM), OneBeacon Insurance Group Ltd. (OB), and the members of OneBeacon Insurance Group (OneBeacon) to stable...