All the headlines from our S&P Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 27 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has published an article examining the Qatari Insurance Sector In 2009. Entitled “Short-Term Weaknesses Offset By Long-Term Strengths,” it notes that “when...
Jan 26 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has commented that the financial strength rating of ‘A’ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a+” of German reinsurer Hannover Rueckversicherung AG (Hannover Re) remain...
Jan 22 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its ‘AA-‘ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Renaissance Reinsurance of Europe (RenRe Europe) with a stable outlook.“RenRe...
Jan 22 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has placed its ‘BBB+’ long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Ocidental Companhia Portuguesa de Seguros de Vida, S.A., Ocidental...
Jan 20 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on the Lloyd’s Syndicate Assessment (LSA) on Advent Underwriting – Syndicate 0780 to stable from positive. S&P also affirmed the...
Jan 15 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services revised the outlook to negative from stable on Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (AA-), Citizens Property Insurance Corp. (A+), and Florida Insurance Guaranty Association...
Jan 15 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered to ‘A-‘ from ‘A’ its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on German life insurer Nuernberger...
Jan 7 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its ‘A-‘ insurer financial strength and counterparty credit ratings to Ireland-based insurer RSA Insurance Ireland Ltd. with a stable outlook....
Jan 5 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today that media reports of a possible merger among Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Group Holdings Inc., the holding company of Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. Ltd. (MSI) (...
Dec 29 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to ‘B+’ (Good) from ‘B++’ (Good) and issuer credit rating (ICR) to “bbb-” from “bbb” for Omaha-based...
Dec 23 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings of ‘A’ (Excellent) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of Aspen Insurance UK Limited (AIUK) and Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Limited...
Dec 23 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on non-life insurer Zurich Espana, Compania de Seguros y Reaseguros, S.A.(Zurich España) to...
Dec 22 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has placed its ‘A-‘ counterparty credit ratings on Bermuda-based Everest Re Group Ltd. and its U.S.-based intermediary holding company, Everest Reinsurance Holdings...
Dec 19 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services today said it lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on American National Insurance Co. (ANICO) and its core subsidiaries, American National Life...
Dec 18 2008 // 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 negative...
Dec 17 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has affirmed its ‘AA-‘ ratings on Insurance Australia Group Ltd.’s (IAG) core operating companies, including Insurance Australia Ltd. and IAG New Zealand...
Dec 17 2008 // Bermuda-based XL Capital Ltd. has issued two separate comments following yesterday’s announcement by Standard & Poor’s Ratings that it has downgraded XL and its operating subsidiaries (See IJ web site...
Dec 16 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on XL Capital Ltd.’s core operating companies to ‘A’ from ‘A+’. S&P also...
Dec 16 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has raised its counterparty credit rating on Warren, N.J.-based Chubb Corp. to ‘A+’ from ‘A’, “to reflect reduced notching...
Dec 15 2008 // The deteriorating U.S. economy – with its waves of layoffs, dislocations in the credit and equity markets, and falling home prices – will present a challenge in 2009 for almost every domestic business sector,...