All the headlines from our S&P Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 8 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued an analysis of the U.K. motor insurance industry’s reported results, which concludes that “healthy reported numbers continue to hide high releases from...
Sep 4 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on French reinsurer SCOR SE and its guaranteed subsidiaries (collectively SCOR or the group), to positive from stable. SCOR regained an ‘A-‘...
Sep 4 2008 // Both Standard & Poor’s and A.M. Best have given high ratings to Zurich’s latest debt issue. S&P said it has “assigned its ‘A+’ long-term senior unsecured debt rating to the proposed...
Sep 4 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to ‘B-‘ (Fair) from ‘B+’ (Good) and issuer credit rating (ICR) to ‘bb-” from ‘bbb-” of Oklahoma City-based...
Sep 3 2008 // Both Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services and A.M. Best have issued statements following the passage of Hurricane Gustav, which indicate that the storm’s impact on the industry will not be nearly as severe...
Sep 2 2008 // Gustav may not wallop the property/casualty insurance industry the way Katrina did but there is still concern in insurance and reinsurance circles over the continued pile-up of catastrophe losses.Standard &...
Sep 2 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has affirmed its ‘AA’ long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Germany’s Allianz SE (AZSE) and related core entities, along...
Sep 2 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has released findings, which show that ‘natural catastrophe bonds (‘nat cats’) have proven generally resilient during the capital market’s turbulence...
Sep 1 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services revised its outlook on the U.S. commercial lines property/casualty insurance sector to negative from stable.Standard & Poor’s credit analyst John Iten explained that...
Aug 27 2008 // In its latest report on the insurance market in the Sultanate of Oman, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services says that despite the heavy losses from Cyclone Gonu in 2007, the sector has much to commend...
Aug 25 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has placed its ‘BBB+’ counterparty credit rating on Aon Corp. on CreditWatch with negative implications, following the announcement that Aon has “signed a...
Aug 25 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on Penn Treaty Network America Insurance Co. (PTNA) to negative from stable; however, the rating agency also said that it affirmed its ‘B-‘...
Aug 21 2008 // An aerial photo shows a flooded area of downtown looking North over Cedar Rapids, Iowa, June 13, 2008. Interstate I-380 can be seen on the left while Mays Island, with Cedar Rapids City Hall, is seen on the right with its...
Aug 20 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Bermuda-based insurer International General Insurance Co. Ltd. (IGI) to...
Aug 19 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its ‘A-‘ long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to Catlin Speciality Insurance Co. (CSCI) and Catlin Insurance Co. Inc....
Aug 18 2008 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-” of SALAMA Islamic Arab Insurance Company (P.S.C.), which is based in the...
Aug 15 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has announced the results of its latest public information Lloyd’s Syndicate Assessment (LSA) review, which considered the 2007 syndicate financial statements and...
Aug 14 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that its ratings and outlooks on ING Groep N.V. (currently ‘AA-‘ – Stable – ‘A-1+’) and related entities are unchanged following...
Aug 14 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services revised its outlook on the U.S. commercial lines property/casualty insurance sector to negative from stable.Standard & Poor’s credit analyst John Iten explained that...
Aug 11 2008 // Bermuda-based Validus Holdings, Ltd. announced that it has filed a shelf registration statement on Form S-3 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). “The registration statement, which became effective upon...