All the headlines from our S&P Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 27 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has said that it considers the Saudi insurance market to possess the “inherent strengths,” which will allow it to “ride out” forthcoming regulatory...
Nov 26 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced a number of rating actions, covering five mortgage guarantee insurers: Radian Group, Mortgage Guaranty Insurance PMI Group, Triad Guaranty and Old Republic. The...
Nov 21 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on France-based insurer MMA IARD Assurances Mutuelle (MMA IARD) to ‘A’ from...
Nov 20 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services acknowledged that it has received a copy of an extension notice from the administrator for KAMP RE 2005 Ltd. “As permitted under the transaction documents, Swiss...
Nov 18 2007 // The potential of the Hispanic insurance market is one of the factors attracting Spanish insurer Mapfre to its acquisition of the Webster, Mass.-based personal lines writer Commerce Group.Mapfre officials calculate that...
Nov 16 2007 // Standard & Poor’s announced that it will be holding conferences on the European bank sector across Europe. The meetings will concentrate on “how financial institutions are managing their way through the...
Nov 16 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has published “How Middle East Non-Life Insurers Are Developing From A Rating Perspective: A Comparison With The U.K..” S&P initially stated: “Middle...
Nov 14 2007 // Analysts from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services have pit together an analytical report on Bermuda’s insurance and reinsurance industry, following what S&P sees as “another excellent...
Nov 14 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has announced that its ratings and outlook on Allianz SE -‘AA’ debt ‘A-1+’ with a stable outlook – and related entities were unaffected by our...
Nov 14 2007 // As if Southern California’s recent devastating wildfires weren’t enough, the Golden State got a second jolt on Oct. 30 via a 5.6 magnitude earthquake just outside of San Jose. An article published by Standard...
Nov 12 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has placed its ‘BBB’/’A-2’ counterparty credit rating on Marsh & McLennan Cos. (MMC) on CreditWatch with negative implications. S&P said it...
Nov 8 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its ‘BB+’ long-term senior secured debt ratings to each of the following notes issued by Blue Fin Ltd. under Allianz SE’s (rated...
Nov 8 2007 // AmCOMP Assurance Corporation and AmCOMP Preferred Insurance Company have each earned a Financial Stability Rating® (FSR) of ‘A,’ Exceptional, from Demotech, Inc. “This level of FSR is assigned to...
Nov 7 2007 // The Hartford Financial Services Group announced that it is expanding its existing international professional liability underwriting capabilities with the opening of a new office in London.Following the success of its U.S....
Nov 6 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has received a copy of a proof-of-claim notice from the administrator for KAMP RE 2005 Ltd., which “puts the ultimate net losses in excess of the...
Nov 6 2007 // Standard & Poor’s has published an “Industry Report Card” on Europe’s insurers, which examines their situation “in the aftermath of the subprime credit crunch,” the findings of an...
Nov 6 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to ‘B+’ (Good) from B++ (Good) and assigned issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “bbb-” to The Hingham Group and its members –...
Nov 4 2007 // Engle Martin & AssociatesEngle Martin & Associates Inc., a national independent insurance adjusting and claims administration firm based in Atlanta, is extending its presence in California by opening a Sacramento...
Nov 2 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its ‘BBB’ long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to Bermuda-based insurer, International General Insurance Co. Ltd. (IGI)...
Nov 1 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has published “Cycle Downturn Doesn’t Have To Mean Plummeting Profits For Savvy Reinsurers.” The study examines the situation after 2006, which is seen as the...