All the headlines from our S&P Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 30 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of “A” (Excellent) and assigned an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” to New York-based Sompo Japan Insurance Company of America (SJA)....
Aug 23 2007 // The rating agencies reacted positively to PartnerRe’s move to centralize all of its European operations in its Dublin-based subsidiary (See previous article).Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services assigned its...
Aug 23 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of “a-” to Bermuda-based Hatherley Insurance Ltd. with a stable outlook. “These ratings...
Aug 23 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on LandAmerica Financial Group Inc. (LFG) and its title insurance subsidiaries (collectively, LandAmerica) to negative from stable. S&P also...
Aug 22 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a report entitled “Global Multiline Insurers Brace For A Testing Second-Half 2007 As Property/Casualty Market Languishes,” on its RatingsDirect service....
Aug 22 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A-” (Excellent) and assigned an issuer credit rating of “a-” to Park Assurance Company of Burlington, VT with a stable outlook....
Aug 16 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has published a FAQ (frequently asked questions) about the Bermuda insurers’ financial strength.S&P credit analyst Thomas Upton noted that “following a year in...
Aug 16 2007 // A new report from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services notes that “from October 2006 to August 2007, the Australian non-life [P/C] insurance industry underwent a deluge of activity that is changing the...
Aug 16 2007 // A new report from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services notes that the New Zealand non-life (P/C) insurance industry is still on a downward pricing cycle that has yet to correct.The report entitled, “Pursuit...
Aug 10 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said that its rating and outlook on Scottish Re Group Ltd. (SCT; B+/Developing/–) “will not be affected by the company’s five-day delay in its second-quarter...
Aug 8 2007 // So far the U.S. hurricane season has been remarkable for its absence, but Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services questions whether that trend will continue. In a report, entitled “Are U.S. Insurers Ready If...
Aug 8 2007 // A.M. Best Co. and Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services have both lowered their respective ratings on Conseco Inc., following the Company’s announcement of further losses in its Conseco Senior Health...
Aug 8 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Kanawha Insurance Co. to ‘BBB’ from ‘BBB+’; however, at the same time S&P...
Aug 7 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services analyzes plans to pay back capital, maximizing ROEs and the lack of opportunities to deploy capital effectively in a new report – “Capital Management, Enterprise...
Aug 1 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that its ‘BBB-‘ counterparty credit rating on Ohio Casualty Corp. and its ‘A-‘ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on the...
Jul 13 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Germany’s Allianz SE (AZSE) and various core operating entities to ‘AA’...
Jul 6 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Taiwan Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. (TFMI) to “BBB+” from “BBB”...
Jul 6 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its insurer financial strength and counterparty credit ratings on Taian Insurance Co. Ltd. of Taiwan to “BBB+” from “BBB’ and assigned a...
Jul 6 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a new report -“Bancassurance Approaches Employed In Europe, The U.S., And Russia: Similarities And Differences-” that analyzes the sector in those...
Jul 5 2007 // “The outlook on rated Korean non-life insurers remains stable,” says a report from Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, “reflecting the expectation that underwriting performance may gradually...