All the headlines from our S&P Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 19 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its preliminary “A”‘ junior subordinated debt rating to the proposed perpetual, subordinated, fixed/floating-rate step-up notes to be issued by...
Jan 18 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services indicated that Germany’s Allianz (AZSE) plans to buy out the minority shareholders in Assurances Generales de France (AGF – rated ‘A’/Positive/...
Jan 16 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has stated that its rating and outlook on French reinsurer AXA Re (currently “AA-“/Stable) “are unaffected by the completion of the sale of AXA Re’s...
Jan 12 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has placed its “BB-” rating on Simply Insurance New Zealand Ltd. (SINZ) on CreditWatch with developing implications. “The CreditWatch placement follows...
Jan 9 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it “has assigned its ‘BBB’ long-term preliminary ratings to the proposed U.S. dollar-denominated, perpetual, subordinated, callable,...
Jan 9 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said it withdrew its ‘A-‘ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on 13 insurance subsidiaries of CNA Financial Corp. (NYSE:CNA). This action follows the...
Jan 5 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services indicated that its ratings on France’s AXA Group, including Winterthur Swiss, and Australia’s QBE won’t be affected by the sale of Winterthur’s US-based...
Jan 4 2007 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its long-term counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Switzerland’s Winterthur Swiss Insurance Co. by two notches to “A+” from...
Dec 29 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services placed its ‘BBB/A-2’ counterparty credit rating on Marsh & McLennan Cos. (MMC) on CreditWatch with developing implications.This action is in response to...
Dec 29 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced from its office in Tokyo that it has withdrawn “its ‘A+’ financial strength rating on Nissay Dowa General Insurance Co. Ltd. (U.S. branch), and...
Dec 22 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has raised its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Czech Republic-based insurer CSOB Pojistovna, a. s. to...
Dec 21 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on United Fire & Casualty Co. and its wholly owned subsidiaries to ‘A-‘ from...
Dec 20 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services recently revised its outlook on Professionals Direct Insurance Co. (PDIC) to stable from negative.Standard & Poor’s also said that it affirmed its ‘BBB’...
Dec 20 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on Transatlantic Holdings Inc. (TRH) and its operating subsidiaries – Putnam Reinsurance Co., Trans Re Zurich, and Transatlantic Reinsurance Co....
Dec 20 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook to positive from stable on Tunisia-based reinsurer B.E.S.T. Reinsurance Co. (Best Re). S&P also affirmed the Company’s ‘BBB’...
Dec 19 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its “A” counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to Mitsui Sumitomo Insurance Co. (Hong Kong) Ltd. (MSIHK) with a stable...
Dec 19 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said that its “ratings and outlook on entities of the Spanish Sistema Mapfre insurance group are unaffected by its acquisition of 50 percent of the agency-based motor...
Dec 18 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services noted that its “BBB+” long-term counterparty credit and its insurer financial strength ratings on Converium AG, and “BBB+” long-term insurer financial...
Dec 15 2006 // A new report from Standard & Poor’s Equity Research – European Investment Outlook – Riding A Wave Of Volatility – foresees the volume of mergers and acquisition in Europe exceeding the €1.3...
Nov 8 2006 // In a report, Major (Re)Insurers Address Legacy Reserving Issues, While U.S. Hurricane Season Is Quiet, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services notes that the “most significant development in recent months for...