All the headlines from our S&P Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 24 2006 // Strong Financials, Operating Performance gets thumbs up from Standard & PoorDALLAS, TEXAS – Standard and Poor’s Ratings Services affirmed its “A” financial strength ratings on Unitrin’s...
Apr 21 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services moved quickly to affirm its “A” counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on IPCRe Ltd. and its “A” financial strength rating on IPCRe Europe...
Apr 21 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services and A.M. Best Co. have both issued bulletins concerning the proposed perpetual fixed-/floating-rate sterling-denominated subordinated notes to be issued by U.K.-based non-life...
Apr 19 2006 // A new report from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services Ratings -“Industry Report Card: European Insurance-” has found that financial ratings in the European insurance sector are predominantly...
Apr 17 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “A-” long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to China-based Sompo Japan Insurance (China) Co. Ltd.,...
Apr 17 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has placed its “BBB” long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Oslo-based non-life insurer NEMI Forsikring ASA (NEMI...
Apr 14 2006 // Bond insurers had an interesting 2005, dealing with the ratings implications of natural disasters, airline and auto parts manufacturer bankruptcies, Securities and Exchange Commission and attorney general investigations,...
Apr 13 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services recently noted in two articles, “San Francisco’s Credit Rating Is Strong–But Not Earthquake Proof” and “One Hundred Years Later, California...
Apr 10 2006 // France’s AXA Group acknowledged that it has received a binding offer for its reinsurance operation – AXA Re and its subsidiaries – from Paris Re Holdings Limited. As previously reported (See IJ Website...
Apr 7 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its ‘BBB’ long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to Oman-based insurer Oman United Insurance Co. SAOG...
Apr 7 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has revised its criteria for measuring the catastrophe risk of primary P/C insurance companies, according to an article published today.The article, which is...
Apr 6 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has revised its outlook on the global reinsurance industry to stable from negative, “indicating that there will be little near-term movement in ratings...
Apr 6 2006 // In a bulletin from its London office Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said it has “clarified its stance on its ‘BB+’ rating on the $200 million 7.125 percent senior notes issued by U.S.-based...
Apr 5 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its “A-” counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Odyssey America Reinsurance Corp., Clearwater Insurance Co., and...
Apr 4 2006 // The rating agencies have taken different actions on Fairfax Financial Holdings and its subsidiaries, including Odyssey Re Holdings in which Fairfax has an 80 percent stake, following the Group’s filing of its Form...
Apr 3 2006 // The insurance industry is turning more frequently to catastrophe bonds, according to an article, “Catastrophe Bonds: Assessing A Risky Business,” which was published by Standard & Poor’s Ratings...
Apr 3 2006 // Do under-reserved property/casualty insurers deserve high ratings?Publicly traded property casualty insurance companies must serve many masters. To be competitive in the marketplace, they must offer products that meet the...
Mar 31 2006 // The Louisiana Department of Insurance reported that the rating agency Standard & Poor’s has given the Louisiana Citizens Property Insurance Corporation (Citizens) bond issue an ‘A’-minus rating,...
Mar 31 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “BBB+” long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to Dongbu Insurance Co. Ltd., “reflecting its...
Mar 31 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “B-” insurer financial strength and counterparty credit rating to New Zealand-based start-up nonlife insurance company Western...