All the headlines from our S&P Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Jan 16 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a report which notes: “Rating actions picked up noticeably in Australia and New Zealand in 2005, as merger and acquisition (M&A) activity intensified and...
Jan 12 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “BBB+” long-term counterparty credit rating to Germany’s VHV Holding with a stable outlook.S&P said: “The rating...
Jan 11 2006 // A report published by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, “Industry Report Card: European Insurance,” notes that “despite the large losses related to hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, 2005...
Jan 10 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced from its Tokyo office that it has assigned its “A-” insurer financial strength rating to New Century Insurance Co. Ltd. and placed the rating on...
Jan 10 2006 // In a comment on its CreditWatch placement of Italian insurer Compagnia Assicuratrice Unipol SpA (Unipol), Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services commented that its “A-” long-term counterparty credit and...
Jan 9 2006 // It’s hard to get anything close to a consensus from financial analysts, but one forecast seems to be gaining almost universal credibility. The life sector is set for further consolidation in 2006. This appears to be...
Jan 9 2006 // In a recently issued study “Insurance Industry Risk Analysis: Italy (Republic of),” Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said it is maintaining its stable outlook on the Italian insurance industry....
Dec 30 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its ‘BBB-‘ counterparty credit rating to Flatiron Re Ltd. and its ‘BB+’ senior secured debt rating to Flatiron Re’s...
Dec 28 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has raised its long-term insurer financial strength rating on Hong Kong’s Ming An Insurance Co. to “BB+” from “BB”,...
Dec 27 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Rating Services has issued a timely bulletin, entitled “Credit FAQ: Rating The Reinsurance Startups.” The article discusses the criteria the rating agency uses in determining the...
Dec 23 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its interactive Lloyd’s Syndicate Assessment (LSA) of ‘4’ (low dependency) to U.K.-based Amlin Underwriting – Syndicate...
Dec 22 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its “A-” counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on petroleum industry mutual insurer Oil Insurance Ltd. (OIL) and removed...
Dec 22 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its “BBB+” long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Swiss-based reinsurer Converium AG and the...
Dec 22 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has raised its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on U.K.-based non-life insurer Ecclesiastical Insurance Office PLC to...
Dec 21 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “A-” counterparty credit and financial strength ratings to Traders & Pacific Insurance Co. (TPIC) based on the...
Dec 15 2005 // A new report from Standard & Poor’s notes that “Hurricane Katrina, followed closely on its heels by Hurricane Rita, wound up revealing the flaws in many insurance-industry assumptions.”The article,...
Dec 15 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has revised its outlook on Willis Group Holdings Ltd. to positive from stable and has affirmed its “BBB-” counterparty credit and senior unsecured...
Dec 12 2005 // The ACE Group of Companies reported that Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service has assigned its “A” long-term counterparty credit and financial strength ratings to ACE INA Insurance (ACE Canada), with a...
Dec 12 2005 // In a report published Monday, Standard & Poor’s stated that it is retaining its stable outlook for the personal lines sector for 2006, despite the losses stemming from 2005’s aggressively violent hurricane...
Dec 5 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “BBB+” insurer financial strength and long-term counterparty credit ratings to ING General Insurance Co. Ltd. (ING GIHK) with a...