All the headlines from our S&P Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 23 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Transatlantic Reinsurance Co. and its wholly owned subsidiaries–Putnam Reinsurance...
Nov 23 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has “placed its ‘A-‘ counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Germany-based property/casualty insurer Allianz Marine...
Nov 23 2005 // The London office of Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has “affirmed its ‘A’ long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on U.K.-based Aspen...
Nov 22 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Rating Services announced that it has “raised to ‘A’ from ‘A-‘ its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength rating on Germany-based car and...
Nov 17 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its ‘A-‘ long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to German non-life insurer Gothaer Allgemeine...
Nov 16 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has raised its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Oslo-based non-life insurer Norway Energy & Marine Insurance ASA...
Nov 15 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a report – “Insurance Industry Risk Analysis: France (Republic of),” which indicates that the rating agency is “maintaining its stable...
Nov 15 2005 // The Frankfurt office of Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a comment following Hannover Re’s 9-month earnings report (See IJ Web site Nov. 10), indicating that the company and its largest...
Nov 11 2005 // While Fitch Ratings decided to affirm its “A+” ratings on Hannover Re and its subsidiaries (See following article), Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has adopted a wait and see attitude.S&P...
Nov 10 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its preliminary “BBB” senior debt, “BBB-” subordinated debt, and “BB+” preferred stock ratings to the $750...
Nov 10 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that its ratings and outlook on the recently rebranded QBE Insurance (Europe) Ltd., rated “A+” with a stable outlook, (formerly QBE International...
Nov 10 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has raised its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Luxembourg-based marine insurer British Marine Luxembourg S.A. (BM) to...
Nov 10 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its preliminary credit ratings to the €200 million asset-backed floating-rate notes to be issued by FCC SPARC, an SPE, involving the...
Nov 9 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “BBB” long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to Munich Mauritius Reinsurance Co. Ltd. (Munich Re...
Nov 9 2005 // Germany’s Talanx AG, which among other interests holds a 51 percent stake in Hannover Re (and consequently Clarendon in the U.S.), is currently in “advanced talks” to acquire the Gerling Group’s...
Nov 8 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has raised to “BBB” from “BBB-” its counterparty credit and senior debt ratings on White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. (WTM) and Fund...
Nov 4 2005 // Overall, Latin American insurance companies are working to improve underwriting results and improve performance, says a report released by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services titled, “The Evolution Of...
Oct 27 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “B+” long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to Russia-based reinsurer RESO-Re. S&P also...
Oct 27 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a new, and quite positive, report – “Top 50 Latin American Insurers Show Improving Fundamentals.” The rating agency cited “the growing...
Oct 27 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that its “BBB+” counterparty credit rating on IPC Holdings Ltd. (IPCR), and its “BBB-” preliminary preferred stock rating on IPCR’s...