All the headlines from our S&P Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 5 2005 // The Everest Re Group announced from Bermuda that it has agreed to sell approximately $280 million of its common shares to Wachovia Securities, which will subsequently offer the common shares to public investors pursuant to...
Dec 2 2005 // A.M. Best Co. and Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services have reacted more or less positively to XL Capital Ltd.’s capital raising initiative (See previous article).Best has assigned indicative debt ratings of...
Nov 30 2005 // In line with its announcement on ACE Ltd. (See above article), Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has also revised its outlook to stable from negative on its “A” counterparty credit...
Nov 30 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has revised its outlook on ACE Ltd. and its active operating insurance companies to stable from negative. S&P also affirmed its “A+”...
Nov 29 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on XL Capital Ltd.’s core operating companies to “A+” from...
Nov 25 2005 // The Tokyo office of Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a bulletin which notes that it has raised its insurer financial strength and long-term counterparty credit ratings to “BBB+” from...
Nov 25 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a statement indicating that its ratings on the Alea Group are unaffected by the announcement that is to sell the renewal rights of its U.S. primary program business...
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...