All the headlines from our S&P Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 30 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Rating Services announced that it has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Bermuda-based PXRE Reinsurance Ltd. and U.S.-based PXRE Reinsurance Co. to...
Sep 29 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has revised its outlook on the global reinsurance industry to negative from stable. The news appears in a report, published today, entitled “Near-Term...
Sep 28 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its “BBB+” counterparty credit and senior debt ratings and “BBB” subordinated debt rating on Bermuda-based AXIS Capital...
Sep 16 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its “AA-” long-term insurer financial strength and local currency counterparty credit ratings on Hong Kong-based HSBC Insurance...
Sep 16 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced from its Hong Kong office that it has revised its outlook on Asia Insurance Co. Ltd. to stable from negative, and affirmed has its “A-” corporate credit...
Sep 14 2005 // Profitability among New Zealand’s nonlife (P/C) insurers is expected to remain sound for the remainder of 2005 and into 2006, according to Standard & Poor’s latest report card on the sector.“These...
Sep 12 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has lowered its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Alea Europe AG, Alea (Bermuda) Ltd., Alea Global Risk Ltd., Alea...
Sep 12 2005 // “The one-two punch of insurance payouts and share price losses following a major earthquake in Tokyo would not immediately jeopardize insurance companies’ ability to pay claims, but could have a negative impact...
Sep 12 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has placed its ratings on 10 interactively rated insurance and reinsurance groups on CreditWatch with negative implications due to their possible...
Sep 9 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “BBB” long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to Dubai-based insurer National General Insurance...
Sep 8 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a new report on how European insurers are doing in the U.S. market. The article entitled “Some European Insurers Maintain U.S. Property/Casualty Operations...
Sep 6 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a statement indicating that “credit quality among the nonlife insurance players in Australia should remain strong over the next couple of years, supported by...
Sep 6 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has placed its “A” long-term counterparty credit rating and “A-” long-term senior unsecured debt rating on Sweden’s Skandia...
Sep 5 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services affirmed its “BB+” counterparty credit rating and “B+”‘ preferred stock rating on Zenith National Insurance Corp. S&P also affirmed its...
Sep 5 2005 // A.M. Best Co. upgraded the financial strength ratings to “A+” (superior) from “A” (excellent) and assigned issuer credit ratings of “aa-” to ACE Westchester Specialty Group,...
Sep 2 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has placed its “A-” long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Alea Europe AG, Alea (Bermuda) Ltd., Alea Global Risk...
Sep 1 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “BBB+” long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to Slovenia-based reinsurer Pozavarovalnica Sava,...
Sep 1 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has registered a quick reaction to the ravages of Hurricane Katrina on the petroleum industry. S&P announced that it has placed its “A+” counterparty credit...
Aug 30 2005 // Although they are still relatively rare, compared to the number of commercial property policies in force, a number of cat bonds covering specific property risks were briefly threatened by Hurricane Katrina.However,...
Aug 18 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has given a definite maybe to a newly unveiled reform plan for Korea’s insurers. The rating agency called the plan “a good start towards enhancing the...