All the headlines from our S&P Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Apr 19 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its “AA-” counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Bermuda-based Renaissance Reinsurance Ltd. (RenRe), its...
Apr 14 2005 // A report from Standard & Poor’s concludes that the “Australian and New Zealand markets continued to perform favorably during the first quarter of 2005, driven by a continuation of stable economic...
Apr 14 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its ‘B’ counterparty credit rating to American Wholesale Insurance Group Inc. (AmWINS). The outlook is stable.At the same time, Standard &...
Apr 8 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Rating Services said Friday that it affirmed its ratings on Willis Group Holdings Ltd., including the ‘BBB-‘ counterparty credit rating, and removed them from CreditWatch, where...
Apr 8 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Real Legacy Assurance Co. Inc. (RLA), formerly known as Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance (Puerto Rico)...
Apr 7 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services joined A.M. Best in stating that its ratings and outlook on the Lloyd’s Market (“A” / Stable) and The Society of Lloyd’s (also “A” /-...
Apr 7 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services named Houston-based HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. as the leader in surplus and specialty insurance lines, in a new report – “Peer Comparison: U.S. Surplus And...
Apr 5 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Employers Reinsurance Corp. and affiliated insurance/reinsurance entities (collectively...
Apr 4 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has placed its “A” long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Casiopea Re S.A. on CreditWatch with negative...
Apr 1 2005 // A study from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services examines recent changes in the U.S. capital markets, and concludes that they have “have sparked interest in the credit ratings on small and mid-size...
Apr 1 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has published a report comparing the past two years of U.S. P/C surplus growth, titled “U.S. Property/Casualty Surplus Growth Slows In 2004.” S&P credit...
Apr 1 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its ‘B’ rating to Simply Insurance New Zealand Ltd. with a stable outlook.“The rating reflects the sensitivities of a start-up...
Apr 1 2005 // The London office of Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has published a report – “Insurance Criteria Update: What Makes An Insurance Or Reinsurance Subsidiary ‘Core’ Under Group Rating...
Apr 1 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it is “not considering rating actions on the eight rated companies out of the currently ten on which the German antitrust authority (Bundeskartellamt)...
Mar 31 2005 // And then there was one. The announcement late yesterday, March 30, that Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its long-term counterparty credit and senior debt ratings on American International Group...
Mar 30 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that Hannover Re’s 2004 results would “have no impact on the ratings or outlook on group entities.” A.M. Best Co. commented that Hannover Re’s...
Mar 25 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services indicated that its “3” Lloyd’s Syndicate Assessment (LSA) on Chaucer – Syndicate 1084 (Chaucer or the syndicate) is “unlikely to be affected by...
Mar 25 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Rating Services announced that it has affirmed its “BBB” counterparty credit and senior unsecured debt ratings and ‘A-2’ commercial paper ratings on Marsh &...
Mar 24 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that has raised its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Hannover Reinsurance Africa Ltd. (Hannover Re Africa) to “BBB”...
Mar 24 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services indicated that its ratings and outlook on French reinsurer SCOR and its guaranteed subsidiaries – currently “BBB+” with a positive outlook – would not...