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S&P Affirms RenRe’s ‘AA-‘/’A’ Ratings

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...

S&P Reports on Australia-N.Z Markets

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...

S&P Assigns AmWINS ‘B’ Rating; Outlook Stable

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 &...

S&P: Willis Group Holdings Ltd. Ratings Removed from CreditWatch and Affirmed; Outlook Negative

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...

S&P Raises Real Legacy Assurance Co. Ratings to ‘BBB+’; Outlook Stable

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)...

S&P Sees No Change in Lloyd’s Ratings

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” /-...

S&P Publishes Comparison Study on U.S. Surplus and Specialty Lines Insurers

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...

S&P Lowers GE Insurance Solutions Ratings; Off CreditWatch; CEO Comments

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...

S&P Puts Casiopea Re on CreditWatch-Negative

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...

S&P Report Describes Increased Access to Capital Markets for Small, Mid-Sized Insurers

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...

S&P Report Notes Slower Growth in U.S. P/C Surplus

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...

S&P Assigns ‘B’ Rating to N.Z.’s Simply Insurance

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...

S&P Report Explains ‘Core Subsidiary’ Term

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...

S&P Sees No Effect on Ratings of German Companies Charged with Anti-Trust Violations

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)...

S&P Lowers AIG Ratings to ‘AA+’; To Hold Conference

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...

S&P, Best See No Effect on Hannover Re Ratings

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...

Highway PLC Acquisition Unlikely to Affect Chaucer Ratings Says S&P

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...

S&P Takes MMC off CreditWatch; Affirms ‘BBB’ Rating, Negative Outlook

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 &...

S&P Raises Hannover Re (Africa) Rating to ‘BBB’

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”...

S&P Comments on SCOR’s Earnings Announcement

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...