All the headlines from our S&P Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 9 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has published an article titled “U.S. Reinsurance Year-End 2004 Outlook: Ratings Stability in 2005, An Atoll in Stormy Seas.”The article reviews the U.S....
Dec 9 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has withdrawn its “Bpi” issuer credit rating and financial strength rating on Universal Malayan Reinsurance Corp. (UMRE). “The withdrawal is...
Dec 7 2004 // Fundamentals remain strong for U.S. personal lines insurance carriers, according to a report published by Standard & Poor’s. This is reflected in S&P’s decision to retain a stable outlook on the...
Dec 6 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has revised its outlook on its ‘BB’ counterparty credit rating on Hilb, Rogal and Hobbs (HRH) to negative from stable.“The outlook revision...
Dec 6 2004 // Rating agencies are a reality, and we have to live with them,” Martin Kauer, CFO, Converium AG. “Market share is the enemy of risk management,” Brian O’Hara, president and CEO, XL Capital....
Dec 6 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its ‘A’ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Inter-Ocean Reinsurance Co. Ltd. (IO Re) and subsequently withdrew its...
Dec 6 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has removed its ‘BBB-‘ ratings on Centre Solutions (Bermuda) Ltd. and related operating companies from CreditWatch, where they were placed on...
Dec 3 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Gore Mutual Insurance Co. to ‘BBpi’ from ‘BBBpi’ (the...
Dec 1 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on Illinois-based Horace Mann Educators Corp. and its subsidiaries to stable from negative.Standard & Poor’s also affirmed its...
Dec 1 2004 // Standard & Poor’s has revised its outlook on WellPoint Inc. (NYSE:WLP; WellPoint; formerly Anthem Inc., renamed following merger with WellPoint Health Networks Inc.) to stable from positive.At the same time,...
Nov 30 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its “BBB” insurer financial strength and counterparty credit ratings on Taiwan Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. (TFMI) with a...
Nov 30 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a report noting that Japanese non-life insurance companies recently released results of for the first half of fiscal 2004, which indicate that underwriting...
Nov 29 2004 // In a separate bulletin Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its “A” counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on The Standard Steamship Owners’...
Nov 29 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its “A-” counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on The Standard Steamship Owners’ P&I Association...
Nov 29 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Rating Services has revised its outlook on Michigan-based American Physicians Assurance Corp. (APA) to stable from negative.At the same time, Standard & Poor’s affirmed its...
Nov 26 2004 // A report from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services indicates that its ratings on Europe’s insurers have continued to stabilize during 2004.“Only five out of the 20 groups covered in this report...
Nov 24 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “A-” long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to Belgium-based insurer Aviabel Cie. Belge...
Nov 24 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has revised its outlook on Hartford Financial Services Group (HIG) Inc.’s P/C subsidiaries in the Hartford Fire Intercompany Pool (collectively referred...
Nov 23 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “BBB+” senior debt rating to Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd.’s $500 million, 5.75 percent senior notes, which are...
Nov 23 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered its counterparty credit and senior debt ratings on Marsh & McLennan Cos. Inc. (MMC) to ‘BBB/A-2’ from ‘BBB+/A-2’. The ratings remain on...