All the headlines from our S&P Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Dec 15 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has reviewed the potential impact of the recent federal jury decision in New York that the 2001 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center was–for...
Dec 15 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services today announced that it has raised its long-term counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Guelph, Ont.-based Co-operators General Insurance Co. (CGIC) to...
Dec 14 2004 // The credit outlook on Australia’s nonlife insurance industry will remain stable in 2005, despite moderation in earnings, according to Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services latest industry report card on...
Dec 14 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that on Jan. 1, 2005, it will withdraw its “A”‘ insurer financial strength and counterparty credit ratings on Swiss Re Australia Ltd., a subsidiary...
Dec 14 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has revised its outlook on Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. and its subsidiaries (Endurance Specialty Insurance Ltd., Endurance Worldwide...
Dec 13 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its ‘AAA’ financial strength rating and a stable outlook to AIG Europe (Netherlands) N.V.According to S&P credit analyst Grace...
Dec 13 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “AAA” preliminary senior debt rating, “AA+” preliminary subordinated debt rating, and “AA” preliminary...
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Dec 9 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has withdrawn its “Bpi” issuer credit rating and financial strength rating on Universal Malayan Reinsurance Corp.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’...