All the headlines from our S&P Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Oct 4 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its ‘R’ financial strength rating to American Superior Insurance Co. based on the company’s announcement last week that it has agreed to be put...
Oct 1 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its ‘AA-‘ financial strength and long-term counterparty ratings to Tokio Marine & Nichido Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. with a stable...
Sep 29 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has raised its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Sweden’s If P&C Insurance Ltd. and Finland’s If...
Sep 28 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its “A-” counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Odyssey Re Holdings Corp.’s (ORH) operating subsidiaries:...
Sep 28 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its “BBB” long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on U.S.-based AXA Corporate Solutions Life Reinsurance...
Sep 28 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a comment on the state of the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry and its short- and intermediate-term prospects in the wake of Hurricane Jeanne, the fourth...
Sep 27 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has published an article on its Website (www.standardandpoors.com) presenting the rating agency’s approach as to how it evaluates P/C insurance holding companies.Such...
Sep 23 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its “A+” long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Dublin-based non-life reinsurer QBE Reinsurance...
Sep 22 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “A-” senior debt rating to Australian insurer QBE’s Funding Trust III’s US$375 million 20-year zero coupon senior...
Sep 22 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has revised its outlook on Guelph, Ontario-based Co-operators General Insurance Co. (CGIC) to positive from stable, and has affirmed its long-term...
Sep 21 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services affirmed its ‘BBB-‘ counterparty credit rating on Pennsylvania-based Harleysville Group Inc. The outlook remains negative.The rating reflects management’s...
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Sep 20 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services revised its outlook on Clarendon National Insurance Co. and two of its subsidiaries—Clarendon America Insurance Co. and Redland Insurance Co.—to stable from negative.At the...
Sep 20 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has raised its public information (pi) financial strength and counterparty credit ratings on Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance (Hong Kong) Ltd. (RSA HK) to...
Sep 20 2004 // When Zurich Financial Services (ZFS) spun off its reinsurance operations into Converium in September 2001, the new company had a bright future. Initial capitalization exceeded $1.6 billion; ZFS had agreed to retain...
Sep 16 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services affirmed its “AA-” counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Cincinnati Insurance Co., Cincinnati Casualty Co. and Cincinnati Indemnity Co. (CIC).At the...
Sep 16 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has raised its financial strength and long-term counterparty ratings on Japan’s Nisshin Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. to “BBB” from...
Sep 16 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has published a review of the property catastrophe reinsurance industry, titled “Is Property Catastrophe Reinsurance a Commodity,” examining its commodity-like...
Sep 14 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has revised to stable from negative its outlook on Assicurazioni Generali SpA, the parent and main property-casualty company of the pan-European insurance...
Sep 13 2004 // Swiss-based reinsurer Converium expressed disappointment with Standard & Poor’s latest decision to lower the holding company’s ratings from “A-” to “BBB.” It also confirmed plans to...