All the headlines from our S&P Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Sep 3 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has revised its outlook on Tokio Millennium Re Ltd. (TMRe) to stable from negative, and affirmed its “AA-” financial strength rating, based on a...
Sep 2 2004 // A.M. Best Co and Standard & Poor’s both announced rating actions following Converium AG’s announcement that it plans to raise additional capital and will significantly restructure its North American...
Sep 2 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its counterparty credit rating on Virginia-based broker Hilb, Rogal & Hobbs to “BB” from “BB-” with a stable outlook.S&P said the...
Aug 26 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has revised its outlook on Clarendon National Insurance Co. and two of its subsidiaries — Clarendon America Insurance Co. and Redland Insurance Co....
Aug 20 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings announced that it has assigned its ‘A’ long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to Austria-based Wiener Städtische Allgemeine Vers. AG (WS AG)....
Aug 20 2004 // W. R. Berkley Corp. announced that it intends to issue $150 million of senior notes due 2019. Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned the issue its ‘BBB+’ debt rating.Berkley’s...
Aug 18 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a new report on Singapore’s insurance industry, which concludes that it is expected to record a satisfactory operating performance, and that the outlook for...
Aug 16 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services assigned its “AA” financial strength ratings to American Contractors Indemnity Co. (ACIC) and HCC Reinsurance Co. Ltd. (HCC Re), both subsidiaries of Houston-based...
Aug 16 2004 // Downward pricing pressures threaten to send the California workers’ compensation market into another tailspin, according to a new report from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services.“The industry has...
Aug 12 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has revised its outlook on Gothenburg-based marine mutual insurer The Swedish Club to positive from stable. S&P also affirmed its ‘BBB-‘...
Aug 12 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings announced that it has raised its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on non-life French insurer Aviva Assurances S.A. to ‘AA-‘ from...
Aug 12 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Oil Casualty Insurance Ltd. (OCIL) to ‘A-‘ from ‘A’, while...
Aug 10 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its ‘BBB’ counterparty credit rating to Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. with a stable outlook. “The rating on Aspen...
Aug 9 2004 // S&P affirmed its “A” counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Navigators Insurance Co. and NIC Insurance Co. (collectively referred to as Navigators), with a negative outlook.According to...
Jul 20 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services reported that it lowered its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Switzerland-based reinsurer Converium AG and its main operating...
Jul 13 2004 // Standard & Poor’s has affirmed its ‘AA’ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Mercury Casualty Co. and Mercury Insurance Co. as well as its ‘AA’ financial strength rating...
Jul 9 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its ‘A’ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Navigators Insurance Co. and NIC Insurance Co. (collectively referred...
Jul 8 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that its ratings on Odyssey Re Holdings Corp. (ORH) and related subsidiaries, will not be affected by the recent announcement of ORH’s proposed acquisition of...
Jul 8 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has lowered its counterparty credit rating on Marsh & McLennan Cos. (MMC) to ‘A+’ from ‘AA-‘ and removed it from CreditWatch. The...
Jul 8 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has lowered its long-term sovereign credit ratings on the Republic of Italy to “AA-” from “AA”, due to the deterioration of public...