All the headlines from our S&P Topic Page, ordered by recency.
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...
Jul 7 2004 // According to a recent report issued by Standard & Poor’s Rating Services, “Europe’s insurers will continue to face challenges in delivering genuine ‘profitable growth’ over the next few...
Jul 7 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services affirmed its ‘BBB-‘ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Best Meridian Insurance Co. (BMI) and its subsidiary, Best Meridian International...
Jul 6 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that that its “BBB+”-outlook negative – ratings on Netherlands-based insurance group Eureko B.V. are unaffected by the group’s announcement of...
Jul 5 2004 // The insurance industry, now teeter-tottering between a hard and a soft market, “has reached a point of inflection,” said Robert Partridge, Standard & Poor’s managing director, at S&P’s...
Jul 5 2004 // In the opinion of one major industry player, The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 set in place “a mad rush to save the world from bad management,” a misguided and costly strategy that will fall victim to its...
Jul 5 2004 // Industry-wide price strengthening was a driving factor in the financial results of U.S. property/casualty insurance companies in 2003, according to an industry report card published by Standard & Poor’s Ratings...
Jul 5 2004 // In the opinion of one major industry player, The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 set in place “a mad rush to save the world from bad management,” a misguided and costly strategy that will fall victim to its...
Jul 5 2004 // In the opinion of one major industry player, The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 set in place “a mad rush to save the world from bad management,” a misguided and costly strategy that will fall victim to its...
Jul 5 2004 // Industry-wide price strengthening was a driving factor in the financial results of U.S. property/casualty insurance companies in 2003, according to an industry report card published by Standard & Poor’s Ratings...
Jul 2 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its ‘A+’ long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to Tokio Marine & Fire Insurance Co. (Singapore)...
Jul 1 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has lowered its insurer financial strength and counterparty ratings on Australian insurer Mercantile Mutual Insurance Ltd. (MMIA) “A+” from...
Jun 29 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has revised the ratings outlook on Australia’s AMP Life Ltd., AMP Group Holdings Ltd., and AMP Bank Ltd. to positive from stable, and affirmed the...
Jun 23 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “BBB” long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to Bahrain-based reinsurer Arab Insurance Group...