All the headlines from our S&P Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Nov 26 2003 // Standard & Poor’s has affirmed its ‘BBBpi’ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Maine Employers Mutual Insurance Co. The ratings reflect its extremely strong capitalization, strong...
Nov 26 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a comment on the Japanese P/C sector, indicating that “a recovery in bottom-line profits recorded by all 10 major Japanese non-life insurers for the first half...
Nov 26 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has revised its outlook on Sweden’s long-term savings provider Skandia Insurance Co. Ltd. (Skandia) to negative from stable. S&P also affirmed ithe...
Nov 26 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed New York Central Mutual Fire Insurance Co.’s (NYCM) ‘BBBpi’ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings. The...
Nov 25 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has lowered its counterparty credit and senior debt ratings on PMA Capital Corp. (PMACA) to ‘B’ from ‘BB-.’ It also said it has...
Nov 19 2003 // A recently published report from Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services notes that it has revised its outlook for the Italian insurance market to stable from negative, citing good business fundamentals in both the...
Nov 19 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its ‘AA-‘ long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on the core members of Germany’s Talanx primary...
Nov 17 2003 // Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Ratings Services revised its outlook on Cincinnati Insurance Co., Cincinnati Casualty Co., and Cincinnati Indemnity Co., which are Cincinnati Financial Corp.’s (CFC) P/C...
Nov 12 2003 // The biggest wildfire in U.S. insurance history will neither undermine insurance ratings nor prompt a pricing surge in homeowners’ coverage in the state, according to the most recent research by Standard &...
Nov 10 2003 // Rating outlooks across the European insurance and reinsurance markets remain negative despite positive trends emerging in some sectors, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said in a report.“Although...
Nov 5 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Rating Services reported that it revised its outlook on Marsh & McLennan Cos. (MMC) to negative from stable and affirmed its ‘AA-/A-1+’ counterparty credit rating on the...
Nov 5 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its ‘BB’ long-term foreign and ‘BB+’ long-term local currency sovereign credit ratings on the Russian Federation, as well...
Nov 3 2003 // Standard & Poor’s (S&P) Ratings Services assigned its “A” counterparty credit and financial strength ratings with a “stable” outlook to Commerce Insurance Co. (CIC) and Citation...
Nov 3 2003 // A year ago the reinsurance world had an optimistic side most companies had survived their exposures to 9/11 and premiums were rising. A pessimistic side reflected a 25 percent decline in capacity, thus limiting new...
Nov 3 2003 // A year ago the reinsurance world had an optimistic side most companies had survived their exposures to 9/11 and premiums were rising. A pessimistic side reflected a 25 percent decline in capacity, thus limiting new...
Oct 30 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed the ‘AA-‘ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on property/casualty insurer Hannover Re (Bermuda) Ltd. (HRB), with a...
Oct 30 2003 // Commenting on Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd.’s earnings announcement, Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services indicated that the lowered premium income expectations for 2003 would not have an adverse affect on the...
Oct 29 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its ‘B-‘ long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to Russian insurer oOo Strakhovaya Kompaniya...
Oct 29 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has revised its outlook on Ukraine to positive from stable, and has affirmed the ‘B’ long-term and ‘B’ short-term ratings on the...
Oct 24 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed the BBB- counterparty credit rating BBB- senior unsecured debt rating and BB preferred stock rating on Markel Corp. (MKL), but has revised its...