All the headlines from our S&P Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Mar 7 2003 // Standard & Poor’s has assigned its ‘BBB’ insurer financial strength and counterparty credit ratings to South China Insurance Co. Ltd. The outlook on the counterparty rating is stable.The ratings...
Mar 6 2003 // Standard & Poor’s has affirmed its ‘A’ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on DaVinci Reinsurance Ltd. (DaVinci) based on the new company’s very strong operating performance,...
Mar 3 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said today that it lowered its counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on National Heritage Insurance Co. (TX) (National Heritage TX) to “Bpi”...
Mar 3 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Boca Raton, Fla.-based Associated Industries Insurance Co. (AII) to “Bpi” from...
Feb 28 2003 // Standard & Poor’s has published a report that examines multiline insurers’ willingness to pay financial guaranty claims in a timely fashion.“Events over the past year starkly reinforce the need for...
Feb 27 2003 // Reportedly barring a divine mission to overhaul human nature, corporate folly and wrongdoing will remain a fact of life, but the toll on insurers has intensified sharply, according to a report just published by Standard...
Feb 25 2003 // Standard & Poor’s has published a report that examines failures among U.S. insurers in 2002.“Despite the hardening pricing environment in property/casualty and health insurance lines, the number of U.S....
Feb 24 2003 // Standard & Poor’s has withdrawn its public information (pi) counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on various insurance companies because of a decision to refocus analytical research...
Feb 24 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Kentucky Farm Bureau Mutual Insurance Co. (Kentucky Farm Bureau) to “Api” from...
Feb 24 2003 // S&P’s placed its “A-/A-2” counterparty credit rating on ACE Ltd. on CreditWatch with negative implications due to ACE’s announcement that it will strengthen its asbestos reserves by $2.18...
Feb 19 2003 // Standard & Poor’s has assigned its ‘A-‘ insurer financial strength rating on New Zealand-based AA Insurance Ltd. (AAIL). The rating reflects the company’s core status in the Royal & Sun...
Feb 18 2003 // Standard & Poor’s has raised its ratings based on public information on Hyundai Marine & Fire Insurance Co. Ltd. and Oriental Fire & Marine Insurance Co. Ltd. to ‘BBpi’ from...
Feb 18 2003 // Standard & Poor’s has affirmed its ‘AA-‘ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Employers Reinsurance Corp. (www.ge.com) and its wholly owned subsidiaries.Standard & Poor’s...
Feb 18 2003 // Standard & Poor’s has placed its ‘BB+’ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on the members of the Kemper Insurance Cos. Intercompany Pool on CreditWatch with negative implications...
Feb 13 2003 // The Standard & Poor’s ratings of CNA Surety Corp. subsidiaries Western Surety Co. and Universal Surety of America have been lowered from ‘A’ to ‘A-.’In addition, Standard &...
Feb 12 2003 // A criteria article published Tuesday details how Standard & Poor’s has revised its definition of insurer financial strength ratings to explicitly incorporate the potential for direct sovereign risk. Previously...
Feb 12 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has lowered all insurer financial strength and counterparty credit ratings on the core operating companies of France’s AXA group to ‘AA-‘...
Feb 12 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that Australia’s AMP Life Ltd. has been removed from CreditWatch and that its ‘AA-‘ ratings have been affirmed with a negative outlook. S&P...
Feb 10 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has “removed from CreditWatch and affirmed its ‘A-2’ short-term counterparty credit and commercial paper ratings on ACE Ltd. because the...
Feb 7 2003 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has removed from CreditWatch and affirmed its ‘A+’ long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on the core operating...