All the headlines from our S&P Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Aug 9 2002 // Standard & Poor’s assigned its triple-‘B’-minus counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to Oslo-based start-up marine insurer Bluewater Insurance ASA (Bluewater). The outlook is...
Aug 2 2002 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has placed its long-term ratings, including its double-‘A’-plus counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings, on Munich-based insurance group, Allianz...
Aug 2 2002 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services affirmed its double-“B”-pi public information ratings on two Philippine insurers, Malayan Insurance Co. Inc. and Pioneer Insurance and Surety Corp.At the same time,...
Aug 1 2002 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services affirmed its triple-‘B’-plus insurer financial strength and counter party credit ratings on Central Reinsurance Corp. (Central Re). The outlook on the counter party...
Jul 31 2002 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, commenting on Hartford Fire Insurance Co.’s (Hartford Fire) second-quarter earnings, said that the outlook for the company and related property/casualty entities remains...
Jul 22 2002 // Standard & Poor’s has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Eastern Casualty Insurance Co. to double-‘Bpi’ from triple-‘Bpi’ citing a decline in capitalization...
Jul 22 2002 // Standard & Poor’s has lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Oregon-based Northwest Physicians Mutual Insurance Co. to single-‘Bpi’ from triple-‘Bpi’ because of...
Jul 19 2002 // Standard & Poor’s has assigned its preliminary triple-‘B’-plus senior debt, triple-‘B’ subordinated debt, and triple-‘B’-minus preferred stock ratings to Seattle- based SAFECO...
Jul 12 2002 // The reaction to Munich Re’s announcement that it would strengthen reserves at American Re and for the WTC attacks by a total of $2.5 billion (See IJ Website July 11) had a decidedly unsettling effect. Standard &...
Jul 8 2002 // At its Insurance 2002 conference in New York recently, Standard and Poor’s offered little consolation to insurance agents and brokers who are looking for quick relief from the pressures of the current hard market.The...
Jul 8 2002 // At its Insurance 2002 conference in New York recently, Standard and Poor’s offered little consolation to insurance agents and brokers who are looking for quick relief from the pressures of the current hard market.The...
Jun 26 2002 // Standard & Poor’s assigned its single-‘A’ counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to U.K.-based Wellington Reinsurance Ltd; while A.M. Best rated the London based reinsurer A...
Jun 26 2002 // Standard & Poor’s has revised its outlook on French non-life insurer Abeille Assurances to “positive” from stable.”The change, said S&P, reflects “the likelihood of an upgrade by the...
Jun 19 2002 // Standard & Poor’s announced that it has lowered its counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Germany’s Gerling-Konzern Globale Ruckversicherungs-AG (GKG), Gerling Global’s main...
Jun 17 2002 // Standard & Poor’s has affirmed its double-‘A’-plus counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on ING Re (Netherlands) N.V. with a negative outlook, following its annual review of the...
Jun 17 2002 // Standard & Poor’s announced a revised outlook, from negative to stable, and affirmed its single-‘A’ long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on mutual insurer Norwegian...
Jun 12 2002 // Standard & Poor’s announced that it has lowered its public information (‘pi’) rating on AXA General Insurance Hong Kong Ltd., a subsidiary of France’s AXA Group, to double-‘Bpi’...
Jun 11 2002 // According to analysts, Standard & Poor’s does not intend to place existing commercial mortgage-backed securities transactions on CreditWatch or take any downgrade action because of terrorism insurance issues.The...
Jun 10 2002 // S&P has affirmed its single-‘A’-minus counterparty credit and senior debt ratings on Travelers Property/Casualty Corp. (Travelers) and its double-‘A’-minus counterparty credit and financial...
Jun 10 2002 // Standard & Poor’s lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Oil Insurance Ltd. to “A+” and placed the company on CreditWatch with negative implications because of catastrophe...