A new report warns that more than 95 percent of websites with new Internet addresses such as .zip, .kim or .party are suspicious. [See Editor’s Note below for update on.zip.] Internet security firm Blue Coat says its research of the …
When Peregrine Financial collapsed earlier this month, a nagging question resurfaced. As in the implosion of Lehman Brothers, the fall of Bernard Madoff and other cases in recent years, many asked: Where were the accountants? That this question still arises …
Lloyd’s has published a roundup of the environmental issues inherent in as the world grows warmer. The recently concluded Rio +20 Conference was an attempt – 20 years after the first conference – “to try to reach agreement on sustainable …
A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has removed from under review with negative implications and affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” of Allianz Risk Transfer AG (ART), which is …
A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has reviewed and maintained the under review status of the financial strength ratings of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a+” of the insurance subsidiaries of the UK’s AVIVA plc, as …
Insurance Australia Group’s Managing Director and CEO Mike Wilkins has indicated that it is an “appropriate time to assess the options for the UK business, given the improvement in its performance and the current UK economic conditions.” IAG reported that …
A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has commented that the financial strength ratings, issuer credit ratings and debt ratings of the UK’s Aviva plc and its subsidiaries “are unaffected by the recent announcement that Aviva’s chief executive officer (CEO) …
The airline and aviation manufacturing insurance markets turned a profit in 2011 “following one of the safest years in recent times in terms of numbers of losses and passenger fatalities,” according to a review from Willis Aerospace, a unit of …
A.M. Best Co. has placed under review with developing implications the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb+” and the debt ratings of The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc., as well as the ICRs of “a+” and the financial strength rating …
A.M. Best Co. has placed under review with developing implications the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of “a-” of Bermuda-based IPCRe Limited and Validus Re Europe Limited, which is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. The under …
