Monthly Archives: January 2001

Crash Landing for This Pilot

Paul Franklin Ostrove of Hermosa Beach was sentenced to six months in jail for insurance fraud after making false statements...

Touchup Needed on This Work of Art

Marco Anthony Ambroselli, 33, of Sacramento surrendered to authorities after a warrant for his arrest was issued for one felony...

Found Fudging Receipts

After surrendering to investigators last month, Victor Tafoya, 58, of Sacramento was arrested on one felony count of insurance fraud...

What Really Hurts’

Susan Jeanette Hobson, 40, surrendered to investigators from the California Department of Insurance (CDI) on three felony counts of insurance...

Acceleration National Gets ‘R’

An “R” FSR was assigned to Acceleration National Insurance Co. (ANIC) by S&P. The Ohio-domiciled property/casualty company, licensed in 47...

First Mutual Assigned ‘R’

Following a judicial granting of authority to the Kentucky Department of Insurance to supervise the daily operations of the assessment...

Penn Treaty Downgraded

The counterparty credit and FSRs on Penn Treaty Network America Insurance Co. were downgraded from “A-” to “BBB+” by S&P....

Best Affirms Munich Re Group

The “A++” FSR of Munich Reinsurance Co. was affirmed by A.M. Best. The rating action also applies to the company’s...

Zurich Re’s ‘AA’ Affirmed

The “AA” insurer FSR and counterparty credit rating of Zurich Ruckversicherung, also known as Zurich Re, were affirmed by S&P,...

Hartford Affirmed

All ratings for the Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (HIG) were affirmed by Fitch. Those ratings include HIG’s fixed-income ratings,...