Yearly Archives: 2001

‘Least Cost’ Equals Least Coverage

A joint investigation conducted by the CDI Criminal Investigations Branch’s Investigations Bureau and the Orange County District Attorney’s Office led...

Trenwick Ratings Lowered

S&P lowered its counterparty credit rating and FSR on Trenwick America Reinsurance Corp., Trenwick International Ltd. (Trenwick International), Chartwell Ins....

Zenith Assigned ‘A-‘

Fitch assigned an “A-” insurer FSR to Zenith National Insurance Corp.’s (Zenith National) three insurance subsidiaries, Zenith Insurance Co. (Zenith...

General Casualty Gets ‘A++’

General Casualty Insurance Companies earned an “A++” rating from A.M. Best for the ninth consecutive year. In affirming General Casualty’s...

CNA Lowered, on Negative Watch

S&P lowered its ratings on CNA Financial Corp., the members of the Continental Casualty Intercompany Pool, Continental Assurance Co., Valley...

Swiss Re Affirmed

A.M. Best Co. affirmed the “A++” FSR of Swiss Reinsurance Co., Zurich. The rating is based on Swiss Re’s superior...

CGNU Group Members Affirmed

Standard & Poor’s (S&P) affirmed its “AA” counterparty credit and insurer financial strength rating (FSR) on the core operating companies...

A LIMIT TO INVESTORS’ APPETITE

Standard & Poor’s said that investors’ appetite for insurance debt is likely to be limited to high-quality issuers over the...

CALIF. EMPLOYEE DEATHS DECLINE

The downward trend continued last year: the number of California workers killed on the job was the lowest since 1992...