Monthly Archives: June 2002

Oil Ins. Ltd. on Watch Negative

S&P’s lowered its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Oil Insurance Ltd. to “A+” and placed the company on...

Zenith Nat’l Ratings Fall

S&P lowered its counterparty credit rating on Zenith National Insurance Corp. (ZNT) to “BB+” from “BBB-” and its ratings on...

Western Specialty Rated ‘R’

Standard & Poor’s assigned its “R” financial strength rating to Western Specialty Insurance Co. in recognition of an order of...

SHIELDS, BARNES FEATURED AT IIABA

National political columnist Mark Shields and Weekly Standard editor Fred Barnes will be featured commentators during a political roundtable at...

INSURERS DAMAGED BY SPRING STORMS

According to the Insurance Services Office (ISO), U.S. insurers will pay out $700 million for damage from storms that wrecked...

CALIF. WORKERS’ COMP TRENDS INCREASE

A study by the Washington-based National Academy of Social Insurance revealed that California’s workers’ compensation benefits have increased 13.9 percent...