Latest S&P Headlines
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S&P Survey of Australia NZ Market Notes M&A Activity; Rating Changes
Jan 16 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a report which notes: “Rating actions picked up noticeably in Australia and New Zealand in 2005, as merger and acquisition (M&A) activity intensified and...
S&P Assigns ‘BBB+’ Rating to Germany’s VHV Holding
Jan 12 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “BBB+” long-term counterparty credit rating to Germany’s VHV Holding with a stable outlook. S&P said: “The...
S&P Calls 2005 ‘a Good Year’ for European Insurers, Despite Losses
Jan 11 2006 // A report published by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, “Industry Report Card: European Insurance,” notes that “despite the large losses related to hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, 2005...
S&P Assigns Mitsubishi’s New Century ‘A-‘ Rating; CreditWatch Positive
Jan 10 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced from its Tokyo office that it has assigned its “A-” insurer financial strength rating to New Century Insurance Co. Ltd. and placed the rating on...
S&P Keeps Unipol on CreditWatch
Jan 10 2006 // In a comment on its CreditWatch placement of Italian insurer Compagnia Assicuratrice Unipol SpA (Unipol), Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services commented that its “A-” long-term counterparty credit and...
S&P, Swiss Re Predict More Securitization, M&A’s in Life Market
Jan 9 2006 // It’s hard to get anything close to a consensus from financial analysts, but one forecast seems to be gaining almost universal credibility. The life sector is set for further consolidation in 2006. This appears to be...
S&P Maintains Stable Outlook on Italian Insurance Industry
Jan 9 2006 // In a recently issued study “Insurance Industry Risk Analysis: Italy (Republic of),” Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said it is maintaining its stable outlook on the Italian insurance industry....
S&P Rates Arch’s Flatiron Re ‘BBB-‘
Dec 30 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its ‘BBB-‘ counterparty credit rating to Flatiron Re Ltd. and its ‘BB+’ senior secured debt rating to Flatiron Re’s...
S&P Raises Ratings on Ming An
Dec 28 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has raised its long-term insurer financial strength rating on Hong Kong’s Ming An Insurance Co. to “BB+” from “BB”,...
S&P Tells How It Rates Start-Ups
Dec 27 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Rating Services has issued a timely bulletin, entitled “Credit FAQ: Rating The Reinsurance Startups.” The article discusses the criteria the rating agency uses in determining the...
S&P Assigns Lloyd’s Assessment Rating to Amlin’s Syndicate 2001
Dec 23 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its interactive Lloyd’s Syndicate Assessment (LSA) of ‘4’ (low dependency) to U.K.-based Amlin Underwriting – Syndicate...
S&P Affirms OIL’s ‘A-‘ Rating, Off CreditWatch; Outlook Stable
Dec 22 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its “A-” counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on petroleum industry mutual insurer Oil Insurance Ltd. (OIL) and removed...
S&P Affirms Converium’s Ratings; Off CreditWatch; Outlook Stable
Dec 22 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its “BBB+” long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Swiss-based reinsurer Converium AG and the...
S&P Raises U.K. Eccelesiastical Ins. To ‘A-‘; EIG-Ansvar to ‘BBB+’
Dec 22 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has raised its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on U.K.-based non-life insurer Ecclesiastical Insurance Office PLC to...
S&P Rates Endurance Sub TPIC ‘A-‘
Dec 21 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “A-” counterparty credit and financial strength ratings to Traders & Pacific Insurance Co. (TPIC) based on the...
Katrina & Rita Opened a “Pandora’s Box” for P/C Industry, Says S&P
Dec 15 2005 // A new report from Standard & Poor’s notes that “Hurricane Katrina, followed closely on its heels by Hurricane Rita, wound up revealing the flaws in many insurance-industry assumptions.” The article,...
S&P Ups Willis Outlook to Positive; Affirms ‘BBB-‘ Rating
Dec 15 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has revised its outlook on Willis Group Holdings Ltd. to positive from stable and has affirmed its “BBB-” counterparty credit and senior unsecured...
S&P Assigns ACE INA Insurance (ACE Canada) ‘A’ Rating
Dec 12 2005 // The ACE Group of Companies reported that Standard & Poor’s Ratings Service has assigned its “A” long-term counterparty credit and financial strength ratings to ACE INA Insurance (ACE Canada), with a...
Personal Lines 2006 Outlook Stable, S&P Report Says
Dec 12 2005 // In a report published Monday, Standard & Poor’s stated that it is retaining its stable outlook for the personal lines sector for 2006, despite the losses stemming from 2005’s aggressively violent hurricane...
S&P Assigns ‘BBB+’ Rating to ING’s Hong Kong P/C Operation
Dec 5 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “BBB+” insurer financial strength and long-term counterparty credit ratings to ING General Insurance Co. Ltd. (ING GIHK) with a...
