Latest S&P Headlines
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S&P Ups Lloyd Adriatico Ratings to ‘AA-‘
Aug 10 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has raised its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Italy-based composite insurer Lloyd Adriatico SpA (LA) to...
S&P Affirms Fairfax Ratings; Outlook Raised to Positive
Aug 10 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its “BBB” counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.’s (FFH) ongoing operating...
S&P Assigns ‘BBB’ Rating to Australia’s EIG-Ansvar Ltd.
Aug 9 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “BBB” financial strength and counterparty credit ratings to Australia-based nonlife insurer EIG-Ansvar Ltd. with a positive...
S&P Puts Polish Reinsurer PTR on CreditWatch-Negative
Aug 8 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has placed its “BBB-” long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Polish reinsurer Polskie Towarzystwo Reasekuracji...
S&P Revises W.R. Berkley Corp., Sub Ratings to Stable
Jul 20 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on W.R. Berkley Corp. and BER’s operating companies (collectively referred to as Berkley) to stable from negative. Standard & Poor’s...
S&P Raises Ratings on Swedish Marine Mutual Club to ‘BBB’
Jul 6 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has raised its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Sweden’s marine mutual insurer The Swedish Club (the club) to...
S&P Assigns Ratings to Partner Re Debt Issue
Jul 6 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its preliminary “A” senior debt, “A-” subordinated debt, and “BBB+” preferred stock ratings to PartnerRe Ltd.’s (PRE) $1...
S&P Revises Outlook on British Marine to Positive; Affirms ‘A-‘ Rating
Jul 6 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has revised its outlook on Luxembourg-based insurer British Marine Luxembourg S.A. (BM) to positive from stable. S&P also affirmed its ‘A-‘...
S&P Lowers Rating on Cosipa to ‘BBB-‘
Jul 5 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has lowered its rating on Cosipa Overseas Ltd.’s $175 million senior floating-rate notes to “BBB-” from “A” and removed it from...
S&P Assigns Mapfre Empresas ‘AA’ Rating
Jul 5 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “AA” long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to Spain-based Mapfre Empresas, Compañía de Seguros y...
Munich Re’s Review of American Re Claims-No Rating Effect Says S&P
Jul 5 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has indicated that the recent announcement by Germany’s Munich Reinsurance Co. (rated “A+”/Stable) that it is currently undergoing an in-depth reserve review...
Standard & Poor’s Annual Insurance Conference
Jul 4 2005 // Top Corporate Executives Stress Moving Beyond Spitzer Despite recent adversity and scrutiny faced by the insurance industry, financial ratings for companies appear on the upswing. “For the first time that I can...
S&P Raises VHV Ratings to ‘A’
Jun 30 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has raised its long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to “A” from “A-” on VHV Vereinigte Hannoversche...
S&P Reports on Increased Cat Loss Potential, Modeling
Jun 28 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has issued a new report – “Reinsurance Criteria: Larger Losses And Better Modeling Prompt Changes To Property Catastrophe Criteria-” that examines the upsurge...
S&P Affirms Alliance Re ‘BBB’ Ratings
Jun 27 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its “BBB” long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Cyprus-based reinsurer Alliance International...
S&P Reports on European Insurers
Jun 24 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has published its quarterly report covering the leading European insurers – Industry Report Card: European Insurance. The study concludes: “The current picture for...
S&P Affirms Africa Re ‘BBB+’ Rating
Jun 23 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its long-term “BBB+” counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Nigeria-based composite reinsurer African...
MetLife Nearing $11.5 Billion Funding Goal to Acquire Travelers Life
Jun 23 2005 // MetLife Inc. is well on its way to funding its $11.5 billion acquisition of Citigroup Inc.’s Travelers Life & Annuity. The New York City-based insurance company, which expects to raise $7.6 billion in debt and...
S&P Rates Shell Captive ‘AA’
Jun 22 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “AA” long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to Swiss-based Solen Versicherungen AG (SVAG), a wholly...
S&P Assigns Austria’s UNIQA ‘A’ Rating
Jun 22 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “A” insurer financial strength and counterparty credit ratings to Austrian insurers UNIQA Personenversicherung AG (UPV) and UNIQA...
