Latest S&P Headlines
All the headlines from our S&P Topic Page, ordered by recency.
S&P: Without Contingent Commissions, Some Insurance Brokers Still Cope
Aug 16 2005 // With the outlooks on Aon Corp. and Willis Group Holdings Ltd. — two of the world’s largest insurance brokers — having recently been revised to stable from negative, the industry is beginning to recover...
S&P Affirms Allianz (Australia/NZ) Ratings; Revises Outlook to Positive
Aug 12 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed the long-term “A” insurer financial strength and counterparty credit ratings on Allianz Australia and its affiliate Allianz New...
S&P Affirms Willis ‘BBB-‘ Ratings
Aug 12 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has affirmed its “BBB-” counterparty credit and senior unsecured debt ratings on Willis Group Holdings Ltd. and has revised the outlook to stable...
Zenith National, Units Outlook Revised to Postivie; Ratings Affirmed
Aug 11 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has affirmed its ‘BB+’ counterparty credit rating and ‘B+’ preferred stock rating on Zenith National Insurance Corp. (Zenith). Standard &...
S&P Assigns ‘BBB’ Rating to Jordanian Insurer IGI
Aug 10 2005 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its ‘BBB’ long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to Jordan-based insurer International General...
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...
