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Nationwide Mutual Deal Evaluated

A.M. Best affirmed the financial strength ratings of Nationwide Group and its affiliated companies following an announcement that Nationwide Mutual...

Markel Ratings, CreditWatch Revised

S&P lowered its ratings on Markel Corp. and related entities. In addition, the CreditWatch with negative implications which S&P placed...

Hartford Financial Affirmed

The A2 senior long-term debt and Prime-1 commercial paper ratings of The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. (HFSG) and the...

Progressive Corp. Affirmed

Progressive Corp.’s “A+” counterparty credit and senior debt ratings were affirmed by S&P. The outlook is stable. Also affirmed was...

DCR Gives FM Global ‘AA-‘

A “AA-” claims paying ability rating was assigned to Factory Mutual Insurance Company (FM Global) by DCR. DCR indicated that...

Travelers P&C on RatingAlert

Fitch IBCA announced that Travelers Property Casualty Corporation’s unsecured senior debt rating of “AA-” and its preferred stock rating of...

DCR Lowers Fremont General

Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. (DCR) has made several ratings changes for Fremont General Corp. Fremont’s senior debt rating...

Arrow Re Reaffirmed

The “A+” claims paying ability rating on the Bermuda-domiciled Arrow Reinsurance Company Ltd. (Arrow Re) was reaffirmed by DCR. The...

S&P Lowers Frontier Note Issue

Standard & Poor’s (S&P) long-term rating on the Frontier Insurance Co.-supported medium-term note issue was lowered from “BBB+” to “BB+.”...

FM Global Gets ‘A+’

FM Global was assigned its first rating by A.M. Best Co., an “A+,” in recognition of the insurer’s superior financial...

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