Ratings

State Farm Auto Gets ‘AAA’

Duff & Phelps Credit Rating Co. (DCR) assigned an initial claims paying ability rating of “AAA” to State Farm Mutual...

Kemper Outlook is Stable

DCR assigned an “A” claims paying ability rating to the Kemper Insurance Cos. (KIC). The rating applies to Lumbermens Mutual...

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...

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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