AMI News

Best Announces Rating Actions on NZ’s ‘Old’ & ‘New’ AMI Insurance

A.M. Best Co. announced rating actions on both New Zealand’s AMI Insurance Limited, or the old AMI, and AMI Insurance (Operations) Limited, or the new AMI, following a substantial restructuring of the company in the wake of the earthquakes which …

Insurance Australia Group to Acquire New Zealand Insurer AMI

Insurance Australia Group Limited (IAG) announced it had entered into an agreement to purchase the AMI insurance business for NZ$380 million (approximately A$288 million [US$287.96 million), enhancing its position as New Zealand’s leading general insurer. IAG’s bulletin noted that the …

Ratings Roundup: Attorneys’ Liability, AMI

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on Bermuda-based Attorneys’ Liability Assurance Society (Bermuda) Ltd. and its Vermont-based operating unit, Attorneys’ Liability Assurance Society Inc. RRG (collectively referred to as ALAS), to negative from stable, and has affirmed …

New Zealand to Back Insurer AMI Despite Budget Pain

New Zealand’s government has agreed to provide financial support for AMI, the country’s second-largest residential insurer, after two major earthquakes threatened to deplete its capital, Finance Minister Bill English said on Thursday. English said the potential cost for the government …

Ratings Roundup: Topiary (Cat Bonds), Cardif, AMI, PhilNaRe

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said that its ‘BB+(sf)’ rating on Topiary Capital Ltd.’s Series 2008-1 notes will remain on CreditWatch, where it was placed on March 18, 2011, with negative implications. S&P explained that the “calculation agent, RMS, is …