Sovereign Debt Pressure Spreads to Insurers’ Balance Sheets: A.M. Best August 10, 2011 Continuing economic weakness in Europe and the debt crisis in the United States have elevated the risk profile of U.S....
How Debt Ceiling Politics Impact P/C Insurance Industry August 1, 2011 As they watched Congress struggle to put a debt deal in place by Aug. 2, U.S. insurers worried about their...
Death of the Treasury Benchmark: James Saft Commentary July 26, 2011 By James Saft A U.S. default or debt downgrade may set off market fireworks but the longer-term effects of the death of Treasury...
S&P Threatens Downgrade of Insurers, Financial Firms Over Debt Ceiling July 18, 2011 By Ben Berkowitz Standard & Poor’s Friday raised the pressure on debt negotiators in Washington, saying it could downgrade insurers, securities clearinghouses, mortgage...