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Cyber Attacks on Private Sector a Growing Corporate Credit Risk: Moody’s
Nov 25 2015 // Cyber attacks on the private sector are an increasingly important risk in corporate credit analysis, U.S. ratings agency Moody’s Investors Service said this week. The threat of computer hacking varies from sector to...
Moody’s Says Splitting Up AIG Would Be Credit Negative
Nov 2 2015 // Moody’s Investor Service today said that a break-up of American International Group (AIG) and removal of its systemically important financial institution (SIFI) designation as called for by activist investors would...
Moody’s Index Aims to Measure Economic Impact of Terrorism
Oct 13 2015 // Can the impact of terrorism on economic growth be measured? Moody’s Investors Service has constructed a terrorism index to quantify the hit to gross domestic product, government spending, investment and borrowing...
Moody’s Sees 2015 as Turning Point for P/C Commercial Insurers
Oct 5 2015 // The outlook for the U.S. property/casualty commercial insurance sector is stable but insurers will begin to feel the pressure from compressing margins, according to Moody’s Investors Service. In a new report,...
Moody’s Sees 2015 as Turning Point for P/C Commercial Insurers
Sep 15 2015 // The outlook for the U.S. property/casualty commercial insurance sector is stable but insurers will begin to feel the pressure from compressing margins, according to Moody’s Investors Service. In a new report,...
Fairfax Financial to Benefit From its Acquisition of Brit plc: Moody’s Report
Feb 27 2015 // The proposed acquisition of Brit plc by Fairfax Financial Holdings is “credit positive” for Fairfax, according to Moody’s, which noted that the deal will significantly boost Fairfax’s underwriting...
Rating Agencies Warn OneBeacon After Loss Reserve Charge
Feb 12 2015 // OneBeacon Insurance Group has been dealt a ratings outlook warning from Fitch Ratings and an outright downgrade from Moody’s Investors Service, stemming from substantial adverse reserve development in the 20914...
Competition Ahead for Insurers
Dec 15 2014 // U.S. property/casualty insurers have cause for celebration as carriers reported higher overall earnings and premium levels in the 2014 third quarter versus the same period a year ago. Yet, at the same time Moody’s...
Moody’s to P/C Insurers: Beware Weather, Competition in Months Ahead
Dec 3 2014 // U.S. property/casualty insurers can celebrate higher overall earnings and premium levels in the 2014 third quarter versus the same period a year ago, Moody’s Investors Service said in a new report. At the same time,...
P/C Insurers’ Reserves Redundancy to Continue: Moody’s
Oct 20 2014 // U.S. property/casualty insurers’ reserves will remain moderately redundant through the end of the year, Moody’s Investors Service has reported. “We expect moderately redundant reserves based on ongoing...
Surplus Lines Rate Hikes to Slow As Competition Grows
Oct 6 2014 // Two insurance rating entities see slowing rate increases for the surplus lines segment in the coming months as competition grows. Moody’s Investors Service said that the U.S. excess and surplus lines sector is...
Surplus Lines Rate Hikes to Slow As Competition Grows
Sep 23 2014 // Two insurance rating entities see slowing rate increases for the surplus lines segment in the coming months as competition grows. Moody’s Investors Service said that the U.S. excess and surplus lines sector is...
Stakes for P/C Insurers ‘High’ If Congress Shifts TRIA Burden: Moody’s
Jun 11 2014 // If Congress acts to extend the federal government backstop for terrorism insurance, the new version will likely impose higher deductibles and risk retentions on U.S. property/casualty insurers, says Moody’s Investors...
Why Marsh Is Rated Higher Than Aon: Moody’s
May 19 2014 // Insurance broker Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. (MMC) carries lower financial leverage than peer Aon plc, resulting in a one-notch rating advantage for MMC, according to Moody’s Investors Service in its report,...
European Insurers Shifting Investments Into Loan Market, Acting Like Banks: Moody’s
Apr 9 2014 // European insurers such as Allianz SE and Axa SA are shifting investments into the loan market, taking business from banks that are being forced to increase capital and meet tougher regulations, Moody’s Investors...
New Global Ratings Agency to Vie with Moody’s, S&P, Fitch
Nov 13 2013 // Credit ratings organisations from five countries are launching a new global agency, touting it as an alternative to the Big Three agencies which they say no longer meet the needs of the new globalised world. In a statement...
Moody’s Downgrades CGSC Corporate Family Rating; CEO Responds
Nov 5 2013 // Moody’s Investors Service announced that it has downgraded the corporate family rating of Cooper Gay Swett & Crawford Ltd. (CGSC) to B3 from B2 “based on challenges in certain international operations,...
AmWINS Group Seeks $175M Acquisition Loan
Oct 23 2013 // North Carolina-based wholesale brokerage AmWINS Group Inc. is seeking a $175 million add-on term loan for an acquisition. The insurance broker owned by private-equity firm New Mountain Capital LLC may pay interest at 3.75...
Moody’s: China’s P/C Insurers to Benefit from Shanghai Free Trade Zone
Oct 7 2013 // The new Shanghai free trade zone should benefit property/casualty insurers, particularly those in marine/cargo and liability insurance, according to Moody’s Credit Outlook. On Sept. 29, the date that Shanghai’s...
Moody’s: Moderate Reserve Releases in U.S. P/C Industry to Continue
Sep 26 2013 // U.S. property and casualty (P/C) insurers continue to release reserves to support earnings, said Moody’s Investors Service in two recent reports. U.S. P/C insurers released $9.0 billion of reserves during the first...
