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Lloyd’s Reacts to Moody’s Downgrade of 5 Syndicates
Nov 1 2001 // Lloyd’s took issue with Moody’s Investors Service’s decision to downgrade five of its leading underwriting syndicates, and its implications that the provisions of its central fund, which is called upon to...
Moody’s Downgrades Alleghany Lloyd’s Syndicate
Oct 11 2001 // Moody’s Investors Service downgraded the performance rating of Alleghany Underwriting Ltd.’s Lloyd’s Syndicate 376 form “B-Average” to “C+-Below Average” and kept it under review...
XL Subs Receive Aa2 Ratings from Moody’s
Aug 31 2001 // XL Capital Ltd. announced that Moody’s Investors Services had given its coveted Aa2 rating to two XL subsidiaries, XL Insurance Ltd. and XL Re, in what it said was a first for Bermuda-based companies. XL’s U.S....
Moody’s: Losses Loom for Lloyd’s
Mar 21 2001 // Moody’s Investors Service Ltd. is forecasting that Lloyd’s of London will report losses of $5.23 billion for the four years of 1998 and 2001. Under Lloyd’s three-year accounting system, the next results...
Moody’s Issues Report On Bermuda
Nov 15 2000 // Moody’s Investors Service has issued its annual report on on Bermuda, reaffirming its “Aa1 rating for foreign currency country ceiling and its Aaa domestic debt credit rating.” The ratings, said...
Moody’s Awards First FSR Rating To Lloyd’s Syndicate Managed by ACE
Aug 24 2000 // Moody’s Investors Service awarded Syndicate 2488, managed by ACE Global Markets, a Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of Aa2 (Excellent). This marks the first time that a Lloyd’s syndicate has been rated and...
Moody’s Increases Estimates of Lloyd’s Losses
Aug 22 2000 // Moody’s Investors Service issued a new statement on Monday which forecast increased losses at Lloyd’s of as much as £3 billion ($4.5 billion) for the last three years. Moody’s previous loss estimates,...
Moody’s Revises Rating Outlook For Swiss Re
Jun 29 2000 // Catastrophes and intense competition can effect even the largest companies. Moody’s Investors Service provided graphic proof of this on Wednesday when it announced that it had changed its rating outlook on Swiss Re...
Moody’s Affirms Alleghany Corp.
Jun 26 2000 // The long-term issuer rating of the Alleghany Corporation was affirmed by Moody’s Investment Services at ‘Baa2’ following Alleghany’s sale of its principal insurance operation, Underwriters Re Group,...
