Latest Sompo International Headlines
All the headlines from our Sompo International Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Ratings Recap: Frankenmuth, Sooner, Tokio Marine America, Kingstone, Canopius U.S., HDI-Gerling America
May 28 2014 // A.M. Best has revised the outlook to stable from negative and affirmed the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a+” of Frankenmuth Mutual Insurance Company and its affiliates, Ansur America Insurance Company,...
Sompo Japan, Nipponkoa Looking for Growth beyond Traditional Assets
Apr 17 2014 // Sompo Japan Insurance and Nipponkoa Insurance are already acting as one entity ahead of their merger in September. They’ve announced plans to invest “tens of billions of yen” in new areas such as energy,...
Best Places Canopius US Insurance Under Review
Dec 23 2013 // A.M. Best Co. has placed under review with developing implications the financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of “a-” of Delaware-based Canopius US Insurance, Inc....
Sompo Japan to Buy UK Insurer Canopius in Overseas Expansion Drive
Dec 18 2013 // Sompo Japan Insurance Inc., a unit of Japan’s third-largest casualty insurer group by market value, confirmed earlier reports that it will buy Canopius Group Ltd. of the U.K. for 99.2 billion yen ($963 million) as it...
Sompo Japan Considers Acquisition of U.K.’s Canopius Group
Dec 16 2013 // Sompo Japan Insurance Inc., a unit of Japan’s third-largest casualty insurer group by market value, is considering buying the U.K.’s Canopius Group Ltd. as it continues an overseas expansion. The acquisition is...
Best Upgrades NIPPONKOA’s Ratings to ‘A+’; Affirms Subs
Aug 22 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has upgraded the financial strength rating (FSR) to ‘A+’ (Superior) from ‘A’ (Excellent) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) to “aa-” from “a+” of Japan’s...
Best Affirms Sompo Japan’s ‘A+’ Ratings; Subs Ratings
Aug 22 2012 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “aa-” of Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. as well as the FSR of ‘A...
Best Affirms Ratings of Sompo Japan and U.S. Subs; Outlook Stable
Dec 27 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A+’ (Superior) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of “aa-” of Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. Best also, affirmed the FSR of...
S&P: Outlook Negative on 9 Japanese P/C Insurers; Ratings Affirmed
Mar 25 2011 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has conducted a detailed analysis of 15 Japanese P/C insurers, and has made several adjustments in its ratings following the earthquake and tsunami, which hit the country on...
Ratings Recap: Everest Re, NIPPONKOA, Sompo, Evergreen Re, Endurance
Mar 17 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has lowered its counterparty credit ratings on Bermuda-based Everest Re Group Ltd. and its U.S.-based intermediary holding company, Everest Reinsurance Holdings Inc., to...
Report: Japanese Insurers Sompo, NipponKoa to Merge
Mar 12 2009 // Japanese non-life insurers Sompo Japan Insurance and NipponKoa Insurance plan to merge, an industry source said, in the second deal in less than two months in a sector struggling with slumping demand and a dwindling,...
S&P to Review Sompo, NIPPONKOA Ratings on Merger Plans
Mar 12 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has said that a management consolidation plan between Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. (AA-/Stable/–) and NIPPONKOA Insurance Co. Ltd. (A+/Stable/–) could impact its...
Ratings Recap: Sompo (U.S.); Clarendon, Kentucky National
Aug 30 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of “A” (Excellent) and assigned an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a” to New York-based Sompo Japan Insurance Company of America (SJA)....
Ratings Recap: Sompo; Montpelier Re
Jun 22 2007 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of “A+” (Superior) and the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “aa-” of Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. The outlook for the FSR is stable, and the...
S&P Assigns ‘A-‘ Rating to Sompo’s Chinese Subsidiary
Apr 17 2006 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has assigned its “A-” long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings to China-based Sompo Japan Insurance (China) Co. Ltd.,...
Best Affirms Sompo’s ‘A+’ Rating
Dec 29 2005 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A+” (Superior) and assigned an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “aa-” to Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. However, Best...
Japan: Powerful, Beleaguered and Consolidating
Oct 25 2004 // Until Commodore Peary’s visit in 1848, Japan was one of the world’s most isolated countries, and it still remains rather unique. But something in the Japanese character and society enabled it to turn its back...
Best Affirms Sompo Japan ‘A+’ Rating
Sep 14 2004 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of “A+” (Superior) of Sompo Japan Insurance Inc. with a negative outlook. “The rating reflects the company’s superior...
S&P Revises Sompo U.S. Outlook to Stable
Mar 31 2004 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that it has revised its outlook on Sompo Japan Insurance Co. of America (SJA; A+/Stable/–) to stable from negative. S&P said the “outlook revision...
A.M. Best Affirms Rating of Sompo Japan Inc.
Aug 7 2003 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A+ (Superior) of Sompo Japan Insurance Inc., Japan. The outlook is negative. The rating reflects Sompo Japan’s deteriorated risk-adjusted capitalization,...
