Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has affirmed its ‘A+’ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co. and its property/casualty affiliates (collectively Nationwide) after the announcement that it would acquire Harleysville. The outlook for the ratings remains …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on Liberty Mutual Group (LGMI, and the members of the Liberty Mutual Intercompany Pool, the Peerless Intercompany Pool, and other rated insurance affiliates (collectively, Liberty) to positive from stable. S&P also …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has affirmed its ‘A-‘ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Harleysville Mutual Ins. Co. and its affiliates, as well as the counterparty credit rating on Harleysville Group Inc. (HGI), and has revised its outlook …
A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of ‘A-‘ (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of ‘a-‘ to NIPPONKOA Insurance Company (China) Limited, both with stable outlooks. The ratings are reflective of NIPPONKOA China’s “strong balance sheet strength, …
Standard & Poor’s downgrading of Italian debt hit the euro on Tuesday, although stock investors shrugged off the move to push European stocks higher. Markets remain on edge about Greece’s rickety finances and French banking stress and world stocks as …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has removed both Transatlantic Holdings and Allied World Assurance Co. Holdings AG from its CreditWatch Positive, where they were placed on June 13, following the announcement of their merger agreement. S&P’s long-term counterparty credit rating …
As the Reinsurance Rendezvous in Monaco enters its second day, it has become apparent that most of the world’s global reinsurers are more than adequately capitalized. In conferences held on September 11 both A.M. Best and Standard & Poor’s described …
A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘A+’ (Superior) and the issuer credit rating of ‘aa-‘ of Spain’s Ocaso, S.A. Seguros y Reaseguros. The outlook for both ratings is stable. The ratings reflect …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has revised its outlook on Ireland-domiciled Willis Group Holdings PLC to positive from stable, and has affirmed its ‘BBB-‘ long-term counterparty credit rating on Willis and related ratings on debt issues outstanding. “The positive outlook …
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its ‘A’ financial strength rating to Allied World Assurance Co. AG (AW Switzerland), a newly formed operating subsidiary of Bermuda-based operating company Allied World Assurance Co. Ltd. (Allied World; A/WatchPos/–). The ultimate parent …
