Sweden News

LPGA Continues To Swing 53 Years Later

Fifty-three years ago, 13 young American women started something that seemed so small back then. They built it up and nurtured it with their spiked shoes and flat putters and today, what seemed like a novel idea more than half …

S&P Affirms Skandia’s ‘A’ Ratings; Revises Insurance Outlook to Stable

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services said announced that it has affirmed the ‘A’ counterparty credit rating on Sweden’s Skandia Insurance Co. Ltd., and has revised its outlook to stable from negative. “The rating action follows the announcement on May 1, …

Best Reaffirms Ratings of Skandia Insurance

A.M. Best Co. reaffirmed that the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) of Sweden’s Skandia Insurance Company Ltd. “remains unchanged and the outlook remains positive” following the company’s announcement last Wednesday that chief executive Lars-Eric Petersson has left the company …

RMS EXPANDS WEATHER DATABASE IN U.S., EUROPE

Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a provider of products and services for managing natural hazard risks, has expanded the weather databases in its ClimetrixTM weather derivatives trading and risk management system to include new temperature data for France, Sweden, Norway, and …

RMS Expands Weather Database in U.S., Europe

Risk Management Solutions (RMS), a leading provider of products and services for managing natural hazard risks, has expanded the weather databases in its Climetrix(tm) weather derivatives trading and risk management system to include new temperature data for France, Sweden, Norway, …

Skandia Agrees to Sell U.S. Operations to Prudential for $1.26 Billion

The Swedish-based Skandia Insurance Group has reached an agreement with Prudential Financial to sell its U.S. operations, American Skandia, for a total consideration of $1.265 billion, around 72 percent of its book value. As of Sept. 30 the company had …

Willis Post Q3 Gains in Operating and Net Profits

Willis Group Holdings Limited, the world’s third largest global insurance broker, announced third quarter operating revenues before taxes and interest of $64 million, compared to a $72 million loss in the same period last year. Net profits for the period …

BRIEFLY NOTED: EQECAT; Skandia; Zurich/Generali; Endurance Specialty

EQECAT Releases Probabilistic Terrorism Insurance Model Oakland-based EQECAT, a leading risk management consulting firm, announced that it has released a “full probabilistic model for terrorism risk assessment for use by insurers and reinsurers.” It “covers all relevant risk sources” in …

Krarup Resigns as Head of Nordea Group

Nordea, Scandinavia’s largest financial services and insurance group, announced that CEO Thorleif Krarup has resigned “for family reasons,” and will be succeeded by Lars G. Nordstroem. Nordea, formed in 2000 by a merger between Finland’s Merita Bank and Sweden’s Nordbanken, …

ACE to Sponsor N.Y. Firefighters at World Firefighters Games

The ACE Group of Companies announced it will provide funding for 20 New York City firefighters to compete in the World Firefighters Games in New Zealand. While in New Zealand, the participating New York City firefighters will also be guests …