Rating Agencies
Moody’s, S&P and Fitch Sued Over Failed Bear Stearns Funds
The liquidators of two Bear Stearns hedge funds filed a lawsuit on Monday against the three major U.S. rating agencies, accusing them of fraudulently assigning inflated ratings to securities in the ...
Swaps Regulation Could Impact Insurers’ Risk Management, Ratings: S&P
A Dodd-Frank provision regulating derivatives could improve insurers' risk management and have a minor impact on ratings, according to analysts at Standard & Poor's. In response to the financial ...
Material Asbestos Losses to Continue Unabated: AM Best
Industry losses from asbestos and environmental claims grew 12 percent in 2012, after a 31 percent decline in 2011, A.M. Best reported Monday. Although a special report by the Oldwick, N.J.-based ...
Fitch: Global Insurance Capital Standard Adds Uncertainty
Plans by the Basel-based International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS) to develop a risk-based global insurance capital standard add further uncertainty for the insurance industry, ...
P/C Insurers Facing A.M. Best Rating Action If TRIA Not Renewed
Thirty-four property/casualty insurers can add the threat of a negative rating outlook to the list of problems facing their companies at year-end 2013 if the government backstop for terror insurance ...
S&P Subpoenas Federal Reserve Board in U.S. Lawsuit
McGraw Hill Financial Inc.'s Standard & Poor's unit seeks information from the board of governors of the Federal Reserve to bolster its defense against U.S. claims it misled investors in ...
Assessing ERM: S&P Puts Risk Culture in Focus
Stock prices of publicly traded insurers with stronger enterprise risk management programs show less stock price volatility than stock prices of carriers with weaker risk management programs. At ...
Downgrade of Tower Group to B++ Likely to Have Further Negative Effects: A.M. Best
A.M. Best Co. announced Tuesday that the rating agency has downgraded the financial strength rating of members of Tower Group to B++ (Good) from A- (Excellent), one day after the company itself ...