Rating Agencies
Willis Redux of Aon-Berkshire Scheme Will Be Negative for Lloyd’s: Moody’s
Reacting to news that Willis Group Holdings is close to signing up insurers for a "passive underwriting scheme" at Lloyd's of London, Moody's Investor's Services said the new scheme would be a credit ...
Judge Allows California Case Against Standard & Poor’s To Proceed
A U.S. judge has allowed the California attorney general's office to proceed with a lawsuit accusing Standard & Poor's of misleading investors by inflating its credit ratings that led to ...A.M. Best Puts Tower Ratings Under Review
On Monday, A.M. Best Co. placed the "A-minus" financial strength rating of pooled and reinsured members of the Tower US Pool under review with negative implications. The Oldwick, N.J.-based rating ...Downgraded Meadowbrook Partners With State National For ‘A’ Rated Paper
After A.M. Best downgraded the financial strength ratings of the insurance operations of Meadowbrook Insurance Group on Friday, the insurer announced on Monday that it had entered into an agreement ...
Workers Compensation Market: Challenges Remain Despite Recent Improvements
The market for workers compensation insurance is in a recovery phase of the underwriting cycle after several years of poor results. In particular, premium rates continued to increase meaningfully ...
P/C Insurers Face Challenges If Terrorism Risk Insurance Is Not Renewed: Fitch
If Congress fails to renew or makes significant changes to the federal government's terrorism risk insurance program, some insurers will be forced to significantly alter their underwriting portfolios ...
First Storm Surge-Only Bond Gets S&P Rating
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services announced Tuesday that it rated the first storm surge catastrophe bond—MetroCat Re Ltd.—a $200 million issuance sponsored by First Mutual Transportation ...
State Insurance Commissioners Hire Moody’s Critic Kolchinsky
Eric Kolchinsky, the former Moody's Investors Service analyst who told Congress the ratings company cared more about money than accuracy, was hired by the National Association of Insurance ...