Rating Agencies
Senate Duo Wants Quick SEC Action On Credit Raters
A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators urged federal securities regulators to move quickly on fundamental changes to how credit-rating agencies are compensated, a step they said will reduce the type of ...
How They Rank: Fitch Reports On Top D&O Insurers
Directors and officers liability insurance premium rates were previously lagging the market recovery in the broader commercial lines segment, but pricing trends are now catching up, Fitch Ratings ...
D&O Pricing Catching Up To Loss Trends: Fitch
Direct written premiums for the directors and officers liability insurance line rose 6.9 percent last year, according to a recent analysis by Fitch Ratings, which also shows that direct loss ratios ...
Understanding S&P’s New Insurance Rating Criteria: Rodney Clark Q&A
Late last month—in advance of the May 7, 2013 publication of a new rating methodology for insurers by Standard & Poor's—S&P Managing Director Rodney Clark gave Carrier Management a ...
S&P’s New Insurance Criteria Released; Method Would Have Spotted AIG’s Past Problems
Incorporating lessons learned from historical periods for industry stress, including the near-failure of American International Group, Standard & Poor's published a revised rating methodology for ...
Rate Hikes Likely If Terror Insurance Act Not Renewed: Fitch
Failure to renew the Terrorism Risk Insurance Act (TRIA) could induce commercial insurers to retreat from larger metropolitan areas, reducing availability of coverage and raising premium rates, Fitch ...AIG Restructuring Successful, P/C Subs Now A-Plus: S&P
The restructuring that reshaped American International Group over the past two years has been successful in the opinion of analysts for Standard & Poor's, who boosted the rating for AIG's the ...