Standard & Poor’s News
S&P: Changes to New TRIA Law Could Harm Small Insurers
Standard & Poor's offered a note of caution this week about the reauthorization of the federal terrorism reinsurance program, warning that changes made by Congress to boost co-insurance and ...
Report: S&P Close to Settling Real Estate Bond Rating Investigation
Standard & Poor's Ratings Services is nearing a settlement with regulators over their investigation of how the company graded real-estate bonds, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people ...
S&P Rates Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. ‘AA+’ With Stable Outlook
Standard & Poor's has assigned Berkshire Hathaway Specialty Insurance Co. a "AA+" long-term counterparty credit and financial strength rating with a stable outlook. S&P said it views BHSI as ...
Government Policymakers Will Muck Things Up for Insurers in 2015: S&P
As if a sputtering expansion in developing markets wasn't bad enough, government policymakers in the developed world will make things difficult in 2015 for insurers around the world, Standard & ...
Want to Play Rating Agency? There’s an App for That
Rating agency Standard & Poor's announced Wednesday that it is introducing an Insurance Credit Scenario Builder, a new credit tool available on the S&P Ratings iPad App and on the web. ...
S&P Says Growth Still the Biggest Factor in Carrier Exec Comp
More than 50 percent of insurers use growth as a key metric to set executive compensation, according to a recent report. The report by Standard & Poor's Rating Services summarized findings of an ...
Survey Says: For Many, ERM Is a Capital Idea
As insurers continue to evolve their enterprise risk management systems and controls, and regulators take a closer look, one aspect continues to be clear: Capital is king. A recent study by Standard ...
S&P Has More Homework to Do on Hedge-Fund Reinsurers: Execs
Responding to skepticism about the business models and risk cultures of a new crop of Bermuda reinsurers expressed by Standard & Poor's in a recent report, executives of three recent startups ...