Standard & Poor’s News
S&P Ratings Lawsuits Allowed to Proceed in State Courts
Standard & Poor's suffered a defeat on Tuesday in litigation accusing it of issuing misleading credit ratings prior to the 2008 financial crisis, as a federal judge ruled that lawsuits by 16 U.S. ...
Standard & Poor’s Sees a Stable Global Market, Save For Reinsurance
As of mid-2014, worldwide pricing is softening in the reinsurance sector. At the same time, however, conditions have stabilized and even improved for most global insurers, Standard & Poors ...
AIG’s Rehab Continues With Improved S&P Outlook
The rehabilitation of American International Group Inc. continues with news that Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has improved its outlook for the insurance conglomerate. Two years after AIG ...
S&P: Insurers Want Certainty Before Fully Embracing Climate Change Prep
Whether climate change is here, on its way or non-existent, insurers have already accepted the need to prepare for it. But even as the industry confronts what might happen, it wants more certainty ...
S&P Ups Philadelphia Insurance Rating to ‘AA-‘
Philadelphia Insurance Companies announced Tuesday that Standard & Poor's upgraded the company's financial strength to "AA-" from "A+" last week. S&P's action, lifting the ratings of the ...
Reinsurer Downgrades Ahead, S&P Says; A.M. Best Says Sector Stable
Almost half of the global reinsurers rated by Standard & Poor's are "materially exposed" to competitive pressures, the rating agency said Monday, warning of negative rating actions to come for ...
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 ...
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 ...