Standard & Poor’s News
S&P, Fitch Differ on Whether Reinsurance Price Declines Are Moderating
Two of the P/C industry's ratings entities – Fitch and Standard & Poor's – differ as to whether they see a moderation of ongoing reinsurance price declines. Fitch sees the downward trend ...
S&P: Reinsurance M&A Will Follow Berkshire Hathaway Model
Reinsurance M&A activity should continue well into 2016 as competitive pressures continue unabated, Standard & Poor's asserted in a new industry report. The ratings entity said that the ...
S&P: Cat Bond Market Set for More Double-Digit Growth
The catastrophe bond market will continue to grow by 10 to 20 percent per year, driven in part by the increase in covered perils and the broadening of event definitions, according to a report ...
S&P Negative Watch For Berkshire Hathaway Hits Nearly 1,000 Muni Bonds
Municipal bonds from California to Puerto Rico may lose their second-best credit rating from Standard & Poor's after the company put Berkshire Hathaway Inc. and its core insurance units on a ...
S&P: Berkshire Hathaway Risks Ratings Cut Over $37.2B Acquisition
News this week that Berkshire Hathaway Inc. plans to spend $37.2 billion to acquire Precision Castparts Inc. is troubling Standard & Poor's. The ratings stalwart placed the company and its ...
A.M. Best Issues Ratings Downgrade For PartnerRe; S&P Goes ‘Negative’
PartnerRe's agreement to be acquired by Italian investment firm EXOR for $6.9 billion rather than merge with AXIS Capital Holdings drew a swift rebuke from A.M. Best, which downgraded its financial ...
$2.2B Sirius Sale Leaves S&P, A.M. Best and Fitch Both Wary & Cautious
Plans for White Mountains Insurance Group to sell Sirius International Insurance Group for $2.2 billion to a Chinese investment firm drew negative or cautious reactions from Standard & Poor's, ...
MGAs Next to Feel Capital Markets Impact: AmWINS’ DeCarlo
Now that traditional reinsurers are adjusting to the idea that third-party capital providers have moved into their space, managing general agents may be next to feel the negative impact of new ...