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		<title><![CDATA[A.M. Best Assigns Debt Rating to MetLife, Inc.'s Exchangeable Surplus Trust Securities]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Dec_6/ai_n27468625]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has assigned a debt rating of "bbb+" to MetLife, Inc.'s MetLife [NYSE: MET] announced $700 million junior subordinated fixed-to-floating rate exchangeable surplus trust securities offering, due 2067. The rating outlook is stable. MetLife and its life/health subsidiaries' existing financial strength, issuer credit and debt...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A.M. Best Assigns Rating to Subordinated Securities Issued by Groupama S.A]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2007_Oct_23/ai_n27417302]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has assigned a debt rating of "bbb" to the EUR 1 billion deeply subordinated securities Titres Super Subordonnes issued by Groupama S.A. France.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A.M. Best Special Report: FABS Issuance Increases; Investors Request Early Maturity Of Extendible Securities]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[OLDWICK, N.J. -- Funding agreement-backed securities FABS issuance by U.S. life insurers increased significantly during the first half of 2007 as insurers took advantage of wider credit spreads and a steeper yield curve. Although conditions generally were more favorable during the first half of the year, the advent of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 28 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A.M. Best Assigns Rating to Trust Preferred Securities Issued by Zurich Holding Company of America]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has assigned a rating of "bbb" to the USD 1.5 billion subordinated trust preferred securities issued by Zurich Holding Company of America ZHCA United States through ZFS Finance USA Trust IV for a principal amount of USD 500 million and ZFS Finance USA Trust...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 May 2007 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A.M. Best Downgrades Ratings of Security Benefit; Revises Outlook to Stable]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2006_June_16/ai_n26898994]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has downgraded the financial strength rating FSR to A Excellent from A+ Superior of Security Benefit Life Insurance Company SBL (Topeka, KS) and its affiliate, First Security Benefit Life Insurance and Annuity Company of New York together known as Security Benefit (White Plains, NY)....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A.M. Best Comments On Enterprise Risk Management And Capital Models]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://jobfunctions.bnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=275893]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Risk management and capital modeling has evolved as the risk environment of the insurance industry has continued to evolve. Enterprise Risk Management is the broad description of the further integration of risk management across an organization's operations - incorporating the assessment and monitoring of investment, underwriting, operational and reputation risks...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2006 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Madison National Life and Standard Security Life; Upgrades Independence American and Assigns Issuer Credit Ratings]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A- Excellent of Madison National Life Insurance Company, Inc. Madison National Wisconsin and has assigned an issuer credit rating ICR of "a-". The outlook for both ratings is stable.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A.M. Best Special Report: Equity Credit for Hybrid Securities]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_April_11/ai_n13595187]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[OLDWICK, N.J. -- In recent years, the issuance of nontraditional debt securities within the insurance industry has expanded dramatically. The increased use of these types of securities reflects, in part, the generally more favorable treatment they receive in the analysis of an issuer's capital structure by regulators and rating agencies.]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 11 Apr 2005 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to Prudential's Funding Agreement-Backed Securities and Retail Notes Programs; Affirms Financial Strength and Debt Ratings]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2005_Feb_9/ai_n9507365]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has assigned a rating of "aa-" to the funding agreement-backed securities FABS program established by The Prudential Insurance Company of America Prudential as well as an issuer credit rating ICR of "aa-" to Prudential, the lead operating company of Prudential Financial, Inc. PFI (NYSE:...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Feb 2005 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A.M. Best's Rating Methodology: Life Settlement Securitization]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2004_Oct_19/ai_n6245379]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has released its methodology on life settlements, Life Settlement Securitization, which describes the criteria for rating securities backed by life settlements. In January 2004, A.M. Best issued its first rating an indicative debt rating on securities issued in a bankruptcy-remote vehicle the issuer and...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Oct 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A.M. Best Affirms Financial Strength and Debt Ratings of PacifiCare and American Medical Security After Merger Announcement]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength and debt ratings of PacifiCare Health Systems, Inc.'s PacifiCare (NYSE:PHS) (Cypress, CA) life/health and health maintenance organization HMO subsidiaries. A.M. Best has also affirmed the financial strength rating of A- Excellent of American Medical Security Group's AMS (NYSE: AMZ)...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Sep 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A.M. Best Assigns Rating to Ohio Casualty Corporation's New Debt Securities]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2004_June_23/ai_n6086445]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has assigned a debt rating of "bbb-" to the $200 million 10-year senior unsecured notes to be issued by Ohio Casualty Corporation OCC (NASDAQ:OCAS) (Cincinnati, OH). The notes are a drawdown of the $500 million shelf registration previously filed by OCC. The rating outlook...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2004 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A.M. Best Rates Industrial-Alliance's New Capital Trust Securities; Affirms Existing Debt Ratings.]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[OLDWICK, NEW JERSEY, Jun 26, 2003 CCNMatthews via COMTEX    OLDWICK, NEW JERSEY, Jun 26, 2003 CCNMatthews via COMTEX  ]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 26 Jun 2003 00:00:00 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A.M. Best Rates I-Preferred Term Securities I; An Insurance CDO]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Mar 2003 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A.M. Best Assigns Initial Rating to Everest Re's Trust Preferred Securities]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_Nov_18/ai_94388485]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Nov 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A.M. Best Assigns Rating to AmerUs Group's New Convertible Security; Affirms Financial Strength Ratings]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_March_1/ai_83384952]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A.M. Best Rates RenaissanceRe's $500 Million Shelf Registration of Mixed Securities]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m0EIN/is_2002_Feb_28/ai_83345597]]></link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A.M. Best Rates RenaissanceRe's $500 Million Shelf Registration of Mixed Securities]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A.M. Best Assigns Rating to AmerUs Group's New Convertible Security]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2002 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to RGA's Trust PIERS and Senior Securities]]></title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 19 Dec 2001 00:00:00 -0800</pubDate>
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