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• 7 Best Annuities to Guarantee Income for Life

  BNET - 2009-12-08

  Receiving a monthly check from the day you retire until the day you die sounds mighty appealing. But signing up for an immediate annuity also means locking up your money with an insurer for decades. How can you be certain the company will still be around? Here are seven of...

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• S&P Maintains Negative Outlook on Health Insurance

  BNET - 2009-06-02

  Standard & Poor’s is maintaining its negative outlook on the health insurance industry, according to an article by two S&P analysts in Business Week. The two main reasons are the continuing deterioration of the economy, which is increasing unemployment and the associated loss of insurance, and the uncertainties engendered by...

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• S&P revises insurer capital adequacy model; Balance sheet needs may increase for some, agency says.(News)(Standard & Poor's Corp.)

  - 2006-11-27

  Byline: RUPAL PAREKH NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Corp.'s release this month of a revamped insurance capital model for global insurers and reinsurers could place added burdens on certain property/casualty insurers, while removing burdens from so Byline: RUPAL PAREKH NEW YORK-Standard...

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• Outlook 'stable' for P/C insurers; Pricing discipline, solid results help industry.(News)

  - 2006-06-12

  Byline: RUPAL PAREKH NEW YORK-Ratings outlooks for both the commercial property/casualty insurance and global reinsurance industries are currently stable, analysts from Standard & Poor's Corp. said last week. The analysts, who were speaking Byline: RUPAL PAREKH NEW...

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• Mideast insurers face bigger investment risk.(World)

  - 2006-04-17

  Byline: MICHAEL BRADFORD LONDON-Some insurers in the Middle East are undervaluing their largest risk and may be endangering their capital, a recent report concludes. The insurers' investment risks, not their underwriting portfolios, are the pro Byline: MICHAEL BRADFORD ...

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• S&P adjusts method of measuring cat risks.(primary insurers)(Brief article)

  - 2006-04-01

  NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Corp. has indicated that it will revise its criteria for measuring catastrophe risk for primary insurers. The revised primary insurer catastrophe criteria aren't expected to affect any insurers' ratings immediately, NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Corp. has indicated that...

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• Updates; Tribunal upholds exec's disqualification.(World)(David Slee v HIH Insurance Ltd)(employment termination case)(Lloyd's of London been evaluated)(Aon Ltd v Heath Lambert Group )(breach of contract case)

  - 2006-03-13

  The Australian Administrative Appeals Tribunal has upheld the disqualification of David Slee, a former consulting actuary to the failed HIH Insurance Ltd., from holding the position of actuary at any property/casualty insurer in Australia. Mr. Slee-b The Australian Administrative Appeals Tribunal has upheld the disqualification...

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• Analysts predict profits, problems for P/C insurers.

  - 2006-02-01

  Byline: Rodd Zolkos NEW YORK-A group of insurance industry analysts and observers see prospects for a profitable year for property/casualty insurers in 2006, though that doesn't mean the industry isn't facing significant issues. "In 2005, Byline: Rodd Zolkos ...

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• S&P issues mixed report card on insurers.(Industry News)(Standard and Poor's Corp.)

  - 2006-01-01

  NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Corp. has published its latest report card on the North American insurance industry. Titled "Industry Report Card: North American Insurance Holding Companies Persevere Through Hurricanes and Other Challenges,'' NEW YORK-Standard & Poor's Corp. has published its latest ...

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• S&P sees steady decline in insurer failures.(Industry News)(Standard & Poor's Corp)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-03-01

  NEW YORK-The number of U.S. insurance companies that failed in 2004 fell to its lowest level since 1996, according to a report from Standard & Poor's Corp. The total of 19 companies placed under regulatory supervision last year also represents NEW YORK-The number...

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