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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...

  Tags: S&P, insurance, insurance company, reinsurance, Microsoft Outlook, pricing strategy

• At the Bell; AIG settlement excludes life business.(Late News)

  - 2006-02-13

  American International Group Inc.'s $1.64 billion settlement with regulators over accounting and reinsurance abuses doesn't cover alleged wrongdoing in its life insurance operations, the New York-based insurer revealed in a Thursday conference call American International Group Inc.'s $1.64 billion settlement with regulators over...

  Tags: contribution, hedge fund, life insurance, reinsurance, S&P, settlement

• 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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• Reinsurance reports available.(Industry News)(Brief Article)

  - 2005-10-01

  NEW YORK-Three recent reports from Standard & Poor's Corp. paint varying pictures of reinsurance market conditions in different regions of the world. In Latin America, competition among reinsurers has increased largely because of the region's NEW YORK-Three recent reports from Standard &...

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• Hannover Re ranked as top cat reinsurer in Bermuda by S&P.(International)(Standard & Poor's Corp)

  - 2005-05-16

  Byline: JUDY GREENWALD HAMILTON, Bermuda-Hannover Re Ltd. ranks as the top property catastrophe reinsurer among its Bermuda peers, according to an analysis by Standard & Poor's Corp. In a special report, S&P evaluated the five Bermuda pr Byline: JUDY GREENWALD ...

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• S&P predicts stable outlook for 2005 reinsurance market.(News)(U.S. Reinsurance Year-End 2004 Outlook: Ratings Stability in 2005, An Atoll in Stormy Seas)(Standard & Poor's Corp)

  - 2004-12-13

  Byline: RUPAL PAREKH The U.S. reinsurance market is finally stabilizing, thanks to four straight years of improved pricing and terms and conditions, a report by New York-based Standard & Poor's Corp. says. Barring any severe catastrophic eve Byline: RUPAL PAREKH ...

  Tags: Microsoft Outlook, reinsurance, S&P

• HCC attacks specialty lines from all angles: way builds growing empire with underwriters, agency ownerships, strategic investments.(Specialty Insurer Profile)(HCC Insurance Holdings Inc.)

  - 2004-09-20

  AT THE AGE OF 15, STEPHEN WAY'S dreams of fame and fortune led him to the bright lights of London and a career in the insurance industry. Such a choice may have struck his buddies as unusual to say the least. But if it...

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• Cedents, reinsurers face growing tension over asbestos losses.

  - 2004-02-09

  Byline: DOUGLAS McLEOD Insurers' relationships with reinsurers will become increasingly strained as huge asbestos and other liabilities trigger coverage disputes and threaten potentially large unrecoverable reinsurance balances, Standard & Poo Byline: DOUGLAS McLEOD Insurers' relationships with reinsurers will become ...

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• Who's the fairest 'Single-A' of them all?(Global Outlook)

  - 2003-11-10

  A while back, I was taking a crowded commuter train in the morning, after a particularly happy night, full of fine wine. Needless to say, I was looking a little haggard. A woman sitting in the elderly and disabled section of the car offered...

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• Rating firms: re outlook still negative.(Rendez-Vous Report)

  - 2003-09-29

  The global reinsurance industry continues to be buffeted by a variety of pressures that have led ratings agencies to declare that the outlook for reinsurers remains negative. A.M. Best, Moody's Investors Service and Standard & Poor's all held The global reinsurance industry...

  Tags: Moody's Corp., reinsurance, S&P, downgrade, A.M. Best Co.