Tuesday, October 2, 2012
Financial strength and claims-paying ability ratings of the insurer is one of the five factors of suitability. The obvious reason being that insurance is most simply defined as an agreement for the payment of a premium today in exchange for...
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Thursday, September 6, 2012
Fitch Ratings anticipates “modest improvement in industry profitability for the full year 2012. Results to date have been broadly in line with rating expectations, although Fitch's outlook recognizes uncertainties associated with the challenging...
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Thursday, August 2, 2012
Jeff Rieder, Partner and Head of Ward Group that analyzes the financial performance of nearly 800 life-health insurance companies domiciled in the United States and identifies the top performers in each segment, says “Although results declined in...
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Monday, July 2, 2012
Financial strength and claims-paying ability ratings of the insurer is one of the five factors of suitability. The obvious reason being that insurance is most simply defined as an agreement for the payment of a premium today in exchange for...
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Monday, June 4, 2012
Financial strength and claims-paying ability ratings of the insurer is one of the five factors of suitability. The obvious reason being that insurance is most simply defined as an agreement for the payment of a premium today in exchange for...
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Tuesday, May 1, 2012
According to Fitch, “over the period 2007 to 2010, North American and European insurers experienced widespread rating downgrades, as 50% of the insurers reviewed in the study had their ratings downgraded by at least one notch. Of the insurers...
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Thursday, April 5, 2012
Financial strength and claims-paying ability ratings of the insurer is one of the five factors of suitability. The obvious reason being that insurance is most simply defined as an agreement for the payment of a premium today in exchange for...
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Thursday, March 1, 2012
In a special report on February 6th, 2012, AM Best wrote “These difficult economic conditions have very real effects on the financial strength of an insurance company” in an article titled “Prospects Look Better, but Not Good Yet.” Financial...
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Tuesday, February 7, 2012
Financial strength and claims-paying ability ratings of the insurer is one of the five factors of suitability. The obvious reason being that insurance is most simply defined as an agreement for the payment of a premium today in exchange for...
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Monday, January 9, 2012
2011 seemed the year of stabilization for U.S. Life insurers. The rating agencies were subdued in 2011 and there was not much activity in either downgrades or upgrades in 2011. Outlooks for 2012 vary across the agencies. The variances come mostly...
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