Moody's Investors Service

• CDS Index Points to Improved Investor View of Insurers

  By Mark E. Ruquet, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 15, 2012

  Moody’s Investors Service says its Moody’s Global Insurance CDS (credit default swap) Index shows that although investors’ view of global insurers for the most part improved during the 2011 fourth quarter, opinions are still more negative than indicated by Moody’s ratings.

• Moody’s Downgrades PartnerRe on Cat Losses

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  February 9, 2012

  Moody's Investors Service has downgraded PartnerRe’s insurance financial strength rating to A1 from Aa3 due in part to the catastrophe losses the company suffered relative to most of its peers.

• Moody’s Downgrades Mortgage Insurer RMIC

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  November 17, 2011

  Moody's Investors Service has downgraded Republic Mortgage Insurance company’s (RMIC) insurance financial strength rating to Caa2 from B1, citing continued deterioration at the troubled company.

• Moody’s Downgrades Mortgage Guaranty Insurer MGIC

  By Staff Writer  |  November 2, 2011

  Moody's Investors Service has downgraded the insurance financial strength rating of Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation (MGIC), citing “material deterioration in the insurer's regulatory capital position, large current and projected claims payments, and modest new business production.”

• Flagstone Re Estimates Up To $130M Japan Quake Loss; $150M For Hiscox

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 30, 2011

  Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings puts its losses related to the Tohoku earthquake in Japan in the range of $80 million to $130 million net of reinstatement premiums and retrocession.

• 1Q Cat Estimates Roll In; Moody’s Puts Flagstone Under Review

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 25, 2011

  Several Bermuda companies have reported loss estimates from first-quarter catastrophes, but all of the companies excluded the March 11 magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan, stating that it is too early to give an estimate.

• Moody’s Puts Flagstone Re’s Ratings Under Review, Citing 1Q Cats

  By Staff Writer  |  March 21, 2011

  Moody's Investors Service placed Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings’ ratings under review due to the company’s expected losses from first-quarter catastrophes.

• Workers' Comp Conditions Risky For Reinsurers, Moody's Says

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 28, 2010

  Workers' compensation insurers and reinsurers are operating in a risky environment according to a Moody's Investors Service report.

• #5: BP Oil Disaster Breaks Records, Puts Spotlight On Risk Management Failure

  By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 20, 2010

  The explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on April 20 left 13 dead and 17 injured, leading to a massive oil spill and environmental disaster.

• # 2 The Recession Is Over, Isn't It?

  By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  December 20, 2010

  Economists said the recession was over some time last year, but a walk down almost any main street in America reveals a different picture.