NU Online News Service, Feb. 15, 2:24 p.m. EST

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.

In a report on investor sentiment concerning global insurers, Moody's Investors Service says the ongoing uncertainty stemming from the European sovereign crisis continues to affect Europe-based insurers, which ranked at the bottom of Moody's insurance universe in terms of negative-ratings gap.

Recommended For You

Want to continue reading?
Become a Free PropertyCasualty360 Digital Reader

Your access to unlimited PropertyCasualty360 content isn’t changing.
Once you are an ALM digital member, you’ll receive:

  • Breaking insurance news and analysis, on-site and via our newsletters and custom alerts
  • Weekly Insurance Speak podcast featuring exclusive interviews with industry leaders
  • Educational webcasts, white papers, and ebooks from industry thought leaders
  • Critical converage of the employee benefits and financial advisory markets on our other ALM sites, BenefitsPRO and ThinkAdvisor
NOT FOR REPRINT

© Touchpoint Markets, All Rights Reserved. Request academic re-use from www.copyright.com. All other uses, submit a request to [email protected]. For more inforrmation visit Asset & Logo Licensing.