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Direct Line Group set to complete £500m planned subordinated debt issuance
Direct Line Insurance Group has announced it expects to complete a £500m issue of fixed/floating rate guaranteed subordinated notes due in 2042, and intends to seek a listing of the securities on the...
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20 Apr 2012 
PPOs present threat to motor insurers
The increase in Periodical Payment Orders will be credit negative for companies with significant personal injury claim exposures, most notably motor insurers and their reinsurers, Moody's Investors Service has warned.
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17 Apr 2012
Moody's: general insurance outlook stable
Rating agency Moody's has said the outlook for UK general insurance remains stable, driven primarily by adequate risk-adjusted pricing and Moody's expectation of modest rate increases in most lines of business.
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17 Apr 2012
Rating agencies: The rating game
Nations and businesses alike are growing critical of rating agencies, so is a downgrade as damaging as it used to be?
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27 Mar 2012
Assured Guaranty faces possible ratings downgrade
Moody's has placed the Aa3 insurance financial strength ratings of Assured Guaranty Municipal, Assured Guaranty Corp and their affiliated insurance operating companies on review for a possible downgrade.
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21 Mar 2012
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Industry big-hitters linked to Direct Line Group chairman role
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28 Feb 2012
Direct Line welcomes new credit ratings
Direct Line Group finance director John Reizenstein, has welcomed UK Insurance’s A credit rating from Standard & Poor’s and A2 from Moody’s.
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27 Feb 2012
Moody's gives UKI an A2 rating
Rating agency Moody's has assigned a first-time A2 insurance financial strength rating to UK Insurance, the main (UK) operating subsidiary of Direct Line Insurance Group, which underwrites around 90% of DLG's business.
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27 Feb 2012
Moody’s ups outlook for French insurers
Moody's has changed the outlook for the French property and casualty sector to stable from negative, but left the French life insurance sector on negative.
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31 Jan 2012
Reinsurance - January renewals: Toughen up
Despite the catastrophes of 2011, the predicted — and much needed — January renewal rate hardening has failed to materialise.
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24 Jan 2012
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Moody's completes £50m Barrie & Hibbert buyout
Moody’s Corporation today announced the capture of Edinburgh-based risk management modeling firm Barrie & Hibbert in a deal worth £50m.
Insurer |
19 Dec 2011
UK insurers wait on developments following PM Cameron EU Treaty veto
Standard and Poor’s downgrade warning on 15 insurers should have been “no surprise” but the market is still in the same position it was a week ago given the lack of “concrete activity” at the weekend, according to an industry analyst.
Insurer |
13 Dec 2011
Trade credit insurers rated as stable
Moody's has given a thumbs up to the recovering trade credit insurers that had been hit by the recession - Euler Hermes and Coface.
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20 Sep 2011
Moody's changes global reinsurance outlook to stable from negative
Moody's Investors Service has changed the outlook on the global reinsurance sector to stable from negative reflecting the momentum for a hardening in reinsurance rates, a refocusing on the value of reinsurance, and the good risk management and discipline...
Reinsurance |
06 Sep 2011
Referral fees a 'red herring' claims CSC
The Claims Standards Council has warned the insurance market that abolishing referral fees is a "red herring" that will only send motor insurance premiums "through the roof", due to the loss of their ancillary income stream.
Insurer |
05 Jul 2011
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24 May 2012
Nationwide slams CMCs as PPI wipes £103m from balance sheet
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24 May 2012
Experian joins forces with Transactor
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24 May 2012
Suspected bogus broker arrested
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24 May 2012
Mapfre appoints Midlands boss
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24 May 2012
Editor's comment: Fleeing the family nest
This week’s deal developments read like two coming-of-age literary fables written to reward hard work and endeavour, while...