- Lenders proceeding with caution in commercial market
COMPANIES EAGER TO grow and banks hungry for bigger profits have produced a vigorous national lending market. But loan growth, and attendant losses and delinquencies, ......
- Modest increase in insurance company failures last year
Despite the recession, only 40 insurance companies failed in 2001, a modest 5 percent increase over the 38 failures recorded in 2000, according to Weiss ......
- After banner year, banks brace for backlash
MELVILLE - It was a banner year for the banking industry on Long Island - a year marked by mergers, the arrival of new players ......
- Medigap premium increases slow in 2002. (In the
News).
The rise in average premium rates for Medicare supplement insurance (Medigap) slowed dramatically in 2002 to only 2.4 percent, compared with an average increase of ......
- HMO profits rise 16 percent in 2001. (In the
News).
The nation's HMOs earned $503 million during the first half of 2001, up 16 percent from the $434 million earned during the first half of ......
- Weiss Ratings offers free report for Prudentialpolicyholders as June 1 class action...
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 14, 1997--Weiss Ratings Inc., an independent insurance rating agency, is offering a free report to Prudential policyholders who must act ......
- HMOs LOSE $186 MILLION IN 1999.
Half of U.S. HMOs continued to lose money in 1999, according to a study of 574 companies by Weiss Ratings, Inc., Palm Beach Gardens, Florida....
- INSURANCE FIRM FAILURES RISE 30 PERCENT IN
2000.
In the face of a slowing economy and stiff competition, 35 insurance companies failed in 2000, up 30 percent over the 27 failures recorded in ......
- Life, health insurers' profits drop in 2001. (In
the News).
Profits of U.S. life and health insurers dropped $6 billion during the first six months of 2001, down 42 percent from the first six months ......
- Martin Weiss, Chairman of Weiss Ratings, Authors The
Ultimate Safe Money Guide; A...
Business Editors PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 21, 2002 With increased uncertainty and suspicion in the stock market, many Americans are being forced to re-evaluate ......
- Global Settlement and New Analyst Rules, While Welcome
Steps, May Still Leave Investors...
Business Editors PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 2, 2003 Report Includes Scorecard of Proposed and Adopted Rules; Recommendations Offered to Close Remaining Loopholes The Global ......
- LIFE, HEALTH INSURERS' OPERATING PROFITS
DOWN.
Operating profits of U.S. life and health insurers declined by $203 million, or 1.6 percent, during the first three months of 2000, compared with operating ......
- 13 Major Corporations Vulnerable, According to Weiss
Ratings; Only 18% of All Stocks...
Business Editors PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 6, 2003 Thirteen major North American corporations are considered vulnerable to further market declines or even failure, according ......
- St. Jude Medical, Inc., Starbucks Corp., and Nike,
Inc. Upgraded by Weiss Ratings; 1,516...
Business & Finance Editors PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 30, 2003 St. Jude Medical, Inc., Starbucks Corporation, and Nike, Inc. were among the 1,516 stocks ......
- Profitability Eludes Most Small HMOs As Medical Costs
Rise Faster Than Premiums, According...
Business Editors/Health & Medical Writers PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla.--(BW HealthWire)--Jan. 22, 2001 Medical expenses per enrollee rose 4.4% at small HMOs, eclipsing a corresponding 3.9% ......