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HONG KONG -- A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of "a-" of Fidelity Life Assurance Company Limited (Fidelity Life) (New Zealand). The outlook...
OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of "a" to Vine Court Assurance Incorporated (Vine Court) (Burlington, VT). The outlook assigned...
OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has assigned a debt rating of "aa-" to the $400 million 5.375% 30-year surplus notes issued by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company (MassMutual) (Springfield, MA). The assigned...
LONDON -- A.M. Best Europe - Rating Services Limited has downgraded the issuer credit rating (ICR) to "bb" from "bb+" and affirmed the financial strength rating of B (Fair) of Ghana Reinsurance Company...
LONDON -- A.M. Best Europe - Rating Services Limited has affirmed and withdrawn the issuer credit rating of "bbb+" of Kiln Group Limited (Kiln) (United Kingdom). A.M. Best also has withdrawn the debt...
TAMPA, Fla. -- The Florida Venture Forum (http://www.floridaventureforum.org) has selected 19 Florida companies to present at the 21st annual Florida Venture Capital Conference, to be held at the Naples Grande Beach Resort in...
OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of "a-" RoyalStar Assurance Limited (RSA) (Nassau, Bahamas). The outlook for both ratings is...
BELLEVUE, Wash. -- Symetra Life Insurance Company today rolled out new enhancements to its cash value universal life (UL) insurance product -- Symetra Classic UL -- including expanded death benefit options and a...
HONG KONG -- A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of "a-" to SHC Capital Limited (SHC Capital) (Singapore). The outlook for both ratings...
LONDON -- A.M. Best Europe - Rating Services Limited has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and issuer credit rating (ICR) of "a+" of Lloyd's Syndicate 570 (United Kingdom). The...
OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings of "a-" to QBE Del Istmo Reinsurance Inc. (QBE Del Istmo), Del Istmo Assurance...
HONG KONG -- A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings of A- (Excellent) and the issuer credit ratings (ICR) of "a-" of Asia Capital Reinsurance Group Pte. Ltd. (ACR) (Singapore), Asia...
HEADNOTE This article shows that the elderly, especially those with high lifetime incomes, maintain large asset holdings to account for the possibility of their living a long time and facing high medical expenses.1...
An experienced insurance agent lost his license because he sold something he knew nothing about. Insurance agents and brokers should limit themselves to that which they know: insurance. When they deal in securities...
Company Overview On March 8 2010, MetLife Inc announced a definite agreement to ALICO from the American International Group (AIG) for about US$15.5bn. The MetLife/ALICO transaction is one of the most important merger...
Adds CHINA GRENTECH CORPORATION LTD (NASDAQ: GRRF), TUDOU HOLDINGS LIMITED (NASDAQ: TUDO), AND ZUOAN FASHION LIMITED (NYSE: ZA) DALLAS -- For the fourth quarter and for the year 2011, the Halter USX China...
OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) and issuer credit rating of "a-" to Lion Reinsurance Company Limited (Lion Re) (Bermuda). The outlook assigned to...
OLDWICK, N.J. -- A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of "a" of Wind River Reinsurance Company, Ltd. (Wind River Re) (Hamilton, Bermuda)...