S&P Lowers Independent Insurance Ratings to BB from BBB+.
LONDON, June 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's today lowered its counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on U.K.-based insurer Independent Insurance Co. Ltd. (Independent) to double-'B' from triple-'B'-plus. At the same time, Standard & Poor's revised the CreditWatch implications on Independent to negative, from developing,...

Cincinnati Financial Corporation Declares Regular Quarterly Cash Dividend.
CINCINNATI, Nov. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Cincinnati Financial Corporation today announced that the board of directors has declared a 33-1/2 cents per share regular quarterly cash dividend payable January 16, 2007, to shareholders of record on December 22, 2006. The current dividend level reflects the 9.8 percent increase in the...

Atradius Trade Credit Insurance Receives A (Excellent) Rating From A.M. Best.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of "a" to Atradius Trade Credit Insurance Inc., the U.S. arm of the Atradius Group. The outlook for both ratings is stable. According to an...

Atradius Trade Credit Insurance Receives A (Excellent) Rating From A.M. Best.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of "a" to Atradius Trade Credit Insurance Inc., the U.S. arm of the Atradius Group. The outlook for both ratings is stable. According to an...

Atradius Trade Credit Insurance Receives A (Excellent) Rating From A.M. Best.
BALTIMORE, Nov. 6 /PRNewswire/ -- A.M. Best Co. has assigned a financial strength rating of A (Excellent) and an issuer credit rating of "a" to Atradius Trade Credit Insurance Inc., the U.S. arm of the Atradius Group. The outlook for both ratings is stable. According to an...

S&P Affirms Lafayette Insurance Co. 'A' Ratings; Outlook Stable.
NEW YORK, July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's today affirmed its single-'A' counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on Lafayette Life Insurance Co. (Lafayette). The outlook is stable. The ratings reflect Lafayette's extremely strong capital, very strong liquidity, strong earnings, improving operating performance, and...

Rating actions.
This edition reflects all financial strength rating changes--assignments, changes or placed under review--that occurred for life, health and property/casualty insurers domiciled in North America, as well as non-U.S, insurance companies, since this section last appeared in the June 2008 edition of Best's Review. See page 29 for...

Radian Expands Stock Repurchase Program.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Radian Group Inc. , a global credit risk management company, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized the purchase of an additional two million shares as part of an expansion of the company's existing stock repurchase program. Since the inception of the...

Radian Declares Regular Quarterly Dividend on Common Stock.
PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Radian Group Inc. announced today that the company's Board of Directors approved a regular quarterly dividend on its common stock in the amount of $0.02 per share, payable on December 28, 2006, to stockholders of record as of November 28, 2006. Radian...

Radian Europe Limited Expands International Mortgage Team and Receives AA Rating from Fitch.
New Intellectual Capital and Financial Strength Rating Position Radian Europe for International Growth LONDON, Dec. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Radian Group Inc. , a global credit risk management company, today announced two key achievements against its strategy for disciplined growth in the U.K. and Europe. The company announced...