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Rating Activity & Announcements
 
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Bank of Montreal Insurance (Barbados) Limited:
Date: 6/29/2009    Source: Press Release
BestWeek Asia/Pacific: Financial Crisis May Open New Markets for Insuring Small to Medium Enterprises:
Date: 6/29/2009    Source: Press Release
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of United America Indemnity, Ltd. and Its Subsidiaries:
Date: 6/23/2009    Source: Press Release
A.M. Best Comments on Tower Group, Inc.'s Planned Acquisition of Specialty Underwriters' Alliance, Inc.:
Date: 6/23/2009    Source: Press Release
A.M. Best to Attend 2009 International Takaful Summit:
Date: 6/22/2009    Source: Press Release
BestWeek Asia/Pacific: Financial Turmoil Clouds Reinsurance Markets in India, China:
Date: 6/22/2009    Source: Press Release
BestWeek: $6.2 Billion Revenue Places Aon Atop Global Broker Rankings:
Date: 6/19/2009    Source: Press Release
A.M. Best Assigns Ratings to Senior Debt Issued by Swiss Re:
Date: 6/17/2009    Source: Press Release
A.M. Best Downgrades Ratings of Popular Life Re:
Date: 6/11/2009    Source: Press Release
A.M. Best Affirms Ratings of Dorinco Reinsurance Company:
Date: 6/11/2009    Source: Press Release

News
 
IPC Talking to Flagstone, Validus and Unnamed Others About Possible Sale:
Date: 7/2/2009    Source: BestWire
Flagstone Re Enters Bidding War for Reinsurer IPC:
Date: 7/2/2009    Source: BestWire
Swiss Re: Financial Crisis Hurt Insurers in 2008:
Date: 7/2/2009    Source: BestWire
Brit Names Beane Chief Operations Officer:
Date: 7/2/2009    Source: BestWire
The Reinsurer’s Conundrum: Soft Market Impact:
Date: 7/1/2009    Source: Best's Review
Insight: Time for an Overhaul of State-Based Regulation:
Date: 7/1/2009    Source: Best's Review
The Reinsurer’s Conundrum:
Date: 7/1/2009    Source: Best's Review

Industry Research
2009 Special Report: U.S. Life/Annuity – Review & Preview: U.S. Life Insurers Hunker Down as Market Turmoil Continues:
Date: 2/23/2009    Source: Special Reports (PDF)     Pages: 40
2009 Special Report: U.S. Property/Casualty – Review & Preview. U.S. P/C Industry’s Profits Plunge; Insurers Poised for Turnaround:
Date: 2/9/2009    Source: Special Reports (PDF)     Pages: 32
2009 Special Report: Insurance Stock Indexes – 2008 Market Review. P/C Insurance Index Experienced Depression-like Drops in 2008:
Date: 2/2/2009    Source: Special Reports (PDF)     Pages: 16
2008 Special Report: U.S. Life Reinsurance – 2007 Market Review:
Date: 12/15/2008    Source: Special Reports (PDF)     Pages: 8
2008 Special Report: Asia-Pacific Life & Non-Life – Review & Preview. Asia’s Insurers Avoid Liquidity Woes, but Pressures Mount:
Date: 12/1/2008    Source: Special Reports (PDF)     Pages: 20