ratings of Medicare Advantage Plans Take Fire
25 May 2012, 2:25 pm
Do government ratings of private Medicare insurance plans help consumers? Are they even fair?

Fitch Affirms Selective Insurance's ratings; Outlook Stable
25 May 2012, 1:49 pm
Fitch ratings has affirmed Selective Insurance Group, Inc.'s ratings as follows:

S&P cuts ratings on five Spanish banks
25 May 2012, 1:05 pm
NEW YORK (Reuters) - ratings agency Standard & Poor's cut the ratings on five Spanish banks on Friday, another blow to the country's ailing banking sector as the nation's deteriorating finances rattle ...

Fitch Affirms Digicel's ratings; Outlook Stable
25 May 2012, 11:07 am
Fitch has affirmed the ratings of Digicel Group Limited and its subsidiaries Digicel Limited and Digicel International Finance Limited , collectively referred to a

Fitch Downgrades Iberdrola USA, Inc. and Affirms Subsidiary ratings
25 May 2012, 9:37 am
Fitch ratings has downgraded the Issuer Default Rating for Iberdrola USA, Inc. to 'BBB' from 'BBB+' and concurrently assigned a senior unsecured debt rating of 'BBB'. In addition, Fitch has affirmed the IDRs for subsidiary companies New York State Electric & Gas Corp.

Moody's cuts Sweden, Norway bank ratings
25 May 2012, 2:29 am
International ratings agency Moody's said it has downgraded the ratings on several Swedish and a Norwegian bank by up to two notches, citing concerns over their funding position and modest earnings.

Moody's cuts ratings for three Nordic banks
25 May 2012, 1:04 am
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Moody's cut ratings for DNB , Handelsbanken and Nordea on Friday in an expected move, pointing to vulnerability in terms of the Nordic banks funding and asset quality, as well as modest profitability. Moody's said it had downgraded Nordea's and Handelsbanken's debt ratings one notch to leave their deposit rating at Aa3, from Aa2 previously. Norwegian group DNB was ...

Fitch Assigns Final ratings to Race Point VI CLO, Limited
24 May 2012, 4:05 pm
Fitch ratings has assigned the following ratings to the class X and class A notes of Race Point VI CLO, Limited :

Fitch Affirms Kemper Corporation's ratings and Assigns Credit Facility Rating; Outlook Stable
24 May 2012, 2:56 pm
Fitch ratings has affirmed Kemper Corporation's holding company ratings, including the senior debt rating at 'BBB-'. Fitch has also affirmed the Insurer Financial Strength ratings of Kemper's operating subsidiaries at 'A-' and has assigned a 'BBB-' rating to Kemper's $325 million credit facility.

Fitch Affirms ratings on Brazos Higher Education Authority 2004 Student Loan-Backed Notes
24 May 2012, 1:19 pm
Fitch ratings affirms the senior student loan notes and the subordinate notes issued by Brazos Higher Education Authority Student Loan-Backed Notes, issued under the 2004 master trust indenture, dated Oct.