Structured Settlements 4Real®Blog 2026
Structured settlements expert John Darer reviews the latest structured settlements and settlement planning information and news, and provides expert opinion and highly regarded commentary. that is spicy, Informative, irreverent and effective for over 20 years.
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Category: Standard & Poors Ratings
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Fallout from the Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowering of its long-term sovereign credit rating on the United States of America to ‘AA+’ incudes rating agency action on 10 U.S.-based insurance groups. Effective August 8, 2011 S&P lowered to ‘AA+’ from ‘AAA’ its financial strength ratings on the member companies of five U.S. insurance groups: Knights…
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Unlike A.M. Best, Moodys, S&P and Fitch, Weiss Ratings accepts no compensation of any kind from the companies it rates, deriving its revenues exclusively from the sale of ratings and data to consumers and others via public libraries and the Internet.
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“Too many people are relying on the rating agencies to determine the quality of their municipal bond holdings. What you’ll find, for those who don’t want to do the work, is that the rating agencies tend to downgrade a bond AFTER most people making the effort already know the bond is in trouble.”
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Pacific Life and Annuity Company is a structured settlement annuity issuer and one of the handful of such companies that will write business in the State of New York.
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4structures.com, LLC has compiled a helpful chart showing the life insurance companies who writing structured settlement annuity to fund structured settlements.. The financial ratings from AM Best, Moodys, S&P and Fitch are also shown for each of structured annuity issuers and is regularly updated.
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New York Life Insurance Company has the great ratings from A. M Best, Moodys, Standard & Poors and Fitch (A++, Aa1, AA+, AAA). Read more about Financial Strength Ratings from Four Rating Agencies | New York Life Insurance Company
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While A.M. Best affirmed Allstate Life Insurance Company at A+ (Superior) this week, both Fitch and Standard & Poors have lowered their ratings on the company to A (Strong) and AA- (Very Strong) respectively. The ratings also apply to Allstate Life Insurance Company of New York.
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Following the S&P announcement on October 28, 2008 the following was released by Tom Godlasky, CEO of Aviva USA. “Today’s interim management statement and reaffirmation of Aviva plc’s AA/AA- rating fromS&P confirm that our capital position, asset base and diverse businesses leave the companystrongly positioned both operationally and financially. Our distribution partners, policyowners and investors…
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Standard & Poors has affirmed the top “AAA” financial strength ratings and stable outlook of Manulife Financial Corp. and its key operating subsidiaries, including structured settlement annuity issuer, John Hancock Life Insurance Company. The rating affirmation is unchanged after Manulife reported its 3rd quarter 2008 results.
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When one company acquires a "safeco" your first inclination is that this is a good thing. Purportedly under pressure over its reaction time in the current financial crisis apparently Standard & Poors doesn't feel that way. Last week Standard & Poors lowered its ratings of the Liberty Mutual group of companies from A(Excellent) to A-(Excellent).…