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Duff & Phelps Many years ago I was sitting in my class at Harvard Law School, next to Ralph Nader who was a member of my class. Who knows how your paths will cross again. Thirty years later, I am not sure I understand the insurance business even after having spent 30 years in it.…

Weiss weissratings.com/ Weiss Research Martin D. Weiss

Rating Rating – Index 2010 – LR – Rating Dependent Regulation of Insurance, John Patrick Hunt, Connecticut Law Journal – p101-186p – 86p

Rating – Index ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ# A AIG – AM Best AIG – Moody’s AIG – Rating Agencies AIG – Rating Agencies – Downgrades – Triggers AIG – S&P – Standard and Poor’s Back to top C Credit Ratings Credit Ratings – Goverment Hearings Back to top D Duff & Phelps Back to top M Moody’s Back…

1999 0625 – GOV (House) – Risky Business in the Operating Subsidiary: How the OCC Dropped the Ball 1999 0625 – GOV (House) – Risky Business in the Operating Subsidiary: How the OCC Dropped the Ball, Fred Upton (R-MI) — [BonkNote] [PDF-106p, VIDEO-?] House – Committee on Commerce – Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations (p3)…

Standard and Poor’s Rating Agencies 2008 Mark Adelson 2010-10-22 FCIC staff audiotape of interview with Mark Adelson, Standard & Poor’s.mp3 Henry Alblescu 2010-05-14 FCIC staff audiotape of interview with Henry Alblescu, Standard & Poor’s.mp3

AIG – Rating Agencies – Downgrades – Triggers 2008 0915 – WSJ – S&P Downgrades AIG, Citing ‘Reduced Flexibility’- [link] All of these ratings remain on CreditWatch with negative implications, where they were placed on Sept. 12, 2008. “The main reason for the rating actions is the combination of reduced flexibility in meeting additional collateral needs…

AIG – S&P – Standard and Poor’s S&P said on Monday the main ”source of the strain comes from credit default swaps covering multi-sector collateralized debt obligations with mortgage exposure as well as insurance company holdings of residential mortgage-backed securities”. 2008 0915 – FT (Financial Times – Downgrades deepen AIG woes – [link] 2010 0526 – COP…

AIG – Moody’s 2008 0807 – Moody’s – Rating Action: Moody’s reiterates negative outlook on AIG; US life ops negative – [link] 2008 FCIC – Moodys Follow Up Exhibits – Rating Committee Memos for AIG – 784p Richard Cantor Brian Clarkson Jerome Fons Michael Kanef Eric Kolchinsky Director, NAIC Structured Securities & Capital Markets. William…

Credit Ratings – Government Hearings 2004 0914 – GOV (House) – The Ratings Game: Improving Transparency and Competition Among the Credit Rating Agencies [PDF-71p, House – Committee on Financial Services – Subcommittee on Capital Markets, Insurance, and Government Sponsored Enterprises 2008 1022 – GOV (House) – Credit Rating Agencies and the Financial Crisis, (CSPAN) Credit…