This economic slowdown was directly responsible for triggering credit downgrades from
major ratings agencies such as Moody's and Standard & Poor's.
The two
major rating agencies for oils are the American Petrolium Institute (API) and The European Automobile Manufacturers Association (ACEA).
Illinois lawmakers passed a $ 36 billion budget and a $ 5 billion income tax increase in July, which are expected to stabilize state finances in the near term.2 The three
major rating agencies affirmed Illinois» investment - grade status, but warned that the state's fiscal challenges, which include more than $ 250 million in unfunded pension obligations, could continue to affect the state's credit in the long run.3 — 4
While it fulfills a niche in the car insurance industry, USAA retains a nationwide reach and strong financial ratings with
most major rating agencies.
The report includes municipal bond rating information from the three
major rating agencies Moody s Investor Services, Standard and Poor s and Fitch Ratings.
Life Insurance Comdex Rankings - Top 250 Rated Companies in 2014 The Comdex score is the average ranking a company receives from the four
major rating agencies in America.
Major rating agencies such as Standard & Poor's, Moody's and A.M. Best are full - service credit rating organizations that offer policyholders and consumers with ratings and analysis as a means of assessing financial strength and creditworthiness of companies.
With that in mind, you preferably do want to choose a company that has at least an A rating or better from A.M. Best and comparable ratings from the
other major rating agencies we listed.
measurement of the risk of default of an individual fixed - income security or the issuer of a fixed - income security; generally measured by one of the major ratings agencies
Remember how
the major ratings agencies all gave sub-prime mortgage backed securities AAA ratings in 2007?
Ratings Most corporate bonds are rated by at least one of
the major rating agencies.
A major ratings agency recently downgraded Italy's debt, adding to investor fears.
Standard & Poor's, one of the three
major ratings agencies, has said that just raising the debt ceiling would not be enough.
Of the three
major ratings agencies, only Moody's Investors Service has indicated that Illinois lawmakers» lack of long - term solutions for reducing that debt is a severe problem.
Governor Cuomo and his budget director, Robert Megna announced that the state finally got an upgrade in an assessment from
a major rating agency.
With
the major rating agencies and the major financial guarantors, they are locked in a co-dependent relationship, one that I highlighted in a RealMoney article three years ago.
The Comdex ranking is objective and based exclusively on the calculated ratings from the four
major ratings agencies.
Most corporate and municipal zero coupon bonds are rated by
the major rating agencies, Moody's Investors Service, Standard & Poor's, Fitch IBCA, and Duff & Phelps.
Just like the other companies on the list, Prudential receives at least an A rating from all four
major ratings agencies.
Already, the three
major rating agencies have weighed in on the matter.
The bond's credit quality, as reflected in its rating from one of
the major rating agencies, is another factor that can affect its price.
Mutual of Omaha and United of Omaha Life Insurance Company have top ratings from all
the major ratings agencies.
Northwestern Mutual has earned the highest financial strength rating awarded to any U.S. life insurer by all
the major ratings agencies.
A company needs to have at least two ratings form
the major ratings agencies in order to have a Comdex rating or ranking.
New York Life Insurance Company and its subsidiary, New York Life Insurance and Annuity Corporation, earn the highest financial strength ratings currently awarded to any life insurer by all four
major ratings agencies.
Junk debt is defined as having credit ratings that are below investment grade by
the major rating agencies such as Moody's or Standard & Poor's.
In addition to tracking activity with the three
major rating agencies, identity monitoring will also inform you whenever your information shows up in a number of other places, like change of address requests, court or arrest records, payday loan applications, social media and websites on the dark web that are known to trade in stolen information.