Kroll Bond Rating Agency Assigns Preliminary Ratings to RAIT 2017-FL7

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) is pleased to announce the assignment of preliminary ratings to seven classes of the RAIT 2017-FL7 transaction, a $342.4 million floating-rate CRE CLO securitization. The... Read more »

Kroll Bond Rating Agency Assigns Preliminary Ratings to Freddie Mac STACR 2017-HQA2

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) assigns preliminary ratings to 19 classes of notes from Freddie Mac’s Structured Agency Credit Risk (STACR) Debt Notes, Series 2017-HQA2 (STACR 2017-HQA2), a credit risk... Read more »

Tiptree Regains Compliance with NASDAQ and SEC Requirements

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On June 6, 2017, Tiptree Inc. (NASDAQ:TIPT) (the “Company”) filed its Form 10-Q with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the quarter ended March 31, 2017. The Company has received... Read more »

A.M. Best Affirms Credit Ratings of American Federated Insurance Company

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A.M. Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating of B (Fair) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating of “bb” of American Federated Insurance Company (AFIC) (Flowood, MS). The outlook of... Read more »

A.M. Best Affirms Credit Ratings of Guardian Life Insurance Company of America and Its Subsidiaries

OLDWICK, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A.M. Best has affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of A++ (Superior) and the Long-Term Issuer Credit Ratings (Long-Term ICR) of “aa+” of Guardian Life Insurance Company of America (Guardian... Read more »

MBIA Inc. Responds to S&P Placing National’s Rating on CreditWatch Negative

PURCHASE, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--MBIA Inc. (NYSE:MBI) (the Company) announced its response to today’s Research Update from Standard & Poor’s Global Ratings, in which it placed the ratings of the Company and National Public... Read more »

Kroll Bond Rating Agency Assigns Preliminary Ratings to Upstart Securitization Trust 2017-1

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) assigns preliminary ratings to three classes of notes issued by Upstart Securitization Trust 2017-1 (“UPST 2017-1”). This is a $163.107 million consumer loan ABS transaction... Read more »

A.M. Best Affirms Grange’s “A” Rating and Stable Outlook

COLUMBUS, Ohio--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A.M. Best Affirms Grange’s “A” Rating and Stable Outlook Read more »

Kroll Bond Rating Agency Assigns Preliminary Ratings to Deephaven Residential Mortgage Trust 2017-2 (DRMT 2017-2)

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kroll Bond Rating Agency (KBRA) assigns preliminary ratings to three classes of mortgage pass-through certificates from Deephaven Residential Mortgage Trust 2017-2 (DRMT 2017-2), the second non-prime securitization of 2017 fr... Read more »

A.M. Best Downgrades Issuer Credit Rating of Arab Orient Insurance Company; Places Credit Ratings Under Review With Negative Implications

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A.M. Best has downgraded the Long-Term Issuer Credit Rating (Long-Term ICR) to “bbb” from “bbb+” and affirmed the Financial Strength Rating (FSR) of B++ (Good) of Arab Orient Insurance Company (gig... Read more »