Best Affirms White Mountains Operating Subsidiaries Ratings

July 1, 2005

  • July 1, 2005 at 2:47 am
    cliff says:
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    Check into what company owns Best, prints Bests reports, either owns major stock in Best and the company owning Best, has directors on the board of each, and also have a huge interest in White Mountain Ins., (Bermuda), and board members on affiliates of the original owner.

  • July 2, 2005 at 3:21 am
    JB says:
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    Hmm, I didn’t find any obviously common directors, but this SEC letter is interesting;

    http://www.sec.gov/divisions/marketreg/mr-noaction/am030305-outgoing.pdf

  • July 2, 2005 at 3:34 am
    JB says:
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    AM Best affirmed the financial outlook for Sirius International Insurance and White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd, as ‘Excellent’ and stable.

    I disagree, in part. There’s a major storm brewng for Sirius in Florida where the insurance regulators are poised to stomp on them. That debacle could impact the near term outlook for Sirius.

    I sent an email to the analyst who generated the affirmation. You can read it at; http://www.unlicensed.info/bestreport.html

    It will be interesting to see if Best really do watch events as they’re triggered, or if they wait for news to fall off the wires before deciding on which events could alter a company’s creditworthiness.



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