S&P to Hold Insurance Capital Model Enhancement Conference Today

Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services will hold a telephone conference call on Thursday, May 24, at 10:00 AM Eastern Time.

S&P said “the call will cover the major enhancement that will be introduced to the existing capital model based on our November 2006 Request for Comment. We will outline the key changes that will be made to the enhanced version of the model based on the comments received from the market, as well as the implementation timeline.”

A number of S&P’s senior Insurance ratings analysts will participate in this call, including Rodney Clark, Grace Osborne, and Mark Puccia of the New York office and Rob Jones and David Harrison of the London office.

The call will begin promptly at the time indicated. Interested parties should call at least 15 minutes before the scheduled start of the call to complete the pre-call registration process.
Live Dial-in Numbers:
U.S./All Others: 1-210-795-0624
U.K.: 44-20-7108-6390
Conference ID#: PG7457149
Passcode: SANDP

Recorded replays of the call are made available about an hour after the call concludes and are available until Thursday, May 31, 2007. Replay number: 1-203-369-0697.
Streaming Audio: The call will also be available live in “listen-only” mode at: http://www.events.standardandpoors.com for listeners with the Real Player™ software, sound card, and speakers. The Streaming Audio playback is available until Thursday, June 21, 2007.

If you have any questions about the conference call, please e-mail: eventsmarketing@standardandpoors.com.