Standards and Poor's Financial Strength Ratings * MSA's Products |
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MSA Research Inc. has licensed the right to include Standard and Poor's Financial Strength Ratings (FSR's) in its hard copy and software products.
MSA's Memo to CEO's, Chief Agents, CFO's and Clients - March 14, 2006 (pdf)
Please click here for important terms of use and copyright information. The following outlines how the FSR's are incorporated.
MSA includes S&P FSR's for companies that are interactively rated. MSA will also display 'Home Office' FSR's for foreign companies that have Canadian branches.
Product specific descriptions follow: | P&C MSA Report | MSA displays S&P FSR's for rated companies in the header of their reports. Ratings will be current as of press date. | | P&C Researcher Software | S&P FSR's appear as fields in the database. Users can sign up for continuous rating updates via e-mail. | | Quarterly MSA/Baron Outlook Reports | S&P FSR's will be presented in a new 'S&P Rating Roundup' section of the report. This section will also display ratings of key unlicensed reinsurers (mostly Bermuda based) for the benefit of our readers. | | Life/Health/Fraternal Researcher Software | S&P FSR's appear as fields in the database. Users of MSA's 'Complete' package can sign up for continuous rating updates via e-mail. |
 | * Copyright© 2007, Standard & Poor’s, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. Standard & Poor’s, including its subsidiary corporations, (“S&P”) is a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. S&P and/or its third party licensors have exclusive proprietary rights in S&P ratings. S&P ratings may only be used internally for business purposes. S&P ratings or the contents/output thereof shall not be used for any unlawful or unauthorized purposes. Dissemination, distribution or reproduction of S&P ratings or the contents/output thereof in any form is strictly prohibited except with the prior written permission of S&P. Because of the possibility of human or mechanical error by S&P’s sources, S&P or others, S&P does not guarantee the accuracy, adequacy, completeness or availability of any information and is not responsible for any errors or omissions or for the results obtained from the use of such information.
S&P GIVES NO EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, ANY WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE. In no event shall S&P be liable for any direct, indirect, special or consequential damages in connection with subscriber’s or others’ use of S&P ratings. Access to a S&P ratings or the contents/output thereof is subject to termination in the event any agreement with a third-party provider of information or software is terminated. (2007) |
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