risale a ieri. Per fortuna nessun taglio al rating ...mentre altri assicurativi (aego, ing ... ) hanno subito downgrade.
La patata bollente Dresdner è ora in mani Commerzbank... e si è visto ... che svalutazioni hanno dovuto fare.
Vedo che a motivare la rating action hanno indicato la inadeguatezza del capitale di rischio agli standard richiesti dal rating (non a quelli fissati dalla normativa, è bene precisare) ... un problema legato alla caduta di valore degli investimenti in equity effettuati dalle compagnie assicurative per effetto del calo dei mercati azionari.
Non dovrebbero esserci, a loro avviso, problemi seri, neanche in prospettiva, a meno di ulteriori tracolli dei mercati azionari e di una imprevista debolezza nella capacità di generazione di utili nel biennio a venire.
Allianz SE And Core Entities 'AA/A-1+' Ratings Affirmed On Comparative Capital And Earnings Resilience; Outlook Stable
FRANKFURT (Standard & Poor's) March 31, 2009--Standard & Poor's Ratings Services said today it affirmed its 'AA' long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings and its 'A-1+' short-term ratings on Germany-based Allianz SE (AZSE) and related core entities. The outlook on all entities is stable.
"The affirmation follows our review of European global multiline insurers
announced on Feb. 24, and reflects our assessment of AZSE's comparative capital and earnings resilience, as well as what we view as the group's very strong competitive position and financial flexibility," said Standard & Poor's credit analyst Karin Clemens.
For further information on this review see "Various Rating Actions On
European Global Multiline Insurers After Portfolio Review," published today on RatingsDirect.
We expect AZSE's risk-based capital adequacy to have fallen to the 'A' category during the first quarter of 2009, given continued difficult financial market conditions. We believe that AZSE would likely be able to sustain risk-based capital adequacy, as measured by our model, within the 'A' range, even under a scenario in which the value of the group's equity portfolio fell by 30% compared with year-end 2008 or if we were to double our investment credit-risk capital requirements.
Our ratings factor in a degree of latitude for highly rated insurers operating with lower capitalization than is usual for the respective rating categories, to the extent that we believe an insurer's earnings capacity is still sufficient to bring its capital adequacy close to a level consistent with the rating over the next two years.
We expect the group's very strong operating profits to continue to support what we view as strong capitalization in 2009 and 2010 and have considered in our analysis management's indications that it is committed to further derisking its balance sheet.
AZSE's operating profits have appeared resilient relative to that of many
of its peers in the current market conditions.
The rating analysis assumes that the group will be able to achieve an operating profit of about €7.0 billion in 2009 and 2010.
The roperty/casualty segment will, in our opinion, be the main contributor, with what we assume will be about €5.0 billion. Assumptions regarding a combined ratio of 97% and a return on revenue in excess of 10% underlie our expectation.
We continue to regard AZSE's financial flexibility as very strong. We believe that AZSE's strong and highly diversified internally generated cash flows, proven access to capital markets, and abundant holdings of liquid funds support our assessment of the group's financial flexibility.
AZSE's financial leverage should, in our opinion, remain at less than 30% and fixed-charge coverage should stay at about 7x.
"The outlook is stable because we assume that AZSE's operating performance, capitalization, and coverage ratios will meet our expectations," said Ms. Clemens.
We would revise the outlook to negative if capitalization were to fall below the 'A' category or if the group's solvency ratio were to decrease to less than 130%. A negative outlook could also result if further significant weakening of economic or financial market conditions were to materially impair the group's earnings prospects. We also recognize that AZSE's life insurance portfolio shows a higher sensitivity to a change in interest rates than some of its global multiline peers.
A prolonged period of low interest rates may therefore also put pressure on the rating. We consider the possibility for a positive outlook remote