Robert McNatt

Recent Articles by Robert McNatt

May 20, 2009

Insurers: Pain from Commercial Real Estate?

America's deteriorating commercial real estate picture has a special resonance for U.S. life insurers because of the approximately $310 billion, industrywide, that ...

May 15, 2009

Tough Choices for Specialty Finance Companies

Since fall 2008, when the turmoil in the U.S. financial sector began in earnest, Standard & Poor's Ratings Services has seen significant deterioration in credit ...

March 23, 2009

The Tables Have Turned on Big Energy Players

Less than a year ago, the price of oil was close to $150 per barrel and many oil and natural gas producers were riding high with strong ratings and record profits. At ...