Weiss Ratings News Briefs

05/11/2012
JP Morgan's Shocking $2 Billion Announcement

05/10/2012
Pennsylvania court blocks regulators' bid to liquidate long-term care insurer

05/07/2012
Security Bank third Florida bank to close this year

04/30/2012
Maryland bank regulators shutter Bank of the Eastern Shore with no acquiring institution

04/30/2012
SonaBank acquires failed HarVest Bank of Maryland

04/30/2012
Palm Desert National Bank closed by California banking regulators

04/30/2012
South Carolina bank regulators close first bank of 2012

04/30/2012
Great Southern Bank acquires the deposits of failed InterSavings Bank

04/23/2012
Fort Lee FSB shuttered by New Jersey regulators

04/18/2012
Failed Executive Life liquidated after 21-year rehab: hundreds of annuity holders still lose money

04/02/2012
US Bank, State Bank and Ameris Bank top acquirers

04/02/2012
Fidelity Bank 13th to close in Michigan since start of crisis

03/26/2012
Telesis Community Credit Union placed into conservatorship

03/26/2012
Covenant Bank and Trust 79th Georgia bank to close

03/26/2012
International Bank of Chicago assumes deposits of Premier Bank

03/26/2012
Four states make up nearly 50% of credit union failures since 2009

03/19/2012
New England FCU among credit unions earning Weiss' top A+ rating

03/19/2012
14 banks upgraded to Weiss' top rating of A+ bringing total to 33

03/12/2012
Unlucky #13: Uninsured depositors of New City Bank out of luck

03/05/2012
Metro City Bank assumes deposits of failed Global Commerce Bank

02/27/2012
Embattled Georgia banking industry suffers another failure

02/27/2012
No buyer found for failed Home Savings of America

02/27/2012
A M Community Credit Union placed under conservatorship

02/13/2012
Illinois banking regulators close 48th bank since crisis began

02/13/2012
First Merchants Bank assumes SCB Bank

02/10/2012
Pennsylvania insurance regulators liquidate surety bond insurer

01/31/2012
Eastern New York Federal Credit Union liquidated

01/31/2012
Florida regulators close 60th bank since start of financial crisis

01/31/2012
Tennessee closes first banks since 2002

01/31/2012
Patriot Bank Minnesota shuttered by regulators

01/27/2012
Twenty-five-year-old workers comp insurer shuttered

01/26/2012
Republic next mortgage insurer to fail

01/23/2012
Banking shake out in Florida continues in 2012

01/23/2012
Troubled Georgia banking industry experiences first failure of the new year

01/23/2012
American Eagle Savings Bank shuttered by Pennsylvania regulators

01/12/2012
Weiss Soveriegn Debt Ratings now available at www.weisswatchdog.com

01/09/2012
Regulators assume control of People for People Community Development Credit Union

12/23/2011
Bank of Utica and First Bank of Boaz earn Weiss top rating of A+

12/19/2011
Total assets of all failed U.S. banks and thrifts in 2011 reaches $34.9 billion

12/19/2011
Western National Bank second Arizona institution to fail in 2011

12/19/2011
Florida banking regulators close 13th institution this year

12/07/2011
Workers comp carrier seventh Florida insurer to fail

12/05/2011
Disregard for state law and history of unsafe conduct torpedoes Minnesota Surety and Trust Co.

11/21/2011
HomeWise Insurance Company ordered into liquidation by Florida regulators

11/21/2011
Central Progressive Bank shuttered by Louisiana banking regulators

11/21/2011
Iowa regulators close first bank since September 2009

11/11/2011
Georgia closes 23rd bank of the year

11/07/2011
Banks close in Utah and Nebraska for the first time in more than a year

10/31/2011
Birmingham credit union placed under the control of regulators

10/31/2011
Illinois third leading state for bank failures

10/24/2011
Fifth Colorado bank to close this year

10/24/2011
Old Harbor Bank shuttered by Florida regulators

10/24/2011
Georgia banks continue to fall

10/18/2011
16,000 Medicare Advantage and Part D enrollees forced to leave failed plan

10/17/2011
Number of 2011 bank failures hits 80

10/17/2011
Blue Ridge Savings Bank closed by NC regulators

10/17/2011
20th Georgia bank closed by regulators

10/17/2011
New Jersey has first bank failure in two years

10/17/2011
Country Bank closed by IL regulators

10/10/2011
Dover-Phila FCU earns top rating of A+

10/10/2011
New England FCU earns top rating of A+

10/10/2011
Three banks earn top rating of A+

10/10/2011
Missouri closes first bank in 2011

10/10/2011
RiverBank closed by Minnesota regulators