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9 October 2013Insurance

Rating agencies punish Tower after reserve hike

Two rating agencies have downgraded Tower Group International following its announcement that it needs to strengthen loss reserves by approximately $365 million and will write down $214 million in goodwill in conjunction with its delayed second quarter 2013 earnings release.

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