MBIAの命運はChannel Reinsurance社が握っている
Troubled Bond Insurer Puts on Its Defense
A big issue facing MBIA is the fate of a Bermuda-based company, Channel Reinsurance, in which it owns a 17 percent stake. MBIA is counting on Channel Re to cover losses on $43 billion of securities. MBIA has written down its stake in Channel to zero to account for the declining value of its insurance contracts, and Moody’s Investors Service is considering downgrading the reinsurer’s triple-A rating.
If Channel Re is unable to raise more capital and loses its high rating, MBIA might be forced to take back some or all of the insurance liability it has insured with the firm, said Donald Light, a senior analyst at Celent, a financial services research and consulting firm in Boston.