WASHINGTON — The two most prominent progressives in the U.S. Senate urged the federal government Thursday to help Puerto Rico stand up against the “vultures” they largely blame for the island’s current fiscal nightmare.
Although most insurance carriers in Puerto Rico maintain sufficient capital to support lower bond ratings given their adequate capital positions and manageable exposures to the Puerto Rico municipal bond market, there will be circumstances where rating actions may have to be taken, ratings agency A.M. Best said.
Government Development Bank President Melba Acosta came down hard on Moody’s Investors Service’s decision to downgrade the Commonwealth’s credit rating deeper into junk status by saying the move shows “ratings agencies are totally out of tune with what’s happening” in Puerto Rico.
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