NY -- Standard&Poor's CreditWire 5/26/98 -- Standard&Poor's today assigned its triple-'B'-minus rating to Lindsey Morden Group, Inc.'s (LM) C$125 million senior notes offering. LM is a holding company, 64% owned by Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., which, through its subsidiaries provides independent claims adjusting, appraisal and loss management services through a network of 304 branches in Canada and the United States. The rating is based on the company's post-acquisition business profile in the loss adjusting and claims related activities service market, relationship to parent Fairfax and projected debt levels and service capabilities. Recently, LM announced its intentions to purchase the shares of Hambro Insurance Services Group PLC (HIS) of London, England from majority shareholder (52%), Hambros PLC
