NY -- Standard & Poor's CreditWire 2/26/97 -- Standard & Poor's today has assigned its `A-1'-plus short-term issuer rating to Security Life of Denver Insurance Co., a core operating unit within the ING America Life Group (double-`A' claims-paying ability). The group includes the Life Insurance Co. of Georgia, Southland Life Insurance Co., Columbine Life Insurance Co., Midwestern United Life Insurance Co., and First ING Life Insurance Co. of New York. These entities are viewed as one entity for ratings purposes. ING America Life is wholly owned by ING N.V., a large, Netherlands-based international financial services organization that had global consolidated assets of US$250 billion as of year-end 1995. ING America Life is considered to be a mid-sized player (with an
