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FBD Shares Surge on Reduced Losses, 2017 Profit Forecast

FBD Holdings Plc shares surged the most in almost eight years after the insurer posted a smaller first-half loss and said it’s on track to making a profit next year. FBD shares rose as much as 12 percent, their biggest …

Swiss Re’s 1st 9 Months 2015 Consolidated Net Income up 12% at $3.659 Billion

Swiss Re reported consolidated net income of $3.659 billion, a 12 percent increase, for the first nine months of 2015, compared to $3.255 billion for the first 9 months of 2014. $1.399 billion was earned in the third quarter. Swiss …

ACE Q3 2015 Net Income Down 32.7% at $528 Million; Operating Income Up

ACE Group reported net income for the quarter ended September 30, 2015, of $1.62 per share, compared with $2.32 per share for the Q3 2014, an overall decline of 32.7 percent from $785 million in Q3 2014 to $528 million. …

Aviva New Business Growth Driven by Europe and Asia Operations

Aviva plc, the U.K.’s second-biggest insurer by market value, reported a 15 percent rise in new business in the first nine months of the year, driven by its European and Asian operations. The value of new business, a measure of …

Global Reinsurer Capital at All-Time High of $540 Billion: Aon Benfield

The latest edition of the Aon Benfield Aggregate (ABA) report estimates that global reinsurer capital totaled $540 billion as of December 31, 2013, an increase of 7 percent ($35 billion) over the year, with net income up 16 percent to …

Swiss Re Q3 Net Beats Analyst Forecasts as Non-Life Sales Jump

Swiss Re Ltd., the world’s second- biggest reinsurer, reported better than expected third-quarter profit after non-life premiums rose by a fifth. Net income fell 51 percent to $1.07 billion from a year ago, the Zurich-based reinsurer said in a statement …

Zurich Insurance Says ‘Confident’ on Profitability Measure

Zurich Insurance Group AG, Switzerland’s biggest insurer [3rd largest in Europe], said it is still “confident” its non-life unit can improve a profitability target with cost cutting after it announced in August it may miss the goal relative to peers. …

Double-Digit Returns Absent From Year-End, 2013 Financial Forecasts

Although analysts following the property/casualty insurance industry expect underwriting results for 2012 to be better than 2011 when full-year numbers are tallied, double-digit overall returns-on-equity are still not visible on the near-term horizon, they say. Industry analysts who supplied combined …

U.S. P/C Insurers’ Results for 2010 Get ‘Mixed Review’ from A.M. Best

The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry’s financial results for 2010 represented a mixed bag, with some good results and some that are of concern, according to a leading rating organization. A.M. Best Co. reported that property/casualty insurers’ policyholders surplus increased nine …

Main Street America Group Reports Strong 2010 Results, Eyes Expansion

Jacksonville, Fla.-based The Main Street America Group reported that its 2010 financial results included 99.2 combined ratio, 9.1 percent net premium growth, a 16.8 percent return on equity and surplus growth of $78 million for the fiscal year ended Dec. …