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Bermuda Re/Insurers Announce Q3 Cat Loss Estimates

Oct 17 2011 // A number of Bermuda-based re/insurers have announced their respective loss estimates for the third quarter of 2011. The figures given include loss adjustment expenses, and are net of any applicable reinsurance recoveries,...

Endurance Appoints Lamer to Head U.S. Property Cat Treaty Reinsurance

Oct 13 2011 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd announced that Rene Lamer will assume the role of Senior Vice President and Head of U.S. Property Catastrophe Treaty Reinsurance. He is a Bermuda citizen, and will continue to...

Reinsurance Underwriting also Means Risk Management at Endurance

Sep 19 2011 // “We need information that can only be gained directly from our clients,” said Hans-Joachim Guenther, Chief Underwriting officer of Endurance Specialty Holdings for Europe and the Asia-Pacific region. In an...

Fitzpatrick to Head U.S. Retail for Endurance Specialty

Sep 12 2011 // Sean M. Fitzpatrick is joining Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. in the new role of president and head of U.S. property/casualty retail insurance. Fitzpatrick will be responsible for expanding...

Ratings: Tunis Re, Endurance (shares), LAPP, Electro Re/First Beacon, National General

May 27 2011 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has removed from under review with negative implications and affirmed the financial strength rating of ‘B+’ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of...

Davis Joins Endurance Worldwide Reinsurance in U.S. Unit

May 24 2011 // John A. Davis has joined Endurance Worldwide Reinsurance as senior vice president and manager of the U.S. Treaty Casualty and Workers’ Compensation business unit. Davis will now be responsible for overseeing the...

Endurance Estimates $15 Million Aus. Flood Loss; $45 Million NZ Quake

Mar 18 2011 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. announced that its “initial loss estimate related to the floods which occurred in Queensland, Australia in January of 2011 is $15 million.” The specialty...

Best Affirms Endurance Specialty and Subs ‘A’ Ratings

Feb 25 2011 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of Endurance Specialty Insurance Ltd. and its affiliates. Best also affirmed...

Endurance Reports $111.2 Million Q4 Net Income; $364.7 Full Year

Feb 14 2011 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings reported net income of $111.2 million and $2.09 per diluted common share for the fourth quarter of 2010, compared to net income of $154.8 million and $2.56 per diluted common...

Ratings Recap: Tunis Re, National Grid, Endurance (repurchase), Caribbean Alliance, La Colonial, RoyalStar

Jan 26 2011 // A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has placed the financial strength rating of ‘B+’ (Good) and issuer credit rating of “bbb-” of Société Tunisienne de Reassurance (Tunis Re) under review...

Endurance Coverage: Top 10 Insurance Cases of the Year

Dec 21 2010 // For the past 10 years I have had the privilege of publishing an end-of-year article in Mealey’s Litigation Report: Insurance that discusses the 10 most significant insurance coverage decisions from the year gone by....

S&P Sees No Effect on Endurance Ratings from Glacier Re Acquisition

Sep 16 2010 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services announced that its ratings on Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. – currently ‘BBB+’ with a stable outlook – and its operating subsidiaries...

Endurance Appoints Falcon as Head of Reinsurance for Latin America

Aug 30 2010 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings announced that Arturo E. Falcon has joined Endurance Worldwide Reinsurance to lead the expansion of Endurance’s global reinsurance portfolio in the Latin American market. He...

Endurance Reports Q2 Net Income of $58.6 Million; $57.7 Million Operating

Jul 29 2010 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. reported net income of $58.6 million and $0.97 per diluted common share for the second quarter of 2010, compared to net income of $149.1 million and $2.42 per diluted common...

LeStrange to Retire as Endurance CEO, President; Cash to Succeed Him

Feb 18 2010 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. announced that, effective March 1, 2010, David Cash will take over as its Chief Executive Officer. Kenneth J. LeStrange, the Company’s Chairman of the Board, President...

Farm, Insurance Loss Estimates from Florida Freeze Still Weeks Away

Feb 2 2010 // It will still be weeks, into March and April, before the full extent of crop damage and insurance payments from Florida’s recent extended freeze will be known. While Florida’s citrus industry has been hard hit,...

Endurance Reports $153.8 Million Q3 Net Income; Conference Call Today

Oct 30 2009 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. reported net income of $153.8 million and $2.51 per diluted common share for the third quarter of 2009, compared to a net loss of $99.4 million and $1.79 per diluted common...

S&P Takes Rating Actions on Endurance Specialty and Subsidiaries

Oct 13 2009 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has assigned its ‘A’ counterparty credit and financial strength ratings to Endurance American Insurance Co. (EAIC), American Merchants Casualty Co. (AMCC), and...

Endurance Q2 Net Income Rises to $149 Million; 1H to $227 Million

Jul 30 2009 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. reported net income of $149.1 million and $2.42 per diluted common share for the second quarter of 2009, compared to $103.3 million and $1.54 per diluted common share in the...

Ratings Recap: Endurance, CRC Re

May 1 2009 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of ‘A’ (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a” of Endurance Specialty Insurance Ltd. and its affiliates. Best also affirmed...