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Reinsurers Anticipate Gulf Coast Oil Spill Losses Will Be Major
May 17 2010 // The blame game for the recent British Petroleum oil spill along the Gulf Coast is just getting started as are the insurance implications of this disastrous event, according to underwriters and other...
Businesses, Interrupted
May 17 2010 // All around the Gulf Coast, fishermen, motel owners, restaurateurs and other small businesses justifiably are concerned about what the future may hold as a result of the Deepwater Horizon oil spill off the coast of...
Out of Business
May 17 2010 // Ash spewing from an Iceland volcano halted air travel and countless business meetings and deals across Europe. In Times Square, hotels and businesses were shut down after a bomb was discovered in an abandoned car along...
The Competitive Advantage: Opportunity Knocks
May 17 2010 // Coverage, Underwriting Knowledge Have Become More Powerful Tools in Today’s Market When I first started as an underwriter a few decades ago, I was truly amazed at the coverage knowledge so many of the older...
Despite Premium Decreases, Medical Professional Liability Industry Profitable
May 14 2010 // The medical professional liability industry is profitable despite premium increases, according to Charlottesville, Va.-based SNL Financial. That industry experienced a profitable year in underwriting, demonstrated by a...
Life products, Asset Mgmt. Buoy Allianz, Generali, Aegon, Ageas in Q1
May 13 2010 // European insurers were buoyed by strong sales of life insurance and asset management products on the back of a reviving economy in the first quarter, offsetting big disaster damage claims. Germany’s Allianz,...
Report: Workers’ Comp Combined Ratio Jumps; Results Suffer in 2009
May 11 2010 // As workers’ compensation premiums continued to decline in 2009, the combined ratio jumped nine points in 2009. According to recent report on the state of the workers’ comp market, the combined ratio rose to...
Munich Re Posts $633 Million Q1 Profit Despite Nat Cat Losses
May 10 2010 // Munich Re achieved a consolidated profit of €485 million ($633 million) in the first quarter of 2010, slightly ahead of the €437 million ($571 million) in the same period last year. The earnings bulletin...
Buffett’s Berkshire Q4 Profit Highest Since 2007; Geico Premiums Up 6%
May 10 2010 // Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. Friday reported its largest quarterly profit since 2007, helped by an improving economy, investment and derivative gains, and the takeover of Burlington Northern Santa Fe...
Affirmative Insurance Reports Increased Revenue in Q1 2010
May 10 2010 // Addison, Texas-based Affirmative Insurance Holdings Inc., a distributor and producer of non-standard personal automobile insurance policies, reported that gross premiums written and total revenues increased during the...
Flagstone Re Q1 Operating Income Down 61.4% to $12.1 Million
May 7 2010 // Bermuda-based Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Limited joined a number of reinsurers with diminished results for the first quarter of 2010. The Company reported net operating income of $12.1 million, compared to $31.3...
PartnerRe Reports Q1 Operating Loss; Net Income $79.7 Million
May 7 2010 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. reported net income of $79.7 million, or $0.85 per share on a fully diluted basis for the first quarter of 2010; the figure includes net after-tax realized and unrealized gains on investments...
AIG Posts $1.5B Net Income in Q1; Chartis Sees 1.1% Drop in Premiums
May 7 2010 // American International Group Inc. turned a quarterly profit after a year-ago loss as the bailed-out insurer got a boost from its investments and general insurance operations appeared to stabilize. Chartis, the general...
The Hanover Sees Profit Jump
May 7 2010 // A renewal rights agreement and its growing specialty lines business helped The Hanover see a 62 percent, first quarter jump in profits to $41.8 million, up from $25.8 million in the year-ago period. “It was a...
Swiss Re Posts $158 Million Q1 Net Income, Despite Natural Catastrophes
May 6 2010 // Swiss Re reported net income of $158 million for the first quarter of 2010, a successful result given the “high natural catastrophe losses in the first quarter.” Swiss Re also noted that the “estimated...
Zurich’s Q1 Operating Profit up 19% to $1.3 Billion; Net Income $935 Million
May 6 2010 // The Zurich Financial Services Group reported a strong performance for the three months ended March 31, 2010. First quarter performance highlights included the following: • Business operating profit (BOP) of $1.3...
Argo Posts $20.7 Million Q1 Net Income; Operating Down at $12.2 Million
May 6 2010 // The Bermuda-based Argo Group International Holdings released the following highlights for the quarter ended March 31, 2010: — Total revenue was $372.3 million versus $369.5 million in the year-ago quarter; —...
Employers Holdings Reports Q1 Income of $16.1 Million
May 6 2010 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers Holdings Inc. has reported first quarter 2010 net income of $16.1 million or $0.38 per share compared with $20.9 million or $0.43 per share in the first quarter of 2009, a decrease of $4.8...
Fremont Michigan InsuraCorp Sees Growth in Q1 2010
May 5 2010 // Fremont Michigan InsuraCorp Inc., a Michigan-exclusive property and casualty insurance carrier, reported revenues of $14.9 million for the first quarter of 2010, up 9.4 percent from revenues in the first quarter...
Insurers’ Gulf Coast Oil Spill Losses Estimated at $1.4B
May 5 2010 // Companies with exposure to the sinking of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico are insured for losses totaling about $1.4 billion, according to initial reports. “The insurance losses from the sinking...
