Latest Profit Loss Headlines
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Aspen Hit by Nat Cats as Q1 Net Income Falls to $18.3 Million
Apr 30 2010 // Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited reported a net profit after tax for the first quarter of 2010 of $18.3 million and operating earnings of $0.01 per diluted ordinary share, compared to a net profit after tax...
ACE Posts $755 Million Q1 Net; Operating Income of $579 Million
Apr 30 2010 // ACE Limited reported from its headquarters in Zurich that net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2010, totaled $755 Million, compared to $567 million in Q1, 2009. Net income was $2.22 per share, compared with $1.69 per...
Selective Swings to a $5.8M Profit
Apr 30 2010 // Despite sizable losses from late season, East Coast storms, New Jersey-based Selective Insurance Group swung to a first quarter profit of $5.8 million, a positive change from the $12.9 million the insurer lost in the...
PartnerRe Oil Platform Disaster Loss Estimates Put at $60-$70 Million
Apr 30 2010 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. announced preliminary estimates of expected claims, relating to the recent explosion of the Deepwater Horizon Drilling Platform in the Gulf of Mexico, as in “the range of $60-$70...
The Hartford’s P/C Income Jumps $145M in Q1
Apr 30 2010 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. reported first quarter 2010 net income of $319 million. Property and casualty net income rose $145 million, to $257 million for the first quarter of 2010, compared with $112...
AXIS Posts $112 Million Q1 Net Income; $96 Million Operating Income
Apr 29 2010 // Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Limited reported net income available to common shareholders of $112 million, or $0.79 per diluted common share for the first quarter of 2010, compared with net income of $116 million,...
U.S. Targets Crop Insurers’ Profits
Apr 29 2010 // The federal government wants to save taxpayers billions of dollars by reducing spending on crop insurance after years of big profits by insurers, but the industry claims the reductions could hurt rural areas. The U.S....
State Auto Income Up for Q1 2010
Apr 29 2010 // State Auto Financial Corp.(STFC), based in Columbus, Ohio, has reported first quarter 2010 net income of $12.9 million versus a net loss of $14 million. The company’s combined ratio for the first quarter of 2010 was...
Arch Capital Reports $210.5 Million Q1 Net Income
Apr 28 2010 // The Bermuda-based Arch Capital Group Ltd. reported that net income available to common shareholders for the 2010 first quarter was $210.5 million, or $3.79 per share, compared to $139.9 million, or $2.24 per share, for the...
Gallagher Reports Jump in Revenues for Q1 2010
Apr 28 2010 // Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. reported that total brokerage and risk management revenue for the 2010 first quarter was $414.9 million compared to $401.7, for the 2009 first quarter. Brokerage revenue came in at $303.5...
Harleysville Reports $8.1M Profit, Ratings Upgrade
Apr 28 2010 // Pennsylvania-based Harleysville Insurance Group posted an $8.1 million profit in the first quarter – a drop compared with the $17.3 million it made in the year-ago quarter, but enough to earn an upgraded rating from...
Transocean Says Insurance Covers $560 Million Oil Rig Loss
Apr 27 2010 // Transocean Ltd. said Monday its insurance covers the total loss of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform and wreck removal after the rig that burned and sank off the Louisiana coast last week. Wreck removal coverage was only...
Zurich Estimates Chile Earthquake-related Losses at $200 Million
Apr 26 2010 // Zurich Financial Services announced that, based on preliminary estimates, it expects aggregate claims payments related to the earthquake in Chile of approximately $200 million before tax. Zurich added that the estimate is...
United Fire & Casualty Earned Premiums Down in Q1, Net Income Up
Apr 26 2010 // Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based insurance company United Fire & Casualty Co. reported a dip in premiums earned in the first quarter of 2010 compared with that in the same period in 2009, but total revenues and net income...
Employers Holdings To Announce Q1 Earnings on May 6
Apr 23 2010 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers Holdings Inc., whose subsidiaries are specialty providers of workers’ compensation insurance focused on small businesses, will review the company’s first quarter 2010 financial...
Chubb Profits Rise 36 Percent in First Quarter
Apr 23 2010 // Despite a sizable increase in catastrophe claims, New Jersey-based insurer Chubb saw first quarter profits climb 36 percent to $463 million, up from $341 million in the year-ago quarter. The impact of catastrophe claims...
Travelers Reports Catastrophe Losses Hurt Profits in Q1
Apr 23 2010 // The Travelers Cos. Inc. reported net income for the first quarter 2010 dropped just $15 million, to $647 million in Q1 2010, compared to $662 million in Q1 2009. Operating income in the current quarter declined as well to...
Why Captive Solutions Might Grow Your Hospitality Book, and Revenue Too
Apr 23 2010 // Compare the estimated $30 billion in after tax profits that the U.S. property and casualty marketplace will likely book for 2009 to the year end results of the hospitality industry, whose lodging (occupancy near 56...
Zenith Affected by Declining Premium, Lower Investment Income
Apr 22 2010 // Zenith National Insurance Corp. based in Woodland Hils, Calif., has reported a net loss for the first quarter 2010 of $0.8 million, or $0.02 per share, compared to net income for the first quarter 2009 of $2.6 million, or...
Auto Insurers Begin Process of Recouping Losses from Toyota
Apr 20 2010 // Insurance companies are gearing up to recoup from Toyota money they paid for claims in crashes involving sudden acceleration, the subject of major safety recalls by the Japanese automaker. It could also mean money back for...
