Latest Profit Loss Headlines

All the headlines from our Profit Loss Topic Page, ordered by recency.

AIG Reports $4.35 Billion Q1 Loss

May 7 2009 // American International Group, Inc. (AIG) today reported a net loss for the first quarter of 2009 of $4.35 billion compared to a net loss of $7.81 billion in the first quarter of 2008. The loss was less than the $5 billion...

Munich Re Posts $560 Million Q1 Profit; Down 46% from Q1 2008

May 6 2009 // Munich Re announced first quarter 2009 profits of €420 million ($560 million), compared to €777 million ($1.035 billion) in the same period of 2008. However, the Group’s bulletin forecast premium...

Validus Q1 Net up 30% to $94.9 million

May 6 2009 // Bermuda-based Validus Holdings reported net income of $94.9 million, or $1.20 per diluted common share for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, compared with net income of $66.5 million, or $0.85 per diluted common share, for...

Max Capital Group’s Q1 Net up 82% to $44.5 Million

May 6 2009 // The Bermuda-based Max Capital Group reported net income for the three months ended March 31, 2009 of $44.5 million, or $0.78 per diluted share, compared to net income of $7.7 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, for the...

OneBeacon Launches Health Care, Non-Profit Management Liability Products

May 6 2009 // OneBeacon Professional Partners, a member of OneBeacon Insurance Group, launched two new management liability insurance products for health care organizations and nonprofit organizations. The Health Care Organization...

Marsh Posts Q1 Profit As Lower Costs Offset Revenue Drop

May 6 2009 // Marsh & McLennan Cos Inc., the second-largest global insurance broker, posted a first-quarter profit on Wednesday, reversing a year-earlier loss, as lower costs helped offset a decline in revenue. Chief Executive...

AIG to Post $5 Billion Q1 Loss

May 6 2009 // American International Group Inc. is expected to post a first-quarter net loss of about $5 billion, smaller than its year-ago loss and much lower than the record hit it took last quarter, a source familiar with the matter...

AIG Expected to Post Q1 Loss But Not Need More Bailout Funds

May 5 2009 // American International Group Inc. is expected to post a first-quarter loss Thursday, but the insurer’s results will not trigger a new capital injection from the U.S. government, a source familiar with the matter said...

How to Improve Productivity in a New Economy

May 4 2009 // Agencies Must Stop Money Wasting Financial Leaks The economy is in the tank and so is the stock market. Thousands are unemployed and many people do not know where to turn. No one is setting up charities for insurance...

Insurance ‘Relatively Unaffected by Recession,’ Boasts Berkshire’s Buffett

May 4 2009 // Being a big insurer will cost Berkshire Hathaway Inc. dearly when severe catastrophes strike, but it is a good place to be in the midst of an economic downturn, Chairman Warren Buffett said. “We are lucky,”...

Mercury General Reports Implements Salary Freeze, 7% Workforce Reduction

May 4 2009 // Mercury General reported net income in the first quarter 2009 was $96.7 million compared with net loss of $4 million for the same period in 2008. Included in net income are net realized investment gains, net of tax, of...

Fairfax Posts $60 Million Q1 Loss on Investment Woes

May 1 2009 // Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd. said Thursday that it had a net loss in the first quarter as investments shed value in volatile markets. [Amounts are in U.S. $, unless otherwise indicated]. The Toronto-based insurance...

Everest Re Reports Q1 Net Income of $108.6 Million

May 1 2009 // The Bermuda-based Everest Re Group reported first quarter 2009 after-tax operating income, which excludes realized capital gains and losses and gain on debt repurchase, of $106.1 million, or $1.73 per diluted share,...

RenaissanceRe Q1 Net Income Falls to $97.3 Million

May 1 2009 // Bermuda’s RenaissanceRe Holdings reported that its net income available to common shareholders in the first quarter of 2009 fell to $97.3 Million, or $1.57 per common share, compared to net income available to common...

Travelers’ Earnings Fall; Premiums Up Slightly; Combined Ratio at 90.6%

May 1 2009 // The Travelers Companies, Inc. net income for the first quarter of 2009 fell more than 30 percent to $662 million, for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, compared to $967 million, for the quarter ended March 31, 2008....

Aon Q1 Revenue Drops 3%; Commissions, Fees Up 1%

May 1 2009 // Aon’s first quarter revenue fell 3 percent to $1.9 billion due to a 10 percent decline from foreign currency translation and a 44 percent decline in investment income, the company report. The decline in revenue was...

ACE Q1 Net Income up 50% to $567 Million; Operating Income $669 Million

Apr 29 2009 // ACE Limited reported from its Zurich headquarters that net income for the quarter ended March 31, 2009 was $567 million, or $1.69 per share, compared to $377 million, or $1.10 per share for the same quarter last...

Montpelier Re Q1Operating Income of $47 Million; $51 Million Comp. Net

Apr 29 2009 // Bermuda-based Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. reported operating income of $47 million (or $0.54 per share) for the quarter ended March 31, 2009, compared to $28.2 million for the same period of 2008. Comprehensive net income...

PartnerRe Posts $141 Million Q1 Net Earnings; Conf. Call Today

Apr 28 2009 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. posted net income of $141.5 million, or $2.32 per share on a fully diluted basis for the first quarter of 2009, compared to $129 million in the same period of 2008. “Net income includes...

United Fire & Casualty Reports Income Decline in Q1 2009

Apr 28 2009 // Cedar Rapids, Iowa-based United Fire & Casualty Company reported net income for the first quarter of 2009 was $3.3 million or 12 cents per diluted share, down from a net income of $20.1 million or 74 cents per diluted...