Latest Profit Loss Headlines
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Safeco Posts Nearly 5 Percent Revenue Increase
Jan 24 2006 // Seattle-based Safeco has announced its fourth quarter and year-end results. The company reported its net income for the fourth quarter of 2005 was $190.7 million, compared with $179.8 million during the same period the...
EPI Study Says Premium Jumps Mean Job Loss for Low-Skilled Employees
Jan 24 2006 // A study released Tuesday by the Employment Policies Institute (EPI) reveals that as the cost of insurance premiums rise, pressure on businesses to keep labor costs in check results in job loss and involuntary part-time...
Analysts predict faster P/C premium growth, underwriting profit
Jan 23 2006 // Each year the Insurance Information Institute invites a panel of Wall Street stock analysts and industry professionals to review the prospects for the industry in the year ahead. This year’s survey results indicate...
A seriously shaken reinsurance industry rebuilds
Jan 23 2006 // Although Katrina is long gone, the clouds of misfortune she and her sisters generated will linger for decades. They radiate well beyond Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and other regions into the heart of...
2006 looking good already for P/C industry
Jan 23 2006 // ‘The expectation for a third consecutive underwriting profit in 2006 is, of course, predicated on the belief that catastrophe activity will return to more “normal” levels. Record catastrophe losses will...
2006 already looking good for the property/casualty industry
Jan 23 2006 // Record catastrophe losses will weigh heavily on 2005’s underwriting results, according to the Insurance Information Institute’s recent “Earlybird Forecast Survey,” but the survey of Wall Street...
Earlybird Forecast
Jan 22 2006 // Record catastrophe losses will weigh heavily on 2005’s underwriting results, according to the Insurance Information Institute’s Earlybird Forecast Survey, but the survey of Wall Street stock analysts and...
Earlybird Forecast
Jan 22 2006 // 2006 looking good already for P/C industry Record catastrophe losses will weigh heavily on 2005’s underwriting results, according to the Insurance Information Institute’s recent Earlybird Forecast Survey, but...
Earlybird Forecast
Jan 22 2006 // Fortunately for insurers, 2006 will likely feature far fewer screaming headlines announcing investigations into various insurance industry practices such as broker compensation and finite reinsurance. Each year the...
Reinsurance Outlook
Jan 22 2006 // Although Katrina is long gone, the clouds of misfortune she and her sisters generated will linger for decades. They radiate well beyond Louisiana, Florida, Texas, Mississippi, Alabama and other regions into the heart of...
S&P Sees European Securitizations Gaining Acceptance
Jan 19 2006 // Standard & Poor’s newly issued report on Corporate Securitizations notes that these types of transactions are gaining increasing acceptance as a capital management tool by European insurers, with Swiss Re and...
Mercury General Revises Loss Estimates from Hurricane Wilma
Jan 19 2006 // Mercury General Corp. has revised its estimate of losses caused by Hurricane Wilma. On Oct. 24, 2005, Hurricane Wilma made landfall as a Category 3 storm on the southern gulf coast of Florida. The storm crossed the Florida...
Partnership with Non-profits Helps Injured Workers Heal Faster
Jan 18 2006 // When workers get hurt on the job, employers usually have two options: give them modified light duty work or have them remain at home, unproductive, while they heal. General Casualty Insurance Companies, based in Sun...
FBI: 90% of Organizations Face Computer Attack; 64% Incur Financial Loss
Jan 18 2006 // The FBI reports that 9 out of 10 organizations in the country are victims of some sort of computer security incident, and one-fifth are hit more than 20 times a year. Almost two-thirds suffer financial loss as a result of...
Health Insurance Plan: New Option for Low-income Kansas Residents
Jan 13 2006 // Low-income Kansas residents, who have not had health insurance for more than a year, may qualify for a new program that promises half-price premiums, Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Kansas announced this week. Named...
Everest Re Ups 2005 Hurricane Losses to $1.2 Billion
Jan 13 2006 // The Bermuda-based Everest Re Group, Ltd. announced that it has increased its loss estimates for Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma. Total pre-tax losses from these events, which had previously been estimated at $1.0...
S&P Calls 2005 ‘a Good Year’ for European Insurers, Despite Losses
Jan 11 2006 // A report published by Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, “Industry Report Card: European Insurance,” notes that “despite the large losses related to hurricanes Katrina, Rita, and Wilma, 2005...
HCC Expects Earnings Growth in 2006
Jan 11 2006 // HCC Insurance Holdings Inc. provided earnings guidance for the period ending Dec. 31, 2006. In a news release, HCC said management is confident they will achieve or beat consensus earnings of $2.55 per fully diluted share...
Calif. State Fund and Humboldt Builders’ Exchange Offer Loss Prevention Seminar
Jan 10 2006 // California’s State Compensation Insurance Fund and Humboldt Builders’ Exchange Inc. is hosting a Business Loss Prevention seminar free to employers, brokers and the general public. The seminar is designed to...
Analysts Predict Faster P/C Premium Growth, Underwriting Profit in 2006
Jan 5 2006 // Record catastrophe losses will weigh heavily on 2005’s underwriting results, pushing what would have been the industry’s largest underwriting profit ever into a loss situation, according to the Insurance...
