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Mercer Insurance Group Reports Positive Numbers for Q3

Nov 2 2005 // Mercer Insurance Group Inc. reported its operating results for the quarter and nine months ended Sept. 30, 2005. Mercer Insurance Group Inc. (the Company) offers commercial and personal lines of insurance to businesses and...

Horace Mann Reports Q3 Results

Nov 2 2005 // Horace Mann Educators Corporation today reported net income of $1.0 million (2 cents per share) and $61.2 million ($1.32 per share), respectively, for the three and nine months ended Sept. 30, 2005, compared to a net loss...

Willis Group Unveils Q3 Report

Nov 2 2005 // Willis Group Holdings Limited, the global insurance broker, reported results for the quarter and nine months ended Sept. 30, 2005. Net income for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2005 was $49 million, or $0.30 per diluted...

Montpelier Re: Net Loss in Q3 of $875M

Nov 2 2005 // Bermuda-based Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. reported a net loss of $875.1 million, or $12.16 loss per share, for the three months to Sept. 30, 2005 and a net loss of $691.9 million, or $10.49 loss per share, for the first...

Marsh Boosts Profits in 3rd Quarter; Says Restructuring for 2006 on Target

Nov 1 2005 // Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. today reported that net income for the third quarter was $65 million, or $.12 per share, an increase from $21 million, or $.04 per share, in the third quarter of 2004 Consolidated...

White Mountains Notes Book Value Per Share of $345

Nov 1 2005 // Bermuda-based White Mountains Insurance Group Ltd. ended the third quarter of 2005 with a fully converted tangible book value per share of $345, down $14 from the second quarter of 2005 primarily due to the Gulf Coast...

eAuto Claims Announces $2.4M Losses, $27M Accumulated Deficit

Nov 1 2005 // eAuto Claims, an auto technology company based in Oldsmar, Fla. has announced it has lost $2.4 million, or 8 cents a share, on revenue of $14.7 million for the 2005 year end compared with a net loss of $2.2 million, or 9...

ISO: Insurers to Pay Hurricane Rita’s Victims $4.7B for Insured Property Losses

Nov 1 2005 // U.S. property/casualty insurers will pay an estimated $4.7 billion for insured property losses to residential and commercial policyholders affected by Hurricane Rita, according to preliminary analysis by ISO’s...

Max Re Q3 Loss $41 Million; $18 Million 9 Month Profit

Oct 31 2005 // Bermuda-based Max Re Capital Ltd. Came off better than many of its peers in the third quarter. It still posted a net loss of $41 million, or 89 cents per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $9 million, or 20 cents per...

Aspen Posts $362 Million Q3 Net Loss; $208 Million for 9 Months

Oct 31 2005 // Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited didn’t escape the Q3 carnage either. It reported a net loss of $362 million for the period, or $5.22 per diluted share, and a $208.1 million net loss, or $3.00 per...

TRH Posts $144.2 Million Q3 Loss

Oct 31 2005 // Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. (TRH) joined the roster of third quarter hurricane victims, posting a $144.2 net loss for the period, or $2.19 per common share (diluted), compared to a net loss of $21.8 million, or 33 cents...

Ebix Reports 54 Percent Increase, Record $1.08 Per Share

Oct 31 2005 // Atlanta-based Ebix Inc., an international provider of software services and IT solutions to the insurance industry, reported financial results for the third quarter and nine months ended Sept. 30. Ebix’s total...

Mercury General Notes Q3 Results

Oct 31 2005 // Mercury General Corporation reported Monday net income rose to $73.0 million ($1.33 per share-diluted) in the third quarter 2005 compared with $65.1 million ($1.19 per share-diluted) for the same period in 2004. For the...

Arch Capital Posts $86.3 Million Q3 Loss from Hurricanes

Oct 28 2005 // The Bermuda-based Arch Capital Group Ltd. has duly taken its turn at the hurricane whipping post, reporting a third quarter net loss of $86.3 million, or $1.15 per share â??on a pro forma basisâ?? (explained in a...

PXRE Posts $317.3 Million Q3 Net Loss

Oct 28 2005 // The Bermuda-based PXRE Group Ltd. also fell victim to the third quarter disaster, posting a net loss of $317.3 million, compared to a net loss of $73.2 million in the third quarter of 2004, which wasn’t particularly...

OdysseyRe Posts $96.9 Million Q3 Loss

Oct 28 2005 // Odyssey Re Holdings Corp. joined the Q3 loss parade with a reported net loss of $96.9 million, or $1.51 per diluted share, for the quarter ended September 30, 2005. The figure includes previously announced catastrophe...

ProCentury Sees $6 Mil Hurricane Losses in Q3

Oct 28 2005 // ProCentury Corporation reported after-tax losses for the third quarter from hurricanes Katrina and Rita of approximately $6.0 million, or $0.46 per diluted share, net of expected reinsurance and including estimates of...

Vesta Subsidiary Estimates Hurricane Wilma Losses at $4.5 to $8.5 Million

Oct 28 2005 // Vesta Insurance Group, Inc. announced that its preliminary net loss estimate from Hurricane Wilma for its subsidiary, Florida Select Insurance Company, is expected to be in the range of $4.5 to $8.5 million, after recovery...

Endurance Reports $377 Million Q3 Loss; $170.7 Million for 9-Months

Oct 27 2005 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. reported a net loss of $377 million or $6.26 per diluted share for the third quarter of 2005 versus net income of $26.8 million or $0.40 per diluted share in the third...

ACE Reports $112 Million Q3 Net Loss

Oct 27 2005 // Bermuda’s largest insurer, ACE Limited, did a bit better than its counterpart in the third quarter (See previous article), reporting a net loss of “only” $112 million or $(0.43) per common share after...