Latest Profit Loss Headlines
All the headlines from our Profit Loss Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Double-Digit Hikes in Health Costs Prove Drag on Profits, Hiring, Raises
Jul 22 2005 // Employees are facing a double whammy when it comes to health care costs: Many companies are likely to ask workers to pay more for their insurance while rising health care costs means companies may dole out lower...
Business Leaders Launch Campaign to Combat Data Fraud, Losses
Jul 22 2005 // After a string of high-profile data thefts and losses, business leaders this week announced an education campaign to better protect sensitive client information from hackers and other thieves. “The fraudsters are...
Alfa Corp. Reports 2Q Net Income Jumped 38.8 Percent
Jul 21 2005 // Montgomery, Ala.-based ALFA Corp. Alfa Corp. has announced financial results for the second quarter and six months ended June 30, 2005. Operating income for the second quarter was $27,332,929, or $0.34 per diluted share,...
ChoicePoint Posts Flat 2Q Earnings
Jul 20 2005 // Alpharetta, Ga.-based ChoicePoint Inc. has reported second quarter total revenue growth of 15 percent compared to 2004. Second quarter total revenue for 2005 was $266.0 million. Earnings per share for the second quarter...
RLI Sets Q2 Record
Jul 19 2005 // Illinois-based RLI Corp. second quarter net earnings of $34.4 million ($1.31 per diluted share) were 87% higher than the $18.4 million ($0.71 per diluted share) the company reported in the same quarter last year. Through...
Brown & Brown Inc. 2Q Results Show 15 Percent Profit
Jul 19 2005 // Brown & Brown Inc. with headquarters in Daytona Beach and Tampa, Fla. announced net income for the second quarter of 2005 of $37,033,000, or $0.53 per share, an increase of 15.2 percent from the $32,153,000, or $0.46...
Ohio’s Comp Investment Loss Exceeds $300 Million
Jul 18 2005 // COLUMBUS, Ohio-The state’s insurance fund for injured workers announced that a company hired to manage its investments had lost $71 million, bringing the agency’s total known investment losses to more than $300...
A Consumer View on Loss-History Databases
Jul 18 2005 // Thanks to the leadership of Commissioner Jim Poolman, North Dakota insurance consumers now have common-sense protections against unfair underwriting and rating actions by insurers because of information in loss history...
Time Management for Insurance Agents … or …
Jul 18 2005 // How to make money instead of just being busy Being busy is never a chore for insurance agents and producers. Being productively busy is the challenge. During a consultancy that spans 25 years, I have had the privilege of...
The London Bombings: Terror Pool Will Help Cover Losses
Jul 18 2005 // Sept. 11, March 11, July 7–dates on a calendar until 2001, 2004 and now 2005. Everyone living, and numbers yet unborn, will remember those dates. The latest terrorist attacks in London killed at least 52 people, sent...
The London Bombings: Terror Pool Will Help Cover Losses
Jul 18 2005 // September 11, March 11, July 7-dates on a calendar until 2001, 2004 and now 2005. Everyone living, and numbers yet unborn, will remember those dates. The latest terrorist attacks in London killed at least 49 people, sent...
The London Bombings: Terror Pool Will Help Cover Losses
Jul 18 2005 // Sept. 11, March 11, July 7-dates on a calendar until 2001, 2004 and now 2005. Everyone living, and numbers yet unborn, will remember those dates. The latest terrorist attacks in London killed at least 52 people, sent more...
Time Management for Insurance Agents or
Jul 18 2005 // Being busy is never a chore for insurance agents and producers. Being productively busy is the challenge. During a consultancy that spans 25 years, I have had the privilege of visiting well over a thousand agencies,...
A Consumer View on Loss-History Databases
Jul 18 2005 // Thanks to the leadership of Commissioner Jim Poolman, North Dakota insurance consumers now have common-sense protections against unfair underwriting and rating actions by insurers because of information in loss history...
The London Bombings: Terror Pool Will Help Cover Losses
Jul 18 2005 // September 11, March 11, July 7–dates on a calendar until 2001, 2004 and now 2005. Everyone living, and numbers yet unborn, will remember those dates. The latest terrorist attacks in London killed at least 49 people,...
Ohio’s Comp Investment Loss Exceeds $300 Million
Jul 18 2005 // COLUMBUS, Ohio–The state’s insurance fund for injured workers announced that a company hired to manage its investments had lost $71 million, bringing the agency’s total known investment losses to more...
Time Management for Insurance Agents
Jul 18 2005 // Or how to make money instead of just being busy. Being busy is never a chore for insurance agents and producers. Being productively busy is the challenge. During a consultancy that spans 25 years, I have had the privilege...
The London Bombings: Terror Pool Will Help Cover Losses
Jul 18 2005 // September 11, March 11, July 7–dates on a calendar until 2001, 2004 and now 2005. Everyone living, and numbers yet unborn, will remember those dates. The latest terrorist attacks in London killed at least 52 people,...
CCC Settles Class Action Suit on Valuation of Total Loss Vehicles
Jul 15 2005 // Chicago-based claims software-maker CCC Information Services Inc. announced that it and 15 of its customers signed a settlement agreement with the plaintiffs in various class action suits pending in Madison County, Ill....
RMS Revises Dennis Loss Estimate to $1B – $3B
Jul 14 2005 // Risk Management Solutions revised its insured U.S. loss estimate from $1 billion to $5 billion to $1 billion to $3 billion from Hurricane Dennis, reflecting observations of their field reconnaissance team and additional...
