Latest Profit Loss Headlines
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AXA Posts $70 Billion Consolidated Revenues for 1st Nine Months of 2004
Nov 11 2004 // France’s AXA announced that its consolidated revenues for the first nine months of 2004 rose 1.1 percent on a comparable basis to 54.4 billion euros ($70.3 billion). Highlights of the report are summarized as...
21st Century Holding Co. Unveils Q3 Report
Nov 11 2004 // Florida-based 21st Century Holding Co. reported results for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2004. For the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2004, the company reported net loss of $13,754,082, or $2.32 per share on 5,925,952 undiluted...
Litigation Verdict Delays Vesta Insurance Earnings Info
Nov 10 2004 // Vesta Insurance Group, Inc. (NYSE:VTA) announced it is delaying its earnings release and previously scheduled conference call until Nov. 16. The Birmingham, Ala.-based company will file a SEC Form 12b-25 to delay the...
Munich Re Posts $472 Million Q3 Profit, $1.94 Billion for Nine Months; Affirms Full Year Estimate (Almost)
Nov 9 2004 // Despite an estimated 550 million euros ($711 million) in hurricane related claims, Munich Re, the world’s largest reinsurer, seems to have weathered the storm(s). The company announced third quarter profits of 365...
Platinum Posts $69.8 Million Q3 Loss
Nov 9 2004 // Platinum Underwriters Holdings, Ltd. became another casualty of the Florida hurricanes. The Bermuda-based insurer posted a net loss for the period of $69.8 million, or $1.62 per common share, as its GAAP combined ratio...
Marsh to Lay Off 3,000 in Cost-Cutting Move
Nov 9 2004 // Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc. (MMC) today revealed it would lay off about 3,000 employees to reduce annual expenses by $400 million. About three-quarters of the layoffs will occur in the insurance and risk...
ASCnet Conferees Hear How to Manage a Profitable Business
Nov 8 2004 // The latest technologies to allow independent agents and brokers to efficiently manage and ensure a profitable business were presented to more than 1,800 conferees attending the Applied Systems Client Network’s...
Looking at the Med-Mal Crisis from Both Sides
Nov 8 2004 // Insurance Journal National Editor Andrea Ortega-Wells recently moderated a “Take Two” debate discussing the hot topic of medical malpractice, and what, if any, reforms are needed. The debate features Paula...
ASCnet Conferees Hear How to Manage a Profitable Business
Nov 8 2004 // The latest technologies that allow independent agents and brokers to efficiently manage and ensure a profitable business were presented to more than 1,800 conferees attending the Annual Technology, Education and Networking...
SCOR Reports $70 Million Nine-Month Earnings
Nov 5 2004 // French reinsurer SCOR Group recently approved the company’s financial results for the nine months ended Sep. 30, 2004. SCOR has been through some rough times, but the results, which included 54.3 million euro ($70...
PXRE Q3 Net Loss $73.2 Million; Will Hold $100 Million Public Offering
Nov 5 2004 // The Bermuda-based PXRE Group announced third quarter results, which were impacted by the Florida hurricanes. The net loss for the period was $73.2 million compared to net income of $23.7 million in the third quarter of...
Affirmative Sees Strong Revenue Growth in Q3
Nov 5 2004 // Affirmative Insurance Holdings Inc., an Addison, Texas-based provider of personal non-standard automobile insurance, reported that the third quarter ending Sept. 30, 2004, was a good one for the...
Hurricanes Drive $12.6 Million Q3 Loss at Horace Mann
Nov 4 2004 // The four hurricanes that ravaged the Southeast resulted in a net $12.6 million third-quarter loss for Springfield, Ill.-based insurer Horace Mann Educators Corp. The company has made a profit of $28 million, or 65 cents...
Fitch Affirms Safeco P/C Group Ratings; Outlook Stable
Nov 4 2004 // Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ‘AA-‘ insurer financial strength rating on the Safeco property/casualty group (Safeco P/C). In addition, Fitch has affirmed ‘A-‘ long-term and senior debt ratings on...
Insurer Reports $1,800 Loss from Enraged Sheep Attack
Nov 3 2004 // A report from Scotland relates the tale of a usually mild-mannered sheep, who, upon viewing his reflection in a car door, became enraged and attacked the vehicle, causing £1000 ($1,820) in damages. The details of the...
Allied World Posts $64.7 Million Q3 Loss
Nov 3 2004 // Bermuda’s Allied World Assurance Holdings, Ltd reported a net loss of $64.7 million for the third quarter 2004, compared to net income of $71.6 million for the third quarter last year. Allied World, one of the new...
Aspen Reports $43 Million Q3 Loss; $122.9 Million Net Income for Nine Months
Nov 3 2004 // Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited became the latest Bermuda-based insurer to report negative earnings in the third quarter when it announced a net loss of $43 million, or 62 cents per diluted share, for the three months...
Ohio Casualty Corp. Sees 14.0 Percent Jump in Net Income for Q3 2004
Nov 3 2004 // Ohio Casualty Corp. (Nasdaq:OCAS) announced the following results for its third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2004, compared with the same period of the prior year: — Net income of $19.6 million, or $0.31 per diluted...
XL Hit By Hurricanes; Posts $22.5 Million Q3 Net
Nov 2 2004 // Bermuda-based XL Capital Ltd reported net income available to ordinary shareholders for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2004, of $22.5 million, or 16 cents per ordinary share, compared with $99.0 million, or 71 cents per...
Max Re Reports $ 9 Million Q3 Loss
Nov 1 2004 // Bermuda-based Max Re Capital Ltd. reported a net loss for the three months ended September 30, 2004 of $9.0 million, or 20 cents per diluted share, compared to net income of $38.8 million, or net income of 89 cents per...
