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AIR Worldwide Reports Fla. Losses at $5 Billion to $10 Billion from Frances

Sep 9 2004 // While significantly less intense than Hurricane Charley in terms of sustained wind speeds at landfall, AIR Worldwide estimates that total insured losses for Florida from Frances will fall within a very similar range:...

Sunshine State Insurance Co. Reports Frances Losses in Area of $700,000

Sep 8 2004 // Florida-based Sunshine State Insurance Company announced its preliminary estimates of net losses related to Hurricanes Charley and Frances. While it is too early to estimate such losses precisely for these recent...

Frances Crosses Florida Panhandle; RMS Loss Estimate $3 to $6 Billion

Sep 7 2004 // A greatly diminished tropical depression Frances came ashore in the Florida Panhandle early Monday night. With winds down to around 35 mph (56 km/hr), Frances posed more of a threat from heavy rainfall, surging tides and...

21st Century Notes Frances Losses

Sep 7 2004 // Florida-based 21st Century Holding Co. has reported losses related to Hurricane Frances which made its way through the Sunshine State in recent days. Edward (Ted) Lawson, president and chairman of the Board of 21st Century...

Vesta Insurance Group Notes Frances Sub Losses

Sep 7 2004 // Alabama-based Vesta Insurance Group Inc. announced that its Florida Select subsidiary expects to incur losses between $5.0 and $10.0 million, net of reinsurance, from Hurricane Frances. In addition, the company has...

Charley Causes a Path of Destruction in Florida, Carolinas

Sep 6 2004 // Lessons from Andrew Taught Industry to “Be Prepared” Lessons learned from the most costly natural disaster in U.S. history more than prepared the insurance industry for the destruction left by Hurricane...

SAFECO ESTIMATES LOSSES FROM HURRICANE CHARLEY:

Sep 6 2004 // Seattle-based Safeco announced that claims stemming from Hurricane Charley are estimated at $45 million in pre-tax catastrophe losses. This figure represents the estimated losses both from claims received through Aug. 24,...

St. Paul Travelers: Charley Losses at About $140 Million

Sep 3 2004 // The St. Paul Travelers Cos. announced today that it estimates losses from Hurricane Charley to be about $140 million, after tax and reinsuranc. St. Paul Travelers’ commercial book of business saw about $79 million in...

RMS Estimates Potential Losses Ranging from $2 to $20 Billion for Hurricane Frances

Sep 3 2004 // Risk Management Solutions (RMS) has announced that potential insured losses could range from $2 to $20 billion based on the latest forecasts for Hurricane Frances. Uncertainty in the storm’s track and intensity...

Allstate Estimates Charley Losses at $425 Million

Sep 1 2004 // The Allstate Corporation, the second largest U.S. writer of homeowners’ policies, announced that its pre-tax catastrophe losses related to Hurricane Charley are preliminarily estimated to be approximately $425...

Mass. Attorney General, Trial Bar, State Bureau Criticize 9.3% Auto Insurance Rate Request

Sep 1 2004 // A request by Massachusetts agents for a 32 percent boost in commissions brings the overall private passenger auto insurance rate hike sought by the industry for 2005 to 9.3 percent, up from the original 5.8 percent figure,...

3 More Midwest Insurers Issue Charley Loss Estimates

Aug 31 2004 // Three more insurers issued their loss estimates related to Hurricane Charley, which hit the Southeastern United States three weeks ago. Springfield, Ill.-based insurer Horace Mann Educators Corp. estimates its financial...

The Hartford Estimates $140M in Charley Losses

Aug 31 2004 // Connecticut-based The Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. announced that its losses resulting from Hurricane Charley are estimated to be $140 million (before-tax). This amount is net of applicable reinsurance sources...

Weiss: P/C Insurers Report First Underwriting Profit Since 1997

Aug 31 2004 // Dramatic improvements in underwriting performance by the nation’s property/casualty insurers led to the first underwriting gain in nearly seven years, according to the Jupiter, Fla.-based financial analysis firm...

CitiGroup, Wells Fargo and BB&T Lead Bank Holding Cos. in Insurance Brokerage Fee Income

Aug 30 2004 // CitiGroup (New York, N.Y.), Wells Fargo & Company (San Francisco, Calif.), and BB&T Corporation (Charlotte, N.C.) lead bank holding companies in insurance brokerage fee income year-to-date through June 30, 2004,...

Zenith Estimates Losses Related to Hurricane Charley

Aug 27 2004 // Zenith National Insurance Corp. reported its initial estimate of losses in its assumed reinsurance business attributable to Hurricane Charley. Zenith currently expects that its net after tax loss from Hurricane Charley...

SCOR Posts 38.7 Percent 1st Half Net Income Increase to $70 Million

Aug 26 2004 // France’s SCOR Group didn’t do quite as well as Swiss Re, but it’s come a long way from the dark days of 2001. The reinsurer’s “Back on Track” restructuring plan and the recently approved...

PCI: Fla. Businesses Hit Hard by Charley

Aug 26 2004 // Florida businesses appear to have suffered a significant portion of the overall damage from Hurricane Charley, according to the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI). Wednesday’s estimate by the...

CNA Announces Preliminary Loss Exposure Estimate Related to Hurricane Charley

Aug 26 2004 // CNA Financial Corporation reported its preliminary estimate of net losses related to Hurricane Charley. While it is too early to estimate precisely the financial impact on CNA of this catastrophe, based upon information...

RLI, CFC, Midland Issue Charley Loss Estimates

Aug 26 2004 // Two Cincinnati insurers and Peoria, Ill.-based RLI issued preliminary loss estimates relating to Hurricane Charley, which swept across portions of the Southeastern United States nearly two weeks ago. Cincinnati Financial...