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Swiss Re Reports $66 Million Net Loss for 2002; to Reduce Dividend Payment
Mar 27 2003 // Swiss Re, the world’s second largest reinsurer, didn’t manage to dodge the bullet as successfully as its German rival (see previous article). The Group announced that it expects to post a net loss of SwF 91...
Munich Re Posts $1.7 Billion 2002 Net Profit; Premiums Up 10.8%
Mar 27 2003 // Munich Re, the world’s biggest reinsurer, managed to avoid the falling equity values and rising reserve costs that bedeviled many insurers last year. On Thursday the company reported provisional figures showing Group...
Munich Re Issues 2002 Natural Catastrophe Study; L.A., S.F. are High Risk
Mar 24 2003 // Munich Re has issued a new survey report – “topics Natural Catastrophes 2002.” The study found that “storms and floods have an even greater impact on insurers’ claims burdens than in the year...
Med Mal Fever: When Doctors Walk Out, Politicians Notice
Mar 24 2003 // They’re baaack. High-flying medical malpractice liability claims losses, that is. The availability crisis of the 1970s and the affordability crisis of the 1980s may be nothing compared to the crisis insurers and...
Does the economy drive sub-standard automobile insurance in California’
Mar 24 2003 // Have we finally arrived at the point where the economy is a critical factor in personal automobile insurance? Not quite but it is my opinion that we are closing in. Although insurance company annual statements do not...
Study Says Lower Scores Mean Higher Loss Claims
Mar 24 2003 // The lower a named insured’s credit score, the higher the probability that the insured will incur losses on an automobile insurance policy, and the higher the expected loss on the policy.” That’s the...
Is the Economy Driving the Sub-Standard Auto Market in Texas’
Mar 24 2003 // Have we finally arrived at the point where the economy is a critical factor in personal automobile insurance? Not quite, but it is my opinion that we are closing in. Although insurance company annual statements do not...
Near North Posts Increased Revenue for 2002
Mar 21 2003 // Chicago-based brokerage Near North National Group announced today that 2002 revenue increased 11 percent to over $120 million. In addition to the excellent performance of the brokerage operations, several other Near North...
Allianz Posts $1.28 Billion 2002 Loss; Cites Write-downs, Dresdner, Flood Losses
Mar 20 2003 // Germany’s Allianz AG joined the parade of big insurance companies that had a very bad year in 2002. For the first time since the end of the Second World War Europe’s largest insurer posted an annual loss, and...
Infinity P&C Happy with 4th Quarter, Year 2002 Results
Mar 20 2003 // Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation of Birmingham, Ala. today reported earnings of its operations for the 2002 fourth quarter and full year as well as pro forma earnings as though Infinity had been a public company...
Generali Posts $800 Million 2002 Loss
Mar 19 2003 // Italy’s Generali joined the growing list of big insurance companies – it’s Europe’s 4th largest in terms of net premiums written – posting big losses with yesterday’s announcement that...
CNA Lowers Earnings $32 Million After SEC Complaints
Mar 19 2003 // Chicago-based CNA Financial Corp. has revised its net 2002 profit $32 million lower in response to complaints from the SEC about the timing and accounting of investment losses, according to a statement released by the...
AIA: Industry Investment Losses Not Driving Med Mal Premiums
Mar 19 2003 // Rising claims costs, not stock market losses, are the real culprit behind increasing medical malpractice premiums for Illinois physicians, a policy analyst for the American Insurance Association (AIA) told legislators at a...
Aon Says Return on Homeowners Insurance Up but Still Not Earning Its Cost of Capital
Mar 18 2003 // Aon Corporation reports that significant rate and underwriting initiatives in the U.S. homeowners’ insurance marketplace continue to fall short of the cost of capital, in a continuing study of return on capital by...
New PC Loss Survey Shows Accident Claims Outpace Thefts
Mar 18 2003 // Personal computer owners who filed loss claims in 2002 were nearly five times more likely to have experienced accidental damage than theft, according to a survey released by Safeware, The Insurance Agency Inc. Accidental...
RTW Reports Income Per Share of $2.78 for 2002
Mar 17 2003 // RTW Inc., which manages workers’ compensation programs, has reported net income for the fourth quarter ended Dec. 31, 2002, of $8.1 million, or $1.57 per basic and diluted share, compared to a net loss of $23.3...
Ohio February Winter Storm Losses Less Than Expected
Mar 17 2003 // Preliminary estimates from February’s snow and ice storms that hammered 16 states from the Mid-Atlantic to New England caused less than $20 million in insured losses in Ohio, according to the Ohio Insurance Institute...
EMC Insurance Restates Earnings, Boosts Reserves $2.1 Million
Mar 14 2003 // EMC Insurance Group Inc. (EMCI) restated its fourth-quarter and full-year 2002 earnings lower to reflect a $2.1 million reserve hike for direct asbestos exposures. The Des Moines, Iowa-based insurer now says it earned $5.2...
Erie Insurance Reports $25 Million Preliminary Loss Estimate from Recent Storms
Mar 14 2003 // The Erie Insurance Group announced that it has received loss notification from approximately 6,600 policyholders as a result of severe ice, snow and flooding Feb. 14-18 and Feb. 21-23, 2003. It gave preliminary loss...
Kentucky DOI Warns Agents About Potential Loss of License
Mar 13 2003 // The Kentucky Department of Insurance issued a warning to agents that due to widespread non-compliance with renewal and address change requirements, many are facing loss of their authority to do business in the...
