Latest Profit Loss Headlines
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Successive Hurricanes: Potential Windfall for Insureds?
Nov 16 2008 // The 2008 hurricane season came very close to presenting, on a large scale, the potential quandary caused by successive losses. On Sept.1, 2008, Hurricane Gustav came ashore and caused substantial damage from the Louisiana...
Sensible Success
Nov 16 2008 // Focusing on One Industry Has Allowed Construction Specialist Allied North America to Grow Organically Through Even the Toughest Markets Top 100 Agency Profile Ranking: No. 6 Agency Name: Allied North America Headquarters:...
Attract and Win Social Services Business with Risk Management Strategies
Nov 16 2008 // How Insurance Professionals Can Be Valuable Advisors to Non-Profit Organizations Operating a non-profit social service business has always been a challenging balance between meeting constituent needs, funding the...
Study: California Earthquake Could Cause $200 Billion in Losses
Nov 16 2008 // If a magnitude 7.0 earthquake occurred on California’s Hayward Fault, it would result in economic losses between $210 billion and $235 billion, with only up to $30 billion likely to be insured, according to a study...
Zurich Posts $154 Million Q3 Net Profit; $2.8 Billion for 9 Months
Nov 13 2008 // Zurich Financial Services Group managed to report net after tax profits for the this quarter of 2008 of $154 million, despite what it described as “the impact of particularly adverse circumstances during the third...
Unico American Corp. Reports Q3 Results
Nov 12 2008 // Unico American Corp., an insurance holding company based in Woodland Hills, Calif., that, through its subsidiaries, including Crusader Insurance Co., offers a variety of property and casualty insurance products and...
S&P Affirms Allianz ‘AA’ Ratings, Stable Outlook Despite Investment Losses
Nov 11 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has affirmed its ‘AA’ long-term counterparty credit and insurer financial strength ratings on Germany’s Allianz SE (AZSE) and various core operating...
Liberty Mutual Absorbs $800 Million in Catastrophe Losses in Q3
Nov 11 2008 // Quarterly profits nosedived by nearly 99 percent at Boston-based Liberty Mutual group, which saw its third quarter earnings fall to $6 million – down from $404 million in the same quarter last year. “Given the...
Hiscox Sees Strong 2009 Despite Premium Income Drop
Nov 10 2008 // The Bermuda-based, but UK-listed, insurer Hiscox expects strong growth in 2009, thanks to rising premiums in some of its core markets and increased business due to credit and capital problems at some competitors, it said...
Dresdner Q3 Loss Hits Allianz Again
Nov 10 2008 // Allianz’s Dresdner Bank unit posted its biggest quarterly loss since the start of the financial crisis, the insurer said on Monday, pushing the group to a €2 billion ($2.58 billion) net loss. Allianz is selling...
Ratings on Munich Re ‘Unaffected’ by Q3 Earnings Decline Says S&P
Nov 10 2008 // Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has said that its ratings and outlook on Germany’s global reinsurer Munich Reinsurance Co. (current ‘AA-‘ Stable outlook) and related core entities “are...
Validus $126 Million Q3 Net Loss; 9-Month Net Income $16 Million
Nov 10 2008 // Bermuda-based Validus Holdings Limited reported a net loss for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 of $126.3 million, or $1.71 per diluted common share, compared with net income of $136.5 million, or $1.90 per diluted...
Allied World $46 Million Q3 Net Loss; 9-Month Net Income $164 Million
Nov 10 2008 // Bermuda-based Allied World Assurance Company Holdings reported a net loss of $46.4 million, or $0.95 per diluted share, for the third quarter of 2008 compared to net income of $109.0 million, or $1.72 per diluted share,...
CastlePoint Posts $13 Million Q3 Loss; $6.7 Million Profit for 9 Months
Nov 10 2008 // Bermuda-based CastlePoint Holdings reported a net loss of $13.2 million and basic and diluted loss per share of $0.34 for the third quarter of 2008 as compared to third quarter 2007 net income of $10.5 million and diluted...
AIG Reports $24B Loss in Q3; Claims ‘Strong’ Client Retention
Nov 10 2008 // Giant financially-troubled insurer American International Group Inc. posted its largest-ever quarterly loss today– $24.47 billion — as the damage from write-downs on assets related to subprime mortgages...
AIG Deal Revamp Seen Halting Losses, Says Fed Official
Nov 10 2008 // The U.S. government retooled a rescue package for insurer American International Group to take advantage of its new ability to inject capital into the firm, a senior Federal Reserve official said on Monday. Taking an...
Even Buffett Can’t Escape Markets, Storms; Berkshire Profit Falls 77%
Nov 10 2008 // Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. said Friday third-quarter profit fell 77 percent, the fourth straight quarterly decline, hurt by weaker results from insurance underwriting and a big loss on derivatives...
AIG Reworks Bailout; Fed Ups Support to $150B, Lowers Interest Rate
Nov 9 2008 // The U.S. government dramatically boosted its bailout of insurer American International Group Inc. and eased the terms of its loans to the company on Monday after an initial rescue plan failed to stabilize the...
Munich Re Q3 Profits Down 99% to $15.4 Million; $1.8 Billion for 9 Months
Nov 7 2008 // Munich Re’s third quarter profits fell by 99 percent to €12 million ($15.4 million) compared to the €1.216 billion ($1.555 billion) it recorded in the third quarter of 2007. The Group’s net...
Endurance Reports $99.4 Million Q3 Loss; Conference Call Details
Nov 7 2008 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. reported a net loss of $99.4 million and $1.79 per diluted common share for the third quarter of 2008 versus net income of $131.4 million and $1.81 per diluted common share...
