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Q2 Net Income, Premiums Down at Safety Insurance Group

Aug 6 2007 // Safety Insurance Group, Inc. reported that its second quarter net income was $22.9 million, or $1.42 per diluted share, compared to $29.1 million, or $1.81 per diluted share, for the comparable 2006 period. Net income for...

Lloyd’s America’s Baker: Time for action on climate change is now

Aug 6 2007 // For an insurer, understanding climate change is a matter of understanding trends in risk and changes in those trends. For Wendy Baker, president of Lloyd’s Amer-ica Inc., staying on top of those trends in the United...

Insurance credit scoring: 21st century redlining and the end of insurance

Aug 6 2007 // You’ve just been laid off from your job. Or your daughter has a major medical problem that your health insurance (if you have any) doesn’t fully cover. Or you’ve just gotten a divorce. These three life...

Insurance credit scoring: 21st century redlining and the end of insurance

Aug 6 2007 // You’ve just been laid off from your job. Or your daughter has a major medical problem that your health insurance (if you have any) doesn’t fully cover. Or you’ve just gotten a divorce. These three life...

Insurance credit scoring: 21st century redlining and the end of insurance

Aug 6 2007 // You’ve just been laid off from your job. Or your daughter has a major medical problem that your health insurance (if you have any) doesn’t fully cover. Or you’ve just gotten a divorce. These three life...

Insurance credit scoring: 21st century redlining and the end of insurance

Aug 6 2007 // You’ve just been laid off from your job. Or your daughter has a major medical problem that your health insurance (if you have any) doesn’t fully cover. Or you’ve just gotten a divorce. These three life...

RenRe Reports $193.7 Million Q2 Net

Aug 2 2007 // Bermuda-based RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. posted $193.741 million after tax income for the second quarter of 2007. Net income available to common shareholders was $183.166 million or $2.53 per diluted common share in the...

Endurance Posts $135.3 Million Q2 Net

Aug 2 2007 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. reported net income of $135.3 million and $1.85 per diluted common share for the second quarter of 2007 versus net income of $64.1 million and $0.85 per diluted common share...

Zurich Estimates UK June Flood Losses at $400 million

Aug 2 2007 // Zurich Financial Services Group announced that, according to its current “best estimate,” it expects that aggregate claims payments related to storms and floods that occurred in the UK during June 2007 will not...

Specialty Lines, Investment Results Highlight OneBeacon 2d Quarter

Aug 2 2007 // OneBeacon Insurance Group, Ltd. reported adjusted book value per share of $18.21, an increase of 8.3% through June 30, 2007 and 3.7% for the second quarter, including dividends. For the 12 months ended June 30, 2007,...

Fla.: FPIC Insurance Group Reports Second Quarter 2007 Results

Aug 2 2007 // Jacksonville, Fla.-based FPIC Insurance Group Inc., reported for the second quarter of 2007. Income from continuing operations of $10.1 million, or $1.01 per diluted common share is up from $7.1 million, or $0.66 per...

Net Income Up 8% for Willis in 2d Quarter

Aug 2 2007 // Willis Group Holdings Limited (NYSE: WSH), the global insurance broker, today reported results for the quarter and six months ended June 30, 2007, including net income of $78 million compared to $72 million a year ago, an...

Employers Holdings To Report Q2 Earnings

Aug 1 2007 // Reno, Nev.-based Employers Holdings Inc., a provider of workers’ compensation insurance to small, U.S. businesses, will review the company’s second quarter 2007 financial results, operating results and other...

JLT Posts $104.4 Million H1 Profit

Aug 1 2007 // The UK’s Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group plc announced good results for the six months ended June 30, 2007, notably a 12.4 percent rise in “underlying profit before tax” of £51.1 million ($104.4...

Hanover Reports Improved 2Q Earnings

Aug 1 2007 // The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. in Worcester, Mass. reported net income for the second quarter of $59.8 million, or $1.14 per share, compared to $50.9 million, or $0.99 per share in the second quarter of last...

Safeco Reports Q2 Income of $186.4 Million

Jul 31 2007 // Seattle-based Safeco has reported net income for the second quarter of 2007 of $186.4 million, compared with net income of $199.7 million for the same period in 2006. Operating earnings were $175 million for the quarter,...

21st Century Holding Co. Reports Record Earnings of $1.32 Per Share

Jul 31 2007 // For the three months ended June 30, 21st Century Holding Co. reported record net income of $10,478,429, or $1.32 per share on 7,930,964 average undiluted shares outstanding, as compared to net income of $8,904,559, or...

Commerce Group Net Earnings Dip, Loss Ratio Rises in 2Q

Jul 27 2007 // The Commerce Group, Inc. in Webster, Mass. reported 2007 second net earnings were $41.5 million, or $0.63 per diluted share, compared to net earnings of $58.6 million or $0.86 per diluted share for 2006. Included in the...

The Hartford Reports 32% Increase in Net Income for 2d Quarter

Jul 27 2007 // The Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. reported second quarter 2007 net income of $627 million, or $1.96 per diluted share, a 32 percent increase over the second quarter 2006. The Hartford’s core earnings in the...

North Pointe Holdings Announces Date for 2nd Quarter 2007 Financial Results

Jul 25 2007 // Southfield, Mich.-based North Pointe Holdings Corp. recently announced that the company will report financial results for the second quarter 2007 with a conference call for investors and other interested parties on Friday,...