Latest Profit Loss Headlines
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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...
PXRE Estimates Charley Losses at $13 to $18 Million
Aug 25 2004 // The Bermuda-based PXRE Group Ltd. announced that it expects to incur a net loss arising from Hurricane Charley of $13 to $18 million, after tax and reinstatement premiums. President and CEO Jeffrey L. Radke commented:...
IPC Sees Charley Losses Between $35-$45 Million
Aug 25 2004 // Bermuda’s IPC Holdings, Ltd. said that, based upon a preliminary analysis of initial information available, it expects third quarter, 2004 earnings to be negatively impacted by Hurricane Charley in the range of $35...
Aspen Puts Charley Losses between $35-50 Million
Aug 25 2004 // Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited announced that its loss estimates resulting from Hurricane Charley are in the range of $35 to $50 million after reinsurance and tax. CEO Chris O’Kane commented: “We have...
Safeco Estimates Losses From Hurricane Charley
Aug 25 2004 // Seattle-based Safeco announced that claims stemming from Hurricane Charley are estimated at $45 million in pretax catastrophe losses. This figure represents the estimated losses both from claims received through Aug. 24,...
Fairfax Puts Charley Losses at $40 Million
Aug 24 2004 // Canada’s Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited announced that its initial estimate of aggregate potential net losses relating to Hurricane Charley will be “in the range of US $35 million to US $40 million after...
White Mountains, Montpelier Re Hurricane Charley Loss Estimates May Top $100 Million
Aug 24 2004 // In separate announcements Bermuda’s White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd. and its insurance operation, Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd., released estimates of losses the companies may suffer as a result of claims from...
Ohio Casualty Corp. Announces Loss Estimates from Hurricane Charley
Aug 24 2004 // Ohio Casualty Corporation announced that it expects net catastrophe losses in the range of $6 to $8 million before-tax from Hurricane Charley. The catastrophe loss impact for Hurricane Charley is expected to add...
Right This Way! Hotels Make Room for Risk Management
Aug 23 2004 // In the months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the U.S. hospitality industry took a one-two punch. Travel and tourism plummeted as worried Americans canceled vacation plans and cautious businesses cut back on trips....
PartnerRe, Converium, Transatlantic and SCOR Give Preliminary Loss Estimates from Hurricane Charley
Aug 20 2004 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd. estimated that claims relating to its exposure to Hurricane Charley are expected to be between $35 and $45 million. Transatlantic Holdings, Inc. announced from New York that its estimated net...
AIG Estimates Charley Losses at $80 to $100 Million
Aug 20 2004 // American International Group, Inc. has issued an initial estimate of its total expected losses from Hurricane Charley, indicating that the total after tax would be in a range of $80 to $100 million. “This total...
Panel Takes Fresh Look at Terrorism
Aug 20 2004 // In a code orange New York, the International Association of Industrial Accident Boards and Commissions (IAIABC) took a fresh look at terrorism and its relation to workers’ compensation at its recent 90th Annual...
Unitrin’s Q2 Profit Up Nearly $40 Million
Aug 18 2004 // Chicago-based property/casualty insurer Unitrin Inc. has reported second-quarter net income of $62.4 million (91 cents per common share), 57 percent higher than the $22.7 million (34 cents per common share) in profit the...
