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Infinity Property and Casualty Corp. Reports Successful Q3 Numbers

Oct 28 2003 // Alabama-based Infinity Property and Casualty Corporation, a provider of personal automobile insurance with an emphasis on nonstandard auto insurance, reported net earnings for the third quarter of $15.0 million or $0.72...

Unitrin Posts $43.1 Million 3Q Profit

Oct 27 2003 // Chicago-based insurer Unitrin Inc. reported net income of $43.1 million (64 cents per common share) for the three months ended Sept. 30, 2003, compared to a net loss of $18.1 million (27 cents per common share) for the...

Fiserv Reports Q3 Record Earnings

Oct 24 2003 // Brookfield, Wis.-based financial services software-maker Fiserv Inc. announced today record earnings for the third quarter of 2003. For the three-month period ended Sept. 30, 2003, Fiserv processing and services revenues...

Midland Continues Double-Digit Premium Growth

Oct 24 2003 // Cincinnati-based specialty insurer The Midland Co. reported net income for the third quarter of $4.3 million, or 23 cents per share, including 4 cents in realized capital gains, compared with a net loss of $2.6 million, or...

RLI Q3 Numbers Lead to New Earnings Records

Oct 24 2003 // Illinois-based RLI Corp. reported third quarter net earnings of $25.4 million ($0.98 per diluted share) were 250 percent better per share than the $5.6 million ($0.28 per diluted share) reported for the same period last...

Allianz Sees Return to Profit after Asset Sale, Tax Changes

Oct 24 2003 // Germany’s Allianz said it expects to achieve “positive results” for its 2003 fiscal year, not only from improved profitability in its operations, but also following the sale of 40 percent of its stake in...

Willis Reports Record Q3, Nine Month Earnings

Oct 23 2003 // Willis Group Holdings Limited reported record results for the third quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2003, posting net income for the quarter of $99 million, or $0.59 per diluted share compared to $31 million,...

RenRe Reports Q3 Net Income Up 28% to $1.59 Per Share

Oct 23 2003 // RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd., Bermuda’s premier property reinsurer, reported that its net income available to common shareholders rose 28.3% to $113.2 million or $1.59 per common share in the quarter, from $88.2...

Markel’s Q3 Results to be Impacted by Increase in Loss Reserves

Oct 23 2003 // Markel Corporation announced that its third quarter results will be impacted “by increases in loss reserves for asbestos and environmental exposures ($55 million) and increases in prior years’ loss reserves for...

Safeco Survey Finds Small-Business Owners Ill-Prepared When Disaster Strikes

Oct 22 2003 // A new nationwide survey by Safeco Corp. found most small-business owners are ill-prepared to recover costs if disaster strikes, such as company’s payroll, operating expenses and profits, and aren’t...

Everest Re Posts 38.8% Increase in Q3 Net Income

Oct 21 2003 // Everest Re Group, Ltd. reported from the Barbados that its third quarter 2003 net income increased 38.8 percent to $100.3 million, or $1.77 per diluted share, compared to $61.3 million, or $1.19 per diluted share, in the...

MMC Notes Increased Q3 and Nine Month Results

Oct 21 2003 // Marsh & McLennan Companies, Inc. (MMC) reported financial results for the quarter and nine months ended Sept. 30. Consolidated revenues for the quarter increased 11 percent to $2.8 billion. Net income rose 19 percent...

Ala. Warehouse Deemed Total Loss in Fire

Oct 20 2003 // An early morning fire Saturday, Oct. 18, in Oxford, Ala., resulted in injuries to five people – three firefighters and two employees of Southern Tool, Incorporated. Oxford Fire Department responded to the fire that...

Commentary on First Half 2003 Results

Oct 20 2003 // The property/casualty insurance industry reported a statutory rate of return of 9.7 percent in the first half of 2003, up from a disappointing 1.0 percent in 2002 and the worst-ever negative 2.4 percent recorded in 2001....

Insurance Journal 80th Anniversary

Oct 20 2003 // One-on-One with Mark Wells, Publisher of the Insurance Journal By Charles E. Boyle Despite his still somewhat boyish appearance, Mark Wells has been the publisher of the Insurance Journal for 33 years, a long time in any...

Insurance Journal 80th Anniversary

Oct 20 2003 // One-on-One with Mark Wells, Publisher of the Insurance Journal By Charles E. Boyle Despite his still somewhat boyish appearance, Mark Wells has been the publisher of the Insurance Journal for 33 years, a long time in any...

Commentary on First Half 2003 Results

Oct 20 2003 // The property/casualty insurance industry reported a statutory rate of return of 9.7 percent in the first half of 2003, up from a disappointing 1.0 percent in 2002 and the worst-ever negative 2.4 percent recorded in 2001....

Travelers P/C Q3 Net Income Rises 28 Percent

Oct 17 2003 // Travelers Property Casualty Corp. today reported a 28 percent increase in net income for the third quarter to $426.1 million, or $0.42 per share diluted ($0.43 basic), from $332.3 million or $0.33 per share, basic and...

Harleysville Comments on Q3 Results – Article Clarification

Oct 17 2003 // Several readers have commented that an earlier article, which appeared in the IJ on Tuesday, concerned the third quarter results for the Harleysville banking group, rather than the insurance group. The two entities,...

Donegal Group Notes Improved Results Despite Hurricane Isabel

Oct 16 2003 // Donegal Group Inc. reported its results of operations for the quarter and nine months ended Sept. 30. The company reported net income of $4,001,385, or $.40 per share on a diluted basis, compared to $3,015,676, or $.33 per...