Latest Profit Loss Headlines

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Aon’s 1stQ Profit Down 5% From Year Ago

May 6 2003 // Chicago-based brokerage Aon Corp. reported quarterly earnings of $152 million, or 48 cents per share, down 5 percent from a year ago’s $160 million, or 57 cents per share. The company, one of the top insurance...

PartnerRe Reports $124.6 Million Q1 Net Income

May 6 2003 // Bermuda-based PartnerRe Ltd., reported excellent first quarter results with net income of $124.6 million, or $2.23 per share on a fully diluted basis, compared to net income for the first quarter of 2002 of $63.3 million...

Endurance Specialty Holdings Reports $51 Million Q1 Net Income

May 6 2003 // Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd., a provider of property and casualty insurance and reinsurance set up by Aon and Zurich Financial Services in 2001, announced first quarter net income of $51.201 million, or...

Max Re Capital Ltd. Reports $14.562 Million Q1 Net Income

May 6 2003 // Another Bermuda-based company, Max Re Capital Ltd., reported a good first quarter, with net income for the period ended March 31, 2003 of $14.562 million, or $0.38 per diluted share, compared to net income of $2.6 million,...

Full Speed Ahead

May 5 2003 // A year ago, Lloyd’s course was “steady as she goes,” following the enormous losses of Sept. 11, but with the appointment of a new chairman last November, Lord Peter Levene of Portsoken, coupled with a...

Full Speed Ahead

May 5 2003 // A year ago, Lloyd’s course was “steady as she goes,” following the enormous losses of Sept. 11, but with the appointment of a new chairman last November, Lord Peter Levene of Portsoken, coupled with a...

Buffett Announces Record Profits, Says He Has 4 Possible Successors

May 5 2003 // Berkshire Hathaway Inc. CEO Warren E. Buffett announced the Omaha, Neb., insurer would have first-quarter operating earnings of about $1.7 billion, which he described as “the best operating earnings we’ve ever...

Horace Mann Notes 1stQ Results

May 2 2003 // Illinois-based Horace Mann Educators Corporation reported net income of $8.1 million, or 19 cents per share, for the first quarter ended March 31, 2003. Net income for the first quarter of 2002 was $15.6 million, or 38...

AFG Reports $25.1 Million in First-Quarter Earnings

May 2 2003 // Cincinnati-based American Financial Group Inc. reported net earnings for the first quarter of $25.1 million (36 cents per share). These results include an after-tax loss of $25.6 million on the sale of 61 percent of...

Kingsway Reports Q1 Net Income up 33% at $24.4 Million

May 2 2003 // Toronto-based, Kingsway Financial Services Inc., a leading provider of commercial and non-standard auto coverage in Canada and the U.S., announced record financial results for the quarter ended March 31, 2003, posting...

AXIS Announces First Quarter Results

May 2 2003 // AXIS Capital Holdings Limited, the Bermuda-based specialty insurer formed in 2001 by Marsh Inc.’s. Trident II fund and other investors, announced that gross premiums written for the quarter ended March 31, 2003 were...

Zenith Nat’l Reports 1stQ Results

May 1 2003 // Woodland Hills, Calif.-based Zenith National Insurance Corp. reported net income of $11.7 million, or $0.62 per share, for the first quarter of 2003 compared to net income of $2.8 million, or $0.15 per share, for the first...

Chubb Notes Record 1stQ Net Income of $224.6M

May 1 2003 // The Chubb Corporation reported that net income in the first quarter of 2003 was a record $224.6 million, a 13.3 percent increase over net income of $198.2 million in the first quarter of 2002. Net income per share...

Montpelier Re Reports $103.8 Million Q1 Net Earnings

May 1 2003 // Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. reported net earnings of $103.8 million, or $1.56 diluted earnings per share, for the three months to March 31, 2003, compared to $18.7 million, or 36 cents per share, for the first quarter of...

Baldwin & Lyons Operating Income Up 25%

May 1 2003 // Indianapolis, Ind.-based Baldwin & Lyons Inc. announced record first quarter operating income, defined as net income before capital gains or losses, of $6.1 million, or 42 cents per share, compared to the previous...

Quotesmith.com Reports $413,000 First-Quarter Loss

May 1 2003 // Darien, Ill.-based Quotesmith.com Inc. announced financial results for the first quarter ended March 31, 2003. Quotesmith.com reported revenue of $2.6 million for the first quarter of 2003, which is equivalent to the...

IICF Celebrates 10 Years of Service to Calif. Non-Profits

May 1 2003 // The Insurance Industry Charitable Fund (IICF) will celebrate a decade of community service resulting in more than $5.5 million in grants to nonprofit groups across California on Friday, May 2, at San Francisco City...

St. Paul Reports Profit Up 36.1% From Year Earlier

Apr 30 2003 // The St. Paul Cos. announced first-quarter 2003 net income of $181 million, or 75 cents per share, up 36.1 percent from first-quarter 2002 net income of $133 million, or 60 cents per share. First-quarter 2003 operating...

State Auto Financial Profit Up 60% Over First Quarter 2002

Apr 30 2003 // Columbus, Ohio-based State Auto Financial Corp. announced record net earnings of $21.1 million for the first quarter of 2003. GAAP net earnings were 53 cents per diluted share, versus 33 cents for the same period last...

Vesta Reports Improvements in 1st Qtr. Results

Apr 30 2003 // Birmingham, Ala.-based Vesta Insurance Group Inc. reported that for the first quarter 2003, its non-standard auto unit generated $4.9 million in net income and its standard auto division brought down its combine ratio to...