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Cincinnati Financial Q3 2010 Income Drops Compared to 2009

Cincinnati Financial Corp. reported $156 million, or 95 cents per share, of net income for the third quarter of 2010 compared with a net income of $171 million, or $1.05 per share, in the third quarter of 2009. The company’s …

AIA Shares Surge 17% on Trading Debut in Hong Kong

AIA Group Ltd surged 17 percent in its Hong Kong debut on Friday as investors, chasing exposure to Asia’s fast-growing life insurance business, piled into the record offering in the world’s hottest IPO market. The stronger-than-expected listing will be a …

Navigators Launches Specialty Reinsurance Business

The Navigators Group has established Navigators Re, a unit focused on developing specialty assumed reinsurance business. “As a global specialty insurer, there are certain product lines and geographies where a reinsurance approach is a more efficient and practical manner in …

Some Nevada Insurers Failed to File Motor Vehicle Reports

The Nevada state Department of Motor Vehicles is notifying some motorists to check their registration status, after some insurers failed to submit required records in February. DMV spokesman Tom Jacobs downplayed the effect of the lapse. He said it stems …

Allstate Sees Expenses Rise in Q3

Allstate Corp. on Wednesday reported that quarterly operating income fell 16 percent, missing analysts’ forecasts, as the largest publicly traded U.S. home and auto insurer lost existing customers and ramped up spending to try to attract new ones. Allstate’s chief …

Insurers Boost Calif. Economy By $30.1 Billion

California has a $1.85 trillion economy that ranks it as a global financial power, thanks in part to a multi-billion dollar boost from the property/casualty insurance industry, according to a new report. In 2007, insurers contributed $30.1 billion to California’s …

Aspen Q3 Net Down 36% at $92.8 Million; Conference Call Today

Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited reported net income after tax for the third quarter of 2010 of $92.8 million and operating earnings of $0.79 per diluted ordinary share, compared to Q3 2009 net income after tax of $145.8 million, and …

ACE Q3 Net Income of $675 Million, up 37%; Operating $688 Million

RenaissanceRe Q3 Net Income $204.8 Million; Operating $90.9 Million

Bermuda-based RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd reported net income available to common shareholders of $204.8 million or $3.70 per diluted common share in the third quarter of 2010, compared to net income available to common shareholders of $258.6 million or $4.12 per …

Mississippi Executive Wins $103 Million in Lawsuit Against Lawyer

A Mississippi businessman has been awarded $103 million in a lawsuit against the Chicago-based law firm that he accused of defrauding his oil and gas business. Lavon Evans Jr. filed the lawsuit in Jones County Circuit Court in Mississippi in …