October 30, 2009
Toronto-based Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd; said its quarterly profit jumped 20 percent, due primarily to improved underwriting profit. Fairfax said its profit was $562.4 million in the third quarter, or $30.88 per diluted share. In Q3 2008, when the company …
October 30, 2009
LPL Financial Corporation (LPL) will pay nearly $1.3 million in restitution to Montana investors and a fine of $150,000 to the State of Montana under a settlement announced today by Monica Lindeen, Montana Commissioner of Securities and Insurance. The restitution …
October 30, 2009
Aon Corp. reported results for the third quarter ended September 30, 2009, which show net income attributable to Aon stockholders was up slightly at $120 million or $0.41 per share, compared to $117 million or $0.40 per share for the …
October 29, 2009
France’s AXA Group, which ranks alongside Allianz as Europe’s two biggest insurers, said its business environment was getting better despite reporting a dip in nine-month sales on Thursday. Sales fell to €68.094 billion ($100.4 billion). Analysts in a Reuters poll …
October 29, 2009
Bermuda-based RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd., a leading nat cat property reinsurer, joined the comeback kids of 2009 with a robust performance in the third quarter. The Company reported net income available to common shareholders of $258.6 million or $4.12 per diluted …
October 29, 2009
Aspen Insurance Holdings reported greatly improved third quarter 2009 results, compared to 2008. The Bermuda-based specialty insurer recorded third quarter net income after tax of $144.7 million, compared with a net loss after tax of $126.1 million for the same …
October 29, 2009
The Bermuda-based Everest Re Group, Ltd. reported third quarter 2009 net income of $228.6 million, or $3.75 per diluted common share, compared to a net loss of $233.1 million, or $3.79 per common share, for the third quarter of 2008. …
October 29, 2009
XL Capital has profited from the old adage that “less is more,” as the Bermuda-based insurer rebounded from a disastrous year in 2008. Although it posted an $11.4 million loss for the third quarter of 2009, that pales to insignificance …
October 28, 2009
The Swiss mountain air seems to agree with ACE Limited, as it reported net income for the third quarter of $494 million, or $1.46 per share, compared with $0.16 per share for the same quarter last year, an increase of …
October 28, 2009
Liberty Mutual Group’s results for the third quarter of 2009 are in sharp contrast to the same period of 2008. The group reported net income for the period of $265 million for the period. Its pre-tax operating income before private …