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Combined ratio up 2 points for SCOR

February 22, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Paris-based reinsurer SCOR SE released Wednesday its latest financial results, reporting a combined ratio of 93.1% in 2016, up 2 points from 91.1% in 2015. The combined ratio in the most recent quarter was 93.3%, up 1.1 points from 92.2%

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Allianz Group reports combined ratio of 94.3%

February 21, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Allianz Group recently released its financial results for 2016, reporting a 0.3-point improvement to its combined ratio in property & casualty. The P&C combined ratio last year was 94.3% for Munich-based Allianz, compared to 94.6% in 2015 “due in part

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Fairfax reports 2016 combined ratio for insurance and reinsurance operations of 92.5%

February 17, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Toronto-based Fairfax Financial Holdings has released its most recent financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year 2016 ending Dec. 31, reporting a combined ratio for its insurance and reinsurance operations of 92.5% on a consolidated basis. This result produced

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Echelon Financial Holdings Inc. sees lower net income for 2016 full-year, Q4 over prior-year periods

February 17, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

It was a mixed bag for Echelon Financial Holdings Inc. (EFH) in the fourth quarter of 2016, with strong commercial lines results and lower personal lines results combining to contribute to a 70% drop in net income to about $2.6

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Industrial Alliance net income reaches $155 million in Q4 2016 from $4.2 million in Q4 2015

February 16, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Industrial Alliance Insurance and Financial Services Inc. has reported a net income attributed to common shareholders of $155 million in the fourth quarter of 2016 ending Dec. 31, up dramatically from net income of $4.2 million in the same quarter

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Co-operators General Insurance Company net income $128.8 million in 2016 Q4, up from $103.3 million in 2015 Q4

February 16, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

The consolidated net income for Co-operators General Insurance Company increased for the fourth quarter of 2016 over the same quarter in 2015, but net income for 2016 decreased from 2015. The Co-operators has posted net income of $128.8 million for

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AIG sees net loss of about US$3 billion in 2016 Q4

February 15, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has posted net losses for both the full year and the fourth quarter of 2016, but company president and CEO Peter Hancock reports that actions taken last year will help “dramatically reduce uncertainty and deliver

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Loss ratio up 1.4 points for Arch Capital

February 14, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Arch Capital Group Ltd. reported Monday a combined ratio of 99.4% in insurance during the last three months of 2016 due in part to Hurricane Matthew, while net favorable development, due in part to better than expected claims emergence in

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Combined ratio up three points for Markel

February 10, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Markel Corp. reported this week a 7.8% increase in net premiums written while the combined ratio deteriorated by three points in 2016 as the Richmond, Va.-based insurer experienced a $46.6-million underwriting loss related to Hurricane Matthew. Markel released Wednesday its

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Zurich reports business operating profit of US$4.5 billion for 2016, up 55% from prior-year period

February 10, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Zurich Insurance Group has reported a business operating profit (BOP) for the full-year ending Dec. 31, 2016 of US$4.5 billion, up 55% from the prior-year period. The fourth quarter BOP for the three months ending Dec. 31, 2016 was up

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Aon reports net income of US$502 million for fourth quarter of 2016

February 10, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Commercial brokerage Aon plc has reported a net income attributable to Aon shareholders of US$502 million in the fourth quarter of 2016 ending Dec. 31 compared to US$584 million for the prior-year quarter. For the full year of 2016, net

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Personal lines cat ratio up 9.3 points at Intact due in part to Fort McMurray

February 8, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Intact Financial Corp. released Wednesday its financial results for 2016, reporting a 5% increase in direct premiums written and a 40% drop in underwriting income during a year when Canada’s most expensive natural disaster cost the firm $400 million before