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Auto personal accident loss ratio up for fourth year in a row in Canada: A.M. Best

September 5, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

The auto personal accident loss ratio in Canada “remains a concern,” with Canadian auto insurers being affected by distracted driving and rising repair costs, A.M. Best Company Inc. suggested in a recent report. In 2016, ratings firm A.M. Best said

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U.S. P&C industry records US$5.1 billion underwriting loss in first half of 2017: A.M. Best

August 29, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

The property and casualty industry in the United States recorded a net underwriting loss of US$5.1 billion for the first six months of the year, according to preliminary results from A.M. Best Company. This underwriting loss compares with a US$2 billion loss in the same period a year ago, the Oldwick, N.J. ratings firm said in a press release on Tuesday. Data from the financial review is derived from companies’ six-month 2017 interim statutory statements received as of Aug. 21 and represents an estimated 96%…

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Fairfax ‘not oriented’ towards more acquisitions: Watsa

August 10, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Officials with Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd., which recently bought a majority interest in Allied World Assurance Company Holdings AG, “want to look at how” they can “organically expand” the firm’s existing business, chairman Prem Watsa told financial analysts recently. Toronto-based

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Commercial premiums down 15% for AIG

August 3, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

American International Group Inc. reported Wednesday its net income was $1.13 billion during the three months ending June 30 and its Q2 combined ratio in personal insurance improved 5.9 points from last year, but the combined ratio in commercial insurance

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RSA reports combined ratio of 94.8% for first half of 2017 in Canada ‘despite higher large losses’

August 2, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

RSA Insurance Group plc reported Wednesday that its net premiums written in Canada during the six months ending June 30 were 5% higher, on a constant rate of exchange basis, than in the same period in 2016. Meanwhile, in Canada,

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Q2 combined ratio improves 4.2 points for Intact, OneBeacon acquisition “on track to close” in 2017

August 1, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Intact Financial Corp. reported Tuesday its underwriting income was $103 million during the three months ending June 30, up $87 million from $16 million during the same period in 2016. Toronto-based Intact said direct premiums written rose 2%, from $2.458

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Absence of large losses contributes to 20.6-point drop in Q2 combined ratio for PartnerRe

August 1, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

PartnerRe Ltd. reported a combined ratio of 87.7% during the three months ending June 30, a 20.6-point improvement over 108.3% during the same period in 2016, when Canada experienced its most expensive natural disaster ever and a loss from an

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Chubb reports P&C combined ratio of 88% for Q2 2017

July 26, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Chubb Limited has reported a P&C combined ratio of 88% for the second quarter of 2017 ending June 30, down 3.2 points from 91.2% in the same quarter last year. Chubb released its financial results on Tuesday. The insurer reported

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Trisura licensed to sell insurance in the U.S.

July 14, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Trisura Group Ltd., a surety and commercial specialty insurer that was spun off this year from Toronto-based Brookfield Asset Management Inc., plans to begin writing insurance in the United States. In a July 12 press release, Trisura said it “has

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‘Significantly more’ than 90% of Allied World Assurance shareholders expected to tender stock for Fairfax merger

July 5, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

Officials with Allied World Assurance Company Holdings AG “fully expect” that all closing conditions for the merger with Toronto-based Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited will be met by Thursday, Allied World suggested in Wednesday in a press release. A deadline, for

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Investment income doubles for Canadian P&C industry: MSA

June 27, 2017 by Canadian Underwriter

The Canadian property and casualty insurance industry had essentially no underwriting income during the first three months of the year but Q1 net investment income more than doubled year over year, figures from a report from MSA Research Inc. suggest.

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Combined ratio for Canadian insurance industry in Q1 2017 estimated at 101.3%, up from 94.7% in Q1 2016: Baker

May 24, 2017 Jason Contant, Online Editor

The insurance industry in Canada saw a 6.6% hike in the combined operating ratio for the first quarter of 2017, from 94.7% in Q1 2016 to 101.3% in the first three months of this year, MSA Research Inc. president and