Intact Financial Corporation (IFC) has reported that personal auto premiums for the third quarter of 2016 ending Sept. 30 grew by 5%, while personal property premiums grew by 8% from the prior-year quarter. IFC said in its financial results released…
Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG has reported a net income of US$68.6 million for the third quarter of 2016, compared to a net loss of US$51.6 million for the same quarter in 2015. The Zug, Switzerland-based company – a…
Hamilton, Bermuda-based Everest Re Group, Ltd. has reported a combined ratio for the third quarter of this year of 85.6%, a five-point improvement from 90.6% in the same quarter of 2015. Excluding catastrophe losses, reinstatement premiums and prior period loss…
Chubb Limited has reported a property and casualty combined ratio of 86% for the third quarter of 2016 ending Sept. 30, virtually unchanged from 85.9% in the prior-year quarter. For Global P&C (excluding agriculture), the combined ratio was 85.7% for…
Intact Financial Corporation (IFC) has announced estimated catastrophe losses, net of reinsurance, of approximately $170 million on a pre-tax basis for the third quarter of 2016. The estimate equates to about $124 million or $0.95 per share for the quarter,…
The Fort McMurray wildfire accounted for 98% of first-half insured catastrophe losses in Canada and 29% of Property Claim Services (PCS)-designated North American cat losses for the period, according to a preliminary estimate from the company. Insurers affected by the…
Six of the ten ports with the highest potential insured loss from natural catastrophes are on the United States gulf coast, Risk Management Solutions (RMS) Inc. said in a release Monday. Newark, Calif.-based RMS ranked the top 10 ports in…
Northbrook, Ill.-based Allstate Corporation has reported catastrophe losses of US$961 million in the second quarter of 2016 compared to US$797 million in the same quarter of 2015 and US$1.79 billion in the first six months of the year compared to…
The recent wildfire in and near Fort McMurray, Alberta resulted in net incurred losses of $13.5 million for OdysseyRe and $20.9 million for Northbridge Insurance, the carriers’ parent company reported recently. All figures are in United States dollars. Fairfax Financial…
American International Group, Inc. (AIG) has reported a 3.3% deterioration in its combined ratio for the second quarter of 2016, from 98.8% in Q2 2015 to 102.1% in the most recent quarter, reflecting underwriting loss driven by higher catastrophe losses,…
CNA Financial Corporation has announced a one point improvement in its P&C combined ratio for the second quarter of 2016 ending June 30, from 98.4% last year to 97.4% in the most recent quarter. For the first six months of…
Global insurance and reinsurance company XL Group plc reported on Wednesday that its P&C combined ratio climbed 6.1 points in the second quarter of 2016 to 96%, while net income attributable to ordinary shareholders of US$43.8 million for the quarter…