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Echelon reports Canadian combined ratio of 94% for Q1 2017, down 6% from Q1 2016
May 4, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterMississauga, Ont.-based Canadian P&C insurer Echelon Financial Holdings Inc. has reported a Canadian combined operating ratio of 94% for the three months ending March 31, down from 100% in Q1 2016 and driven by strong results in both personal and…
The Co-operators reports net income of $34.6 million for Q1 2017, combined ratio of 102.5%
May 2, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterGuelph, Ont.-based Co-operators General Insurance Company has reported a consolidated net income of $34.6 million for the first quarter of 2017 ending March 31, down from $39.3 million in the first quarter of 2016. The company’s combined ratio, excluding market…
Optimum General obtains CSIO certification for commercial lines eDocs
April 20, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Centre for Study of Insurance Operations (CSIO) has announced that Optimum General Inc. has obtained CSIO certification for commercial lines eDocs. Optimum is now CSIO eDocs-certified for both of its lines of business, as the company obtained certification for…
Economical Insurance gross written premiums up 4.8% in Q4 2016 to $521.8 million
February 22, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterEconomical Insurance has reported that gross written premiums (GWP) for the fourth quarter of 2016 ending Dec. 31 grew by $23.8 million, or 4.8%, to $521.8 million from $498 million in Q4 2015. In particular, personal lines premiums grew by…
The Co-operators acquires brokerage Denny’s Insurance of Acton, Ont.
January 16, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterCo-operators General Insurance Company announced on Monday that its wholly-owned subsidiary has purchased personal and commercial lines brokerage Denny’s Insurance. Current clients of Denny’s Insurance, located in Acton, Ont., will be notified of the change in ownership and their existing…
U.S. personal lines stable, commercial lines remain negative in A.M. Best’s 2017 outlooks
December 14, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterRatings firm A.M. Best is maintaining a stable outlook for 2017 on the personal lines segment of the property and casualty industry in the United States, while also maintaining a negative outlook on commercial lines. The Oldwick, N.J.-based firm maintained…
Insurance undergoing “a fundamental structural change”: KPMG speaker
December 8, 2016 by Angela StelmakowichThe insurance industry is undergoing structural change with the emergence of platform-based business models and insurers need to ready themselves to be able to take part, Matthew Smith, insurance co-lead for the Global Strategy Group at KPMG, suggested during the…
Echelon Financial Holdings Inc. posts net income of $1.4 million in 2016 Q3, up from $1.3 million loss in 2015 Q3
November 3, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterEchelon Financial Holdings Inc. has posted a net income of about $1.4 million in 2016 Q3 compared to a $1.3 million loss in 2015 Q3, although net operating income for the most recent quarter decreased markedly as a result of…
Combined ratio 100.3% for U.S. mutual insurers in 2015: A.M. Best
September 22, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterMutual property & casualty insurers in the United States experienced more growth in their commercial business than in personal lines over the past five years, while improved pricing sophistication has led to lower loss ratios, A.M. Best Company suggested in…
U.S. p&c industry sees favourable rating activity in 2016 H1: A.M. Best
August 12, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterProperty and casualty insurers in the United States have witnessed favourable rating activity in the first half of 2016 compared to a negative prior-year trend, notes a new special report from A.M. Best. Reversing what was seen in 2015 H1,…
Economical Insurance cites wildfire’s impact, net income drops to $17.1 million in 2016 Q2
August 8, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterCanada’s worst-ever insured natural disaster – the Fort McMurray wildfire – delivered a hard hit to the underwriting activity of Economical Insurance, contributing to a net income in the second quarter of 2016 of about half the prior-year quarter. Economical…
Underwriting performance for U.S. commercial lines likely to deteriorate in 2016: Fitch Ratings
May 18, 2016 by Canadian UnderwriterUnderwriting performance for the commercial lines sector in the United States is likely to deteriorate in 2016, according to a report released on Tuesday by Fitch Ratings. The decline follows a three-year underwriting profit for the industry, with a combined…