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Aspen reports net income of US$76.8 million for Q2 2017
July 27, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterAspen Insurance Holdings Limited released its financial results for the second quarter and first half of 2017 on Wednesday, reporting a net income after tax of US$75.8 million for Q2 2017. Gross written premiums (GWP) in the second quarter of…
XL Group Ltd. sees net income soar in 2017 Q2 over prior-year quarter, focus on executing strategy continues
July 27, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterBoth net income attributable to common shareholders and operating net income for Bermuda-based XL Group Ltd. skyrocketed in 2017 Q2 compared to 2016 Q2, with the former increasing six-fold to US$301.6 million. Specifically, net income attributable to common shareholders amounted…
Chubb reports P&C combined ratio of 88% for Q2 2017
July 26, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterChubb 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…
U.S. P&C insurance industry’s net income drops 42.2% to US$7.7 billion in Q1 2017
June 26, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe private property and casualty insurance industry in the United States saw its net income after taxes drop to US$7.7 billion in the first quarter of 2017 from US$13.4 billion in Q1 2016, a 42.2% decline, according to ISO, a…
Combined ratio up 2.1 points, non-life premiums down 14% at PartnerRe
May 5, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterA change in the measure used to calculate lump sum awards in bodily injury cases in Britain had an impact on PartnerRe Ltd.’s financial results, which the Hamilton, Bermuda insurer released Wednesday. PartnerRe, which has a Toronto branch office, reported…
Combined ratio 100% in Q1 for Markel
May 2, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterCommercial insurance writer Markel Corp. reported a combined ratio of 100% in the three months ending March 31, a 12-point deterioration from its combined ratio of 88% during the first quarter of last year. Glen Allen, Virginia-based Markel released April…
Aspen posts net income after tax of US$95.5 million for first quarter of 2017
April 27, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterHamilton, Bermuda-based Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited has reported a net income after tax of US$95.5 million for the first quarter of 2017 ending March 31, down from US$114.4 million in the same quarter of 2016. The insurer’s operating income after…
Canadian industry underwriting income down 81% in 2016: MSA
April 18, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterThe Canadian property and casualty insurance industry had underwriting income of $484 million in 2016, down 81% from $2.554 billion in 2015, while reinsurers’ combined ratio deteriorated 30.4 points year over year, MSA Research Inc. suggested in a report released…
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 UnderwriterThe 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…
Loss ratio up 1.4 points for Arch Capital
February 14, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterArch 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…
Q4 combined ratio up 14.9 points at Aspen
February 9, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterWildfires in Tennessee, an earthquake in New Zealand, Hurricane Matthew and energy-related losses all contributed to a 20.2-point deterioration in the fourth-quarter loss ratio in reinsurance for Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd., while in primary insurance, Aspen reported a combined ratio…
Allied World combined ratio up 2.8% in fourth quarter of 2016
February 2, 2017 by Canadian UnderwriterZug, Switzerland-based Allied World Assurance Company Holdings, AG has reported a combined ratio of 99.8% for the fourth quarter of 2016, ending Dec. 31, compared to 97% in the fourth quarter of 2015. Allied World, a global provider of property,…