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PCS re-survey estimates $4.67 billion in insured damage from Fort McMurray wildfire

August 16, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

Insured losses arising from the Fort McMurray, Alberta wildfire are estimated at $4.67 billion, Verisk Analytics Inc.’s Property Claims Services said in a bulletin this week. The wildfire in May was the most expensive natural catastrophe in Canadian history, when

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AXIS Capital estimates US$104 million in Q2 2016 losses from weather and cat events, including Fort McMurray wildfire

July 19, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

Pembroke, Bermuda-based AXIS Capital Holdings Limited announced on Monday its preliminary estimate of second quarter 2016 catastrophe and weather-related losses, including major losses from the Fort McMurray wildfire. AXIS Capital’s preliminary estimate of Q2 2016 cat and weather-related pre-tax losses

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Half of Aspen’s Q2 natural catastrophe loss from Alberta wildfire

July 14, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

The recent wildfires in Alberta cost Aspen Insurance Holdings Ltd. roughly US$30 million, net of reinsurance and reinstatement premiums, the Hamilton, Bermuda-based carrier suggested in a press release Wednesday. Aspen’s initial estimate, of pre-tax losses, net of reinsurance and reinstatement

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Nat cats in Q2 2016 cost Chubb an estimated US$390 million

July 13, 2016 by Canadian Underwriter

Chubb Limited has estimated that natural catastrophe losses in the second quarter of 2016 cost the insurer US$390 million pre-tax, or US$315 million after tax. According to Chubb’s estimate, released on Tuesday, of the pre-tax total, US$320 million is from

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Canada’s p&c industry sees big jump in underwriting income, big drop in nat-cat losses in 2015: IBC

April 6, 2016 by Angela Stelmakowich

Despite the challenges and fluctuations of 2015 – including plummeting oil prices – Canada’s property and casualty industry “had a relatively good year,” with underwriting income tripling to about $1.7 billion, David McGown, senior vice president of strategic initiatives for