Berkshire insurance underwriting income takes hit
09 November 2015
Berkshire Hathaway has reported a third-quarter operating profit of $US4.55 billion, down marginally from $US4.72 billion in the corresponding period last year…
International
El Nino’s ‘fingerprints’ on October catastrophes
09 November 2015
Last month’s global catastrophe losses are expected to top $US10 billion, according to Impact Forecasting’s monthly update…
Regulatory pressure ‘may bring more M&A’
09 November 2015
Tightened solvency frameworks may trigger another round of mergers and acquisitions, according to a new report from Standard and Poor’s…
UK industry acts to build trust on renewals, claims
09 November 2015
The Association of British Insurers and the British Insurance Brokers’ Association are to develop an industry code on handling vulnerable customers at renewal time…
Allianz third-quarter profit falls
09 November 2015
Allianz has reported third-quarter net income of €1.44 billion, down 14.7% on the corresponding period last year…
Hannover Re defies tough conditions
09 November 2015
Hannover Re has reported net income of €254.1 million for the three months to September 30, up 1.2% on the corresponding period last year…
Scor reports P&C premium gains
09 November 2015
Scor Global has reported a 17% rise in property and casualty gross written premium to €1.4 billion for the three months to September 30…
US storms shake Mapfre profit
09 November 2015
Spanish insurance giant Mapfre has reported net profit of €591 million for the first nine months of the year, down 12.1% on the corresponding period last year…
US commercial rates drop
09 November 2015
US commercial property and casualty rates dropped 2% last month, according to analyst MarketScout…
Activist investor pushes for AIG break-up
02 November 2015
AIG is under pressure to rethink its business model after a shareholder called for a break-up of the US insurance giant…
Zurich adds to Hong Kong business
02 November 2015
Swiss giant Zurich has agreed to acquire Hong Kong general underwriter Kono Insurance for an undisclosed sum…
Swiss Re finds market tough going
02 November 2015
Swiss Re has reported flat premium in the property and casualty business and a number of large claims in the three months to September 30…
Currency movements hit Aon profit
02 November 2015
Aon has posted a 5% decline in third-quarter net profit after currency movements hit revenue…
Marsh & McLennan hails third-quarter performance
02 November 2015
Marsh & McLennan says its third-quarter net income jumped 8.7% to $US323 million…
Willis reports healthy Q3 profit
02 November 2015
Willis has posted third-quarter net income of $US117 million, compared with a loss of $US7 million in the corresponding period last year…
Gallagher hails ‘excellent’ quarter
02 November 2015
Arthur J Gallagher CEO Patrick Gallagher has welcomed “another excellent quarter”, with combined revenue in the brokerage and risk management segments up almost 5% to $US1.02 billion in the three months to September 30…
Integration dents XL Catlin profits
02 November 2015
XL Catlin’s third-quarter profits have fallen more than 60%, largely due to costs from XL Group’s merger with Bermuda-based insurer Catlin in May…
WR Berkley profits dip
02 November 2015
WR Berkley has reported third-quarter net income of $US152.61 million, down 19% on the corresponding period last year…
Tianjin blast rocks Axis Q3 profit
02 November 2015
Axis Capital Holdings’ third-quarter net profit fell to $US247.6 million from $US279.1 million, driven by losses from the Tianjin blasts and weather-related events…
Arch Q3 profit takes a tumble
02 November 2015
Arch Capital earned net profit of $US74.55 million in the quarter to September 30, down from $US223.19 million in the corresponding period last year…