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Profits for the US property & casualty insurance industry deteriorated in 2005 as a result of record levels of insured catastrophe losses relating to the 2005 Hurricane season, according to Fitch Ratings. The Insurance Services Office’s (ISO) Property Claims Service (PCS) unit reports P&C insurers incurred US$56.8 billion in catastrophe losses in 2005. This figure […]
By Canadian Underwriter | March 28, 2006
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Following losses of US$11.3 billion from hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma, Bermuda’s reinsurers registered a total net loss of US$2.8 billion in 2005 compared with a profit of US$5.5 billion the previous year, according to the latest Benfield Bermuda Quarterly report.Eleven Bermuda reinsurers reported losses in 2005, compared with only one in 2004, the report […]
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ICBC is looking to keep B.C. auto rates stable by clipping its optional rates, creating an average premium reduction of $61 for more than 1 million B.C. drivers.”Although ICBC has recently proposed an increase in rates to basic insurance, in 2005 ICBC’s optional insurance rates were reduced by $100 million, which resulted in 1.6 million […]
By Canadian Underwriter | March 27, 2006
Fitch ratings service believes that the life insurance sector will take a much bigger hit than the non-life sector in the event of a global bird flu pandemic.A recent Fitch report, posted online, notes the P&C sector would more likely feel the effects of the flu in lost investments and business interruption coverage. The report […]
Disaster Kleenup International, Inc. founder, Edgar Perry “Ed” York, passed away on March 13, 2006 after a long illness near his home in Vancouver, Washington. York launched DKI in 1974 as an outgrowth of an academic research project and led the company through its first decade. York recruited contractors with outlandish promotions and advertisements, including […]
By Canadian Underwriter | March 24, 2006
Hannover Re says “an unparalleled burden” of natural catastrophe losses in 2005 produced “historically unprecedented major loss expenditures in excess of EUR1 billion (US$1.2 billion).”Hurricanes Katrina, Rita and Wilma alone inflicted a net loss on the company of almost EUR800 million (US$958.3 million), the company reported. The total strain is line with the amount Hannover […]
By Canadian Underwriter | March 23, 2006
Aided by investment income, SCOR reported its net income for 2005 has increased 75% over 2004. “Net income after tax for 2005 amounted to EUR131 million ($US158.2 million), compared to EUR75 million (US$90.6 million) in 2004, representing an increase of 75%,” the company announced in a press release. “This demonstrates the solidity of the global […]
By Canadian Underwriter | March 22, 2006
ICBC representatives are on site in Prince Rupert, B.C. to aid ferry passengers and expedite the handling of all vehicle-related claims related to the sinking of the Queen of the North.According to the Vancouver Sun, a Canadian Coast Guard vessel remained off B.C.’s north coast, scouring the choppy waters for fear there could yet be […]
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services says it will be revising its criteria for measuring catastrophe risk for primary insurers early in the second quarter of this year. S&P’s says however, that it has no current plans to further revise criteria for reinsurers, which were last updated in July 2005. The revised primary insurer catastrophe criteria […]
By Canadian Underwriter | March 21, 2006
American International Group (AIG) quarterly profits dropped 72% as a result of over US$2 billion in charges for regulatory settlements and increased reserves. In addition to these financially damaging the losses related to last year’s U.S. hurricanes also hurt AIG’s fourth-quarter (Q4) earnings.Executive Martin J. Sullivan, president and chief executive of AIG, informs investors that […]
By Canadian Underwriter | March 17, 2006
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