Claims
With additional information regarding claims and losses resulting from this years three major hurricanes flowing through the pipelines, many insurers and reinsurers are updating their loss forecasts associated to Hurricanes Katrina, Wilma and Rita.Kiln P.L.C., which operates Lloyd’s of London syndicates 308, 510, 557 and 807, says the pretax cost of the hurricanes may range […]
By Canadian Underwriter | December 1, 2005
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AIR Worldwide Corporation recently released a white paper ‘Terrorism Risk Assessment: Best Practices for Insurers and Reinsurers’ that reviews current methodologies that insurers and reinsurers use to aid in the assessment and management of terrorism risk. The paper reviews three approaches for terrorism risk management and addresses the best practices for exposure data collection and […]
Pethealth Inc. (TSX VENTURE:PTZ) recently announced a total revenue for the third-quarter ended September 30, 2005 of $3.8 million, representing a 26% increase over revenue of $3.0 million for same period last year. The Company also reported significantly greater net loss of $190,120 for the Q3 2005 as compared to the net loss of $50,419 […]
November 30, 2005
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RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. recently revised its previously reported third-quarter results, cutting net loss for the third quarter of 2005 by $34.8 million to $71.0 million. Renaissance claims the loss was caused by related hurricane catastrophes. “A reinsurance recovery within (RenaissanceRe’s) reinsurance segment that was triggered by the publication of a final third-party industry loss estimate,” […]
Losses incurred as a result of Hurricanes Katrina, Wilma and Rita have led Lloyd’s of London to predict a loss of up to 1.9 billion (US$3.27 billion) for 2005, according to the Company.This re-estimate of Lloyd’s marketwide losses represents an increase from the Company’s previous estimate of 1.4 billion (US$2.41 billion). Lloyd’s initial estimated, announced […]
By Canadian Underwriter | November 30, 2005
The total insured property losses for 2005 are estimated at a record US$50.3 billion, a figure that the Insurance Services Office Inc.’s Property Claims Services (PCS) ivision recently reported was bolstered by the US$6.1 billion in insured property damage incurred as a result of Hurricane Wilma.Approximately 750,000 claims are expected to be received in relation […]
By Canadian Underwriter | November 28, 2005
Hurricanes Katrina and Rita were “insurance-market-changing” events that many US insurers say will return property insurance rates to their 2003 levels, according to a white paper released by Marsh & McLennan Cos.”Catastrophe rate increases are ranging from 10% to more than 100%,” notes the Marsh report, entitled ‘The Impact of Nature: The Aftermath of Hurricanes […]
By Canadian Underwriter | November 25, 2005
XL Capital Ltd (NYSE: XL) recently received a draft actuarial report from the Independent Actuary in connection with the Company’s post-closing protection for adverse development of net loss and unearned premium relating to it’s acquisition of specific Winterthur International insurance operations from the Winterthur Swiss Insurance Company (“WSIC”) in 2001.Initial review of the Independent Actuary’s […]
Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd. will incur a loss of $120 million before tax due to the effects of Hurricane Wilma.This represents an anticipated preliminary estimate that includes an estimated $35 million in gross losses that resulted from storm damage in Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, according to the Company. The majority of the other losses are a […]
By Canadian Underwriter | November 23, 2005
Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has taken Transatlantic Reinsurance Co. and its wholly-owned subsidiaries, Putnam Reinsurance Company and Trans ReZurich, off CreditWatch with negative implications and downgraded the company’s rating from an ‘AA’ to an ‘AA-‘.Standard & Poor’s said the outlook for these companies is stable.”We lowered the ratings because Transatlantic’s recent operating performance, albeit […]
By Canadian Underwriter | November 22, 2005
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