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In its quarterly analysis of the top 16 Bermuda-based reinsurers, broker Benfield Group reports the third-quarter U.S. and Japanese hurricanes took their toll on earnings which have been persistently strong in the past few years.Net income dropped to US$3.3 billion, down 26% for the quarter, although a sign of the market’s continuing strength is highlighted […]
By Canadian Underwriter | November 28, 2004
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Swiss Re’s latest annual hurricane report says that changing social, economic and weather patterns makes the use of loss history an inadequate rating tool when determining the risk and cost of large weather related events such as hurricanes. The report notes that 2004 hurricane season generated greater storm losses in the U.S. and Caribbean, totaling […]
By Canadian Underwriter | November 25, 2004
Two recent investigations by the Insurance Corp. of B.C. (ICBC) have led to three separate people pleading guilty to filing fraudulent claims.In the first case, Cameron Louis Simpson of Surrey pled guilty and was ordered to pay $2,875 in fines and charges for filing a fraudulent accident claim. ICBC says Simpson filed a bodily injury […]
By Canadian Underwriter | November 21, 2004
U.S. insurance regulators have devised a draft of model legislation for broker disclosure of compensation.The National Association of Insurance Commissioners (NAIC) had formed a task force in response to the investigations sparked by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer into broker compensation practices and the potential for conflict of interest in contingent commissions. A Senate […]
By Canadian Underwriter | November 17, 2004
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The Canadian operation of U.K.-based Royal & SunAlliance has produced strong results for the third quarter ending September 30, 2004, with combined ratio improving to 96.3% from 99.0% a year earlier.Overall, the Canadian operation produced an underwriting profit of $10 million, a complete reversal of the $10 million underwriting loss produced for the same period […]
By Canadian Underwriter | November 14, 2004
A civil action lawsuit brought by the Insurance Corp. of British Columbia (ICBC) against several parties involved in an auto theft ring has resulted in a jury awarding the crown insurer a total of $280,500 in damages. ICBC says it will also look to recover its legal costs against the defendants.The court award, which was […]
By Canadian Underwriter | November 8, 2004
Bermuda-based ACE Ltd. announces it has fired two employees and suspended three more as a result of internal investigations sparked by the U.S. probe of broker compensation practices. ACE Casualty Risk president Geoffrey Gregory and his staffer Patricia Abrams have been let go, while the three suspended employees are not named. The company is also […]
By Canadian Underwriter | November 4, 2004
In the wake of one of the worst Atlantic hurricane seasons in recent memory, U.S. insurers have posted record third-quarter catastrophe losses, topping even 2001, according to data compiled by the Property Claim Services unit of the Insurance Services Office (ISO).The ISO says U.S. p&c insurers paid out US$21.3 billion in property catastrophe losses on […]
The total cost of asbestos-related disease in the U.K. could be 8-10 billion pounds (CDN$18-45 billion), with insurers shelling out 4-10 billion pounds (CDN$9-22.4 billion) of this loss, according to a new study.The study, released by the U.K. Actuarial Profession, says that the majority of claims will come from mesothelioma claims, where claims are set […]
By Canadian Underwriter | November 3, 2004
In its inaugural quarterly analysis of U.S. reinsurers, Benfield Group says first-half 2004 results highlight the wide gulf between the achievers and the under-performers.Based on 13 top reinsurers’ results, Benfield finds underwriting performance and net income. While the average combined ratio produced by the group was an impressive 91.5%, individual results varied from 53.3% for […]
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