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News on reinsurance and insurance company quarterly and annual results or reporting. Detailing news on the financial performance of insurance and reinsurance underwriting companies and brokers.
Early signs of greater market discipline: Lancashire CEO, Maloney
2nd May 2019
The insured catastrophe loss experience of the past two years has demonstrated that rates in many lines of business had fallen too low, but signs of greater market discipline are starting to show, according to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Lancashire Holdings Limited, Alex Maloney. Following a prolonged soft reinsurance ... Read the full article
Watford reports $6mn underwriting loss in Q1
1st May 2019
Watford Holdings Ltd, the parent company of Bermudian reinsurer Watford Re, has reported an underwriting loss of $6.0 million for the first quarter of 2019. This compares with a loss of $1.3 million for the same period in 2018, with the decline in performance attributable to a 4.2% increase in Watford’s ... Read the full article
Operating revenues up but combined ratio weakens at Markel in Q1
1st May 2019
Markel Corporation saw its operating revenues increase by $900 million to $2.5 billion for the first-quarter of 2019, while net income also improved year-on-year, to $576 million. The insurer and reinsurer has announced its results for the first-quarter of 2019, which shows that alongside improved operating revenues and net income, Markel's ... Read the full article
Arch’s reinsurance income sinks 62% in Q1 as Jebi loss creep bites
1st May 2019
Bermuda-based re/insurance firm Arch Capital Group has reported a 61.9% drop in underwriting income for its reinsurance segment during the first quarter of 2019, partly driven by $16 million of loss creep from Typhoon Jebi. Underwriting income for Arch’s reinsurance operations totalled $20.9 million in Q1 2019, down from $54.8 million ... Read the full article
Chubb CEO praises “best markets in years”, posts $1bn Q1 net income
1st May 2019
Evan Greenberg, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Chubb, has described US commercial, London wholesale and certain other international markets as the “best we have seen in a number of years.” His remarks come as the global insurer today posted a $1 billion net income for the first quarter of 2019, ... Read the full article
Argo posts first quarter net income of $91.2m, a 240% increase from Q1 2018
30th April 2019
Specialty re/insurer Argo Group International Holdings has posted a net income for the first quarter of 2019 of $91.2 million, a 270% increase from Q1 2018, and a 109% jump from the previous quarter. Gross Written Premiums grew 7.1% to $760.8 million, compared to $710.5 million for the the same quarter ... Read the full article
Premiums, income up at RGA in Q1 2019
30th April 2019
Reinsurance Group of America (RGA) increased its net premiums to $2.7 billion in the first-quarter of 2019 when compared with the prior year quarter, as net income jumped to $169.5 million. The global life reinsurer saw its net premiums increase 6% in the quarter, with adverse net foreign currency effects of ... Read the full article
R&Q’s 2018 profits up 45% to £14.3m despite deferred legacy deals
29th April 2019
Randall & Quilter (R&Q), the Bermuda-based program underwriting management and legacy acquisitions specialist, has posted 2018 pre-tax profits for continuing operations of £14.3 million, a 45% increase from the previous year. Meanwhile, R&Q’s continuing operating profit rose from £14.3 million in 2017 to £18.5 million. This comes despite a number of legacy ... Read the full article
QIC grows profits by 15% in Q1 with more cautious underwriting
29th April 2019
Qatar Insurance Company (QIC) has reported a net profit of USD $75 million for the first quarter of 2019, representing a 15% increase from the same period in 2018, driven by improved underwriting results and resilient investment income. In Q1 2019, QIC adopted a more restrictive and selective approach to new ... Read the full article
Aon profits up in Q1 with 9% income boost
26th April 2019
Global insurance and reinsurance broker Aon grew its operating income by 9% to $872 million in the first quarter of 2019, partly due to strong organic revenue growth in its Commercial Risk Solutions and Reinsurance Solutions businesses. Operating income also improved by 8% on an adjusted basis due to organic revenue ... Read the full article
SCOR’s net income drops -21% in Q1, as typhoon loss creep bites
26th April 2019
French global reinsurance player SCOR has reported net income of EUR 131 million for the first-quarter of 2019, which is 21% lower than the prior year thanks to a EUR 53 million dent made by loss creep from Japanese typhoons Jebi and Trami. Loss creep looks set to become one of ... Read the full article
Universal’s operating income drops in Q1 due to higher losses
25th April 2019
Florida-based property and casualty (P&C) insurer Universal Insurance Holdings, Inc. has posted its results for the first quarter of 2019, which show a 20.5% drop in adjusted operating income due primarily to a $37.17 million increase in losses and loss adjustment expenses. Universal’s combined ratio was 87.2% in Q1 2019, compared ... Read the full article
AXIS results hit by Japanese typhoon loss creep & higher expenses
25th April 2019
Bermudian insurance and reinsurance group AXIS Capital has reported first-quarter 2019 results that were dented by $30 million of loss creep related to Japanese typhoons Jebi and Trami, as well as higher than expected expenses. AXIS Capital has reported net income of $98 million, or $1.16 per diluted common share, for ... Read the full article
Reinsurance supports premium growth, improved combined ratio for Travelers in Q1
18th April 2019
U.S. primary insurer Travelers has announced net written premium growth of 3% and an improved underlying combined ratio of 91.6% for the first-quarter of 2019, driven by a new catastrophe reinsurance treaty. Travelers' Q1 2019 results announcement reveals net income of $796 million and core income of $755 million, up 19% ... Read the full article
Weather events to impact Q1 re/insurance results: Buckingham Research Group
17th April 2019
The Buckingham Research Group is anticipating a “relatively choppy” catastrophe load for re/insurers in the first quarter of 2019 due to the impact of severe weather, winter weather and flooding. Events like the March flooding in the Midwest U.S could generate economic losses of $4.25 billion, according to estimates from ... Read the full article