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RSA announces record current year underwriting profit
27th February 2020
RSA Insurance Group has announced a current year underwriting profit of £314 million for 2019, representing growth of £229 million when compared with the prior-year while the total group underwriting result increased by almost 39% to £346 million. Excluding exit portfolios, RSA's underwriting profit reached £405 million in 2019, while the ... Read the full article
FedNat posts 122.1% combined ratio off adverse development
27th February 2020
Florida-based primary insurer FedNat Holding Company has reported a fourth-quarter combined ratio of 122.1%, up 3.8 points from the prior year quarter and representing 4.7 points of net catastrophe losses, 12.6 points of adverse development and 5.3 points from current accident year reserve strengthening. FedNat had previously warned that it ... Read the full article
SCOR posts higher income but nat cats hit P&C result
27th February 2020
French reinsurer SCOR has reported a rise in net income for the full year 2019 to €422 million and a net combined ratio of 99%. However, a high level of natural catastrophe activity pushed its Global P&C segment to an underwriting loss in the fourth-quarter. Overall, Group net income increased by ... Read the full article
Investment gain offsets dip in underwriting at ProSight in Q4
25th February 2020
A strong investment result in the fourth-quarter of 2019 more than offset a decline in underwriting income at ProSight Global, Inc., helping the company record an increase in net income from continuing operations to $14.7 million. The firm's net income for the quarter improved on the $13.5 million recorded for the ... Read the full article
Argo reports operating loss, unfavourable reserve development
25th February 2020
Bermuda domiciled insurer and reinsurer Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd. has reported a net loss of more than $103 million for the fourth-quarter of 2019, and a combined ratio of almost 127%. The company announced earlier this month that its fourth-quarter results were likely to include an underwriting loss, with ... Read the full article
Berkshire Hathaway’s reinsurance division falls to loss in 2019
22nd February 2020
Berkshire Hathaway's insurance earnings dipped in 2019 as reinsurance related businesses suffered and dragged that segment of the Warren Buffett owned conglomerate to a loss for the year. The Berkshire Hathaway Reinsurance Group fell to an underwriting loss of -$1.472 billion for 2019, worse than 2018's -$1.109 billion. Impacting the insurance and ... Read the full article
AGCS reserve strengthening stunts Allianz’ P&C performance
21st February 2020
Global insurer Allianz has seen its property and casualty segment full year results negatively impacted following €600 million of reserve strengthening within Allianz Global Corporate & Specialty SE (AGCS). AGCS was also afflicted by lower operating investment income, although this was partly compensated by an improved expense ratio. As a result, the ... Read the full article
James River post $20.5mn net income amid robust Q4 results
21st February 2020
James River Group Holdings, the Bermuda-based insurance holdings company, has posted a fourth quarter 2019 net income of $20.5 million, up from $11.6 million in the prior year quarter. The firm’s gross written premiums reached $375 million in Q4, representing a 27% increase from the same period in 2018. Excess and surplus ... Read the full article
Ping An grows profits by 36%, helped by tech investments
21st February 2020
Ping An Insurance (Group) of Company of China, Ltd. has reported 36.5% growth in net profits in 2019, helped by its technology and data focused transformation strategy. Net profit totalled RMB 164,365 million (US $23.4 billion) for the year, while operating profit similarly rose 18.1% to RMB 132,955 million ($18.9 billion). The ... Read the full article
United Insurance posts $30mn loss after “tough year”
21st February 2020
United Insurance Holdings Corp (UPC Insurance) has posted a $29.9 million loss for 2019, following what President and CEO John Forney described as a “tough year” for the company. Core income also fell to a loss of $46.2 million, compared to $17.3 million in the previous year. Net income in 2018 ... Read the full article
Reinsurance growth helps Global Indemnity return to black
21st February 2020
Specialty property and casualty re/insurer Global Indemnity returned to the black in 2019, posting net income of $70 million for the year, versus a net loss of $56.7 million in 2018. Performance was helped by a 18.9% increase in net written premiums, which totalled $562.1 million for the twelve-month period. Notably, this ... Read the full article
Alleghany president sees bright future for TransRe despite 2019 loss
21st February 2020
Despite a modest underwriting loss in 2019, Alleghany president Weston Hicks has praised TransRe’s “deep reservoir of underwriting expertise” and believes the end of a competitive downturn in the global property and casualty reinsurance industry will result in improved market conditions in 2020 and beyond. TransRe recorded an underwriting loss ... Read the full article
IRB Brasil Re boosts income by 45% in 2019
20th February 2020
Brazilian reinsurer IRB Brasil Resseguros SA (IRB Brasil Re) has announced that its net income increased 45% to 1.764 billion reais (US $400 million). Up from 1.219 billion reais in 2018, the result marks several years of consistently improving performance for the company. The fourth quarter of 2019 was by far the ... Read the full article
TransRe typhoon losses weigh heavily on Alleghany results
20th February 2020
Investment holding company Alleghany Corporation has posted an underwriting profit of just $33 million for 2019, weighed down by catastrophe losses incurred by its reinsurance arm, Transatlantic Reinsurance Company (TransRe). TransRe recorded an underwriting loss of $40.9 million for the year after being hit by $301 million of catastrophe losses, mostly ... Read the full article
AXA posts 75% net income jump for 2019, XL’s revenue hits €18.7bn
20th February 2020
French insurance and investment giant AXA saw its net income in 2019 jump 75% to €3.9 billion, with growth seen across all lines of business and geographies. This considerable jump in net income was mainly driven by a goodwill impairment of €3 billion related to Equitable Holdings in 2018. Underlying earnings increased ... Read the full article
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