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Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services has raised its counterparty credit and senior debt ratings on Arch Capital Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:ACGL) to ‘BBB+’ from ‘BBB’. At the same time, Standard & Poor’s raised its counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on operating subsidiaries Arch Reinsurance Ltd., Arch Reinsurance Co., Arch Insurance Co., Arch Specialty Insurance Co., […]
By Canadian Underwriter | May 4, 2007
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Manulife Financial Corporation has reported 2007 Q1 earnings of US$986 million, including a one-time charge of US$69 million related to an asset realignment undertaken to more appropriately position Manulife Financials assest under the new financial accounting standards that became effective Jan.1, 2007.Excluding the impact of the one-time-only cost, Manulifes net income was US$1.055 billion, and […]
By Canadian Underwriter | May 3, 2007
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Risk managers are accustomed to taking steps to protect their businesses from fires and floods, but are beginning to consider other, less tangible risks, A.M. Best reportsIn addition to traditional risks, risk managers are focusing on their companys economic, social and environmental impacts, as well as changing government regulations worldwide, the ratings agency reported in […]
Crawford & Company (NYSE: CRDA; CRDB), an independent provider of claims management solutions to insurance companies and self-insured entities, announced a 2007 Q1 profit of US$3.3 million compared to net income of US$5.8 million for the 2006 first quarter. The company announced 2007 Q1 consolidated revenues (before reimbursements) totaling US$243.6 million compared to US$201.6 million […]
By Canadian Underwriter | May 2, 2007
Commercial insurance pricing trends in 2007 Q1 seem to be in line with 2006 Q1, according to the RIMS Benchmark Survey in 2007.Directors and Officers (D&O) and workers compensation are both decreasing, proving to remain highly competitive, the survey notes. A year and a half after Hurricane Katrina, companies with properties in catastrophe-exposed regions are […]
By Canadian Underwriter | May 1, 2007
Theres a growing disconnect between risk and mitigation, and bold action must be taken to address it, a Swiss Re executive member told a panel discussion at RIMS 2007 in New Orleans.Agostino Galvagni, a member of Swiss Res executive board and head of the companys global and large risks division, outlined sponsorship of a report, […]
A panel of senior Canadian climate change experts, chaired by Dr. Gordon McBean of the Canadian Foundation for Climate and Atmospheric Sciences, called on the federal government to increase funding for research on the impact of global warming. “We need to factor climate risks into every area it is relevant,” Ian Burton, an international expert […]
April 30, 2007
In a European marriage between banking and insurance, NATIXIS, an investments and projects bank, has partnered with the White Mountains Insurance Group, Ltd., to create Pentelia Capital Management (PCM), an asset management company based in Bermuda.In addition, the two companies have closed PCMs first fund, Pentelia Limited. Pentelia Limited is a highly innovative alternative investment […]
By Canadian Underwriter | April 30, 2007
Loyalist Insurance Group reported revenue of Cdn$2.1 million in 2006, an increase from Cdn$2 million for the year ended Dec. 31, 2005. The company also reported a smaller operating loss of Cdn$50,399 in 2006, compared to the Cdn$266,040 loss it reported in 2005. In July 2006, the company sold a portion of its book of […]
By Canadian Underwriter | April 27, 2007
Top-level company executives and risk managers may not always see eye-to-eye when it comes to the risks associated with international expansion, according to the 2007 Chubb International Risk Survey. The survey was conducted jointly in March 2007 by Opinion Research Corporation, a worldwide research firm in Princeton, NJ, and the Chubb Group of Insurance Companies […]
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