Latest Reinsurance Headlines

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Best Affirms ACE Belgian Sub ‘A’ Rating

Nov 17 2003 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the ‘A’ (Excellent) financial strength rating of ACE Europe’s Belgian subsidiary, ACE Insurance S.A. – NV, with a stable outlook.“The rating...

Fitch Reports P/C Insurers’ Credit Exposure from Reinsurance Increases; Disputes Grow but Stay Small Relative to Surplus

Nov 14 2003 // U.S.-based insurers’ reinsurance credit exposures have increased significantly during a period in which the credit quality of the reinsurance industry has deteriorated, according to a new research report published by...

SCPIE Holdings Announces Third-Quarter and Nine-Month Results

Nov 13 2003 // SCPIE Holdings Inc., a provider of healthcare liability insurance, reported results for its third quarter and nine months ended Sept. 30, 2003.For the 2003 third quarter, SCPIE reported a net loss of $14.8 million, or...

Moody’s: Wildfires Will Hurt Insurers’ Bottom Line

Nov 12 2003 // Moody’s Investors Service said in a statement that it does not expect its ratings or outlook on the U.S. personal lines insurance sector as a whole to be impacted solely by the recent spate of California...

A.M. Best Affirms Financial Strength and Debt Ratings of Odyssey Re

Nov 10 2003 // A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the financial strength ratings of A (Excellent) of Odyssey Reinsurance Group (Wilmington, Del.).In addition, A.M. Best has assigned the financial strength rating of A (Excellent) to Hudson...

SCOR Posts $400 Million Nine-month Loss; Rating Agencies React

Nov 7 2003 // France’s SCOR Group, the world’s seventh largest reinsurer, announced a nine-month loss of 349 million euros ($400 million), prompting both A.M. Best and Moody’s to place their ratings on the company and...

Best Affirms Korean Re ‘A-‘ Rating

Nov 7 2003 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has affirmed the financial strength rating of A- (Excellent) of Korean Reinsurance Company (KRIC) with a stable outlook.“The rating reflects the company’s significant improvement...

AXIS Reports $147 Million Q3 Net

Nov 6 2003 // Another of Bermuda’s newer insurers, AXIS Capital, has reported excellent third quarter results. The company announced that its net income for the period rose to $147 million, or $0.90 per diluted share, compared to...

ri3k Announces New Global Infrastructure

Nov 6 2003 // Following its preliminary announcement last September, London-based ri3k, the leading provider of computer-based data processing and accounting for the reinsurance industry, announced the launch of Version 2.0 of its...

EMC Posts Record 3Q Growth

Nov 6 2003 // Des Moines, Iowa-based carrier EMC Insurance Group Inc. reported operating income of 49 cents per share for the third quarter ended Sept. 30, 2003, compared to 46 cents per share for the third quarter of 2002.Operating...

Savannah Reinsurance Underwriting Management to License CATEX System

Nov 5 2003 // CATEX announced that MGU Savannah Reinsurance Underwriting Management, LLC, a member of the Georgia-based Palmer & Cay group of companies, has agreed to license a CATEX web-based Reinsurance Transaction System based...

Best Lowers Clarendon Insurance Group ratings to ‘A-‘

Nov 5 2003 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has downgraded the financial strength rating to ‘A-‘ (Excellent) from ‘A’ (Excellent) of Clarendon Insurance Group of Wilmington, Del. and its P/C affiliates. The...

Texas’ Underwriters MGA Wages Fight Against GE Re

Nov 3 2003 // Texas-based Underwriters MGA (UMGA), a Texas- based corporation with offices in Hidalgo County, announced it has filed a court petition to reclaim millions of dollars in revenues the company said it lost as a result of...

The Reinsurance World 2003 – Capacity, Profitability and ‘The Cycle’

Nov 3 2003 // A year ago the reinsurance world had an optimistic side most companies had survived their exposures to 9/11 and premiums were rising. A pessimistic side reflected a 25 percent decline in capacity, thus limiting new...

NAII’s Annual Meeting Features Celebrity Speakers, Wheeling and Dealing

Nov 3 2003 // Where do you go to see a best-selling business author, a folksy economist, wisecracking political pundits, a college football star turned ex-Congressman and a bona fide American military hero? The National Association of...

The Reinsurance World 2003 – Capacity, Profitability and ‘The Cycle’

Nov 3 2003 // A year ago the reinsurance world had an optimistic side most companies had survived their exposures to 9/11 and premiums were rising. A pessimistic side reflected a 25 percent decline in capacity, thus limiting new...

Old American Gets New Life Under SB 14

Nov 3 2003 // Since 1946, Dallas-based Old American County Mutual Fire Insurance Co. has stayed true to a simple business philosophy: Provide reasonably priced insurance on a reasonable payment schedule for difficult risks. Much has...

NAII’s Annual Meeting Features Celebrity Speakers, Wheeling and Dealing

Nov 3 2003 // Where do you go to see a best-selling business author, a folksy economist, wisecracking political pundits, a college football star turned ex-Congressman and a bona fide American military hero? The National Association of...

Best Downgrades Hannover Re, HDI

Oct 31 2003 // A.M. Best Co. announced that it has downgraded the financial strength rating of Hannover Rueckversicherung AG (Hannover Re) and its core subsidiaries to A (excellent) from A+ (superior). It also downgraded the financial...

Converium Posts $44.3 Million Q3 Net Income

Oct 28 2003 // Swiss-based Converium Holding Ltd. reported third quarter net income of $44.3 million on net premiums written of $887.4 million, beating analysts’ forecasts, and reversing the $5.6 million loss it reported during the...