CFO / Financial
The Hanover Barely Ekes Out Q2 Profit, Thanks to Losses at Lloyd’s Chaucer Arm
The Hanover Insurance Group barely eked out a profit in the 2016 second quarter; large losses and catastrophe hits sustained by its Chaucer division are generally to blame. Net income came in at $2 ...
Hartford’s ‘Difficult Stretch’ Led to Large Q2 Profit Plunge
Hartford Financial Services Group Inc. posted the third-biggest decline in the S&P 500 Index after second-quarter profit plunged on losses from auto insurance. The insurer dropped $4.08, or 9.3 ...
AIG’s U.K. Arm Adds Brexit Coverage For Anxious Execs
American International Group is coming out with new Brexit coverage in the U.K for anxious executives, barely weeks after the fateful British vote to pull out of the European Union. AIG division AIG ...
Chubb Takes Q2 Storm Hit; CEO Greenberg Slams Protectionism, Anti-Immigation Politics
Chubb Ltd. weathered claims from major storms in Texas and other U.S. states, Canadian wildfires and earthquakes in Japan and Ecuador in the second quarter to record solid operating results. ...
JLT Re: Buyers Should Put Resilient Reinsurance Cycle to Good Use
Despite proclamations by some observers that the reinsurance cycle is dead, JLT Re says, reports of its demise are greatly exaggerated – and now is the time for buyers to use the cycle, and ...
Post-Brexit, Ireland Moves Quickly to Lure UK Financial Jobs
Irish recruiters are already filling jobs for financial services firms which are shifting some operations from the United Kingdom, with Dublin moving fast to steal a march on rivals just a month ...
Everest Re’s Q2 Net Income Battered by Catastrophe Costs, Investment Declines
Bermuda-based Everest Re Group Ltd. reported second quarter 2016 net income of $155.7 million, or $3.67 per diluted common share, compared to net income of $209.1 million, or $4.68 per diluted common ...
The Hartford Will Sell U.K. P/C Runoff Subsidiaries to Catalina
The Hartford has found a buyer for its U.K. property/casualty runoff subsidiaries, capping a process that began in 1993. Catalina Holdings UK Ltd. will buy the insurer's Downlands Liability ...