CFO / Financial
CNA Lost $70M in Q4, Dragged Down by Life & Group Results
CNA Financial Corp. lost $70 million in its 2015 fourth quarter, an outcome shaped in part by declining investments and its Life & Group results. The Illinois-based property/casualty insurer ...
P/C Net Income Soared in Much of 2015; Investments Remained a Struggle
Property/casualty insurers saw their net income and profitability soar during the first nine months of 2015, though the challenging investment environment reduced yields. Those findings are part of a ...
P/C Insurance Commercial Rates Dropped 4 Percent in January
Rates for commercial property/casualty insurance fell 4 percent in the first month of the new year, continuing a downward trend that is unlikely to halt anytime soon, according to Richard Kerr, CEO ...
Insurers Kept Their Faith in Allianz’s PIMCO During Transition
While investors pulled funds from Pacific Investment Management Co. in the wake of co-founder Bill Gross's departure, yield-hungry insurance companies kept faith with the company. "Last year the ...
The Hanover Sees Dip in Q4 Net Income; OneBeacon Ends Year in Black
A competitive and challenging market left The Hanover Insurance Group with lower net income and net premiums written in 2015. OneBeacon Insurance Group also saw lower net premiums written, after ...
AXIS Surges in Premiums Written, but Net Income Declines
For AXIS Capital Holdings, Ltd., the 2015 fourth quarter represented a last-minute surge of sorts. After an otherwise down year in terms of gross and net written premiums, both spiked higher in Q4, ...
Cyber Attack Continues to Disrupt HSBC’s Online Banking
HSBC Holdings Plc said its U.K. online banking continues to be affected by a cyber attack that started earlier on Friday, the second time the bank's online services have been disrupted in Britain ...
Validus Saw Net Income Plunge in Q4 in Competitive Market
Validus Holdings saw its income plunge in the 2015 fourth quarter Chairman and CEO Ed Noonan said, however, that the Bermuda-based insurance and reinsurance holding enjoyed premium gains in some ...