Performance
RLI Declares $3.00 Special Dividend and Two-for-One Stock Split
Late Thursday, RLI Corp. announced that its board of directors has declared an extraordinary cash dividend of $3.00 per share of common stock, which is expected to total approximately $65 million, ...
Tower Restating Prior Financials; ‘Going Concern’ Status in Doubt
Tower Group International Ltd. announced Thursday that it is restating previously filed audited annual consolidated financial statements for 2011 and 2012, which are contained in Tower's March 31, ...
Agent Commissions Steady But Rising Ad Costs Lift Expense Ratios: Fitch
Even though revenues have climbed for property/casualty insurers in the recent years, underwriting expense ratios "remain stubbornly high," according to a new report by Fitch Ratings. Fitch's ...
Allianz Raises 2013 Earnings Goal as Quarterly Profit Climbs
Allianz SE, Europe's biggest insurer, increased its target for full-year operating profit after third-quarter earnings rose 6.3 percent, beating analysts' estimates. Net income advanced to 1.45 ...
Swiss Re Net Beats Analyst Forecasts as Non-Life Sales Jump
Swiss Re Ltd., the world's second- biggest reinsurer, reported better than expected third-quarter profit after non-life premiums rose by a fifth. Net income fell 51 percent to $1.07 billion from a ...
‘Neutral-to-Challenging’ Market Ahead: Endurance CEO Charman
Even though Endurance Specialty Holdings will operate in a "neutral-to-challenging" insurance market over the next few years, the refocused organization will be able to compete on "relevance" rather ...
Berkshire-Hathaway Insurance Earnings Tumble in Q3
Although Berkshire Hathaway reported a 7.7 percent jump in operating income for the third-quarter of 2013, Berkshire's insurance operations saw earnings fall in the quarter. Taken together, operating ...
AIG Earnings Call Highlights: Broker Quality Scrutinized; Still Committed to ‘Aspirational Goals’
Property/casualty insurance brokers who aren't diligent about the accounts they're presenting to American International Group risk being discovered through one of the features of the carrier's ...