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Arch Warns Q4 Pretax Cat Losses Could Reach $130 Million
Arch Capital Group Ltd. is warning that it faces between $110 million to $130 million in pretax catastrophe losses for the 2018 fourth quarter. The Bermuda-based insurer and reinsurer blamed the ...
AXIS Estimates Pre-Tax California Wildfire Losses Could Hit $150M
AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. predicts between $125 million and $150 million in pre-tax losses for the 2018 fourth quarter stemming primarily from California wildfires. AXIS said that the preliminary ...
Allstate Warns Q4 Results Will Dip From California Cat and Pension Settlement Losses
Allstate warned that catastrophe losses stemming from this fall's California wildfires and a pension settlement will do significant damage to its 2018 fourth quarter financial results. The ...
The Hartford Warns of Up to $365M in Pretax Losses From Wildfires, Hurricane Michael
The Hartford said it will see between $350 million and $365 million in Q4 2018 pre-tax catastrophe losses from California's Camp and Woolsey fires as well as Hurricane Michael. After tax, the net ...
Expect at Least $2.5B in Insured Losses From Calif. Woolsey Fire: AIR Worldwide
Catastrophe risk modeling firm AIR Worldwide estimates at least $2.5 billion in insured losses from the Woolsey Fire in Southern California. AIR said that its estimate of insured losses is based on ...
U.S. P/C Industry Nine Month Results Continue Rebound Toward Big Profits: A.M. Best
The U.S. property/casualty insurance industry's net underwriting income has so far swung from a massive loss in 2017 to substantial profit, according to a new A.M. Best report. Carriers booked $3.5 ...
AIG Loses Money Again, With Natural Disaster Costs to Blame
Catastrophe losses in Japan and North America pushed American International Group to a net loss of $1.3 billion for the third quarter of 2018 compared to a net loss of $1.7 billion in the prior-year ...
Mudslides Following Typhoon Yutu Devastation in Phillippines Kill 10 People
At least 10 people were killed and about 20 are missing in a trail of landslides in the mountainous region of northern Philippines after the devastation caused by Typhoon Yutu, according to ...