Performance
SCOR Scores in the First Half of 2014
SCOR, the French reinsurance giant, said it produced healthy results in the 2014 second quarter and the first half of the year, driven, in part, by a lower level of natural catastrophes than ...
AXIS Builds Momentum With Broad Growth
AXIS Capital Holdings gave investors some cause for celebration with its midyear results. The Bermuda specialty insurer and reinsurer reported growth for its 2014 second quarter in nearly every ...
Re Results Blot W.R. Berkley’s Otherwise Soaring Financials
On the surface, at least, W.R. Berkley Corp.'s 2014 second quarter reflects a stellar array of gains in everything from gross and net premiums written to net income, operating income and improved ...
XL CEO: Distinctive Offerings, Historic Relationships Buffer Re Business
Simply put, XL Group's 2014 second quarter was both tough and solid. The property/casualty and specialty insurer and reinsurer said it lost more than $279.2 million during the period, about $1.03 per ...
The Trouble With Incentive Compensation
Incentive compensation in many organizations has evolved over recent years. What started with the intent to increase the alignment of top management with shareholder interests, later developed into a ...
QBE Forecasts Profit Decline Resulting from Latin America WC Reserve Boost
QBE Insurance Group Ltd. slumped the most in seven months after forecasting an 18 percent decline in first-half earnings due to higher claims in Latin America and competition with other insurers. Net ...
Hiscox Chair: Re Competition Hurts Pricing
Hiscox Ltd. Chairman Robert Childs said the Lloyd's of London insurer is writing less "big ticket" reinsurance as excess capital pushes rates lower. The second-largest Lloyd's insurer by market value ...
Validus CEO: Malaysia Crash Will ‘Have Implications’ For Aviation, War Markets
Validus Holdings Ltd. Chairman and CEO Ed Noonan said that the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 after a missile shot it down over the Ukraine earlier this month will likely "have implications" ...