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Amid another relatively light period for major catastrophe losses, US-listed P&C companies have largely surpassed analysts' earnings forecasts during this year's first quarter reporting season
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Operating returns for US insurance giants Ace, Chubb and Travelers came under pressure during the first quarter of 2015 due to foreign currency headwinds, lower investment income and US winter weather losses.
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With three of the US P&C industry's bellwether carriers reporting last week, it was inevitable that pricing would again be the focus of conversation on the firms' Q1 earnings calls.
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The US commercial P&C insurance market continued to soften during the first quarter of 2015 as pricing across all account sizes fell by 2.3 percent on average, the latest Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers (CIAB) survey has revealed.
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The Insider 30 index was up 6.25 percent in the first quarter of the year, marking a dramatic turnaround from the 3.09 percent fall in the same period of 2014...
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The market is still waiting to see how Axis will respond to the gauntlet laid down by the Agnelli family last week when it submitted a $6.4bn all-cash counter bid for PartnerRe almost three months after the two Bermudians struck their deal.
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Share price data on The Insurance Insider's universe of P&C (re)insurers
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Insurance CIOs struggling to find capital-efficient returns for their portfolios are being approached about a tool that could provide hedge fund-like returns at a fraction of the cost.
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Commercial P&C stocks are trading at a premium to book value that is "unwarranted" based on an outlook for deteriorating returns on equity (RoEs), according to JP Morgan's Sarah DeWitt.
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With the P&C sector in the grip of M&A fever, the upcoming first quarter earnings season might appear to some to have been relegated to little more than a sideshow.
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PartnerRe should consider paying a $7.50 a share special dividend to its existing shareholders at the close of the proposed merger with Axis, said BMO Capital Markets analyst Charles Sebaski.
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Lloyd's pre-tax profits remained flat in 2014 as lighter cat losses, continued reserve releases and better investment returns kept its profitability above the £3bn mark.
