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  • Property and casualty insurer Ace saw net income rise to $1.4bn in the first half of the year, against $1.1bn in H1 2009, despite total catastrophe losses doubling.
  • Underwriting has become key to insurers profitability in the current low-yield financial environment, according to Swiss Re’s latest Sigma report. The report found that the non-life insurance industry posted sound underwriting profits in 2004. Over...
  • The successful launch of US insurer Chubb Group's latest $200mn cat bond, East Lane Re II, is a validation of indemnity triggers as a viable structure for cat bonds.
  • Bermudian (re)insurer Endurance Specialty Holdings suffered a drop in net income for the second quarter after it was hit by an $84mn increase in its losses from last year’s big three hurricanes.
  • Warren Buffett is backing a newly created company Capital Insurance Holdings to become a dominant force in the quoted Lloyd's sector... The Lloyd's insurance sector faces an unprecedented bout of consolidation fever, if Berkshire Hathaway's strategy to
  • WTC leaseholder Silverstein Properties and world’s largest reinsurer Swiss Re have been in court in recent weeks to decide whether the 9/11 attacks amounted to one event or two.
  • White Mountains raises storms bill by $200mn; Imagine heads for court date with former CEO; River Re licensed in Barbados; Glacier Re mounts defence of under review rating; NAIC vote moves to end US collateral requirements; et al.
  • Embattled insurance giant AIG has pointed the figure at its former management for contributing to a mountain of accounting errors and “inappropriate transactions” that over-stated its book value by some $2.7bn.
  • UK-quoted Randall and Quilter Investment Holdings (R&Q) has issued an upbeat business prognosis as it looks to build on its recent acquisition trail, with Solvency II holding out more opportunities in Europe.
  • Despite a stellar set of 2008 results that include a 13 percent rise in pre-tax profits, RSA is to cut 1,200 jobs in the UK by mid 2010 as part of a £70mn cost cutting exercise.