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  • Fast growing post-9/11 start-up Endurance reported a 72 percent surge in second quarter net income last week (26 July), booking $114.8mn, or $1.69 a share, compared to $66.8mn or $0.99 a share in the second quarter of 2003.
  • Royal & Sun Alliance completed its exit of UK life business by selling its closed operations to the “vulture fund” Resolution Life for some £850mn.
  • Ratings agency Fitch has revised its rating outlook for the global reinsurance sector to Stable from Negative.
  • It was a litigation double whammy for telecom giant Cable & (C&W) last week with the opening skirmishes in London’s Royal Courts of Justice of two commercial actions relating to its former captive insurer Pender Ltd.
  • Bermudian XL Capital delivered record first half results last Wednesday (28 July), with second quarter net income of $363.6mn, or $2.62 per share, also a record for the period, and the second most profitable quarter ever for the company, following on from
  • Despite strong underwriting results, fast growing Bermudian-based (re)insurance group White Mountains saw its second quarter earnings hit by rising interest rates, as $139mn of after-tax unrealised losses on its fixed income portfolio contributed to a $38
  • High performance Bermudian outfit Renaissance Re smashed analysts’ consensus estimates for the second quarter as it reported operating earnings per share of $2.00, against a projected $1.65, driven by strong underwriting results and favourable reserve dev
  • The Lloyd’s consolidation vehicle Capital Insurance Holdings postponed its Alternative Investment Market float last week after failing to attract sufficient support from UK investors.
  • A US court gave a green light last week for a class action lawsuit to proceed against the giant broker Aon over allegations that the firm breached its fiduciary duties by not disclosing hidden commissions.
  • Berkshire Hathaway backed Lloyd’s consolidation vehicle withdraws AIM float after failing to generate sufficient investor interest. The Insurance Insider analyses what went wrong... On a sticky Thursday afternoon in late July, the management and advis