September 2004/5

Lloyd's insurer GoshawK laid out its pitch as a successful ongoing business in its latest set of interims with post-tax Group profits of $10.0mn or earnings per share of 5.8 cents against a $50.9mn or 29.1 cents per share loss in the same period a year ea

US storms set to hit 3Q earnings with industry losses set to rise above $20bn The state of Florida took yet another battering this week in what is turning out to be one of the worst hurricane seasons on record. This time it was the turn of Hurricane J

Embattled reinsurer Converium is close to carrying through a heavily discounted $420mn rights issue that the company hopes will enable it to continue trading as an independent entity.

Expanding post-9/11 start-up Endurance Specialty has been quick to move in on opportunities presented by the demise of Converium's US operations as it announced last week (23 September) that it was buying up the Swiss reinsurer's successful agricultural r