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		<title>(PNX) Insurance Industry Stock Update &#8211; February 2012 &#8211; Industry Outlook</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/02/13/pnx-insurance-industry-stock-update-february-2012-industry-outlook/91567</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 Feb 2012 17:36:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American International Group Inc]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Axis Capital Holdings Limited]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cinnati Financial Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Endurance Specialty Holdings Limited]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[HMN]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Horace Mann Educators Corporation]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Loews Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Manulife Financial Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Markel Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Meadowbrook Insurance Group Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MET]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[OneBeacon Insurance Group]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Phoenix Companies Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[ProAssurance Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Progressive Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[PRU]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Prudential Financial Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The impact of a series of natural disasters in 2011 and the ongoing economic uncertainty is still quite palpable in the performance of U.S. insurers. These impediments aside, there are fundamental challenges that are expected to come in the way insurers’ efforts to meet growing investor expectations in the upcoming quarters. Among the possible way outs of such difficulties, rising rates and pricing flexibility are primary. The overall health of the U.S. insurance industry has improved to some extent in the recent quarters, after enduring pricing pressures and reduced insured exposure for quite some time. The market turmoil resulting from the Great Recession forced many companies to take immense write-downs, but those memories are fast becoming a thing of the past. That said, continued soft market conditions, shrinking businesses, a ]]></description>
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		<title>(RLI) RLI Corporation Continues Expansion</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/01/rli-rli-corporation-continues-expansion/87675</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/12/01/rli-rli-corporation-continues-expansion/87675#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Dec 2011 15:17:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ACE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACE Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CNA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CNA Financial Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RLI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RLI Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Travelers Companies Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[RLI Corp. (RLI) continues to benefit from its business expansion drive, extensive product offerings, strong local branch network and focus on specialty insurance lines. The company scores strongly with the rating agencies and remains focused on returning value to its shareholders through dividend increase and share buybacks. However, these positives are somewhat dwarfed by RLI Corp’s exposure to cat losses and pressurized Casualty segment. We thus remain Neutral on the company. RLI Corp. is one of the industry’s most profitable property-casualty writers with a strong local branch office network, broad range of product offerings, and focus on specialty insurance lines. Also, RLI Corp. remains focused on expanding its business with diversifying into new avenues. With business expanding, the company’s gross premium written increased almost 17%. Also, underwriting profits in the third ]]></description>
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		<title>(RNR) RenaissanceRe Shares Downgraded to Underperform</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/30/rnr-renaissancere-shares-downgraded-to-underperform/87729</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/30/rnr-renaissancere-shares-downgraded-to-underperform/87729#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 19:40:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ACE Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RenaissanceRe Holdings Limited]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[XL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[XL Capital Limited]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[We have downgraded our recommendation on RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (RNR) to Underperform from Neutral based on the company’s poor operating results in the third quarter, coupled with the declining interest rate scenario, which have also led to a reduced earnings outlook for the fourth quarter of 2011. RenaissanceRe reported third quarter operating income per share of 62 cents, lagging the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 84 cents and prior-year income of $1.59. Operating income showed a sharp decline to $32.7 million from $90.9 million reported in the year-ago quarter. Natural catastrophes have been impacting the profits of RenaissanceRe since 2008. During the first half of 2011, the company was severely hit by floods in Australia, earthquake in New Zealand, earthquake and tsunami in Japan and tornadoes in the U.S. These catastrophesmade ]]></description>
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		<title>(BRKB) International Energy Agency Offers Sobering Outlook</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/12/brkb-international-energy-agency-offers-sobering-outlook/86949</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/12/brkb-international-energy-agency-offers-sobering-outlook/86949#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Nov 2011 21:46:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ACE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACE Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Baker Hughes Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[BHI]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[CAT]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Caterpillar Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FLR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fluor Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[HAL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Halliburton Company]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Joy Global Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Schlumberger Limited]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not all the important news is centered on Greece and Italy. The International Energy Agency, or IEA, this week released its World Energy Outlook. The IEA is not some wild-eyed &#8220;peak oil/global warming&#8221; fringe group. They are about as mainstream and staid a group as you are going to find. The bullet points below come from the fact sheet associated with the report (see here). I comment on the implications, particularly the investment implications after each bullet point. Major events of the last year have had an impact on short- and medium-term energy trends, but have done little to quench the world’s increasing thirst for energy in the long term. The level and pattern of energy use worldwide varies markedly across the three scenarios in this year’s World Energy Outlook ]]></description>
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		<title>(RNR) RenaissanceRe Holdings Analyst Maintains Neutral on Shares</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/09/19/rnr-renaissancere-holdings-analyst-maintains-neutral-on-shares/83510</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Sep 2011 20:23:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We reiterated our ‘Neutral’ recommendation on RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (RNR) based on the company’s earning prospects and the increasing challenges it faces in its investment portfolio. RenaissanceRe reported a second quarter operating loss of 21 cents per share, as opposed to the Zacks Consensus Estimate of operating earnings of $1.64, showing a sharp decline from operating earnings of $2.40 per share reported in the year-ago quarter. Net income plunged 88.2% to $24.8 million from $210.2 million in the prior-year quarter. Results deteriorated primarily due to high losses arising as a consequence of U.S. tornadoes. Premiums, particularly from the reinsurance business, improved, reflecting improving market conditions, but the huge catastrophe loss more than offset the improvement. On the positive side, RenaissanceRe has a strong capital position. The company has a limited ]]></description>
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		<title>(JEC) Jacobs Engineering Group Wins IARPA &amp; EDF Contracts</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/06/jec-jacobs-engineering-group-wins-iarpa-edf-contracts/78425</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/07/06/jec-jacobs-engineering-group-wins-iarpa-edf-contracts/78425#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Jul 2011 15:26:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[FLR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Fluor Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Foster Wheeler AG]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jacobs Engineering Group Inc.(JEC) announced the receipt of two significant contracts; one from the Intelligence Advanced Research Projects Activity (IARPA) and the other from EDF Energy. The contract from IARPA entitles the company to provide services under Aggregate Contingent Estimation (ACE) program for combining event forecasts from experts to improve forecast accuracy. Jacob’s Interrelated Forecasts Reflecting Models behind Experts&#8217; Decisions (INFORMED) system provides individual forecasts, based on demographic information and underlying models in order to derive estimates. Jacobs considers the new partnership with IARPA as a significant support to boost their intelligence analysis expertise. The potential value of the IARPA contract will be approximately $11 million with a one-year base period of performance and three one-year award options effective from May 25, 2011. On the other hand, EDF energy has ]]></description>
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		<title>(RLI) RLI Corporation Analyst Downgrades Shares</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/29/rli-rli-corporation-analyst-downgrades-shares/77911</link>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/29/rli-rli-corporation-analyst-downgrades-shares/77911#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jun 2011 20:52:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[CNA]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CNA Financial Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FSR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RLI]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RLI Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Travelers Companies Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are downgrading RLI Corp. (RLI) to Neutral from Outperform as its Casualty segment continues to remain under pressure owing to difficult economic conditions, especially in construction and transportation-related coverages. The Casualty segment was under pressure owing to difficult economic conditions, especially in construction and transportation-related coverages. General Liability, the largest product of the company under the Casualty segment, has remained soft over the past several quarters. Nearly 50% of the General Liability book relates to the construction industry. RLI Corp.’s Casualty business is traditionally characterized by higher combined ratios and longer-tailed liabilities, which could pressure its overall underwriting margins in the long term. This business is price sensitive and therefore the continued decay in premium rates is raising additional concerns. Also, the Surety segment is reporting basically flat premium ]]></description>
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		<title>(RLI) Rating Action on RLI Corporation</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/22/rli-rating-action-on-rli-corporation/77177</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jun 2011 01:08:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ACE Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Limited]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A.M. Best Co. has reiterated its issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a-” for RLI Corp. (RLI). The rating agency has upgraded the outlook to positive from stable. Also, A.M. Best has reiterated the debt rating of “a-” on the $100 million 5.95% senior unsecured notes, due 2014 of RLI Corp. and upgraded the outlook to positive from stable. The credit rating agency reiterated ICR of “aa-” and financial strength rating (FSR) of A+ (Superior) of RLI Group and its members. The outlook of ICR is upgraded to positive from stable while the outlook of FSR remains stable. The upward revision of the ICR outlook came on the back of solid long term operational performance, better capitalization, outstanding business profile as well as financial position. However, these positives are somewhat dwarfed ]]></description>
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		<title>(ACE) ACE Limited Sees Rating Action From A.M. Best</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/22/ace-ace-limited-sees-rating-action-from-a-m-best/77130</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Jun 2011 19:22:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[American International Group Inc]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Limited]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[A.M. Best Co. has raised the issuer credit ratings (ICR) and senior debt ratings to “a” from “a-” for ACE Limited (ACE). The outlook has been revised to stable from positive. The rating agency also raised ICR and senior debt ratings to “a” from “a-” for ACE INA Holdings Inc. Additionally, A.M. Best has raised the ICR to “aa” from “aa-” and reiterated the financial strength rating (FSR) of A+ (Superior) for ACE Bermuda Insurance Ltd., ACE Tempest Reinsurance Ltd. , ACE American Pool and its members, ACE INA Insurance. Also, A.M. Best Europe – Rating Services Limited has raised the ICR to “aa” from “aa-” and reiterated the FSR of A+ (Superior) for ACE European Group Limited. The rating agency has revised the outlook for all ICRs to stable ]]></description>
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		<title>(RNR) RenaissanceRe Holdings Raises Capital</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/06/15/rnr-renaissancere-holdings-raises-capital/75490</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Jun 2011 16:41:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. (RNR) has announced the completion of an equity capital raise of $100 million by its consolidated venture &#8211; DaVinciRe Holdings Ltd. (“DaVinci”). The capital will be raised from its new and existing investors and the raised capital will be utilized for supporting the ongoing underwriting activities of DaVinci Reinsurance Ltd., which is a subsidiary of DaVinci. DaVinci Reinsurance Ltd. principally writes property catastrophe reinsurance and certain classes of specialty reinsurance. With the completion of this financing, RenaissanceRe has been able to show its access to risk exposure, its capital strength and the ability to access and deploy third party capital position to match reinsurance capacity as per the needs of the clients. Recently in May, the rating agency A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the issuer credit ratings ]]></description>
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		<title>(RE) Everest Re Group Forecasts Earthquake and Tsunami Losses</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/13/re-everest-re-group-forecasts-earthquake-and-tsunami-losses/71424</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 03:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Everest Re Group, Ltd. (RE) guided preliminary losses from earthquake and tsunami in Japan at $320 million, pre-tax and net of reinstatement premiums and taxes. The company has forecast total industry losses of roughly $25 billion resulting from the Japanese earthquake and tsunami. ACE Ltd. (ACE) which competes with Everest Re, estimated net after-tax losses from the Japanese earthquake to range between $200 million and $250 million. Another peer, XL Group (XL) guided preliminary losses from the earthquake and tsunami in Japan to be between $190 million and $290 million, pre-tax and net of reinsurance and reinstatement premiums. Earlier, Everest Re expected preliminary first quarter 2011 pre-tax losses to range between $140 million and $210 million, owing to the deadly February 2011 New Zealand earthquake. The company also expected the ]]></description>
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		<title>(ACE) ACE Limited Approves $600 Million Share Buyback</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/12/07/ace-ace-limited-approves-600-million-share-buyback/60089</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Dec 2010 15:42:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The board of directors of ACE Limited (ACE) approved a share buyback program, wherein the company is authorized to buy back up to $600 million of its common shares through December 31, 2012. The company with an intention to offset, in whole or in part, the expected dilution from the exercise of stock options and granting of restricted stock under ACE’s equity-based incentive plans approved the buyback. This authorization also replaces the earlier share buyback program approved in November 2001, authorizing the company to buy back up to $250 million of any of its issued debt or capital securities Incorporatedluding common shares. However, no shares have been repurchased under the November 2001 authorization. Besides the share repurchase authorization, the board of directors of the company also approved a quarterly dividend ]]></description>
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		<title>(AXS) AXIS Capital Holdings Limited Gets A.M. Best Ratings Affirmed</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/11/15/axs-axis-capital-holdings-limited-gets-a-m-best-ratings-affirmed/59435</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 04:55:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rating agency A.M. Best Co. affirmed the issuer credit rating (ICR) of “bbb+” and existing debt ratings of AXIS Capital Holdings Limited (AXS). The rating agency also affirmed the financial strength rating (FSR) of A (Excellent) and ICR of “a+” of AXIS Specialty and its operating affiliates. The outlook for all ratings remains stable. A.M. Best Co. noted that AXIS’ portfolio is well diversified, both geographically and by line of business. The company operates in Bermuda, the U.S., Singapore and Europe, with a focus on specialty insurance lines including property, marine and political risk, along with property catastrophe and other specialty reinsurance coverages. The rating affirmation is based on AXIS’ consistent performance, solid risk-based capitalization, robust enterprise risk management controls and experienced management team. Also, AXIS has been delivering a ]]></description>
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		<title>(ACE) ACE Limited Increases Dividend</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/05/24/ace-ace-limited-increases-dividend/37893</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 25 May 2010 02:45:35 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The board of directors of ACE Limited (ACE) announced a 6.5% increase in the quarterly dividend as a part of the company’s consistent effort to enhance shareholder value. ACE will now pay a quarterly dividend of 33 cents ($1.32 on an annualized basis), up from 31 cents ($1.24 on an annualized basis) paid on April 12, 2010. The increased dividend will be paid on August 17, 2010, to shareholders of record as of July 27, 2010. The company intends to distribute the dollar-denominated dividend via par value reduction in four installments, thereby adjusting the amount of each quarterly dividend in Swiss francs (CHF) up or down to equal $0.33 at the time of payment, subject to an aggregate cap for the four installments of CHF 2.16. The par value of ]]></description>
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		<title>(ACE) ACE Limited Reports Earnings Losses</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/19/ace-ace-limited-reports-earnings-losses/31360</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 22:41:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, ACE Limited (ACE) announced its first quarter loss estimates related to the recent catastrophes across its geographical footprint. ACE Limited said that the losses are estimated to be approximately $125 million Incorporatedluding reinstatement premiums, for the natural disasters. This includes losses from the earthquakes in Chile and Haiti, European windstorm Xynthia, the Madeira floods in Portugal, the Australian hailstorms, U.S. winter storms and other catastrophe events across the globe. Approximately $75 million of this total amount reflects ACE Limited’s loss estimates from the earthquake in Chile and windstorm Xynthia. ACE Limited joins Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. (MRH) and AXIS Capital Holdings Limited (AXS), who have earlier this week also announced their estimates of losses from these catastrophes. Montpelier expects to incur pre-tax net losses of $75 million to $100 ]]></description>
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		<title>(ACE) ACE Limited Tops Consensus Estimates</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/04/ace-ace-limited-tops-consensus-estimates/26921</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:47:27 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[ACE Limited’s (ACE) fourth quarter earnings of $2.01 per share were well ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.93. The company posted earnings of $1.86 a share a year earlier. Results were primarily driven by an increase in premiums earned. Including net realized gains and losses, ACE  reported a net income of $953 million or $2.81 per share compared with $20 million or 6 cents per share in the year-ago quarter. The company has experienced a significant gain in investments compared to losses in the year-ago quarter. Results in the reported quarter included an investment gain of $373 million ($270 million net of tax) while the year-ago period experienced an investment loss of $644 million ($604 million net of tax). For the full year 2009, ACE reported net income of ]]></description>
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		<title>(XL) XL Capital Moves Corporation to Ireland</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/01/13/xl-xl-capital-moves-corporation-to-ireland/24891</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Insurance and reinsurance group XL Capital (XL) yesterday announced its intention of shifting its place of incorporation to Ireland from the Cayman Islands. The company has had significant operations in that country and has grown them in recent years. XL Capital would change its name to XL Group but will keep trading on the New York Stock Exchange under the existing ticker symbol “XL.&#8221; The company will continue with its registration under the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and will also maintain compliance with SEC reporting norms, reporting its financial results in U.S. dollars. The existing company’s shareholders will receive one share of the new company for every share held. Post-incorporation, the company will have to hold more than half of its board meetings in Ireland as per the ]]></description>
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		<title>(ACE) ACE Limited Issues Earnings Guidance</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/01/06/ace-ace-limited-issues-earnings-guidance/24321</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Jan 2010 00:18:59 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, ACE Ltd. (ACE) issued its earnings guidance for full fiscal 2010, which was well below the Zacks Consensus Estimate. The company expects earnings per share to range between $6.25 and $6.75 for 2010. This compares with the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $7.63 per share. ACE’s earnings guidance, however Incorporatedludes $390 million in pretax catastrophe losses ($317 million after-tax). The guidance excludes any estimate for prior-period reserve development. ACE is expected to report its fourth quarter and full year 2009 earnings after the market closes on Feb 2, 2009. According to the Zacks Consensus Estimate, the company will report earnings of $1.91 per share for fourth quarter and $8.10 per share for full fiscal 2009. In the third quarter of 2009, ACE reported operating earnings of $2.07 per share, which ]]></description>
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