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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>
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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>(ACGL) Company News for April 05, 2011 &#8211; Corporate Summary</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/05/acgl-company-news-for-april-05-2011-corporate-summary/70699</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 05 Apr 2011 21:01:15 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[• According to a report, Vodafone Group PLC (NASDAQ:VOD) is selling its 44% stake in French mobile phone company SFR to Vivendi in a deal worth about $11.3 billion • Shares of Pfizer (NYSE:PFE) gained 0.79% to close at $20.54 after the company agreed to sell its Capsugel unit to KKR &#38; Co. (NYSE:KKR) for nearly $2.4 billion • Texas Instruments (NYSE:TXN) and National Semiconductor (NYSE:NSM) announced they have signed a definitive agreement under which the former will acquire National for $25 per share in an all-cash transaction of a deal worth approximately $6.5 billion • Shares of Arch Capital Group Ltd. (NASDAQ:ACGL) added $1.49 in afternoon trading, to touch $102.01 after Citi analysts upgraded the company from &#8220;Hold&#8221; to &#8220;Buy&#8221; and lifted its target price from $94 to $121 • Citi upgraded Axis Capital ]]></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>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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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>(TWGP) Tower Group Announces First Quarter Catastrophe Loss Estimates</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/04/01/twgp-tower-group-announces-first-quarter-catastrophe-loss-estimates/32645</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Apr 2010 21:34:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Property and casualty insurer Tower Group Inc (TWGP) today announced its estimation for first quarter 2010 catastrophe loss. The company approximated a total after-tax catastrophe loss from the northeast storm in the range of $7.2 million to $9.1 million according to preliminary estimates. Prior to this, the company had suffered from Hurricane Ike that occurred in the third quarter of 2008, in the Gulf of Mexico area, causing $1.8 million in net losses. Catastrophe losses adversely affect combined ratio, a measure of insurers’ profitability. Tower Group’s combined ratio was 94.7% at the end of fourth quarter 2009. At the time of the earnings release, management announced its expectation for combined ratio to come down to 92% for the first two quarters of 2010, before shrinking further, to 90% levels. The ]]></description>
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		<title>(AXS) AXIS Capital Holdings Prices Senior Notes</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/25/axs-axis-capital-holdings-prices-senior-notes-2/31585</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:56:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. (AXS) has priced a $500 million offering of senior notes last Thursday. The 5.875% senior notes are due 2020. The notes were offered by its indirect, wholly owned subsidiary, AXIS Specialty Finance LLC. The company intends to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes. A.M. Best Co. has assigned a debt rating of “bbb+&#8221; to the senior notes. The senior notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by AXIS Capital. The outlook assigned is “stable&#8221;. Barclays Capital Inc. (BCS), Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. of Deutsche Bank (DB) and Wells Fargo Securities LLC of Wells Fargo and Company (WFC) were the joint book-running managers for the offering. Last week, AXIS Capital also provided its preliminary loss estimates from the earthquake in Chile and the European Windstorm Xynthia. The ]]></description>
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		<title>(AXS) AXIS Capital Holdings Prices Senior Notes</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/25/axs-axis-capital-holdings-prices-senior-notes/31615</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Mar 2010 21:40:32 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. (AXS) has priced a $500 million offering of senior notes last Thursday. The 5.875% senior notes are due 2020. The notes were offered by its indirect, wholly owned subsidiary, AXIS Specialty Finance LLC. The company intends to use the proceeds for general corporate purposes. A.M. Best Co. has assigned a debt rating of “bbb+&#8221; to the senior notes. The senior notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed by AXIS Capital. The outlook assigned is “stable&#8221;. Barclays Capital Inc. (BCS), Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. of Deutsche Bank (DB) and Wells Fargo Securities LLC of Wells Fargo and Company (WFC) were the joint book-running managers for the offering. Last week, AXIS Capital also provided its preliminary loss estimates from the earthquake in Chile and the European Windstorm Xynthia. The ]]></description>
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		<title>(MXGL) Max Capital Group Publishes Preliminary Losses</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/23/mxgl-max-capital-group-publishes-preliminary-losses/31493</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Mar 2010 17:50:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, Max Capital Group Ltd. (MXGL) announced its preliminary loss estimates from the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile, European Windstorm Xynthia and the Australian hailstorms. Max Capital expects to incur combined pre-tax net losses of $10 million to $20 million from the earthquake in Chile and Xynthia windstorm. The estimates of Max Capital are net of reinstatement premiums. Like other insurers, Max had a hard catastrophe year in 2008 while 2009 came as a respite, which affected the company’s underwriting income favorably. However, experts say that 2010 could be a different story. The catastrophe losses early during the year are expected to drain the company’s first quarter 2010 earnings. Estimate Revisions Over the last 30 days as well as last 7 days, the stock of Max Capital has not ]]></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>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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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>(MRH) Montpelier Re Holdings Predicts Initial Chile Earthquake Losses</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/17/mrh-montpelier-re-holdings-predicts-initial-chile-earthquake-losses/30945</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:29:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. (MRH) announced its preliminary loss estimates from the 8.8 magnitude earthquake in Chile, European Windstorm Xynthia and the Australian hailstorms. Montpelier expects to incur pre-tax net losses of $75 million to $100 million from the earthquake in Chile. Additionally, the company estimates its combined pre-tax net losses from European Windstorm Xynthia and the Australian hailstorms to be less than $10 million. The estimates of Montpelier are net of reinstatement premiums. Earlier this week, AXIS Capital Holdings Limited (AXS) also announced that it expects to incur net losses of $60 million to $125 million for the earthquake. In addition, AXIS Capital’s initial estimate of losses from the European Windstorm Xynthia ranges between $10 million and $20 million. The net loss estimates are provided on a pre-tax ]]></description>
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		<title>(AXS) AXIS Capital Holdings Predicts Preliminary Losses</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/16/axs-axis-capital-holdings-predicts-preliminary-losses/30770</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:27:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday, AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. (AXS) provided its preliminary loss estimates from the earthquake in Chile and the European Windstorm Xynthia. AXIS Capital announced that it expects to incur net losses between $60 million and $125 million for the earthquake. The 8.8 magnitude earthquake that occurred off the coast of the Maule Region of Chile on Feb 27 has left over 497 dead and hundreds missing. Industry insured losses for the earthquake is estimated between $4 billion and $8 billion. In addition, AXIS Capital’s initial estimate of losses from the European Windstorm Xynthia ranges between $10 million and $20 million. Industry losses for the storm are projected between $2 billion and $4 billion. The net loss estimates are provided on a pre-tax basis and net of reinstatement premiums. Xynthia, the ]]></description>
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		<title>(AXS) AXIS Capital Holdings Tops Analyst Consensus</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/15/axs-axis-capital-holdings-tops-analyst-consensus/28004</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Feb 2010 23:27:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[AXIS Capital Holdings Ltd. (AXS) reported fourth-quarter earnings of $1.83 per share, well ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.31. This was primarily due to higher-than-expected revenue driven by investment income Incorporatedreased premiums and low catastrophes. The company earned $1.09 per share a year ago. However, adjusting for net realized investment losses and for its associated tax impact, the company reported a net income of $282 million or $1.87 per share, up from $131 million or 88 cents per share in the prior-year period. For full year 2009, AXIS Capital reported a net income of $461 million or $3.07 per share, compared with $351 million or $2.26 per share in the prior year. Gross premiums written were $574 million, up 9% year over year. Net premiums earned increased 8% ]]></description>
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