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		<title>(XL) XL Group Plc &#8211; Bear of the Day</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/03/26/xl-xl-group-plc-bear-of-the-day/96550</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 26 Mar 2012 17:38:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We have downgraded our recommendation on XL Group Plc (XL) to Underperform from Neutral based on the weak fourth quarter performance. The company posted a loss, comparing unfavorably with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. XL delivered lower numbers largely due to higher catastrophe losses, lower levels of positive prior-year loss development and higher tax expenses. A soft property and casualty environment will continue to restrict top-line growth. Moreover, the current interest rate environment and exposure to the credit market will hurt investment income to some extent. Our six-month price target of $20.00 per share equates to about 10.8x our earnings estimate for 2012. Combined with the $0.44 per share annual dividend, this target price implies an expected total negative return of 7.1% over that period. This is consistent with our Underperform ]]></description>
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		<title>(XL) XL Group Plc &#8211; Bear of the Day</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2012/03/19/xl-xl-group-plc-bear-of-the-day-2/95661</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Mar 2012 02:15:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[We are downgrading our recommendation on XL Group Plc (XL) to Underperform from Neutral based on the weak fourth quarter performance. The company posted a loss, comparing unfavorably with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. XL delivered lower numbers largely due to higher catastrophe losses, lower levels of positive prior-year loss development and higher tax expenses. A soft property and casualty environment will continue to restrict top-line growth. Moreover, the current interest rate environment and exposure to the credit market will hurt investment income to some extent. Our six-month price target of $20.00 per share equates to about 10.8x our earnings estimate for 2012. Combined with the $0.44 per share annual dividend, this target price implies an expected total negative return of 7.1% over that period. This is consistent with our Underperform ]]></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]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACE Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RenaissanceRe Holdings Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RNR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[XL]]></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>(WRB) W. R. Berkley Enhances Shareholder Value</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/11/06/wrb-w-r-berkley-enhances-shareholder-value/86597</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 19:54:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[ALL]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Allstate Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CB]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Chubb Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Travelers Companies Inc.]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[TRV]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[W.R. Berkley Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Westar Energy Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[On November 3, 2011, property and casualty insurer W. R. Berkley Corp. (WRB) announced that its Board has increased its share repurchase authorization to 10 million shares, which translates into approximately 7% of the company’s 144.5 million outstanding shares as of September 30, 2011. The buyback increases a company’s earnings per share by reducing the number of shares outstanding and is also indicative of the fact that the company’s financial position is strong enough to enhance shareholder value. Berkley has been aggressively repurchasing shares. Since 2007, it has bought back about 30% of its outstanding shares. The latest share repurchase authorization marks such a move for the second time so far this year.  The company has taken similar action earlier in May. Berkley has been aggressively buying back shares to support ]]></description>
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		<title>(MRH) Montpelier Estimates Catastrophe Loss</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/10/17/mrh-montpelier-estimates-catastrophe-loss/85119</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Assurant Inc.]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Cinnati Financial Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Montpelier Re Holdings Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[MRH]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[The Chubb Corporation]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Tower Group Inc.]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Montpelier Re Holdings Ltd. (MRH) expects a third quarter preliminary net loss of $30 million from US catastrophes including Hurricane Irene and the Texas wildfires, $20 million from US regional aggregate covers and $10 million from the July Danish floods. Montpelier also expects to incur a loss of$10 million from the June 2011 New Zealand earthquake. The second quarter also suffered due to catastrophe losses, resulting from tornado activity in the United States in April and May. Montpelier’s second quarter operating earnings of 8 cents per share were much lower than the Zacks Consensus Estimate largely due to catastrophe losses, lower investment income and higher operating expenses. Underwriting loss in second-quarter 2011 totaled $3.8 million, comparing unfavorably with the year-ago quarter&#8217;s profit of $59.5 million. Combined ratio in the quarter ]]></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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		<category><![CDATA[ACE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACE Limited]]></category>
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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>(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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		<category><![CDATA[ACE]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[ACE Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[FSR]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[RenaissanceRe Holdings Limited]]></category>
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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>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2011/04/13/re-everest-re-group-forecasts-earthquake-and-tsunami-losses/71424#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Apr 2011 03:07:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Everest Re Group Limited]]></category>
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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>(XL) XL Capital Estimates Catastrophe Losses</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/03/27/xl-xl-capital-estimates-catastrophe-losses/31490</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Mar 2010 21:41:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week, XL Capital (XL) announced estimates for losses from two catastrophes &#8212; the earthquake in Chile and the European Windstorm Xynthia, both of which occurred during Feb 2010. The company estimated that pretax losses from Chilean earthquake will range from $140 million to $205 million, net of reinsurance and reinstatement premium. Out of the total estimate, $75 million to $85 million pertains to insurance and $65 million to $120 million pertains to reinsurance. Losses expected from Xynthia ranges from $20 million to $25 million. XL Capital has substantial exposure to losses resulting from natural and man-made disasters and other catastrophic events. XL Capital’s 2009 net losses decreased $794.1 million over 2008, primarily due to lower levels of large property risk and catastrophe losses as compared to 2008. In 2008, ]]></description>
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		<title>(XL) XL Capital Misses Earnings Expectations by a Penny</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/02/12/xl-xl-capital-misses-earnings-expectations-by-a-penny/27749</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:44:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[XL Capital’s (XL) fourth quarter earnings of 69 cents per share were only a penny short of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 70 cents. Earnings dragged due to a 72% decline in underwriting income from the Property and Casualty segment, partially offset by low operating expenses. XL Capital reported a net loss of $40.3 million, or 12 cents per ordinary share, primarily due to $254.8 million of after-tax net realized losses on investments. Last year the company had reported a loss of $4.33 per share. Losses during the quarter narrowed due to shrinking investment losses. For the full-year 2009, XL Capital reported operating earnings of $917.3 million, or $2.69 per ordinary share, compared to $840.3 million or $3.49 per share in the prior year quarter. In order to reduce its ]]></description>
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		<title>(XL) XL Capital&#8217;s Financial Strength Rating Affirmed by A.M. Best</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/01/19/xl-xl-capitals-financial-strength-rating-affirmed-by-a-m-best/25303</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jan 2010 23:44:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Limited]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Rating agency A.M. Best affirmed the rating of XL Capital’s (XL) subsidiaries with a stable outlook. It includes the affirmation of a financial strength rating (FSR) of “A-“ and an issuer credit rating (ICR) of “a-&#8221; for XL Life Ltd., FSR of “A-“ and ICR of “a-&#8221; of XL Life Insurance and Annuity Company as well as the ICR of “a-&#8221; and the debt ratings for XLLIAC Global Funding. The rating agency acknowledges XL Life’s adequate capitalization and strong support of the parent. It accounts for life insurance and reinsurance operations of the group. However, negatives to the ratings include XL Life’s thinning business profile within the group, declining premiums and unfavorable operating results. Moreover, uncertainty and volatility in the markets have led to mark-to-market adjustments and realized losses recently. ]]></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>
		<comments>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2010/01/13/xl-xl-capital-moves-corporation-to-ireland/24891#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 00:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>vitalstocks</dc:creator>
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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>(XL) XL Capital Expands in China</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/11/23/xl-xl-capital-expands-in-china/21143</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Nov 2009 05:59:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[XL Capital Ltd. (XL) last week announced its plans to expand its international operations in China. XL has received approval from the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) to start preparatory work to set up a Property and Casualty (P&#38;C) company in China. The China Insurance Regulatory Commission is an agency of China authorized by the State Council to regulate the country’s insurance products and services market and maintain legal and stable operations in the insurance industry. XL has got permission from CIRC to prepare for China operations till the second half of 2010. After the initial preparations are done, if the company receives license, it will establish an insurance subsidiary that will serve both local and international corporations in China, as well as its existing clients with operations in China. ]]></description>
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		<title>(XL) XL Capital Credit Rating Strength Reaffirmed</title>
		<link>http://www.stockbloghub.com/2009/09/10/xl-xl-capital-credit-rating-strength-reaffirmed/14830</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Sep 2009 22:12:06 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[XL Capital Group’s (XL) financial strength rating [FSR] of “A&#8221; (Excellent) and issuer credit ratings (ICR) of “a&#8221; were reaffirmed today by the rating agency A.M. Best. The outlook for all ratings is “stable&#8221;. The rating reaffirmation is followed by XL’s efforts to restructure its investment portfolio by settling with Syncora Holdings. The company had a disappointing run last year, dragged down by structured-finance losses recorded by Syncora Capital, a bond insurer, of which it was the majority owner. Last October, XL severed its ties with Syncora, a big step in setting a track to recovery. On a year-to-date basis, XL has reduced its exposure to more volatile asset classes by $3.5 billion. XL also implemented expense reduction initiatives in the second half of 2008. It has been streamlining processes ]]></description>
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