Aspen Insurance Holdings

• Aspen Q4 Profit Falls 85%

  By Staff Writer  |  February 7, 2012

  Aspen Insurance Holdings says it posted after-tax net income of $13.5 million for the 2011 fourth quarter on $101.5 million of net losses from natural catastrophes occurring during the fourth quarter and increases to previous 2011 catastrophe estimates.

• 3Q Earnings: Catastrophes Continue to Plague Insurers’ Results

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com, Mark E. Ruquet  |  November 4, 2011

  Third-quarter results are rolling in, and the theme remains the same as it has been throughout the year: Catastrophe losses are dragging down profits.

• 3Q Earnings: Loss for Endurance; 76% Drop for Aspen, Validus

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 28, 2011

  Results were not good for Bermuda-based insurance companies reporting third-quarter results late Thursday.

• Vitale: Return of Buffer Liability Signals Change in Surplus Lines Market

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 18, 2011

  There are “little signs” that the surplus-lines marketplace is turning, says Mario Vitale of Aspen U.S. Insurance.

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  Jan. 1 Cat Rates To Soar; Bermuda Execs At Odds On Fla., New Zealand Opportunities

  By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 12, 2011

  Even as Bermuda executives chatted up the Jan. 1, 2012 reinsurance pricing upside of catastrophe events and model changes recently, midyear 2011 renewal strategies varied widely along with opinions about where to bet reinsurance capital.

• Bermuda Players See Big Potential Upside Of Massive Cat Losses

  By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  August 4, 2011

  Catastrophe-loss hits—and the added potential price-moving impetus of a catastrophe model change—were front and center as management teams for half of the players in the Bermuda market disclosed first-half losses and strategies for preserving capital to take advantage of a Jan. 1 pricing upturn.

• Cats Blamed For Three Reinsurers’ 1Q Net Losses

  By Caroline McDonald, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 28, 2011

  Three insurers and reinsurers report 2011 first-quarter net losses due to natural catastrophes.

• As Quake-Loss Estimates Roll In, Some See Improved Pricing

  April 18, 2011

  As more companies report estimated losses for the March 11 Japan earthquake and tsunami, a couple of Bermuda executives say that a market turn is beginning to occur.

• Bermuda Cos. Give Japan-Quake Estimates, Speak Of Market Change

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 13, 2011

  As three more Bermuda companies report estimated losses for the March 11 Japan earthquake and tsunami, a couple of the company executives commented that a market turn is beginning to occur.

• First-Half 2010 E&S Premiums Decline

  By Susanne Sclafane, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  October 11, 2010

  Premiums written by the U.S. excess and surplus lines market fell nearly 5 percent to $11.5 billion in the first half of 2010, according to a report prepared by Highline Data exclusively for National Underwriter.