Endurance Specialty Holdings

• Hires and Promotions at Alterra, Selective Insurance, Endurance, Beecher Carlson and More - Around the Industry

  By Staff Writer  |  May 7, 2012

  Nationwide Merges with Harleysville Mutual, Tower Group Invests $75 Million in Bermuda, and InVEST Raises $65,000 in Scholarship Funds

• Endurance Reports Thailand Flood, 4Q Operating Losses

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  January 20, 2012

  Bermuda’s Endurance Specialty Holdings and Argo Group International Holdings have released Thailand-related losses of up to $111.5 million in total.

• 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.

• Environmental Carriers Look To Grow With New, Industry-Specific Coverages

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  July 29, 2011

  To compete in a marketplace flooded with competition, environmental insurance carriers to better stand out from the pack are developing new products—built on a growing familiarity with and sophisticated grasp of the unique coverage requirements of specific industry classes.

• Loss Estimates Roll In For Deadly Spring Storms, Tornadoes

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  June 3, 2011

  On May 22, a devastating tornado ripped through Joplin, Mo., putting an exclamation point on a spring that has seen deadly and costly storms in several states.

• Hanover: Loss Estimate Of Up To $85M For April

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 24, 2011

  Hanover Insurance Group says it expects between $70 million and $85 million in estimated losses for April.

• RMS: April Tornado Outbreak To Cost Insurers Up To $6B; Majority Of Loss In Alabama

  By Chad Hemenway, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  May 20, 2011

  Newark, Calif.-based Risk Management Solutions (RMS) weighed in on estimating insured losses from the late April tornado outbreak with a range of $3.5 billion to $6 billion.

• Endurance, United Fire Announce Expected Cat Losses

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  April 15, 2011

  Bermuda-based Endurance Specialty Holdings says it expects $125 million in losses from the March 11 Japan earthquake and tsunami, and Iowa-based United Fire & Casualty Company says it expects $10 million in first-quarter catastrophe losses incurred in the company's assumed reinsurance portfolio.

• 1Q Cat Estimates Roll In; Moody’s Puts Flagstone Under Review

  By Phil Gusman, PropertyCasualty360.com  |  March 25, 2011

  Several Bermuda companies have reported loss estimates from first-quarter catastrophes, but all of the companies excluded the March 11 magnitude 9.0 earthquake that struck Japan, stating that it is too early to give an estimate.