However, the number of bank holding companies reporting insurance income decreased slightly, according to findings by Michael White Associates bank insurance consulting firm in Radnor, Pa., and the Am

The total return on fixed maturity investments, including short-term investments, was estimated at minus two percent for the quarter, compared to a return of minus 0.5 percent for the Lehman Aggregat

The firm said that since both the storm's landfalls were along sparsely populated rural areas, with only a small percentage of properties carrying insurance, AIR "does not expect significant insured l

"Allianz's capital injection is an investment," Tom Marra, Hartford's president and chief operating officer, told NU in a phone interview. "They will have no board seats, no management oversight.