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NEW YORK (Bloomberg) — Ace Ltd., the insurer added to the Standard & Poor's 500 Index this month, reported a fourth straight increase in quarterly profit as investment losses narrowed.
Second-quarter net income climbed 27 percent to $677 million, or ...
DATE: Jul 28, 2010
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LONDON (Bloomberg) — BP Plc reported a record loss after taking a charge for the Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the worst in US history.
The second-quarter net loss of $17.2 billion compared with a profit of $4.39 billion in the year-earlier period. Chief...
DATE: Jul 28, 2010
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WASHINGTON (Bloomberg) - American consumers lost confidence in July, shaken by mounting concern over jobs and wages that threatens to constrain the economic recovery.
The Conference Board's sentiment index fell to 50.4, below the median forecast of e...
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RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd. yesterday reported a 22 percent fall in second-quarter net income compared to the same period last year.
The Bermuda-based reinsurer's net earnings totalled $210.2 million for the April through June period, or $3.66 per sh...
DATE: Jul 28, 2010
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XL Group plc. has announced that Thompson Hutton has decided to leave its board of directors to start a new business focused on risk and insurance in renewable energy.
XL's chairman of the board Robert Glauber said: "Tom's decision that his future bu...
DATE: Jul 28, 2010
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LONDON - Britain's top share index hit a 10-week closing high, as a buoyant banking sector boosted by strong results from Swiss lender UBS countered weak US consumer confidence data. The FTSE 100 closed at 5,365.67 points, up 14.55 or 0.27 percent.
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DATE: Jul 28, 2010
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Premier International Ltd. has announced the resignations of Lynda Milligan-Whyte and Quinton Edness as directors and Arthur Hodgson as secretary of the company, with effect from 27 May, 2010.
The company has appointed Jozef Charles Hendriks and Ayot...
DATE: Jul 28, 2010
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Net income: $58.6 million compared to $149.1 million in 2009
Combined ratio: 91 percent compared to 89.6 percent in 2009
Gross premiums written: $489.6 million compared to $559.2 million in 2009
DATE: Jul 28, 2010
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TORONTO (Reuters) - Toronto's main stock index closed lower yesterday, weighed down by gold and other mining issues and as optimism for solid corporate earnings was undercut by a sharp drop in US consumer confidence.
Gold mining stocks weighed on the...
DATE: Jul 28, 2010
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Net income: $210.2 million compared to $271.2 million in the same period of last year.
Gross premiums written: $841.5 million compared to $855.2 million in 2009.
Combined ratio: 42.3 percent compared to 43.8 percent in 2009.
DATE: Jul 28, 2010
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