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The PCS Review of 2006 Catastrophes and Insured Losses
June 13, 2014

... billion. PCS also estimates that insurers received 2,272,000 claims for damage to personal and commercial properties and vehicles. Personal lines claims accounted for 58 percent of the total, while commercial lines claims ...


Unusually Severe Weather Events Challenged Insurers In 2008
June 13, 2014

... through the first nine months of 2008, ISO’s Property Claims Service found. There were 16 named storms this ...


2008 - First Half Results
June 13, 2014

... the industry’s policyholders' surplus—a measure of claims-paying capacity or capital—and provide an additional buffer against ... that oblige insurers to demonstrate an ability to pay claims arising from more than one major catastrophe per year in order to ...


SPECIAL REPORT: Earlybird Forecast 2008
June 13, 2014

... Many insurers have used the opportunity to restore their claims paying resources and to reinvest in the future of the industry. Another ... bolster the industry’s policyholder surplus—a measure of claims paying capacity, or capital—providing an additional buffer against the ...


2011 - Year End Results
June 13, 2014

... of downward revisions in the estimated ultimate cost of claims occurring in years past. During 2011, prior-year reserve releases ...


9/11 and ̽»¨¾«Ñ¡: The Eight Year Anniversary - Insurers Paid Out Nearly $40 Billion
September 10, 2009

... until Hurricane Katrina in 2005 when insurers paid claims totaling more than $40 billion to help people along the Gulf coast ...


ISO RELEASE: Property/Casualty InsurersÂ’ Overall Financial Results Through Nine Months Improved As Investment Gains Offset Losses On Underwriting
June 13, 2014

... premium reserves, insurers had $1.3 trillion on hand to pay claims and meet other contingencies — up from $1.2 trillion at September 30, ... 2009. Downward revisions to the estimated ultimate cost of claims incurred in prior periods and consequent releases of LLAE reserves ...


2012 - First Half Results
October 4, 2012

... of downward revisions in the estimated ultimate cost of claims occurring in years past. During 2011, prior-year reserve releases ...


2005 - First Half Results
June 13, 2014

... underwriting performance, investment returns and claims paying capacity (policyholder surplus).  Thus the industry experienced ... industry is in a substantially better position to handle the claims arising from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita than it was at the time of the ...


Historic Carolina Hurricane In 1989 Ushered In New Era of Catastrophic Storms
June 13, 2014

... $4.2 billion (more than $6.7 billion in 2010 dollars) in claims for property damage caused by the storm, making it the most costly ... most costly natural disaster to date in terms of insurance claims.   “In the 22-year period since Hurricane Hugo, insurance ...