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Re: Company is locked and loaded... 
Its hard to imagine that PRE isn't going to have
a BLOW-OUT 4Q09 EPS, given the results being posted
by its peer companies. I hope I haven't been borish
in...
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PartnerRe Ltd. (PRE)
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9-Feb-10 08:17 pm |
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Re: pretty good quarter 
I concur that the stock is VERY, VERY cheap! If the
company can just plug the hole from its U.S. operations,
it would go a LONG way to help its operating results.
For example, the...
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Aspen Insurance Holdings (AHL)
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9-Feb-10 06:28 pm |
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Cat Losses from Winter Storms? 
It will be interesting to observe if the active winter
storm season produces significant catastrophe losses
for the domestic insurance industry and/or the worldwide
reinsurance sector. I suspect that the most...
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PartnerRe Ltd. (PRE)
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7-Feb-10 07:00 pm |
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Big Earnings Week for Bermuda Underwriters 
This is a BIG earnings week for underwriters based
in Bermuda. I know that both Aspen and Partner Re
will report their 4Q09 and 2009 financial results.
I anticipate that both...
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PartnerRe Ltd. (PRE)
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6-Feb-10 04:52 pm |
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Big Earnings Week for Bermuda Underwriters 
This is the BIG earnings week for Bermuda-based underwriters.
I'm aware that both Aspen and Partner Re will
be reporting their 4Q09 and 2009 financial results.
I am...
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Aspen Insurance Holdings (AHL)
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6-Feb-10 04:44 pm |
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Re: PRE Vulnerable? 
Recall that the company distributed a significant amount
of new stock with regard to its acquisition of Paris
Re. It wouldn't be unusual for a certain number
of new shareholders to be selling...
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3-Feb-10 09:19 pm |
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Liberty Suit 
I noted the following article on a lawsuit recently
instituted by Liberty Mutual against Aspen: http://www.reuters.com/article/idCNSGE6120LN20100203?rpc=44
Apparently Aspen hired a...
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3-Feb-10 04:54 pm |
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Buffett Likes the Reinsurance Sector 
The following article in today's WJS highlights
Buffett's attraction to the reinsurance sector:
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB40001424052748704
022804575041431681074998.html?mod=WSJ_Stocks_MIDDL
E...
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3-Feb-10 10:52 am |
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Nice Dividend Increase 
PartnerRe announced an increase in its quarterly common
share dividend of 6% to $0.50 from $0.47. It is the
17th consecutive year that the company has increased
its common share dividend since its...
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2-Feb-10 05:30 pm |
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Super 4Q09 Results for Munich Re 
...catastrophe losses in the period. For the interval,
the reinsurer incurred a 90% combined ratio, which is the lowest this author can ever recall for
the underwriter. Moreover...
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2-Feb-10 08:46 am |
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Re: Press Release on 1/1/2010 Treaty Renewals 
I'm personally not a great fan of the management
of Validus Re (VR). The CEO used to run American Re,
and his track record at this company wasn't great,
in my opinion. That being said, given the LOW...
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31-Jan-10 05:44 pm |
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4Q09 Portends Low Catastrophe Loss Activity 
Based on recently announced 4Q09 financial results
for both Travelers and Chubb, the concluding three
months of last year experienced very LOW...
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Aspen Insurance Holdings (AHL)
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31-Jan-10 05:38 pm |
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4Q09 Very Low Catastrophe Loss Activity 
Based on the 4Q09 earnings performance of both Travelers
and Chubb, the final three months of last year were
characterized by EXTREMELY low catastrophe loss activity.
In my opinion...
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31-Jan-10 05:21 pm |
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Press Release on 1/1/2010 Treaty Renewals 
For those folks interested in PartnerRe and the reinsurance
business in general, I direct your attention to the
press release put out by the company on its 1/1/2010
reinsurance treaty renewals. The...
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29-Jan-10 02:26 pm |
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Buffett: 3%+ Stake in Munich Re 
Buffett recently notified Munich Re that he has purchased
more than a 3% stake in the world's second-largest
reinsurance company. Berkshire, WFB's holding
company, already...
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26-Jan-10 10:41 am |
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Paris Re A.M. Best Rating Upgrade 
Not surprisingly, A.M. Best announced that it has raised
it various ratings on Paris Re and is subsidiaries
one notch, reflecting its acquisition by...
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22-Jan-10 09:40 am |
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Stock Up on Heavy Volume 
It is interesting that Aspen stock was up today on
heavy volume on a particularly nasty day in the overall
market and especially so for financial equities. This
may be a single day phenomenon or...
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21-Jan-10 06:08 pm |
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4Q09 EPS 
Unlike most reinsurance companies, PartnerRe allocates
its catastrophe premium by quarter based on exposure
rather than pro rata. The two quarters that have the
most exposure are the...
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20-Jan-10 06:47 pm |
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New Organizational Changes 
Aspen today announced new organizational changes at
the underwriter, more clearly separating its reinsurance
and insurance businesses under specific management
structures...
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Aspen Insurance Holdings (AHL)
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14-Jan-10 03:31 pm |
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Catastrophe Events 
Like the massive tsunami in Thailand several years
ago, the recent 7.0 earthquake in Haiti demonstrates
the lack of (re)insurance coverage in poor and emerging
economies around the world...
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14-Jan-10 01:27 pm |
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