Insurers Bracing and Prepping for Hurricane Sandy
If Hurricane Sandy remains a Category 1 hurricane, property and casualty insurers may end up be on the hook for damages more than the reinsurers. We have seen an estimate of damagesĀ from the storm exceeding $3 billion for the insurers,…
Reinsurance stocks are trading lower in Europe, with Swiss Re shares down 2.6% and MunichReĀ is down almost 2%. As a reminder, Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK-A) has exposure to reinsurance claims.
Chubb Corp. (NYSE: CB) has not reallyĀ traded overseas, and AllstateĀ Corp. (NYSE: ALL) looks as though it was indicated down between 1% and 2% in very thin overseas trading indications. Until the NYSE reopens for trading this week, these two insurers may be very hard to assess as far as stocks are concerned.
Another issue to watch is Crawford & Co. (NYSE: CRD-B), as it provides claims management solutions to insurance companies and self-insured entities. We think of it almost as an army of individuals as insurance claims adjusters.
JON C. OGG
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Jon Ogg has been a financial news analyst since 1997. Mr. Ogg set up one of the first audio squawk box services for traders called TTN, which he sold in 2003. He has previously worked as a licensed broker to some of the top U.S. and E.U. financial institutions, managed capital, and has raised private capital at the seed and venture stage. He has lived in Copenhagen, Denmark, as well as New York and Chicago, and he now lives in Houston, Texas. Jon received a Bachelor of Business Administration in finance at University of Houston in 1992. www.247wallst.com.
