Erie Indemnity Reports First Quarter 2001 Earnings.
ERIE, Pa., April 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Erie Indemnity Company (Nasdaq: ERIE), the management company for the Erie Insurance Group, announced a 6.6 percent increase in operating earnings per share for the first quarter of 2001 to $.48 per share from $.45 for the same period one year...

GAINSCO Reports Fourth Quarter and Total Year 2000 Results; Company Announces Comprehensive Financial Restructuring Plan.
FORT WORTH, Texas, Feb. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- GAINSCO, INC. (NYSE: GNA) today reported a fourth quarter 2000 net loss of $10.8 million (net loss available to common shareholders of $10.9 million), or $0.52 per common share, basic and diluted. These results include the impact of higher than...

GAINSCO Announces Corporate Updates.
FORT WORTH, Texas, March 26 /PRNewswire/ -- GAINSCO, INC. (NYSE: GNA) today announced the closing of the previously announced transactions with Goff Moore Strategic Partners, L.P. ("GMSP") and Mr. Robert W. Stallings, pursuant to which the Company received $6.0 million in new capital. The Company...

GAINSCO Continues Toward Closing of New Equity Investments.
FORT WORTH, Texas, March 16 /PRNewswire/ -- GAINSCO, INC. (NYSE: GNA) continues to work toward closing the new capital transactions with Goff Moore Strategic Partners, L.P. ("GMSP") and Mr. Robert W. Stallings which were announced on February 27, 2001. The Company, GMSP and Mr. Stallings...

HRH of Sarasota: Insuring the Way. (Headquarters Profile).
While Hilb, Rogal and Hamilton Company (HRH of Sarasota) may not be a name most Sarasota residents recognize, it's the new name of the well-respected insurance agencies Nicholas & Cannon and Suncoast Insurers (purchased by HRH in 1999). Both are familiar names with roots in Sarasota dating back to...

The Internet or Bust.
The insurance industry as a whole has not embraced the Internet. But companies that want to compete in the future have to begin now to develop this capability--or risk being crowded out of a potentially large customer base. Electronic commerce is becoming more and more of a...

Kingsway announces consolidation of two subsidiaries and executive appointment.
TORONTO, Nov. 7 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- (TSX:KFS, NYSE:KFS) Kingsway Financial Services Inc. today announced that the operations of Southern United Fire Insurance Company (Southern United), based in Mobile, Alabama, will be consolidated with Hamilton Risk Management (Hamilton Risk), its subsidiary based in Miami, Florida. This is a further step in...

Liberty Bell Financial Launches Financial Freedom.
CHERRY HILL, N.J., July 3 /PRNewswire/ -- Liberty Bell Financial believes in Financial Freedom. It is not a coincidence that Liberty Bell Financial announced the launch of their new website, www.lbfcorp.com, today. The launch is the result of over one and a half years of designing the...

The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. Reports Fourth Quarter 2006 Earnings: Net Income of $0.88 Per Share Compared to $2.19 Per Share in the Prior Year.
WORCESTER, Mass., Jan. 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Hanover Insurance Group, Inc. today reported net income for the fourth quarter of 2006 of $45.5 million, or $0.88 per share, compared to $118.7 million, or $2.19 per share, in the fourth quarter of the prior year. Net income for the prior...

S&P Affirms American Family Mutual Ins Co Group Ratings; Outlook Negative.
NEW YORK, July 6 /PRNewswire/ -- Standard & Poor's today affirmed its double-'A'-minus counterparty credit and financial strength ratings on American Family Mutual Insurance Co. (AFMIC), American Family Life Insurance Co. (AFLIG), and the members of the American Family Mutual Insurance Co. Group (see list). At the...