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The Motley Fool May 3, 2007 Emil Lee	Reinsurer Benefits From Mother Nature's Good Mood Investment income boosts RenRe's bottom line. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool February 21, 2007 Emil Lee	Platinum Underwriters Dazzles Thanks to an absence of major catastrophes, Platinum Underwriters had a great 2006 and provided a relatively strong outlook for 2007. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2004 Richard Gibbons	RenaissanceRe: Old-Fashioned Value? With compelling fundamentals and a good price, this insurer is promising. RenaissanceRe has grown its earnings 20% per year over the last 10 years, underwriting extremely profitably even in years when most reinsurers lost money.
The Motley Fool February 8, 2007 Emil Lee	AXIS Shoots the Lights Out AXIS seems to be a solid insurer, and it's impressively managed -- enough to still make a profit last year. But even though the company has posted a stellar 17% average ROE since its inception, don't expect a gaudy 26.7% ROE every year.
The Motley Fool February 7, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Does Allstate Look Good in Your Hands? This top-notch insurer survived the hurricanes, but that doesn't mean its cheap. Valuation on these shares is interesting.
The Motley Fool May 3, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	RenaissanceRe's Triple Play If the reinsurer really can exploit this hard market, who knows how much better it can do? Investors, take note.
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The Motley Fool November 27, 2006 Buz Livingston	Berkshire Thankful to Mother Nature Berkshire's pricing, along with the dearth of reinsurance, has spurred rapid growth in the "catastrophe bond" market.
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The Motley Fool October 30, 2006 Brian D. Pacampara	Disaster Relief for Montpelier If you're a long-term investor who doesn't necessarily mind sacrificing a few percentage points of return for a chance to own a reinsurer that might actually be around in the next couple of decades, then Montpelier is worth a prudent gander.
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Insurance & Technology March 16, 2004 Julie Gallagher	Battening Down the Hatches When it comes to predicting low-frequency, high-impact catastrophes, underwriters of risk must rely on thousands of years of scenarios rather than their proprietary loss data.
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The Motley Fool July 12, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	RenaissanceRe's Dark Ages An executive resigns, refusing an SEC subpoena? Doesn't sound good for the worldwide reinsurance specialist.
The Motley Fool May 9, 2006 Stephen D. Simpson	Endurance Hangs On Despite a beating from hurricanes, reinsurance company Endurance Specialty's current valuation seems too low.
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The Motley Fool July 28, 2005 W.D. Crotty	A Quarter to Make Buffett Proud Montpelier Re Holdings' Berkshire-like ways may explain why the Bermuda-based reinsurer is doing so well. Montpelier is trading at 7.9 times expected 2005 earnings -- that's a pretty cheap valuation for a company showing that it knows how to underwrite properly.
The Motley Fool May 3, 2007 Emil Lee	Markel on the Mark: Fool by Numbers The insurance company released first-quarter 2007 earnings: Income Statement Highlights... Ratio Checkup... Balance Sheet Highlights...
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The Motley Fool July 12, 2007 Emil Lee	The Next Great Reinsurer? Flagstone Re has greatness in its DNA. Buying its shares could be a favorable risk-return proposition.
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Insurance & Technology March 18, 2005 Anthony O'Donnell	Enhancements To AIR System Streamline Workflow The latest releases of AIR Worldwide Corp.'s CLASIC/2 and CATStation contain two enhancements - AIR ImportExpress and the CEDE database - that allow insurer, reinsurer and broker users to import, analyze and share catastrophe risk management data faster and more easily, the vendor claims.
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