Oct. 7 (Reuters)—Property and casualty insurance and reinsurance provider Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd said initial estimates of its third-quarter catastrophe losses totaled $57 million from various natural disasters during the quarter.
The Bermuda-based company also expects to record $41 million of estimated losses related to aggregate catastrophe reinsurances of insurance companies in the Midwest.
Endurance expects $26 million of losses related to the July Danish flood, $21 million related to Hurricane Irene and $11 million related to the September Texas brushfires in the third quarter, it said in a statement.
Insurers Tower Group Inc and Assurant Inc had earlier announced catastrophe losses for the quarter.
Endurance Specialty shares were down 1 percent at $34.48 in early morning trade on Friday on the New York Stock Exchange.
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