E&S/Specialty

Fourth quarter results were mixed for some insurers that reported their results this past week, with four insurers reporting increased combined ratios that did not necessarily translate into a loss of net income.

QBE Insurance Group Ltd., of Australia, continued its buying spree in the U.S. Thursday by acquiring most of the insurance portfolio of Balboa Insurance Group from Bank of America.

Building on a current strength, Risk Placement Services Inc. (RPS) aims to give agent and broker clients more local access to its broad array of product offerings in 2011, according to the leader of the nationwide specialty brokerage.

Sometimes even William R. Berkley gets it wrong. The chairman and chief executive officer of W.R. Berkley Corp. said during a conference call to discuss fourth-quarter earnings that his prediction for a market turn was off.

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