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Validus Holdings Management Discusses Q1 2013 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
Fri, Apr 26
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Validus' CEO Discusses 1Q 2012 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
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Validus' CEO Discusses Q4 2011 Results - Earnings Call Transcript
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Validus Holdings Limited Q4 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
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Validus Holdings, Ltd. Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
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Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Limited Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
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Tue, May 6, 2008

Validus Holdings, Ltd. Announces Appointment of Dr. Therese M. Vaughan to Its Board of Directors

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Validus Holdings, Ltd. Announces Quarterly Dividend

Business Wire (May 1, 2013)
Validus Announces Record First Quarter Net Income of $223.2 Million

Business Wire (Apr 25, 2013)
Validus Holdings, Ltd. Releases 2012 Loss Development Triangles

Business Wire (Apr 12, 2013)
Validus Holdings, Ltd. To Release First Quarter 2013 Financial Results on April 25, 2013

Business Wire (Mar 7, 2013)
Validus Holdings, Ltd. Appoints Romel Salam as Chief Risk Officer

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Validus Holdings, Ltd. Announces Capital Management Actions

Business Wire (Feb 6, 2013)
Validus Holdings, Ltd. To Participate in the Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2013 Insurance Conference on February 13, 2013

Business Wire (Feb 5, 2013)
Validus Announces Full Year 2012 Net Income of $408.4 Million and Fourth Quarter 2012 Net Loss of $(90.7) Million

Business Wire (Jan 31, 2013)
Validus Holdings, Ltd. Announces $404.4 Million of Third Party Capital Raised for Deployment in Collateralized Reinsurance and Insurance Linked Securities

Business Wire (Jan 9, 2013)
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Validus Holdings, Ltd. to Release Fourth Quarter and Year End 2012 Financial Results on January 31, 2013

Business Wire (Jan 3, 2013)
Validus Holdings, Ltd. to Participate in the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Reinsurance Renewal Conference Call on January 2, 2013

Business Wire (Dec 27, 2012)
Validus Holdings, Ltd. Provides Initial Estimate of Net Negative Financial Impact from Hurricane Sandy

Business Wire (Dec 21, 2012)
Validus Holdings Completes Acquisition of Flagstone Re

Business Wire (Nov 30, 2012)
Validus Completes Acquisition of Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings, S.A.

Business Wire (Nov 30, 2012)
Validus Holdings Obtains Required Regulatory Approvals for the Acquisition of Flagstone

Business Wire (Nov 28, 2012)
Validus Obtains Required Regulatory Approvals for the Acquisition of Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings, S.A.

Business Wire (Nov 28, 2012)
Shareholders of Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings, S.A. Approve Validus Acquisition

Business Wire (Nov 28, 2012)
Flagstone Re Shareholders Approve Acquisition by Validus Holdings, Ltd.

Business Wire (Nov 28, 2012)

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Sector: Financial

Industry: Property & Casualty Insurance

Country: United States

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Friday, May 24, 12:22 PM The pressure on reinsurance pricing isn't set to dissipate anytime soon, says Credit Suisse, after talking with 9 of the firms this week. Faring best will be those with higher exposure to Florida (say ACE) - where price pressure will ease somewhat - as opposed to those with more of a national presence (say RNR). Rated Outperform are Aspen (AHL) - with less than 25% of the portfolio exposed to industry headwinds - and Validus (VR) - trading near book despite a more diverse revenue line. Comment! [Financials]
Thursday, May 2, 2:55 PM Validus Holdings (VR) declares $0.30/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 3.11%. For shareholders of record June 14. Payable June 28. Ex-div date June 12. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Thursday, April 25, 5:18 PM Validus Holdings (VR): Q1 EPS of $1.83 beats by $0.43. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News, Financials]
Thursday, February 7, 10:06 AM Validus Holdings (VR) declares $0.30/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 3.25%. For shareholders of record Mar. 15. Payable Mar. 29. Ex-div date Mar. 13. The board declares special dividend of $2.00/share, payable on Feb. 26. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Thursday, January 31, 4:58 PM Validus Holdings (VR): Q4 EPS of -$0.94 beats by $0.75. (PR) Comment! [Earnings, Breaking News]
Tuesday, January 8, 6:15 PM Goldman Sachs' 23 best stocks for fat dividends and big buybacks: AIZ, UFS, VR, CCE, WYN, HFC, LOW, AMP, MPC, NSC, AXS, FITB, AMAT, PFE, JPM, DELL, RSG, PRU, BLK, CSX, GLW, TRV, CMCSA. 17 Comments [Quick Ideas]
Friday, December 21, 2012, 5:50 PM Validus Holdings (VR) gives a preliminary estimate of the financial impact from Hurricane Sandy, saying it expects to record a $333.1M hit to earnings, based on estimated insured industry losses of approximately $25B. The amount is split between Validus' operating segments as follows: $256.2M to it Validus Re segment and $76.9M to its Talbot segment. Comment! [Financials]
Thursday, November 15, 2012, 5:47 PM Flagstone Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. (FSR) declares $0.04/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 1.90%. For shareholders of record Dec. 14. Payable Dec. 28. Ex-div Dec. 12. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Friday, November 2, 2012, 5:22 AM Validus Holdings, Ltd. (VR) declares $0.25/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. For shareholders of record Dec. 14. Payable Dec. 28. Ex-div Dec. 12. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Thursday, November 1, 2012, 5:16 PM Tucked into its earnings release this afternoon, RenaissanceRE Holdings (RNR) becomes the first of the reinsurers to warn on Sandy: "The Company's current preliminary assessment is that the impact of Hurricane Sandy on its financial results will likely be significant." (h/t Corey Davis) Comment! [Financials]
Thursday, August 30, 2012, 9:10 AM Premarket gainers: FSR +15%. P +14%. GSV +14%. SRPT +12%. GERN +10%. VC +8%.
Losers: CIEN -11%. VRA -9%. RBA -6%. 1 Comment [On the Move]
Thursday, August 30, 2012, 9:00 AM Validus (VR) agrees to acquire Flagstone Reinsurance (FSR) for $600M in cash and stock in a deal that Validus hopes will strengthen its property reinsurance operations. Validus is paying $8.43/share, or a 19% premium to Flagstone's close yesterday - the latter's shares are +17.6% premarket. The deal comes after Validus failed in an attempt to acquire Transatlantic last year. (PR) Comment! [Financials, M&A]
Thursday, August 9, 2012, 3:01 PM Flagstone Re (FSR) declares $0.04/share quarterly dividend, in line with previous. Forward yield 2.35%. For shareholders of record Aug 31. Payable Sep 15. Ex-div date Aug 29. (PR) Comment! [Dividends]
Wednesday, June 6, 2012, 12:24 PM Property insurers have turned skeptical about hurricane models after one major modeler recently dramatically increased its estimate of losses. "They don't want to be held hostage to a model-version change or to an outside influence to their view of risk," says a property insurance specialist. 2 Comments [Financials]
Wednesday, February 22, 2012, 3:56 PM Flagstone Reinsurance (FSR -13.2%) shares slump on the company's Q4 loss, as a surge in catastrophes again weighed on results. KBW cuts its price target and EPS estimates after the bottom-line miss. Comment! [Financials, On the Move]
Thursday, January 26, 2012, 7:21 AM Goldman Sachs tags Validus Holdings (VR) as a Conviction Buy with a lofty price target of $40. Analysts with the firm say Validus is well-positioned in the sector to take advantage of improving conditions in the Property-Catastrophe insurance market. Comment! [Financials]

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Validus to buy Flagstone for $600 mln in cash and stock $VR $VR http://reut.rs/Q46dpW
8/30/12
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4 Analyst-Backed Mid-Caps With Discounted Dividends http://bit.ly/PoBghv $CLF $GME $PRE $VR @ZetaKap
8/15/12
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4 Dividend Stocks Trading At A Discount Despite Analyst Backing http://bit.ly/Nt9ART $FIBK $NAFC $PRU $VR @ZetaKap
7/3/12
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Asif Suria
Validus ends Transatlantic takeover bid $VR $TRH http://reut.rs/v0Lu3T
11/28/11
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Validus $VR Boosts Offer for Transatlantic $TRH
11/3/11
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Transatlantic considering options with suitor Validus $TRH $VR
9/20/11
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Validus Sues Transatlantic Seeking to Force Merger Talks With Reinsurer $VR $TRH
8/12/11
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Transatlantic bids tighten, Buffett watch still on $TRH $AWH $VR
8/11/11
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Validus urges takeover target Transatlantic to talk $VR $TRH
8/1/11
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Transatlantic Holdings $TRH sued its unsolicited suitor Validus Holdings $VR and rejected its offer as "inferior and highly conditional."
7/28/11
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