Australia's Insurance Group

The offer values Promina at 17.9 times the company's estimated 2006 earnings, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. Insurance Australia Group, the nation's largest auto and home insurer, trades at 15.3 times estimated earnings, and QBE Insurance Group, the biggest property and casualty insurer, trades at 15.2 times estimated earnings.
Suncorp bids $5.8 bln for Promina - Washington Post
Suncorp's shares initially rose 5.5 percent to a recordA$23.52 on the prospect that a bank, possibly Westpac BankingCorp. , might scoop up Suncorp before it expands ininsurance. In the last half-hour of trading, however, the stockfell to close down 0.5 percent at A$22.20.

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Journal of Mobile home Insurance in Florida

A total of 702 community association property owners responded to the poll in a representative sampling of sentiment over the insurance crisis in Florida's nearly 68,000 condo, co-op, mobile home, timeshare and homeowner associations statewide. The survey was conducted by the 4,000 member Community Association Leadership Lobby (CALL), a not-for-profit advocacy group established in 2003 by the law firm Becker & Poliakoff to represent common-interest ownership communities.

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