- XL Capital
XL Capital (nyse|XL) is an
financial services company headquartered inBermuda and incorporated in theCayman Islands . The company has over 3500 employees and offices onAfrica ,Asia ,Australia ,Europe ,North America andSouth America . Its main lines of business are casualty and property, bothinsurance andreinsurance . According to the company website: "As of June 30, 2006, XL Capital Ltd had consolidated assets of approximately $58.5 billion and consolidated shareholders' equity of approximately $8.5 billion. The XL Capital group is rated A+ by AM Best and a number of XL group companies are rated A+ & AAA by Standard and Poor's, and Aa3 by Moody's...XL Capital common shares are traded on theNew York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker symbol 'XL' and on theBermuda Stock Exchange ."History
According to the company website: "XL Capital Ltd (XL) was founded in
1986 as EXEL Limited by 68 of the world's largest global corporations in response to a severe shortage ofliability insurance in theUnited States . XL’s insurance company, X.L. Insurance Company Limited, now known as XL Insurance (Bermuda) Ltd, provided excess liability insurance coverage for large commercial customers, drawn principally fromFortune 1000 /FTSE 100 ."They currently have naming rights on theXL Center inHartford ,Connecticut ."Over the past decade, XL has expanded through a series of strategic mergers, acquisitions and start ups establishing itself as a leading provider of insurance and reinsurance products throughout the world." [http://www.xlcapital.com/xlc/xlc/sublobby.jsp?lobbyname=about&sublobbyname=history&gnav=2&snav=7 XL Capital - About XL - History] en icon, "
XL Capital Ltd. ",July 20 2006 ][http://www.xlcapital.com/20thanniversary/ View XL Capital's 20 Years of History Timeline]
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* [http://www.xlcapital.com/ Company website]
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