A $50 billion-type event might cost QBE A$250 million ($192 million) to A$300 million pretax net of reinsurance. However, that's before contemplating the A$1.3 billion of premium set aside for such losses. |
A couple of the guys go to coach's house just to relax before a game, talk about what we want to do, |
AMP remains our preferred life insurance pick. We expect the promise of further capital management initiatives and delivery of a strong 2005 result should continue to underpin confidence in growth prospects. |
He was great fun and could play the piano like Les Dawson! |
He's a spectacular human being. I've never met a finer person. |
I liked basketball more but I was better at football, |
The market is under the shadow of the U.S.. It doesn't look like the election will be cleared up over the holiday weekend in the U.S. and people don't want to be exposed ahead of it. |
There's a bit of cash swilling around, but at the moment one gets the distinct impression that people are too worried about the outlook for earnings and the scope for further profit warnings for the tech sector. |
Two-a-days (football practices) came up and I decided to try-out. |
We really didn't have big expectations for this year, we didn't know how good we were. It's been a surprise to us, but I'm not going to settle. I'll have to keep working in order for us to win. You just have to grind out the yards. |
We rent a booth, and then we have display racks, and then the wines that we bring to display. There are hotels, the food, the show itself. The company probably lays out five digits, easily. |
We still have some really good teams that we have to face, |
We've been together for a while, so the team chemistry is there. As soon as we beat Clyde-Savannah, everything really picked up. We got a swagger, a confidence. |
You have to be nervous about the earnings outlook because the capacity for shocks is still there and the market's mood is still fragile. |