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Melissa Gannon

Director of Insurance and Bank Ratings

Melissa Gannon is vice president of insurance and bank ratings for TheStreet.com Ratings Inc., formerly Weiss Ratings, where she directs the operations of the company's insurance and bank ratings division. Gannon joined the company in 1991 as a financial analyst in the bank rating division and subsequently expanded into insurance company ratings as well. In 1994, she developed a methodology for rating health maintenance organizations. Previously, Gannon served as a financial analyst with a number of banks and receiverships in the South Florida area and was involved in the management of foreclosed real estate. She has published articles in Boston Business, Economic Agenda and Managed Medicare and Medicaid and has been quoted in numerous publications nationwide. She holds a Bachelor of Science in Finance from the University of Dayton and a Master in Business Administration from Florida Atlantic University.

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P&C Insurers Hit by Credit Crisis, Storms

By Melissa Gannon

More than half the nation's property and casualty insurers suffered drops in profits in the first nine months of 2008, as major hurricanes and the subprime mortgage crisis ate at companies' bottom lines, a new analysis by TheStreet.com Ratings shows.

02:24PM 01/12/09

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Long-Term Care Insurer Penn Treaty American Fails

By Melissa Gannon

Pennsylvania regulators may sell or liquidate long-term care insurer Penn Treaty American Corp., after a judge ordered two of its subsidiaries into rehabilitation.

05:26PM 01/08/09

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Insurers May Be in for More Misery (Update)

By Melissa Gannon

Variable annuities have popped up as a problem area for many insurers in the third-quarter downturn, but another type of annuity that makes payouts if indices like the S&P 500 fall could do further damage.

05:50PM 11/20/08

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Insurers' D&O Losses Expected to Jump to $5.9B

By Melissa Gannon

Insurers' losses to protect companies from subprime-mortgage lawsuits will jump to $5.9 billion, industry firm estimates.

09:20AM 11/06/08

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Hartford Plummets on Loss, Capital Concerns

By Melissa Gannon

Shares of the insurer are losing half their value as third-quarter earnings raise capital concerns.

01:47PM 10/30/08

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CNA Suspends Dividend, Raises Capital

By Melissa Gannon

Holding company Loews takes action to shore up CNA subsidiary Continental Casualty.

02:02PM 10/27/08

Article

Allstate Posts $923 Million Loss

By Melissa Gannon

The insurer gets walloped by $1.8 billion in catastrophe losses in the third quarter.

12:33PM 10/23/08

Article

Storm Losses Pummel Travelers' Earnings

By Melissa Gannon

Third-quarter earnings decline 82% on due mostly to catastrophe losses primarily caused by Hurricanes Ike, Gustav and Dolly.

11:57AM 10/22/08

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Life, Health Insurers' Profits Decimated

By Melissa Gannon

The industry suffered a staggering first-half loss on the sale and writedown of investments.

01:04PM 10/10/08

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Insurance Company Earnings Plunge 53%

By Melissa Gannon

Property-and-casualty insurers are hurt by the first underwriting loss in five years during the first half of 2008.

10:48AM 10/02/08

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