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HCC Insurance Holdings (FRA:HCZ) Cash Flow from Operations : €254 Mil (TTM As of Jun. 2015)


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What is HCC Insurance Holdings Cash Flow from Operations?

Cash flow from operations refers to the cash brought in through a company's normal business operations. It is the cash flow before any investment or financing activities. It is the cash version of net income.

For the three months ended in Jun. 2015, HCC Insurance Holdings's Net Income From Continuing Operations was €72 Mil. Its Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization was €6 Mil. Its Change In Working Capital was €-61 Mil. Its cash flow from deferred tax was €0 Mil. Its Cash from Discontinued Operating Activities was €0 Mil. Its Asset Impairment Charge was €0 Mil. Its Stock Based Compensation was €6 Mil. And its Cash Flow from Others was €-21 Mil. In all, HCC Insurance Holdings's Cash Flow from Operations for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was €1 Mil.


HCC Insurance Holdings Cash Flow from Operations Historical Data

The historical data trend for HCC Insurance Holdings's Cash Flow from Operations can be seen below:

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.

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HCC Insurance Holdings Cash Flow from Operations Chart

HCC Insurance Holdings Annual Data
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Cash Flow from Operations
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HCC Insurance Holdings Quarterly Data
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HCC Insurance Holdings Cash Flow from Operations Calculation

Cash flow from operations refers to the cash brought in through a company's normal business operations. It is the cash flow before any investment or financing activities. It is the cash version of net income.

HCC Insurance Holdings's Cash Flow from Operations for the fiscal year that ended in Dec. 2014 is calculated as:

HCC Insurance Holdings's Cash Flow from Operations for the quarter that ended in Jun. 2015 is:


Cash Flow from Operations for the trailing twelve months (TTM) ended in Jun. 2015 adds up the quarterly data reported by the company within the most recent 12 months, which was €254 Mil.

* For Operating Data section: All numbers are indicated by the unit behind each term and all currency related amount are in USD.
* For other sections: All numbers are in millions except for per share data, ratio, and percentage. All currency related amount are indicated in the company's associated stock exchange currency.


HCC Insurance Holdings  (FRA:HCZ) Cash Flow from Operations Explanation

For companies reported in indirect method, cash flow from operations contains six items:

1. Net Income From Continuing Operations:
Net Income From Continuing Operations indicates the net income that a firm brings in from ongoing business activities. These activities are expected to continue into the next reporting period. It excludes extraordinary items, income from the cumulative effects of accounting changes, non-recurring items, income from tax loss carry forward, and preferred dividends.

HCC Insurance Holdings's net income from continuing operations for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was €72 Mil.

2. Depreciation, Depletion and Amortization:
Depreciation is a present expense that accounts for the past cost of an asset that is now providing benefits.
Depletion and amortization are synonyms for depreciation.
Generally:
The term depreciation is used when discussing man made tangible assets
The term depletion is used when discussing natural tangible assets
The term amortization is used when discussing intangible assets

HCC Insurance Holdings's depreciation, depletion and amortization for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was €6 Mil.

3. Change In Working Capital:
Working Capital is a measure of a company's short term liquidity or its ability to cover short term liabilities. It is defined as the difference between a company's current assets and current liabilities. Changes in Working Capital is reported in the cash flow statement since it is one of the major ways in which net income can differ from operating cash flow.

HCC Insurance Holdings's change in working capital for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was €-61 Mil. It means HCC Insurance Holdings's working capital declined by €61 Mil from Mar. 2015 to Jun. 2015 .

4. Deferred Tax:
It is the cash flow generated from deferred tax.

HCC Insurance Holdings's cash flow from deferred tax for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was €0 Mil.

5. Cash from Discontinued Operating Activities:
Net cash from all of the entity's discontinued operating activities.

HCC Insurance Holdings's cash from discontinued operating Activities for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was €0 Mil.

6. Asset Impairment Charge:
It is the charge against earnings resulting from the aggregate write down of all assets from their carrying value to their fair value.

HCC Insurance Holdings's asset impairment charge for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was €0 Mil.

7. Stock Based Compensation:
It is a way corporations use stock options to reward employees. It provides executives and employees the opportunity to share in the growth of the company and, if structured properly, can align their interests with the interests of the company's shareholders and investors, without burning the company's cash on hand.

HCC Insurance Holdings's stock based compensation for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was €6 Mil.

8. Cash Flow from Others:
These are cash differences caused by the change of inventory, accounts payable, accounts receivable etc. For instance, if a company pays its suppliers slower, its cash position will build up faster. If a company receives payments from its customers slower, its account receivables will rise, and its cash position will grow more slowly (or even shrink).

HCC Insurance Holdings's cash flow from others for the three months ended in Jun. 2015 was €-21 Mil.


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HCC Insurance Holdings (FRA:HCZ) Business Description

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HCC Insurance Holdings Inc was incorporated in the state of Delaware in 1991. The Company provides specialized property and casualty, surety, and group life, accident and health insurance coverages and related agency and reinsurance brokerage services to commercial customers and individuals. It concentrates its activities in selected, narrowly defined, specialty lines of business. The Company has five underwriting segments: U.S. Property & Casualty, Professional Liability, Accident & Health, U.S. Surety & Credit and International. U.S. Property & Casualty segment includes specialty lines of insurance such as aviation, small account errors and omissions liability (E&O), public risk, contingency, disability, title and mortgage reinsurance, residual value, employment practices liability (EPLI), technical property, primary and excess casualty, and brown water marine written in the U.S. The majority of the business is primary coverage, and claims are reported and settled on a short to medium-term basis. Professional Liability segment primarily consists of its directors' and officers' (D&O) liability business. In addition, it write related professional liability and crime business coverages, including large account E&O liability, fiduciary liability, fidelity and bankers blanket bonds, and EPLI for some D&O policyholders. Accident & Health segment includes medical stop-loss, short-term domestic and international medical products, written in the United States. The majority of the business covers groups of employees, and claims are reported and settled quickly. U.S. Surety & Credit segment conducts business through separate specialty surety underwriting operations and credit underwriting operations. International segment includes energy, property treaty, liability, surety, credit, property (direct and facultative), ocean marine, accident and health and other smaller product lines written from operations in the United Kingdom, Spain and Ireland. The Company operates mainly in the United States, the United Kingdom, Spain and Ireland. Some of its operations have a broader international scope. The Company markets its products both directly to customers and through a network of independent and affiliated brokers, producers, agents and third party administrators. Its insurance companies are risk-bearing and focus their underwriting activities on providing insurance and/or reinsurance in the following lines of business: Diversified financial products; Group life, accident and health; Aviation; London market account and other specialty lines. The Company's underwriting agencies underwrite on behalf of its insurance companies and in certain situations for other unaffiliated insurance companies. The agencies specialize in the following types of business: contingency; directors' and officers' liability; individual disability; kidnap and ransom; employment practices liability; errors and omissions liability; public entity; various financial products

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