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Market Cap:$1.1B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$1.5B
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- US
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Delphi Financial Group, Inc. is an integrated employee benefit services company. Delphi is a leader in managing all aspects of employee absence to enhance the productivity of its clients and provides the related group insurance coverages: long-term and short-term disability, life, excess workers' compensation for self-insured employers, travel accident, dental and limited benefit health insurance. Delphi's asset accumulation business emphasizes individual annuity products. Delphi's common stock is listed on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol DFG.
President & Chief Executive Officer, Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company
Lawrence E. DaurelleNumber of Employees 1,700
Contact Information
1105 N Market St Ste 1230
Wilmington, Delaware 19801-1216
(302) 478-5142
Peer Companies
NAICS Code Direct Life Insurance Carriers: 524113
Recent Events
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Delphi Financial DFG Declares $0.10 Quarterly Dividend; 1.8% Yield
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Delphi Financial Swings To Profit In Q3 - Quick Facts
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FBR Capital Markets and Co. maintains Delphi Financial Group Inc. at 'outperform'
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Delphi Financial raises $72.45 million through public offering of common stock
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Delphi Financial shares rise on analyst move
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Delphi's decision to raise capital presents buying opportunity, analysts say
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Delphi Financial Reports Second Quarter 2009 Operating EPS of $1.09; Net Income per Share is...
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Delphi Financial: Pushing Ahead Despite the Recession
Zacks.com submits: Delphi Financial Group DFG third quarter operating income of $1.00 per share was ahead of the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 87 cents per share. Last year, the company had reported earnings of 26 cents per share. Growth in operating earnings was driven by improved investment performance...
Delphi Financial Group Q42008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Certainly. Operator instructions. We’ll take our first question from the line of Randy Binner, with FBR Capital Markets. Please go ahead. Randy Binner - Friedman, Billings, Ramsey & Company Hi. Thank you. Just on the guidance, I guess a little more color about how...
Delphi Financial Group Q2 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions. Our first question is from the line of Michael Grasher, Piper Jaffray. Please go ahead. One moment please. Mr. Grasher, and your line is open now. Michael Grasher Okay, good morning. A question around the competition at RSL, if you could give...
Delphi Financial Group Inc. Q1 2008 Earnings Call Transcript
Earnings Call ExcerptDelphi Financial Group Inc. DFG Q1 2008 Earnings Call April 23, 2008 11:00 am ET Executives Robert Rosenkranz - Chairman of the Board and CEO Bernie Kilkelly - Vice President of Investor Relation Donald A. Sherman - President and Chief Operating Officer Robert Smith - Executive Vice...
Delphi Financial Group Inc. Q4 2007 Earnings Call Transcript
Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Thank you. Operator Instruction And the first question is from the line of Mike Grasher, with Piper Jaffray. Please go ahead. Mike Grasher - Piper Jaffray Good morning everyone and congratulations on a great 2007. I had a couple of questions on Safety National first of...
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Decision Makers
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Lawrence E. Daurelle | President & Chief Executive Officer, Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company |
| Donald A. Sherman | President and Chief Operating Officer |
| Michael P. Loftus | Chief |
| Harold F Ilg | Executive Vice President, Business Development |
| Robert M. Smith | Executive Vice President |
| Chad W. Coulter | Senior Vice President |
| Thomas W. Burghart | Senior Vice President and Treasurer (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer) |
| Bernard Kilkelly | Vice President, Investor Relations |
| Edward A. Fox | Director |
| Lewis Ranieri | Director |
Board of Directors
| Name (plus bio) | Position |
|---|---|
| Robert Rosenkranz | Chairman of the Board, and CEO |
| James N. Meehan | Chairman |
| Robert F. Wright | Chairman |
| James M. Litvack | Board of Directors |
| Kevin R. Brine | Board of Directors |
| Michael Litvack James | Board of Directors |
| Philip Connor | Board of Directors |
| Philip R. O'Connor | Board of Directors |
| Steven A. Hirsh | Board of Directors |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | President & Chief Executive Officer, Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company | Current |
| Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company | President | Current |
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company | Board of Directors | Current |
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Vice President and Treasurer | Former |
Robert Rosenkranz, 64, has served as the Chief Executive Officer of the Company since May 1987 and has served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company since April 1989. He served as President of the Company from May 1987 to April 2006. He also serves as Chairman of the Board or as a Director of the Company's principal subsidiaries. Mr. Rosenkranz has served since October 1978 as either sole or managing general partner of Rosenkranz & Company, L.P. or as beneficial owner of its general partner. Mr. Rosenkranz founded Acorn Partners, L.P. in 1982 as a multi-manager, multi-strategy fund of hedge funds and, in 2004, founded Pergamon Advisors LLC, an investment adviser that, along with related entities, pursues a market neutral equity investment strategy.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Chairman of the Board, and CEO | Current |
| Rosenkranz | General Partner | Current |
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Director | Former |
Donald A. Sherman , 58, has served as the President and Chief Operating Officer of the Company and DCM since April 2006 and has served as a Director of the Company since August 2002. Mr. Sherman also serves as a Director of the Company s principal subsidiaries. Mr. Sherman served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Waterfield Mortgage Company, Inc. ( Waterfield ) since 1999 and as President of Waterfield from 1989 to 1999. From 1985 to 1988, he served as President and as a member of the Board of Directors of Hyponex Corporation ( Hyponex ) and from 1983 to 1985 served as Chief Financial Officer of Hyponex. From 1975 to 1983, he held various positions with the public accounting firm of Coopers and Lybrand and was elected to partner in 1981.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Waterfield Company Limited | President | Current |
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | President and Chief Operating Officer | Current |
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Waterfield Mortgage Company Incorporated | Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Waterfield Mortage Company | President & CEO | Former |
| Hyponex Corporation | President | Former |
| Waterfield Insurance Agency Inc. | President | Former |
| Hyponex Corporation | Chief Financial Officer | Former |
| Cooper's Inc. | Partner | Former |
| Waterfield Mortgage Company Incorporated | Chairman | Former |
Michael P. Loftus, Vice President and General Auditor, United America Indemnity, Ltd. Michael is Vice President and General Auditor for United America Indemnity, Ltd. and its principal subsidiaries, United National Group, Penn America Group and Penn Independent Corporation, where he has complete responsibility for all internal auditing activities. Mr. Loftus has over 20 years in the insurance industry, with various internal audit roles at CIGNA and served as the chief audit executive at Delphi Financial Group, Mutual Risk Management and PMA Capital. He also has public accounting experience with Peat Marwick Mitchell & Co. Mike graduated from Villanova University in 1982 with a Bachelor of Science in Accounting. He is a CPA, FLMI and CFSA. He is a member of the Institute of Internal Auditors, the American and Pennsylvania Institute of CPA's, and has served as a past state chairman of the PICPAa s Committee on Internal Audit. Mike has also served on the Board of Directors of the Insurance Internal Audit Group since 1999.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| PMA Capital Corp. | Chief | Current |
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Chief | Current |
| Mutual Risk Management, Ltd. | Chief | Current |
| Penn-America Group, Inc. | Vice President and General Auditor | Current |
| Penn-America Group, Inc. | Auditor | Former |
| United National Group Ltd. | Auditor | Current |
| United America Indemnity, Ltd. | Auditor | Current |
| Villanova University | Bachelor of Science | Former |
Harold F. Ilg, 60, has served as a Director of the Company since August 2002. He has served as Executive Vice President, Business Development of the Company since April 2008. He served as Chairman of the Board of Safety National Casualty Corporation ("SNCC") from January 1999 until his retirement from that position in April 2008, upon which he was named Chairman Emeritus of SNCC. Prior to January 1999, he served as Vice Chairman of the Board of SNCC, where he had been employed in various capacities beginning in 1978. From April 1999 until October 2000, he served as President and Chief Executive Officer of RSLIC, FRSLIC, and RSLIC-Texas. He serves on the Board of Directors of RSLIC, FRSLIC, and RSLIC-Texas.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Executive Vice President, Business Development | Current |
| Safety National Casualty Corporation | Chairman of the Board | Current |
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company | Board of Directors | Current |
| Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company | President and Chief Executive Officer | Former |
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Director of the Company and Chairman of the Board of Sncc | Former |
| S.N.C.C. | Vice Chairman of the Board | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company | Chief Investment Officer | Current |
| Delphi Capital Management, Inc. | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Executive Vice President | Current |
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
Chad W. Coulter has served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel of Delphi Financial Group, Inc. since February 2007. He served as Vice President and General Counsel of Delphi Financial Group, Inc. from January 1998 to February 2007 and has served as Secretary of Delphi Financial Group, Inc. since May 2003. He has served as Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary of Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company, First Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company and Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company of Texas since January 1998. He also served for Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company in similar capacities from February 1994 to August 1997, and in various capacities from January 1991 to February 1994. From August 1997 to December 1997, Mr. Coulter was Vice President and General Counsel of National Life of Vermont.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company | Vice President, General Counsel | Current |
| Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company | Assistant Secretary | Current |
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | General Counsel | Current |
| Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company | Board of Directors | Current |
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Secretary | Current |
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Vice President | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company | Senior Vice President | Current |
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Senior Vice President and Treasurer (Principal Accounting and Financial Officer) | Current |
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Treasurer | Current |
| Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company | Second Vice President, Actuarial Statements | Former |
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Vice President | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Vice President, Investor Relations | Current |
James N. Meehan, 63, has served as a Director of the Company since May 2003. He also has served as a Director of RSLIC since July 1988 and FRSLIC since April 1993. Mr. Meehan retired from Banc of America Securities/Bank of America as a Managing Director in May 2002 after 15 years of service with the organization and its predecessors. During his tenure, he was responsible for the bank’s commercial relationships with the insurance industry. Mr. Meehan also serves as a director of Bristol West Holdings, Inc., reassure America Life Insurance Company and American Fuji Fire and Marine Insurance Company.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Reassure America Life Insurance Company | Director | Current |
| Marine Insurance | Director | Current |
| Bristol West Holdings, Inc. | Director | Current |
Robert F. Wright , 82, has served as a Director of the Company since August 2005. He has also served as a Director of RSLIC and RSLIC-Texas since April 1990 and as a Director of FRSLIC since October 1989. He serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer of Robert F. Wright Associates, Inc., a business consultancy which he founded in 1988. Mr. Wright also serves as a director of The Navigators Group, Inc. and Universal American Financial Corp.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Universal American Financial Corp. | Director | Current |
| U.S.I. Holdings Corporation | Director | Current |
| The Navigators Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Capmark Finance Inc | Director | Current |
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Greenwich Capital Holdings | Director | Former |
| Dartmouth College | Business Administration | Former |
James M. Litvack, 65, has served as a Director of the Company since August 2005. He has also served as a Director of FRSLIC since April 1990. He is an economic consultant and previously taught economics for 31 years at Princeton University, where he also served as Assistant Dean of the Faculty and as Executive Director of the Ivy League. He has served on numerous commissions advising on financial issues for the State of New Jersey.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Princeton University | Assistant | Former |
| Ivy League Co | Executive Director | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Jason McCoy Inc. | Current | |
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc. | Senior Vice President | Former |
| Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc. | Partner | Former |
| Sanford C. Bernstein & Co., Inc. | Board Member | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Ranieri Ltd | Chief Executive Officer | Current |
| Ranieri Ltd | President | Current |
| Environmental Defense Fund | Honorary Co-Chair | Current |
| Sdcd | Chairman of The Advisory Board | Current |
| Tomorrow's Hope Foundation | Chair | Current |
| Avalan Technology, Inc. | Chairman | Current |
| Ranieri Ltd | Chairman | Current |
| Superderivatives, Inc. | Board Member | Current |
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Reckson Associates Realty Corp. | Director | Current |
| Ballet Theatre Foundation, Inc. | Director | Current |
| Environmental Defense Fund | Director | Current |
| Capital Lease Funding, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Salomon Brothers | vice chairman | Current |
| Hyperion, Inc. | Founder | Former |
| American Financial Realty Trust | Chairman | Former |
| Jk&B Capital | Chairman, Ca, Inc. | Former |
| Bank United | chairman | Former |
| Capital Lease Funding, Inc. | Chairman | Former |
| Superderivatives, Inc. | Chairman of the Advisory Board | Former |
| Root Markets | Chairman | Former |
| Computer Associates, Inc. | Chairman | Former |
| Jk&B Capital | Director | Former |
| Salomon Brothers, Inc. | Vice Chairman | Former |
| Salomon Brothers Inc. | Vice Chairman | Former |
| Bank United | Director | Former |
| Avalan Technology, Inc. | Director | Former |
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
Philip R. O Connor , 60 has served as a Director of the Company since May 2003. He also has served as a Director of RSLIC since March 1993. Dr. O Connor is currently the President of PROactive Strategies, a provider of policy analysis and advice on insurance and energy regulation. Until November 2008, he also served as a Vice President of Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. ( CNE ), a provider of competitive retail electricity. He recently completed a year of service at the U.S. Embassy in Baghdad, Iraq as an advisor to the Iraqi Ministry of Electricity. Dr. O Connor served as the Illinois Director of Insurance from 1979 to 1982. From 1983 through 1985, Dr. O Connor was Chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission, the utility regulatory body of Illinois, and he served on the Illinois State Board of Elections from 1998 until April 2004. After 1985, Dr. O Connor formed Palmer Bellevue Corporation, an energy and insurance consulting firm that became a part of Coopers and Lybrand in 1993. In 1998, he established the Midwest business of CNE. He also serves as a member of the Board of the Big Shoulders Foundation for the schools of the Archdiocese of Chicago and is a member of the Board of the Loyola University Museum of Art in Chicago.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Proactive Strategies LLC | President | Current |
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. | Vice President | Former |
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Director, Conferences | Former |
| Illinois Commerce Commission | Chairman | Former |
Philip R. O'Connor, 58, has served as a Director of the Company since May 2003. He also has served as a Director of RSLIC since March 1993. Dr. O'Connor is currently on leave as Illinois Market Vice President of Constellation New Energy, Inc., a provider of competitive retail electricity, while serving as a ministerial advisor with Iraq Power Alliance under the auspices of Joint Contracting Command Iraq, U.S. Department of Defense. Dr. O'Connor is currently the President of PROactive Strategies, a provider of policy analysis and advice on insurance regulation. Dr. O'Connor served as the Illinois Director of Insurance from 1979 to 1982. From 1983 through 1985, Dr. O'Connor was Chairman of the Illinois Commerce Commission, the utility regulatory body of Illinois, and he served on the Illinois State Board of Elections from 1998 until April 2004. After 1985, Dr. O'Connor formed Palmer Bellevue Corporation, an energy and insurance consulting firm that became a part of Coopers and Lybrand in 1993. In 1998, he established the Midwest business of Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. He also serves as a member of the Board of the Big Shoulders Foundation for the schools of the Archdiocese of Chicago.
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Proactive Strategies LLC | President | Current |
| Illinois Market | Vice President | Current |
| Constellation Inc. | Vice President | Current |
| The Illinois Business Roundtable | Civil Justice Task Force Chairman | Current |
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
| Constellation NewEnergy, Inc. | Illinois Market Vice President | Former |
| PricewaterhouseCoopers | partner | Former |
| Illinois Commerce Commission | Chairman | Former |
| Elections | Board of Directors | Former |
| Northwestern University | Masters and Doctoral degrees in Political Science | Former |
| Northwestern University | Degrees In Political Science | Former |
| Loyola University Chicago | Former | |
| University of San Francisco | Former |
Array
| Organization | Position | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Turtlewill Inc | Treasurer | Current |
| William Harris Investors, Inc. | Portfolio Manager | Former |
| University of Chicago | Masters of Business Administration | Former |
| Delphi Financial Group, Inc. | Board of Directors | Current |
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