Latest Profit Loss Headlines
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Generali Q1 Net Profit Beats Forecasts, Despite Russia Impairments
May 19 2022 // Assicurazioni Generali beat expectations in the first quarter even as impairments on Russia drove net profit lower, a boost for CEO Philippe Donnet who last month won a shareholder battle to keep his job for another three...
Natural Disasters, Ukraine War Weigh on Q1 Results of Europe’s Major Reinsurers
May 16 2022 // Three out of four of the major European reinsurers reported their profits were negatively affected as a result of elevated natural catastrophe claims and a first round of claims reserves from the Russia-Ukraine war,...
D&O Market Has Most Profitable Year Since 2014 but Results May Be an Anomaly
May 11 2022 // The directors and officers insurance marketplace in 2021 enjoyed its most profitable year since 2014 but results have to be “viewed as a possible aberration rather than a the start of a trend,” according to a...
Another Florida Insurer Adds Binding Arbitration Endorsement Amid Losses
May 9 2022 // Heritage Property & Casualty Insurance Co. reported more losses for the first quarter of 2022 and a spike in its combined ratio. But company officials said Friday they are taking aggressive steps, including rate...
Safety Insurance Net Income Plummets as Auto Claims, Inflation Take Toll
May 5 2022 // Boston-based Safety Insurance Group, Inc. reported first quarter 2022 results showing net income of $7.8 million, compared to $36.2 million for the comparable 2021 period, as auto insurance claim frequency returned to...
Swiss Re Reports Q1 Loss as Ukraine War, Natural Disasters and COVID Take Their Toll
May 5 2022 // Swiss Re reported a group net loss of $248 million during the first quarter, as a result of headwinds such as the war in Ukraine, higher-than-expected natural catastrophes and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This loss...
Financial Services Firms Face Losses of $225B From Variety of Water Risks: Report
May 5 2022 // Financial institutions face losses of at least $225 billion from risks related to water, with a third of them doing nothing to assess the potential impact, a report by leading environmental disclosure platform CDP and...
Allstate Q1 Net Income Returns to Black Despite Adverse Auto Results
May 4 2022 // First quarter 2022 insurance premiums earned grew 6.5% to about $11 billion at Allstate Corp., as net income was $630 million compared with a loss of about $1.4 billion during the first three months of 2021. Tom Wilson CEO...
Weight-Loss Surgery Covered by Workers’ Comp, Carolina Appeals Court Finds
May 4 2022 // Workers’ compensation insurer Erie Insurance Group must pay for weight-loss surgery for an obese woman who was injured at her child-care center, the North Carolina Court of Appeals decided this week. The appeals...
AIG Q1 Net Income Up as Underwriting Profit Soars
May 3 2022 // First quarter underwriting profit soared as AIG reported net income of $4.25 billion compared with $3.87 billion during the 2021 first quarter. Underwriting income in AIG’s General Insurance unit was $446 million...
China’s Ping An Profit Drops 24% as Pandemic Deals Blow to Business
May 3 2022 // Ping An Insurance (Group) Co., China’s largest insurer by market value, said profit fell 24% and warned that outbreaks of COVID in the world’s second-biggest economy pose a threat to near-term growth. Net...
Lloyd’s Insurer Lancashire Sees Manageable Russia-Ukraine Losses
Apr 28 2022 // Shares in Lloyd’s of London insurer Lancashire jumped nearly 10% on Thursday as it estimated net losses in Ukraine at around $20-30 million and said further potential losses in the region were within its risk...
Chubb Posts Record Q1 P/C Underwriting Income
Apr 26 2022 // Chubb said first quarter 2022 net income fell to $1.97 billion compared with $2.3 billion during the same time a year ago but property/casualty underwriting income during the period shot up 106% to a record $1.3...
Louisiana Houses Passes Bill Broadening Loss of Use Coverage Scenarios
Apr 26 2022 // The Louisiana House passed a bill Monday that would broaden the requirements of when insurers have to pay loss of use coverage in response to a storm evacuation warning. House Bill 83 says any loss of use coverage would be...
Iowa Court Finds No Coverage for COVID Income Loss in 2 Decisions
Apr 26 2022 // The Iowa Supreme Court last week ruled in two separate decisions that COVID-19 did not cause a physical loss or damage that would allow a private golf club or a restaurant and bar to recoup income lost during COVID-19...
Texas Division of Workers’ Comp Seeks Comments on Income Benefits Form
Apr 25 2022 // The Texas Department of Insurance, Division of Workers’ Compensation (DWC) is accepting public comments on a proposed new form: DWC Form-033, Request to Reduce Income Benefits Due to Contribution. Adopting this form...
ESG, Invasion of Ukraine Focus of Marsh McLennan Earnings Call
Apr 22 2022 // Much attention was paid to ESG (environmental, social, and governance) issues and the Russian invasion of Ukraine as Marsh McLennan reported the highest first-quarter underlying growth in more than 20 years. First quarter...
Claims Inflation, Weakening Price Momentum Could Hit Reinsurer, London Mkt Profits
Apr 21 2022 // The global reinsurance and London market sectors face increased risks from rising claims inflation, financial market volatility and weakening price momentum, according to a commentary published by Fitch Ratings. As a...
Insured Losses From Eastern Australia Floods Estimated at A$4B: PERILS
Apr 21 2022 // Initial insurance losses for the Eastern Australia floods are estimated at A$3.99 billion (US$2.97 billion), according to PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization that provides industry-wide catastrophe insurance...
Travelers CEO Schnitzer: Loss Costs ‘Challenging as Ever to Predict’
Apr 20 2022 // In the words of its CEO, there’s a “fair amount to pay attention to” from the first-quarter earnings call of Travelers, as the P/C insurer grew net written premiums 11% to a record $8.4...
