Private U.S. property/casualty insurers’ net income after taxes grew to $31.0 billion in the first half of 2015 from $26.0 billion in the first half of 2014, according to a report today from Verisk Analytics’ ISO unit and the Property …
Analysts who predicted the U.S. property/casualty industry would have a tough time topping its 2013 results in 2014 were largely correct as there was some slippage. However, while property/casualty insurers were not as profitable as they were in 2013, they …
Liberty Mutual Holding Co. finished out 2014 with gains in net written premium, net income and an improved combined ratio. But catastrophe losses jumped substantially due to costs from a number of severe storms. David Long, the company’s chairman and …
State Farm reported an underwriting loss in 2014, though investment and other income still helped leave it with an operating profit. The insurer’s combined property/casualty underwriting loss landed at $939 million, or 1.7 percent of nearly $57 billion of earned …
Zurich Insurance Group AG, Switzerland’s biggest insurer, fell short of an earnings target as fourth- quarter profit fell 20 percent on lower income from the general insurance unit. The shares declined. Net income fell to $858 million from $1.07 billion …
W.R. Berkley Corp. reported a stellar fourth-quarter in terms of premium growth, but net income dipped at year-end due in part to investment return challenges. Berkley’s 2014 Q4 net income is booked at $110.7 million ($0.83 per diluted share), versus …
Munich Re, the world’s biggest reinsurer, plans to raise its dividend even after fourth-quarter profit declined 42 percent on investments and goodwill impairments. Net income fell to about 700 million euros ($794 million) from 1.2 billion euros a year before, …
The first nine months of 2014 saw policyholders’ surplus for the U.S. property/casualty insurance industry reach record levels. At the same time, net income after taxes declined substantially and overall profitability took a noticeable dip. As well the annualized rate …
U.S. property/casualty insurers can celebrate higher overall earnings and premium levels in the 2014 third quarter versus the same period a year ago, Moody’s Investors Service said in a new report. At the same time, competition and winter storms could …
Liberty Mutual Holding Co. concluded its 2014 third quarter with another jump in net income, higher revenues, a new reinsurance agreement and more than $1 billion in debt raised to help strengthen its balance sheet. “These transactions further strengthened the …
