2014 Financial results News

The Hartford Profit Up 32% in Q3

The Hartford reported third quarter 2014 net income totaled $388 million, up 32 percent from $293 million in third quarter 2013. The insurer said core earnings were $477 million for the three months ended Sept. 30, 2014, up 15 percent …

Chubb Reports ‘Outstanding’ Q3

Calmer weather, rate increases, high account retention and lower expenses powered The Chubb Corp. to a what the firm’s CEO said was an “outstanding” third quarter. The New Jersey-based insurer reported that net income in the third quarter of 2014 …

Travelers’ Profit Up 6% for Q3 on Investment Income, Lower Cat Losses

The Travelers Companies Inc. today reported net income of $919 million for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2014, up more than six percent compared to net income of $864 million in the prior year quarter. Operating income in the current …

P/C Insurers’ Net Income Rose, Operating Income Fell in First Half

U.S. property/casualty insurers’ net income rose $1.6 billion to $26.0 billion in first-half of 2014 while pretax operating income fell $1.9 billion to $23.9 billion in first-half 2014, a decrease driven by lower gains on both underwriting and investments. Net …

Chubb Q2 Profit Declines 14%

Chubb Corp. reported that net income in the second quarter of 2014 fell to $499 million from $579 million in the second quarter of 2013 due to losses from severe weather and residential and commercial property fires. Operating income was …

Fitch Forecasts Shrinking P/C Insurer Profits

Fitch Ratings is forecasting that 2014 will end up as the second consecutive year of underwriting profits for the property/casualty industry with modest increase in the combined ratio. But the results for 2014 won’t quite match the strong performance by …

Progressive Insurance Profit Down as Investment Gains Narrow

Progressive Corp., the fourth- largest U.S. car insurer, said second-quarter profit fell 9.6 percent as investment gains narrowed. Net income dropped to $293.4 million, or 49 cents a share, from $324.6 million, or 54 cents, a year earlier, the Mayfield …

P/C Insurers’ Profit Dipped in Q1

Private U.S. property/casualty insurers’ net income after taxes fell to $13.8 billion in first-quarter 2014 from $14.3 billion in first-quarter 2013. Insurers’ pretax operating income – the sum of net gains or losses on underwriting, net investment income, and miscellaneous …

Zurich Insurance Q1 Profit Up 20%

Zurich Insurance Group AG, the biggest Swiss insurer, said first-quarter profit rose 20 percent, helped by capital gains on investments. Net income rose to $1.27 billion from $1.06 billion in the year-earlier period, the Zurich-based company said in an e- …