2022 financial results News

Update: Ping An Profit Falls 6.3% on Market Turmoil, Weaker Sales

Ping An Insurance (Group) Co., China’s second-largest insurer by market value, posted a 31.5% drop in third-quarter profit as a stock-market slump hurt investment returns and an economic slowdown hampered sales. Net income fell to 16.2 billion yuan ($2.3 billion) …

Berkley Cooling on Professional Lines, Firing Up Property Cat Re Engines

Property cat reinsurance: “More.” Professional liability insurance: Not so much. The president and chief executive officer of W.R. Berkley Corp., Robert Berkley, Jr., shared his company’s appetite for short-tail and long-tail coverages during an earnings conference call on Mondayβ€”flagging property …

Munich Re Estimates $1.6 Billion Hit From Hurricane Ian Could Affect 2022 Targets

Munich Re said it will probably take a hit of about 1.6 billion euros ($1.6 billion) after hurricane Ian led to massive damages in Florida, and warned reaching its full-year profit goal has become “significantly more challenging.” The estimate of …

Arch Capital Estimates Q3 Catastrophe Losses Could Hit $560 Million

Arch Capital Group Ltd., the Bermuda-based re/insurer, reports that its 2022 third quarter results will be negatively affected by claims from global catastrophe events such as Hurricane Ian, U.S. convective storms, Typhoon Nanmadol (which hit Japan in September), and French …

Swiss Re Expects Claims From Hurricane Ian to Bring Q3 Loss

Swiss Re forecast on Tuesday a third-quarter net loss of around $500 million after the reinsurance company absorbed preliminary claims from Hurricane Ian of approximately $1.3 billion. “While the 2022 target of 10% Group ROE is unlikely to be reached …

Lloyd’s Has Strong H1 Underwriting Profit, but Reports Overall Loss on Investment Hit

While Lloyd’s reported a strong underwriting profit during the first half and its best combined ratio in five years, similar to many insurers, it saw an overall loss as a result of its investments. Underwriting profits for the first six …

China’s Ping An Insurance H1 Profit Rises 3.9%

Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China, China’s largest insurer by market value, reported a 3.9% rise in first half net profit, the first increase over this period in three years, a filing with the Hong Kong stock exchange showed …

Dutch Insurer NN Group’s H1 Profit Slips on Impact of Storm Claims

NN Group’s core profit fell 12.1% year-on-year in the first half of 2022, the Dutch insurer said on Thursday, citing the impact of weather events and the sale of its asset management arm. Operating profit came in at 983 million …

UK Insurer Aviva Posts 14% Rise in H1 Operating Profit

Aviva plans to return more cash to shareholders, the British insurer said as it posted a better-than-expected 14% rise in first-half operating profit, sending its shares to the top of the FTSE 100 gainers on Wednesday. Activist investor Cevian Capital, …

Munich Re’s Profit Slumps as It Takes $1 Billion Hit to Investment Portfolio

Munich Re’s profit slumped as the reinsurer took a hit of almost $1 billion to its investment portfolio in a volatile quarter for financial markets. The Munich-based company wrote down the value of its holdings by 908 million euros ($926 …