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Liberty Mutual Q4 Income Up Nearly 90%, Year Earnings Climb
Mar 6 2025 // Liberty Mutual Holding Co. reported fourth quarter 2024 net income of $1.2 billion – a nearly 90% increase over the same period the prior year. Boston-based Liberty Mutual’s total combined ratio of 91.5 for the...
AmFam Reports Underwriting Profit for 2024 to Reverse Losses Last Two Years
Mar 6 2025 // After two years of combined ratios over 110, American Family Insurance reported an underwriting profit in 2024—with a 96.6 for the year for all property/casualty lines it writes. The improvement from a 110.8 in 2023 and...
Australia’s Insured Losses From Cyclone Alfred Could Top US$1.3 Billion: S&P
Mar 5 2025 // Australia’s largest property and casualty (P/C) insurers should be well placed to manage claims stemming from tropical cyclone Alfred, which could top A$2billion (US$1.3 billion), according to a report published by...
Texas Beekeepers Facing Soaring Bee Losses, Threatening Agriculture Industry
Mar 4 2025 // Since starting their beekeeping business southwest of San Antonio in late 2019, the Wheeler family has aimed to produce about 3,000 bee colonies each year, many of which are used to pollinate crops like watermelons and...
State Farm 2024 Underwriting Losses Shrink on Auto Results
Mar 3 2025 // After reporting underwriting losses of $13 billion in 2022 and $14 billion in 2023, State Farm recorded another underwriting loss for 2024—but narrowed it thanks to its auto insurance results. State Farm reported a 2024...
Safety Insurance Shows Fourth Quarter Profits
Feb 28 2025 // Safety Insurance Group Inc. (SAFT) on Tuesday reported profit of $8.1 million in its fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the Boston-based company said it had net income of 55 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring...
Florida’s Baldwin Group Reports $20M Q4 Loss, Universal Earned $6M Profit
Feb 28 2025 // Two major, publicly traded Florida insurance companies reported fourth-quarter earnings, with the Baldwin Insurance Group, Inc. (BWIN) noting a loss of $20.2 million in its fourth quarter. On a per-share basis, the...
Insurtech Root Finishes 2024 With First Yearly Profit
Feb 27 2025 // Root Inc. followed up its first ever quarterly net profit in the third quarter with another in the last quarter of 2024, and finished with the first profitable year in the company’s history. The Columbus, Ohio-based...
UK’s Aviva Beats Profit Estimates on Double-Digit Growth in General Insurance Premiums
Feb 27 2025 // British insurer Aviva beat annual profit expectations on double-digit growth in its general insurance premiums in 2024, and said its planned 3.7 billion pound ($4.69 billion) acquisition of smaller rival Direct Line was on...
AXA Earnings Beat Estimates as it Avoids Worst of Los Angeles Fire Claims
Feb 27 2025 // French insurer AXA reported better-than-expected full-year earnings on Thursday, boosted by increased premiums from individual insurance policies, fewer claims and increased margins for its natural catastrophe...
Lemonade CEO Declares ‘Best Quarter Ever,’ Posts Narrowed Q4 Loss of $30M
Feb 26 2025 // Insurtech Lemonade reported a fourth quarter 2024 net loss of about $30 million and a loss for the year of about $202.2 million. Results were in comparison to a net loss of $42.4 million for the fourth quarter 2023 and a...
Sica Fletcher Index: Total Agency-Broker M&A Revenue Down 26% in 2024
Feb 24 2025 // The 22 acquirers that make up the Sica Fletcher Index were involved in 533 agent-broker deals in 2024, down 6% from 2023. Members completed 146 acquisitions during the fourth quarter of 2024. This was 11% less than a year...
Chubb Posts Record P/C Underwriting Income for Q4 and 2024
Feb 24 2025 // Chubb posted record property/casualty underwriting income of about $1.6 billion, up 3.8% during the last quarter of 2024. Fourth-quarter net income was down 22% to about $2.6 billion compared to the same period a year ago,...
Net Income at Selective Insurance Drops on Unfavorable Casualty Reserve Development
Feb 24 2025 // Selective Insurance Group reported a 24% drop in fourth-quarter 2024 net income as its chief executive admitted the year did “not meet expectations.” Fourth-quarter net income was $93.2 million compared to...
Travelers Posts 28% Increase in Q4 Net Income
Feb 24 2025 // The Travelers Cos. said fourth-quarter 2024 and full-year net income increased 28% and 67%, respectively, on strong underlying underwriting results. Travelers posted fourth-quarter net income of about $2.1 billion compared...
Agency Survey: Salaries, Total Income Jump in 2024 but Pay Satisfaction Declines
Feb 24 2025 // Insurance agency owners, producers, and support staff on average made more money in 2024, but for two years in a row, satisfaction with compensation declined, according to the latest Agency Salary Survey, published...
Buffett’s Berkshire Posts Record Profit on Insurance, Investments
Feb 23 2025 // Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway on Saturday said operating profit set a record in the fourth quarter and for the third straight calendar year, bolstered by improved underwriting and higher investment income in...
AM Best: US P/C Industry Improves Despite 2024 Underwriting Loss
Feb 21 2025 // The U.S. property/casualty industry took another underwriting loss in 2024, but results improved thanks to rate increases and changes in risk selection. A report from industry rating agency AM Best this week said U.S. P/C...
Zurich Insurance Sees $200 Million LA Wildfire Loss
Feb 21 2025 // Zurich Insurance Group AG is expecting pretax losses of $200 million from the January California wildfires as the insurer reported a 5% gain in profit for 2024. Group operating profit rose to $7.75 billion in the year, the...
Farmers Estimates $600M in Losses from LA Wildfires
Feb 19 2025 // Farmers said on Wednesday that it expects losses from the Los Angeles wildfires last month to reach an estimated $600 million. Insurance companies have so far paid out more than $6.9 billion for losses from the biggest two...
