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Insured Losses for Australia’s October 2021 Storms Estimated at A$972M: PERILS
Oct 31 2022 // Insured losses for the severe storms, which hit Southern Australia on Oct. 28-30, 2021, are estimated at A$972 million (US$623.1 million), according to PERILS, the independent Zurich-based organization that provides...
Q3 Net Income Down 30% at The Hartford; $214M in Ian Losses
Oct 31 2022 // Compared to the same window last year, net income at The Hartford was down during the third quarter of 2022 – but core earnings were up during what the company’s CEO described as a strong stretch. Third quarter...
Universal P&C Posts $72 Million Loss, But Says it’s Well-Covered with Reinsurance
Oct 31 2022 // Universal Insurance Holdings Inc., the parent company of Universal Property & Casualty Insurance Co., Florida’s second-largest carrier, posted a $72 million loss for the third quarter of this year. That’s...
WTW Posts Drop in Q2 Net Income, Revises 2024 Outlook on Russia Losses
Oct 28 2022 // Third-quarter net income at broker WTW was $192 million compared to $907 million during the prior-year third quarter. Net income for the third quarter 2021 included the $1 billion income receipt that was received as a...
Brown & Brown’s Q3 Earnings Fail to Meet Analysts’ Expectations
Oct 28 2022 // Brown & Brown Inc. (BRO on the NYSE) on Monday reported third-quarter net income of $161.1 million. The Daytona Beach-based company, one of the largest insurance brokerages in the country, said it had a profit of 57...
Swiss Re Posts Q3 Loss on Hit From Hurricane Ian, Signals Price Hikes
Oct 28 2022 // Swiss Re reported a third-quarter loss of $442 million driven by claims tied to the damage from hurricane Ian, and signaled that renewal prices would jump next year. The Zurich-based reinsurer’s key unit saw $2.5...
Bad Driving, Inflation Among Factors Pushing Increase in Auto Loss Ratios
Oct 27 2022 // US auto insurers are coping with the largest direct loss ratio in 20 years because of factors that include historic inflation, a deterioration in driving behavior and sky-high jury awards, the American Property and...
DOJ Antitrust Losses in Court Are Seen as Setback for Biden’s Merger Crackdown
Oct 26 2022 // In the span of just a month, federal judges rejected the US Justice Department’s attempts to block three mergers in the health technology, agriculture and defense contracting industries. The agency is considering...
Update: Ping An Profit Falls 6.3% on Market Turmoil, Weaker Sales
Oct 26 2022 // 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...
Chubb’s Q3 Numbers: Net Income Falls on Realized Losses; P/C Profits Up 15%
Oct 26 2022 // In spite of incurring nearly $1 billion in pre-tax net losses from Hurricane Ian, Chubb reported a combined ratio of 93.1 for the third quarter of 2022, representing $710 million in underwriting income. Property/casualty...
All The Latest Insurance Company Estimates: Hurricane Ian Losses
Oct 21 2022 // Just a few days into earnings season for the third quarter, a number of carriers have published loss estimates for insurance claims from Hurricane Ian, or prewarned investors about loss figures that will dent their bottom...
Global Natural Disasters Cost Insurers $99B in Q3, With Economic Losses of $227B: Aon
Oct 21 2022 // Global natural disaster events to the end of Q3 2022 caused total economic losses estimated minimally at $227 billion – of which $99 billion was covered by public and private insurers, which means that insured losses...
The Hanover: $28M Loss From Ian as Overall Cat Losses Exceed Assumption
Oct 20 2022 // The Hanover Insurance Group on Oct. 20 released an estimate of third-quarter overall catastrophe and Hurricane Ian-related losses. Q3 catastrophe losses are expected to be about $90 million, pre tax. Estimated losses from...
Report: Hurricane Ian Farm Loss Could Reach $1.56 Billion
Oct 20 2022 // Agriculture losses in Florida from Hurricane Ian’s high winds and drenching rains could reach $1.56 billion, with citrus, cattle, vegetable and melon operations among the hardest hit, the University of Florida...
Allstate Expects Q3 Net Loss Up to $725M; Ian Caused $366M Net Loss
Oct 19 2022 // Allstate Corp said it expects to report a third quarter net loss of of between $675 million and $725 million with pre-tax catastrophe losses, net of reinsurance, of $763 million. Catastrophe losses net of reinsurance for...
Travelers Q3 Net Income Falls 31%
Oct 19 2022 // Third quarter net income at Travelers Companies dropped 31%, compared with the same period a year ago, to $454 million. The P/C insurer said net income fell due to lower core income – $526 million compared with $655...
Arch Capital Estimates Q3 Catastrophe Losses Could Hit $560 Million
Oct 19 2022 // 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...
Swiss Re Expects Claims From Hurricane Ian to Bring Q3 Loss
Oct 18 2022 // 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%...
Progressive Loses A Bundle: Nearly $2.0B Gross Ian Losses; $760M Net
Oct 13 2022 // Insurer Progressive incurred nearly $2.0 billion in gross loss and loss adjustment expenses for vehicle and property claims related to Hurricane Ian, sending over $1 billion of the total to reinsurers, the company reported...
Universal Predicts $1B in Losses from Ian; HCI’s Wind Exposure Less than Irma’s
Oct 13 2022 // The parent company of Universal Property & Casualty Co., the second-largest property insurer in Florida, projects its total losses from Hurricane Ian to be about $1 billion, well below its $3 billion reinsurance...
