COVID-19-related claims were not the biggest driver of the North American property/casualty insurance industry’s overall combined ratio during the first six months of 2020. Natural catastrophes cost insurers more, Fitch Ratings concluded in its latest report. Pandemic-related claims increased the …
Lemonade, an insurtech selling home, renters and now pet insurance, lost money in its 2020 second quarter, according to its first earnings disclosure as a public company. That’s not a surprise, as the strategy for the startup insurer that was …
The Lloyd’s market looks unlikely to turn an underwriting profit in 2020 given the pandemic and hurricane season. However, there a signs of improvement, according to analysts at S&P Global Ratings. S&P notes that the COVID-19 pandemic has already caused …
Insurer Admiral reinstated its special dividend on Wednesday as it reported a jump in first-half earnings, the latest car insurer to benefit from a slump in claims as coronavirus lockdowns kept Britons off the road in March and April. The …
Berkshire Hathaway Inc. had a tough second quarter with the pandemic taking a toll on most of its operating businesses including Precision Castparts aircraft parts, the BNSF railroad, Occidental Petroleum Corp., Kraft Heinz Co. and retailers including See’s Candies that …
“Black Lives Matter to me and they matter to us as an organization,” Progressive Corp. CEO Tricia Griffith wrote in a letter to shareholders. In the letter that was mostly commentary on second quarter results, Griffith vowed to increase her …
CNA Financial Corp. saw its 2020 second quarter net income sliced almost by half compared to the previous year due to “considerable catastrophe losses” from COVID-19, civil unrest and weather-related events. The Chicago-based commercial property/casualty insurer booked $151 million in …
German reinsurance group Munich Re posted a 42% decline in second-quarter net profit, with around 700 million euros ($832 million) in losses related to the coronavirus pandemic in the period. The company, which had already announced preliminary earnings in July, …
AXA SA’s profit sank in the first half as it booked a 1.5 billion-euro ($1.8 billion) charge for claims related to COVID-19 and warned of further shocks from the pandemic. The French insurer saw net income fall 39% from the …
Liberty Mutual Holding Co. reported a net loss of $320 million for the second quarter versus net income of $397 million for the same quarter last year. The loss reflected the impact of COVID-19, catastrophes and the economic downturn, according …
