2024 financial results News

The Hartford Sees Q4 Net Income Rise 11%, Strengthens GL Reserves

Net income at The Hartford increased 11% to $848 million in the fourth quarter 2024, driven by premium growth in commercial and personal lines. Net income attributable to shareholders went up 24% for the year to $3.1 billion. Property/casualty net …

Property-Catastrophe Reinsurance Rates Will Stop Dropping Post Wildfires: Execs

RenaissanceRe expects to incur about $750 million in losses from the January 2025 California wildfires—and anticipates that industrywide impacts should halt the drop in property-catastrophe reinsurance prices observed at 1/1. Kevin O’Donnell, president and chief executive officer, referencing an industrywide …

Aon Reports Organic Growth of 6% for 4th Quarter and Full-Year 2024

Aon reported net income attributable to shareholders of $716 million during the fourth quarter, a 44% increase from the $498 million reported in Q4 2023. For full-year 2024, net income attributable to shareholders increased to $2.7 billion, or $12.49 per …

Marsh McLennan Reports Organic Growth of 7% During Q4 and Full-Year 2024

Marsh McLennan reported fourth quarter net income of $788 million, compared with $756 billion during Q4 2023. For the full-year 2024, MMC had net income of $4.1 billion, compared with $3.8 billion reported for FY 2023. Operating income for the …

Allianz Raises Financial Targets for Next Three Years

Allianz, one of Europe’s biggest insurers, has raised its three-year financial targets after outperforming its key goals for this year, the company said on Tuesday. Shares in Allianz fell 1.3% by 0832 GMT. The operator of the PIMCO brand sees …

Zurich Insurance Group Sets New Targets After Meeting Existing Ones a Year Early

Zurich Insurance Group AG set new targets for profitability and profit growth for the next three years, after a better-than-expected market environment put it on track to exceed its existing guidance a year ahead of plan. The insurer pledged to …

Swiss Re Execs Sleeping Well After $2.4 Billion Q3 Reserve Boost

While a $2.4 billion boost in loss reserves for the third-quarter will help Swiss Re’s executives sleep better on a bigger cushion, across the industry, worsening trends in U.S. liability loss costs aren’t letting up, they said yesterday. In fact, …

Zurich’s Exposure to Hurricanes Helene, Milton Below $360M as Catastrophe Losses Rise

Zurich Insurance Group said on Thursday that its exposure to Hurricanes Helene and Milton, which recently wreaked havoc in the United States, would be less than $360 million, as insurers face increasing losses from natural catastrophes. Analysts expect up to …

Swiss Re Cuts 2024 Profit Target After Raising US Reserves

Swiss Re AG said it was raising reserves in its US Property & Casualty business by $2.4 billion in the third quarter, a move analysts said was positive despite a resulting downgrade to full-year profit expectations. “We conducted a comprehensive …

China’s Ping An Insurance Posts 36.1% Rise in 9-Month Profit

Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. of China Ltd. reported on Monday a 36.1% rise in net profit in the first nine months of the year, driven by growing investment returns and new policies sold as the economy recovers. The insurance …