Munich Re raised its profit target for the year as lower-than-expected claims helped push earnings in the third quarter past analysts’ estimates. The reinsurer said it expects a profit of €4.5 billion ($4.8 billion) for this year, up from an …
Third quarter net income at Travelers Cos. fell 11% compared to the prior-year quarter to $404 million on higher catastrophe losses and unfavorable reserve development. As one of the first insurers to report quarterly results, New York-based Travelers said it …
Progressive Corp. posted significant improvement in third quarter earnings late last week – with net income of $1.12 billion compared to $124.1 million a year ago during the same period. Progressive gave a snapshot of it’s Q3 earnings in announcing …
Liberty Mutual Holding Co. reported a second-quarter net loss of $585 million, driven by catastrophe losses of about $2.27 billion. Tim Sweeney, president and CEO, said weather losses were primarily from widespread wind and hail events in Texas, Oklahoma, and …
As it reported a net loss in the second quarter of about $97 million, Kemper Corp. said Monday that it is exiting the preferred home and auto insurance market. Kemper said it will “actively reduce the business immediately,” and non-renew …
Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc. posted gains in operating profit as strength in its insurance businesses helped counter inflationary pressures that have weighed on the sprawling conglomerate in the last year. The firm reported $10.04 billion of operating profit for …
Swiss Re AG said first-half net income rose more than ninefold to $1.4 billion from a year earlier, driven by contained natural catastrophe losses and a rebound in its life and health business to pre-pandemic levels. Net premiums earned and …
Artificial intelligence-powered insurer Lemonade recorded a net loss of $67.2 million for the second quarter compared with a net loss of $67.9 million a year ago during the same period. Catastrophes, specifically severe convective storms, weighed on the quarter’s results …
Insurtech Root Inc. posted a another net loss for the second quarter 2023 of about $37 million. The loss was a 62% improvement from the net loss of about $96 million during the same period in 2022. Over the first …
Allstate Corp. reported net catastrophe losses of $2.7 billion in the second quarter, resulting in a net loss for the period of $1.4 billion as catastrophe and underwriting losses offset other favorable factors. President and CEO Tom Wilson said the …
