Hartford Financial Services Group Inc., the insurer that sold life units to focus on property/casualty coverage, said fourth-quarter profit rose 22 percent as sales climbed at its main unit and margins improved. Net income advanced to $382 million, or 86 …
Nationwide Mutual Insurance Co.’s property/casualty arm performed solidly in the 2014 second quarter, despite the Polar Vortex and major storm activity that hampered earnings over the first six months of the year. The Ohio-based privately-held mutual insurer booked more than …
Liberty Mutual Holding Co. Inc. and its subsidiaries reported net income of $393 million for the quarter ended June 30, 2014, down $55 million or 12.3 percent from the same period in 2013. Net written premiums grew just above 5 …
Marsh & McLennan Companies Inc., the global insurance and professional services provider, reported revenue growth of 7 percent in the second quarter. “This was our strongest quarterly revenue performance in two years, with all operating companies contributing,” said President and …
Warren Buffett had just taken control of Berkshire Hathaway Inc., a textile maker he would build into one of the world’s largest insurers, the last time U.S. property/casualty carriers endured such low interest rates. That was almost five decades ago. …
Private U.S. property/casualty insurers’ net income after taxes fell to $13.8 billion in first-quarter 2014 from $14.3 billion in first-quarter 2013. Insurers’ pretax operating income – the sum of net gains or losses on underwriting, net investment income, and miscellaneous …
