Global Accounting Rule Ends Leeway Over Operating Profit April 9, 2024 By Huw Jones Companies will have to publish standardized operating profit figures from 2027 under new requirements from a global accounting rulesetter to...
Lloyd’s of London Swings to $13.5 Billion Profit in 2023 March 28, 2024 Lloyd’s of London swung to a pre-tax profit of 10.7 billion pounds ($13.51 billion) in 2023, the commercial insurance market...
UK Insurer Direct Line Posts Operating Loss as it Grapples With Auto Claims Inflation March 21, 2024 By Carolyn Cohn Direct Line posted a 2023 operating loss as it grapples high motor claims inflation, but reinstated its dividend as the...
Generali CEO Says Insurer Has Financial Strength for M&A Deals March 12, 2024 By Sonia Sirletti Italian insurance giant Assicurazioni Generali SpA has the financial means for acquisitions that fit its template for value creation, according...
Lloyd’s Reports Banner Year in 2023 but ‘Disciplined Underwriting’ Must Be Maintained March 11, 2024 By L.S. Howard Lloyd’s strong 2023 results reaffirm the primacy of underwriting, “but it’s one year and therefore not a reason for complacency,”...
Liberty Mutual Execs See Q4 Momentum as 2023 Income Falls March 8, 2024 By Susanne Sclafane Although Liberty Mutual reported worse underwriting results and lower net income in 2023 compared to the prior year, executives pointed...
State Farm Sets Another Record With $14B Underwriting Loss in 2023 March 1, 2024 A year after recording the largest underwriting loss in the company’s 100-year history, State Farm eclipsed it in 2023. The...
Lemonade CEO Calls 2023 ‘The Year When the Plan Came Together’ February 29, 2024 By Chad Hemenway Insurtech Lemonade reported a fourth quarter 2023 net loss of $42.4 million and a net loss of about $237 million...
Destination Progressive… or One of These Other Carriers February 29, 2024 By Susanne Sclafane Commissions are more certain than insurance losses. Those were not exactly the words that a Progressive executive used when he...
Warren Buffett Says Berkshire ‘Built to Last’ Though Eye-Popping Gains Are Over February 26, 2024 By Jonathan Stempel Warren Buffett on Saturday moved to reassure investors that his conglomerate Berkshire Hathaway would serve them well over the long...