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#1 Liberty Mutual Announces Organizational Changes, Leading to 370 US Job Losses

Jul 17 2023 // Liberty Mutual Insurance announced major organizational changes and executive leadership appointments, which are aimed at enhancing its personal and small commercial lines business in long-term strategic markets....

#2 Allstate Records $2.7B Net Catastrophe Hit on Way to Q2 Loss of $1.4B

Aug 1 2023 // 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...

#3 Ray of Sunshine: Florida Insurers Show Profit as Citizens Takeouts Rise – S&P Global

Aug 2 2023 // Republished from S&P Global Market Intelligence For the first time in three years, Florida’s struggling domestic residential property insurers have posted a quarterly profit, according to an analysis by S&P...

#4 Lemonade Posts Q2 Loss of $67.2M, Reviews Homeowners Book

Aug 3 2023 // 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...

#5 Update: Allstate Estimates Catastrophe Losses of $1 Billion in June, $2.7 Billion in Q2

Jul 20 2023 // Allstate Corp. announced estimated catastrophe losses for the month of June of $1.01 billion, or $799 million, after-tax. June’s month catastrophe losses include 18 events estimated at $1.13 billion, with...

#6 Travelers’ Q2 Profit Plummets on Historic-Level Catastrophe Losses

Jul 20 2023 // Travelers Companies Inc. on Thursday reported a 98% fall in quarterly profit, as severe wind and hailstorms in parts of the United States pushed up its catastrophe losses. Core income of the New York-based company, often...

#7 Chubb ‘Record’ Q2 Sees Net Income Up 50.7%

Jul 26 2023 // Chubb second-quarter net income went up 50.7% to nearly $1.8 billion and its property/casualty combined ratio came in at 85.4. “We had another simply outstanding quarter – in fact, a record, which contributed to a...

#8 Liberty Mutual Posts Q2 Loss of $585M Driven By Catastrophes

Aug 10 2023 // 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...

#9 Workers’ Compensation Remains Profit Engine for U.S. P/C Insurers: AM Best

Jul 18 2023 // Workers’ compensation insurers’ underwriting results continued to outpace the rest of the U.S. property/casualty (P/C) commercial sector in 2022, as they benefited from the long-term decline in workplace...

#10 Florida’s Universal Profits Are Up as Carrier Sheds Policies, Feels Impact of Reforms

Jul 28 2023 // Efforts by Universal Insurance Holdings, the publicly traded parent company of one of Florida’s largest property and casualty insurers, to shed policies, spread risk and raise rates appears to have paid off so far in...

#11 The Hanover Insurance Group Estimates Q2 Catastrophe Losses of $262 Million

Jul 21 2023 // The Hanover Insurance Group Inc. announced a preliminary estimate for second quarter catastrophe losses of approximately $262 million, before taxes, or 18.5 points of net earned premium. Second quarter catastrophe losses...

#12 Inflation, Catastrophe Losses Lead P&C Underwriting Loss in 2023

Aug 8 2023 // The overall property/casualty industry is expected to finish 2023 with a net combined ratio of 102.2, according to a recent webinar by the Insurance Information Institute (Triple-I) and Milliman. Triple-I and Milliman...

#13 Root Inc. Narrows Q2 Net Loss to $37M, Remains Committed to Pricing Model

Aug 3 2023 // 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 half of...

#14 Severe Convective Storms Top Insured Natural Disaster Losses in H1: Swiss Re

Aug 9 2023 // Global natural catastrophes cost insurers US$50 billion in the first half, (H1 2022: $48 billion), with most of the losses stemming from severe convective storms, according to Swiss Re. “Severe convective storms –...

#15 Heritage Insurance Reports Third Straight Quarter of Profit After Shedding Policies

Aug 11 2023 // Tampa-based Heritage Insurance Holdings reported a $7.8 million profit for the second quarter of this year, along with an improved combined ratio, thanks in part to higher premiums and reduced exposure in Florida. The...

#16 Berkley on Industry’s Financial Results: ‘Cat Losses Count’

Jul 25 2023 // The fact is, catastrophe losses are a part of an insurers’ financial results and not a line item to be dismissed, said W. Robert Berkley Jr, president and chief executive of W.R. Berkley Corp during a recent...

#17 Rain Insurance Payout Helps DICK’S Sporting Goods Open Recover Lost Revenue

Jul 19 2023 // When a rainstorm hit Endicott, New York this past weekend, the organizers of the DICK’S Sporting Goods Open PGA TOUR Champions event at En-Joie Golf Course were shielded with a rain insurance policy provided by...

#18 Berkshire Operating Earnings Jump on Insurance Strength

Aug 7 2023 // 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...

#19 CNA Financial Misses Profit Estimates on Higher P/C Catastrophe Losses

Jul 31 2023 // Insurer CNA Financial missed second-quarter profit estimates on Monday, as wider catastrophe losses in its property and casualty (P&C) segment partially offset higher investment income. Profits at insurers came under...

#20 Q2 Net Income Up 23% at The Hartford, Bolstered by Commercial Lines

Jul 31 2023 // The Hartford said second quarter net income was $542 million, an increase of 23% compared with the same period a year ago, driven by written premium growth of 12% in commercial lines. Net income from commercial lines was...