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 …
Allianz SE, the German owner of bond giant Pacific Investment Management Co., said its second-quarter profit jumped from a year earlier as stronger earnings from its insurance business offset weaknesses in its asset management units. Group operating profit increased 7.1% …
Drawing analogies to an epic tennis match and the hands of a clock, the leader of Bermuda-based Arch Capital declared the current hard market one of the longest the P/C industry has ever experienced. “This is the type of well-rounded …
Swiss Re swung back to a first quarter profit, reporting net income of $643 million, compared with a loss of $248 million for the prior-year period. “Profitability improved in all our main businesses, supported by adequate pricing, higher investment results, …
Ping An Insurance (Group) Co. of China Ltd. saw a 48.9% rise in first-quarter net profit as its investment income improved, China’s largest insurer by market value reported on Wednesday. Profit rose to 38.4 billion yuan ($5.55 billion) for the …
Marsh McLennan Companies Inc. reports “a strong start” to 2023, generating 9% underlying revenue growth in the first quarter on top of 10% growth in the first quarter of last year, according to John Doyle, president and chief executive officer. …
The U.S. property/casualty (P/C) industry recorded a $26.5 billion net underwriting loss in 2022, $21.5 billion more than the $5 billion underwriting loss reported in 2021, according to a report published by AM Best. The underwriting loss came despite an …
Lloyd’s of London swung to a pre-tax loss in 2022 and took writedowns on its fixed-income investments, it said on Thursday. The pre-tax loss was 800 million pounds ($982.56 million), compared with a profit of 2.3 billion pounds a year …
Ping An Insurance Group Co. of China Ltd., China’s largest insurer by market value, reported a 17.6% drop in its 2022 annual net profit on Wednesday due to a slump in investment gains. Its profit of 83.8 billion yuan ($12.14 …
Italy’s Assicurazioni Generali surprised investors on Tuesday by hiking the dividend payout on its 2022 results after posting its best operating profit ever. Finance chief Cristiano Borean also told reporters the leading Italian insurer had no exposure to collapsed U.S. …
