August 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 and hail events in Texas, Oklahoma, and …
August 8, 2023
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 …
August 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 year. The firm reported $10.04 billion of operating profit for …
August 4, 2023
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 …
August 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 convective storms, weighed on the quarter’s results …
August 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 …
August 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 and CEO Tom Wilson said the …
August 1, 2023
American International Group saw second quarter growth in net premiums written in its general insurance segment to $7.5 billion, a 10% increase from the same time a year ago. The insurer’s second quarter net income attributable to common shareholders fell …
August 1, 2023
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 …
July 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 pressure from a rise in catastrophe-related claims due to severe …