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Insurer Travelers beats profit estimate on underwriting strength, investment gains
Oct 17, 2024 2:30 PM

Oct 17 (Reuters) - Travelers Companies' ( TRV )

third-quarter profit beat Wall Street expectations as higher

underwriting gains and investment income more than offset steep

catastrophe losses, sending shares of the insurer up nearly 7%.

Individuals and businesses are spending more on insurance,

allowing insurers to attract and retain clients despite higher

prices for some policies such as auto and property.

Core income of Travelers, often seen as a sector bellwether

as it typically reports results before peers, jumped nearly

three-fold to $1.22 billion, or $5.24 per share, in the three

months ended Sept. 30. Analysts polled by LSEG had forecast a

profit of $3.55 per share.

Net written premiums rose 8% as all its units grew.

Underwriting gains climbed to $685 million compared with a loss

of $136 million a year earlier, while net investment income rose

nearly 18%, thanks to strong fixed income returns and growth in

fixed maturity investments.

A steady U.S. economy and bets of more interest-rate cuts

have helped fuel activity across U.S. equity markets. The

euphoria has also spread to other asset classes, bolstering

gains across investment portfolios.

Catastrophe losses, net of reinsurance, rose to $939

million for Travelers from $850 million a year earlier, due to

the impact of Hurricane Helene and severe wind and hail storms

in the United States.

The losses refer to a significant financial hit that

insurers incur due to large-scale natural or man-made disasters.

The United States grappled with multiple major hurricanes in

2024, including Hurricane Debby that struck Florida in August,

Francine that made landfall in Louisiana in September, and more

recently, Helene and Milton that hit Florida.

Travelers' underlying combined ratio improved to 85.6%,

compared with 90.6% a year earlier. A ratio below 100% means the

insurer earned more in premiums than it paid in claims.

(Reporting by Noor Zainab Hussain and Niket Nishant in

Bengaluru; Editing by Shinjini Ganguli)

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