Loews' third-quarter profit jumps on investment income boost

Loews

04/11/2024 12:25

Nov 4 (Reuters) - Loews Corp  L.N  reported an increase
in quarterly profit on Monday, helped by higher investment
income and strong performance in its insurance unit.
    The New York-based company's investment income jumped to
$776 million in the third quarter from $592 million a year
earlier.
    Income attributable to Loews rose to $401 million, or $1.82
per share, in the three months ended Sept. 30, compared with
$253 million, or $1.12 per share, last year.
    The company earns most of its revenue from its insurance
unit CNA Financial  CNA.N , in which it holds a more than 90%
stake, as per LSEG data.
    The insurance unit reported an underlying combined ratio of
91.6% in its property and casualty business, compared with 90.4%
a year earlier. A ratio below 100% means an insurer earned more
in premiums than it paid out in claims.
    CNA Financial's quarterly insurance premiums rose to $2.59
billion from $2.41 billion.
"CNA performed well despite elevated industry catastrophe
losses," Loews CEO James Tisch, who is set to retire at the end
of 2024, said.
    Analysts said in October that Hurricane Milton could cause
losses of up to $100 billion for the global insurance industry.

(Reporting by Prakhar Srivastava and Pritam Biswas in Bengaluru;
Editing by Shounak Dasgupta)
((Prakhar.srivastava2@thomsonreuters.com))