Cincinnati Financial Q2 2022 Earnings Report
Key Takeaways
Cincinnati Financial Corporation reported a net loss of $808 million for the second quarter of 2022, compared to a net income of $703 million in the same period last year. Non-GAAP operating income decreased by 64% to $104 million. The company's book value per share decreased to $66.30. The combined ratio for the property casualty business was 103.2%.
Second-quarter net loss was $808 million, or $5.06 per share, compared to net income of $703 million, or $4.31 per share, in the second quarter of 2021.
Non-GAAP operating income decreased 64% to $104 million, or 65 cents per share, compared with $292 million, or $1.79 per share, in the second quarter of last year.
Book value per share at June 30, 2022, was $66.30, down $15.42 since year-end.
The property casualty combined ratio for the second quarter of 2022 was 103.2%, up from 85.5% for the second quarter of 2021.
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Forward Guidance
Cincinnati Financial is optimistic that continuing to adjust their predictive models and staying focused on pricing segmentation can lead to improved results, allowing them to again produce a full-year combined ratio in the low- to mid-90s.
Positive Outlook
- Continuing to adjust predictive models
- Staying focused on pricing segmentation
- New small business program, CinergySM, introduced to agents in Illinois, Indiana and Ohio, with additional states planned for the remainder of 2022
- Cincinnati Re® and Cincinnati Global Underwriting Ltd.SM boosted growth, contributing 3 points and 1 point, respectively, to the six-month total, while also contributing meaningful amounts of underwriting profit.
- The Cincinnati Life Insurance Company had a strong first half of the year, increasing term insurance earned premiums 7% and reaching a record $31 million in operating income.
Challenges Ahead
- Investment income increased nicely producing our main source of profits in the second quarter and bringing our total non-GAAP operating income to $357 million for the first half of the year.
- Our insurance business experienced an underwriting loss for the second quarter with a 103.2% combined ratio, resulting in part from an 8.5-point increase in catastrophe losses compared with second quarter 2021.
- Took prudent reserving action in the quarter, reflecting elevated inflation in assorted forms and our belief that various pandemic effects have distorted paid loss cost trends.
- Commercial umbrella coverages – part of our commercial casualty line of business – had a particularly large impact, despite representing only 7% of our full-year 2021 property casualty earned premiums.
- Continued downward pressure in both the equity and bond markets contributed to a decline in book value per share.
Revenue & Expenses
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