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Sep 30, 2024
The Hartford Q3 2024 Earnings Report
The Hartford delivered an excellent quarter with strong performance across Commercial Lines, Personal Lines, and Group Benefits, driven by premium growth, investment income, and underwriting results.
Key Takeaways
The Hartford reported a strong third quarter in 2024, with net income available to common stockholders increasing by 18% to $761 million, or $2.56 per diluted share. Core earnings also rose by 6% to $752 million, or $2.53 per diluted share. The company benefited from growth in written premiums, higher net investment income, and improvements in the P&C current accident year loss ratio. The company returned $538 million to stockholders through share repurchases and dividends and increased the quarterly common dividend per share by 11%.
Net income available to common stockholders increased 18% to $761 million, or $2.56 per diluted share.
Core earnings increased 6% to $752 million, or $2.53 per diluted share.
Property & Casualty (P&C) written premiums rose 10%, driven by Commercial Lines and Personal Lines premium growth.
The company returned $538 million to stockholders through share repurchases and dividends and increased the quarterly common dividend per share by 11%.
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Forward Guidance
The Hartford's franchise is well-positioned to sustain industry-leading financial performance and create value for all stakeholders.
Positive Outlook
- Strong capital generation.
- Excellent quarter with a trailing 12-month core earnings ROE of 17.4 percent.
- Commercial Lines generated strong top-line growth at highly profitable margins.
- Personal Lines continues to make progress toward restoring target profitability in auto.
- Group Benefits margin remained strong, and all businesses benefited from a consistent contribution from the investment portfolio.
Challenges Ahead
- Industry-wide elevated catastrophe losses.
- Higher expense ratios across P&C and Group Benefits from third quarter 2023, primarily driven by higher incentive compensation and benefits costs, and higher marketing spend in Personal Lines.
- Commercial Lines loss and loss adjustment expense ratio of 61.0 compared with 58.9 in third quarter 2023.
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