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Property/Casualty Insurance Industry Net Income More Than Doubles to $34 Billion in First-Half 2018

October 15, 2018 By CollisionWeek Editor

Lower catastrophe losses and growing premiums drive profits higher.

Private U.S. property/casualty insurers saw their net income after taxes more than double to $34 billion in first-half 2018 from $15.5 billion in first-half 2017, with the help of lower catastrophe losses, growing premiums, and an increase in investment income, according to ISO, a Verisk (NASDAQ:VRSK) business, and the Property Casualty Insurers Association of America (PCI).

PCI First Half 2018 Net Income

Losses and loss adjustment expenses from catastrophes declined to $14.6 billion for first-half 2018 from $18 billion a year earlier. Net written premiums grew 13.3 percent in first-half 2018 from 4.1 percent a year earlier,

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