First Quarter Return on Equity and Core Return on Equity of 10.5% and
10.8%, Respectively
Board of Directors Declares 7.5% Increase in the Company’s Regular
Quarterly Cash Dividend to $0.72 per Share and Authorizes an Additional
$5.0 Billion of Share Repurchases
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Net income of $617 million and core income (formerly referred to as
operating income) of $614 million, included significant catastrophe
losses of $226 million after-tax ($347 million pre-tax).
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Quarter benefited from strong underlying underwriting results and net
investment income that increased 9% after-tax over the prior year
quarter as a result of higher private equity returns.
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The combined ratio, which includes catastrophe losses, was 96.0%; the
underlying combined ratio remained strong at 91.7%.
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Record net written premiums of $6.495 billion up 5% from the prior
year quarter, reflecting growth in all segments.
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Total capital returned to shareholders of $476 million in the quarter,
including $286 million of share repurchases. Reduced share repurchases
from recent quarters to provide financing flexibility for pending
acquisition of Simply Business.
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Book value per share of $84.51 and adjusted book value per share of
$81.56 increased 2% and 1%, respectively, from year-end 2016.
1 As a result of recent SEC insurance industry guidance
concerning terminology, what we previously referred to as “operating
income (loss)” in our public disclosures we now refer to as “core income
(loss).” Additionally, the related financial measures of “operating
income (loss) per share” and “operating return on equity” were changed
accordingly. There were no changes in the calculation of these amounts.
Company Website:
http://www.travelers.com/
NEW YORK -- (Business Wire)
The Travelers Companies, Inc. today reported net income of $617 million,
or $2.17 per diluted share, for the quarter ended March 31, 2017,
compared to $691 million, or $2.30 per diluted share, in the prior year
quarter. Core income in the current quarter was $614 million, or $2.16
per diluted share, compared to $698 million, or $2.33 per diluted share,
in the prior year quarter. Net and core income in both the current and
prior year quarters were impacted by significant catastrophe losses of
$226 million after-tax ($347 million pre-tax) and $207 million after-tax
($318 million pre-tax), respectively. The decreases from the prior year
quarter were primarily driven by lower net favorable prior year reserve
development that included a $51 million after-tax ($62 million pre-tax)
impact from the UK Ministry of Justice’s recent “Ogden” discount rate
adjustment, a lower underlying underwriting gain (i.e., excluding net
favorable prior year reserve development and catastrophe losses) and
higher catastrophe losses, partially offset by higher net investment
income. The current quarter benefited from a $39 million resolution of
prior year income tax matters, while the prior year quarter benefited
modestly from the favorable settlement of a claims-related legal matter.
Per diluted share amounts benefited from the impact of share repurchases.
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($ in millions, except for per share amounts, and after-tax,
| | | | Three Months Ended March 31, | | |
except for premiums & revenues)
| | | | 2017 | | | | 2016 | | | | Change | | |
Net written premiums |
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Total revenues | | | | $ | 6,942 | | | | | $ | 6,686 | | | | | 4 | | | |
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Net income | | | | $ | 617 | | | | | $ | 691 | | | | | (11 | ) | | |
per diluted share | | | | $ | 2.17 | | | | | $ | 2.30 | | | | | (6 | ) | | |
Core income | | | | $ | 614 | | | | | $ | 698 | | | | | (12 | ) | | |
per diluted share | | | | $ | 2.16 | | | | | $ | 2.33 | | | | | (7 | ) | | |
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Diluted weighted average | | | | | 282.4 | | | | | | 297.9 | | | | | (5 | ) | | |
shares outstanding | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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Combined ratio | | | | | 96.0 | % | | | | | 92.3 | % | | | | 3.7 | | | pts |
Underlying combined ratio | | | | | 91.7 | % | | | | | 90.0 | % | | | | 1.7 | | | pts |
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Return on equity | | | | | 10.5 | % | | | | | 11.6 | % | | | | (1.1 | ) | | pts |
Core return on equity |
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Book value per share | | | $ | 84.51 | | | $ | 83.05 | | | $ | 82.65 | | | 2 | | % | | 2 | | % |
Adjusted book value per share | | | | 81.56 | | | | 80.44 | | | | 76.63 | | | 1 | | | | 6 | | |
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See Glossary of Financial Measures for definitions and the
statistical supplement for additional financial data.
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“Core income of $614 million and core return on equity of 10.8%
reflected unusually high first quarter catastrophe losses that arose
from a record number of tornado and hail events,” commented Alan
Schnitzer, Chief Executive Officer. “We were pleased with our underlying
underwriting results and that loss trends were stable and consistent
with our expectations for all of our businesses, including personal
auto. We were also pleased with our investment results this quarter. Net
investment income, which benefited from strong private equity returns,
increased 9% on an after-tax basis over the prior year quarter. Our
results enabled us to return $476 million to shareholders, including
$286 million in share repurchases, while adding additional holding
company liquidity to build flexibility for the funding of the Simply
Business acquisition. In recognition of our strong financial position,
the Board of Directors declared a 7.5% increase in our quarterly cash
dividend to $0.72 per share and authorized an additional $5.0 billion of
share repurchases.
“Net written premiums grew 5% to a record level this quarter, with each
business segment contributing to the growth. In our commercial
businesses, the markets in which we operate remained stable. We
continued to achieve historically high levels of retention, and renewal
rate change remained positive and improved modestly from recent
quarters. The improvement in renewal rate change reflects our focused
efforts to seek rate selectively and thoughtfully on an
account-by-account or class-by-class basis. While we always actively
seek new business opportunities, new business was down modestly from the
prior year quarter as we continued to maintain our disciplined approach
to underwriting. In Personal Insurance, net written premiums increased
by 12%, including the impact of auto rate increases that were consistent
with our plans to improve profitability. We were also pleased that we
were able to continue the momentum in growing our very profitable
homeowners business.
“With technology and innovation driving customer preferences and
expectations, advancing our digital agenda to best serve customers and
our distribution partners, now and in the future, is a key strategic
priority. To that end, during the quarter we announced an agreement to
purchase Simply Business, a leading digital provider of insurance to
small businesses in the United Kingdom. Our investment in Simply
Business will accelerate our digital agenda, building on the competitive
advantages that have enabled us to deliver industry-leading returns.”
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Underwriting gain: | | | | | $ | 211 | | | | | $ | 428 | | | | | $ | (217 | ) | |
Underwriting gain includes: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net favorable prior year reserve development | | | | | | 81 | | | | | | 180 | | | | | | (99 | ) | |
Catastrophes, net of reinsurance | | | | | | (347 | ) | | | | | (318 | ) | | | | | (29 | ) | |
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Net investment income | | | | | | 610 | | | | | | 544 | | | | | | 66 | | |
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Other income/(expense), including interest expense | | | | |
| (66 | ) | | | |
| (46 | ) | | | |
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Core income before income taxes | | | | | | 755 | | | | | | 926 | | | | | | (171 | ) | |
Income tax expense | | | | |
| 141 |
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| 228 |
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| (87 | ) | |
Core income | | | | | | 614 | | | | | | 698 | | | | | | (84 | ) | |
Net realized investment gains/(losses) after income taxes | | | | |
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Net income | | | | | $ | 617 |
| | | | $ | 691 |
| | | | $ | (74 | ) | |
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Net favorable prior year reserve development
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Business and International Insurance
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Total | | | | | $ | 6,495 |
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First Quarter 2017 Results
(All
comparisons vs. first quarter 2016, unless noted otherwise)
Net income of $617 million after-tax decreased $74 million due to lower
core income, slightly offset by net realized investment gains in the
current quarter as compared to net realized investment losses in the
prior year quarter. Core income of $614 million after-tax decreased $84
million, primarily driven by lower net favorable prior year reserve
development that included a $51 million after-tax ($62 million pre-tax)
impact from the recent Ogden discount rate adjustment, a lower
underlying underwriting gain as explained below and higher catastrophe
losses, partially offset by higher net investment income. The current
quarter benefited from a $39 million resolution of prior year income tax
matters, while the prior year quarter benefited modestly from the
favorable settlement of a claims-related legal matter.
Underwriting results
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The combined ratio of 96.0%, which was impacted by significant
catastrophe losses as was the prior year quarter, increased 3.7 points
due to lower net favorable prior year reserve development (1.7
points), a higher underlying combined ratio (1.7 points) and higher
catastrophe losses (0.3 points).
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The underlying combined ratio of 91.7% increased 1.7 points, primarily
driven by normal quarterly variability in non-catastrophe
weather-related losses and other loss activity and the timing impact
of higher loss estimates in personal automobile bodily injury
liability coverages that were consistent with the higher loss trends
we recognized in the last half of 2016.
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Net favorable prior year reserve development occurred in Business and
International Insurance and Bond & Specialty Insurance and included
the recent Ogden discount rate adjustment. Catastrophe losses in the
first quarter of 2017 primarily resulted from wind and hail storms in
several regions of the United States, as well as a winter storm in the
eastern United States.
Net investment income of $610 million pre-tax ($480 million after-tax)
increased 9% after-tax driven by higher private equity returns,
partially offset by fixed income returns that declined in line with our
expectations due to lower reinvestment rates available in the market.
Other income/(expense) in the prior year quarter included proceeds from
the favorable settlement of a claims-related legal matter.
Net written premiums of $6.495 billion, a record level, increased 5%,
reflecting growth in all segments.
Shareholders’ Equity
Shareholders’ equity of $23.612 billion increased 2% from year-end 2016.
After-tax net unrealized investment gains were $823 million ($1.255
billion pre-tax) compared to $730 million after-tax ($1.112 billion
pre-tax) at year-end 2016. Book value per share of $84.51 and adjusted
book value per share of $81.56 increased 2% and 1%, respectively, from
year-end 2016.
The Company repurchased 2.4 million shares during the first quarter at
an average price of $120.68 per share for a total cost of $286 million,
which was reduced from recent quarters to provide financing flexibility
for the pending acquisition of Simply Business. At the end of first
quarter 2017, statutory capital and surplus was $20.617 billion and the
ratio of debt-to-capital was 21.4%. The ratio of debt-to-capital
excluding after-tax net unrealized investment gains was 22.0%, well
within the Company’s target range of 15% to 25%.
The Board of Directors today declared a quarterly dividend of $0.72 per
share, an increase of 7.5%. This dividend is payable on June 30, 2017,
to shareholders of record as of the close of business on June 9, 2017.
The Board of Directors also authorized an additional $5.0 billion of
share repurchases. This amount is in addition to the $709 million that
remained from previous authorizations as of March 31, 2017. This
authorization does not have a stated expiration date. The timing and
actual number of shares to be repurchased will depend on a variety of
factors, including the factors described below in the Forward-Looking
Statement section.
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Segment Financial Results |
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| | | | 2017 | | | | 2016 | | | | Change | | |
Underwriting gain: | | | | $ | 121 | | | | | $ | 172 | | | | | $ | (51 | ) | | |
Underwriting gain includes: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net favorable prior year reserve development | | | | | 71 | | | | | | 93 | | | | | | (22 | ) | | |
Catastrophes, net of reinsurance | | | | | (134 | ) | | | | | (148 | ) | | | | | 14 | | | |
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Net investment income | | | | | 470 | | | | | | 415 | | | | | | 55 | | | |
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Other income | | | |
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Segment income2 before income taxes | | | | | 601 | | | | | | 620 | | | | | | (19 | ) | | |
Income tax expense | | | |
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| 144 |
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Segment income | | | | $ | 468 |
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| | | | $ | (8 | ) | | |
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Combined ratio | | | | | 96.3 | % | | | | | 94.8 | % | | | | | 1.5 | | | pts |
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Impact on combined ratio | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net favorable prior year reserve development
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Catastrophes, net of reinsurance
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3.7
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Underlying combined ratio | | | | | 94.5 | % | | | | | 93.3 | % | | | | | 1.2 | | | pts |
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Domestic
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Select Accounts
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Middle Market
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1,956
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1,830
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7
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National Accounts
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288
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First Party
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352
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358
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Total Domestic
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3,606
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3,517
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International
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Total | | | | $ | 4,027 |
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2 As a result of recent SEC insurance industry guidance
concerning terminology, what we previously referred to as “operating
income (loss)” in our public disclosures when referring to business
segment results is now labeled “segment income (loss).” There were no
changes in the calculation of these amounts.
First Quarter 2017 Results
(All
comparisons vs. first quarter 2016, unless noted otherwise)
Segment income for Business and International Insurance was $468 million
after-tax, a decrease of $8 million, primarily driven by a decrease in
net favorable prior year reserve development due to a $51 million
after-tax ($62 million pre-tax) increase in reserves related to the
recent Ogden discount rate adjustment, a lower underlying underwriting
gain as explained below, partially offset by higher net investment
income and modestly lower catastrophe losses as compared to a
particularly high level of catastrophe losses in the prior year quarter.
The current quarter benefited from a $15 million resolution of prior
year income tax matters, while the prior year quarter benefited modestly
from the favorable settlement of a claims-related legal matter.
Underwriting results
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The combined ratio of 96.3% increased 1.5 points due to a higher
underlying combined ratio (1.2 points) and lower net favorable prior
year reserve development (0.7 points), partially offset by lower
catastrophe losses (0.4 points).
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The underlying combined ratio of 94.5% increased 1.2 points, primarily
driven by normal quarterly variability in non-catastrophe
weather-related losses and other loss activity and loss cost trends
that modestly exceeded earned pricing.
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Net favorable prior year reserve development primarily resulted from
better-than-expected loss experience in the Company’s domestic
operations in (i) the workers’ compensation product line for multiple
accident years and (ii) the general liability product line for both
primary and excess coverages for accident years 2009 and prior as well
as accident year 2014, partially offset by (iii) net unfavorable prior
year reserve development in the Company’s international operations in
Europe due to the recent Ogden discount rate adjustment applied to
lump sum bodily injury payouts.
Other income in the prior year quarter included proceeds from the
favorable settlement of a claims-related legal matter.
Net written premiums of $4.027 billion, a record level, increased 3%,
benefiting from continued strong retention and improved renewal premium
changes.
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| | | | | 2017 | | | | 2016 | | | | Change | | |
Underwriting gain: | | | | | $ | 104 | | | | | $ | 154 | | | | | $ | (50 | ) | | |
Underwriting gain includes: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net favorable prior year reserve development | | | | | | 10 | | | | | | 60 | | | | | | (50 | ) | | |
Catastrophes, net of reinsurance | | | | | | (1 | ) | | | | | (1 | ) | | | | | - | | | |
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Net investment income | | | | | | 52 | | | | | | 52 | | | | | | - | | | |
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Other income | | | | |
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Segment income before income taxes | | | | | | 161 | | | | | | 209 | | | | | | (48 | ) | | |
Income tax expense | | | | |
| 32 |
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| 65 |
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Segment income | | | | | $ | 129 |
| | | | $ | 144 |
| | | | $ | (15 | ) | | |
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Combined ratio | | | | | | 79.3 | | | % | | | 69.3 | | | % | | | 10.0 | | | pts |
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Impact on combined ratio | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net favorable prior year reserve development
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Catastrophes, net of reinsurance
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Management Liability
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Surety
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174
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Total | | | | | $ | 504 |
| | | | $ | 492 |
| | | | | 2 | | | % |
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First Quarter 2017 Results
(All
comparisons vs. first quarter 2016, unless noted otherwise)
Segment income for Bond & Specialty Insurance was $129 million
after-tax, a decrease of $15 million, due to lower net favorable prior
year reserve development, partially offset by the current quarter
benefit from a $17 million resolution of prior year income tax matters.
Underwriting results
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The combined ratio of 79.3% increased 10.0 points due to lower net
favorable prior year reserve development.
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The underlying combined ratio remained very strong at 81.1%.
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Net favorable prior year reserve development resulted from
better-than-expected loss experience in the fidelity and surety
product line for accident year 2014.
Net written premiums of $504 million grew 2% from the prior year quarter.
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| | | | | Three Months Ended March 31, | | |
| | | | | 2017 | | | | 2016 | | | | Change | | |
Underwriting gain/(loss): | | | | | $ | (14 | ) | | | | $ | 102 | | | | | $ | (116 | ) | | |
Underwriting gain includes: | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net favorable prior year reserve development | | | | | | - | | | | | | 27 | | | | | | (27 | ) | | |
Catastrophes, net of reinsurance | | | | | | (212 | ) | | | | | (169 | ) | | | | | (43 | ) | | |
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Net investment income | | | | | | 88 | | | | | | 77 | | | | | | 11 | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Other income | | | | |
| 15 |
| | | |
| 14 |
| | | |
| 1 |
|
| |
Segment income before income taxes | | | | | | 89 | | | | | | 193 | | | | | | (104 | ) | | |
Income tax expense | | | | |
| 10 |
| | | |
| 54 |
| | | |
| (44 | ) | | |
Segment income | | | | | $ | 79 |
| | | | $ | 139 |
| | | | $ | (60 | ) | | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Combined ratio | | | | | | 99.9 | | | % | | | 93.7 | | | % | | | 6.2 | | | pts |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Impact on combined ratio | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net favorable prior year reserve development
| | | | | |
-
| | |
pts
| | |
(1.4
|
)
| |
pts
| | |
1.4
| | |
pts
|
Catastrophes, net of reinsurance
| | | | | |
10.4
| | |
pts
| | |
9.0
| | |
pts
| | |
1.4
| | |
pts
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Underlying combined ratio | | | | | | 89.5 | | | % | | | 86.1 | | | % | | | 3.4 | | | pts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Net written premiums | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Agency Automobile1 | | | | |
$
|
1,087
| | | | |
$
|
932
| | | | | |
17
| | |
%
|
Agency Homeowners & Other1 | | | | | |
794
| | | | | |
760
| | | | | |
4
| | | |
Direct to Consumer
| | | | |
|
83
|
| | | |
|
68
|
| | | | |
22
| | | |
Total | | | | | $ | 1,964 |
| | | | $ | 1,760 |
| | | | | 12 | | | % |
1 Represents business sold through agents, brokers and
other intermediaries, and excludes direct to consumer.
|
First Quarter 2017 Results
(All
comparisons vs. first quarter 2016, unless noted otherwise)
Segment income for Personal Insurance was $79 million after-tax, a
decrease of $60 million, primarily driven by a lower underlying
underwriting gain as explained below, higher catastrophe losses and no
net prior year reserve development compared to net favorable prior year
reserve development in the prior year quarter, partially offset by
higher net investment income. The current quarter benefited from a $7
million resolution of prior year income tax matters.
Underwriting results
-
The combined ratio of 99.9% increased 6.2 points due to a higher
underlying combined ratio (3.4 points), no net prior year reserve
development compared to net favorable prior year reserve development
in the prior year quarter (1.4 points) and higher catastrophe losses
(1.4 points).
-
The underlying combined ratio of 89.5% increased 3.4 points, primarily
driven by the timing impact of higher loss estimates in personal
automobile bodily injury liability coverages that were consistent with
the higher loss trends we recognized in the last half of 2016, the
tenure impact of higher levels of new business in auto and normal
quarterly variability in non-catastrophe weather-related losses and
other loss activity, partially offset by a lower expense ratio.
Net written premiums of $1.964 billion increased 12%. Agency Automobile
net written premiums growth of 17% benefited from the impact of auto
rate increases that were consistent with our plans to improve
profitability and an increase in policies in force of 12% from the prior
year quarter. Agency Homeowners & Other net written premiums grew 4%,
with an increase in policies in force of 4% from the prior year quarter.
Financial Supplement and Conference Call
The information in this press release should be read in conjunction with
a financial supplement that is available on our website at www.travelers.com.
Travelers management will discuss the contents of this release and other
relevant topics via webcast at 9 a.m. Eastern (8 a.m. Central) on
Thursday, April 20, 2017. Investors can access the call via webcast at http://investor.travelers.com
or by dialing 1-888-227-8942 within the U.S. and 1-303-223-4384 outside
the U.S. (use passcode 14788 for both the U.S. and international calls).
Prior to the webcast, a slide presentation pertaining to the quarterly
earnings will be available on the Company’s website.
Following the live event, an audio playback of the webcast and the slide
presentation will be available on the same website. An audio playback
can also be accessed by phone at 1-800-633-8284 within the U.S. and
1-402-977-9140 outside the U.S. (use reservation 21847521 for both the
U.S. and international calls).
About Travelers
The Travelers Companies, Inc. (NYSE: TRV) is a leading provider of
property casualty insurance for auto,
home
and business.
A component of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Travelers has
approximately 30,000 employees and generated revenues of approximately
$28 billion in 2016. For more information, visit www.travelers.com.
Travelers may use its website and/or social media outlets, such as
Facebook and Twitter, as distribution channels of material Company
information. Financial and other important information regarding the
Company is routinely accessible through and posted on our website at http://investor.travelers.com,
our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/travelers
and our Twitter account (@Travelers) at https://twitter.com/travelers.
In addition, you may automatically receive email alerts and other
information about Travelers when you enroll your email address by
visiting the Email Notifications section at http://investor.travelers.com.
For the periods presented in this earnings release, Travelers was
organized into the following reportable business segments:
Business and International Insurance – Business and International
Insurance offers a broad array of property and casualty insurance and
insurance related services to its clients, primarily in the United
States and in Canada, as well as in the United Kingdom, the Republic of
Ireland, Brazil, Colombia and throughout other parts of the world as a
corporate member of Lloyd’s of London.
Bond & Specialty Insurance – Bond & Specialty Insurance
provides surety, fidelity, crime, management and professional liability,
and cyber risk coverages and related risk management services to a wide
range of primarily domestic customers, utilizing various degrees of
financially-based underwriting approaches.
Personal Insurance – Personal Insurance writes a broad range of
property and casualty insurance covering individuals’ personal risks.
The primary products of automobile and homeowners insurance are
complemented by a broad suite of related coverages.
Effective April 1, 2017, the Company’s results will be reported in the
following three business segments – Business Insurance, Bond & Specialty
Insurance and Personal Insurance, reflecting a change in the manner in
which the Company’s businesses will be managed. While the segmentation
of the Company’s domestic businesses will be unchanged, the Company’s
international businesses, which were previously reported in total within
the Business and International Insurance segment, will now be
disaggregated among these three newly aligned business segments. The
newly aligned segments will be presented in the Company’s financial
statements beginning with the period ending June 30, 2017 and prior
periods presented therein will be reclassified to conform to the new
presentation.
* * * * *
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release contains, and management may make, certain
“forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private
Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements, other than
statements of historical facts, may be forward-looking statements. Words
such as “may,” “will,” “should,” “likely,” “anticipates,” “expects,”
“intends,” “plans,” “projects,” “believes,” “estimates” and similar
expressions are used to identify these forward-looking statements. These
statements include, among other things, the Company’s statements about:
-
the Company’s outlook and its future results of operations and
financial condition (including, among other things, anticipated
premium volume, premium rates, margins, net and core income,
investment income and performance, loss costs, return on equity, core
return on equity and expected current returns and combined ratios);
-
share repurchase plans;
-
future pension plan contributions;
-
the sufficiency of the Company’s asbestos and other reserves;
-
the impact of emerging claims issues as well as other insurance and
non-insurance litigation;
-
the cost and availability of reinsurance coverage;
-
catastrophe losses;
-
the impact of investment, economic (including inflation, potential
changes in tax law and rapid changes in commodity prices, such as a
significant decline in oil and gas prices, as well as fluctuations in
foreign currency exchange rates) and underwriting market conditions;
-
strategic initiatives to improve profitability and competitiveness; and
-
the potential closing date and impact of the Company’s acquisition of
Simply Business.
The Company cautions investors that such statements are subject to risks
and uncertainties, many of which are difficult to predict and generally
beyond the Company’s control, that could cause actual results to differ
materially from those expressed in, or implied or projected by, the
forward-looking information and statements.
Some of the factors that could cause actual results to differ include,
but are not limited to, the following:
-
catastrophe losses could materially and adversely affect the Company’s
results of operations, its financial position and/or liquidity, and
could adversely impact the Company’s ratings, the Company’s ability to
raise capital and the availability and cost of reinsurance;
-
if actual claims exceed the Company’s claims and claim adjustment
expense reserves, or if changes in the estimated level of claims and
claim adjustment expense reserves are necessary, including as a result
of, among other things, changes in the legal, regulatory and economic
environments in which the Company operates, the Company’s financial
results could be materially and adversely affected;
-
during or following a period of financial market disruption or an
economic downturn, the Company’s business could be materially and
adversely affected;
-
the Company’s investment portfolio is subject to credit risk, and may
suffer material realized or unrealized losses. The Company’s
investment portfolio may also suffer reduced or low returns,
particularly if interest rates remain at historically low levels for a
prolonged period of time or decline further as a result of actions
taken by central banks (a risk which potentially could be increased
by, among other things, the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the
European Union);
-
the Company’s business could be harmed because of its potential
exposure to asbestos and environmental claims and related litigation;
-
the intense competition that the Company faces, and the impact of
innovation, technological change and changing customer preferences on
the insurance industry and the markets in which it operates, could
harm its ability to maintain or increase its business volumes and its
profitability;
-
disruptions to the Company’s relationships with its independent agents
and brokers or the Company’s inability to manage effectively a
changing distribution landscape could adversely affect the Company;
-
the Company is exposed to, and may face adverse developments
involving, mass tort claims such as those relating to exposure to
potentially harmful products or substances;
-
the effects of emerging claim and coverage issues on the Company’s
business are uncertain;
-
the Company may not be able to collect all amounts due to it from
reinsurers, reinsurance coverage may not be available to the Company
in the future at commercially reasonable rates or at all and we are
exposed to credit risk related to our structured settlements;
-
the Company is also exposed to credit risk in certain of its insurance
operations and with respect to certain guarantee or indemnification
arrangements that we have with third parties;
-
within the United States, the Company’s businesses are heavily
regulated by the states in which it conducts business, including
licensing and supervision, and changes in regulation may reduce the
Company’s profitability and limit its growth;
-
a downgrade in the Company’s claims-paying and financial strength
ratings could adversely impact the Company’s business volumes,
adversely impact the Company’s ability to access the capital markets
and increase the Company’s borrowing costs;
-
the inability of the Company’s insurance subsidiaries to pay dividends
to the Company’s holding company in sufficient amounts would harm the
Company’s ability to meet its obligations, pay future shareholder
dividends or make future share repurchases;
-
the Company’s efforts to develop new products or expand in targeted
markets may not be successful and may create enhanced risks;
-
the Company may be adversely affected if its pricing and capital
models provide materially different indications than actual results;
-
the Company’s business success and profitability depend, in part, on
effective information technology systems and on continuing to develop
and implement improvements in technology;
-
if the Company experiences difficulties with technology, data and
network security, including as a result of cyber attacks, outsourcing
relationships, or cloud-based technology, the Company’s ability to
conduct its business could be negatively impacted;
-
changes in U.S. tax laws or in the tax laws of other jurisdictions in
which the Company operates could adversely impact the Company;
-
the Company is also subject to a number of additional risks associated
with its business outside the United States, including foreign
currency exchange fluctuations and restrictive regulations, as well as
the risks and uncertainties associated with the United Kingdom’s
withdrawal from the European Union;
-
regulatory changes outside of the United States, including in Canada
and the European Union, could adversely impact the Company’s results
of operations and limit its growth;
-
loss of or significant restrictions on the use of particular types of
underwriting criteria, such as credit scoring, or other data or
methodologies, in the pricing and underwriting of the Company’s
products could reduce the Company’s future profitability;
-
acquisitions and integration of acquired businesses may result in
operating difficulties and other unintended consequences;
-
the Company could be adversely affected if its controls designed to
ensure compliance with guidelines, policies and legal and regulatory
standards are not effective;
-
the Company’s businesses may be adversely affected if it is unable to
hire and retain qualified employees;
-
intellectual property is important to the Company’s business, and the
Company may be unable to protect and enforce its own intellectual
property or the Company may be subject to claims for infringing the
intellectual property of others;
-
changes in federal regulation could impose significant burdens on the
Company and otherwise adversely impact the Company’s results;
-
changes to existing U.S. accounting standards may adversely impact the
Company’s reported results; and
-
the Company’s share repurchase plans depend on a variety of factors,
including the Company’s financial position, earnings, share price,
catastrophe losses, maintaining capital levels commensurate with the
Company’s desired ratings from independent rating agencies, funding of
the Company’s qualified pension plan, capital requirements of the
Company’s operating subsidiaries, legal requirements, regulatory
constraints, other investment opportunities (including mergers and
acquisitions and related financings), market conditions and other
factors.
Our forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press
release or as of the date they are made, and we undertake no obligation
to update forward-looking statements. For a more detailed discussion of
these factors, see the information under the captions “Risk Factors” and
“Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results
of Operations” in our most recent annual report on Form 10-K filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on February 16, 2017, as
updated by our periodic filings with the SEC.
*****
GLOSSARY OF FINANCIAL MEASURES AND RECONCILIATIONS OF GAAP MEASURES
TO NON-GAAP MEASURES
The following measures are used by the Company’s management to evaluate
financial performance against historical results and establish targets
on a consolidated basis. In some cases, these measures are considered
non-GAAP financial measures under applicable SEC rules because they are
not displayed as separate line items in the consolidated financial
statements or are not required to be disclosed in the notes to financial
statements or, in some cases, include or exclude certain items not
ordinarily included or excluded in the most comparable GAAP financial
measure. Reconciliations of non-GAAP measures to their most directly
comparable GAAP measures also follow.
In the opinion of the Company’s management, a discussion of these
measures provides investors, financial analysts, rating agencies and
other financial statement users with a better understanding of the
significant factors that comprise the Company’s periodic results of
operations and how management evaluates the Company’s financial
performance. Internally, the Company’s management uses these measures to
evaluate performance against historical results, to establish financial
targets on a consolidated basis and for other reasons, which are
discussed below.
Some of these measures exclude net realized investment gains (losses),
net of tax, and/or net unrealized investment gains (losses), net of tax,
which can be significantly impacted by both discretionary and other
economic factors and are not necessarily indicative of operating trends.
Other companies may calculate these measures differently, and,
therefore, their measures may not be comparable to those used by the
Company’s management.
RECONCILIATION OF NET INCOME TO CORE INCOME AND CERTAIN OTHER
NON-GAAP MEASURES
Core income (loss) is net income (loss) excluding the after-tax
impact of net realized investment gains (losses), discontinued
operations and cumulative effect of changes in accounting principles
when applicable. Segment income (loss) is comparable to core
income (loss) on a segment basis. Management uses segment income (loss)
to analyze each segment’s performance and as a tool in making business
decisions. Financial statement users also consider core income when
analyzing the results and trends of insurance companies. Core income
(loss) per share is core income (loss) on a per common share basis.
|
Reconciliation of Net Income to Core
Income less Preferred Dividends |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| | | | | | Three Months Ended |
| | | | | | March 31, |
($ in millions, after-tax)
|
|
|
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| 2016 |
| | | | | | | |
|
| |
Net income | | | | | | $ | 617 | | | | $ | 691 | |
Less: Net realized investment gains/(losses)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
(7
|
)
|
Core income |
|
|
|
|
| $ | 614 |
|
|
| $ | 698 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | | | | | Three Months Ended |
| | | | | | March 31, |
($ in millions, pre-tax)
|
|
|
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| 2016 |
| | | | | | | | | |
|
Net income | | | | | | $ | 760 | | | | $ | 917 | |
Less: Net realized investment gains/(losses)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
|
(9
|
)
|
Core income |
|
|
|
|
| $ | 755 |
|
|
| $ | 926 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Twelve Months Ended December 31, |
($ in millions, after-tax)
|
|
|
| 2016 |
|
| 2015 |
|
| 2014 |
|
| 2013 |
|
| 2012 |
|
| 2011 |
|
| 2010 |
|
| 2009 |
|
| 2008 |
|
| 2007 |
|
| 2006 |
|
| 2005 |
|
| | | | |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Net income | | | | $ | 3,014 | | | $ | 3,439 | | | $ | 3,692 | | | $ | 3,673 | | | $ | 2,473 | | | $ | 1,426 | | | $ | 3,216 | | | $ | 3,622 | | | $ | 2,924 | | | $ | 4,601 | | | $ | 4,208 | | | $ | 1,622 | |
Less: Loss from discontinued operations
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(439
|
)
|
Income from continuing operations | | | | | 3,014 | | | | 3,439 | | | | 3,692 | | | | 3,673 | | | | 2,473 | | | | 1,426 | | | | 3,216 | | | | 3,622 | | | | 2,924 | | | | 4,601 | | | | 4,208 | | | | 2,061 | |
Less: Net realized investment gains/(losses)
|
|
|
|
|
47
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
|
|
51
|
|
|
|
106
|
|
|
|
32
|
|
|
|
36
|
|
|
|
173
|
|
|
|
22
|
|
|
|
(271
|
)
|
|
|
101
|
|
|
|
8
|
|
|
|
35
|
|
Core income | | | | | 2,967 | | | | 3,437 | | | | 3,641 | | | | 3,567 | | | | 2,441 | | | | 1,390 | | | | 3,043 | | | | 3,600 | | | | 3,195 | | | | 4,500 | | | | 4,200 | | | | 2,026 | |
Less: Preferred dividends
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
4
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
6
|
|
Core income, less preferred dividends |
|
|
| $ | 2,967 |
|
| $ | 3,437 |
|
| $ | 3,641 |
|
| $ | 3,567 |
|
| $ | 2,441 |
|
| $ | 1,389 |
|
| $ | 3,040 |
|
| $ | 3,597 |
|
| $ | 3,191 |
|
| $ | 4,496 |
|
| $ | 4,195 |
|
| $ | 2,020 |
|
|
Reconciliation of Net Income per Share to
Core Income per Share on a Basic and Diluted Basis |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| | | | | | | Three Months Ended |
| | | | | | | March 31, |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2017 |
|
|
| 2016 |
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
|
Basic income per share | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net income | | | | | | | $ | 2.19 | | | | $ | 2.33 | |
Less: Net realized investment gains/(losses)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.01
|
|
|
|
|
(0.02
|
)
|
Core income |
|
|
|
|
|
| $ | 2.18 |
|
|
| $ | 2.35 |
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
|
Diluted income per share | | | | | | | | | | | |
Net income | | | | | | | $ | 2.17 | | | | $ | 2.30 | |
Less: Net realized investment gains/(losses)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
0.01
|
|
|
|
|
(0.03
|
)
|
Core income |
|
|
|
|
|
| $ | 2.16 |
|
|
| $ | 2.33 |
|
|
Reconciliation of Segment Income to Total
Core Income |
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
| | | | | | Three Months Ended |
| | | | | | March 31, |
($ in millions, after-tax)
|
|
|
|
|
| 2017 |
|
|
|
| 2016 |
| | | | | | | | | | |
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
|
Business and International Insurance
| | | | | |
$
|
468
| | | | | |
$
|
476
| |
Bond & Specialty Insurance
| | | | | | |
129
| | | | | | |
144
| |
Personal Insurance
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
79
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
139
|
|
Total segment income
| | | | | | |
676
| | | | | | |
759
| |
Interest Expense and Other
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
(62
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
(61
|
)
|
Total core income |
|
|
|
|
| $ | 614 |
|
|
|
|
| $ | 698 |
|
RECONCILIATION OF SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY TO ADJUSTED SHAREHOLDERS’
EQUITY AND CALCULATION OF RETURN ON EQUITY AND CORE RETURN ON EQUITY
Adjusted shareholders’ equity is shareholders’ equity excluding
net unrealized investment gains (losses), net of tax, net realized
investment gains (losses), net of tax, for the period presented,
preferred stock and discontinued operations.
|
| | |
Reconciliation of Shareholders’ Equity to Adjusted
Shareholders’ Equity |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| As of March 31, |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| | | | | |
($ in millions)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| 2016 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Shareholders’ equity | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 23,612 | | | $ | 24,166 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Less:
| |
Net unrealized investment gains, net of tax
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
823
| | | |
1,759
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
|
Net realized investment gains (losses), net of tax
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
(7
|
)
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Adjusted shareholders’ equity | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | $ | 22,786 | | | $ | 22,414 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| | | | | As of December 31, |
| |
($ in millions)
|
|
| 2016 |
|
| 2015 |
|
| 2014 |
|
| 2013 |
|
| 2012 |
|
| 2011 |
|
|
| 2010 |
|
| 2009 |
|
| 2008 |
|
|
| 2007 |
|
| 2006 |
|
| 2005 |
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Shareholders’ equity | | | $ | 23,221 | | | $ | 23,598 | | | $ | 24,836 | | | $ | 24,796 | | | $ | 25,405 | | | $ | 24,477 | | | | $ | 25,475 | | | $ | 27,415 | | | $ | 25,319 | | | | $ | 26,616 | | | $ | 25,135 | | | $ | 22,303 | | |
Less:
| |
Net unrealized investment gains (losses), net of tax
| | | |
730
| | | |
1,289
| | | |
1,966
| | | |
1,322
| | | |
3,103
| | | |
2,871
| | | | |
1,859
| | | |
1,856
| | | |
(146
|
)
| | | |
620
| | | |
453
| | | |
327
| | |
| |
Net realized investment gains (losses), net of tax
| | | |
47
| | | |
2
| | | |
51
| | | |
106
| | | |
32
| | | |
36
| | | | |
173
| | | |
22
| | | |
(271
|
)
| | | |
101
| | | |
8
| | | |
35
| | |
| |
Preferred stock
| | | |
-
| | | |
-
| | | |
-
| | | |
-
| | | |
-
| | | |
-
| | | | |
68
| | | |
79
| | | |
89
| | | | |
112
| | | |
129
| | | |
153
| | |
|
|
Loss from discontinued operations
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(439
|
)
|
|
Adjusted shareholders’ equity |
|
| $ | 22,444 |
|
| $ | 22,307 |
|
| $ | 22,819 |
|
| $ | 23,368 |
|
| $ | 22,270 |
|
| $ | 21,570 |
|
|
| $ | 23,375 |
|
| $ | 25,458 |
|
| $ | 25,647 |
|
|
| $ | 25,783 |
|
| $ | 24,545 |
|
| $ | 22,227 |
|
|
Return on equity is the ratio of annualized net income less
preferred dividends to average shareholders’ equity for the periods
presented. Core return on equity is the ratio of annualized core
income less preferred dividends to adjusted average shareholders’ equity
for the periods presented. In the opinion of the Company’s management,
these are important indicators of how well management creates value for
its shareholders through its operating activities and its capital
management.
Average shareholders’ equity is (a) the sum of total
shareholders’ equity excluding preferred stock at the beginning and end
of each of the quarters for the period presented divided by (b) the
number of quarters in the period presented times two.
Adjusted average shareholders’ equity is (a) the sum of adjusted
shareholders’ equity at the beginning and end of each of the quarters
for the period presented divided by (b) the number of quarters in the
period presented times two.
|
Calculation of Return on Equity and Core
Return on Equity |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
| | | | | Three Months Ended |
| | | | | March 31, |
($ in millions, after-tax)
|
|
|
|
| 2017 |
|
|
|
|
| 2016 |
|
| | | | | | | | | |
|
Annualized net income
| | | | |
$
|
2,470
| | | | | |
$
|
2,766
| |
Average shareholders’ equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
23,416
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
23,882
|
|
Return on equity |
|
|
|
|
| 10.5 | % |
|
|
|
|
| 11.6 | % |
| | | | | | | | | |
|
Annualized core income
| | | | |
$
|
2,455
| | | | | |
$
|
2,791
| |
Adjusted average shareholders’ equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
22,638
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22,361
|
|
Core return on equity |
|
|
|
|
| 10.8 | % |
|
|
|
|
| 12.5 | % |
Average annual core return on equity over a period is the ratio
of:
a) the sum of core income less preferred dividends for the
periods presented to
b) the sum of: 1) the sum of the adjusted
average shareholders’ equity for all full years in the period presented,
and 2) for partial years in the period presented, the number of quarters
in that partial year divided by four, multiplied by the adjusted average
shareholders’ equity of the partial year.
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Calculation of Average Annual Core Return on Equity from
January 1, 2005 through March 31, 2017 | | | | | | | | | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | | Three Months Ended | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | March 31, | | | Twelve Months Ended December 31, |
($ in millions)
|
|
| 2017 |
|
|
| 2016 |
| | | 2016 |
|
|
| 2015 |
|
|
| 2014 |
|
|
|
| 2013 |
|
|
| 2012 |
|
|
| 2011 |
|
|
| 2010 |
|
|
| 2009 |
|
|
| 2008 |
|
|
| 2007 |
|
|
| 2006 |
|
|
| 2005 |
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Core income, less preferred dividends
| | |
$
|
614
| | | |
$
|
698
| | | |
$
|
2,967
| | | |
$
|
3,437
| | | |
$
|
3,641
| | | |
$
|
3,567
| | | |
$
|
2,441
| | | |
$
|
1,389
| | | |
$
|
3,040
| | | |
$
|
3,597
| | | |
$
|
3,191
| | | |
$
|
4,496
| | | |
$
|
4,195
| | | |
$
|
2,020
| |
Annualized core income
| | | |
2,455
| | | | |
2,791
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Adjusted average shareholders’ equity
| | | |
22,638
| | | | |
22,361
| | | | |
22,386
| | | | |
22,681
| | | | |
23,447
| | | | |
23,004
| | | | |
22,158
| | | | |
22,806
| | | | |
24,285
| | | | |
25,777
| | | | |
25,668
| | | | |
25,350
| | | | |
23,381
| | | | |
21,118
| |
Core return on equity
|
|
|
|
10.8
|
%
|
|
|
|
12.5
|
%
| | |
|
13.3
|
%
|
|
|
|
15.2
|
%
|
|
|
|
15.5
|
%
|
|
|
|
15.5
|
%
|
|
|
|
11.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
6.1
|
%
|
|
|
|
12.5
|
%
|
|
|
|
14.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
12.4
|
%
|
|
|
|
17.7
|
%
|
|
|
|
17.9
|
%
|
|
|
|
9.6
|
%
|
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Average annual core return on equity | | | | | | | | | | 13.4 | % | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
for the period Jan. 1, 2005 through Mar. 31, 2017 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
RECONCILIATION OF PRE-TAX UNDERWRITING GAIN EXCLUDING CERTAIN ITEMS
TO NET INCOME
Underwriting gain is net earned premiums and fee income less
claims and claim adjustment expenses and insurance-related expenses. In
the opinion of the Company’s management, it is important to measure the
profitability of each segment excluding the results of investing
activities, which are managed separately from the insurance business.
This measure is used to assess each segment’s business performance and
as a tool in making business decisions. Pre-taxunderwriting
gain, excluding the impact of catastrophes and net favorable prior year
loss reserve development, is the underwriting gain adjusted to
exclude claims and claim adjustment expenses, reinstatement premiums and
assessments related to catastrophes and loss reserve development related
to time periods prior to the current year. In the opinion of the
Company’s management, this measure is meaningful to users of the
financial statements to understand the Company’s periodic earnings and
the variability of earnings caused by the unpredictable nature (i.e.,
the timing and amount) of catastrophes and loss reserve development.
This measure is also referred to as underlying underwriting margin
or underlying underwriting gain.
A catastrophe is a severe loss caused by various natural events,
including, among others, hurricanes, tornadoes and other windstorms,
earthquakes, hail, wildfires, severe winter weather, floods, tsunamis,
volcanic eruptions and other naturally-occurring events, such as solar
flares. Catastrophes can also be man-made, such as terrorist attacks and
other intentionally destructive acts including those involving nuclear,
biological, chemical, radiological, cyber-attacks, explosions and
infrastructure failures. Each catastrophe has unique characteristics and
catastrophes are not predictable as to timing or amount. Their effects
are included in net and core income and claims and claim adjustment
expense reserves upon occurrence. A catastrophe may result in the
payment of reinsurance reinstatement premiums and assessments from
various pools.
Net favorable (unfavorable) prior year loss reserve development
is the increase or decrease in incurred claims and claim adjustment
expenses as a result of the re-estimation of claims and claim adjustment
expense reserves at successive valuation dates for a given group of
claims, which may be related to one or more prior years. In the opinion
of the Company’s management, a discussion of loss reserve development is
meaningful to users of the financial statements as it allows them to
assess the impact between prior and current year development on incurred
claims and claim adjustment expenses, net and core income (loss), and
changes in claims and claim adjustment expense reserve levels from
period to period.
|
Components of Net Income |
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| |
| | | | | Three Months Ended |
| | | | | March 31, |
($ in millions, after-tax except as noted)
|
|
|
|
| 2017 |
|
|
| 2016 |
| | | | | | | | |
|
Pre-tax underwriting gain excluding the impact of catastrophes
| | | | | | | | | |
and net favorable prior year loss reserve development
| | | | |
$
|
477
| | | | |
$
|
566
| |
Pre-tax impact of catastrophes
| | | | | |
(347
|
)
| | | | |
(318
|
)
|
Pre-tax impact of net favorable prior year loss reserve development
|
|
|
|
|
|
81
|
|
|
|
|
|
180
|
|
Pre-tax underwriting gain
| | | | | |
211
| | | | | |
428
| |
Income tax expense on underwriting results
|
|
|
|
|
|
36
|
|
|
|
|
|
139
|
|
Underwriting gain
| | | | | |
175
| | | | | |
289
| |
Net investment income
| | | | | |
480
| | | | | |
439
| |
Other income/(expense), including interest expense
|
|
|
|
|
|
(41
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
(30
|
)
|
Core income | | | | | | 614 | | | | | | 698 | |
Net realized investment gains / (losses)
|
|
|
|
|
|
3
|
|
|
|
|
|
(7
|
)
|
Net income |
|
|
|
| $ | 617 |
|
|
|
| $ | 691 |
|
COMBINED RATIO AND ADJUSTMENTS FOR UNDERLYING COMBINED RATIO
Combined ratio: For Statutory Accounting Practices (SAP), the
combined ratio is the sum of the SAP loss and LAE ratio and the SAP
underwriting expense ratio as defined in the statutory financial
statements required by insurance regulators. The combined ratio as used
in this earnings release is the equivalent of, and is calculated in the
same manner as, the SAP combined ratio except that the SAP underwriting
expense ratio is based on net written premiums and the
underwriting expense ratio as used in this earnings release is based on
net earned premiums.
For SAP, the loss and LAE ratio is the ratio of incurred losses and loss
adjustment expenses less certain administrative services fee income to
net earned premiums as defined in the statutory financial statements
required by insurance regulators. The loss and LAE ratio as used in this
earnings release is calculated in the same manner as the SAP ratio.
For SAP, the underwriting expense ratio is the ratio of underwriting
expenses incurred (including commissions paid), less certain
administrative services fee income and billing and policy fees, to net written
premiums as defined in the statutory financial statements required by
insurance regulators. The underwriting expense ratio as used in this
earnings release, is the ratio of underwriting expenses (including the
amortization of deferred acquisition costs), less certain administrative
services fee income, billing and policy fees and other, to net earned
premiums.
The combined ratio, loss and LAE ratio, and underwriting expense ratio
are used as indicators of the Company’s underwriting discipline,
efficiency in acquiring and servicing its business and overall
underwriting profitability. A combined ratio under 100% generally
indicates an underwriting profit. A combined ratio over 100% generally
indicates an underwriting loss.
Underlying combined ratio represents the combined ratio excluding
the impact of net prior year reserve development and catastrophes. The
underlying combined ratio is an indicator of the Company’s underwriting
discipline and underwriting profitability for the current accident year.
Other companies’ method of computing similarly titled measures may not
be comparable to the Company’s method of computing these ratios.
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| |
Calculation of the Combined Ratio |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| | | | | | | | | |
|
| | | | | Three Months Ended |
| | | | | March 31, |
($ in millions, pre-tax)
|
|
|
|
| 2017 |
|
|
|
| 2016 |
| | | | | | | | | |
|
Loss and loss adjustment expense ratio | | | | | | | | | | |
Claims and claim adjustment expenses
| | | | |
$
|
4,094
| | | | | |
$
|
3,712
| |
Less:
| | | | | | | | | | |
Policyholder dividends
| | | | | |
11
| | | | | | |
10
| |
Allocated fee income
|
|
|
|
|
|
42
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
44
|
|
Loss ratio numerator |
|
|
|
| $ | 4,041 |
|
|
|
|
| $ | 3,658 |
|
| | | | | | | | | |
|
Underwriting expense ratio | | | | | | | | | | |
Amortization of deferred acquisition costs
| | | | |
$
|
1,003
| | | | | |
$
|
971
| |
General and administrative expenses (G&A)
| | | | | |
996
| | | | | | |
995
| |
Less:
| | | | | | | | | | |
G&A included in Interest Expense and Other
| | | | | |
8
| | | | | | |
8
| |
Allocated fee income
| | | | | |
71
| | | | | | |
73
| |
Billing and policy fees and other
|
|
|
|
|
|
23
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
22
|
|
Expense ratio numerator |
|
|
|
| $ | 1,897 |
|
|
|
|
| $ | 1,863 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Earned premium |
|
|
|
| $ | 6,183 |
|
|
|
|
| $ | 5,981 |
|
| | | | | | | | | |
|
Combined ratio 1 | | | | | | | | | | |
Loss and loss adjustment expense ratio
| | | | | |
65.3
|
%
| | | | | |
61.1
|
%
|
Underwriting expense ratio
|
|
|
|
|
|
30.7
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
31.2
|
%
|
Combined ratio |
|
|
|
|
| 96.0 | % |
|
|
|
|
| 92.3 | % |
1 For purposes of computing ratios, billing and policy
fees and other (which are a component of other revenues) are
allocated as a reduction of underwriting expenses. In addition, fee
income is allocated as a reduction of losses and loss adjustment
expenses and underwriting expenses.
|
RECONCILIATION OF BOOK VALUE PER SHARE AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY TO
CERTAIN NON-GAAP MEASURES
Book value per share is total common shareholders’ equity divided
by the number of common shares outstanding. Adjusted book value per
share is total common shareholders’ equity excluding the after-tax
impact of net unrealized investment gains and losses, divided by the
number of common shares outstanding.In the opinion of the
Company’s management, adjusted book value per share is useful in an
analysis of a property casualty company’s book value per share as it
removes the effect of changing prices on invested assets (i.e., net
unrealized investment gains (losses), net of tax), which do not have an
equivalent impact on unpaid claims and claim adjustment expense
reserves. Tangible book value per share is adjusted book value
per share excluding the after-tax value of goodwill and other intangible
assets divided by the number of common shares outstanding. In the
opinion of the Company’s management, tangible book value per share is
useful in an analysis of a property casualty company’s book value on a
nominal basis as it removes certain effects of purchase accounting
(i.e., goodwill and other intangible assets), in addition to the effect
of changing prices on invested assets.
Reconciliation of Shareholders’ Equity to Tangible Shareholders’
Equity, excluding Net Unrealized Investment Gains, Net of Tax
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
|
| As of | |
| | | | | | | March 31, | |
|
| December 31, | |
|
| March 31, | |
($ in millions, except per share amounts)
|
|
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| 2016 |
|
| 2016 | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Shareholders’ equity | | | | | $ | 23,612 | | | | | $ | 23,221 | | | | | $ | 24,166 | | |
Less: Net unrealized investment gains, net of tax
|
|
|
|
|
|
823
|
|
|
|
|
|
730
|
|
|
|
|
|
1,759
|
| |
Shareholders’ equity, excluding net unrealized investment
gains, net of tax | | | | | | 22,789 | | | | | | 22,491 | | | | | | 22,407 | | |
Less:
| |
Goodwill
| | | | | |
3,584
| | | | | |
3,580
| | | | | |
3,588
| | |
| |
Other intangible assets
| | | | | |
266
| | | | | |
268
| | | | | |
275
| | |
|
|
Impact of deferred tax on other intangible assets
|
|
|
|
|
|
(66
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
(64
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
(60
|
)
| |
Tangible shareholders’ equity |
|
|
|
| $ | 19,005 |
|
|
|
| $ | 18,707 |
|
|
|
| $ | 18,604 |
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Common shares outstanding
|
|
|
|
|
|
279.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
279.6
|
|
|
|
|
|
292.4
|
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|
Book value per share
| | | | |
$
|
84.51
| | | | |
$
|
83.05
| | | | |
$
|
82.65
| | |
Adjusted book value per share
| | | | | |
81.56
| | | | | |
80.44
| | | | | |
76.63
| | |
Tangible book value per share
|
|
|
|
|
|
68.02
|
|
|
|
|
|
66.91
|
|
|
|
|
|
63.63
|
| |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
`
|
RECONCILIATION OF TOTAL CAPITALIZATION TO TOTAL CAPITALIZATION
EXCLUDING NET UNREALIZED INVESTMENT GAINS, NET OF TAX
Total capitalization is the sum of total shareholders’ equity and
debt. Debt-to-capital ratio excluding net unrealized gain on
investments is the ratio of debt to total capitalization excluding
the after-tax impact of net unrealized investment gains and losses. In
the opinion of the Company’s management, the debt to capital ratio is
useful in an analysis of the Company’s financial leverage.
|
|
|
|
| |
|
|
| As of | |
| | | March 31, |
|
| December 31, |
|
| March 31, | | |
($ in millions)
|
|
| 2017 |
|
| 2016 |
|
| 2016 |
| |
| | | | | | | | | | |
|
Debt
| | |
$
|
6,438
| | | |
$
|
6,437
| | | |
$
|
6,344
| | | |
Shareholders’ equity
|
|
|
|
23,612
|
|
|
|
|
23,221
|
|
|
|
|
24,166
|
|
| |
Total capitalization |
|
|
| 30,050 |
|
|
|
| 29,658 |
|
|
|
| 30,510 |
|
| |
Less: Net unrealized investment gains, net of tax
|
|
|
|
823
|
|
|
|
|
730
|
|
|
|
|
1,759
|
|
| |
Total capitalization excluding net unrealized gain | | | $ | 29,227 | | | | $ | 28,928 | | | | $ | 28,751 | | | |
on investments, net of tax |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| | | | | | | | | | |
|
Debt-to-capital ratio
| | | |
21.4
|
%
| | | |
21.7
|
%
| | | |
20.8
|
%
| | |
Debt-to-capital ratio excluding net unrealized investment gains, net
of tax
|
|
|
22.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
22.3
|
%
|
|
|
|
22.1
|
%
|
| |
| | | | | | | | | | |
|
OTHER DEFINITIONS
Gross written premiums reflect the direct and assumed
contractually determined amounts charged to policyholders for the
effective period of the contract based on the terms and conditions of
the insurance contract. Net written premiums reflect gross
written premiums less premiums ceded to reinsurers.
For Business and International Insurance and Bond & Specialty Insurance, retention
is the amount of premium available for renewal that was retained,
excluding rate and exposure changes. For Personal Insurance, retention
is the ratio of the expected number of renewal policies that will be
retained throughout the annual policy period to the number of available
renewal base policies. For all of the segments, renewal rate change
represents the estimated change in average premium on policies that
renew, excluding exposure changes. Exposure is the measure of
risk used in the pricing of an insurance product. The change in exposure
is the amount of change in premium on policies that renew attributable
to the change in portfolio risk. Renewal premium change
represents the estimated change in average premium on policies that
renew, including rate and exposure changes. New business is the
amount of written premium related to new policyholders and additional
products sold to existing policyholders.These are operating
statistics, which are in part dependent on the use of estimates and are
therefore subject to change. For Business and International Insurance,
retention, renewal premium change and new business exclude National
Accounts and surety. For Bond & Specialty Insurance, retention, renewal
premium change and new business exclude surety.
Statutory capital and surplus represents the excess of an
insurance company’s admitted assets over its liabilities, including loss
reserves, as determined in accordance with statutory accounting
practices.
Holding company liquidity is the total funds available at the
holding company level to fund general corporate purposes, primarily the
payment of shareholder dividends and debt service. These funds consist
of total cash, short-term invested assets and other readily marketable
securities held by the holding company.
For a glossary of other financial terms used in this press release, we
refer you to the Company’s most recent annual report on Form 10-K filed
with the SEC on February 16, 2017, as updated by our Form 10-Q filed on
April 20, 2017, and subsequent periodic filings with the SEC.
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Contacts:
The Travelers Companies, Inc.
Media:
Patrick
Linehan, 917.778.6267
or
Institutional
Investors:
Gabriella Nawi, 917.778.6844
Source: The Travelers Companies, Inc.
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