Cincinnati Financial Reports Second-Quarter 2021 Results

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Cincinnati Financial Corporation (CINF) reported a net income of $703 million or $4.31 per share for Q2 2021, compared to $909 million or $5.63 per share in Q2 2020. The significant decrease was attributed to an after-tax net effect of a $427 million drop in net investment gains, although there was a 311% rise in non-GAAP operating income to $292 million or $1.79 per share. The total revenues fell 15% to $2.295 billion. As of June 30, 2021, book value per share increased to $73.57, up from $57.56 a year ago, marking a 28% growth.

Positive

• 311% increase in non-GAAP operating income to $292 million.
• Book value per share rose to $73.57, up 28% year-over-year.
• Cash dividend declared increased by 5% to $0.63.

Negative

• Net income decreased 23% to $703 million compared to the previous year.
• Total revenues fell 15% year-over-year to $2.295 billion.
• Investment gains and losses decreased by 51% to $411 million.

CINCINNATI, July 28, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Cincinnati Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: CINF) today reported:

• Second-quarter 2021 net income of $703 million, or $4.31 per share, compared with $909 million, or $5.63 per share, in the second quarter of 2020, after recognizing a $386 million second-quarter 2021 after-tax increase in the fair value of equity securities still held.
• $221 million or 311% increase in non-GAAP operating income* to $292 million, or $1.79 per share, compared with $71 million, or 44 cents per share, in the second quarter of last year.
• $206 million decrease in second-quarter 2021 net income, primarily due to the after-tax net effect of a $427 million decrease in net investment gains partially offset by a $207 million increase in after-tax property casualty underwriting income.
• $73.57 book value per share at June 30, 2021, up $6.53 since year-end.
• 11.6% value creation ratio for the first six months of 2021, compared with negative 3.0% for the same period of 2020.

Financial Highlights

(Dollars in millions, except per share data)	Three months ended June 30,										Six months ended June 30,
		2021				2020				% Change		2021				2020				% Change
Revenue Data
Earned premiums		$	1,593			$	1,482			7		$	3,137			$	2,938			7
Investment income, net of expenses		175				166				5		349				331				5
Total revenues		2,295				2,714				(15)		4,522				2,615				73
Income Statement Data
Net income (loss)		$	703			$	909			(23)		$	1,323			$	(317)			nm
Investment gains and losses, after-tax		411				838				(51)		809				(525)				nm
Non-GAAP operating income*		$	292			$	71			311		$	514			$	208			147
Per Share Data (diluted)
Net income (loss)		$	4.31			$	5.63			(23)		$	8.13			$	(1.96)			nm
Investment gains and losses, after-tax		2.52				5.19				(51)		4.97				(3.25)				nm
Non-GAAP operating income*		$	1.79			$	0.44			307		$	3.16			$	1.29			145
Book value												$	73.57			$	57.56			28
Cash dividend declared		$	0.63			$	0.60			5		$	1.26			$	1.20			5
Diluted weighted average shares outstanding		162.9				161.5				1		162.7				161.5				1
*      The Definitions of Non-GAAP Information and Reconciliation to Comparable GAAP Measures section defines and reconciles measures presented          in this release that are not based on U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.         Forward-looking statements and related assumptions are subject to the risks outlined in the company's safe harbor statement.

Insurance Operations Highlights

• 85.5% second-quarter 2021 property casualty combined ratio, improved from 103.1% for the second quarter of 2020.
• 10% growth in second-quarter net written premiums, reflecting price increases and premium growth initiatives.
• $235 million second-quarter 2021 property casualty new business written premiums, up 12%. Agencies appointed since the beginning of 2020 contributed $17 million or 7% of total new business written premiums.
• $14 million second-quarter 2021 life insurance subsidiary net income, up $2 million from the second quarter of 2020, and 2% growth in second-quarter 2021 term life insurance earned premiums.

Investment and Balance Sheet Highlights

• 5% or $9 million increase in second-quarter 2021 pretax investment income, including a 13% increase for stock portfolio dividends and a 3% increase for bond interest income.
• Three-month increase of 5% in fair value of total investments at June 30, 2021, including a 6% increase for the stock portfolio and 4% increase for the bond portfolio.
• $4.254 billion parent company cash and marketable securities at June 30, 2021, up 13% from year-end 2020.

Property Casualty Operations Producing Results
Steven J. Johnston, chairman, president and CEO, commented: "We continued to achieve strong non-GAAP operating income results, increasing that measure 311% to $292 million in the second quarter. Our property casualty insurance operations led the way, earning $221 million in pretax underwriting profit for the quarter. Investment income continued its steady contribution, growing 5% compared with second-quarter 2020.

"The change in accounting rules adopted in 2018 that we've mentioned in the past continues to cause volatility in net income results as unrealized investment gains and losses flow through that number. For instance, our second-quarter net income decreased $206 million compared to the second quarter of 2020 when stock markets were rebounding from pandemic-induced effects early last year. However, when you look at our net income for the first half of 2021 in total compared with the first half of 2020, you'll see a positive swing of $1.640 billion.

"Looking closer at our insurance operations, property casualty underwriting produced our best results in 15 years, making strides in both our quarterly and first-half combined ratios in all of our major areas of business. Lower weather-related catastrophe losses supported by our initiatives to deepen product and geographic diversification helped our property casualty insurance operations improve our second-quarter and first-half combined ratios 17.6 points and 12.5 points, respectively, to 85.5% and 88.3%."

Getting Back to Business
"In the past few months, we've had opportunities to visit in person with the outstanding independent agencies that represent Cincinnati Insurance in their communities. Their excitement for the future is palpable.

"Property casualty new business written premiums reached another record high in the second quarter, growing 12% to $235 million compared with last year, as production from recently appointed agencies accelerates. Our underwriters select and price new business from our agencies with confidence as we continue to hone our abilities in both pricing precision and policy segmentation. 

"Total property casualty net written premium growth for the first six months returned to pre-pandemic levels, increasing 11% compared with the first half of 2020. Growth was 10% for the first-half and full-year 2019. Overall renewal pricing trends developed satisfactorily with standard commercial and personal lines policies averaging percentage increases in the mid-single-digit range and excess and surplus lines policies in the high-single-digit range.

"By seeking increased pricing on those accounts that need it most and remaining competitive on our agents' best-performing accounts, we are able to strike a nice balance between growth and profitability."

Book Value at Record High
"At June 30, our book value again reached a record high, increasing 10% since December 31, 2020. Consolidated cash and total investments also reached a new high, topping $24 billion.

"Our ample capital allows us to execute on our long-term strategies and, at the same time, continue to pay dividends to shareholders. Our value creation ratio, which considers the dividends we pay as well as growth in book value, was 11.6% for the first half of 2021, in line with our 10% to 13% average annual target for this measure."

 

Insurance Operations Highlights
Consolidated Property Casualty Insurance Results
(Dollars in millions)	Three months ended June 30,											Six months ended June 30,
		2021				2020				% Change			2021				2020				% Change
Earned premiums		$	1,514			$	1,403			8			$	2,989			$	2,792			7
Fee revenues		3				2				50			5				5				0
Total revenues		1,517				1,405				8			2,994				2,797				7
Loss and loss expenses		830				1,007				(18)			1,753				1,937				(9)
Underwriting expenses		466				439				6			887				877				1
Underwriting profit (loss)		$	221			$	(41)			nm			$	354			$	(17)			nm
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:										Pt. Change											Pt. Change
Loss and loss expenses		54.8		%		71.8		%		(17.0)			58.6		%		69.4		%		(10.8)
Underwriting expenses		30.7				31.3				(0.6)			29.7				31.4				(1.7)
Combined ratio		85.5		%		103.1		%		(17.6)			88.3		%		100.8		%		(12.5)
										% Change											% Change
Agency renewal written premiums		$	1,333			$	1,244			7			$	2,609			$	2,442			7
Agency new business written premiums		235				210				12			455				425				7
Other written premiums		146				105				39			343				210				63
Net written premiums		$	1,714			$	1,559			10			$	3,407			$	3,077			11
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:										Pt. Change											Pt. Change
Current accident year before catastrophe losses		56.8		%		58.2		%		(1.4)			57.2		%		59.0		%		(1.8)
Current accident year catastrophe losses		5.8				16.9				(11.1)			9.1				13.2				(4.1)
Prior accident years before catastrophe losses		(5.9)				(2.9)				(3.0)			(5.7)				(2.4)				(3.3)
Prior accident years catastrophe losses		(1.9)				(0.4)				(1.5)			(2.0)				(0.4)				(1.6)
Loss and loss expense ratio		54.8		%		71.8		%		(17.0)			58.6		%		69.4		%		(10.8)
Current accident year combined ratio before   catastrophe losses		87.5		%		89.5		%		(2.0)			86.9		%		90.4		%		(3.5)

 

• $155 million or 10% growth of second-quarter 2021 property casualty net written premiums, and six-month growth of 11%, largely reflecting premium growth initiatives and price increases. Cincinnati Re^® contributed 3 percentage points to property casualty growth for the second quarter of 2021 and 5 points to six-month growth.
• $25 million or 12% increase in second-quarter 2021 new business premiums written by agencies and six-month increase of 7%. The second-quarter growth included a $13 million increase in standard market property casualty production from agencies appointed since the beginning of 2020.
• 151 new agency appointments in the first six months of 2021, including 30 that market only our personal lines products.
• 17.6 percentage-point second-quarter 2021 combined ratio improvement and a 12.5 percentage-point improvement for the six-month period. The lower combined ratios included decreases for losses from catastrophes of 12.6 points for the second quarter and 5.7 points for the first six months of 2021.
• 7.8 percentage-point second-quarter 2021 benefit from favorable prior accident year reserve development of $119 million, compared with 3.3 points or $47 million for second-quarter 2020.
• 7.7 percentage-point six-month 2021 benefit from favorable prior accident year reserve development, compared with 2.8 points for the first six months of 2020.
• 1.8 percentage-point improvement, to 57.2%, for the six-month 2021 ratio of current accident year losses and loss expenses before catastrophes, including a decrease of 0.2 points in the ratio for current accident year losses of $1 million or more per claim.
• 0.6 percentage-point decrease in the second-quarter 2021 underwriting expense ratio, compared with the same period of 2020, primarily due to the second-quarter 2020 $16 million Stay-at-Home policyholder credit for personal auto policies.

 

Commercial Lines Insurance Results
(Dollars in millions)	Three months ended June 30,											Six months ended June 30,
		2021				2020				% Change			2021				2020				% Change
Earned premiums		$	911			$	870			5			$	1,797			$	1,733			4
Fee revenues		1				1				0			2				2				0
Total revenues		912				871				5			1,799				1,735				4
Loss and loss expenses		480				596				(19)			983				1,204				(18)
Underwriting expenses		287				267				7			541				543				0
Underwriting profit (loss)		$	145			$	8			nm			$	275			$	(12)			nm
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:										Pt. Change											Pt. Change
Loss and loss expenses		52.8		%		68.4		%		(15.6)			54.7		%		69.5		%		(14.8)
Underwriting expenses		31.4				30.7				0.7			30.1				31.3				(1.2)
Combined ratio		84.2		%		99.1		%		(14.9)			84.8		%		100.8		%		(16.0)
										% Change											% Change
Agency renewal written premiums		$	852			$	794			7			$	1,750			$	1,636			7
Agency new business written premiums		146				134				9			291				288				1
Other written premiums		(21)				(20)				(5)			(45)				(44)				(2)
Net written premiums		$	977			$	908			8			$	1,996			$	1,880			6
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:										Pt. Change											Pt. Change
Current accident year before catastrophe losses		57.9		%		58.9		%		(1.0)			58.9		%		60.0		%		(1.1)
Current accident year catastrophe losses		4.3				14.6				(10.3)			5.2				12.4				(7.2)
Prior accident years before catastrophe losses		(8.3)				(4.5)				(3.8)			(7.9)				(2.4)				(5.5)
Prior accident years catastrophe losses		(1.1)				(0.6)				(0.5)			(1.5)				(0.5)				(1.0)
Loss and loss expense ratio		52.8		%		68.4		%		(15.6)			54.7		%		69.5		%		(14.8)
Current accident year combined ratio before   catastrophe losses		89.3		%		89.6		%		(0.3)			89.0		%		91.3		%		(2.3)

 

• $69 million or 8% growth in second-quarter 2021 commercial lines net written premiums, primarily due to higher agency renewal written premiums. Six percent growth in six-month net written premiums.
• $58 million or 7% increase in second-quarter renewal written premiums, with commercial lines average renewal pricing increases in the mid-single-digit percent range.
• $12 million or 9% increase in second-quarter 2021 new business written by agencies, and a six-month increase of 1% as first-quarter 2021 reflected weakened economic factors from pandemic effects.
• 14.9 percentage-point second-quarter 2021 combined ratio improvement and a 16.0 percentage-point improvement for the six-month period. The lower combined ratios included decreases for losses from catastrophes of 10.8 points for the second quarter and 8.2 points for the first six months of 2021.
• 9.4 percentage-point second-quarter 2021 benefit from favorable prior accident year reserve development of $86 million, compared with 5.1 points or $45 million for second-quarter 2020.
• 9.4 percentage-point six-month 2021 benefit from favorable prior accident year reserve development, compared with 2.9 points for the first six months of 2020.

 

Personal Lines Insurance Results
(Dollars in millions)	Three months ended June 30,											Six months ended June 30,
		2021				2020				% Change			2021				2020				% Change
Earned premiums		$	382			$	364			5			$	758			$	723			5
Fee revenues		1				1				0			2				2				0
Total revenues		383				365				5			760				725				5
Loss and loss expenses		241				286				(16)			514				517				(1)
Underwriting expenses		113				122				(7)			220				230				(4)
Underwriting profit (loss)		$	29			$	(43)			nm			$	26			$	(22)			nm
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:										Pt. Change											Pt. Change
Loss and loss expenses		63.0		%		78.9		%		(15.9)			67.8		%		71.6		%		(3.8)
Underwriting expenses		29.7				33.4				(3.7)			29.0				31.8				(2.8)
Combined ratio		92.7		%		112.3		%		(19.6)			96.8		%		103.4		%		(6.6)
										% Change											% Change
Agency renewal written premiums		$	397			$	387			3			$	699			$	681			3
Agency new business written premiums		53				44				20			99				78				27
Other written premiums		(11)				(8)				(38)			(21)				(17)				(24)
Net written premiums		$	439			$	423			4			$	777			$	742			5
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:										Pt. Change											Pt. Change
Current accident year before catastrophe losses		55.3		%		53.8		%		1.5			56.3		%		56.9		%		(0.6)
Current accident year catastrophe losses		10.9				25.3				(14.4)			15.7				18.7				(3.0)
Prior accident years before catastrophe losses		(2.9)				0.0				(2.9)			(3.7)				(3.2)				(0.5)
Prior accident years catastrophe losses		(0.3)				(0.2)				(0.1)			(0.5)				(0.8)				0.3
Loss and loss expense ratio		63.0		%		78.9		%		(15.9)			67.8		%		71.6		%		(3.8)
Current accident year combined ratio before    catastrophe losses		85.0		%		87.2		%		(2.2)			85.3		%		88.7		%		(3.4)

 

• $16 million or 4% growth in second-quarter 2021 personal lines net written premiums, including higher renewal written premiums that benefited from rate increases averaging in the mid-single-digit percent range. Second-quarter 2021 net written premiums from our agencies' high net worth clients grew 23%, to $177 million. Five percent growth in six-month personal lines net written premiums.
• $9 million or 20% increase in second-quarter 2021 new business premiums written by agencies and six-month increase of 27%, largely reflecting expanded use of enhanced pricing precision tools.
• 19.6 percentage-point second-quarter 2021 combined ratio improvement and a 6.6 percentage-point improvement for the six-month period. The lower combined ratios included decreases for losses from catastrophes of 14.5 points for the second quarter and 2.7 points for the first six months of 2021.
• 3.2 percentage-point second-quarter 2021 benefit from favorable prior accident year reserve development of $12 million, compared with 0.2 points or less than $1 million for second-quarter 2020.
• 4.2 percentage-point six-month 2021 benefit from favorable prior accident year reserve development, compared with 4.0 points for the first six months of 2020.

 

Excess and Surplus Lines Insurance Results
(Dollars in millions)	Three months ended June 30,											Six months ended June 30,
		2021				2020				% Change			2021				2020				% Change
Earned premiums		$	95			$	78			22			$	184			$	156			18
Fee revenues		1				—				nm			1				1				0
Total revenues		96				78				23			185				157				18
Loss and loss expenses		58				57				2			117				102				15
Underwriting expenses		28				22				27			50				47				6
Underwriting profit (loss)		$	10			$	(1)			nm			$	18			$	8			125
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:										Pt. Change											Pt. Change
Loss and loss expenses		61.0		%		73.6		%		(12.6)			63.7		%		65.5		%		(1.8)
Underwriting expenses		28.5				28.4				0.1			27.0				30.0				(3.0)
Combined ratio		89.5		%		102.0		%		(12.5)			90.7		%		95.5		%		(4.8)
										% Change											% Change
Agency renewal written premiums		$	84			$	63			33			$	160			$	125			28
Agency new business written premiums		36				32				13			65				59				10
Other written premiums		(5)				(4)				(25)			(11)				(8)				(38)
Net written premiums		$	115			$	91			26			$	214			$	176			22
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:										Pt. Change											Pt. Change
Current accident year before catastrophe losses		62.0		%		59.0		%		3.0			61.5		%		57.4		%		4.1
Current accident year catastrophe losses		0.4				3.6				(3.2)			0.8				2.0				(1.2)
Prior accident years before catastrophe losses		(1.5)				11.2				(12.7)			1.5				5.9				(4.4)
Prior accident years catastrophe losses		0.1				(0.2)				0.3			(0.1)				0.2				(0.3)
Loss and loss expense ratio		61.0		%		73.6		%		(12.6)			63.7		%		65.5		%		(1.8)
Current accident year combined ratio before    catastrophe losses		90.5		%		87.4		%		3.1			88.5		%		87.4		%		1.1

 

• $24 million or 26% growth in second-quarter 2021 excess and surplus lines net written premiums, including higher renewal written premiums that benefited from price increases averaging in the high-single-digit percent range. Twenty-two percent growth in six-month net written premiums.
• $4 million or 13% increase in second-quarter new business written by agencies and six-month increase of 10%, as we continue to carefully underwrite each policy in a highly competitive market.
• 12.5 percentage-point second-quarter 2021 combined ratio improvement and a 4.8 percentage-point improvement for the six-month period, primarily due to more favorable reserve development on prior accident years.
• 1.4 percentage-point second-quarter 2021 benefit from favorable prior accident year reserve development of $1 million, compared with 11.0 points or $8 million of unfavorable development for second-quarter 2020.
• $3 million of unfavorable prior accident year reserve development for the first six months of 2021, compared with $9 million for the first six months of 2020. The 2021 unfavorable development was due to a first-quarter updated estimate for salaries and expenses to adjust claims.

 

Life Insurance Subsidiary Results
(Dollars in millions)	Three months ended June 30,											Six months ended June 30,
		2021				2020				% Change			2021				2020				% Change
Term life insurance		$	52			$	51			2			$	103			$	98			5
Universal life insurance		14				16				(13)			21				24				(13)
Other life insurance, annuity, and disability income    products		13				12				8			24				24				0
Earned premiums		79				79				0			148				146				1
Investment income, net of expenses		42				39				8			83				78				6
Investment gains and losses, net		4				1				300			4				(31)				nm
Fee revenues		1				1				0			2				1				100
Total revenues		126				120				5			237				194				22
Contract holders' benefits incurred		85				79				8			165				152				9
Underwriting expenses incurred		24				25				(4)			42				43				(2)
Total benefits and expenses		109				104				5			207				195				6
Net income (loss) before income tax		17				16				6			30				(1)				nm
Income tax provision (benefit)		3				4				(25)			6				—				nm
Net income (loss) of the life insurance subsidiary		$	14			$	12			17			$	24			$	(1)			nm

 

• Less than $1 million increase in second-quarter 2021 earned premiums, including a 2% increase for term life insurance, our largest life insurance product line.
• $25 million increase in six-month 2021 life insurance subsidiary net income, largely reflecting investment losses resulting from impairments of fixed-maturity securities during the first quarter of 2020, partially offset by less favorable mortality experience in the first six months of 2021 due in part to higher pandemic-related death claims incurred in the first three months of 2021.
• $8 million or 1% six-month 2021 increase, to $1.425 billion, in GAAP shareholders' equity for the life insurance subsidiary, primarily from net income that was partially offset by a decrease in unrealized investment gains.

 

Investment and Balance Sheet Highlights
Investments Results
(Dollars in millions)		Three months ended June 30,										Six months ended June 30,
		2021				2020				% Change			2021				2020				% Change
Investment income, net of expenses		$	175			$	166			5			$	349			$	331			5
Investment interest credited to contract holders		(27)				(25)				(8)			(53)				(51)				(4)
Investment gains and losses, net		520				1,060				(51)			1,024				(665)				nm
Investments profit (loss)		$	668			$	1,201			(44)			$	1,320			$	(385)			nm
Investment income:
Interest		$	117			$	114			3			$	235			$	226			4
Dividends		60				53				13			118				106				11
Other		1				2				(50)			3				5				(40)
Less investment expenses		3				3				0			7				6				17
Investment income, pretax		175				166				5			349				331				5
Less income taxes		27				25				8			54				51				6
Total investment income, after-tax		$	148			$	141			5			$	295			$	280			5
Investment returns:
Average invested assets plus cash and cash      equivalents		$	22,619			$	18,759						$	22,259			$	19,672
Average yield pretax		3.09		%		3.54		%					3.14		%		3.37		%
Average yield after-tax		2.62				3.01							2.65				2.85
Effective tax rate		15.5				15.6							15.5				15.5
Fixed-maturity returns:
Average amortized cost		$	11,653			$	11,107						$	11,570			$	11,124
Average yield pretax		4.02		%		4.11		%					4.06		%		4.06		%
Average yield after-tax		3.35				3.42							3.38				3.39
Effective tax rate		16.7				16.7							16.7				16.6

 

• $9 million or 5% rise in second-quarter 2021 pretax investment income, including a 13% increase in equity portfolio dividends and a 3% increase in interest income from fixed-maturity securities.
• $652 million second-quarter 2021 pretax total investment gains, summarized in the table below. Changes in unrealized gains or losses reported in other comprehensive income, in addition to investment gains and losses reported in net income, are useful for evaluating total investment performance over time and are major components of changes in book value and the value creation ratio.

 

(Dollars in millions)		Three months ended June 30,								Six months ended June 30,
		2021				2020				2021				2020
Investment gains and losses on equity securities sold, net		$	—			$	24			$	6			$	17
Unrealized gains and losses on equity securities still held, net		489				1,044				974				(602)
Investment gains and losses on fixed-maturity securities, net		9				—				12				(75)
Other		22				(8)				32				(5)
Subtotal - investment gains and losses reported in net income		520				1,060				1,024				(665)
Change in unrealized investment gains and losses - fixed maturities		132				506				(64)				182
Total		$	652			$	1,566			$	960			$	(483)

 

Balance Sheet Highlights
(Dollars in millions, except share data)	At June 30,				At December 31,
		2021				2020
Total investments		$	23,061			$	21,542
Total assets		29,677				27,542
Short-term debt		59				54
Long-term debt		789				788
Shareholders' equity		11,858				10,789
Book value per share		73.57				67.04
Debt-to-total-capital ratio		6.7		%		7.2		%

 

• $24.064 billion in consolidated cash and total investments at June 30, 2021, an increase of 7% from $22.442 billion at year-end 2020.
• $12.789 billion bond portfolio at June 30, 2021, with an average rating of A3/A. Fair value increased $481 million during the second quarter of 2021, including $328 million in net purchases of fixed-maturity securities.
• $9.897 billion equity portfolio was 42.9% of total investments, including $5.897 billion in appreciated value before taxes at June 30, 2021. Second-quarter 2021 increase in fair value of $537 million or 6%.
• $4.41 second-quarter 2021 increase in book value per share, including additions of $1.81 from net income before investment gains, $3.09 from investment portfolio net investment gains or changes in unrealized gains for fixed-maturity securities and $0.14 for other items, partially offset by $0.63 from dividends declared to shareholders.
• Value creation ratio of 11.6% for the first six months of 2021, including 4.8% from net income before investment gains, which includes underwriting and investment income, and 6.8% from investment portfolio net investment gains and changes in unrealized gains for fixed-maturity securities.

For additional information or to register for our conference call webcast, please visit cinfin.com/investors.

About Cincinnati Financial
Cincinnati Financial Corporation offers primarily business, home and auto insurance through The Cincinnati Insurance Company and its two standard market property casualty companies. The same local independent insurance agencies that market those policies may offer products of our other subsidiaries, including life insurance, fixed annuities and surplus lines property and casualty insurance. For additional information about the company, please visit cinfin.com.

	Mailing Address:				Street Address:
	P.O. Box 145496				6200 South Gilmore Road
	Cincinnati, Ohio 45250-5496				Fairfield, Ohio 45014-5141

 

Safe Harbor Statement
This is our "Safe Harbor" statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Our business is subject to certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements in this report. Some of those risks and uncertainties are discussed in our 2020 Annual Report on Form 10-K, Item 1A, Risk Factors, Page 34.

Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to:

• Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic that could affect results for reasons such as:
• Securities market disruption or volatility and related effects such as decreased economic activity that affect the company's investment portfolio and book value
• An unusually high level of claims in our insurance or reinsurance operations that increase litigation-related expenses
• An unusually high level of insurance losses, including risk of legislation or court decisions extending business interruption insurance in commercial property coverage forms to cover claims for pure economic loss related to the COVID-19 pandemic
• Decreased premium revenue and cash flow from disruption to our distribution channel of independent agents, consumer self-isolation, travel limitations, business restrictions and decreased economic activity
• Inability of our workforce, agencies or vendors to perform necessary business functions
• Ongoing developments concerning business interruption insurance claims and litigation related to the COVID-19 pandemic that affect our estimates of losses and loss adjustment expenses or our ability to reasonably estimate such losses, such as:
• The continuing duration of the pandemic and governmental actions to limit the spread of the virus that may produce additional economic losses
• The number of policyholders that will ultimately submit claims or file lawsuits
• The lack of submitted proofs of loss for allegedly covered claims
• Judicial rulings in similar litigation involving other companies in the insurance industry
• Differences in state laws and developing case law in the relatively few decisions rendered to date
• Litigation trends, including varying legal theories advanced by policyholders
• Whether and to what degree any class of policyholders may be certified
• The inherent unpredictability of litigation
• Unusually high levels of catastrophe losses due to risk concentrations, changes in weather patterns, environmental events, terrorism incidents or other causes
• Increased frequency and/or severity of claims or development of claims that are unforeseen at the time of policy issuance
• Inadequate estimates, assumptions or reliance on third-party data used for critical accounting estimates
• Declines in overall stock market values negatively affecting the company's equity portfolio and book value
• Prolonged low interest rate environment or other factors that limit the company's ability to generate growth in investment income or interest rate fluctuations that result in declining values of fixed-maturity investments, including declines in accounts in which we hold bank-owned life insurance contract assets
• Domestic and global events resulting in capital market or credit market uncertainty, followed by prolonged periods of economic instability or recession, that lead to:
• Significant or prolonged decline in the fair value of a particular security or group of securities and impairment of the asset(s)
• Significant decline in investment income due to reduced or eliminated dividend payouts from a particular security or group of securities
• Significant rise in losses from surety and director and officer policies written for financial institutions or other insured entities
• Our inability to integrate Cincinnati Global and its subsidiaries into our ongoing operations, or disruptions to our ongoing operations due to such integration
• Recession or other economic conditions resulting in lower demand for insurance products or increased payment delinquencies
• Difficulties with technology or data security breaches, including cyberattacks, that could negatively affect our ability to conduct business; disrupt our relationships with agents, policyholders and others; cause reputational damage, mitigation expenses and data loss and expose us to liability under federal and state laws
• Disruption of the insurance market caused by technology innovations such as driverless cars that could decrease consumer demand for insurance products
• Delays, inadequate data developed internally or from third parties, or performance inadequacies from ongoing development and implementation of underwriting and pricing methods, including telematics and other usage-based insurance methods, or technology projects and enhancements expected to increase our pricing accuracy, underwriting profit and competitiveness
• Increased competition that could result in a significant reduction in the company's premium volume
• Changing consumer insurance-buying habits and consolidation of independent insurance agencies that could alter our competitive advantages
• Inability to obtain adequate ceded reinsurance on acceptable terms, amount of reinsurance coverage purchased, financial strength of reinsurers and the potential for nonpayment or delay in payment by reinsurers
• Inability to defer policy acquisition costs for any business segment if pricing and loss trends would lead management to conclude that segment could not achieve sustainable profitability
• Inability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends consistent with current or past levels
• Events or conditions that could weaken or harm the company's relationships with its independent agencies and hamper opportunities to add new agencies, resulting in limitations on the company's opportunities for growth, such as:
• Downgrades of the company's financial strength ratings
• Concerns that doing business with the company is too difficult
• Perceptions that the company's level of service, particularly claims service, is no longer a distinguishing characteristic in the marketplace
• Inability or unwillingness to nimbly develop and introduce coverage product updates and innovations that our competitors offer and consumers expect to find in the marketplace
• Actions of insurance departments, state attorneys general or other regulatory agencies, including a change to a federal system of regulation from a state-based system, that:
• Impose new obligations on us that increase our expenses or change the assumptions underlying our critical accounting estimates
• Place the insurance industry under greater regulatory scrutiny or result in new statutes, rules and regulations
• Restrict our ability to exit or reduce writings of unprofitable coverages or lines of business
• Add assessments for guaranty funds, other insurance–related assessments or mandatory reinsurance arrangements; or that impair our ability to recover such assessments through future surcharges or other rate changes
• Increase our provision for federal income taxes due to changes in tax law
• Increase our other expenses
• Limit our ability to set fair, adequate and reasonable rates
• Place us at a disadvantage in the marketplace
• Restrict our ability to execute our business model, including the way we compensate agents
• Adverse outcomes from litigation or administrative proceedings
• Events or actions, including unauthorized intentional circumvention of controls, that reduce the company's future ability to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
• Unforeseen departure of certain executive officers or other key employees due to retirement, health or other causes that could interrupt progress toward important strategic goals or diminish the effectiveness of certain longstanding relationships with insurance agents and others
• Events, such as an epidemic, natural catastrophe or terrorism, that could hamper our ability to assemble our workforce at our headquarters location

Further, the company's insurance businesses are subject to the effects of changing social, global, economic and regulatory environments. Public and regulatory initiatives have included efforts to adversely influence and restrict premium rates, restrict the ability to cancel policies, impose underwriting standards and expand overall regulation. The company also is subject to public and regulatory initiatives that can affect the market value for its common stock, such as measures affecting corporate financial reporting and governance. The ultimate changes and eventual effects, if any, of these initiatives are uncertain.

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Cincinnati Financial Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and Statements of Income (unaudited)
(Dollars in millions)									June 30,				December 31,
									2021				2020
Assets
Investments									$	23,061			$	21,542
Cash and cash equivalents									1,003				900
Premiums receivable									2,217				1,879
Reinsurance recoverable									504				517
Deferred policy acquisition costs									924				805
Other assets									1,968				1,899
Total assets									$	29,677			$	27,542
Liabilities
Insurance reserves									$	9,999			$	9,661
Unearned premiums									3,417				2,960
Deferred income tax									1,495				1,299
Long-term debt and lease obligations									848				845
Other liabilities									2,060				1,988
Total liabilities									17,819				16,753
Shareholders' Equity
Common stock and paid-in capital									1,731				1,725
Retained earnings									11,205				10,085
Accumulated other comprehensive income									731				769
Treasury stock									(1,809)				(1,790)
Total shareholders' equity									11,858				10,789
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity									$	29,677			$	27,542
(Dollars in millions, except per share data)	Three months ended June 30,								Six months ended June 30,
	2021				2020				2021				2020
Revenues
Earned premiums	$	1,593			$	1,482			$	3,137			$	2,938
Investment income, net of expenses	175				166				349				331
Investment gains and losses, net	520				1,060				1,024				(665)
Other revenues	7				6				12				11
Total revenues	2,295				2,714				4,522				2,615
Benefits and Expenses
Insurance losses and contract holders' benefits	915				1,086				1,918				2,089
Underwriting, acquisition and insurance expenses	490				464				929				920
Interest expense	13				14				26				27
Other operating expenses	5				5				9				10
Total benefits and expenses	1,423				1,569				2,882				3,046
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes	872				1,145				1,640				(431)
Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes	169				236				317				(114)
Net Income (Loss)	$	703			$	909			$	1,323			$	(317)
Per Common Share:
Net income (loss)—basic	$	4.36			$	5.65			$	8.21			$	(1.96)
Net income (loss)—diluted	4.31				5.63				8.13				(1.96)

 

Definitions of Non-GAAP Information and Reconciliation to Comparable GAAP Measures

(See attached tables for reconciliations; additional prior-period reconciliations available at cinfin.com/investors.)

Cincinnati Financial Corporation prepares its public financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). Statutory data is prepared in accordance with statutory accounting rules for insurance company regulation in the United States of America as defined by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners' (NAIC) Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual, and therefore is not reconciled to GAAP data.

Management uses certain non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate its primary business areas – property casualty insurance, life insurance and investments. Management uses these measures when analyzing both GAAP and non-GAAP results to improve its understanding of trends in the underlying business and to help avoid incorrect or misleading assumptions and conclusions about the success or failure of company strategies. Management adjustments to GAAP measures generally: apply to non-recurring events that are unrelated to business performance and distort short-term results; involve values that fluctuate based on events outside of management's control; supplement reporting segment disclosures with disclosures for a subsidiary company or for a combination of subsidiaries or reporting segments; or relate to accounting refinements that affect comparability between periods, creating a need to analyze data on the same basis.

• Non-GAAP operating income: Non-GAAP operating income is calculated by excluding investment gains and losses (defined as investment gains and losses after applicable federal and state income taxes) and other significant non-recurring items from net income. Management evaluates non-GAAP operating income to measure the success of pricing, rate and underwriting strategies. While investment gains (or losses) are integral to the company's insurance operations over the long term, the determination to realize investment gains or losses on fixed-maturity securities sold in any period may be subject to management's discretion and is independent of the insurance underwriting process. Also, under applicable GAAP accounting requirements, gains and losses are recognized from certain changes in market values of securities without actual realization. Management believes that the level of investment gains or losses for any particular period, while it may be material, may not fully indicate the performance of ongoing underlying business operations in that period.
  
  For these reasons, many investors and shareholders consider non-GAAP operating income to be one of the more meaningful measures for evaluating insurance company performance. Equity analysts who report on the insurance industry and the company generally focus on this metric in their analyses. The company presents non-GAAP operating income so that all investors have what management believes to be a useful supplement to GAAP information.
  
  
• Consolidated property casualty insurance results: To supplement reporting segment disclosures related to our property casualty insurance operations, we also evaluate results for those operations on a basis that includes results for our property casualty insurance and brokerage services subsidiaries. That is the total of our commercial lines, personal lines and our excess and surplus lines segments plus our reinsurance assumed operations known as Cincinnati Re and our London-based global specialty underwriter known as Cincinnati Global.
  
  
• Life insurance subsidiary results: To supplement life insurance reporting segment disclosures related to our life insurance operation, we also evaluate results for that operation on a basis that includes life insurance subsidiary investment income, or investment income plus investment gains and losses, that are also included in our investments reporting segment. We recognize that assets under management, capital appreciation and investment income are integral to evaluating the success of the life insurance segment because of the long duration of life products.

 

Cincinnati Financial Corporation
Net Income Reconciliation
(Dollars in millions, except per share data)	Three months ended June 30,								Six months ended June 30,
		2021				2020				2021				2020
Net income (loss)		$	703			$	909			$	1,323			$	(317)
Less:
Investment gains and losses, net		520				1,060				1,024				(665)
Income tax on investment gains and losses		(109)				(222)				(215)				140
Investment gains and losses, after-tax		411				838				809				(525)
Non-GAAP operating income		$	292			$	71			$	514			$	208
Diluted per share data:
Net income (loss)		$	4.31			$	5.63			$	8.13			$	(1.96)
Less:
Investment gains and losses, net		3.19				6.56				6.29				(4.12)
Income tax on investment gains and losses		(0.67)				(1.37)				(1.32)				0.87
Investment gains and losses, after-tax		2.52				5.19				4.97				(3.25)
Non-GAAP operating income		$	1.79			$	0.44			$	3.16			$	1.29
Life Insurance Reconciliation
(Dollars in millions)	Three months ended June 30,								Six months ended June 30,
		2021				2020				2021				2020
Net income (loss) of the life insurance subsidiary		$	14			$	12			$	24			$	(1)
Investment gains and losses, net		4				1				4				(31)
Income tax on investment gains and losses		1				—				1				(7)
Non-GAAP operating income		11				11				21				23
Investment income, net of expenses		(42)				(39)				(83)				(78)
Investment income credited to contract holders		27				25				53				51
Income tax excluding tax on investment gains and     losses, net		2				4				5				7
Life insurance segment profit (loss)		$	(2)			$	1			$	(4)			$	3

 

 

Property Casualty Insurance Reconciliation
(Dollars in millions)	Three months ended June 30, 2021
	Consolidated					Commercial					Personal					E&S						Other*
Premiums:
Written premiums		$	1,714				$	977				$	439				$	115				183
Unearned premiums change		(200)					(66)					(57)					(20)					(57)
Earned premiums		$	1,514				$	911				$	382				$	95				$	126
Underwriting profit		$	221				$	145				$	29				$	10				$	37
(Dollars in millions)	Six months ended June 30, 2021
	Consolidated					Commercial					Personal					E&S						Other*
Premiums:
Written premiums		$	3,407				$	1,996				$	777				$	214				$	420
Unearned premiums change		(418)					(199)					(19)					(30)					(170)
Earned premiums		$	2,989				$	1,797				$	758				$	184				$	250
Underwriting profit		$	354				$	275				$	26				$	18				$	35
(Dollars in millions)	Three months ended June 30, 2020
	Consolidated					Commercial					Personal					E&S					Other*
Premiums:
Written premiums		$	1,559				$	908				$	423				$	91				$	137
Unearned premiums change		(156)					(38)					(59)					(13)					(46)
Earned premiums		$	1,403				870					$	364				78					$	91
Underwriting profit (loss)		$	(41)				$	8				$	(43)				$	(1)				$	(5)
(Dollars in millions)	Six months ended June 30, 2020
	Consolidated					Commercial					Personal					E&S					Other*
Premiums:
Written premiums		$	3,077				$	1,880				$	742				$	176				$	279
Unearned premiums change		(285)					(147)					(19)					(20)					(99)
Earned premiums		$	2,792				$	1,733				$	723				$	156				$	180
Underwriting profit (loss)		$	(17)				$	(12)				$	(22)				$	8				$	9
Dollar amounts shown are rounded to millions; certain amounts may not add due to rounding. *Included in Other are the results of Cincinnati Re and Cincinnati Global.

 

 

Cincinnati Financial Corporation
Other Measures
Value creation ratio: This is a measure of shareholder value creation that management believes captures the contribution of the company's insurance operations, the success of its investment strategy and the importance placed on paying cash dividends to shareholders. The value creation ratio measure is made up of two primary components: (1) rate of growth in book value per share plus (2) the ratio of dividends declared per share to beginning book value per share. Management believes this measure is useful, providing a meaningful measure of long-term progress in creating shareholder value. It is intended to be all-inclusive regarding changes in book value per share, and uses originally reported book value per share in cases where book value per share has been adjusted, such as adoption of Accounting Standards Updates with a cumulative effect of a change in accounting. Written premium: Under statutory accounting rules in the U.S., property casualty written premium is the amount recorded for policies issued and recognized on an annualized basis at the effective date of the policy. Management analyzes trends in written premium to assess business efforts. The difference between written and earned premium is unearned premium.
Value Creation Ratio Calculations
(Dollars are per share)	Three months ended June 30,								Six months ended June 30,
		2021				2020				2021				2020
Value creation ratio:
End of period book value*		$	73.57			$	57.56			$	73.57			$	57.56
Less beginning of period book value		69.16				50.02				67.04				60.55
Change in book value		4.41				7.54				6.53				(2.99)
Dividend declared to shareholders		0.63				0.60				1.26				1.20
Total value creation		$	5.04			$	8.14			$	7.79			$	(1.79)
Value creation ratio from change in book value**		6.4		%		15.1		%		9.7		%		(5.0)		%
Value creation ratio from dividends declared to shareholders***		0.9				1.2				1.9				2.0
Value creation ratio		7.3		%		16.3		%		11.6		%		(3.0)		%
* Book value per share is calculated by dividing end of period total shareholders' equity by end of period shares outstanding
** Change in book value divided by the beginning of period book value
*** Dividend declared to shareholders divided by beginning of period book value

 

 

 

 

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FAQ

What were Cincinnati Financial's Q2 earnings results for 2021?

Cincinnati Financial reported net income of $703 million, or $4.31 per share, a decrease from $909 million or $5.63 per share in Q2 2020.

How did non-GAAP operating income change in Q2 2021 for CINF?

Non-GAAP operating income increased by 311% to $292 million, or $1.79 per share, compared to $71 million or $0.44 per share in Q2 2020.

What was the book value per share for CINF as of June 30, 2021?

The book value per share for Cincinnati Financial as of June 30, 2021, was $73.57, a 28% increase from $57.56 in the same period last year.

How did total revenues perform in Q2 2021 for Cincinnati Financial?

Total revenues for Q2 2021 decreased by 15% to $2.295 billion, down from $2.714 billion in the previous year.

What is the cash dividend declared for Cincinnati Financial in Q2 2021?

Cincinnati Financial declared a cash dividend of $0.63 in Q2 2021, a 5% increase from $0.60 in Q2 2020.