W. R. Berkley Corporation Reports Second Quarter Results
W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE: WRB) reported impressive Q2 2021 results with gross premiums written at $2.66 billion, a 25% increase year-over-year. Net premiums rose 27.2% to $2.21 billion, contributing to a net income of $237.2 million, or $1.27 per share. The combined ratio improved to 89.7%, while return on equity was a strong 15%. Significant growth was driven by an average rate increase of 9.7%. The company returned $112 million in capital to shareholders, demonstrating strong financial health and an optimistic outlook for future growth in the property casualty market.
- Net premiums written increased by 27.2% year-over-year.
- Combined ratio improved to 89.7%, indicating effective underwriting.
- Return on equity reached 15%, showcasing strong profitability.
- Record quarterly underwriting income of $202.2 million.
- Net investment income surged by 96.9% to $168.2 million.
- Total capital returned to shareholders was $112 million.
- None.
W. R. Berkley Corporation (NYSE: WRB) today reported its second quarter 2021 results.
Summary Financial Data (Amounts in thousands, except per share data) |
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|
Second Quarter |
|
Six Months |
||||||||||||
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
||||||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Gross premiums written |
$ |
2,661,236 |
|
|
$ |
2,132,246 |
|
|
$ |
5,145,948 |
|
|
$ |
4,363,618 |
|
Net premiums written |
2,212,181 |
|
|
1,739,818 |
|
|
4,262,219 |
|
|
3,585,664 |
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Net income to common stockholders |
237,238 |
|
|
71,260 |
|
|
466,763 |
|
|
66,842 |
|
||||
Net income per diluted share |
1.27 |
|
|
0.38 |
|
|
2.50 |
|
|
0.35 |
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Operating income (1) |
219,059 |
|
|
11,552 |
|
|
420,840 |
|
|
144,064 |
|
||||
Operating income per diluted share |
1.17 |
|
|
0.06 |
|
|
2.25 |
|
|
0.76 |
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Return on equity (2) |
15.0 |
% |
|
4.7 |
% |
|
14.8 |
% |
|
2.2 |
% |
||||
(1) Operating income is a non-GAAP financial measure defined by the Company as net income excluding after-tax net investment gains (losses) and related expenses.
(2) Return on equity represents net income expressed on an annualized basis as a percentage of beginning of year common stockholders’ equity.
Second quarter highlights included:
-
Net premiums written increased
27.2% . -
The reported combined ratio was
89.7% . The current accident year combined ratio before catastrophe losses of 2.2 loss ratio points was87.5% . -
Return on equity of
15.0% . -
Record quarterly underwriting income of
$202.2 million . -
Average rate increases excluding workers' compensation were approximately
9.7% . -
Net investment income increased
96.9% to$168.2 million . -
Total capital returned to shareholders was
$112 million , consisting of$89 million of special dividends and$23 million of regular dividends.
The Company commented:
The Company reported outstanding results in the second quarter of 2021 with net premium growth in excess of
Rate increases continued to outpace loss costs, further solidifying our current rate adequacy. As more products achieved or exceeded our target rate levels, our attention turned to exposure growth and business expansion. We expect this growth and rate achievement will contribute to additional underwriting profits as they are fully earned.
Our alternative investment portfolio also delivered strong performance, driven by investment funds and approximately
The combination of rate adequacy and an improving economy have created opportunities for profitable growth for the property casualty insurance market. Our structure, operating model and specialty product focus distinctly position us to outperform in such circumstances. We anticipate that these economic and market trends will continue to yield positive results for our Company for the foreseeable future.
Webcast Conference Call
The Company will hold its quarterly conference call with analysts and investors to discuss its earnings and other information on July 22, 2021, at 5:00 p.m. eastern time. The conference call will be webcast live on the Company's website at https://ir.berkley.com/news-and-events/events-and-presentations/default.aspx. Please log on at least ten minutes early to register and download and install any necessary software. A replay of the webcast will be available on the Company's website approximately two hours after the end of the conference call. Additional financial information can be found on the Company's website at https://ir.berkley.com/investor-relations/financial-information/annual-reports/default.aspx.
About W. R. Berkley Corporation
Founded in 1967, W. R. Berkley Corporation is an insurance holding company that is among the largest commercial lines writers in the United States and operates worldwide in two segments of the property casualty business: Insurance and Reinsurance & Monoline Excess.
Forward Looking Information
This is a “Safe Harbor” Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Any forward-looking statements contained herein, including statements related to our outlook for the industry and for our performance for the year 2021 and beyond, are based upon the Company’s historical performance and on current plans, estimates and expectations. The inclusion of this forward-looking information should not be regarded as a representation by us or any other person that the future plans, estimates or expectations contemplated by us will be achieved. They are subject to various risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to: the cyclical nature of the property casualty industry; the impact of significant competition, including new entrants to the industry; the long-tail and potentially volatile nature of the insurance and reinsurance business; product demand and pricing; claims development and the process of estimating reserves; investment risks, including those of our portfolio of fixed maturity securities and investments in equity securities, including investments in financial institutions, municipal bonds, mortgage-backed securities, loans receivable, investment funds, including real estate, merger arbitrage, energy related and private equity investments; the effects of emerging claim and coverage issues; the uncertain nature of damage theories and loss amounts, including claims for cybersecurity-related risks; natural and man-made catastrophic losses, including as a result of terrorist activities; the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic; the impact of climate change, which may alter the frequency and increase the severity of catastrophe events; general economic and market activities, including inflation, interest rates, and volatility in the credit and capital markets; the impact of the conditions in the financial markets and the global economy, and the potential effect of legislative, regulatory, accounting or other initiatives taken in response, on our results and financial condition; foreign currency and political risks (including those associated with the United Kingdom's withdrawal from the European Union, or "Brexit") relating to our international operations; our ability to attract and retain key personnel and qualified employees; continued availability of capital and financing; the success of our new ventures or acquisitions and the availability of other opportunities; the availability of reinsurance; our retention under the Terrorism Risk Insurance Program Reauthorization Act of 2019; the ability or willingness of our reinsurers to pay reinsurance recoverables owed to us; other legislative and regulatory developments, including those related to business practices in the insurance industry; credit risk related to our policyholders, independent agents and brokers; changes in the ratings assigned to us or our insurance company subsidiaries by rating agencies; the availability of dividends from our insurance company subsidiaries; potential difficulties with technology and/or cyber security issues; the effectiveness of our controls to ensure compliance with guidelines, policies and legal and regulatory standards; and other risks detailed from time to time in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. These risks and uncertainties could cause our actual results for the year 2021 and beyond to differ materially from those expressed in any forward-looking statement we make. Any projections of growth in our revenues would not necessarily result in commensurate levels of earnings. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date on which they are made, and the Company undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.
Consolidated Financial Summary (Amounts in thousands, except per share data) |
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|
Second Quarter |
|
Six Months |
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|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
||||||||
Revenues: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Net premiums written |
$ |
2,212,181 |
|
|
$ |
1,739,818 |
|
|
$ |
4,262,219 |
|
|
$ |
3,585,664 |
|
Change in unearned premiums |
(240,557) |
|
|
(62,903) |
|
|
(440,639) |
|
|
(217,331) |
|
||||
Net premium earned |
1,971,624 |
|
|
1,676,915 |
|
|
3,821,580 |
|
|
3,368,333 |
|
||||
Net investment income |
168,187 |
|
|
85,431 |
|
|
326,764 |
|
|
260,194 |
|
||||
Net investment gains (losses): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments |
20,461 |
|
|
61,653 |
|
|
72,219 |
|
|
(81,632) |
|
||||
Change in allowance for credit losses on investments |
3,603 |
|
|
16,232 |
|
|
(13,316) |
|
|
(17,657) |
|
||||
Net investment gains (losses) |
24,064 |
|
|
77,885 |
|
|
58,903 |
|
|
(99,289) |
|
||||
Revenues from non-insurance businesses |
109,122 |
|
|
75,742 |
|
|
196,552 |
|
|
169,471 |
|
||||
Insurance service fees |
22,256 |
|
|
19,870 |
|
|
48,064 |
|
|
45,621 |
|
||||
Other Income |
833 |
|
|
183 |
|
|
1,092 |
|
|
2,305 |
|
||||
Total Revenues |
2,296,086 |
|
|
1,936,026 |
|
|
4,452,955 |
|
|
3,746,635 |
|
||||
Expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Loss and loss expenses |
1,203,647 |
|
|
1,135,126 |
|
|
2,325,238 |
|
|
2,242,379 |
|
||||
Other operating costs and expenses |
647,705 |
|
|
580,840 |
|
|
1,263,973 |
|
|
1,159,173 |
|
||||
Expenses from non-insurance businesses |
106,698 |
|
|
76,238 |
|
|
192,989 |
|
|
170,996 |
|
||||
Interest expense |
38,096 |
|
|
38,373 |
|
|
74,747 |
|
|
75,105 |
|
||||
Total expenses |
1,996,146 |
|
|
1,830,577 |
|
|
3,856,947 |
|
|
3,647,653 |
|
||||
Income before income tax |
299,940 |
|
|
105,449 |
|
|
596,008 |
|
|
98,982 |
|
||||
Income tax expense |
(62,262) |
|
|
(33,793) |
|
|
(126,614) |
|
|
(30,852) |
|
||||
Net Income before noncontrolling interests |
237,678 |
|
|
71,656 |
|
|
469,394 |
|
|
68,130 |
|
||||
Noncontrolling interest |
(440) |
|
|
(396) |
|
|
(2,631) |
|
|
(1,288) |
|
||||
Net income to common stockholders |
$ |
237,238 |
|
|
$ |
71,260 |
|
|
$ |
466,763 |
|
|
$ |
66,842 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Net income per share: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Basic |
$ |
1.28 |
|
|
$ |
0.38 |
|
|
$ |
2.52 |
|
|
$ |
0.36 |
|
Diluted |
$ |
1.27 |
|
|
$ |
0.38 |
|
|
$ |
2.50 |
|
|
$ |
0.35 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Average shares outstanding (1): |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Basic |
185,155 |
|
|
185,979 |
|
|
185,175 |
|
|
188,133 |
|
||||
Diluted |
187,106 |
|
|
187,862 |
|
|
186,985 |
|
|
190,078 |
|
||||
(1) Basic shares outstanding consist of the weighted average number of common shares outstanding during the period (including shares held in a grantor trust). Diluted shares outstanding consist of the weighted average number of basic and common equivalent shares outstanding during the period.
Business Segment Operating Results (Amounts in thousands, except ratios) (1) |
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|
Second Quarter |
|
Six Months |
||||||||||||
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
||||||||
Insurance: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Gross premiums written |
$ |
2,421,846 |
|
|
$ |
1,917,702 |
|
|
$ |
4,561,859 |
|
|
$ |
3,859,511 |
|
Net premiums written |
1,994,212 |
|
|
1,543,157 |
|
|
3,734,036 |
|
|
3,126,475 |
|
||||
Net premiums earned |
1,727,202 |
|
|
1,465,044 |
|
|
3,332,181 |
|
|
2,949,999 |
|
||||
Pre-tax income |
291,290 |
|
|
76,546 |
|
|
548,399 |
|
|
252,493 |
|
||||
Loss ratio |
61.4 |
% |
|
67.0 |
% |
|
61.3 |
% |
|
66.1 |
% |
||||
Expense ratio |
28.5 |
% |
|
30.7 |
% |
|
28.9 |
% |
|
31.0 |
% |
||||
GAAP Combined ratio |
89.9 |
% |
|
97.7 |
% |
|
90.2 |
% |
|
97.1 |
% |
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Reinsurance & Monoline Excess: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Gross premiums written |
$ |
239,390 |
|
|
$ |
214,544 |
|
|
$ |
584,089 |
|
|
$ |
504,107 |
|
Net premiums written |
217,969 |
|
|
196,661 |
|
|
528,183 |
|
|
459,189 |
|
||||
Net premiums earned |
244,422 |
|
|
211,871 |
|
|
489,399 |
|
|
418,334 |
|
||||
Pre-tax income |
74,794 |
|
|
12,566 |
|
|
143,443 |
|
|
49,080 |
|
||||
Loss ratio |
58.2 |
% |
|
72.2 |
% |
|
57.4 |
% |
|
70.3 |
% |
||||
Expense ratio |
30.4 |
% |
|
32.9 |
% |
|
30.6 |
% |
|
32.6 |
% |
||||
GAAP Combined ratio |
88.6 |
% |
|
105.1 |
% |
|
88.0 |
% |
|
102.9 |
% |
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Corporate and Eliminations: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Net investment gains (losses) |
$ |
24,064 |
|
|
$ |
77,885 |
|
|
$ |
58,903 |
|
|
$ |
(99,289) |
|
Interest expense |
(38,096) |
|
|
(38,373) |
|
|
(74,747) |
|
|
(75,105) |
|
||||
Other revenues and expenses |
(52,112) |
|
|
(23,175) |
|
|
(79,990) |
|
|
(28,197) |
|
||||
Pre-tax (loss) income |
(66,144) |
|
|
16,337 |
|
|
(95,834) |
|
|
(202,591) |
|
||||
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Consolidated: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Gross premiums written |
$ |
2,661,236 |
|
|
$ |
2,132,246 |
|
|
$ |
5,145,948 |
|
|
$ |
4,363,618 |
|
Net premiums written |
2,212,181 |
|
|
1,739,818 |
|
|
4,262,219 |
|
|
3,585,664 |
|
||||
Net premiums earned |
1,971,624 |
|
|
1,676,915 |
|
|
3,821,580 |
|
|
3,368,333 |
|
||||
Pre-tax income |
299,940 |
|
|
105,449 |
|
|
596,008 |
|
|
98,982 |
|
||||
Loss ratio |
61.0 |
% |
|
67.7 |
% |
|
60.8 |
% |
|
66.6 |
% |
||||
Expense ratio |
28.7 |
% |
|
31.0 |
% |
|
29.1 |
% |
|
31.2 |
% |
||||
GAAP Combined ratio |
89.7 |
% |
|
98.7 |
% |
|
89.9 |
% |
|
97.8 |
% |
||||
(1) Loss ratio is losses and loss expenses incurred expressed as a percentage of premiums earned. Expense ratio is underwriting expenses expressed as a percentage of premiums earned. GAAP combined ratio is the sum of the loss ratio and the expense ratio.
Supplemental Information (Amounts in thousands) |
|||||||||||||||
|
Second Quarter |
|
Six Months |
||||||||||||
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
|
2021 |
|
2020 |
||||||||
Net premiums written: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Other liability |
$ |
720,523 |
|
|
$ |
559,727 |
|
|
$ |
1,378,301 |
|
|
$ |
1,141,371 |
|
Short-tail lines (1) |
391,778 |
|
|
323,164 |
|
|
716,830 |
|
|
631,053 |
|
||||
Workers' compensation |
315,638 |
|
|
273,036 |
|
|
602,362 |
|
|
600,322 |
|
||||
Commercial automobile |
279,204 |
|
|
213,063 |
|
|
527,771 |
|
|
418,490 |
|
||||
Professional liability |
287,069 |
|
|
174,167 |
|
|
508,772 |
|
|
335,239 |
|
||||
Total Insurance |
1,994,212 |
|
|
1,543,157 |
|
|
3,734,036 |
|
|
3,126,475 |
|
||||
Casualty reinsurance |
156,216 |
|
|
132,927 |
|
|
331,081 |
|
|
276,388 |
|
||||
Monoline excess |
23,664 |
|
|
19,571 |
|
|
109,172 |
|
|
94,838 |
|
||||
Property reinsurance |
38,089 |
|
|
44,163 |
|
|
87,930 |
|
|
87,963 |
|
||||
Total Reinsurance & Monoline Excess |
217,969 |
|
|
196,661 |
|
|
528,183 |
|
|
459,189 |
|
||||
Total |
$ |
2,212,181 |
|
|
$ |
1,739,818 |
|
|
$ |
4,262,219 |
|
|
$ |
3,585,664 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Current accident year losses from catastrophes (including COVID-19 related losses): |
|
|
|
|
|||||||||||
Insurance |
$ |
36,803 |
|
|
$ |
114,038 |
|
|
$ |
69,632 |
|
|
$ |
170,619 |
|
Reinsurance & Monoline Excess |
7,162 |
|
|
31,822 |
|
|
10,162 |
|
|
54,015 |
|
||||
Total |
$ |
43,965 |
|
|
$ |
145,860 |
|
|
$ |
79,794 |
|
|
$ |
224,634 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Net Investment income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Core portfolio (2) |
$ |
102,961 |
|
|
$ |
111,679 |
|
|
$ |
203,528 |
|
|
$ |
244,727 |
|
Investment funds |
61,311 |
|
|
(57,552) |
|
|
100,246 |
|
|
(16,975) |
|
||||
Arbitrage trading account |
3,915 |
|
|
31,304 |
|
|
22,989 |
|
|
32,442 |
|
||||
Total |
$ |
168,187 |
|
|
$ |
85,431 |
|
|
$ |
326,764 |
|
|
$ |
260,194 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on investments |
$ |
38,700 |
|
|
$ |
(261) |
|
|
$ |
114,793 |
|
|
$ |
10,921 |
|
Change in unrealized (losses) gains on equity securities |
(18,239) |
|
|
61,914 |
|
|
(42,574) |
|
|
(92,553) |
|
||||
Total |
$ |
20,461 |
|
|
$ |
61,653 |
|
|
$ |
72,219 |
|
|
$ |
(81,632) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Other operating costs and expenses: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
||||||||
Policy acquisition and insurance operating expenses |
$ |
565,733 |
|
|
$ |
519,234 |
|
|
$ |
1,111,483 |
|
|
$ |
1,051,158 |
|
Insurance service expenses |
21,789 |
|
|
20,423 |
|
|
42,575 |
|
|
42,995 |
|
||||
Net foreign currency gains |
(1,125) |
|
|
(7,382) |
|
|
(6,719) |
|
|
(28,923) |
|
||||
Debt extinguishment costs |
7,903 |
|
|
— |
|
|
11,520 |
|
|
— |
|
||||
Other costs and expenses |
53,405 |
|
|
48,565 |
|
|
105,114 |
|
|
93,943 |
|
||||
Total |
$ |
647,705 |
|
|
$ |
580,840 |
|
|
$ |
1,263,973 |
|
|
$ |
1,159,173 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Cash flow from operations |
$ |
384,819 |
|
|
$ |
427,282 |
|
|
$ |
695,809 |
|
|
$ |
579,851 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Reconciliation of net income to operating income: |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Net income |
$ |
237,238 |
|
|
$ |
71,260 |
|
|
$ |
466,763 |
|
|
$ |
66,842 |
|
Pre-tax investment (gains) losses, net of related expenses |
(23,271) |
|
|
(77,785) |
|
|
(56,573) |
|
|
99,807 |
|
||||
Income tax expense (benefit) |
5,092 |
|
|
18,077 |
|
|
10,650 |
|
|
(22,585) |
|
||||
Operating income after-tax (3) |
$ |
219,059 |
|
|
$ |
11,552 |
|
|
$ |
420,840 |
|
|
$ |
144,064 |
|
(1) Short-tail lines include commercial multi-peril (non-liability), inland marine, accident and health, fidelity and surety, boiler and machinery and other lines.
(2) Core portfolio includes fixed maturity securities, equity securities, cash and cash equivalents, real estate and loans receivable.
(3) Operating income is a non-GAAP financial measure defined by the Company as net income excluding after-tax net investment gains (losses). Net investment gains (losses) are computed net of related expenses, including performance-based compensatory costs associated with realized investment gains. Management believes this measurement provides a useful indicator of trends in the Company’s underlying operations.
Selected Balance Sheet Information (Amounts in thousands, except per share data) |
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|
June 30, 2021 |
|
December 31, 2020 |
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|
|
|
|
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Net invested assets (1) |
$ |
22,315,029 |
|
|
$ |
21,370,503 |
|
Total assets |
30,297,917 |
|
|
28,571,965 |
|
||
Reserves for losses and loss expenses |
14,480,947 |
|
|
13,784,430 |
|
||
Senior notes and other debt |
1,911,753 |
|
|
1,623,025 |
|
||
Subordinated debentures |
1,007,293 |
|
|
1,102,309 |
|
||
Common stockholders' equity (2) |
6,578,276 |
|
|
6,310,802 |
|
||
Common stock outstanding (3) |
177,414 |
|
|
177,825 |
|
||
Book value per share (4) |
37.08 |
|
|
35.49 |
|
||
Tangible book value per share (4) |
35.83 |
|
|
34.22 |
|
||
(1) Net invested assets include investments, cash and cash equivalents, trading accounts receivable from brokers and clearing organizations, trading account securities sold but not yet purchased and unsettled purchases, net of related liabilities.
(2) As of June 30, 2021, reflected in common stockholders' equity are after-tax unrealized investment gains of
(3) During the six months ended June 30, 2021, the Company repurchased 465,063 shares of its common stock for
(4) Book value per share is total common stockholders’ equity divided by the number of common shares outstanding. Tangible book value per share is total common stockholders’ equity excluding the after-tax value of goodwill and other intangible assets divided by the number of common shares outstanding.
Investment Portfolio June 30, 2021 (Amounts in thousands, except percentages) |
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|
Carrying Value |
|
Percent of Total |
|||
Fixed maturity securities: |
|
|
|
|||
United States government and government agencies |
$ |
502,625 |
|
|
2.3 |
% |
State and municipal: |
|
|
|
|||
Special revenue |
2,176,388 |
|
|
9.8 |
% |
|
Local general obligation |
452,710 |
|
|
2.0 |
% |
|
State general obligation |
451,588 |
|
|
2.0 |
% |
|
Pre-refunded |
248,137 |
|
|
1.1 |
% |
|
Corporate backed |
165,190 |
|
|
0.8 |
% |
|
Total state and municipal |
3,494,013 |
|
|
15.7 |
% |
|
Mortgage-backed securities: |
|
|
|
|||
Agency |
661,323 |
|
|
3.0 |
% |
|
Commercial |
143,586 |
|
|
0.6 |
% |
|
Residential - Prime |
117,488 |
|
|
0.5 |
% |
|
Residential - Alt A |
7,029 |
|
|
0.0 |
% |
|
Total mortgage-backed securities |
929,426 |
|
|
4.1 |
% |
|
Asset-backed securities |
4,317,863 |
|
|
19.4 |
% |
|
Corporate: |
|
|
|
|||
Industrial |
3,106,003 |
|
|
13.9 |
% |
|
Financial |
1,633,318 |
|
|
7.3 |
% |
|
Utilities |
423,848 |
|
|
1.9 |
% |
|
Other |
177,494 |
|
|
0.8 |
% |
|
Total corporate |
5,340,663 |
|
|
23.9 |
% |
|
Foreign government |
1,068,918 |
|
|
4.8 |
% |
|
Total fixed maturity securities (1) |
15,653,508 |
|
|
70.2 |
% |
|
Equity securities available for sale: |
|
|
|
|||
Common stocks |
449,500 |
|
|
2.0 |
% |
|
Preferred stocks |
193,493 |
|
|
0.9 |
% |
|
Total equity securities available for sale |
642,993 |
|
|
2.9 |
% |
|
Cash and cash equivalents (2) |
2,088,319 |
|
|
9.4 |
% |
|
Real estate |
1,811,263 |
|
|
8.1 |
% |
|
Investment funds (3) |
1,368,661 |
|
|
6.1 |
% |
|
Arbitrage trading account |
634,276 |
|
|
2.8 |
% |
|
Loans receivable |
116,009 |
|
|
0.5 |
% |
|
Net invested assets |
$ |
22,315,029 |
|
|
100.0 |
% |
(1) Total fixed maturity securities had an average rating of AA- and an average duration of 2.4 years, including cash and cash equivalents.
(2) Cash and cash equivalents includes trading accounts receivable from brokers and clearing organizations, trading account securities sold but not yet purchased and unsettled purchases.
(3) Investment funds are net of related liabilities of
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