Bermuda-headquartered global (re)insurance provider Everest Re Group remained profitable in 2020, albeit at a lower level compared to the previous year.
According to Everest, its full-year net income amounted to US$514.2 million (around NZ$711.5 million). The figure is about half of the company’s 2019 net income, which stood at more than US$1 billion. Net operating income in the past year, meanwhile, was US$300.1 million. The corresponding metric in 2019 was higher, at US$872.4 million.
In terms of catastrophe and COVID-19 losses for 2020, here’s how Everest breaks down the numbers:
|
Segment |
Pre-tax net catastrophe losses |
Pre-tax net COVID-19 losses |
|
Insurance |
US$68 million |
US$104 million |
|
Reinsurance |
US$357 million |
US$407.1 million |
|
Group |
US$425 million |
US$511.1 million |
Commenting on the results, Everest president and chief executive Juan C. Andrade stated: “We are relentlessly executing our strategies from a position of strength in this robust market as evidenced by 2020 growth in gross written premiums of 15% and net written premiums of 17% and improvement in underlying underwriting profitability.
“Our attritional combined ratio improved approximately one point to 87.5% versus the prior year, with our insurance segment improving 2.3 points to 94.2%. Despite the US$511 million pandemic loss provision and a US$400 million prior accident year reserve strengthening, we delivered US$300 million in operating income and US$514 million in net income providing a return on equity of 5.8%.”
