Company: L
Filing Date: 2025-11-03
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000060086-25-000181
Chunk: 166

Company: LOEWS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-11-03
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 2
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 International recorded no net prior year loss reserve development and favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $5 million. Further information on net prior year loss reserve development is included in Note 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements included under Item 1 of this Report.

Specialty’s combined ratio increased 1.9 points for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared with the comparable 2024 period primarily due to a 1.4 point increase in the loss ratio and a 0.5 point increase in the expense ratio. The increase in the loss ratio was due to unfavorable net prior year loss reserve development recorded in the current year period and an increase in the underlying loss ratio primarily driven by continued pricing pressure in management liability lines. The increase in the expense ratio was driven by higher employee related and acquisition costs partially offset by higher net earned premiums.

Commercial’s combined ratio improved 2.2 points for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared with the comparable 2024 period due to a 1.2 point improvement in the expense ratio and a 1.0 point improvement in the loss ratio. The improvement in the expense ratio was driven by higher net earned premiums and a lower acquisition ratio. The improvement in the loss ratio was due to lower catastrophe losses, which were 4.3 points of the loss ratio for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared with 7.5 points of the loss ratio for the comparable 2024 period, partially offset by unfavorable net prior year loss reserve development and an increase in the underlying loss ratio related to social inflation impacted lines. 

International’s combined ratio improved 0.5 points for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared with the comparable 2024 period due to a 0.3 point improvement in the loss ratio and a 0.2 point improvement in the expense ratio. The improvement in the loss ratio was primarily driven by lower catastrophe losses, which were 1.8 points of the loss ratio for the nine months ended September 30, 2025 as compared with 3.0 points of the loss ratio for the comparable 2024 period, partially offset by no net prior year loss reserve development recorded in the current year period compared with favorable net prior year loss reserve development in the comparable 2024 period. The improvement in the expense ratio was primarily driven by higher net earned premiums.

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Other Insurance Operations

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