Company: L
Filing Date: 2025-11-03
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0000060086-25-000181
Chunk: 49

Company: LOEWS CORP
Filing Date: 2025-11-03
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 1
Chunk 49
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 compared with $143 million for the comparable 2024 period, driven by severe weather related events. Catastrophe losses for the three months ended September 30, 2024 included $55 million for Hurricane Helene. For the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, Specialty had no catastrophe losses, Commercial had catastrophe losses of $39 million and $127 million and International had catastrophe losses of $2 million and $16 million.

Favorable net prior year loss reserve development for Property & Casualty Operations of $1 million and $5 million was recorded for the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024. For the three months ended September 30, 2025 and 2024, Specialty recorded no net prior year loss reserve development, Commercial recorded favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $1 million and $3 million and International recorded no net prior year loss reserve development and favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $2 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 0.3 points for the three months ended September 30, 2025 as compared with the comparable 2024 period due to a 0.5 point increase in the loss ratio, partially offset by a 0.2 point improvement in the expense ratio. The increase in the loss ratio was due to an increase in the underlying loss ratio. The improvement in the expense ratio was  primarily driven by higher net earned premiums. 

Commercial’s combined ratio improved 7.5 points for the three months ended September 30, 2025 as compared with the comparable 2024 period due to a 5.9 point improvement in the loss ratio and a 1.6 point improvement in the expense ratio. The improvement in the loss ratio was primarily due to lower catastrophes losses, which were 2.7 points of the loss ratio for the three months ended September 30, 2025, as compared with 9.6 points of the loss ratio in the comparable 2024 period, partially offset by an increase in the underlying loss ratio related to social inflation impacted lines. The improvement in the expense ratio was primarily driven by a lower acquisition ratio and higher net earned premiums. 

International’s combined ratio improved 4.3 points for the three months ended September 30, 2025 as compared with