LOEWS CORP

The following table summarizes the results of operations for CNA for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 as presented in Note 12 of the Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements included under Item 1 of this Report. For further discussion of Net investment income and Investment gains (losses), see the Investments section of this MD&A.

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation increased $24 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with the comparable 2023 period primarily due to higher net investment income, partially offset by higher catastrophe losses.

Net income attributable to Loews Corporation increased $102 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with the comparable 2023 period, the drivers of which are consistent with the three-month period discussed above.

CNA’s Property & Casualty and Other Insurance Operations

CNA’s commercial property and casualty insurance operations (“Property & Casualty Operations”) include its Specialty, Commercial and International lines of business. CNA’s Other Insurance Operations outside of Property & Casualty Operations include its long-term care business that is in run-off, certain corporate expenses, including interest on CNA’s corporate debt, and the results of certain property and casualty businesses in run-off, including CNA Re, asbestos and environmental pollution (“A&EP”), a legacy portfolio of excess workers’ compensation (“EWC”) policies and certain legacy mass tort reserves. We believe the presentation of CNA as one reportable segment is appropriate in accordance with applicable accounting standards on segment reporting. However, for purposes of this discussion and analysis of the results of operations, we provide greater detail with respect to CNA’s Property & Casualty Operations and Other Insurance Operations to enhance the reader’s understanding and to provide further transparency into key drivers of CNA’s financial results.

In assessing its insurance operations, CNA utilizes the core income (loss) financial measure. Core income (loss) is calculated by excluding investment gains or losses and gains or losses resulting from pension settlement transactions from net income (loss). In addition, core income (loss) excludes the effects of noncontrolling interests. The calculation of core income (loss) excludes investment gains or losses because they are generally driven by economic factors that are not necessarily reflective of CNA’s primary insurance operations. The calculation of core income (loss) excludes gains or losses resulting from pension settlement transactions as they result from decisions regarding CNA’s defined benefit pension plans which are unrelated to its primary insurance operations. Core income (loss) is deemed to be a non-GAAP financial measure and management believes some investors may find this measure useful to evaluate CNA’s insurance operations. Please see the non-GAAP reconciliation of net income (loss) to core income (loss) in this MD&A.

In evaluating the results of Property & Casualty Operations, which is comprised of the Specialty, Commercial and International lines of business, CNA utilizes the loss ratio, the underlying loss ratio, the expense ratio, the dividend ratio, the combined ratio and the underlying combined ratio. These ratios are calculated using GAAP financial results. The loss ratio is the percentage of net incurred claim and claim adjustment expenses to net earned premiums. The underlying loss ratio excludes the impact of catastrophe losses and development-related items from the loss ratio. Development-related items represent net prior year loss reserve and premium development, and includes the effects of interest accretion and change in allowance for uncollectible reinsurance and deductible amounts. The expense ratio is the percentage of insurance underwriting and acquisition expenses, including the amortization of deferred acquisition costs, to net earned premiums. The dividend ratio is the ratio of policyholders’ dividends incurred to net earned premiums. The combined ratio is the sum of the loss, expense and dividend ratios. The underlying combined ratio is the sum of the underlying loss ratio, the expense ratio and the dividend ratio. The underlying loss ratio and the underlying combined ratio are deemed to be non-GAAP financial measures, and management believes some investors may find these ratios useful to evaluate CNA’s underwriting performance since they remove the impact of catastrophe losses which are unpredictable as to timing and amount, and development-related items as they are not indicative of current year underwriting performance.

Changes in estimates of claim and claim adjustment expense reserves, net of reinsurance, for prior years are defined as net prior year loss reserve development within this MD&A. These changes can be favorable or unfavorable. Net prior year loss reserve development does not include the effect of any related acquisition expenses. Further information on CNA’s reserves is provided in Note 4 of the Notes to Consolidated Condensed Financial Statements included under Item 1 of this Report.

In addition, renewal premium change, rate, retention and new business are also utilized in evaluating operating trends. Renewal premium change represents the estimated change in average premium on policies that renew, including rate and exposure changes. Rate represents the average change in price on policies that renew excluding exposure change. Exposure represents the measure of risk used in the pricing of the insurance product. The change in exposure represents the change in premium dollars on policies that renew as a result of the change in risk of the policy. Retention represents the percentage of premium dollars renewed, excluding rate and exposure changes, in comparison to the expiring premium dollars from policies available to renew. New business represents premiums from policies written with new customers and additional policies written with existing customers. Gross written premiums, excluding third-party captives, excludes business which is ceded to third-party captives, including business related to large warranty programs.

CNA uses underwriting gain (loss), calculated using GAAP financial results, to monitor insurance operations. Underwriting gain (loss) is deemed to be a non-GAAP measure and is calculated pretax as net earned premiums less total insurance expenses, which includes insurance claims and policyholders’ benefits, amortization of deferred acquisition costs and other insurance related expenses. Net income (loss) is the most directly comparable GAAP measure. Management believes some investors may find this measure useful to evaluate the profitability, before tax, derived from CNA’s underwriting activities which are managed separately from its investing activities. Underlying underwriting gain (loss) is deemed to be a non-GAAP measure that represents pretax underwriting gain (loss) excluding catastrophe losses and development-related items. Management believes some investors may find this measure useful to evaluate profitability, before tax, of CNA’s underwriting activities, excluding the impact of catastrophe losses which are unpredictable as to timing and amount, and development-related items as they are not indicative of CNA’s current year underwriting performance.

The following tables present a reconciliation of net income attributable to Loews Corporation to core income (loss), underwriting gain (loss) and underlying underwriting gain (loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023:

Property & Casualty Operations

The following tables summarize the results of CNA’s Property & Casualty Operations and provides the components to reconcile the combined ratio and loss ratio to the underlying combined ratio and underlying loss ratio for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023.

Gross written premiums, excluding third-party captives, for Specialty increased $33 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with the comparable 2023 period driven by retention and higher new business. Net written premiums for Specialty increased $37 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with the comparable 2023 period. The increase in net earned premiums for the three months ended September 30, 2024 was consistent with the trend in net written premiums for Specialty.

Gross written premiums for Commercial increased $204 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with the comparable 2023 period driven by favorable renewal premium change and higher new business. Net written premiums for Commercial increased $150 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with the comparable 2023 period. The increase in net earned premiums for the three months ended September 30, 2024 was consistent with the trend in net written premiums for Commercial.

Gross written premiums and gross written premiums excluding the effect of foreign currency exchange rates for International, for the three months ended September 30, 2024, were largely consistent with the comparable 2023 period. Net written premiums for International decreased $5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with the comparable 2023 period. Excluding the effects of foreign currency exchange rates, net written premiums decreased $4 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with the comparable 2023 period. The increase in net earned premiums for the three months ended September 30, 2024 was consistent with the trend in net written premiums in recent quarters for International.

Core income for Property & Casualty Operations decreased $5 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with the comparable 2023 period primarily driven by the largely offsetting impacts of higher catastrophe losses and higher net investment income.

Catastrophe losses for Property & Casualty Operations were $143 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with $94 million for the comparable 2023 period, primarily related to 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, 2024 and 2023, Specialty had no catastrophe losses, Commercial had catastrophe losses of $127 million and $87 million and International had catastrophe losses of $16 million and $7 million.

Favorable net prior year loss reserve development for Property & Casualty Operations of $5 million and $7 million was recorded for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. For the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, Specialty recorded no net prior year loss reserve development and favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $5 million, Commercial recorded favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $3 million and $2 million and International recorded favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $2 million and no net prior year loss reserve development. 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 2.9 points for the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with the comparable 2023 period primarily due to a 2.1 point increase in the loss ratio and a 0.9 point increase in the expense ratio. The increase in the loss ratio was primarily due to an increase in the underlying loss ratio driven by continued pricing pressure in management liability lines over the last several quarters. The increase in the expense ratio was primarily driven by higher employee related costs.

Commercial’s combined ratio increased 1.3 points for the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with the comparable 2023 period due to a 3.1 point increase in the loss ratio, partially offset by a 1.8 point improvement in the expense ratio. The increase in the loss ratio was driven by higher catastrophe losses, which were 9.6 points of the loss ratio for the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with 7.4 points of the loss ratio in the comparable 2023 period, and an increase in the underlying loss ratio driven by continuation of elevated loss cost trends in commercial auto and mix of business. The improvement in the expense ratio was primarily driven by higher net earned premiums.

International’s combined ratio increased 7.8 points for the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with the comparable 2023 period due to a 5.5 point increase in the expense ratio and a 2.3 point increase in the loss ratio. The increase in the expense ratio was driven by a favorable reinsurance acquisition related catch-up adjustment recorded in the prior year quarter and higher employee related costs in the current quarter. The increase in the loss ratio was driven by higher catastrophe losses, which were 5.1 points of the loss ratio for the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with 2.3 points of the loss ratio in the comparable 2023 period, partially offset by favorable net prior year loss reserve development.

Gross written premiums, excluding third-party captives, for Specialty increased $50 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with the comparable 2023 period driven by retention and favorable renewal premium change. Net written premiums for Specialty increased $73 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with the comparable 2023 period. The increase in net earned premiums for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was consistent with the trend in net written premiums for Specialty.

Gross written premiums for Commercial increased $656 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with the comparable 2023 period driven by favorable renewal premium change and higher new business. Net written premiums for Commercial increased $429 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with the comparable 2023 period. The increase in net earned premiums for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was consistent with the trend in net written premiums for Commercial.

Gross written premiums for International decreased $29 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with the comparable 2023 period. Excluding the effect of foreign currency exchange rates, gross written premiums decreased $37 million driven by lower new business. Net written premiums for International decreased $16 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with the comparable 2023 period. Excluding the effect of foreign currency exchange rates, net written premiums decreased $20 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with the comparable 2023 period. The increase in net earned premiums for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 was consistent with the trend in net written premiums in recent quarters for International.

Core income for Property & Casualty Operations increased $27 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with the comparable 2023 period primarily driven by higher net investment income partially offset by higher catastrophe losses.

Catastrophe losses for Property & Casualty Operations were $313 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with $214 million for the comparable 2023 period, primarily related to severe weather related events. Catastrophe losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 included $55 million for Hurricane Helene. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, Specialty had no catastrophe losses, Commercial had catastrophe losses of $285 million and $190 million and International had catastrophe losses of $28 million and $24 million.

Favorable net prior year loss reserve development for Property & Casualty Operations of $24 million and $11 million was recorded for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023. For the nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023, Specialty recorded favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $8 million and $9 million, Commercial recorded favorable net prior year loss reserve development of $11 million and $17 million and International recorded favorable net year loss reserve development of $5 million and unfavorable net prior year loss reserve development of $15 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 1.8 points for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with the comparable 2023 period primarily due to a 1.1 point increase in the loss ratio and a 0.6 point increase in the expense ratio. The increase in the loss ratio was due to an increase in the underlying loss ratio primarily driven by continued pricing pressure in management liability lines over the last several quarters. The increase in the expense ratio was driven by higher acquisition costs.

Commercial’s combined ratio increased 1.2 points for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with the comparable 2023 period due to a 2.7 point increase in the loss ratio, partially offset by a 1.5 point improvement in the expense ratio. The increase in the loss ratio was primarily driven by higher catastrophe losses, which were 7.5 points of the loss ratio for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with 5.7 points of the loss ratio in the comparable 2023 period. The improvement in the expense ratio was primarily driven by higher net earned premiums.

International’s combined ratio increased 1.2 points for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with the comparable 2023 period due to a 2.8 point increase in the expense ratio partially offset by a 1.6 point improvement in the loss ratio. The increase in the expense ratio was driven by higher employee related costs and a favorable reinsurance acquisition related catch-up adjustment recorded in the prior year period. The improvement in the loss ratio was driven by favorable net prior year loss reserve development partially offset by higher catastrophe losses, which were 3.0 points of the loss ratio for the nine months ended September 30, 2024, as compared with 2.7 points of the loss ratio in the comparable 2023 period.

Other Insurance Operations

The following table summarizes the results of CNA’s Other Insurance Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023.

Core results for Other Insurance Operations improved $9 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with the comparable 2023 period, primarily due to higher net investment income, partially offset by $3 million after tax lower amortization of the deferred gain related to the A&EP loss portfolio transfer (“LPT”) and a $3 million after tax charge related to an office consolidation in the 2024 period. Both periods are inclusive of assumption updates as a result of the annual long-term care reserve reviews completed in the third quarter of each year.

The cash flow assumption updates from the annual reserve review for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023 resulted in a pretax increase in long-term care reserves of $15 million and $8 million.

The annual structured settlement reserve review resulted in a pretax reduction in claim reserves of $9 million and $6 million for the three months ended September 30, 2024 and 2023.

The current and prior year third quarters include $17 million and $16 million after tax charges related to unfavorable net prior year loss reserve development largely associated with legacy mass tort abuse claims. Further information on the A&EP LPT and 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.

Core results for Other Insurance Operations improved $25 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2024 as compared with the comparable 2023 period, the drivers of which aregenerally consistent with the three month summary above, including a $13 million after tax charge related to an office consolidation in the 2024 period.

Future Policy Benefit Reserves

Annually in the third quarter, an actuarial analysis is performed on policyholder morbidity, persistency, premium rate increases and expense experience. This analysis, combined with judgment, informs the setting of updated cash flow assumptions used to estimate the liability for future policyholder benefits (“LFPB”). For further information on the long-term care reserving process see Note 1 of the Consolidated Financial Statements in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023.

The table below summarizes the estimated pretax impact on CNA’s results of operations from various hypothetical revisions to its LFPB reserve assumptions. CNA has assumed that revisions to such assumptions would occur in each policy type, age and duration within each long-term care product. The impact of each sensitivity is discrete and does not reflect the impact one factor may have on another or the mitigating impact from management actions, which may include additional future premium rate increases. Although such hypothetical revisions are not currently required or anticipated, CNA believes they could occur based on past variances in experience and its expectations of the ranges of future experience that could reasonably occur. Any actual adjustment would be dependent on the specific policies affected and, therefore, may differ from the estimates summarized below. The estimated impacts to results of operations in the table below are after consideration of any net premium ratio impacts.

The following table summarizes policyholder reserves for CNA’s long-term care operations:

As part of the annual reserve reviews, statutory long-term care reserve adequacy is evaluated by premium deficiency testing, by comparing carried statutory reserves with best-estimate reserves, which incorporates best estimate discount rate and liability assumptions in its determination. Statutory margin is the excess of carried reserves over best estimate reserves. As of September 30, 2024, statutory long-term care margin increased to $1.4 billion from $1.3 billion, primarily driven by a more favorable interest rate environment resulting in a higher yielding investment portfolio.