HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, INC.

Liquidity is a measure of our ability to generate sufficient cash flows to meet the cash requirements of business operations. As a holding company, our primary ongoing source of cash is dividends from our insurance subsidiaries. However, dividend payments to us by our insurance subsidiaries are subject to limitations imposed by regulators, such as prior notice periods and the requirement that dividends in excess of a specified percentage of statutory surplus or prior years’ statutory earnings receive prior approval (so called “extraordinary dividends”). During the first three months of 2025, Hanover Insurance did not provide dividends to the holding company.

Sources of cash for our insurance subsidiaries primarily consist of premiums collected, investment income and maturing investments. Primary cash outflows are payments for losses and loss adjustment expenses, policy and contract acquisition expenses, other underwriting expenses, and investment purchases. Cash outflows related to losses and loss adjustment expenses can be variable because of uncertainties surrounding settlement dates for liabilities for unpaid losses and because of the potential for large losses, either individually or in the aggregate. We periodically adjust our investment policy to respond to changes in short-term and long-term cash requirements.

Net cash provided by operating activities was $38.9 million during the first three months of 2025, as compared to $58.7 million during the first three months of 2024, a decrease of $19.8 million. The decrease in cash provided was primarily due to higher payments made in the first quarter of 2025 related to prior year’s variable compensation costs, partially offset by an increase in premiums received and lower loss and LAE payments made during the first three months of 2025, as compared to the same period in 2024.

Net cash used in investing activities was $112.3 million during the first three months of 2025, as compared to $74.8 million during the first three months of 2024. During the first three months of 2025 and 2024, cash used in investing activities primarily related to net purchases of fixed maturities.

Net cash used in financing activities was $47.5 million during the first three months of 2025, as compared to $35.4 million during the first three months of 2024. During the first three months of 2025, cash used in financing activities primarily resulted from a quarterly dividend payment to our shareholders and, to a lesser extent, from repurchases of common stock through the open market. During the first three months of 2024, cash used in financing activities primarily resulted from a quarterly dividend payment to our shareholders.

Dividends to common shareholders are subject to quarterly board approval and declaration. During the first three months of 2025, as declared by the Board, we paid a quarterly dividend, of $0.90 per share, to our shareholders totaling $32.4 million. We believe that our holding company assets are sufficient to provide for future shareholder dividends should the Board of Directors declare them.

At March 31, 2025, THG, as a holding company, held approximately $236.6 million of fixed maturities and cash. We believe our holding company assets will be sufficient to meet our short-term obligations, which we expect to consist primarily of quarterly dividends to our shareholders (as and to the extent declared), interest on our senior and subordinated debentures, and certain costs associated with benefits due to our former life insurance subsidiaries’ employees and agents. As discussed below, we have, and opportunistically may continue to, repurchase our common stock and debt. We do not expect that it will be necessary to dividend additional funds from our insurance subsidiaries in order to fund short-term holding company obligations; however, we may decide to do so.

We expect to continue to generate sufficient positive operating cash to meet all short-term and long-term cash requirements relating to current operations, including the funding of our qualified defined benefit pension plan. We believe that this plan is fully funded. The ultimate payment amounts for our benefit plan is based on several assumptions, including but not limited to, the rate of return on plan assets, the discount rate for benefit obligations, mortality experience, interest crediting rates, inflation and the ultimate valuation and determination of benefit obligations. Since differences between actual plan experience and our assumptions are almost certain, changes, both positive and negative, to our current funding status and ultimately our obligations in future periods are likely.

Our insurance subsidiaries maintain a high degree of liquidity within their respective investment portfolios in fixed maturity and short-term investments. Volatility and uncertainty in the financial markets continued to affect the value of investments currently held by THG and its subsidiaries, many of which remain in unrealized loss positions. We believe that the quality of the assets we hold will allow us to realize the long-term economic value of our portfolio, including the securities that are currently in an unrealized loss position. We do not anticipate the need to sell these securities to meet our insurance subsidiaries’ cash requirements since we expect our insurance subsidiaries to generate sufficient operating cash to meet all short-term and long-term cash requirements relating to current operations. However, unforeseen business needs or other items may occur which could cause us to sell those securities in a loss position before their values fully recover, thereby resulting in the recognition of impairment charges in that time period.

The Board of Directors authorized a stock repurchase program which provides for aggregate repurchases of our common stock of up to $1.3 billion. Under the repurchase authorization, we may repurchase, from time to time, common stock in amounts, at prices and at such times as we deem appropriate, subject to market conditions and other considerations. Repurchases may be executed using open market purchases, privately negotiated transactions, accelerated repurchase programs, or other transactions. We are not required to purchase any specific number of shares or to make purchases by any certain date under this program. During the first three months of 2025, we repurchased approximately 65,000 shares, at an aggregate cost of $11.0 million. As of March 31, 2025, we had repurchased approximately 8.1 million shares under this $1.3 billion program and had approximately $292 million available for additional repurchases.

We maintain our membership in the Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) to provide access to additional liquidity based on our holdings of FHLB stock and pledged collateral. At March 31, 2025, we had access to borrowing capacity of $325.8 million. There were no outstanding borrowings under this short-term facility at March 31, 2025; however, we have borrowed and may continue to borrow, from time to time, through this facility to provide short-term liquidity.

On July 21, 2023, we entered into a credit agreement that provides for a five-year unsecured revolving credit facility not to exceed $150.0 million at any one time outstanding, with the option to increase the facility up to $300.0 million (assuming no default and satisfaction of other specified conditions, including the receipt of additional lender commitments). The agreement also includes an uncommitted subfacility of $50.0 million for standby letters of credit. Borrowings, if any, under this agreement are unsecured and incur interest at a rate per annum equal to, at our election, either (i) the greatest of, (a) the prime commercial lending rate of the administrative agent, (b) the NYFRB Rate plus half a percent, or (c) the one month Adjusted Term SOFR Rate plus one percent; each subject to a margin that ranges from 0.125% to 0.625% depending on our debt rating, or (ii) Adjusted SOFR Rate for the applicable interest period, plus a margin that ranges from 1.125% to 1.625% depending on our debt rating. The agreement also contains certain financial covenants such as maintenance of specified levels of consolidated equity and leverage ratios. During the first three months of 2025, we had no borrowings under this credit agreement.

At March 31, 2025, we were in compliance with the covenants of our debt and credit agreements.