insurance

Erie Indemnity Stock Tanks 40% – Is This Insurance Play Now a Bargain?

Solid Fundamentals, Sluggish Stock Erie Indemnity, founded in 1925 and based in Pennsylvania, acts as the management company for Erie Insurance (a mutual P&C insurer) marketbeat.com barchart.com. Its revenue comes largely from management fees tied to premium growth. In Q2 2025, ERIE saw net income rise to $174.7M ($3.34 per diluted share), up from $163.9M ($3.13) a year earlier stocktitan.net finimize.com. Growth was driven by a premium-fueled 8.3% jump in management fees (to $823.9M) and a doubling of investment income to $19.6M stocktitan.net finimize.com. Despite the gains, expenses grew – commissions and IT costs rose to support higher sales –

23 October 2025

Travelers Companies (TRV) Q3 Earnings Blow Past Estimates as Catastrophe Losses Tumble – Analysts Weigh In

Stellar Q3 Lifts Earnings – Stock Reaction Travelers’ Q3 earnings report (released Oct. 16 before markets) showed robust profitability and low catastrophe losses. Core income jumped to $8.14 per diluted share reuters.com, crushing prior-year ($5.24) and analyst forecasts benzinga.com. Net income was ~$1.888B (≈$8.24/sh), up ~52% from 2024, on revenues of $12.47B (above forecasts) tokenist.com. Underwriting gains more than doubled year-over-year, helped by a swing in catastrophe costs (only $402M vs $939M prior year) reuters.com gurufocus.com. The combined ratio (losses plus expenses / premiums) was a very strong 87–84% range reuters.com gurufocus.com. Early trading on Oct. 16 saw the stock

16 October 2025

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