Zurich reports strong top-line growth across all businesses
- Property & Casualty (P&C) insurance revenue up 6%. Gross written premiums rose 4% with rate increases of 5%.
- Life continues to strongly grow revenues and new business, driven by unit-linked and particularly strong protection sales in Japan, UK and Latin America.
- Farmers Management Services (FMS) achieves 6% growth in underlying fee income.1
- Very strong capital position with Swiss Solvency Test (SST) ratio estimated at 224%2 as of September 30, 2024.
Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) delivered a robust performance in the first nine months of the year, with all businesses contributing positively. The P&C business continues to show strength while Life and Farmers build on their positive momentum.
Our nine-month results confirm the continued strong momentum across all of Zurich’s businesses. In P&C, margins in Commercial Insurance continue to be favorable, and performance in Retail is improving. We are on track to exceed all current targets and look forward to presenting the new plan for the next 3 years at our Investor Day on November 21.
Claudia Cordioli, Group Chief Financial Officer
Year-on-year changes on a like-for-like basis3, for the nine months ended September 30, 2024
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1 Reflects Farmers Management Services management fees excluding the reimbursement of certain ancillary services costs that are BOP neutral.
2 Estimated Swiss Solvency Test (SST) ratio as of September 30, 2024, calculated based on the Group’s internal model approved by the Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority FINMA. The SST ratio as of January 1 has to be filed with FINMA by end of April each year and is subject to review by FINMA.
3 Like-for-like comparisons represent the change in local currencies, excluding Argentina (for which top-line and new business metrics are distorted by inflation and currency depreciation) and after adjusting for acquisitions and disposals, for the reclassification of Zurich Global Employee Benefit Solutions from Group Functions and Operations to Life and for the impact of a Life portfolio accounted for with the premium allocation approach in 2024 (previously accounted for with the building block approach).
4 Zurich Insurance Group has no ownership interest in the Farmers Exchanges. Farmers Group, Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of the Group, provides certain non-claims services and ancillary services to the Farmers Exchanges as its attorney-in-fact and receives fees for its services.
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Zurich Insurance Group (Zurich) is a leading multi-line insurer serving people and businesses in more than 200 countries and territories. Founded 150 years ago, Zurich is transforming insurance. In addition to providing insurance protection, Zurich is increasingly offering prevention services such as those that promote wellbeing and enhance climate resilience.
Reflecting its purpose to ‘create a brighter future together,’ Zurich aspires to be one of the most responsible and impactful businesses in the world. It is targeting net-zero emissions by 2050 and has the highest-possible ESG rating from MSCI. In 2020, Zurich launched the Zurich Forest project to support reforestation and biodiversity restoration in Brazil.
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