Liberty Mutual Insurance today said it expects up to $900 million in losses from hurricanes Helene and Milton.
Parent Liberty Mutual Holding Company (LMHC) in a statement released some preliminary third quarter information “in support of a potential capital markets transaction.”
Estimated losses from Hurricane Helene, which struck Florida and affected many southeastern states late in September 鈥� within the third quarter 鈥� are expected to be about $550 million, pretax.
Liberty Mutual also put a pretax catastrophe loss range of between $250 million and $350 million from Hurricane Milton, to be reflected in the fourth quarter.
Q3 Net income is estimated to be about $900 million, and $3 billion for the year as of the end of Q3, Liberty Mutual said. A year ago at the Q3 mark, LMHC recorded net income of $219 million for the quarter and an income loss of $441 million for the year.
Net written premiums for Q3 2024 will be about $12 billion, and $34 billion for the year as of September 30. The mutual insurer said it expects a Q3 combined ratio of 97.
The estimated loss total are based on actual claims and modeled results, the Boston-based insurer said. It caused that the final amounts of losses aren’t known and may differ from the estimates.
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