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Selective Insurance Group, Inc. Stock Price: Quote, Forecast, Splits & News (SIGI)

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Selective Insurance Group, Inc. Price & Performance (SIGI)

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Updated Apr 25, 8:00 PM UTC

Selective Insurance Group, Inc.

$87.57USD

-$1.69 (-1.89%)

After Hours

+$0.30 (+0.34%)

Open

$88.50

Market Cap

$5.32B

Year High

$103.60

High

$89.16

P/E Ratio

23.8

Year Low

$78.13

Low

$86.43

Dividend Yield

1.67%

Volume

321.60K

Latest News

Analysts Maintain Cautious Outlook on Selective Insurance After Q1 Earnings
today
Selective Insurance Group's first-quarter earnings per share reached $1.76, missing analyst estimates but marking a significant year-over-year increase. Despite revenue growth and strong net income, most analysts maintain a 'hold' rating, with price targets averaging around $93. Institutional activity remains robust, with nearly 83% of shares held by large investors.123
Earnings Miss Fails to Dampen Selective Insurance’s Revenue Momentum
Selective Insurance posted Q1 2025 revenue of $1.29 billion, outpacing forecasts, though EPS of $1.76 fell short of consensus. The company’s net income rose 34% year-over-year, and management reaffirmed a disciplined underwriting approach. Shares dipped nearly 2% post-announcement, reflecting market sensitivity to earnings misses despite operational gains.45
Upward Price Targets Signal Renewed Confidence in Selective Insurance
Recent analyst upgrades have boosted Selective Insurance’s price targets, with BMO Capital Markets and Morgan Stanley both setting new goals at $105. The company’s Q1 results include a 7% rise in net premiums written, improved combined ratio, and growing investment income, supporting optimism for continued operational and financial strength.64

What's Happening

Peers

Earnings

Report Date

Apr 23, 2025

Reported Revenue

1.3B

Miss -1.73%

Avg 1d Change

5.19%

Report Period

Q1 2025

Reported EPS

1.8

Miss -6.88%

Implied Move 1d

6.82%

Transcript

10m 42s

We will also make statements and projections about our future performance. These are forward looking statements under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Not guarantees of future performance. These statements are subject to risks and uncertainties that we disclose in our annual quarterly and current reports filed with the SEC. We undertake no obligation to update or revise any forward looking statements. Now, I'll turn the call over to John. Thanks Brad and good morning. We delivered a solid start to the year with an overall combined ratio of 96.1 and after tax net investment income of $96,000,000 Return on equity and operating return on equity were 14.4%. Net premiums written grew 7% driven by excess and surplus lines, and standard commercial lines. Personal lines premium decreased by 12% as we improve that portfolio's profitability. Patrick will provide more detail on these results and our 2025 guidance, which still points to a full year combined ratio between ninety six percent and ninety seven and an underlying combined ratio of 90 to ninety one. While our full year guidance implies a mid teens operating ROE we remain focused on improving our underwriting margins. Which have been pressuratively due to the widespread impacts of social inflation on average casualty severities.

12m 8s

We are absolutely focused on restoring our profile as a company that delivers consistent underwriting margins and operating ROEs. Over the past decade, our average combined ratio was 95 and our average operating ROE was 12%. We are confident that our approach to addressing the elevated loss trend environment through our reserving planning, underwriting and pricing actions will quickly restore that profile. We continue to price new and renewal business contemplating our latest view of loss trends and profitability relative to our 95% combined ratio target. In the first quarter, overall renewal pure pricing across our three insurance segments was 10.3% up 2.2 points from a year ago. Overall renewal pure pricing is approximately three points above our loss trend assumption. Assuming this trend continues, it implies future margin expansion. Turning to segment performance, Standard Commercial Lines reported a 96.4% combined ratio, Renewal pure price increased to 9.1% driven by general liability at 12%. Retention was stable at 85%. Market dynamics and pricing rationality vary by line. And we continue to deliver elevated renewal pure price increases in commercial property and commercial auto, both of which exceeded 10%. Renewal pure price excluding workers' compensation was 10.5%. Excess and surplus lines driven by average renewal pure price increases of 8.7% and strong policy count growth, had 20% net premiums written growth in the quarter.

13m 53s

With a 92.5 combined ratio and 81 underlying combined ratio we see continued growth opportunities for this segment. However, that market remains competitive and we will continue to prioritize our profitability objectives as we pursue growth. Personal Lines delivered a combined ratio of 98 approximately seven points better than a year ago, as our rating and non rating actions to reposition the book advanced profitability improvement. Renewal pure price was 24.1% in the quarter. While target business grew 11% in the quarter, total personal lines net premiums written decreased due to deliberate profit improvement actions. Notably, new business decreased by 58% as we focused on profitable growth in states where our rate levels are adequate. We expect rate changes will remain above loss trends but moderate compared to our rate increases in 2024. We do not have filed rates that support our necessary path to profitability in certain states. Including New Jersey, our largest state. And we significantly curtailed production in those states. I'll close with a few comments on our corporate strategy, risks and opportunities as we navigate this highly dynamic macroeconomic environment. As an insurer, we create value by assuming risk for our customers, allowing them to operate their businesses and live their lives with the knowledge that their assets are protected.

15m 23s

The contingent capital we provide is an essential social utility and our independent agents and wholesale brokers value us as a stable partner. Over time, we reward shareholders through strategic execution, prudent enterprise risk management, and profitable growth. We often highlight how our differentiated operating model and empowered decision makers deliver our products and value added services through our distribution partners to our customers. Every year, several of our executives and regional management teams host six regional agency council meetings with a cross section of our distribution partners. This year, their feedback reinforced that our differentiated approach continues to resonate with our business partners and customers. Our open and dynamic discussions about customer expectations, the insurance market, talent, technology and artificial intelligence confirm that. Despite the risk in the external environment, significant market opportunities exist for Selective and our partners. The insurance industry faces significant macroeconomic uncertainty including financial market performance, international trade and a possible recession. We may be impacted by whatever changes ultimately occur in these areas. Nonetheless, we will be able to face these challenges focusing on our long term value proposition, and by focused strategic execution in the areas we control. As always, we will carefully navigate the uncertainty in the environment.

16m 52s

Responding prudently as new information emerges. Our significant investments in recent years to support scalable and profitable growth provide us with many opportunities to increase our market share while meeting or exceeding our profitability targets. We remain disciplined underwriters, unwilling to trade that profitability for growth. New business moderated in recent quarters, including this one, as we push pricing higher resulting in reduced hit ratios. However, policy retention has remained strong we execute our pricing strategy, in a granular fashion. As we position ourselves for the future, we have several strategies to grow market share profitable. In our existing footprint, we are focused on growing with existing partners, and strategically appointing new agency locations. In the first quarter, we added 30, In 2024, we had a net increase of 200. Careful and deliberate geographic expansion continues to provide lift. Since 2017, we've added 13 space to our standard commercial lines [indiscernible] with five last year. In 2024, these 13 states accounted for two points of growth, adding $350,000,000 of premiums written for approximately 10% of standard commercial lines production. Profitability in these expansion states is meeting our expectations. Technology investments are critical to ensure efficiency and scale. We are actively developing and executing artificial intelligence use cases, focused on underwriting scalability and improving claims outcomes.

18m 32s

We've also made considerable progress modernizing our excess and surplus lines commercial lines and claim systems. For example, in E and S, system and process enhancements have improved operational efficiency with the segment's premium production up significantly with limited headcount growth. Our actions in 2024 and the continued execution of our strategy in 2025 leave us well positioned despite the uncertainty in the external environment. Now I'll turn it over to Patrick who will provide more details about our financial results.

19m 8s

Thanks, John, and good morning, everyone. Net income available to common stockholders increased 34% in the quarter. Fully diluted EPS and non GAAP operating EPS were both 1.76 and as a result, our return on equity and operating return on equity were both 14.4%. The GAAP combined ratio for the quarter was 96.1 included 3.7 points of catastrophe losses and 0.4 points of unfavorable prior year casualty reserve development, isolated to personal auto. Our underlying combined ratio was ninety two one hundred and fifty basis points above the midpoint of our full year guidance. However, we believe our full year underwriting combined will meet our original 90% to 91% expectation as the first quarter underlying combined ratio tends to be higher than other quarters due to normal seasonality.

20m 2s

Turning to capital.

20m 3s

Our capital position remains strong, with $3,300,000,000 of GAAP equity and $3,200,000,000 of statutory surplus, at March 31. Book value per share increased 5% in the quarter driven by our profitability and a $1.06 per share reduction in after tax net unrealized fixed income security losses. Debt to capital increased to 21.7% at quarter end due to February's successful $400,000,000 senior notes issuance. The transaction received strong investor support, and we are using the proceeds for general corporate purposes including supporting disciplined and profitable growth which we consider the most prudent way to create long term value. For our investors. We return capital to shareholders through regular quarterly dividends and from time to time, we also engage in opportunistic share repurchases. During the first quarter, we repurchased $19,400,000 of common stock at an average price of $82.87 per share. As of 03/31/2025, dollars 56,000,000 remained under our repurchase authorization. First quarter after tax net investment income was $96,000,000 up 12% from a year ago. This generated 12.8 points of return on equity up 50 basis points from 12.3% in the first quarter of twenty twenty four. Our strong operating cash flow and the senior notes proceeds resulted in a very active first quarter, allowing us to invest over $900,000,000 of new money.

21m 42s

The average new purchase yield was an attractive 6% pretax. Consequently, the quarter end average pretax book yield increased to to 5%. We expect our fixed income portfolios embedded book yield will provide durable investment income. However, the volatile external environment presents downside risk to our net investment income guidance, particularly related to alternative investments. Over our investment horizon, we expect alternative investments will produce at least a 10% return. However, the asset class has inherent economic variability due to its higher risk and return profile and higher accounting variability because market value changes flow through the income statement. Overall, our investment portfolio remains conservatively positioned. Total fixed income and short term investments represented 92% of the portfolio at quarter end, with an average credit quality of A plus and a duration of four point one years. Our overall investment strategy is to maximize the economic value of our portfolio by achieving stable risk adjusted after tax net investment income and contributing to long term growth in book value per share. We do not expect to change our investment strategy or allocations meaningfully, but our portfolio's positioning enables us to evaluate, and act upon opportunities that market dislocations or volatility may present.

23m 10s

Pulling together what we've discussed, we are reaffirming our original 2025 guidance which is as follows. We expect our 2025 GAAP combined ratio will be between 9697%, including six points of catastrophe losses. As a reminder, our longstanding practice is to not assume any additional prior accident year reserve development in our forward guidance.

23m 34s

At this time, we are not revising our after tax net investment income guidance of $4.00 $5,000,000 A higher asset base from our senior notes issuance proceeds should benefit net investment income. However, alternative investments could face valuation headwinds in the coming months. Depending on the ultimate outcome and timing of tariffs, economic uncertainty and financial market volatility, is heightened risk that alternative investment income could come under pressure when we report second quarter earnings. As a reminder, we report alternative investment income on a one quarter lag. We remain comfortable with the long term performance expectations of the asset class and our 4% allocation. Our guidance includes an overall effective tax rate of approximate 21.5% and an estimated 61,500,000.0 fully diluted weighted average shares, including those repurchased in the first quarter, and assumes no additional repurchases under our existing share repurchase authorization. Operator, please start our question and answer session.

24m 41s

Thank you. Question, please press 11. Please press 1 again. Our first question comes from Michael Phillips with Oppenheimer. Your line is open.

24m 57s

Thanks. Good morning. John, your opening comments, you talked about overall pricing, the 10.3% and how that was probably about 3% or three points above loss trends overall. Could drill down to, I guess, casualty side and what you're seeing? Any updates there on your loss trend assumptions and how that might might compare to pricing was up in GL, which is good, but maybe just comments on what you're seeing for GL loss trends? Thank you.

25m 21s

Yes. Thanks, Mike. So our view of loss trend is unchanged from the beginning of the year. And when we put together guidance, as you recall, we had all in casualty loss trends at about 8.5% And again, that's all in. So GL and workers' comp commercial auto liability are all in that number. And we've talked about GL in the 9% kind of range all driven by severity. That continues to be our view. I think it's important to remember that our 25 guidance and what we're applying that loss trend to includes the twenty four year where we acted pretty quickly to increase our expected loss ratio in the GL line by over seven, almost 7.5 points. So that trend is now reflective of what we have observed in actual severity changes over the last few years. And as a result of that, continue to stay with that. As our trend expectation.

26m 19s

Okay, thank you. If I could drill down to one line in commercial auto, if I could. You've talked about there how pricing has been up higher for longer. And that's been kind of helping to ward off any potential reserve charges. So far, so good there. I guess I was surprised to see maybe surprised to start a word, but your loss pick in the quarter came down about three points. Maybe just if you can drill down to kind of what's behind You're talking specifically on commercial auto?

26m 48s

Yes, I am John.

26m 50s

Yeah, so I think again, remember this is a multi year pricing change I think I might have gone through this last quarter. Focus on commercial auto BI our average change over the last four years is a little over 10%. And then you saw that 10% remain in the quarter. So just roughly speaking, assuming that longer term trend that we've pointed to in the eight percentage kind of range, you've had a number of years now where your earn rate level has been running slightly above that elevated loss trend. And that's going to be the probably the larger driver But also remember auto physical damage is in that line in total. And we've continued to generate strong rate on auto physical damage and that loss trend tracks closer with our property trend which has been in the call it three and a half kind of range So you definitely have more improvement on the auto physical damage side than you might see necessarily on the auto BI side that might be a little bit more flattish. And those are how the pieces come together.

27m 55s

Okay. Thank you. I'll circle back if I I need to. Thanks, John.

28m

Thank you, Mike.

28m 2s

Thank you. Our next question comes from Mike Zaremski with BMO. Your line is open.

28m 10s

Hey, morning, gentlemen. [indiscernible] first question I have is on the seasonality comments. If I look at kind of the historical seasonality, we can see it, And I'm doing the math quickly, but it seems like this year seasonality is more pronounced maybe more than two times the historical level. Any thoughts on what's causing the greater seasonality this year than in the past?

28m 40s

No, I think that's the seasonality we're anticipating is largely driven by non cat property And when you look back historically, held up pretty well. Now there's expense ratio movement that also could impact what you see on a historical basis. And that might vary from year to year. But on the non cat property side, this is pretty much what we've seen on a historical basis.

29m 6s

Okay, got it. Okay. It seems like it was a 50, 40 basis points by the midpoint this this year of your guide and it's certainly been more like 60 basis points above in 1Q. So just to make sure you're saying that you you you didn't you're not you're just seeing kind of typical normal seasonality for for you all. This quarter. So I just wanna clarify.

29m 31s

Correct. And if you break down the difference in terms of twenty twenty four's underlying combined ratio [indiscernible] about a 2.5 difference, about a point of that is seasonality. [indiscernible] Okay, got it.

29m 51s

Workers' comp, I know you've know, we can see that your booking above a hundred now. I know you've called out workers' comp is becoming less favorable in quarters last year. But seems like a pretty conservative pick. Any color on what you're seeing there?

30m 15s

Yeah, think a couple of points I'll highlight there. If you look back to last year, on an accident year basis for us, we were in that '97 to 98 range when you back out the impact of favorable development from prior years. Honestly, you look at it on an industry basis, I think you'll see that '24 accident year on industry basis is in that neighborhood of 100. Now granted the older accident years have to emerge favorably albeit maybe a little bit more lightly favorable I think that's also been an industry wide trend. So let's just assume that high 90s for us industry kind of 100 starting point an accident year basis Our written rate last year was around negative three Our first quarter rate is around negative three. So let's just assume you've got an earn rate of about 3% negative As we've done, we pointed to this last year, we've started to see a flattening of frequency trends. So on a roll forward basis, '24 to '25, we're assuming flat frequencies and then you've got the impact of severity inflation largely driven by medical And that let's put it somewhere in the mid single digit range in terms of where we anticipate medical severities on a go forward basis.

31m 33s

You combine that with flat frequencies and a negative three earned rate and that's how you roll it forward. And I think that applies on an industry basis as well. Now to the extent the prior years continue to emerge favorably, and in particular to the extent 2324 ultimately emerge favorably, which we haven't recognized anything there at this point because they're immature. But to the extent that continues, might prove a conservative assumption. But we think based on where we are today, that's the appropriate way for us to establish the ELR expected loss ratio for 2025.

32m 8s

Okay, I appreciate the candidness. Guess we haven't heard other peers, but maybe they just haven't been asked about seeing the flattening frequency. I know you guys have called that out. So, guess, in our seats, we're trying to figure out if it's a if it's a mixed thing that's specific to SIGI Selective, sorry, or or or it's an industry wide phenomenon. I think you're saying more more industry wide. So, dig into that more. Okay. You know, lastly, just trying to, you know, I know this is also an industry issue impact, on tariffs. On the commercial property side, Do you have any views on kind of how many points that could cause the industry to need to push price if the current tariff regime picks and comes into play? Any thoughts there? I feel like most management teams so far have been willing to say it'll have an impact, but no really quantification.

33m 18s

Yeah, so first of all, I'm not sure I'm gonna give you anything other than what you haven't already heard, which I think there's been some accurate commentary out there for some of our peers. First of all, it's early and understanding where tariffs ultimately settle is very much an open question at this point. But I would say and I'll talk about it overall and I'll certainly hit your question around commercial property specifically. But I would say overall, when factor in the various mitigants it is a manageable impact from a loss cost perspective. So the primary impacts obviously are auto physical damage lines or personal [indiscernible] And then property at home. I think when you look at the various mitigants, the first one would be what are the loss cost of labor versus materials. And if you look at it on an auto basis historically the lost costs are about 60% labor and on the property side both commercial and personal blended labors in the neighborhood of 55 or so percent of the cost. So that's an impact that sort of mitigates the impact of tariffs And then you've got the consideration relative to materials that are coming from imports versus those that are produced and sourced domestically.

34m 33s

If you look at auto parts it's as much as 40% of those are produced and sourced domestically. So there's a balancing there. And then on lumber, which is a big input on both commercial and personal property a significant more than half of that is produced and sourced domestically. So that lowers the impact And then on with the property line in particular, you've got the inflation sensitive exposure basis. For both commercial property and home which allows you to respond with regard to insurance to value or total insured values in addition to price that's a relatively quick triggering item that as we see that those loss costs start to come through you can respond relatively quickly from an exposure basis perspective. So I think if you put all those pieces together, think there's any question personal auto physical damage is probably the biggest impact on a line basis. That's obviously a smaller impact for us. And then it works down from there and you're probably looking at something in the low single digit on an overall basis.

35m 36s

Okay, yeah, that's that's excellent color. And I'm hopefully okay if we ask one quick follow-up to the work comp, discussion earlier. A co looking at the live transcript. So you said negative three earned rate. In comp. Does that include wage inflation? I think it does. I thought wage inflation has been really helping the earned rate in that line for the industry. Given looks like wage inflation still you know, [indiscernible] Yeah, that is like, that's a pure rate number I'm giving you. We haven't put exposure change numbers out there for for workers' comp. That's pure rate. So there's no question, wages are an offsetting impact to that.

36m 23s

Thank you.

36m 26s

Thank you. Our next question comes from Paul Newsome with Research Your line is open. Good morning.

36m 35s

Was hoping you could talk a little bit more about the competitive environment and pricing? Which has become a little bit of an issue this quarter. Just concerns that certain areas are softening and certainly not. And maybe you could put that into the context. My sense is that Selective is, at this point, raising rates more than the vast majority of the [indiscernible] But maybe I'm wrong about that. And just any thoughts you have about sort of how you see yourself relative to others in the market environment.

37m 11s

Yeah, I think from a GL perspective, think your your depiction of where we are is an accurate one. And I think our view was that when we reacted to the twenty two and twenty three accident years, in the middle part of twenty twenty four. We thought it prudent to also move '24 higher which then reset our pricing targets. Order to offset increase in expected loss ratios and our forward trend assumptions. And I think there's no question that as a result of that, our pricing targets are probably above where the broader market is. And you do see that impact on our conversion rates and therefore our new business, which in commercial lines was flat on a year over year basis. Now remember, we we continue to open up additional distribution points, whether it's through new states or new agents. So that if you think about it on a same store basis, that's probably a little bit more negative in terms of where the growth is And as we've said, we've got conviction around where we're pricing from a GL perspective. We think that's appropriate based on our incorporation of those higher run rate severity trends into our forward view.

38m 24s

And our objective here is to stay ahead of the curve from a severity perspective. While we recognize that there will be an inflection point, social inflation starts to normalize not assuming that happens in 2025 and we're pricing according to that.

38m 42s

That makes sense at always seems to be the right decision to be ahead of pricing on pricing. Related to that question is one of retention. And [indiscernible] a pretty quick new business impact But do you expect or should it be prudent for us to be thinking that retention will be impacted in coming quarters as well from that competitive environment and then sort of things stabilize after that.

39m 10s

I think retention has held up well for a few quarters now. And the pricing change we're talking about was our run rate in the early part of or mid part of last year was in the high single digits. And now we're in the 12% kind of range. You really want to think about it in terms of overall pricing change. And we've been in that 8% all in because that's we remember we write on a package basis for the most part. So this is one line and you've got other lines that are impacting the overall rate change. We were at 8.3% for all of last year. In standard commercial lines and now we're at 9.1. So you've got different lines moving in different directions but overall higher. So it's not such a dramatic move that it's dramatically impacted retentions. But again, we're at a point in the market where we think it's appropriate to focus on achieving your price target And if that has a slight impact on retention over time, we're willing to make that trade But I also want to highlight and I made reference to this in my prepared remarks. We continue to execute our pricing strategy on a granular and targeted basis which should also mitigate the overall impact from a retention perspective. [indiscernible] thoughts are much appreciated.

40m 35s

Really appreciate the help. Thank you, Paul.

40m 39s

Thank you. Star, one, one. And our next question comes from Meyer Shields with KBW. Your line is open.

40m 52s

Great, thanks. Good morning and thank you so much for the enhanced disclosure with cash and reserve results by law, which makes things a lot easier to follow. Two quick line of business questions. First, in the ISO data, I guess the fast track data, we're seeing maybe surprising decreases in claim frequency for physical damage coverages. And I'm wondering whether translates into the affluent personal lines books that Selective Rights Yeah. So we are seeing the same thing on both commercial auto physical damage and personal auto physical damage. And I'm sorry, Mayor, I just want to make sure that your question related, I didn't hear the full question related to the affluent market. I think it's across the board and we're seeing it in our target market as well.

41m 45s

Okay, yeah, no, that's perfect. That's really what I wanted to know. Second question, was hoping you could take us through the specifics of your bond book with regard to, I guess, both potential claim costs inflation on construction materials and overall sensitivity to the economy.

42m 6s

So you're asking specifically about the bond or surety book or you're asking about the construction book?

42m 12s

I was asking about the surety book, but, welcome comment. As broadly if you wanna make them.

42m 18s

Yeah. I mean, the surety book for us is is a relatively small portfolio. It's in the range of $40,000,000 It's around 1% of our overall premium We've been in that business a long time. The results have continued to be very strong. And obviously to the extent we anticipate impacts from an economic perspective, we would adjust our pricing accordingly. [indiscernible] Do you have your your book as subject to sort of economic macroeconomic pressures?

42m 53s

We're not writing large contract surety. We're a small market lower end of the mid market player in that space. So you want to think about us in those terms.

43m 8s

Okay, thank you very much.

43m 12s

Thank you.

43m 13s

Our next question is a follow-up from Mike Zaremski with BMO. Your line is open.

43m 20s

Hey, thanks. Just a quick follow-up in commercial lines. Any puts and takes worth calling out on reserve development in any of the lines?

43m 31s

No. [indiscernible] called out was the personal auto liability driven by New Jersey. Severities in the twenty four year, but nothing on the commercial line side.

43m 45s

Thank you.

43m 50s

Thank you.

43m 51s

Our next question is a follow-up from Michael Phillips with Oppenheimer. Your line is open.

43m 57s

Yes, thanks. Just one more, kind of a softer question, John. I guess, macro environment and and kind of everybody's concerns on what's happening in the world of The U. S, Have you seen any more pushback recently than normal? From from insurers or agents that say, hey, you might want to ease up on pricing given our clients are under pressure too. Has that changed at all in the past couple in past month or so?

44m 23s

It hasn't. Now, it's not this not to suggest it won't. And I think we continue to see strong exposure change in our commercial lines portfolio. And again, being a predominantly small and middle market player, not that there's not an impact there, but in terms of anticipating an impact I would say that hasn't really changed any of the pressure points. That's not to suggest that there's not some ongoing concern relative to continued increases across the market. Think this was the case certainly in personal lines over the last couple of years. And I think it exists There's where there's some rate fatigue on the part of distribution partners and customers But I think that's why the focus really needs to be on addressing the underlying causes of the increase in loss costs, are driving pricing And that's why this focus around litigation abuse is of particular importance and connecting that dot for customers So they understand what that does to the cost of insurance.

45m 27s

Okay, thank you. Makes sense.

45m 28s

Appreciate it.

45m 31s

Thank you. I'm showing no further questions at this time. I'd to turn the call back over to John for closing remarks.

45m 38s

Well, thank you all for joining us. As always, we appreciate the questions and the and please with Brad if you have any anything additional. Thank you.

45m 47s

Thank you for your participation. This does conclude the program and you may now disconnect. Everyone have a great day.

Key Insights

SIGI reported a strong start to the year with a combined ratio of 96.1, after-tax net investment income of $96 million, and return on equity (ROE) and operating ROE of 14.4%. Net premiums written grew 7%, driven by excess and surplus lines and standard commercial lines, while personal lines premium decreased by 12% due to profitability improvement actions.
The company reaffirmed its 2025 guidance, expecting a full-year GAAP combined ratio between 96% and 97% (including 6 points of catastrophe losses) and an underlying combined ratio of 90% to 91%. Operating ROE is projected in the mid-teens, with a focus on improving underwriting margins.
Segment highlights: Standard Commercial Lines had a 96.4% combined ratio and 9.1% renewal pure price increase; Excess & Surplus Lines saw 20% net premiums written growth with a 92.5 combined ratio; Personal Lines improved its combined ratio to 98, with renewal pure price up 24.1%, but new business decreased by 58% as the company focused on profitability.
Capital position remains strong with $3.3 billion GAAP equity and $3.2 billion statutory surplus. Book value per share increased 5% in the quarter. The company issued $400 million in senior notes and repurchased $19.4 million of common stock. First quarter after-tax net investment income rose 12% year-over-year, with a new purchase yield of 6%.
Management emphasized disciplined underwriting, continued technology investments (including AI), and strategic geographic expansion. They remain cautious about macroeconomic risks (tariffs, recession, market volatility) but are confident in their ability to achieve profitability targets and long-term value creation for shareholders.

Recent Transcripts

2024 saw strong premium growth but margin pressure from reserve strengthening and social inflation.

Reserve Strengthening

$411M

Income Statement

Revenue

	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
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Cost of Revenue	$0	$0	$9.4M	$9.6M	$0
Gross Profit	$2.9B	$3.4B	$3.5B	$4.2B	$4.9B
Gross Profit %	100%	100%	100%	100%	100%
R&D Expenses	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

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Net Income

	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Net Income	$246M	$404M	$225M	$365M	$207M
Dep. & Amort.	$59M	$55M	$42M	$30M	$35M
Def. Tax	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Stock Comp.	$16M	$16M	$18M	$18M	$23M
Chg. in WC	$237M	$209M	$372M	$343M	$833M

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2021

2022

2023

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Net Income

$246M

$404M

$225M

$365M

$207M

Dep. & Amort.

$59M

$55M

$42M

$30M

$35M

Def. Tax

Stock Comp.

$16M

$18M

$23M

Chg. in WC

$237M

$209M

$372M

$343M

$833M

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Cash

	2020	2021	2022	2023	2024
Cash	$394K	$455K	$26K	$180K	$91K
ST Investments	$844M	$950M	$771M	$820M	$268M
Cash & ST Inv.	$394K	$455K	$26K	$180K	$269M
Receivables	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0
Inventory	$0	$0	$0	$0	$0

2020

2021

2022

2023

2024

Cash

$394K

$455K

$26K

$180K

$91K

ST Investments

$844M

$950M

$771M

$820M

$268M

Cash & ST Inv.

$394K

$455K

$26K

$180K

$269M

Receivables

Inventory

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Earnings

Report Date

Apr 23, 2025

Reported Revenue

1.3B

Miss -1.73%

Avg 1d Change

5.19%

Report Period

Q1 2025

Reported EPS

1.8

Miss -6.88%

Implied Move 1d

6.82%

Transcript

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Thank you. Question, please press 11. Please press 1 again. Our first question comes from Michael Phillips with Oppenheimer. Your line is open.

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Yes, I am John.

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Okay. Thank you. I'll circle back if I I need to. Thanks, John.

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Thank you, Mike.

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Thank you. Our next question comes from Mike Zaremski with BMO. Your line is open.

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Thank you. Our next question comes from Paul Newsome with Research Your line is open. Good morning.

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Really appreciate the help. Thank you, Paul.

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Thank you. Star, one, one. And our next question comes from Meyer Shields with KBW. Your line is open.

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So you're asking specifically about the bond or surety book or you're asking about the construction book?

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I was asking about the surety book, but, welcome comment. As broadly if you wanna make them.

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We're not writing large contract surety. We're a small market lower end of the mid market player in that space. So you want to think about us in those terms.

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Okay, thank you very much.

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Thank you.

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Our next question is a follow-up from Mike Zaremski with BMO. Your line is open.

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Hey, thanks. Just a quick follow-up in commercial lines. Any puts and takes worth calling out on reserve development in any of the lines?

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No. [indiscernible] called out was the personal auto liability driven by New Jersey. Severities in the twenty four year, but nothing on the commercial line side.

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Thank you.

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Our next question is a follow-up from Michael Phillips with Oppenheimer. Your line is open.

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Okay, thank you. Makes sense.

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Appreciate it.

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Thank you. I'm showing no further questions at this time. I'd to turn the call back over to John for closing remarks.

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Well, thank you all for joining us. As always, we appreciate the questions and the and please with Brad if you have any anything additional. Thank you.

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Thank you for your participation. This does conclude the program and you may now disconnect. Everyone have a great day.

Key Insights

SIGI reported a strong start to the year with a combined ratio of 96.1, after-tax net investment income of $96 million, and return on equity (ROE) and operating ROE of 14.4%. Net premiums written grew 7%, driven by excess and surplus lines and standard commercial lines, while personal lines premium decreased by 12% due to profitability improvement actions.
The company reaffirmed its 2025 guidance, expecting a full-year GAAP combined ratio between 96% and 97% (including 6 points of catastrophe losses) and an underlying combined ratio of 90% to 91%. Operating ROE is projected in the mid-teens, with a focus on improving underwriting margins.
Segment highlights: Standard Commercial Lines had a 96.4% combined ratio and 9.1% renewal pure price increase; Excess & Surplus Lines saw 20% net premiums written growth with a 92.5 combined ratio; Personal Lines improved its combined ratio to 98, with renewal pure price up 24.1%, but new business decreased by 58% as the company focused on profitability.
Capital position remains strong with $3.3 billion GAAP equity and $3.2 billion statutory surplus. Book value per share increased 5% in the quarter. The company issued $400 million in senior notes and repurchased $19.4 million of common stock. First quarter after-tax net investment income rose 12% year-over-year, with a new purchase yield of 6%.
Management emphasized disciplined underwriting, continued technology investments (including AI), and strategic geographic expansion. They remain cautious about macroeconomic risks (tariffs, recession, market volatility) but are confident in their ability to achieve profitability targets and long-term value creation for shareholders.