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Business Segments
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2018
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Business Segments
Business Segments
The Company’s reportable segments include the following two business segments, plus a corporate segment:
Insurance - predominantly commercial insurance business, including excess and surplus lines, admitted lines and specialty personal lines throughout the United States, as well as insurance business in the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, South America, Canada, Mexico, Scandinavia, Asia and Australia.
Reinsurance - reinsurance business on a facultative and treaty basis, primarily in the United States, the United Kingdom, Continental Europe, Australia, the Asia-Pacific Region and South Africa.
The accounting policies of the segments are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies. Income tax expense and benefits are calculated based upon the Company's overall effective tax rate.
Summary financial information about the Company's reporting segments is presented in the following tables. Income (loss) before income taxes by segment includes allocated investment income. Identifiable assets by segment are those assets used in or allocated to the operation of each segment.

  
Revenues
 
 
 
 
(In thousands)
Earned
Premiums
 
Investment
Income 
 
Other
 
Total (1)
 
Pre-Tax
Income
(Loss)
 
Net Income
(Loss) to Common Stockholders
Three months ended September 30, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Insurance
$
1,488,658

 
$
146,319

 
$
19,447

 
$
1,654,424

 
$
226,856

 
$
178,571

Reinsurance
114,827

 
23,826

 

 
138,653

 
14,792

 
11,567

Corporate, other and eliminations (2)

 
15,979

 
106,512

 
122,491

 
(54,759
)
 
(45,862
)
Net realized and unrealized gains on investments

 

 
22,334

 
22,334

 
22,334

 
17,644

Total
$
1,603,485

 
$
186,124

 
$
148,293

 
$
1,937,902

 
$
209,223

 
$
161,920

Three months ended September 30, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Insurance
$
1,433,729

 
$
105,924

 
$

 
$
1,539,653

 
$
171,478

 
$
123,240

Reinsurance
147,771

 
21,528

 

 
169,299

 
(57,643
)
 
(35,074
)
Corporate, other and eliminations (2)

 
15,027

 
123,404

 
138,431

 
(71,681
)
 
(45,685
)
Net realized and unrealized gains on investments

 

 
183,959

 
183,959

 
183,959

 
119,573

Total
$
1,581,500

 
$
142,479

 
$
307,363

 
$
2,031,342

 
$
226,113

 
$
162,054

Nine months ended September 30, 2018
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Insurance
$
4,377,003

 
$
396,514

 
$
57,123

 
$
4,830,640

 
$
653,936

 
$
516,397

Reinsurance
374,944

 
70,599

 

 
445,543

 
50,687

 
40,005

Corporate, other and eliminations (2)

 
47,306

 
276,148

 
323,454

 
(195,597
)
 
(158,949
)
Net realized and unrealized gains on investments

 

 
140,429

 
140,429

 
140,429

 
110,939

Total
$
4,751,947

 
$
514,419

 
$
473,700

 
$
5,740,066

 
$
649,455

 
$
508,392

Nine months ended September 30, 2017
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Insurance
$
4,262,485

 
$
320,552

 
$

 
$
4,583,037

 
$
557,605

 
$
381,736

Reinsurance
457,759

 
67,798

 

 
525,557

 
(38,279
)
 
(20,801
)
Corporate, other and eliminations (2)

 
38,251

 
326,203

 
364,454

 
(224,716
)
 
(146,324
)
Net realized and unrealized gains on investments

 

 
276,760

 
276,760

 
276,760

 
179,894

Total
$
4,720,244

 
$
426,601

 
$
602,963

 
$
5,749,808

 
$
571,370

 
$
394,505

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(1)Revenues for Insurance from foreign countries for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 were $176 million and $166 million, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 were $535 million and $513 million, respectively. Revenues for Reinsurance from foreign countries for the three months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 were $51 million and $49 million, and for the nine months ended September 30, 2018 and 2017 were $163 million and $150 million, respectively.
(2)
Corporate, other and eliminations represent corporate revenues and expenses that are not allocated to business segments.
Identifiable Assets
(In thousands)
September 30,
2018
 
December 31,
2017
Insurance
$
19,511,126

 
$
19,263,193

Reinsurance
2,940,606

 
3,169,731

Corporate, other and eliminations
2,403,917

 
1,866,993

Consolidated
$
24,855,649

 
$
24,299,917



Net premiums earned by major line of business are as follows:
 
For the Three Months
Ended September 30,
 
For the Nine Months
Ended September 30,
 
 
(In thousands)
2018
 
2017
 
2018
 
2017
Insurance:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other liability
$
482,255

 
$
466,616

 
$
1,421,144

 
$
1,378,505

Workers’ compensation
378,922

 
378,529

 
1,122,217

 
1,106,616

Short-tail lines (1)
299,856

 
276,737

 
883,359

 
856,150

Commercial automobile
185,069

 
174,400

 
536,079

 
514,570

Professional liability
142,556

 
137,447

 
414,204

 
406,644

Total Insurance
1,488,658

 
1,433,729

 
4,377,003

 
4,262,485

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Reinsurance:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Casualty
87,039

 
94,478

 
264,450

 
282,430

Property
27,788

 
53,293

 
110,494

 
175,329

Total Reinsurance
114,827

 
147,771

 
374,944

 
457,759

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total
$
1,603,485

 
$
1,581,500

 
$
4,751,947

 
$
4,720,244


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(1) Short-tail lines include commercial multi-peril (non-liability), inland marine, accident and health, fidelity and surety, boiler and machinery and other lines.