EX-99.1 2 exhibit9913q23.htm EX-99.1 Document

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The Cincinnati Insurance Company n The Cincinnati Indemnity Company
The Cincinnati Casualty Company n The Cincinnati Specialty Underwriters Insurance Company
The Cincinnati Life Insurance Company n CFC Investment Company n CSU Producer Resources Inc.
Cincinnati Global Underwriting Ltd. n Cincinnati Global Underwriting Agency Ltd.

Investor Contact: Dennis E. McDaniel, 513-870-2768
CINF-IR@cinfin.com

Media Contact: Betsy E. Ertel, 513-603-5323
Media_Inquiries@cinfin.com

Cincinnati Financial Reports Third-Quarter 2023 Results

Cincinnati, October 26, 2023 – Cincinnati Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: CINF) today reported:
Third-quarter 2023 net loss of $99 million, or $0.63 per share, compared with a net loss of $416 million, or $2.63 per share, in the third quarter of 2022, after recognizing a $362 million third-quarter 2023 after-tax reduction in the fair value of equity securities still held.
$145 million or 125% increase in non-GAAP operating income* to $261 million, or $1.66 per share, compared with $116 million, or 74 cents per share, in the third quarter of last year.
$317 million increase in third-quarter 2023 net income, compared with third-quarter 2022, reflecting the after-tax net effect of a $172 million smaller reduction in net investment gains and a $141 million increase in after-tax property casualty underwriting income.
$67.72 book value per share at September 30, 2023, up $0.51 since year-end.
4.4% value creation ratio for the first nine months of 2023, compared with negative 24.0% for the same period of 2022.
$2 million difference in adjusted third-quarter 2022 net loss of $416 million, compared with originally reported $418 million, due to adoption of an accounting standards update for long-duration contracts.

Financial Highlights
(Dollars in millions, except per share data)Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
20232022% Change20232022% Change
Revenue Data
   Earned premiums $2,033 $1,884 8$5,894 $5,350 10
   Investment income, net of expenses225 193 17655 573 14
   Total revenues1,811 1,410 286,657 3,448 93
Income Statement Data
   Net income (loss) $(99)$(416)76$660 $(1,500)nm
   Investment gains and losses, after-tax(360)(532)3267 (1,970)nm
   Non-GAAP operating income* $261 $116 125$593 $470 26
Per Share Data (diluted)
   Net income (loss) $(0.63)$(2.63)76$4.17 $(9.42)nm
   Investment gains and losses, after-tax(2.29)(3.37)320.42 (12.37)nm
   Non-GAAP operating income* $1.66 $0.74 124$3.75 $2.95 27
   Book value$67.72 $60.32 12
   Cash dividend declared$0.75 $0.69 9$2.25 $2.07 9
   Diluted weighted average share outstanding156.9 158.0 (1)158.2 159.3 (1)
*    The Definitions of Non-GAAP Information and Reconciliation to Comparable GAAP Measures section defines and reconciles measures presented in this release that are not based on U.S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
    Forward-looking statements and related assumptions are subject to the risks outlined in the company’s safe harbor statement.
                                             CINF 3Q23 Release 1


Insurance Operations Highlights
94.4% third-quarter 2023 property casualty combined ratio, improved from 103.9% for the third quarter of 2022.
12% growth in third-quarter net written premiums, including price increases, premium growth initiatives and a higher level of insured exposures.
$313 million third-quarter 2023 property casualty new business written premiums, up 19%. Agencies appointed since the beginning of 2022 contributed $26 million or 8% of total new business written premiums.
$25 million third-quarter 2023 life insurance subsidiary net income, up $2 million from the third quarter of 2022, and 2% growth in third-quarter 2023 term life insurance earned premiums.
Investment and Balance Sheet Highlights
17% or $32 million increase in third-quarter 2023 pretax investment income, including a 19% increase in bond interest income and a 5% increase in stock portfolio dividends.
Three-month decrease of 2% in fair value of total investments at September 30, 2023, including a decrease of less than 1% for the bond portfolio and a 4% decrease for the stock portfolio.
$4.512 billion parent company cash and marketable securities at September 30, 2023, up 8% from year-end 2022.

Continuing Positive Momentum
Steven J. Johnston, chairman and chief executive officer, commented: “Non-GAAP operating income for the third quarter was $261 million, up significantly compared to last year’s third-quarter, driven by underwriting profits as well as pretax investment income that increased 17% for the quarter.
“Our insurance business continues to perform well as we navigate a challenging market. Our property casualty insurance business reported $112 million of underwriting profit in the third quarter, continuing our improving trend for the year and taking our nine-month underwriting profit to $149 million, more than triple last year’s nine-month results.

“Our combined ratio of 94.4% 9.5 points better than last year's third-quarter result – helped to bring our nine-month ratio to 97.5%. On a nine-month basis, our current accident year combined ratio before catastrophe losses – sometimes referred to as our core combined ratio improved 1.7 points to 89.4% compared with last year.
“Our life insurance operation recorded $65 million in net income through September 30, increasing 27% compared to the same period of 2022.”
Maintaining Underwriting Discipline
“We are growing with discipline and precision. We believe that the investments we’ve made in pricing and risk management expertise, along with our geographic and product diversification over the past decade, put us in a strong position to understand and take advantage of opportunities for profitable growth.
“In the first nine months of 2023, property casualty net written premiums grew 9%. Our personal lines and excess and surplus lines business continued to write a healthy amount of new business, growing 39% and 25%, respectively. We believe commercial market opportunities in the third quarter were generally more attractive than the first half of the year, allowing us to record $148 million in new business written premiums, nearly matching last year’s third-quarter result while maintaining underwriting discipline.
“We expect to further enhance our growth opportunities as we continue to appoint new agencies and enter new states. So far in 2023, we’ve added 193 new agency reporting locations, bringing that total number above 3,000 for the first time. And, we plan to open Nevada for commercial lines business in the fourth quarter.”
Looking Forward with Optimism
“While the value of our stock and bond portfolios both declined in the third quarter, cash and total investments increased 3% at September 30, 2023, compared to year-end 2022. Through the first nine-months of the year, our book value per share rose 51 cents to $67.72.
“We are confident in our ongoing ability to produce value for our shareholders as our talented and dedicated associates continue to work alongside the independent agents who represent us to drive our multi-pronged strategy to profitably grow our insurance business far into future.”
                                             CINF 3Q23 Release 2


Insurance Operations Highlights
Consolidated Property Casualty Insurance Results
(Dollars in millions)Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
20232022% Change20232022% Change
Earned premiums $1,957$1,809$5,661$5,12410 
Fee revenues3388
   Total revenues1,9601,8125,6695,13210 
Loss and loss expenses1,2611,348(6)3,8403,544
Underwriting expenses58753011 1,6801,541
   Underwriting profit (loss) $112$(66)nm$149$47217 
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:Pt. ChangePt. Change
     Loss and loss expenses64.4 %74.5 %(10.1)67.8 %69.1 %(1.3)
     Underwriting expenses30.0 29.4 0.6 29.7 30.1 (0.4)
           Combined ratio94.4 %103.9 %(9.5)97.5 %99.2 %(1.7)
% Change% Change
Agency renewal written premiums $1,549$1,390 11 $4,727$4,26911 
Agency new business written premiums313264 19 867794
Other written premiums9596 (1)532550(3)
   Net written premiums $1,957$1,750 12 $6,126$5,613
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:Pt. ChangePt. Change
     Current accident year before catastrophe losses57.7 %61.7 %(4.0)59.7 %61.0 %(1.3)
     Current accident year catastrophe losses9.4 15.2 (5.8)11.9 10.9 1.0 
     Prior accident years before catastrophe losses(2.4)(1.1)(1.3)(3.2)(1.4)(1.8)
     Prior accident years catastrophe losses(0.3)(1.3)1.0 (0.6)(1.4)0.8 
           Loss and loss expense ratio64.4 %74.5 %(10.1)67.8 %69.1 %(1.3)
Current accident year combined ratio before
  catastrophe losses
87.7 %91.1 %(3.4)89.4 %91.1 %(1.7)

$207 million or 12% growth of third-quarter 2023 property casualty net written premiums, and nine-month growth of 9%, reflecting premium growth initiatives, price increases and a higher level of insured exposures. The contribution to third-quarter growth from Cincinnati Re and Cincinnati Global in total was 1 percentage point.
$49 million or 19% increase in third-quarter 2023 new business premiums written by agencies and a nine-month increase of 9%. The third-quarter growth included a $19 million increase in standard market property casualty production from agencies appointed since the beginning of 2022.
236 new agency appointments in the first nine months of 2023, including 70 that market only our personal lines products.
9.5 percentage-point third-quarter 2023 combined ratio improvement, including a decrease of 4.8 points from lower catastrophe losses.
1.7 percentage-point nine-month 2023 combined ratio improvement, despite an increase of 1.8 points from higher catastrophe losses.
2.7 percentage-point third-quarter 2023 benefit from favorable prior accident year reserve development of $53 million, compared with 2.4 points or $43 million for third-quarter 2022.
3.8 percentage-point nine-month 2023 benefit from favorable prior accident year reserve development, compared with 2.8 points for the first nine months of 2022.
1.3 percentage-point improvement, to 59.7%, for the nine-month 2023 ratio of current accident year losses and loss expenses before catastrophes, including an increase of 3.0 points for the portion estimated as reserves for claims incurred but not reported (IBNR) and a decrease of 4.3 points for the case incurred portion.
0.4 percentage-point decrease in the underwriting expense ratio for the first nine months of 2023, compared with the same period of 2022, primarily due to lower levels of profit-sharing commissions for agencies.
                                             CINF 3Q23 Release 3



Commercial Lines Insurance Results
(Dollars in millions)Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
20232022% Change20232022% Change
Earned premiums $1,062 $1,028 $3,184 $2,984 
Fee revenues1 3 
   Total revenues1,063 1,029 3,187 2,987 
Loss and loss expenses680 710 (4)2,136 2,046 
Underwriting expenses331 308 968 916 
   Underwriting profit  $52 $11 373 $83 $25 232 
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:Pt. ChangePt. Change
     Loss and loss expenses64.0 %69.0 %(5.0)67.1 %68.6 %(1.5)
     Underwriting expenses31.2 30.0 1.2 30.4 30.7 (0.3)
           Combined ratio95.2 %99.0 %(3.8)97.5 %99.3 %(1.8)
% Change% Change
Agency renewal written premiums$914 $860 $2,940 $2,764 
Agency new business written premiums148 149 (1)431 470 (8)
Other written premiums(33)(25)(32)(95)(82)(16)
   Net written premiums$1,029 $984 $3,276 $3,152 
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:Pt. ChangePt. Change
     Current accident year before catastrophe losses60.5 %64.5 %(4.0)61.6 %63.5 %(1.9)
     Current accident year catastrophe losses6.8 4.9 1.9 9.5 6.8 2.7 
     Prior accident years before catastrophe losses(3.2)— (3.2)(3.9)(1.1)(2.8)
     Prior accident years catastrophe losses(0.1)(0.4)0.3 (0.1)(0.6)0.5 
           Loss and loss expense ratio64.0 %69.0 %(5.0)67.1 %68.6 %(1.5)
Current accident year combined ratio before
   catastrophe losses
91.7 %94.5 %(2.8)92.0 %94.2 %(2.2)

$45 million or 5% growth in third-quarter 2023 commercial lines net written premiums, primarily due to higher agency renewal written premiums. Four percent growth in nine-month net written premiums.
$54 million or 6% increase in third-quarter renewal written premiums, with commercial lines average renewal pricing increases near the low end of the high-single-digit percent range.
$1 million or 1% decrease in third-quarter 2023 new business premiums written by agencies, reflecting pricing discipline in a highly competitive market.
3.8 percentage-point third-quarter 2023 combined ratio improvement, despite an increase of 2.2 points from higher catastrophe losses.
1.8 percentage-point nine-month 2023 combined ratio improvement, despite an increase of 3.2 points from higher catastrophe losses.
3.3 percentage-point third-quarter 2023 benefit from favorable prior accident year reserve development of $34 million, compared with 0.4 points or $4 million for third-quarter 2022.
4.0 percentage-point nine-month 2023 benefit from favorable prior accident year reserve development, compared with 1.7 points for the first nine months of 2022.
                                             CINF 3Q23 Release 4



Personal Lines Insurance Results
(Dollars in millions)Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
20232022% Change20232022% Change
Earned premiums $527 $431 22 $1,484 $1,246 19 
Fee revenues1 3 
   Total revenues528 432 22 1,487 1,249 19 
Loss and loss expenses368 324 14 1,138 878 30 
Underwriting expenses159 126 26 441 373 18 
   Underwriting profit (loss) $1 $(18)nm$(92)$(2)nm
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:Pt. ChangePt. Change
     Loss and loss expenses69.8 %75.2 %(5.4)76.7 %70.5 %6.2 
     Underwriting expenses30.1 29.3 0.8 29.7 29.9 (0.2)
           Combined ratio99.9 %104.5 %(4.6)106.4 %100.4 %6.0 
% Change% Change
Agency renewal written premiums$542 $437 24 $1,471 $1,208 22 
Agency new business written premiums122 81 51 307 221 39 
Other written premiums(18)(16)(13)(55)(43)(28)
   Net written premiums $646 $502 29 $1,723 $1,386 24 
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:Pt. ChangePt. Change
     Current accident year before catastrophe losses56.3 %59.5 %(3.2)58.3 %59.4 %(1.1)
     Current accident year catastrophe losses15.1 17.7 (2.6)22.0 15.6 6.4 
     Prior accident years before catastrophe losses(0.4)(0.2)(0.2)(0.8)(1.3)0.5 
     Prior accident years catastrophe losses(1.2)(1.8)0.6 (2.8)(3.2)0.4 
           Loss and loss expense ratio69.8 %75.2 %(5.4)76.7 %70.5 %6.2 
Current accident year combined ratio before
   catastrophe losses
86.4 %88.8 %(2.4)88.0 %89.3 %(1.3)

$144 million or 29% growth in third-quarter 2023 personal lines net written premiums, including higher renewal written premiums that benefited from rate increases in the high-single-digit percent range and higher policy retention rates. Cincinnati Private ClientSM third-quarter 2023 net written premiums from our agencies’ high net worth clients grew 43%, to $356 million. Twenty-four percent growth in nine-month personal lines net written premiums.
$41 million or 51% increase in third-quarter 2023 new business premiums written by agencies, with approximately half of the increase occurring in middle-market personal lines and reflecting expanded use of enhanced pricing precision tools.
4.6 percentage-point third-quarter 2023 combined ratio improvement, including a decrease of 2.0 points in the ratio for catastrophe losses.
6.0 percentage-point nine-month 2023 combined ratio increase, including an increase of 6.8 points from higher catastrophe losses.
1.6 percentage-point third-quarter 2023 benefit from favorable prior accident year reserve development of $8 million, compared with 2.0 points or $8 million for third-quarter 2022.
3.6 percentage-point nine-month 2023 benefit from favorable prior accident year reserve development, compared with 4.5 points for the first nine months of 2022.

                                             CINF 3Q23 Release 5



Excess and Surplus Lines Insurance Results
(Dollars in millions)Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
20232022% Change20232022% Change
Earned premiums$135 $125 $394 $361 
Fee revenues1 2 
   Total revenues136 126 396 363 
Loss and loss expenses87 86 257 226 14 
Underwriting expenses35 31 13 101 93 
   Underwriting profit $14 $56 $38 $44 (14)
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:Pt. ChangePt. Change
     Loss and loss expenses64.9 %68.4 %(3.5)65.2 %62.4 %2.8 
     Underwriting expenses25.6 25.5 0.1 25.7 26.0 (0.3)
           Combined ratio90.5 %93.9 %(3.4)90.9 %88.4 %2.5 
% Change% Change
Agency renewal written premiums $93 $93 $316 $297 
Agency new business written premiums43 34 26 129 103 25 
Other written premiums(8)(6)(33)(25)(20)(25)
   Net written premiums $128 $121 $420 $380 11 
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:Pt. ChangePt. Change
     Current accident year before catastrophe losses64.8 %74.8 %(10.0)67.9 %65.4 %2.5 
     Current accident year catastrophe losses(0.6)(0.4)(0.2)0.8 0.8 0.0 
     Prior accident years before catastrophe losses0.9 (5.9)6.8 (3.3)(3.6)0.3 
     Prior accident years catastrophe losses(0.2)(0.1)(0.1)(0.2)(0.2)0.0 
           Loss and loss expense ratio64.9 %68.4 %(3.5)65.2 %62.4 %2.8 
Current accident year combined ratio before
   catastrophe losses
90.4 %100.3 %(9.9)93.6 %91.4 %2.2 

$7 million or 6% growth in third-quarter 2023 excess and surplus lines net written premiums, including higher renewal written premiums that benefited from price increases averaging in the high-single-digit percent range. Eleven percent growth in nine-month net written premiums.
$9 million or 26% increase in third-quarter new business premiums written by agencies, as we continue to carefully underwrite each policy in a highly competitive market.
3.4 percentage-point third-quarter 2023 combined ratio improvement, primarily due to lower current accident year loss and loss expenses.
2.5 percentage-point nine-month 2023 combined ratio increase, primarily due to higher current accident year loss and loss expenses. The nine-month period increase of 2.5 percentage points in the ratio for current accident year loss and loss expenses included an increase of 9.1 points for the IBNR portion and a decrease of 6.6 points for the case incurred portion.
Less than $1 million of third-quarter 2023 unfavorable prior accident year reserve development, compared with a favorable $7 million for third-quarter 2022.
3.5 percentage-point nine-month 2023 benefit from favorable prior accident year reserve development, compared with 3.8 points for the first nine months of 2022.

                                             CINF 3Q23 Release 6



Life Insurance Subsidiary Results
(Dollars in millions)Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
20232022% Change20232022% Change
Term life insurance$56 $55 $170 $165 
Whole life insurance12 11 37 34 
Universal life and other8 (11)26 27 (4)
    Earned premiums76 75 233 226 
Investment income, net of expenses46 43 137 127 
Investment gains and losses, net (1)100 (1)(1)
Fee revenues3 50 8 100 
Total revenues125 119 377 356 
Contract holders’ benefits incurred71 70 230 228 
Underwriting expenses incurred22 21 64 63 
    Total benefits and expenses93 91 294 291 
Net income before income tax32 28 14 83 65 28 
Income tax provision 7 40 18 14 29 
Net income of the life insurance subsidiary$25 $23 $65 $51 27 

$1 million increase in third-quarter 2023 earned premiums, including a 2% increase for term life insurance, our largest life insurance product line.
$14 million increase in nine-month 2023 life insurance subsidiary net income, primarily from more favorable mortality experience, higher investment income and higher fee revenues.
$81 million or 8% nine-month 2023 increase, to $1.102 billion, in GAAP shareholders’ equity for the life insurance subsidiary, primarily from net income and the impact of an increase in market value discount rates on life policy and investment contract reserves.
                                             CINF 3Q23 Release 7



Investment and Balance Sheet Highlights
Investments Results
(Dollars in millions)Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
20232022% Change20232022% Change
Investment income, net of expenses$225 $193 17 $655 $573 14 
Investment interest credited to contract holders(31)(27)(15)(91)(82)(11)
Investment gains and losses, net(456)(674)32 84 (2,494)nm
      Investments profit (loss) $(262)$(508)48 $648 $(2,003)nm
Investment income:
   Interest$154 $129 19 $441 $376 17 
   Dividends69 66 205 203 
   Other5 67 18 200 
   Less investment expenses3 (40)9 12 (25)
      Investment income, pretax225 193 17 655 573 14 
      Less income taxes37 30 23 106 90 18 
      Total investment income, after-tax$188 $163 15 $549 $483 14 
Investment returns:
 Average invested assets plus cash and cash
   equivalents
$25,490 $23,323 $25,025 $24,081 
      Average yield pretax3.53 %3.31 %3.49 %3.17 %
      Average yield after-tax2.95 2.80 2.93 2.67 
      Effective tax rate16.3 15.8 16.2 15.8 
Fixed-maturity returns:
Average amortized cost$13,879 $12,655 $13,515 $12,521 
Average yield pretax4.44 %4.08 %4.35 %4.00 %
Average yield after-tax3.66 3.38 3.59 3.32 
Effective tax rate17.6 17.1 17.4 17.1 

$32 million or 17% rise in third-quarter 2023 pretax investment income, including a 19% increase in interest income from fixed-maturity securities and a 5% increase in equity portfolio dividends.
$825 million third-quarter 2023 decrease in pretax total investment gains, summarized in the table below. Changes in unrealized gains or losses reported in other comprehensive income, in addition to investment gains and losses reported in net income, are useful for evaluating total investment performance over time and are major components of changes in book value and the value creation ratio.
(Dollars in millions)Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
2023202220232022
Investment gains and losses on equity securities sold, net$(5)$16 $2 $34 
Unrealized gains and losses on equity securities still held, net(458)(705)99 (2,568)
Investment gains and losses on fixed-maturity securities, net — (4)
Other7 15 (13)37 
Subtotal - investment gains and losses reported in net income(456)(674)84 (2,494)
Change in unrealized investment gains and losses - fixed
   maturities
(369)(514)(360)(1,870)
Total $(825)$(1,188)$(276)$(4,364)
                                             CINF 3Q23 Release 8



Balance Sheet Highlights
(Dollars in millions, except share data)At September 30,At December 31,
20232022
   Total investments$23,408 $22,425 
   Total assets30,915 29,732 
   Short-term debt25 50 
   Long-term debt790 789 
   Shareholders’ equity10,624 10,562 
   Book value per share67.72 67.21 
   Debt-to-total-capital ratio7.1 %7.4 %

$24.307 billion in consolidated cash and total investments at September 30, 2023, an increase of 3% from $23.689 billion at year-end 2022.
$12.843 billion bond portfolio at September 30, 2023, with an average rating of A2/A. Fair value decreased $27 million during the third quarter of 2023, offsetting $295 million in net purchases of fixed-maturity securities.
$10.031 billion equity portfolio was 42.9% of total investments, including $5.632 billion in appreciated value before taxes at September 30, 2023. Third-quarter 2023 decrease in fair value of $471 million, including $4 million in net sales of equity securities.
$2.61 third-quarter 2023 decrease in book value per share, including an addition of $1.66 from net income before investment gains and $0.67 for other items that were offset by $4.19 from investment portfolio net investment losses or changes in unrealized gains for fixed-maturity securities and $0.75 from dividends declared to shareholders.
Value creation ratio of 4.4% for the first nine months of 2023, including 5.6% from net income before investment gains, which includes underwriting and investment income, and negative 1.9% from investment portfolio net investment gains and changes in unrealized gains for fixed-maturity securities.

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About Cincinnati Financial
Cincinnati Financial Corporation offers primarily business, home and auto insurance through The Cincinnati Insurance Company and its two standard market property casualty companies. The same local independent insurance agencies that market those policies may offer products of our other subsidiaries, including life insurance, fixed annuities and surplus lines property and casualty insurance. For additional information about the company, please visit cinfin.com.

Mailing Address:                        Street Address:
P.O. Box 145496                        6200 South Gilmore Road
Cincinnati, Ohio 45250-5496                    Fairfield, Ohio 45014-5141

                                             CINF 3Q23 Release 9


Safe Harbor Statement
This is our “Safe Harbor” statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Our business is subject to certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements in this report. Some of those risks and uncertainties are discussed in our 2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K, Item 1A, Risk Factors, Page 32.
Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to:
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic that could affect results for reasons such as:
Securities market disruption or volatility and related effects such as decreased economic activity and continued supply chain disruptions that affect our investment portfolio and book value
An unusually high level of claims in our insurance or reinsurance operations that increase litigation-related expenses
An unusually high level of insurance losses, including risk of legislation or court decisions extending business interruption insurance in commercial property coverage forms to cover claims for pure economic loss related to the COVID-19 pandemic
Decreased premium revenue and cash flow from disruption to our distribution channel of independent agents, consumer self-isolation, travel limitations, business restrictions and decreased economic activity
Inability of our workforce, agencies or vendors to perform necessary business functions
Ongoing developments concerning business interruption insurance claims and litigation related to the COVID-19 pandemic that affect our estimates of losses and loss adjustment expenses or our ability to reasonably estimate such losses, such as:
The continuing duration of the pandemic and governmental actions to limit the spread of the virus that may produce additional economic losses
The number of policyholders that will ultimately submit claims or file lawsuits
The lack of submitted proofs of loss for allegedly covered claims
Judicial rulings in similar litigation involving other companies in the insurance industry
Differences in state laws and developing case law
Litigation trends, including varying legal theories advanced by policyholders
Whether and to what degree any class of policyholders may be certified
The inherent unpredictability of litigation
Unusually high levels of catastrophe losses due to risk concentrations, changes in weather patterns (whether as a result of global climate change or otherwise), environmental events, war or political unrest, terrorism incidents, cyberattacks, civil unrest or other causes
Increased frequency and/or severity of claims or development of claims that are unforeseen at the time of policy issuance, due to inflationary trends or other causes
Inadequate estimates or assumptions, or reliance on third-party data used for critical accounting estimates
Declines in overall stock market values negatively affecting our equity portfolio and book value
Interest rate fluctuations or other factors that could significantly affect:
Our ability to generate growth in investment income
Values of our fixed-maturity investments, including accounts in which we hold bank-owned life insurance contract assets
Our traditional life policy reserves
Domestic and global events, such as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, war in the Middle East and recent disruptions in the banking and financial services industry, resulting in capital market or credit market uncertainty, followed by prolonged periods of economic instability or recession, that lead to:
Significant or prolonged decline in the fair value of a particular security or group of securities and impairment of the asset(s)
Significant decline in investment income due to reduced or eliminated dividend payouts from a particular security or group of securities
Significant rise in losses from surety or director and officer policies written for financial institutions or other insured entities
Our inability to manage Cincinnati Global or other subsidiaries to produce related business opportunities and growth prospects for our ongoing operations
Recession, prolonged elevated inflation or other economic conditions resulting in lower demand for insurance products or increased payment delinquencies
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Ineffective information technology systems or discontinuing to develop and implement improvements in technology may impact our success and profitability
Difficulties with technology or data security breaches, including cyberattacks, that could negatively affect our or our agents’ ability to conduct business; disrupt our relationships with agents, policyholders and others; cause reputational damage, mitigation expenses and data loss and expose us to liability under federal and state laws
Difficulties with our operations and technology that may negatively impact our ability to conduct business, including cloud-based data information storage, data security, cyberattacks, remote working capabilities, and/or outsourcing relationships and third-party operations and data security
Disruption of the insurance market caused by technology innovations such as driverless cars that could decrease consumer demand for insurance products
Delays, inadequate data developed internally or from third parties, or performance inadequacies from ongoing development and implementation of underwriting and pricing methods, including telematics and other usage-based insurance methods, or technology projects and enhancements expected to increase our pricing accuracy, underwriting profit and competitiveness
Intense competition, and the impact of innovation, technological change and changing customer preferences on the insurance industry and the markets in which we operate, could harm our ability to maintain or increase our business volumes and profitability
Changing consumer insurance-buying habits and consolidation of independent insurance agencies could alter our competitive advantages
Inability to obtain adequate ceded reinsurance on acceptable terms, amount of reinsurance coverage purchased, financial strength of reinsurers and the potential for nonpayment or delay in payment by reinsurers
Inability to defer policy acquisition costs for any business segment if pricing and loss trends would lead management to conclude that segment could not achieve sustainable profitability
Inability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends consistent with current or past levels
Events or conditions that could weaken or harm our relationships with our independent agencies and hamper opportunities to add new agencies, resulting in limitations on our opportunities for growth, such as:
Downgrades of our financial strength ratings
Concerns that doing business with us is too difficult
Perceptions that our level of service, particularly claims service, is no longer a distinguishing characteristic in the marketplace
Inability or unwillingness to nimbly develop and introduce coverage product updates and innovations that our competitors offer and consumers expect to find in the marketplace
Actions of insurance departments, state attorneys general or other regulatory agencies, including a change to a federal system of regulation from a state-based system, that:
Impose new obligations on us that increase our expenses or change the assumptions underlying our critical accounting estimates
Place the insurance industry under greater regulatory scrutiny or result in new statutes, rules and regulations
Restrict our ability to exit or reduce writings of unprofitable coverages or lines of business
Add assessments for guaranty funds, other insurance‑related assessments or mandatory reinsurance arrangements; or that impair our ability to recover such assessments through future surcharges or other rate changes
Increase our provision for federal income taxes due to changes in tax law
Increase our other expenses
Limit our ability to set fair, adequate and reasonable rates
Place us at a disadvantage in the marketplace
Restrict our ability to execute our business model, including the way we compensate agents
Adverse outcomes from litigation or administrative proceedings, including effects of social inflation and third-party litigation funding on the size of litigation awards
Events or actions, including unauthorized intentional circumvention of controls, that reduce our future ability to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
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Unforeseen departure of certain executive officers or other key employees due to retirement, health or other causes that could interrupt progress toward important strategic goals or diminish the effectiveness of certain longstanding relationships with insurance agents and others
Our inability, or the inability of our independent agents, to attract and retain personnel in a competitive labor market, impacting the customer experience and altering our competitive advantages
Events, such as an epidemic, natural catastrophe or terrorism, that could hamper our ability to assemble our workforce at our headquarters location or work effectively in a remote environment
Further, our insurance businesses are subject to the effects of changing social, global, economic and regulatory environments. Public and regulatory initiatives have included efforts to adversely influence and restrict premium rates, restrict the ability to cancel policies, impose underwriting standards and expand overall regulation. We also are subject to public and regulatory initiatives that can affect the market value for our common stock, such as measures affecting corporate financial reporting and governance. The ultimate changes and eventual effects, if any, of these initiatives are uncertain.

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Cincinnati Financial Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets and Statements of Income (unaudited)
(Dollars in millions)September 30,December 31,
20232022
Assets
   Investments $23,408 $22,425 
   Cash and cash equivalents899 1,264 
   Premiums receivable2,654 2,322 
   Reinsurance recoverable699 665 
Deferred policy acquisition costs1,101 1,013 
   Other assets2,154 2,043 
Total assets $30,915 $29,732 
Liabilities
   Insurance reserves $11,997 $11,415 
   Unearned premiums4,195 3,689 
   Deferred income tax997 1,054 
   Long-term debt and lease obligations844 841 
   Other liabilities2,258 2,171 
Total liabilities20,291 19,170 
Shareholders’ Equity
   Common stock and paid-in capital1,819 1,789 
   Retained earnings12,018 11,711 
   Accumulated other comprehensive income (827)(614)
   Treasury stock(2,386)(2,324)
Total shareholders' equity10,624 10,562 
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $30,915 $29,732 
(Dollars in millions, except per share data)Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
2023202220232022
Revenues
   Earned premiums$2,033 $1,884 $5,894 $5,350 
   Investment income, net of expenses225 193 655 573 
   Investment gains and losses, net(456)(674)84 (2,494)
   Other revenues9 24 19 
      Total revenues1,811 1,410 6,657 3,448 
Benefits and Expenses
   Insurance losses and contract holders' benefits1,332 1,418 4,070 3,772 
   Underwriting, acquisition and insurance expenses609 551 1,744 1,604 
   Interest expense13 14 40 40 
   Other operating expenses5 17 13 
      Total benefits and expenses1,959 1,987 5,871 5,429 
Income (Loss) Before Income Taxes(148)(577)786 (1,981)
Provision (Benefit) for Income Taxes(49)(161)126 (481)
Net Income (Loss)$(99)$(416)$660 $(1,500)
Per Common Share:
   Net income (loss)—basic$(0.63)$(2.63)$4.20 $(9.42)
   Net income (loss)—diluted(0.63)(2.63)4.17 (9.42)
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Definitions of Non-GAAP Information and Reconciliation to Comparable GAAP Measures
(See attached tables for reconciliations; additional prior-period reconciliations available at cinfin.com/investors.)
Cincinnati Financial Corporation prepares its public financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). Statutory data is prepared in accordance with statutory accounting rules for insurance company regulation in the United States of America as defined by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual, and therefore is not reconciled to GAAP data.
Management uses certain non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate its primary business areas – property casualty insurance, life insurance and investments. Management uses these measures when analyzing both GAAP and non-GAAP results to improve its understanding of trends in the underlying business and to help avoid incorrect or misleading assumptions and conclusions about the success or failure of company strategies. Management adjustments to GAAP measures generally: apply to non-recurring events that are unrelated to business performance and distort short-term results; involve values that fluctuate based on events outside of management’s control; supplement reporting segment disclosures with disclosures for a subsidiary company or for a combination of subsidiaries or reporting segments; or relate to accounting refinements that affect comparability between periods, creating a need to analyze data on the same basis.
Non-GAAP operating income: Non-GAAP operating income is calculated by excluding investment gains and losses (defined as investment gains and losses after applicable federal and state income taxes) and other significant non-recurring items from net income. Management evaluates non-GAAP operating income to measure the success of pricing, rate and underwriting strategies. While investment gains (or losses) are integral to the company’s insurance operations over the long term, the determination to realize investment gains or losses on fixed-maturity securities sold in any period may be subject to management’s discretion and is independent of the insurance underwriting process. Also, under applicable GAAP accounting requirements, gains and losses are recognized from certain changes in market values of securities without actual realization. Management believes that the level of investment gains or losses for any particular period, while it may be material, may not fully indicate the performance of ongoing underlying business operations in that period.
For these reasons, many investors and shareholders consider non-GAAP operating income to be one of the more meaningful measures for evaluating insurance company performance. Equity analysts who report on the insurance industry and the company generally focus on this metric in their analyses. The company presents non-GAAP operating income so that all investors have what management believes to be a useful supplement to GAAP information.
•    Consolidated property casualty insurance results: To supplement reporting segment disclosures related to our property casualty insurance operations, we also evaluate results for those operations on a basis that includes results for our property casualty insurance and brokerage services subsidiaries. That is the total of our commercial lines, personal lines and our excess and surplus lines segments plus our reinsurance assumed operations known as Cincinnati Re and our London-based global specialty underwriter known as Cincinnati Global.
Life insurance subsidiary results: To supplement life insurance reporting segment disclosures related to our life insurance operation, we also evaluate results for that operation on a basis that includes life insurance subsidiary investment income, or investment income plus investment gains and losses, that are also included in our investments reporting segment. We recognize that assets under management, capital appreciation and investment income are integral to evaluating the success of the life insurance segment because of the long duration of life products.

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Cincinnati Financial Corporation
 Net Income Reconciliation
(Dollars in millions, except per share data)Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
2023202220232022
Net income (loss)$(99)$(416)$660 $(1,500)
Less:
   Investment gains and losses, net(456)(674)84 (2,494)
   Income tax on investment gains and losses 96 142 (17)524 
   Investment gains and losses, after-tax(360)(532)67 (1,970)
Non-GAAP operating income$261 $116 $593 $470 
Diluted per share data:
Net income (loss)$(0.63)$(2.63)$4.17 $(9.42)
Less:
   Investment gains and losses, net(2.90)(4.26)0.53 (15.65)
   Income tax on investment gains and losses 0.61 0.89 (0.11)3.28 
   Investment gains and losses, after-tax(2.29)(3.37)0.42 (12.37)
   Non-GAAP operating income$1.66 $0.74 $3.75 $2.95 
Life Insurance Reconciliation
(Dollars in millions)Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
2023202220232022
Net income of the life insurance subsidiary$25 $23 $65 $51 
Investment gains and losses, net  (1)(1)(1)
Income tax on investment gains and losses —  — 
Non-GAAP operating income25 24 66 52 
Investment income, net of expenses (46)(43)(137)(127)
Investment income credited to contract holders31 27 91 82 
Income tax excluding tax on investment gains
  and losses, net
7 18 14 
Life insurance segment profit$17 $13 $38 $21 

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Property Casualty Insurance Reconciliation
(Dollars in millions)Three months ended September 30, 2023
ConsolidatedCommercialPersonalE&SOther*
Premiums:
   Written premiums $1,957  $1,029 $646  $128 $154 
   Unearned premiums change 33 (119)7 79 
   Earned premiums $1,957  $1,062 $527  $135 $233 
Underwriting profit $112 $52 $1 $14 $45 
(Dollars in millions)Nine months ended September 30, 2023
ConsolidatedCommercialPersonalE&SOther*
Premiums:
   Written premiums $6,126 $3,276 $1,723 $420 $707 
   Unearned premiums change(465)(92)(239)(26)(108)
   Earned premiums $5,661 $3,184 $1,484 $394 $599 
Underwriting profit (loss)$149 $83 $(92)$38 $120 
(Dollars in millions)Three months ended September 30, 2022
ConsolidatedCommercialPersonalE&SOther*
Premiums:
   Written premiums$1,750 $984 $502 $121 $143 
   Unearned premiums change59 44 (71)82 
   Earned premiums$1,809 $1,028 $431 $125 $225 
Underwriting profit (loss)$(66)$11 $(18)$$(68)
(Dollars in millions)Nine months ended September 30, 2022
ConsolidatedCommercialPersonalE&SOther*
Premiums:
   Written premiums$5,613 $3,152 $1,386 $380 $695 
   Unearned premiums change(489)(168)(140)(19)(162)
   Earned premiums$5,124 $2,984 $1,246 $361 $533 
Underwriting profit (loss)$47 $25 $(2)$44 $(20)
  Dollar amounts shown are rounded to millions; certain amounts may not add due to rounding.
*Included in Other are the results of Cincinnati Re and Cincinnati Global.

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Cincinnati Financial Corporation
Other Measures
Value creation ratio: This is a measure of shareholder value creation that management believes captures the contribution of the company’s insurance operations, the success of its investment strategy and the importance placed on paying cash dividends to shareholders. The value creation ratio measure is made up of two primary components: (1) rate of growth in book value per share plus (2) the ratio of dividends declared per share to beginning book value per share. Management believes this measure is useful, providing a meaningful measure of long-term progress in creating shareholder value. It is intended to be all-inclusive regarding changes in book value per share, and uses originally reported book value per share in cases where book value per share has been adjusted, such as adoption of Accounting Standards Updates with a cumulative effect of a change in accounting.
•    Written premium: Under statutory accounting rules in the U.S., property casualty written premium is the amount recorded for policies issued and recognized on an annualized basis at the effective date of the policy. Management analyzes trends in written premium to assess business efforts. The difference between written and earned premium is unearned premium.

Value Creation Ratio Calculations
(Dollars are per share)Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
2023202220232022
Book value change per share
Book value as originally reported September 30, 2022$60.01 
Cumulative effect of change in accounting for
  long-duration insurance contracts, net of tax
0.31 
Book value as adjusted September 30, 2022$60.32 
Value creation ratio:
   End of period book value* - as originally reported $67.72 $60.01 $67.72 $60.01 
   Less beginning of period book value - as originally
     reported
70.33 66.30 67.01 81.72 
   Change in book value - as originally reported (2.61)(6.29)0.71 (21.71)
   Dividend declared to shareholders0.75 0.69 2.25 2.07 
   Total value creation $(1.86)$(5.60)$2.96 $(19.64)
Value creation ratio from change in book value**(3.7)%(9.4)%1.1 %(26.5)%
Value creation ratio from dividends declared to
  shareholders***
  
1.1 1.0 3.3 2.5 
Value creation ratio(2.6)%(8.4)%4.4 %(24.0)%
    * Book value per share is calculated by dividing end of period total shareholders' equity by end of period shares outstanding
  ** Change in book value divided by the beginning of period book value
*** Dividend declared to shareholders divided by beginning of period book value

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