Unitrin, Inc. (NYSE: UTR) reported today net income of $54.1
million ($0.89 per unrestricted share) for the first quarter of
2011, compared to $48.2 million ($0.77 per unrestricted share) for
the first quarter of 2010.
Income from continuing operations was $55.8 million ($0.92 per
unrestricted share) for the first quarter of 2011, compared to
$47.7 million ($0.76 per unrestricted share) for the first quarter
of 2010.
Three Months Ended (Dollars in Millions,
March
31, March 31, Except Per Share Amounts)
2011 2010 Income from Continuing Operations $ 55.8 $
47.7 Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations (1.7 )
0.5 Net Income $ 54.1 $ 48.2 Basic Net Income
(Loss) Per Unrestricted Share: Continuing Operations $ 0.92 $ 0.76
Discontinued Operations (0.03 ) 0.01 Total $ 0.89
$ 0.77
Don Southwell, Unitrin’s Chairman, President and Chief Executive
Officer, commented, “Unitrin demonstrated solid, overall earnings
during the first quarter. We’re pleased to see Fireside Bank and
the Life and Health businesses both grew earnings significantly
over the prior year. The favorable performance more than offset the
impact of lower, favorable development in the P&C units, as
well as, an uptick in large-loss fire claims relative to last
year.”
“On the capital management front, we remain focused on building
balance sheet flexibility and increasing shareholder returns.
During the first quarter, we put in motion a refined plan to
accelerate the wind down of Fireside Bank. We now estimate that at
least $265 million of capital will become available for
re-deployment to attractive, long-term opportunities,” said Mr.
Southwell.
Highlights
- Unitrin further diversified its
investments with the sale of one million shares of Intermec during
the quarter. As of March 31, 2011 its remaining investment totaled
$107 million, or just 2 percent of the total investment
portfolio.
- As part of its $300 million stock
repurchase program, Unitrin repurchased approximately 735,000
shares at a cost of $22 million.
- Book value per share at March 31, 2011
was $35.01; an increase of 11 percent compared to March 31,
2010.
- In April of 2011, Fireside Bank
redeemed all outstanding deposits as part of its accelerated plan
to relinquish its banking charter by the end of 2011, a full year
sooner than previously planned.
Segment Results
Unless otherwise noted, (i) the segment results discussed below
are presented on an after-tax basis, and (ii) prior-year reserve
development includes both catastrophe and non-catastrophe
losses.
Three Months Ended March 31, March
31, (Dollars in Millions)
2011 2010 Segment Net
Income (Loss): Kemper $ 11.3 $ 14.6 Unitrin Specialty 4.2 5.8
Unitrin Direct (3.8 ) 0.1 Life and Health Insurance 32.7 26.4
Fireside Bank 8.0 3.0 Total Segment Net
Income 52.4 49.9 Unallocated Net Income (Loss) 3.4
(2.2 ) Income from Continuing Operations $ 55.8 $
47.7
Unallocated Net Income (Loss) consists of realized gains
(losses) on sales of investments, net impairment losses recognized
in earnings, other expenses, dividend income and equity in net
income of investee. A more detailed reconciliation of Total Segment
Net Income to Income from Continuing Operations is provided at the
end of this press release.
Kemper reported net income of $11.3 million for the first
quarter of 2011, compared to $14.6 million in 2010. The primary
driver of the decline in earnings was $4.4 million of lower
favorable reserve development as compared to the first quarter of
last year. The current quarter benefitted from lower catastrophe
losses and lower claim frequency in the personal auto line.
Partially offsetting these favorable items were higher large-loss
fire claims and higher non-catastrophe weather losses when compared
to the first quarter of 2010.
Unitrin Specialty reported net income of $4.2 million for the
first quarter of 2011, compared to $5.8 million in 2010. The
current period included higher claim frequency in its personal
lines, compared to the first quarter of 2010, which was notably
low. This impact was partially offset by favorable reserve
development in the current quarter.
Unitrin Direct reported a net loss of $3.8 million for the first
quarter of 2011. The current quarter included $2.5 million of lower
favorable reserve development, compared to the prior year. The
first quarter of 2011 included an increase in the claim frequency
for the auto liability lines, resulting in an unfavorable impact of
approximately $2.5 million.
Life and Health reported net income of $32.7 million for the
first quarter of 2011, an increase of $6.3 million, compared to the
same period in 2010, primarily due to lower life and accident and
health (A&H) losses. A&H results improved due to both lower
frequency and severity of claims. The current quarter also
benefitted from the correction of a coding error related to a small
block of policies having extended term benefits.
Fireside Bank reported net income of $8.0 million for the first
quarter of 2011, compared to $3.0 million for 2010. Fireside’s
earnings were driven by favorable performance in its seasoned loan
portfolio, strong recoveries and a favorable reduction in estimated
future loan losses. Recoveries during the quarter were $12 million
pre-tax on a portfolio of previously charged-off loans with an
aggregate balance of approximately $475 million. Also included in
the results for the current quarter was approximately $3 million of
interest and incentives paid to close certain deposit accounts
early, offset by lower expenses.
In April, Fireside Bank redeemed all of its remaining deposit
accounts and began the process of relinquishing its bank charter
with the FDIC. (See the “Fireside Bank Key Metrics” table at the
end of this release for information related to Fireside Bank’s
run-off plan.)
Total Revenues were $657 million for the first quarter of 2011,
compared to $695 million in 2010. Earned premiums declined 6
percent from specific product actions taken to target customers
with more favorable risk characteristics and the impact of ongoing
soft market conditions. These impacts were partially offset by
higher premium rates. The decline in Fireside’s revenues was in
line with its run-off plan. Net Realized Investment Gains increased
as the Company further diversified its investments with the sale of
one million shares of Intermec during the quarter and sold its
remaining holdings of Northrop.
Condensed consolidated statements of income for the three
months ended March 31, 2011 and 2010 are presented below:
Three Months Ended March 31, March
31, (Dollars in millions, except per share amounts)
2011
2010 Revenues: Earned Premiums $ 546.0 $ 581.5
Automobile Finance Revenues 15.5 30.6 Net Investment Income 81.6
80.8 Other Income 0.2 0.3 Net Realized Gains on Sales of
Investments 14.5 4.5 Other-than-temporary Impairment Losses:
Total Other-than-temporary Impairment Losses (0.4 ) (6.2 ) Portion
of Losses Recognized in Other Comprehensive Income -
3.0 Net Impairment Losses Recognized in Earnings
(0.4 ) (3.2 )
Total Revenues
657.4 694.5
Expenses:
Policyholders’ Benefits and Incurred Losses and Loss Adjustment
Expenses 392.3 417.1 Insurance Expenses 161.9 168.5 Automobile
Finance Expenses (Recoveries) (2.9 ) 18.4 Interest Expense on
Certificates of Deposits 7.1 7.9 Interest and Other Expenses
19.7 16.4
Total Expenses 578.1
628.3 Income from Continuing Operations
before Income Taxes and Equity in Net Income of Investee 79.3 66.2
Income Tax Expense (23.5 ) (19.2 ) Income from
Continuing Operations before Equity in Net Income of Investee 55.8
47.0 Equity in Net Income of Investee - 0.7
Income from Continuing Operations 55.8
47.7 Discontinued Operations: Income
(Loss) from Discontinued Operations before Income Taxes (2.6 ) 0.8
Income Tax Benefit (Expense) 0.9 (0.3 )
Income (Loss) from Discontinued Operations (1.7 )
0.5
Net Income $ 54.1 $ 48.2
Income from Continuing Operations Per Unrestricted
Share: Basic $ 0.92 $ 0.76 Diluted $ 0.92 $
0.76 Net Income Per Unrestricted Share: Basic $ 0.89
$ 0.77 Diluted $ 0.89 $ 0.77
Dividends Paid to Shareholders Per Share $ 0.24 $ 0.22
Business segment revenues for the three months ended March
31, 2011 and 2010 are presented below:
Three Months Ended March 31, March
31, (Dollars in Millions)
2011 2010
Revenues: Kemper: Earned Premiums $ 211.9 $ 222.4 Net
Investment Income 14.1 12.4 Other Income 0.1
0.1 Total Kemper 226.1 234.9
Unitrin Specialty: Earned Premiums 112.4 122.4 Net
Investment Income 6.3 6.1 Other Income 0.1 0.2
Total Unitrin Specialty 118.8 128.7
Unitrin Direct: Earned Premiums 59.9 76.0 Net
Investment Income 5.4 5.3 Total Unitrin
Direct 65.3 81.3
Life and
Health Insurance: Earned Premiums 161.8 160.7 Net Investment
Income 53.0 53.3 Total Life and Health
Insurance 214.8 214.0
Fireside Bank: Interest, Loan Fees and Earned Discounts 15.4
30.2 Other Automobile Finance Revenues 0.1 0.4
Automobile Finance Revenues 15.5 30.6 Net Investment Income
0.4 0.5 Total Fireside Bank 15.9
31.1
Total Segment Revenues
640.9 690.0 Net Realized Gains on Sales of Investments 14.5
4.5 Net Impairment Losses Recognized in Earnings (0.4 ) (3.2 )
Other 2.4 3.2
Total Revenues $
657.4 $ 694.5
Unitrin, Inc. and
Subsidiaries Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(Dollars in Millions) March 31,
December 31, 2011 2010 Assets:
(Unaudited) Investments: Fixed Maturities at Fair Value $ 4,491.9 $
4,475.3 Equity Securities at Fair Value 511.7 550.4 Equity Method
Limited Liability Investments at Cost Plus Cumulative Undistributed
Earnings 326.0 328.0 Short-term Investments at Cost which
Approximates Fair Value 415.8 402.9 Other Investments 496.0
494.2
Total Investments 6,241.4 6,250.8
Cash 77.5 117.2 Automobile Loan Receivables at Cost and Net
of Reserve for Loan Losses 278.1 337.6 Other Receivables 619.9
606.7 Deferred Policy Acquisition Costs 530.2 525.2 Goodwill 311.8
311.8 Current and Deferred Income Tax Assets 1.9 39.6
Other Assets
169.2 169.6
Total Assets $ 8,230.0 $ 8,358.5
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity: Insurance
Reserves: Life and Health $ 3,073.6 $ 3,063.7 Property and Casualty
1,095.8 1,118.7
Total Insurance Reserves
4,169.4 4,182.4 Certificates of Deposits at
Cost 172.7 321.4 Unearned Premiums 680.4 678.6 Liabilities for
Income Taxes 8.6 15.1 Notes Payable at Amortized Cost 610.0 609.8
Accrued Expenses and Other Liabilities 472.4 437.8
Total Liabilities 6,113.5 6,245.1
Shareholders’ Equity: Common Stock 6.0 6.1 Paid-in Capital
743.3 751.1 Retained Earnings 1,225.6 1,198.8 Accumulated Other
Comprehensive Income 141.6 157.4
Total
Shareholders’ Equity 2,116.5 2,113.4
Total
Liabilities and Shareholders’ Equity $ 8,230.0 $ 8,358.5
Selected financial information for the Kemper segment
follows:
Three Months Ended March 31, March 31,
(Dollars in Millions)
2011 2010
Results of
Operations
Net Premiums Written $ 199.6 $ 207.3
Earned Premiums: Automobile $ 126.9 $ 137.4 Homeowners 71.9 72.1
Other Personal 13.1 12.9 Total Earned
Premiums 211.9 222.4 Net Investment Income 14.1 12.4 Other Income
0.1 0.1 Total Revenues 226.1
234.9 Incurred Losses and LAE related to:
Current Year: Non-catastrophe Losses and LAE 145.5 147.0
Catastrophe Losses and LAE 9.0 15.6 Prior Years: Non-catastrophe
Losses and LAE (1.1 ) (6.6 ) Catastrophe Losses and LAE (0.3
) (1.6 ) Total Incurred Losses and LAE 153.1 154.4 Insurance
Expenses 58.8 61.2 Operating Profit
14.2 19.3 Income Tax Expense (2.9 ) (4.7 ) Net Income
$ 11.3 $ 14.6
Ratios Based On
Earned Premiums
Current Year Non-catastrophe Losses and LAE Ratio 68.7 %
66.1 % Current Year Catastrophe Losses and LAE Ratio 4.2 % 7.0 %
Prior Years Non-catastrophe Losses and LAE Ratio -0.5 % -3.0 %
Prior Years Catastrophe Losses and LAE Ratio -0.1 %
-0.7 % Total Incurred Loss and LAE Ratio 72.3 % 69.4 % Incurred
Expense Ratio 27.7 % 27.5 % Combined Ratio
100.0 % 96.9 %
Underlying
Combined Ratio
Current Year Non-catastrophe Losses and LAE Ratio 68.7 %
66.1 % Incurred Expense Ratio 27.7 % 27.5 %
Underlying Combined Ratio 96.4 % 93.6 %
Non-GAAP Measure
Reconciliation
Underlying Combined Ratio 96.4 % 93.6 % Current Year
Catastrophe Losses and LAE Ratio 4.2 % 7.0 % Prior Years
Non-catastrophe Losses and LAE Ratio -0.5 % -3.0 % Prior Years
Catastrophe Losses and LAE Ratio -0.1 % -0.7 %
Combined Ratio as Reported 100.0 % 96.9 %
Selected financial information for the
Unitrin Specialty segment follows:
Three Months Ended March 31, March 31,
(Dollars in Millions)
2011 2010
Results of
Operations
Net Premiums Written $ 123.1 $ 126.6
Earned Premiums: Personal Automobile $ 102.6 $ 110.9 Commercial
Automobile 9.8 11.5 Total Earned
Premiums 112.4 122.4 Net Investment Income 6.3 6.1 Other Income
0.1 0.2 Total Revenues 118.8
128.7 Incurred Losses and LAE related to:
Current Year: Non-catastrophe Losses and LAE 92.8 95.8 Catastrophe
Losses and LAE 0.1 0.1 Prior Years: Non-catastrophe Losses and LAE
(1.9 ) 1.3 Catastrophe Losses and LAE 0.1 0.1
Total Incurred Losses and LAE 91.1 97.3 Insurance Expenses
22.6 23.9 Operating Profit 5.1 7.5
Income Tax Expense (0.9 ) (1.7 ) Net Income $ 4.2
$ 5.8
Ratios Based On
Earned Premiums
Current Year Non-catastrophe Losses and LAE Ratio 82.5 %
78.2 % Current Year Catastrophe Losses and LAE Ratio 0.1 % 0.1 %
Prior Years Non-catastrophe Losses and LAE Ratio -1.7 % 1.1 % Prior
Years Catastrophe Losses and LAE Ratio 0.1 % 0.1 %
Total Incurred Loss and LAE Ratio 81.0 % 79.5 % Incurred Expense
Ratio 20.1 % 19.5 % Combined Ratio 101.1 %
99.0 %
Underlying
Combined Ratio
Current Year Non-catastrophe Losses and LAE Ratio 82.5 %
78.2 % Incurred Expense Ratio 20.1 % 19.5 %
Underlying Combined Ratio 102.6 % 97.7 %
Non-GAAP Measure
Reconciliation
Underlying Combined Ratio 102.6 % 97.7 % Current Year
Catastrophe Losses and LAE Ratio 0.1 % 0.1 % Prior Years
Non-catastrophe Losses and LAE Ratio -1.7 % 1.1 % Prior Years
Catastrophe Losses and LAE Ratio 0.1 % 0.1 % Combined
Ratio as Reported 101.1 % 99.0 %
Selected financial information for the Unitrin Direct segment
follows:
Three Months Ended March 31, March
31, (Dollars in Millions)
2011 2010
Results of
Operations
Net Premiums Written $ 60.9 $ 74.8 Earned
Premiums: Automobile $ 57.6 $ 73.9 Homeowners 2.2 2.0 Other
Personal 0.1 0.1 Total Earned Premiums
59.9 76.0 Net Investment Income 5.4 5.3
Total Revenues 65.3 81.3
Incurred Losses and LAE related to: Current Year: Non-catastrophe
Losses and LAE 52.3 62.0 Catastrophe Losses and LAE 0.1 0.2 Prior
Years: Non-catastrophe Losses and LAE (0.1 ) (3.8 ) Catastrophe
Losses and LAE 0.3 0.2 Total Incurred
Losses and LAE 52.6 58.6 Insurance Expenses 20.1
23.8 Operating Loss (7.4 ) (1.1 ) Income Tax Benefit
3.6 1.2 Net Income (Loss) $ (3.8 ) $
0.1
Ratios Based On
Earned Premiums
Current Year Non-catastrophe Losses and LAE Ratio 87.3 %
81.5 % Current Year Catastrophe Losses and LAE Ratio 0.2 % 0.3 %
Prior Years Non-catastrophe Losses and LAE Ratio -0.2 % -5.0 %
Prior Years Catastrophe Losses and LAE Ratio 0.5 %
0.3 % Total Incurred Loss and LAE Ratio 87.8 % 77.1 % Incurred
Expense Ratio 33.6 % 31.3 % Combined Ratio
121.4 % 108.4 %
Underlying
Combined Ratio
Current Year Non-catastrophe Losses and LAE Ratio 87.3 %
81.5 % Incurred Expense Ratio 33.6 % 31.3 %
Underlying Combined Ratio 120.9 % 112.8 %
Non-GAAP Measure
Reconciliation
Underlying Combined Ratio 120.9 % 112.8 % Current Year
Catastrophe Losses and LAE Ratio 0.2 % 0.3 % Prior Years
Non-catastrophe Losses and LAE Ratio -0.2 % -5.0 % Prior Years
Catastrophe Losses and LAE Ratio 0.5 % 0.3 % Combined
Ratio as Reported 121.4 % 108.4 %
Selected financial information for the Life and Health
Insurance segment follows:
Results of
Operations
Three Months Ended March 31,
March 31, (Dollars in Millions)
2011 2010
Earned Premiums: Life $ 99.4 $ 99.5 Accident and Health 41.2 39.9
Property 21.2 21.3 Total Earned
Premiums 161.8 160.7 Net Investment Income 53.0
53.3 Total Revenues 214.8 214.0
Policyholders’ Benefits and Incurred Losses and LAE 95.5
106.8 Insurance Expenses 68.5 66.7
Operating Profit 50.8 40.5 Income Tax Expense (18.1 )
(14.1 ) Net Income $ 32.7 $ 26.4
Selected financial information for the Fireside Bank segment
follows:
Results of
Operations
Three Months Ended March 31, March 31,
(Dollars in Millions)
2011 2010 Interest, Loan Fees
and Earned Discounts $ 15.4 $ 30.2 Other Automobile Finance
Revenues 0.1 0.4 Total Automobile
Finance Revenues 15.5 30.6 Net Investment Income 0.4
0.5 Total Revenues 15.9 31.1
Provision (Recovery) for Loan Losses (13.8 ) 2.9 Interest
Expense on Certificates of Deposits 7.1 7.9 Incentives to Close
Deposit Accounts Early 0.6 0.3 General and Administrative Expenses
10.3 15.2 Operating Profit 11.7 4.8
Income Tax Expense (3.7 ) (1.8 ) Net Income $ 8.0
$ 3.0
Fireside Bank Key
Metrics
March 31, Dec. 31, At
Plan (Dollars in Millions)
2011 2010 Inception
* Net Automobile Loan Receivables Outstanding $ 310.2 $
381.3 $ 1,125.2 Loans 30 or more days delinquent: Dollars $
8.8 $ 19.3 $ 103.4 As a percentage of Reserve for Loan Losses 27.4
% 44.2 % 91.0 % Reserve for Loan Losses: Dollars $ 32.1 $
43.7 $ 113.6 As a percentage of Net Automobile Receivables
Outstanding 10.3 % 11.5 % 10.1 % Cash and U.S. Treasury and
Agency Investments $ 150.3 $ 224.8 $ 204.7 Certificates of
Deposits: Maturing in One Year or Less $ 113.3 $ 180.6 $ 425.3
Maturing in More than One Year 59.4 140.8
629.1 Total $ 172.7 $ 321.4 $
1,054.4 Cash and U.S. Treasury and Agency Investments
as a percentage of Certificates of Deposits 87.0 % 69.9 % 19.4 %
Total Capital $ 257.7 $ 249.4 $ 229.6 Tier 1 Capital $ 241.8
$ 228.9 $ 207.2 Tier 1 Capital to Total Average Assets 45.7 % 37.3
% 15.6 % Tier 1 Capital to Net Automobile Loan Receivables
Outstanding 77.9 % 60.0 % 18.4 % * The run-off plan began
near the end of the first quarter of 2009.
Use of Non-GAAP Measures
Underlying Combined Ratio is a non-GAAP measure, which is
computed by adding the Current Year Non-catastrophe Losses and LAE
Ratio with the Incurred Expense Ratio. The most directly comparable
GAAP financial measure is the combined ratio, which uses total
incurred losses and LAE, including the impact of catastrophe
losses, and loss and LAE reserve development. We believe the
Underlying Combined Ratio is useful to investors and is used by
management to reveal the trends in our Property and Casualty
businesses that may be obscured by catastrophe losses and
prior-year reserve development. These catastrophe losses may cause
our loss trends to vary significantly between periods as a result
of their incidence of occurrence and magnitude, and can have a
significant impact on incurred losses and LAE and the Combined
Ratio. Prior-year reserve developments are caused by unexpected
loss development on historical reserves. Because reserve
development relates to the re-estimation of losses from earlier
periods, it has no bearing on the performance of our insurance
products in the current period. We believe it is useful for
investors to evaluate these components separately and in the
aggregate when reviewing our underwriting performance. The
Underlying Combined Ratio should not be considered a substitute for
the Combined Ratio and does not reflect the overall underwriting
profitability of our business.
A reconciliation of Total Segment Net Income to Income from
Continuing Operations is as follows:
Three Months Ended March 31, March
31, (Dollars in Millions)
2011 2010 Segment Net
Income (Loss): Kemper $ 11.3 $ 14.6 Unitrin Specialty 4.2 5.8
Unitrin Direct (3.8 ) 0.1 Life and Health Insurance 32.7 26.4
Fireside Bank 8.0 3.0 Total Segment Net
Income $ 52.4 $ 49.9 Unallocated Net Income (Loss) From: Net
Realized Gains on Sales of Investments 9.4 2.9 Net Impairment
Losses Recognized in Earnings (0.3 ) (2.1 ) Other Expense, Net
(5.7 ) (3.7 ) Income from Continuing Operations
before Equity in Net Income of Investee 55.8 47.0 Equity in Net
Income of Investee - 0.7 Income from
Continuing Operations $ 55.8 $ 47.7
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information that includes or is based on forward-looking statements
within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Forward-looking
statements give expectations or forecasts of future events. The
reader can identify these statements by the fact that they do not
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“anticipate(s),” “forecast(s),” “project(s),” “plan(s),”
“intend(s),” “expect(s),” “might,” “may” and other words and terms
of similar meaning in connection with a discussion of future
operating financial performance or financial condition.
Forward-looking statements, in particular, include statements
relating to future actions, prospective services or products,
future performance or results of current and anticipated services
or products, sales efforts, expenses, the outcome of contingencies
such as legal proceedings, trends in operations and financial
results.
Any or all forward-looking statements may turn out to be wrong,
and, accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance
on such statements, which speak only as of the date of this press
release. These statements are based on current expectations and the
current economic environment. They involve a number of risks and
uncertainties that are difficult to predict. These statements are
not guarantees of future performance; actual results could differ
materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking
statements. Forward-looking statements can be affected by
inaccurate assumptions or by known or unknown risks and
uncertainties. Many such factors will be important in determining
the Company’s actual future results and financial condition. The
reader should consider the following list of general factors that
could affect the Company’s future results and financial condition,
as well as those discussed under Item 1A., Risk Factors, in the
Company’s 2010 Annual Report on Form 10-K.
Among the general factors that could cause actual results and
financial condition to differ materially from estimated results and
financial condition are:
- The incidence, frequency, and severity
of catastrophes occurring in any particular reporting period or
geographic concentration, including natural disasters, pandemics
and terrorist attacks or other man-made events;
- The number and severity of insurance
claims (including those associated with catastrophe losses) and
their impact on the adequacy of loss reserves;
- Changes in facts and circumstances
affecting assumptions used in determining loss and LAE
reserves;
- The impact of inflation on insurance
claims, including, but not limited to, the effects attributed to
scarcity of resources available to rebuild damaged structures,
including labor and materials and the amount of salvage value
recovered for damaged property;
- Changes in the pricing or availability
of reinsurance, or in the financial condition of reinsurers and
amounts recoverable therefrom;
- Orders, interpretations or other
actions by regulators that impact the reporting, adjustment and
payment of claims;
- Impact of residual market assessments /
assessments for insurance industry insolvencies;
- Changes in industry trends and
significant industry developments;
- Uncertainties related to regulatory
approval of insurance rates, policy forms, license applications and
similar matters;
- Developments related to insurance
policy claims and coverage issues including, but not limited to,
interpretations or decisions by courts or regulators that may
govern or influence such issues arising with respect to losses
incurred in connection with hurricanes and other catastrophes;
- Changes in ratings by credit rating
agencies, including A.M. Best Co., Inc.;
- Adverse outcomes in litigation or other
legal or regulatory proceedings involving Unitrin or its
subsidiaries or affiliates;
- Regulatory, accounting or tax changes
that may affect the cost of, or demand for, the Company’s products
or services;
- Governmental actions, including, but
not limited to, implementation of the provisions of the Patient
Protection and Affordable Care Act, the Health Care and Education
Reconciliation Act of 2010 and the Dodd-Frank Act, new laws or
regulations or court decisions interpreting existing laws and
regulations or policy provisions;
- Changes in distribution channels,
methods or costs resulting from changes in laws or regulations,
lawsuits or market forces;
- Changes in laws or regulations
governing or affecting the regulatory status of industrial banks,
such as Fireside Bank, and their parent companies, including
minimum capital requirements and restrictions on the non-financial
activities and equity investments of companies that acquire control
of industrial banks;
- Changes in the estimated rates of
automobile loan receivables net charge-off used to estimate
Fireside Bank’s reserve for loan losses, including, but not limited
to, changes in general economic conditions, unemployment rates and
the impact of changes in the value of collateral held;
- The degree of success in effecting an
orderly wind-down of the operations of Fireside Bank and the
recovery of Unitrin’s investment in Fireside Bank;
- Changes in general economic conditions,
including performance of financial markets, interest rates,
unemployment rates and fluctuating values of Company
investments;
- The level of success and costs expended
in realizing economies of scale and implementing significant
business consolidations and technology initiatives;
- Heightened competition, including, with
respect to pricing, entry of new competitors and the development of
new products by new and existing competitors;
- Increased costs and risks related to
data security;
- Absolute and relative performance of
the Company’s products or services; and
- Other risks and uncertainties described
from time to time in Unitrin’s filings with the U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission (“SEC”).
No assurances can be given that the results contemplated in any
forward-looking statements will be achieved or will be achieved in
any particular timetable. The Company assumes no obligation to
publicly correct or update any forward-looking statements as a
result of events or developments subsequent to the date of this
press release. The reader is advised, however, to consult any
further disclosures Unitrin makes on related subjects in its
filings with the SEC.
Unitrin is a diversified insurance holding company, with
subsidiaries that principally provide life, auto, homeowners and
other insurance products for individuals and small businesses.
Unitrin’s principal businesses are:
- Kemper, which provides auto,
homeowners and other insurance products to individuals through a
network of independent agents,
- Unitrin Direct, which markets
auto, homeowners and renters insurance to consumers via direct
mail, the Internet and employer-sponsored employee benefit programs
and other affinity relationships,
- Unitrin Specialty, which
provides auto insurance through a network of independent agents and
brokers to individuals and small businesses which have had
difficulty procuring insurance through traditional channels,
usually due to adverse driving records or claim or credit
histories, and
- Life and Health Insurance, which
specializes in the sale of life and health insurance products to
individuals through a network of employee agents and exclusive,
independent agents.
Kemper® is a registered service mark of Unitrin, Inc.
Additional information about Unitrin, including its Annual
Report, filings on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K and its investor
supplement, is available by visiting its website
(www.unitrin.com).
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