Chubb Limited (CB) 8-KFinancial statements and exhibits
Filed: 30 Apr 03, 12:00am
ACE Limited
Financial Supplement
March 31, 2003
Investor Contact: | Helen M. Wilson | This report is for informational purposes only. It should be read in conjunction with documents filed by ACE Limited with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. | ||
(441) 292-8675 fax | ||||
email: investorrelations@ace.bm |
Application of the Safe Harbor of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:
Any forward-looking statements made in this financial supplement reflect the Company’s current views with respect to future events and financial performance and are made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties which may cause actual results to differ materially from those set forth in these statements. For example, the Company’s forward-looking statements concerning reserves and recoverables could be affected by the frequency of unpredictable catastrophic events, actual loss experience which differs from the Company’s assumptions, uncertainties in the reserving or settlement process, the impact of aggregate policy coverage limits, the impact of bankruptcies of various asbestos producers and related business, new theories of liability, judicial and legislative developments, litigation tactics, credit developments among reinsurers and other factors identified in the Company’s filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission, including the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 and in the Company’s earnings press release, which is available on the Company’s website. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the dates on which they are made. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
ACE Limited
Financial Supplement Table of Contents
Page | ||
1 | ||
II. Consolidated Results | ||
2 | ||
3 | ||
4 | ||
III. Segment Results | ||
5-6 | ||
7 | ||
8 | ||
9 | ||
10 | ||
11 | ||
12 | ||
13 | ||
14 | ||
15 | ||
— Consolidated Property and Casualty excluding Financial Services | 16 | |
17 | ||
18 | ||
19-21 | ||
22 | ||
23 | ||
IV. Balance Sheet Details | ||
24-26 | ||
27 | ||
— Asbestos and Environmental Reserves; September 11, 2001 Tragedy | 28 | |
29 | ||
30-31 | ||
32 | ||
V. Reconciliation to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles | ||
33 | ||
33 | ||
— Reconciliation of Book Value Per Share to Diluted Book Value Per Share | 34 | |
35 |
ACE Limited
(in millions of U.S. dollars, except per share data and ratios)
(Unaudited)
Three months ended March 31 | % Change 1Q-03 vs. 1Q-02 | |||||||
2003 | 2002 | |||||||
Gross premiums written | $ | 4,113 | $ | 3,118 | 32% | |||
Net premiums written | $ | 2,930 | $ | 1,986 | 48% | |||
Net premiums earned | $ | 2,072 | $ | 1,360 | 52% | |||
Net investment income | $ | 206 | $ | 200 | 3% | |||
Net operating income | $ | 279 | $ | 216 | 29% | |||
Net income | $ | 247 | $ | 198 | 25% | |||
Comprehensive income | $ | 345 | $ | 113 | 205% | |||
Operating cash flow | $ | 600 | $ | 144 | 317% | |||
P&C combined ratio: (1) | ||||||||
Loss and loss expense ratio |
| 61.8% |
| 60.0% | ||||
Underwriting and administrative expense ratio |
| 28.8% |
| 32.7% | ||||
Combined ratio |
| 90.6% |
| 92.7% | ||||
Annualized operating return on equity |
| 16.7% |
| 13.6% | ||||
Diluted earnings per share: | ||||||||
Net operating income | $ | 1.02 | $ | 0.77 | 32% | |||
Net income | $ | 0.90 | $ | 0.70 | 29% | |||
Diluted book value per share | $ | 25.14 | $ | 23.78 | 6% | |||
Diluted tangible book value per share | $ | 15.72 | $ | 14.19 | 11% | |||
Weighted average diluted shares outstanding |
| 268.0 |
| 271.5 |
(1) | Property and casualty operations only. |
1
ACE Limited
Consolidated Statements of Operations
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
Three months ended March 31 | 1Q-03 vs. 1Q-02 | |||||||||
2003 | 2002 | |||||||||
Gross premiums written | $ | 4,113 |
| $ | 3,118 |
| 32% | |||
Net premiums written |
| 2,930 |
|
| 1,986 |
| 48% | |||
Net premiums earned |
| 2,072 |
|
| 1,360 |
| 52% | |||
Losses and loss expenses |
| 1,283 |
|
| 853 |
| 50% | |||
Life and annuity benefits |
| 48 |
|
| 23 |
| 109% | |||
Policy acquisition costs |
| 296 |
|
| 198 |
| 49% | |||
Administrative expenses |
| 260 |
|
| 197 |
| 32% | |||
Underwriting income |
| 185 |
|
| 89 |
| 108% | |||
Net investment income |
| 206 |
|
| 200 |
| 3% | |||
Other income (expense) |
| (6 | ) |
| 5 |
| NM | |||
Interest expense |
| 45 |
|
| 46 |
| -2% | |||
Income tax expense |
| 61 |
|
| 32 |
| 91% | |||
Net operating income |
| 279 |
|
| 216 |
| 29% | |||
Net realized gains (losses) |
| (40 | ) |
| (26 | ) | ||||
Tax effect of net realized gains (losses) |
| 8 |
|
| 8 |
| ||||
Net income | $ | 247 |
| $ | 198 |
| 25% | |||
2
ACE Limited
Computation of Basic and Diluted Earnings Per Share
(in millions of U.S. dollars, except share and per share data)
(Unaudited)
Three months ended March 31 | ||||||||
2003 | 2002 | |||||||
Numerator: | ||||||||
Net operating income | $ | 279 |
| $ | 216 |
| ||
Mezzanine equity dividend |
| (7 | ) |
| (7 | ) | ||
Net operating income available to the holders of Ordinary Shares |
| 272 |
|
| 209 |
| ||
Net realized gains (losses), net of income tax |
| (32 | ) |
| (18 | ) | ||
Net income available to the holders of Ordinary Shares | $ | 240 |
| $ | 191 |
| ||
Rollforward of Ordinary Shares: | ||||||||
Ordinary Shares—Beginning of period |
| 262,679,356 |
|
| 259,861,205 |
| ||
Issued under ESPP |
| 135,803 |
|
| 113,364 |
| ||
Restricted stock cancelled/granted |
| 1,492,847 |
|
| 493,247 |
| ||
Issued for option exercises |
| 183,813 |
|
| 1,429,617 |
| ||
Ordinary Shares—End of period |
| 264,491,819 |
|
| 261,897,433 |
| ||
Denominator: | ||||||||
Weighted average shares outstanding |
| 260,986,223 |
|
| 258,586,011 |
| ||
Dilutive effect of mezzanine equity |
| 916,016 |
|
| 4,094,287 |
| ||
Effect of other dilutive securities |
| 6,138,426 |
|
| 8,846,955 |
| ||
Adjusted weighted average shares outstanding and assumed conversions |
| 268,040,665 |
|
| 271,527,253 |
| ||
Basic earnings per share: | ||||||||
Net operating income | $ | 1.04 |
| $ | 0.81 |
| ||
Net realized gains (losses) |
| (0.12 | ) |
| (0.07 | ) | ||
Net income | $ | 0.92 |
| $ | 0.74 |
| ||
Diluted earnings (loss) per share: | ||||||||
Net operating income | $ | 1.02 |
| $ | 0.77 |
| ||
Net realized gains (losses) |
| (0.12 | ) |
| (0.07 | ) | ||
Net income | $ | 0.90 |
| $ | 0.70 |
| ||
3
ACE Limited
Summary Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
March 31 2003 | December 31 2002 | March 31 2002 | |||||||
Assets | |||||||||
(Unaudited) | (Audited) | (Unaudited) | |||||||
Fixed maturities available for sale, at fair value | $ | 15,044 | $ | 14,420 | $ | 12,796 | |||
Equity securities, at fair value |
| 410 |
| 411 |
| 513 | |||
Securities on loan, at fair value |
| 521 |
| 293 |
| 241 | |||
Short-term investments |
| 2,081 |
| 1,885 |
| 1,648 | |||
Other investments, at fair value |
| 685 |
| 652 |
| 552 | |||
Cash |
| 477 |
| 663 |
| 820 | |||
Total investments and cash | $ | 19,218 | $ | 18,324 | $ | 16,570 | |||
Insurance and reinsurance balances receivable |
| 3,228 |
| 2,654 |
| 3,162 | |||
Reinsurance recoverable |
| 14,132 |
| 13,991 |
| 11,370 | |||
Deferred policy acquisition costs |
| 915 |
| 832 |
| 725 | |||
Prepaid reinsurance premiums |
| 1,790 |
| 1,721 |
| 1,463 | |||
Goodwill |
| 2,711 |
| 2,717 |
| 2,772 | |||
Deferred tax assets |
| 1,227 |
| 1,288 |
| 1,240 | |||
Other assets |
| 2,235 |
| 1,924 |
| 1,432 | |||
Total assets | $ | 45,456 | $ | 43,451 | $ | 38,734 | |||
Liabilities | |||||||||
Unpaid losses and loss expenses | $ | 24,636 | $ | 24,315 | $ | 20,515 | |||
Unearned premiums |
| 6,573 |
| 5,586 |
| 4,675 | |||
Future policy benefits for life and annuity contracts |
| 459 |
| 442 |
| 405 | |||
Insurance and reinsurance balances payable |
| 1,963 |
| 1,870 |
| 1,717 | |||
Contract holder deposit funds |
| 89 |
| 90 |
| 97 | |||
Securities lending collateral |
| 533 |
| 301 |
| 247 | |||
Accounts payable, accrued expenses and other liabilities |
| 1,820 |
| 1,777 |
| 1,440 | |||
Short-term debt |
| 146 |
| 146 |
| 399 | |||
Long-term debt |
| 1,749 |
| 1,749 |
| 1,849 | |||
Trust preferred securities |
| 475 |
| 475 |
| 875 | |||
Total liabilities | $ | 38,443 | $ | 36,751 | $ | 32,219 | |||
Mezzanine equity | $ | 311 | $ | 311 | $ | 311 | |||
Shareholders’ equity | |||||||||
Total shareholders’ equity, excl. AOCI |
| 6,164 | $ | 5,949 | $ | 6,188 | |||
Accumulated other comprehensive income (AOCI) |
| 538 |
| 440 |
| 16 | |||
Total shareholders’ equity | $ | 6,702 | $ | 6,389 | $ | 6,204 | |||
Total liabilities, mezzanine equity and shareholders’ equity | $ | 45,456 | $ | 43,451 | $ | 38,734 | |||
Diluted book value per share | $ | 25.14 | $ | 24.16 | $ | 23.78 | |||
Diluted tangible book value per share | $ | 15.72 | $ | 14.56 | $ | 14.19 |
4
ACE Limited
Consolidating Statement of Operations
Three months ended March 31, 2003
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
Insurance— | Insurance— | Global Reinsurance | Corporate & Other | Consolidated P&C | Financial Services | ACE Consolidated | |||||||||||||||||||||
Gross premiums written | $ | 1,664 |
| $ | 1,406 |
| $ | 462 | $ | — |
| $ | 3,532 |
| $ | 532 |
| $ | 4,064 |
| |||||||
Net premiums written |
| 933 |
|
| 981 |
|
| 443 |
| — |
|
| 2,357 |
|
| 526 |
|
| 2,883 |
| |||||||
Net premiums earned |
| 753 |
|
| 814 |
|
| 248 |
| — |
|
| 1,815 |
|
| 209 |
|
| 2,024 |
| |||||||
Losses and loss expenses |
| 512 |
|
| 494 |
|
| 116 |
| — |
|
| 1,122 |
|
| 161 |
|
| 1,283 |
| |||||||
Policy acquisition costs |
| 83 |
|
| 152 |
|
| 46 |
| — |
|
| 281 |
|
| 11 |
|
| 292 |
| |||||||
Administrative expenses |
| 88 |
|
| 114 |
|
| 15 |
| 24 |
|
| 241 |
|
| 18 |
|
| 259 |
| |||||||
Underwriting income (loss) |
| 70 |
|
| 54 |
|
| 71 |
| (24 | ) |
| 171 |
|
| 19 |
|
| 190 |
| |||||||
Life underwriting income |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 2 |
| — |
|
| 2 |
|
| — |
|
| 2 |
| |||||||
Net investment income—property and casualty |
| 103 |
|
| 35 |
|
| 19 |
| (9 | ) |
| 148 |
|
| 51 |
|
| 199 |
| |||||||
Other income (expense) |
| (6 | ) |
| (1 | ) |
| 1 |
| — |
|
| (6 | ) |
| — |
|
| (6 | ) | |||||||
Interest expense |
| 8 |
|
| — |
|
| — |
| 35 |
|
| 43 |
|
| 2 |
|
| 45 |
| |||||||
Income tax expense (benefit) |
| 39 |
|
| 23 |
|
| 4 |
| (14 | ) |
| 52 |
|
| 9 |
|
| 61 |
| |||||||
Net operating income (loss) |
| 120 |
|
| 65 |
|
| 89 |
| (54 | ) |
| 220 |
|
| 59 |
|
| 279 |
| |||||||
Net realized gains (losses) |
| (18 | ) |
| (13 | ) |
| 3 |
| (9 | ) |
| (37 | ) |
| (3 | ) |
| (40 | ) | |||||||
Tax effect of net realized gains (losses) |
| 3 |
|
| 5 |
|
| — |
| — |
|
| 8 |
|
| — |
|
| 8 |
| |||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 105 |
| $ | 57 |
| $ | 92 | $ | (63 | ) | $ | 191 |
| $ | 56 |
| $ | 247 |
| |||||||
Net premiums written/gross premiums written |
| 56.1% |
|
| 69.8% |
|
| 95.9% |
| — |
|
| 66.7% |
|
| 98.9% |
|
| 70.9% |
| |||||||
Effective tax rate |
| 24.5% |
|
| 26.1% |
|
| 4.3% |
| 20.6% |
|
| 19.1% |
|
| 13.2% |
|
| 17.9% |
| |||||||
Loss and loss expense ratio |
| 68.0% |
|
| 60.7% |
|
| 46.7% |
| 61.8% |
|
| 77.0% |
|
| 63.4% |
| ||||||||||
Policy acquisition cost ratio |
| 11.0% |
|
| 18.7% |
|
| 18.6% |
| 15.5% |
|
| 5.2% |
|
| 14.4% |
| ||||||||||
Administrative expense ratio |
| 11.6% |
|
| 14.0% |
|
| 6.0% |
| 13.3% |
|
| 8.6% |
|
| 12.8% |
| ||||||||||
Combined ratio |
| 90.6% |
|
| 93.4% |
|
| 71.3% |
| 90.6% |
|
| 90.8% |
|
| 90.6% |
| ||||||||||
5
ACE Limited
Consolidating Statement of Operations
Three months ended March 31, 2002
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
Insurance— | Insurance— | Global Reinsurance | Corporate & Other | Consolidated P&C | Financial Services | ACE Consolidated | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross premiums written | $ | 1,265 |
| $ | 962 |
| $ | 374 |
| $ | — |
| $ | 2,601 |
| $ | 488 |
| $ | 3,089 |
| |||||||
Net premiums written |
| 513 |
|
| 614 |
|
| 355 |
|
| — |
|
| 1,482 |
|
| 476 |
|
| 1,958 |
| |||||||
Net premiums earned |
| 473 |
|
| 509 |
|
| 115 |
|
| — |
|
| 1,097 |
|
| 234 |
|
| 1,331 |
| |||||||
Losses and loss expenses |
| 327 |
|
| 292 |
|
| 39 |
|
| — |
|
| 658 |
|
| 195 |
|
| 853 |
| |||||||
Policy acquisition costs |
| 42 |
|
| 114 |
|
| 17 |
|
| — |
|
| 173 |
|
| 18 |
|
| 191 |
| |||||||
Administrative expenses |
| 71 |
|
| 86 |
|
| 6 |
|
| 23 |
|
| 186 |
|
| 10 |
|
| 196 |
| |||||||
Underwriting income (loss) |
| 33 |
|
| 17 |
|
| 53 |
|
| (23 | ) |
| 80 |
|
| 11 |
|
| 91 |
| |||||||
Life underwriting income |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 4 |
|
| — |
|
| 4 |
|
| — |
|
| 4 |
| |||||||
Net investment income—property and casualty |
| 102 |
|
| 21 |
|
| 24 |
|
| (2 | ) |
| 145 |
|
| 49 |
|
| 194 |
| |||||||
Other income (expense) |
| 1 |
|
| 4 |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 5 |
|
| — |
|
| 5 |
| |||||||
Interest expense |
| 9 |
|
| — |
|
| 1 |
|
| 32 |
|
| 42 |
|
| 4 |
|
| 46 |
| |||||||
Income tax expense (benefit) |
| 33 |
|
| 8 |
|
| — |
|
| (18 | ) |
| 23 |
|
| 9 |
|
| 32 |
| |||||||
Net operating income (loss) |
| 94 |
|
| 34 |
|
| 80 |
|
| (39 | ) |
| 169 |
|
| 47 |
|
| 216 |
| |||||||
Net realized gains (losses) |
| (20 | ) |
| (5 | ) |
| (3 | ) |
| 7 |
|
| (21 | ) |
| (5 | ) |
| (26 | ) | |||||||
Tax effect of net realized gains (losses) |
| 8 |
|
| 1 |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 9 |
|
| (1 | ) |
| 8 |
| |||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 82 |
| $ | 30 |
| $ | 77 |
| $ | (32 | ) | $ | 157 |
| $ | 41 |
| $ | 198 |
| |||||||
Net premiums written/gross premiums written |
| 40.6% |
|
| 63.8% |
|
| 94.9% |
|
| — |
|
| 57.0% |
|
| 97.5% |
|
| 63.4% |
| |||||||
Effective tax rate |
| 26.0% |
|
| 19.0% |
|
| 0.0% |
|
| 31.6% |
|
| 12.0% |
|
| 16.1% |
|
| 12.9% |
| |||||||
Loss and loss expense ratio |
| 69.2% |
|
| 57.3% |
|
| 34.1% |
|
| 60.0% |
|
| 83.1% |
|
| 64.1% |
| ||||||||||
Policy acquisition cost ratio |
| 8.9% |
|
| 22.3% |
|
| 14.3% |
|
| 15.7% |
|
| 7.9% |
|
| 14.3% |
| ||||||||||
Administrative expense ratio |
| 15.0% |
|
| 17.0% |
|
| 5.6% |
|
| 17.0% |
|
| 4.3% |
|
| 14.7% |
| ||||||||||
Combined ratio |
| 93.1% |
|
| 96.6% |
|
| 54.0% |
|
| 92.7% |
|
| 95.3% |
|
| 93.1% |
| ||||||||||
6
ACE Limited
Segment Results—Consecutive Quarters
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
1Q-03 | 4Q-02 | 3Q-02 | 2Q-02 | 1Q-02 | % Change 1Q-03 vs. 1Q-02 | Full Year 2002 | Full Year 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Insurance—North American | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross premiums written | $ | 1,664 |
| $ | 1,640 |
| $ | 1,783 |
| $ | 1,428 |
| $ | 1,265 |
| 32% | $ | 6,116 |
| $ | 4,521 |
| ||||||||
Net premiums written |
| 933 |
|
| 819 |
|
| 869 |
|
| 718 |
|
| 513 |
| 82% |
| 2,919 |
|
| 1,986 |
| ||||||||
Net premiums earned |
| 753 |
|
| 742 |
|
| 654 |
|
| 606 |
|
| 473 |
| 59% |
| 2,475 |
|
| 1,816 |
| ||||||||
Losses and loss expenses |
| 512 |
|
| 1,024 |
|
| 453 |
|
| 396 |
|
| 327 |
| 57% |
| 2,200 |
|
| 1,373 |
| ||||||||
Policy acquisition costs |
| 83 |
|
| 69 |
|
| 55 |
|
| 50 |
|
| 42 |
| 98% |
| 216 |
|
| 206 |
| ||||||||
Administrative expenses |
| 88 |
|
| 97 |
|
| 86 |
|
| 87 |
|
| 71 |
| 24% |
| 341 |
|
| 315 |
| ||||||||
Underwriting income (loss) |
| 70 |
|
| (448 | ) |
| 60 |
|
| 73 |
|
| 33 |
| 112% |
| (282 | ) |
| (78 | ) | ||||||||
Net investment income—property and casualty |
| 103 |
|
| 100 |
|
| 101 |
|
| 103 |
|
| 102 |
| 1% |
| 406 |
|
| 426 |
| ||||||||
Other income (expense) |
| (6 | ) |
| 1 |
|
| — |
|
| (1 | ) |
| 1 |
|
| 1 |
|
| 1 |
| |||||||||
Interest expense |
| 8 |
|
| 8 |
|
| 7 |
|
| 8 |
|
| 9 |
|
| 32 |
|
| 37 |
| |||||||||
Income tax expense (benefit) |
| 39 |
|
| (119 | ) |
| 41 |
|
| 41 |
|
| 33 |
|
| (4 | ) |
| 94 |
| |||||||||
Amortization of goodwill |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
| |||||||||
Net operating income (loss) |
| 120 |
|
| (236 | ) |
| 113 |
|
| 126 |
|
| 94 |
| 28% |
| 97 |
|
| 218 |
| ||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) |
| (18 | ) |
| (92 | ) |
| (55 | ) |
| (32 | ) |
| (20 | ) |
| (199 | ) |
| (19 | ) | |||||||||
Tax effect of net realized gains (losses) |
| 3 |
|
| 27 |
|
| 4 |
|
| 4 |
|
| 8 |
|
| 43 |
|
| 8 |
| |||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 105 |
| $ | (301 | ) | $ | 62 |
| $ | 98 |
| $ | 82 |
| 28% | $ | (59 | ) | $ | 207 |
| ||||||||
Net premiums written/gross premiums written |
| 56.1% |
|
| 49.9% |
|
| 48.7% |
|
| 50.3% |
|
| 40.6% |
|
| 47.7% |
|
| 43.9% |
| |||||||||
Effective tax rate |
| 24.5% |
|
| 33.5% |
|
| 26.6% |
|
| 24.6% |
|
| 26.0% |
|
| -4.3% |
|
| 30.1% |
| |||||||||
Loss and loss expense ratio |
| 68.0% |
|
| 137.9% |
|
| 69.2% |
|
| 65.4% |
|
| 69.2% |
|
| 88.9% |
|
| 75.6% |
| |||||||||
Policy acquisition cost ratio |
| 11.0% |
|
| 9.4% |
|
| 8.3% |
|
| 8.3% |
|
| 8.9% |
|
| 8.7% |
|
| 11.3% |
| |||||||||
Administrative expense ratio |
| 11.6% |
|
| 13.0% |
|
| 13.2% |
|
| 14.3% |
|
| 15.0% |
|
| 13.8% |
|
| 17.4% |
| |||||||||
Combined ratio |
| 90.6% |
|
| 160.3% |
|
| 90.7% |
|
| 88.0% |
|
| 93.1% |
|
| 111.4% |
|
| 104.3% |
| |||||||||
Large losses and other items: |
| (1 | ) |
| (1 | ) |
| (2 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Large losses (before tax) | $ | — |
| $ | 516 |
| $ | — |
| $ | — |
| $ | — |
| $ | 516 |
| $ | 159 |
| |||||||||
Large losses (after tax) | $ | — |
| $ | 354 |
| $ | — |
| $ | — |
| $ | — |
| $ | 354 |
| $ | 143 |
| |||||||||
Excluding A&E charge: |
| (1 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Underwriting income | $ | 68 |
| $ | 234 |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net operating income | $ | 118 |
| $ | 451 |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income | $ | 53 |
| $ | 295 |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss and loss expense ratio |
| 68.4% |
|
| 68.0% |
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Combined ratio |
| 90.8% |
|
| 90.5% |
|
(1) | Reported in press release on January 27, 2003. |
(2) | September 11, 2001 tragedy (See Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K). Amount also includes $18M of losses reported in the press release on July 18, 2001. |
7
ACE Limited
Premiums By Line of Business; Insurance—North American
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
% Change 1Q-03 vs. 1Q-02 | Full Year 2002 | Full Year 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1Q-03 | 4Q-02 | 3Q-02 | 2Q-02 | 1Q-02 | |||||||||||||||||||
Gross Premiums Written: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Property & casualty | $ | 1,594 | $ | 1,593 | $ | 1,752 | $ | 1,398 | $ | 1,241 | 28.4% | $ | 5,984 | $ | 4,521 | ||||||||
Life, accident & health |
| 70 |
| 47 |
| 31 |
| 30 |
| 24 | 191.7% |
| 132 |
| — | ||||||||
Financial guaranty |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — | — |
| — |
| — | ||||||||
Financial solutions |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — | — |
| — |
| — | ||||||||
$ | 1,664 | $ | 1,640 | $ | 1,783 | $ | 1,428 | $ | 1,265 | 31.5% | $ | 6,116 | $ | 4,521 | |||||||||
Net Premiums Written: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Property & casualty | $ | 900 | $ | 797 | $ | 854 | $ | 700 | $ | 495 | 81.8% | $ | 2,846 | $ | 1,986 | ||||||||
Life, accident & health |
| 33 |
| 22 |
| 15 |
| 18 |
| 18 | 83.3% |
| 73 |
| — | ||||||||
Financial guaranty |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — | — |
| — |
| — | ||||||||
Financial solutions |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — | — |
| — |
| — | ||||||||
$ | 933 | $ | 819 | $ | 869 | $ | 718 | $ | 513 | 81.9% | $ | 2,919 | $ | 1,986 | |||||||||
Net Premiums Earned: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Property & casualty | $ | 723 | $ | 721 | $ | 637 | $ | 586 | $ | 450 | 60.7% | $ | 2,394 | $ | 1,812 | ||||||||
Life, accident & health |
| 30 |
| 21 |
| 17 |
| 20 |
| 23 | 30.4% |
| 81 |
| 4 | ||||||||
Financial guaranty |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — | — |
| — |
| — | ||||||||
Financial solutions |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — | — |
| — |
| — | ||||||||
$ | 753 | $ | 742 | $ | 654 | $ | 606 | $ | 473 | 59.2% | $ | 2,475 | $ | 1,816 | |||||||||
8
Segment Results—Consecutive Quarters
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
1Q-03 | 4Q-02 | 3Q-02 | 2Q-02 | 1Q-02 | % Change 1Q-03 vs. 1Q-02 | Full Year 2002 | Full Year 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Insurance—Overseas General | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross premiums written | $ | 1,406 |
| $ | 1,203 |
| $ | 1,008 |
| $ | 941 |
| $ | 962 |
| 46% | $ | 4,114 |
| $ | 3,289 |
| ||||||||
Net premiums written |
| 981 |
|
| 796 |
|
| 690 |
|
| 616 |
|
| 614 |
| 60% |
| 2,716 |
|
| 2,154 |
| ||||||||
Net premiums earned |
| 814 |
|
| 671 |
|
| 647 |
|
| 566 |
|
| 509 |
| 60% |
| 2,393 |
|
| 1,941 |
| ||||||||
Losses and loss expenses |
| 494 |
|
| 372 |
|
| 446 |
|
| 345 |
|
| 292 |
| 69% | �� |
| 1,455 |
|
| 1,465 |
| |||||||
Policy acquisition costs |
| 152 |
|
| 151 |
|
| 140 |
|
| 128 |
|
| 114 |
| 33% |
| 533 |
|
| 445 |
| ||||||||
Administrative expenses |
| 114 |
|
| 108 |
|
| 107 |
|
| 89 |
|
| 86 |
| 33% |
| 390 |
|
| 333 |
| ||||||||
Underwriting income (loss) (1) |
| 54 |
|
| 40 |
|
| (46 | ) |
| 4 |
|
| 17 |
| 218% |
| 15 |
|
| (302 | ) | ||||||||
Net investment income—property and casualty |
| 35 |
|
| 31 |
|
| 28 |
|
| 28 |
|
| 21 |
| 67% |
| 108 |
|
| 102 |
| ||||||||
Other income (expense) |
| (1 | ) |
| (1 | ) |
| (1 | ) |
| — |
|
| 4 |
|
| 2 |
|
| (1 | ) | |||||||||
Interest expense |
| — |
|
| 1 |
|
| 1 |
|
| 1 |
|
| — |
|
| 3 |
|
| 2 |
| |||||||||
Income tax expense (benefit) (1) |
| 23 |
|
| (3 | ) |
| (4 | ) |
| 5 |
|
| 8 |
|
| 6 |
|
| (87 | ) | |||||||||
Amortization of goodwill |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 3 |
| |||||||||
Net operating income (loss) |
| 65 |
|
| 72 |
|
| (16 | ) |
| 26 |
|
| 34 |
| 91% |
| 116 |
|
| (119 | ) | ||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) |
| (13 | ) |
| (5 | ) |
| (21 | ) |
| (6 | ) |
| (5 | ) |
| (37 | ) |
| (5 | ) | |||||||||
Tax effect of net realized gains (losses) |
| 5 |
|
| 2 |
|
| 7 |
|
| 2 |
|
| 1 |
|
| 12 |
|
| 2 |
| |||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 57 |
| $ | 69 |
| $ | (30 | ) | $ | 22 |
| $ | 30 |
| 90% | $ | 91 |
| $ | (122 | ) | ||||||||
Net premiums written/gross premiums written |
| 69.8% |
|
| 66.2% |
|
| 68.5% |
|
| 65.5% |
|
| 63.8% |
|
| 66.0% |
|
| 65.5% |
| |||||||||
Effective tax rate |
| 26.1% |
|
| -4.3% |
|
| 20.0% |
|
| 16.1% |
|
| 19.0% |
|
| 4.9% |
|
| 42.2% |
| |||||||||
Loss and loss expense ratio |
| 60.7% |
|
| 55.5% |
|
| 68.9% |
|
| 61.1% |
|
| 57.3% |
|
| 60.8% |
|
| 75.5% |
| |||||||||
Policy acquisition cost ratio |
| 18.7% |
|
| 22.4% |
|
| 21.8% |
|
| 22.6% |
|
| 22.3% |
|
| 22.3% |
|
| 22.9% |
| |||||||||
Administrative expense ratio (1) |
| 14.0% |
|
| 16.2% |
|
| 16.5% |
|
| 15.5% |
|
| 17.0% |
|
| 16.3% |
|
| 17.2% |
| |||||||||
Combined ratio |
| 93.4% |
|
| 94.1% |
|
| 107.2% |
|
| 99.2% |
|
| 96.6% |
|
| 99.4% |
|
| 115.6% |
| |||||||||
Large losses and other items: |
| (2 | ) |
| (2 | ) |
| (3 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||||
Large losses (before tax) | $ | — |
| $ | — |
| $ | 68 |
| $ | — |
| $ | — |
| $ | 68 |
| $ | 290 |
| |||||||||
Large losses (after tax) | $ | — |
| $ | — |
| $ | 61 |
| $ | — |
| $ | — |
| $ | 61 |
| $ | 216 |
|
(1) | Restated to include expenses reported as non-recurring in 2001. |
(2) | Reported in press release on September 18, 2002. Total after tax $90 million includes $61M in Overseas General and $29M in Global Reisurance. |
(3) | September 11, 2001 tragedy (See Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K). Amount also includes losses reported in the press release of January 8, 2002. |
9
ACE Limited
Premiums By Line of Business; Insurance-Overseas General
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
1Q-03 | 4Q-02 | 3Q-02 | 2Q-02 | 1Q-02 | % Change 1Q-03 vs. 1Q-02 | Full Year 2002 | Full Year 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
Gross Premiums Written: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Property & casualty | $ | 1,156 | $ | 1,026 | $ | 837 | $ | 776 | $ | 788 | 46.7% | $ | 3,427 | $ | 2,680 | ||||||||
Life, accident & health |
| 250 |
| 177 |
| 171 |
| 165 |
| 174 | 43.7% |
| 687 |
| 609 | ||||||||
Financial guaranty |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — | — |
| — |
| — | ||||||||
Financial solutions |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — | — |
| — |
| — | ||||||||
$ | 1,406 | $ | 1,203 | $ | 1,008 | $ | 941 | $ | 962 | 46.2% | $ | 4,114 | $ | 3,289 | |||||||||
Net Premiums Written: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Property & casualty | $ | 770 | $ | 643 | $ | 543 | $ | 463 | $ | 472 | 63.1% | $ | 2,121 | $ | 1,633 | ||||||||
Life, accident & health |
| 211 |
| 153 |
| 147 |
| 153 |
| 142 | 48.6% |
| 595 |
| 521 | ||||||||
Financial guaranty |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — | — |
| — |
| — | ||||||||
Financial solutions |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — | — |
| — |
| — | ||||||||
$ | 981 | $ | 796 | $ | 690 | $ | 616 | $ | 614 | 59.8% | $ | 2,716 | $ | 2,154 | |||||||||
Net Premiums Earned: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Property & casualty | $ | 633 | $ | 510 | $ | 489 | $ | 433 | $ | 385 | 64.4% | $ | 1,817 | $ | 1,427 | ||||||||
Life, accident & health |
| 181 |
| 161 |
| 158 |
| 133 |
| 124 | 46.0% |
| 576 |
| 511 | ||||||||
Financial guaranty |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — | — |
| — |
| — | ||||||||
Financial solutions |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — | — |
| — |
| 3 | ||||||||
$ | 814 | $ | 671 | $ | 647 | $ | 566 | $ | 509 | 59.9% | $ | 2,393 | $ | 1,941 | |||||||||
10
ACE Limited
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
1Q-03 | 4Q-02 | 3Q-02 | 2Q-02 | 1Q-02 | % Change 1Q-03 vs. 1Q-02 | Full Year 2002 | Full Year 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
Insurance—Overseas General | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross Premiums Written: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
ACE Global Markets | $ | 346 | $ | 511 | $ | 325 | $ | 314 | $ | 301 | 15.0% | $ | 1,451 | $ | 1,179 | ||||||||
ACE International |
| 1,060 |
| 692 |
| 683 |
| 627 |
| 661 | 60.4% |
| 2,663 |
| 2,110 | ||||||||
Total | $ | 1,406 | $ | 1,203 | $ | 1,008 | $ | 941 | $ | 962 | 46.2% | $ | 4,114 | $ | 3,289 | ||||||||
Net Premiums Written: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
ACE Global Markets | $ | 256 | $ | 282 | $ | 196 | $ | 160 | $ | 149 | 71.8% | $ | 787 | $ | 712 | ||||||||
ACE International |
| 725 |
| 514 |
| 494 |
| 456 |
| 465 | 55.9% |
| 1,929 |
| 1,442 | ||||||||
Total | $ | 981 | $ | 796 | $ | 690 | $ | 616 | $ | 614 | 59.8% | $ | 2,716 | $ | 2,154 | ||||||||
Net Premiums Earned: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
ACE Global Markets | $ | 248 | $ | 177 | $ | 181 | $ | 159 | $ | 145 | 71.0% | $ | 662 | $ | 563 | ||||||||
ACE International |
| 566 |
| 494 |
| 466 |
| 407 |
| 364 | 55.5% |
| 1,731 |
| 1,378 | ||||||||
Total | $ | 814 | $ | 671 | $ | 647 | $ | 566 | $ | 509 | 59.9% | $ | 2,393 | $ | 1,941 | ||||||||
Net Premiums Written/Gross | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Premiums Written: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
ACE Global Markets |
| 74.0% |
| 55.2% |
| 60.3% |
| 51.0% |
| 49.5% | 49.5% |
| 54.2% |
| 60.4% | ||||||||
ACE International |
| 68.4% |
| 74.3% |
| 72.3% |
| 72.7% |
| 70.3% | -2.8% |
| 72.4% |
| 68.3% | ||||||||
Total |
| 69.8% |
| 66.2% |
| 68.5% |
| 65.5% |
| 63.8% | 9.3% |
| 66.0% |
| 65.5% | ||||||||
Loss Ratio: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
ACE Global Markets |
| 61.2% |
| 51.3% |
| 69.7% |
| 65.2% |
| 51.7% | 18.4% |
| 59.7% |
| 77.9% | ||||||||
ACE International |
| 60.4% |
| 56.9% |
| 68.6% |
| 59.5% |
| 59.5% | 1.5% |
| 61.2% |
| 74.5% | ||||||||
Total |
| 60.7% |
| 55.5% |
| 68.9% |
| 61.1% |
| 57.3% | 5.9% |
| 60.8% |
| 75.5% | ||||||||
Expense Ratio: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
ACE Global Markets |
| 36.7% |
| 52.1% |
| 46.8% |
| 45.2% |
| 55.2% | -33.5% |
| 49.6% |
| 46.4% | ||||||||
ACE International |
| 30.9% |
| 33.9% |
| 35.0% |
| 35.4% |
| 33.0% | -6.4% |
| 34.4% |
| 37.1% | ||||||||
Total |
| 32.7% |
| 38.6% |
| 38.3% |
| 38.1% |
| 39.3% | -16.8% |
| 38.6% |
| 39.7% | ||||||||
Combined Ratio: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
ACE Global Markets |
| 97.9% |
| 103.4% |
| 116.5% |
| 110.4% |
| 106.9% | -8.4% |
| 109.3% |
| 124.3% | ||||||||
ACE International |
| 91.3% |
| 90.8% |
| 103.6% |
| 94.9% |
| 92.5% | -1.3% |
| 95.6% |
| 111.6% | ||||||||
Total |
| 93.4% |
| 94.1% |
| 107.2% |
| 99.2% |
| 96.6% | -3.3% |
| 99.4% |
| 115.2% | ||||||||
11
Segment Results—Consecutive Quarters
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
1Q-03 | 4Q-02 | 3Q-02 | 2Q-02 | 1Q-02 | % Change 1Q-03 vs. 1Q-02 | Full Year 2002 | Full Year 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||
Global Reinsurance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Property and casualty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross premiums written | $ | 462 | $ | 113 | $ | 186 |
| $ | 214 |
| $ | 374 |
| 24% | $ | 887 |
| $ | 460 |
| ||||||||
Net premiums written |
| 443 |
| 94 |
| 131 |
|
| 197 |
|
| 355 |
| 25% |
| 777 |
|
| 354 |
| ||||||||
Net premiums earned |
| 248 |
| 218 |
| 194 |
|
| 150 |
|
| 115 |
| 116% |
| 677 |
|
| 324 |
| ||||||||
Losses and loss expenses |
| 116 |
| 111 |
| 101 |
|
| 53 |
|
| 39 |
| 197% |
| 304 |
|
| 317 |
| ||||||||
Policy acquisition costs |
| 46 |
| 40 |
| 37 |
|
| 29 |
|
| 17 |
| 171% |
| 123 |
|
| 68 |
| ||||||||
Administrative expenses |
| 15 |
| 14 |
| 11 |
|
| 9 |
|
| 6 |
| 150% |
| 40 |
|
| 29 |
| ||||||||
Underwriting income (loss) |
| 71 |
| 53 |
| 45 |
|
| 59 |
|
| 53 |
| 34% |
| 210 |
|
| (90 | ) | ||||||||
Life | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross premiums written |
| 49 |
| 50 |
| 58 |
|
| 28 |
|
| 29 |
| 69% |
| 165 |
|
| 414 |
| ||||||||
Net premiums written |
| 47 |
| 47 |
| 57 |
|
| 27 |
|
| 28 |
| 68% |
| 159 |
|
| 408 |
| ||||||||
Net premiums earned |
| 48 |
| 46 |
| 57 |
|
| 26 |
|
| 29 |
| 66% |
| 158 |
|
| 406 |
| ||||||||
Losses and loss expenses |
| 48 |
| 52 |
| 60 |
|
| 23 |
|
| 23 |
| 109% |
| 158 |
|
| 401 |
| ||||||||
Policy acquisition costs |
| 4 |
| 1 |
| 3 |
|
| 5 |
|
| 7 |
| -43% |
| 16 |
|
| 8 |
| ||||||||
Administrative expenses |
| 1 |
| 1 |
| 2 |
|
| 2 |
|
| 1 |
| 0% |
| 6 |
|
| 2 |
| ||||||||
Net investment income |
| 7 |
| 8 |
| 7 |
|
| 6 |
|
| 6 |
| 17% |
| 27 |
|
| 9 |
| ||||||||
Underwriting income (loss) |
| 2 |
| — |
| (1 | ) |
| 2 |
|
| 4 |
| -50% |
| 5 |
|
| 4 |
| ||||||||
Net investment income—property and casualty |
| 19 |
| 19 |
| 20 |
|
| 19 |
|
| 24 |
| -21% |
| 82 |
|
| 70 |
| ||||||||
Other income (expense) |
| 1 |
| — |
| 1 |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 1 |
|
| — |
| |||||||||
Interest expense |
| — |
| — |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 1 |
|
| 1 |
|
| 1 |
| |||||||||
Income tax expense (benefit) |
| 4 |
| — |
| (1 | ) |
| 2 |
|
| — |
|
| 1 |
|
| (22 | ) | |||||||||
Amortization of goodwill |
| — |
| — |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 14 |
| |||||||||
Net operating income (loss) |
| 89 |
| 72 |
| 66 |
|
| 78 |
|
| 80 |
| 11% |
| 296 |
|
| (9 | ) | ||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) |
| 3 |
| — |
| (27 | ) |
| (27 | ) |
| (3 | ) |
| (57 | ) |
| (16 | ) | |||||||||
Tax effect of net realized gains (losses) |
| — |
| — |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
| |||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 92 | $ | 72 | $ | 39 |
| $ | 51 |
| $ | 77 |
| 19% | $ | 239 |
| $ | (25 | ) | ||||||||
Net premiums written/gross premiums written |
| 95.9% |
| 83.2% |
| 70.4% |
|
| 92.1% |
|
| 94.9% |
|
| 87.6% |
|
| 76.9% |
| |||||||||
Effective tax rate |
| 4.3% |
| 0.0% |
| -1.5% |
|
| 2.5% |
|
| 0.0% |
|
| 0.3% |
|
| 71.0% |
| |||||||||
Loss and loss expense ratio |
| 46.7% |
| 51.1% |
| 52.0% |
|
| 35.0% |
|
| 34.1% |
|
| 44.9% |
|
| 97.7% |
| |||||||||
Policy acquisition cost ratio |
| 18.6% |
| 18.2% |
| 19.2% |
|
| 19.5% |
|
| 14.3% |
|
| 18.1% |
|
| 21.0% |
| |||||||||
Administrative expense ratio |
| 6.0% |
| 6.5% |
| 5.2% |
|
| 6.3% |
|
| 5.6% |
|
| 5.9% |
|
| 9.0% |
| |||||||||
Combined ratio |
| 71.3% |
| 75.8% |
| 76.4% |
|
| 60.8% |
|
| 54.0% |
|
| 68.9% |
|
| 127.7% |
| |||||||||
Large losses and other items: |
| (1 | ) |
| (1 | ) |
| (2 | ) | |||||||||||||||||||
Large losses (before tax) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 32 |
| $ | — |
| $ | — |
| $ | 32 |
| $ | 273 |
| |||||||||
Large losses (after tax) | $ | — | $ | — | $ | 29 |
| $ | — |
| $ | — |
| $ | 29 |
| $ | 238 |
|
(1) | Reported in press release on September 18, 2002. Total after tax $90 million includes $61M in Overseas General and $29M in Global Reisurance. |
(2) | September 11, 2001 tragedy (See Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K). Amount also includes $37M of losses reported in the press release on July 18, 2001. |
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ACE Limited
Premiums By Line of Business; Global Reinsurance
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
% Change 1Q-03 vs. 1Q-02 | Full Year 2002 | Full Year 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||
1Q-03 | 4Q-02 | 3Q-02 | 2Q-02 | 1Q-02 | |||||||||||||||||||
Gross Premiums Written: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Property & casualty | $ | 462 | $ | 113 | $ | 186 | $ | 214 | $ | 374 | 23.5% | $ | 887 | $ | 460 | ||||||||
Life, accident & health |
| 49 |
| 50 |
| 58 |
| 28 |
| 29 | 69.0% |
| 165 |
| 414 | ||||||||
Financial guaranty |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — | — |
| — |
| — | ||||||||
Financial solutions |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — | — |
| — |
| — | ||||||||
$ | 511 | $ | 163 | $ | 244 | $ | 242 | $ | 403 | 26.8% | $ | 1,052 | $ | 874 | |||||||||
Net Premiums Written: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Property & casualty | $ | 443 | $ | 94 | $ | 131 | $ | 197 | $ | 355 | 24.8% | $ | 777 | $ | 354 | ||||||||
Life, accident & health |
| 47 |
| 47 |
| 57 |
| 27 |
| 28 | 67.9% |
| 159 |
| 408 | ||||||||
Financial guaranty |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — | — |
| — |
| — | ||||||||
Financial solutions |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — | — |
| — |
| — | ||||||||
$ | 490 | $ | 141 | $ | 188 | $ | 224 | $ | 383 | 27.9% | $ | 936 | $ | 762 | |||||||||
Net Premiums Earned: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Property & casualty | $ | 248 | $ | 218 | $ | 194 | $ | 150 | $ | 115 | 115.7% | $ | 677 | $ | 324 | ||||||||
Life, accident & health |
| 48 |
| 46 |
| 57 |
| 26 |
| 29 | 65.5% |
| 158 |
| 406 | ||||||||
Financial guaranty |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — | — |
| — |
| — | ||||||||
Financial solutions |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — | — |
| — |
| — | ||||||||
$ | 296 | $ | 264 | $ | 251 | $ | 176 | $ | 144 | 105.6% | $ | 835 | $ | 730 | |||||||||
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ACE Limited
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
% Change 1Q-03 vs. 1Q-02 | Full Year 2002 | Full Year 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1Q-03 | 4Q-02 | 3Q-02 | 2Q-02 | 1Q-02 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Global Reinsurance—Property & Casualty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross Premiums Written: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tempest Europe | $ | 123 | $ | 34 |
| $ | 36 | $ | 67 | $ | 93 | 32.3% | $ | 230 | $ | 120 | ||||||||
Tempest USA |
| 100 |
| 86 |
|
| 69 |
| 47 |
| 32 | 212.5% |
| 234 |
| 69 | ||||||||
Tempest Bermuda |
| 239 |
| (7 | ) |
| 81 |
| 100 |
| 249 | -4.0% |
| 423 |
| 271 | ||||||||
$ | 462 | $ | 113 |
| $ | 186 | $ | 214 | $ | 374 | 23.5% | $ | 887 | $ | 460 | |||||||||
Net Premiums Written: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tempest Europe | $ | 115 | $ | 18 |
| $ | 27 | $ | 57 | $ | 80 | 43.8% | $ | 182 | $ | 53 | ||||||||
Tempest USA |
| 99 |
| 86 |
|
| 69 |
| 47 |
| 32 | 209.4% |
| 234 |
| 69 | ||||||||
Tempest Bermuda |
| 229 |
| (10 | ) |
| 35 |
| 93 |
| 243 | -5.8% |
| 361 |
| 232 | ||||||||
$ | 443 | $ | 94 |
| $ | 131 | $ | 197 | $ | 355 | 24.8% | $ | 777 | $ | 354 | |||||||||
Net Premiums Earned: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tempest Europe | $ | 69 | $ | 45 |
| $ | 38 | $ | 37 | $ | 22 | 213.6% | $ | 142 | $ | 60 | ||||||||
Tempest USA |
| 86 |
| 69 |
|
| 53 |
| 36 |
| 24 | 258.3% |
| 182 |
| 42 | ||||||||
Tempest Bermuda |
| 93 |
| 104 |
|
| 103 |
| 77 |
| 69 | 34.8% |
| 353 |
| 222 | ||||||||
$ | 248 | $ | 218 |
| $ | 194 | $ | 150 | $ | 115 | 115.7% | $ | 677 | $ | 324 | |||||||||
Net premiums written/grosspremiums written | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tempest Europe |
| 93.5% |
| 52.9% |
|
| 75.0% |
| 85.1% |
| 86.0% | 8.7% |
| 79.1% |
| 44.2% | ||||||||
Tempest USA |
| 99.0% |
| 100.0% |
|
| 100.0% |
| 100.0% |
| 100.0% | -1.0% |
| 100.0% |
| 100.0% | ||||||||
Tempest Bermuda |
| 95.8% |
| 142.9% |
|
| 43.2% |
| 93.0% |
| 97.6% | -1.8% |
| 85.3% |
| 85.6% | ||||||||
| 95.9% |
| 83.2% |
|
| 70.4% |
| 92.1% |
| 94.9% | 1.0% |
| 87.6% |
| 77.0% | |||||||||
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ACE Limited
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
1Q-03 | 4Q-02 | 3Q-02 (3) | 2Q-02 (3) | 1Q-02 | % Change vs 1Q-02 | Full Year 2002 | Full Year 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Corporate & Other (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Administrative expenses | $ | 24 |
| $ | 31 |
| $ | 29 |
| $ | 27 |
| $ | 23 |
| 4% | $ | 110 |
| $ | 94 |
| ||||||||
Underwriting income (loss) |
| (24 | ) |
| (31 | ) |
| (29 | ) |
| (27 | ) |
| (23 | ) | 4% |
| (110 | ) |
| (94 | ) | ||||||||
Net investment income (2) |
| (9 | ) |
| (7 | ) |
| (3 | ) |
| (1 | ) |
| (2 | ) |
| (13 | ) |
| 5 |
| |||||||||
Other income (expense) (3) |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| (15 | ) |
| (11 | ) |
| — |
|
| (26 | ) |
| — |
| |||||||||
Interest expense (2) |
| 35 |
|
| 36 |
|
| 37 |
|
| 40 |
|
| 32 |
|
| 145 |
|
| 142 |
| |||||||||
Income tax expense (benefit) |
| (14 | ) |
| (17 | ) |
| (21 | ) |
| (21 | ) |
| (18 | ) |
| (77 | ) |
| (76 | ) | |||||||||
Amortization of goodwill |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 58 |
| |||||||||
Net operating income (loss) |
| (54 | ) |
| (57 | ) |
| (63 | ) |
| (58 | ) |
| (39 | ) |
| (217 | ) |
| (213 | ) | |||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) |
| (9 | ) |
| (1 | ) |
| (55 | ) |
| (30 | ) |
| 7 |
|
| (79 | ) |
| (14 | ) | |||||||||
Tax effect of net realized gains (losses) |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
| |||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | (63 | ) | $ | (58 | ) | $ | (118 | ) | $ | (88 | ) | $ | (32 | ) | $ | (296 | ) | $ | (227 | ) | |||||||||
Effective tax rate |
| 20.6% |
|
| 23.0% |
|
| 25.0% |
|
| 26.6% |
|
| 31.6% |
|
| 26.2% |
|
| 26.3% |
|
(1) | Includes ACE Limited and ACE INA Holdings |
(2) | Net of intercompany eliminations |
(3) | Other income (expense) in Q2 and Q3 of 2002 represents debt prepayment expense. The tax effect in 2Q-02 was $4M and 3Q-02 was $5M. |
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Segment Results—Consecutive Quarters
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
1Q-03 | 4Q-02 | 3Q-02 | 2Q-02 | 1Q-02 | % Change 1Q-03 vs. 1Q-02 | Full Year 2002 | Full Year 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Consolidated Property and Casualty Excluding Financial Services | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross premiums written | $ | 3,532 |
| $ | 2,956 |
| $ | 2,977 |
| $ | 2,583 |
| $ | 2,601 |
| 36% | $ | 11,117 |
| $ | 8,270 |
| ||||||||
Net premiums written |
| 2,357 |
|
| 1,709 |
|
| 1,690 |
|
| 1,531 |
|
| 1,482 |
| 59% |
| 6,412 |
|
| 4,494 |
| ||||||||
Net premiums earned |
| 1,815 |
|
| 1,631 |
|
| 1,495 |
|
| 1,322 |
|
| 1,097 |
| 65% |
| 5,545 |
|
| 4,081 |
| ||||||||
Losses and loss expenses |
| 1,122 |
|
| 1,507 |
|
| 1,000 |
|
| 794 |
|
| 658 |
| 71% |
| 3,959 |
|
| 3,155 |
| ||||||||
Policy acquisition costs |
| 281 |
|
| 260 |
|
| 232 |
|
| 207 |
|
| 173 |
| 62% |
| 872 |
|
| 719 |
| ||||||||
Administrative expenses |
| 241 |
|
| 250 |
|
| 233 |
|
| 212 |
|
| 186 |
| 30% |
| 881 |
|
| 771 |
| ||||||||
Underwriting income (loss) |
| 171 |
|
| (386 | ) |
| 30 |
|
| 109 |
|
| 80 |
| 114% |
| (167 | ) |
| (564 | ) | ||||||||
Life underwriting income (loss) |
| 2 |
|
| — |
|
| (1 | ) |
| 2 |
|
| 4 |
|
| 5 |
|
| 4 |
| |||||||||
Net investment income—property and casualty |
| 148 |
|
| 143 |
|
| 146 |
|
| 149 |
|
| 145 |
| 2% |
| 583 |
|
| 603 |
| ||||||||
Other income (expense) |
| (6 | ) |
| — |
|
| (15 | ) |
| (12 | ) |
| 5 |
|
| (22 | ) |
| — |
| |||||||||
Interest expense |
| 43 |
|
| 45 |
|
| 45 |
|
| 49 |
|
| 42 |
|
| 181 |
|
| 182 |
| |||||||||
Income tax expense (benefit) |
| 52 |
|
| (139 | ) |
| 15 |
|
| 27 |
|
| 23 |
|
| (74 | ) |
| (91 | ) | |||||||||
Amortization of goodwill |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 75 |
| |||||||||
Net operating income (loss) |
| 220 |
|
| (149 | ) |
| 100 |
|
| 172 |
|
| 169 |
| 30% |
| 292 |
|
| (123 | ) | ||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) |
| (37 | ) |
| (88 | ) |
| (158 | ) |
| (95 | ) |
| (21 | ) |
| (362 | ) |
| (54 | ) | |||||||||
Tax effect of net realized gains (losses) |
| 8 |
|
| 19 |
|
| 11 |
|
| 6 |
|
| 9 |
|
| 45 |
|
| 10 |
| |||||||||
Cumulative effect of adopting a new acct’ standard |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
| |||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 191 |
| $ | (218 | ) | $ | (47 | ) | $ | 83 |
| $ | 157 |
| 22% | $ | (25 | ) | $ | (167 | ) | ||||||||
Net premiums written/gross premiums written |
| 66.7% |
|
| 57.8% |
|
| 56.8% |
|
| 59.3% |
|
| 57.0% |
|
| 57.7% |
|
| 54.3% |
| |||||||||
Effective tax rate |
| 19.1% |
|
| 48.3% |
|
| 13.0% |
|
| 13.6% |
|
| 12.0% |
|
| -33.9% |
|
| 42.5% |
| |||||||||
Loss and loss expense ratio |
| 61.8% |
|
| 92.4% |
|
| 66.8% |
|
| 60.1% |
|
| 60.0% |
|
| 71.4% |
|
| 77.3% |
| |||||||||
Policy acquisition cost ratio |
| 15.5% |
|
| 15.9% |
|
| 15.6% |
|
| 15.7% |
|
| 15.7% |
|
| 15.7% |
|
| 17.6% |
| |||||||||
Administrative expense ratio |
| 13.3% |
|
| 15.4% |
|
| 15.6% |
|
| 16.0% |
|
| 17.0% |
|
| 15.9% |
|
| 18.9% |
| |||||||||
Combined ratio |
| 90.6% |
|
| 123.7% |
|
| 98.0% |
|
| 91.8% |
|
| 92.7% |
|
| 103.0% |
|
| 113.8% |
|
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Segment Results—Consecutive Quarters
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
1Q-03 | 4Q-02 | 3Q-02 | 2Q-02 | 1Q-02 | % Change 1Q-03 vs. 1Q-02 | Full Year 2002 | Full Year 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Financial Services | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross premiums written |
| 532 |
| $ | 238 | $ | 493 |
| $ | 318 |
| $ | 488 |
| 9% | $ | 1,537 |
| $ | 1,481 |
| ||||||||
Net premiums written |
| 526 |
|
| 228 |
| 476 |
|
| 317 |
|
| 476 |
| 11% |
| 1,497 |
|
| 1,461 |
| ||||||||
Net premiums earned |
| 209 |
|
| 292 |
| 373 |
|
| 228 |
|
| 234 |
| -11% |
| 1,127 |
|
| 1,429 |
| ||||||||
Losses and loss expenses |
| 161 |
|
| 257 |
| 328 |
|
| 167 |
|
| 195 |
| -17% |
| 947 |
|
| 1,397 |
| ||||||||
Policy acquisition costs |
| 11 |
|
| 14 |
| 18 |
|
| 22 |
|
| 18 |
| -39% |
| 72 |
|
| 58 |
| ||||||||
Administrative expenses |
| 18 |
|
| 15 |
| 15 |
|
| 17 |
|
| 10 |
| 80% |
| 57 |
|
| 56 |
| ||||||||
Underwriting income (loss) |
| 19 |
|
| 6 |
| 12 |
|
| 22 |
|
| 11 |
| 73% |
| 51 |
|
| (82 | ) | ||||||||
Net investment income |
| 51 |
|
| 51 |
| 46 |
|
| 46 |
|
| 49 |
| 4% |
| 192 |
|
| 173 |
| ||||||||
Other income |
| — |
|
| 1 |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 1 |
|
| 1 |
| |||||||||
Interest expense |
| 2 |
|
| 2 |
| 3 |
|
| 3 |
|
| 4 |
|
| 12 |
|
| 17 |
| |||||||||
Income tax expense |
| 9 |
|
| 6 |
| 7 |
|
| 8 |
|
| 9 |
|
| 30 |
|
| 21 |
| |||||||||
Amortization of goodwill |
| — |
|
| — |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 4 |
| |||||||||
Net operating income |
| 59 |
|
| 50 |
| 48 |
|
| 57 |
|
| 47 |
| 26% |
| 202 |
|
| 50 |
| ||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) |
| (3 | ) |
| — |
| (77 | ) |
| (45 | ) |
| (5 | ) |
| (126 | ) |
| (4 | ) | |||||||||
Tax effect of net realized gains (losses) |
| — |
|
| — |
| 19 |
|
| 9 |
|
| (1 | ) |
| 26 |
|
| (2 | ) | |||||||||
Cumulative effect of adopting a new acct' standard |
| — |
|
| — |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| (23 | ) | |||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 56 |
| $ | 50 | $ | (10 | ) | $ | 21 |
| $ | 41 |
| 37% | $ | 102 |
| $ | 21 |
| ||||||||
Net premiums written/gross premiums written |
| 98.9% |
|
| 95.8% |
| 96.6% |
|
| 99.7% |
|
| 97.5% |
|
| 97.4% |
|
| 98.6% |
| |||||||||
Effective tax rate |
| 13.2% |
|
| 10.7% |
| 12.7% |
|
| 12.3% |
|
| 16.1% |
|
| 12.9% |
|
| 29.6% |
| |||||||||
Loss and loss expense ratio |
| 77.0% |
|
| 88.2% |
| 88.0% |
|
| 73.2% |
|
| 83.1% |
|
| 84.0% |
|
| 97.8% |
| |||||||||
Policy acquisition cost ratio |
| 5.2% |
|
| 5.0% |
| 4.6% |
|
| 9.6% |
|
| 7.9% |
|
| 6.4% |
|
| 4.0% |
| |||||||||
Administrative expense ratio |
| 8.6% |
|
| 4.6% |
| 4.2% |
|
| 7.4% |
|
| 4.3% |
|
| 5.0% |
|
| 3.9% |
| |||||||||
Combined ratio |
| 90.8% |
|
| 97.8% |
| 96.8% |
|
| 90.2% |
|
| 95.3% |
|
| 95.4% |
|
| 105.7% |
| |||||||||
Large losses and other items: | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Loss portfolio transfers** | $ | — |
| $ | 99 | $ | 187 |
| $ | 25 |
| $ | — |
| $ | 311 |
| $ | 642 |
| |||||||||
September 11, 2001 tragedy (before and after tax) | $ | 147 | (1) |
** | Total premiums typically included in gross premiums written, net premiums written, and net premiums earned in the quarter it is written; usually accrued at 100% loss ratio. |
(1) | September 11, 2001 tragedy (See Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K). |
17
ACE Limited
Premiums By Line of Business; Financial Services
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
1Q-03 | 4Q-02 | 3Q-02 | 2Q-02 | 1Q-02 | % Change 1Q-03 vs. 1Q-02 | Full Year 2002 | Full Year 2001 | ||||||||||||||||
Gross Premiums Written: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Property & casualty | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||
Life, accident & health |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — | — |
| — |
| — | ||||||||
Financial guaranty |
| 121 |
| 97 |
| 147 |
| 82 |
| 65 | 86.2% |
| 391 |
| 292 | ||||||||
Financial solutions |
| 411 |
| 141 |
| 346 |
| 236 |
| 423 | -2.8% |
| 1,146 |
| 1,189 | ||||||||
$ | 532 | $ | 238 | $ | 493 | $ | 318 | $ | 488 | 9.0% | $ | 1,537 | $ | 1,481 | |||||||||
Net Premiums Written: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Property & casualty | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||
Life, accident & health |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — | — |
| — |
| — | ||||||||
Financial guaranty |
| 120 |
| 96 |
| 146 |
| 82 |
| 63 | 90.5% |
| 387 |
| 284 | ||||||||
Financial solutions |
| 406 |
| 132 |
| 330 |
| 235 |
| 413 | -1.7% |
| 1,110 |
| 1,177 | ||||||||
$ | 526 | $ | 228 | $ | 476 | $ | 317 | $ | 476 | 10.5% | $ | 1,497 | $ | 1,461 | |||||||||
Net Premiums Earned: | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Property & casualty | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | $ | — | — | $ | — | $ | — | ||||||||
Life, accident & health |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — |
| — | — |
| — |
| — | ||||||||
Financial guaranty |
| 88 |
| 81 |
| 46 |
| 81 |
| 74 | 18.9% |
| 282 |
| 352 | ||||||||
Financial solutions |
| 121 |
| 211 |
| 327 |
| 147 |
| 160 | -24.4% |
| 845 |
| 1,077 | ||||||||
$ | 209 | $ | 292 | $ | 373 | $ | 228 | $ | 234 | -10.7% | $ | 1,127 | $ | 1,429 | |||||||||
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ACE Limited
Financial Guaranty Profile
Through its Financial Services segment, the Company is an active participant in the financial guaranty market. The Company’s financial guaranty exposure comprises exposure to municipal and non-municipal obligations. At March 31, 2003, the Company had total financial guaranty exposure outstanding of $82.6 billion of which 60.0 percent represented exposure to municipal obligations and 40.0 percent to non-municipal obligations.
The financial guaranty portfolio is broadly diversified by payment source, geographic location, and maturity schedule. The Company limits its exposure to losses by underwriting primarily investment grade obligations. The following details the composition of the Company’s financial guaranty business:
March 31, 2003 | December 31, 2002 | |||||||||||||
Sector | Par Outstanding | % | Average Rating | Par Outstanding | % | Average Rating | ||||||||
(in millions of U.S. dollars) | ||||||||||||||
Municipal Exposure: | ||||||||||||||
Tax backed | $ | 19,614 | 23.8% | A+ | $ | 19,637 | 24.0% | A+ | ||||||
Municipal utilities |
| 10,523 | 12.7% | A+ |
| 10,390 | 12.7% | A+ | ||||||
Special revenue |
| 8,536 | 10.3% | A |
| 8,596 | 10.5% | A | ||||||
Healthcare |
| 5,494 | 6.7% | A |
| 5,798 | 7.1% | A | ||||||
Structured municipal(1) |
| 3,378 | 4.1% | AAA |
| 3,523 | 4.3% | AAA | ||||||
Other municipal(2) |
| 1,980 | 2.4% | A- |
| 2,151 | 2.7% | A- | ||||||
Total Municipal |
| 49,525 | 60.0% | A |
| 50,095 | 61.3% | A | ||||||
Non-Municipal Exposure: | ||||||||||||||
Senior layer CDOs(3) | $ | 13,680 | 16.6% | AA+ | $ | 12,727 | 15.6% | AA+ | ||||||
Consumer receivables(4) |
| 9,018 | 10.9% | A |
| 8,388 | 10.3% | A | ||||||
Single name corporate CDS |
| 4,283 | 5.2% | A+ |
| 4,454 | 5.4% | A+ | ||||||
Commercial receivables(5) |
| 3,826 | 4.6% | A |
| 3,464 | 4.2% | A+ | ||||||
Other structured finance(6) |
| 1,685 | 2.0% | A+ |
| 2,051 | 2.5% | A | ||||||
Funded equity CDOs(3) |
| 580 | 0.7% | NM |
| 586 | 0.7% | NM | ||||||
Total Non-Municipal |
| 33,072 | 40.0% | AA- |
| 31,670 | 38.7% | AA- | ||||||
Total Exposure | $ | 82,597 | 100% | $ | 81,765 | 100.0% | ||||||||
(1) | Structured Municipal: includes excess of loss reinsurance on portfolios of municipal credits where the Company attached in excess of the AAA rating level. |
(2) | Other Municipal: primarily includes first mortgage bonds on investor-owned utilities and government-sponsored project finance. |
(3) | For ACE, collateralized debt obligations (CDOs) are structured financings backed by a pool of investment grade assets. These financings are typically structured in multiple tranches (layers) from equity (first loss) through super senior (high excess). Losses on defaulted pool assets are allocated successively first to the equity tranche then to higher rated tranches. Market supply and demand factors influence pricing and the amount and position in the structure where ACE chooses to participate. |
(4) | Consumer Receivables: principally includes auto loan receivables, residential mortgage-backed securities and credit card receivables. |
(5) | Commercial Receivables: principally includes equipment leases and commercial mortgage-backed securities. |
(6) | Other Structured Finance: predominantly trade receivable securitization, secured structured lending, and future flow transactions. |
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ACE Limited
Segment—Key Component
Financial Guaranty Profile
The greatest proportion of the Company’s municipal financial guaranty exposure (23.7%), comprises general obligation bonds that are supported by the issuer’s taxing authority and of special revenue bonds and other special obligations of states and local governments that are supported by the issuer’s ability to impose and collect fees and charges for public services or specific projects. Maturities for municipal obligations can range from one to 30 years, with the average maturity in the 12-15 year range. The weighted average credit quality of the municipal portfolio was A as of March 31, 2003.
The Company’s non-municipal exposure includes exposure to asset-backed obligations, including those backed by consumer receivables, commercial receivables and collateralized debt obligations (“CDOs”) as well as single name corporate obligations. Legal maturities for non-municipal transactions range from 1-30 years. Maturities of single name corporate credit default swaps (CDS) range from 1-5 years with an average maturity of 1.8 years. The weighted average credit quality of the non-municipal portfolio was AA- as of March 31, 2003.
The Company conducts its financial guaranty business by entering into insurance and reinsurance arrangements as well as CDS. Exposure to CDS included in total exposure amounted to $21.5 billion and $20.7 billion at March 31, 2003 and December 31, 2002, respectively. The Company’s principal CDS exposure is to CDOs and single name corporate obligations. The preponderance of the Company’s CDO exposure is highly rated senior layer CDOs. Senior Layer CDOs are structured with first loss protection in the form of subordination or over collateralization so that the Company’s risk typically attaches at or above the AAA rating level. The Company also participates in Funded Equity CDO transactions wherein a substantial portion of the Company’s exposure is mitigated by premium. Rate on line for such transactions is typically 75%-85% of the total exposure.
Ratings distributions of the Company’s senior layer CDOs and single name corporate credit default swaps as of March 31, 2003 are shown below:
A | AA | AAA | BBB | BIG | ||||||
Senior Layer CDOs | 7.2% | 15.5% | 70.2% | 6.2% | 0.9% | |||||
Single Name Corporate CDS | 49.7% | 18.5% | 17.3% | 11.1% | 3.4% |
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ACE Limited
Segment—Key Component
Financial Guaranty Profile
Because credit default swaps are considered derivative transactions under FAS 133, the Company is required to mark-to-market its outstanding exposure at each financial reporting date. This is in contrast to the accounting treatment for a similar risk that is written as an insurance contract and is required in spite of the fact that the Company does not trade its credit default swap positions. Rather, its business is analogous to a buy and hold strategy. The mark-to-market adjustment reflects the estimated cost to the Company to purchase mirror protection on its outstanding exposures and is not an estimate of expected losses incurred. Expected losses are provided for in outstanding loss reserves, which the Company believes are adequate. In the first quarter, the Company recorded a FAS 133 mark-to-market loss before tax of $2.1 million.
The following table summarizes the Company's scheduled outstanding credit default swap portfolio by year as of March 31, 2003:
($ billions) | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | Thereafter | ||||||||||||
Senior Layer CDOs | ||||||||||||||||||
Beginning Outstanding Par | 13.7 |
| 13.6 |
| 13.1 |
| 10.6 |
| 7.7 |
| 7.2 |
| ||||||
Runoff Amount | (0.1 | ) | (0.5 | ) | (2.5 | ) | (2.9 | ) | (3.4 | ) | (7.2 | ) | ||||||
Ending Outstanding Par | 13.6 |
| 13.1 |
| 10.6 |
| 7.7 |
| 4.3 |
| 0.0 |
| ||||||
Single Name Corporate CDS | ||||||||||||||||||
Beginning Outstanding Par | 4.3 |
| 3.1 |
| 2.4 |
| 1.2 |
| 1.0 |
| 0.4 |
| ||||||
Runoff Amount | (1.2 | ) | (0.7 | ) | (1.2 | ) | (0.3 | ) | (0.8 | ) | (0.4 | ) | ||||||
Ending Outstanding Par | 3.1 |
| 2.4 |
| 1.2 |
| 1.0 |
| 0.2 |
| 0.0 |
| ||||||
Funded Equity CDOs | ||||||||||||||||||
Beginning Outstanding Par | 0.6 |
| 0.6 |
| 0.6 |
| 0.6 |
| 0.4 |
| 0.1 |
| ||||||
Runoff Amount | 0.0 |
| 0.0 |
| 0.0 |
| (0.2 | ) | (0.3 | ) | (0.1 | ) | ||||||
Ending Outstanding Par | 0.6 |
| 0.6 |
| 0.6 |
| 0.4 |
| 0.1 |
| 0.0 |
| ||||||
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Consolidated Results—Consecutive Quarters
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
ACE Limited Consolidated
1Q-03 | 4Q-02 | 3Q-02 | 2Q-02 | 1Q-02 | % Change 1Q-03 vs. 1Q-02 | Full Year 2002 | Full Year 2001 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross premiums written | $ | 4,064 |
| $ | 3,194 |
| $ | 3,470 |
| $ | 2,901 |
| $ | 3,089 |
| 32% | $ | 12,654 |
| $ | 9,751 |
| ||||||||
Net premiums written |
| 2,883 |
|
| 1,937 |
|
| 2,166 |
|
| 1,848 |
|
| 1,958 |
| 47% |
| 7,909 |
|
| 5,955 |
| ||||||||
Net premiums earned |
| 2,024 |
|
| 1,923 |
|
| 1,868 |
|
| 1,550 |
|
| 1,331 |
| 52% |
| 6,672 |
|
| 5,510 |
| ||||||||
Losses and loss expenses |
| 1,283 |
|
| 1,764 |
|
| 1,328 |
|
| 961 |
|
| 853 |
| 50% |
| 4,906 |
|
| 4,552 |
| ||||||||
Policy acquisition costs |
| 292 |
|
| 274 |
|
| 250 |
|
| 229 |
|
| 191 |
| 53% |
| 944 |
|
| 777 |
| ||||||||
Administrative expenses (1) |
| 259 |
|
| 265 |
|
| 248 |
|
| 229 |
|
| 196 |
| 32% |
| 938 |
|
| 827 |
| ||||||||
Underwriting income (loss) |
| 190 |
|
| (380 | ) |
| 42 |
|
| 131 |
|
| 91 |
| 109% |
| (116 | ) |
| (646 | ) | ||||||||
Life underwriting income (loss) |
| 2 |
|
| — |
|
| (1 | ) |
| 2 |
|
| 4 |
|
| 5 |
|
| 4 |
| |||||||||
Net investment income—property and casualty |
| 199 |
|
| 194 |
|
| 192 |
|
| 195 |
|
| 194 |
| 3% |
| 775 |
|
| 776 |
| ||||||||
Other income (expense) (2) |
| (6 | ) |
| 1 |
|
| (15 | ) |
| (12 | ) |
| 5 |
|
| (21 | ) |
| 1 |
| |||||||||
Interest expense |
| 45 |
|
| 47 |
|
| 48 |
|
| 52 |
|
| 46 |
| -2% |
| 193 |
|
| 199 |
| ||||||||
Income tax expense (benefit) (1) |
| 61 |
|
| (133 | ) |
| 22 |
|
| 35 |
|
| 32 |
|
| (44 | ) |
| (70 | ) | |||||||||
Amortization of goodwill |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| 79 |
| |||||||||
Net operating income (loss) |
| 279 |
|
| (99 | ) |
| 148 |
|
| 229 |
|
| 216 |
| 29% |
| 494 |
|
| (73 | ) | ||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) |
| (40 | ) |
| (88 | ) |
| (235 | ) |
| (140 | ) |
| (26 | ) |
| (489 | ) |
| (58 | ) | |||||||||
Tax effect of net realized gains (losses) |
| 8 |
|
| 19 |
|
| 30 |
|
| 15 |
|
| 8 |
|
| 72 |
|
| 8 |
| |||||||||
Cumulative effect of adopting a new acct' standard |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| (23 | ) | |||||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 247 |
| $ | (168 | ) | $ | (57 | ) | $ | 104 |
| $ | 198 |
| 25% | $ | 77 |
| $ | (146 | ) | ||||||||
Net premiums written/gross premiums written |
| 70.9% |
|
| 60.6% |
|
| 62.4% |
|
| 63.7% |
|
| 63.4% |
|
| 62.5% |
|
| 61.1% |
| |||||||||
Effective tax rate |
| 17.9% |
|
| 57.3% |
|
| 12.9% |
|
| 13.3% |
|
| 12.9% |
|
| -9.8% |
|
| 49.0% |
| |||||||||
Loss and loss expense ratio |
| 63.4% |
|
| 91.8% |
|
| 71.0% |
|
| 62.0% |
|
| 64.1% |
|
| 73.5% |
|
| 82.6% |
| |||||||||
Policy acquisition cost ratio |
| 14.4% |
|
| 14.3% |
|
| 13.4% |
|
| 14.8% |
|
| 14.3% |
|
| 14.2% |
|
| 14.1% |
| |||||||||
Administrative expense ratio (1) |
| 12.8% |
|
| 13.7% |
|
| 13.3% |
|
| 14.7% |
|
| 14.7% |
|
| 14.0% |
|
| 15.0% |
| |||||||||
Combined ratio |
| 90.6% |
|
| 119.8% |
|
| 97.7% |
|
| 91.5% |
|
| 93.1% |
|
| 101.7% |
|
| 111.7% |
| |||||||||
Large losses and other items: |
| (3 | ) |
| (4 | ) |
| (3 | )(4) |
| (5 | ) | ||||||||||||||||||
Large losses (before tax) | $ | — |
| $ | 516 |
| $ | 100 |
| $ | — |
| $ | — |
| $ | 616 |
| $ | 862 |
| |||||||||
Large losses (after tax) | $ | — |
| $ | 354 |
| $ | 90 |
| $ | — |
| $ | — |
| $ | 444 |
| $ | 744 |
| |||||||||
Operating cash flow | $ | 600 |
| $ | 833 |
| $ | 1,020 |
| $ | 427 |
| $ | 144 |
| $ | 2,424 |
| $ | 1,353 |
|
(1) | Restated to include expenses reported as non-recurring in 2001. |
(2) | Other income (expense) in Q2 and Q3 of 2002 represents debt prepayment expense. The tax effect in 2Q-02 was $4M and 3Q-02 was $5M. |
(3) | Reported in press release January 27, 2003. |
(4) | Reported in press release on September 18, 2002. Total after tax $90 million includes Overseas General and Global Reisurance. |
(5) | September 11, 2001 tragedy (See Note 5 to the Consolidated Financial Statements included in the 2002 Annual Report on Form 10-K). Amount includes losses reported in the press release on July 18, 2001 and January 8, 2002. |
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ACE Limited
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
ACE Limited Consolidated
1Q-03 | 4Q-02 | 3Q-02 | 2Q-02 | 1Q-02 | % Change 1Q-03 vs. 1Q-02 | Full Year 2002 | Full Year 2001 | |||||||||||||||||
Gross Premiums Written: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Property & casualty | $ | 3,212 | $ | 2,732 | $ | 2,774 | $ | 2,388 | $ | 2,404 | 33.6 | % | $ | 10,298 | $ | 7,661 | ||||||||
Life, accident & health |
| 369 |
| 274 |
| 261 |
| 223 |
| 226 | 63.3 | % |
| 984 |
| 1,023 | ||||||||
Financial guaranty |
| 121 |
| 97 |
| 147 |
| 82 |
| 65 | 86.2 | % |
| 391 |
| 292 | ||||||||
Financial solutions |
| 411 |
| 141 |
| 346 |
| 236 |
| 423 | -2.8 | % |
| 1,146 |
| 1,189 | ||||||||
$ | 4,113 | $ | 3,244 | $ | 3,528 | $ | 2,929 | $ | 3,118 | 31.9 | % | $ | 12,819 | $ | 10,165 | |||||||||
Net Premiums Written: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Property & casualty | $ | 2,113 | $ | 1,534 | $ | 1,528 | $ | 1,360 | $ | 1,322 | 59.8 | % | $ | 5,744 | $ | 3,973 | ||||||||
Life, accident & health |
| 291 |
| 222 |
| 219 |
| 198 |
| 188 | 54.8 | % |
| 827 |
| 929 | ||||||||
Financial guaranty |
| 120 |
| 96 |
| 146 |
| 82 |
| 63 | 90.5 | % |
| 387 |
| 284 | ||||||||
Financial solutions |
| 406 |
| 132 |
| 330 |
| 235 |
| 413 | -1.7 | % |
| 1,110 |
| 1,177 | ||||||||
$ | 2,930 | $ | 1,984 | $ | 2,223 | $ | 1,875 | $ | 1,986 | 47.5 | % | $ | 8,068 | $ | 6,363 | |||||||||
Net Premiums Earned: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
Property & casualty | $ | 1,604 | $ | 1,449 | $ | 1,320 | $ | 1,169 | $ | 950 | 68.8 | % | $ | 4,888 | $ | 3,563 | ||||||||
Life, accident & health |
| 259 |
| 228 |
| 232 |
| 179 |
| 176 | 47.2 | % |
| 815 |
| 921 | ||||||||
Financial guaranty |
| 88 |
| 81 |
| 46 |
| 81 |
| 74 | 18.9 | % |
| 282 |
| 352 | ||||||||
Financial solutions |
| 121 |
| 211 |
| 327 |
| 147 |
| 160 | -24.4 | % |
| 845 |
| 1,080 | ||||||||
$ | 2,072 | $ | 1,969 | $ | 1,925 | $ | 1,576 | $ | 1,360 | 52.4 | % | $ | 6,830 | $ | 5,916 | |||||||||
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Reinsurance Recoverable
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
Net Reinsurance Recoverable by Division
March 31, 2003 | December 31, 2002 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Brandywine (Runoff) | Westchester (Runoff) | Active Operations | Total | Brandywine (Runoff) | Westchester (Runoff) | Active Operations | Total | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rein. recoverable on paid losses & loss expenses | $ | 397 |
| $ | 25 |
| $ | 950 |
| $ | 1,372 |
| $ | 385 |
| $ | 27 |
| $ | 951 |
| $ | 1,363 |
| ||||||||
Rein. recoverable on unpaid losses & loss expenses |
| 5,218 |
|
| 496 |
|
| 7,997 |
|
| 13,711 |
|
| 5,237 |
|
| 491 |
|
| 7,839 |
|
| 13,567 |
| ||||||||
Gross reinsurance recoverable |
| 5,615 |
|
| 521 |
|
| 8,947 |
|
| 15,083 |
|
| 5,622 |
|
| 518 |
|
| 8,790 |
|
| 14,930 |
| ||||||||
Bad debt reserve |
| (473 | ) |
| (29 | ) |
| (449 | ) |
| (951 | ) |
| (478 | ) |
| (30 | ) |
| (431 | ) |
| (939 | ) | ||||||||
Net reinsurance recoverable | $ | 5,142 |
| $ | 492 |
| $ | 8,498 |
| $ | 14,132 |
| $ | 5,144 |
| $ | 488 |
| $ | 8,359 |
| $ | 13,991 |
| ||||||||
As illustrated in the table above, it is important to consider the composition of the recoverable balance and the related exposures in three components: Brandywine, Westchester and Active Operations recoverable. Active operations include the run-off operations of CIS. Additional information on reinsurance recoverable on a consolidated basis and for active operations for December 31, 2002 can be found on pages 25 and 26, respectively.
The Company's obligations with respect to further funding of the Brandywine runoff are limited pursuant to the Brandywine Restructuring Order under an $800 million aggregate excess of loss reinsurance agreement. (Refer to the "Asbestos and Environmental Claims" section of the "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Conditions and Results of Operations" incorporated into our recently filed Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2002 for additional information about the order and other Company obligations.) At December 31, 2002, approximately $466 million in losses and recoverable bad debt reserves were ceded to the aggregate excess of loss reinsurance agreement leaving a remaining limit of approximately $334 million.
As part of the Westchester acquisition, National Indemnity provided reinsurance protection for all losses occurring prior to 1997. At December 31, 2002, the remaining limit in the reinsurance cover was approximately $600 million.
The remaining balance of reinsurance recoverable consist of recoverables primarily associated with active operations.
Detail on Reinsurance Recoverable on Paid Losses and Loss Expenses
March 31, 2003 | December 31, 2002 | |||||||||||||||
Category | Gross | Bad Debt | % of Gross | Gross | Bad Debt | % of Gross | ||||||||||
General Collections (1) | $ | 848 | 54 | 6.4 | % | $ | 848 | 43 | 5.1 | % | ||||||
Other (2) |
| 524 | 333 | 63.5 | % |
| 515 | 335 | 65.0 | % | ||||||
Total | $ | 1,372 | 387 | 28.2 | % | $ | 1,363 | 378 | 27.7 | % | ||||||
(1) | General collections balances represent amounts in process of collection in the normal course of business, for which we have no indication of dispute or credit issues. We provide bad debt reserves based primarily on the application of historical loss experience to credit categories and historical dispute statistics. |
(2) | Other includes amounts recoverable that are in dispute, or are from companies who are in supervision, rehabilitation or liquidation. Our estimation of this reserve considers the credit quality of the reinsurer, and whether we have received collateral or other credit protections such as parental guarantees. In addition, we also consider any information we may have regarding the reinsurers plans to dispute amounts recoverable and make judgements based on our knowledge and experience regarding the specific items in dispute. |
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ACE Limited
Reinsurance Recoverable
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
Consolidated Reinsurance Recoverable
December 31, 2002 | |||||||||
Categories | Recoverable | Bad Debt | % of Gross | ||||||
Top 10 reinsurers | $ | 7,732 | $ | 93 | 1.2 | % | |||
Other reinsurers balances >$20 million |
| 2,519 |
| 175 | 6.9 | % | |||
Other reinsurers balances <$20 million |
| 1,590 |
| 148 | 9.3 | % | |||
Mandatory pools and government agencies |
| 771 |
| 4 | 0.5 | % | |||
Structured settlements |
| 730 |
| 3 | 0.4 | % | |||
Captives |
| 786 |
| 4 | 0.5 | % | |||
Other |
| 802 |
| 512 | 63.8 | % | |||
Total Recoveries | $ | 14,930 | $ | 939 | 6.3 | % | |||
At December 31, 2002, $10.5 billion of consolidated recoverables were from rated reinsurers, of which 95% were rated A- or better by Standard & Poor’s.
Top 10 Reinsurers | Other Reinsurers Balances >$20 million | |||
AXA | ABB Group | Independence Blue Cross (Amerihealth) | ||
Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Group | Allianz Group | IRB—Brasil Resseguros S.A. | ||
EQUITAS | Allstate Financial | Liberty Mutual Insurance Companies | ||
GE Global Insurance Group | American International Group | Markel Corporation Group | ||
Hannover Re | Aviva plc | Overseas Partners Ltd. | ||
Lloyd’s of London | Chubb Group of Insurance Companies | PartnerRe Group | ||
Munich Re | CNA Insurance Companies | PMA Capital Insurance Company | ||
SCOR Group | Converium Group | RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd | ||
Swiss Re Group | DaimlerChrysler Group | Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc | ||
Zurich Financial Services Group | Dominion Ins. Co. Ltd. | Sompo Japan Insurance Inc | ||
Dorinco Reinsurance Co. | St. Paul Companies | |||
Everest Re Group | Toa Reinsurance Company | |||
Excess & Casualty Reinsurance Assocation | Travelers Property Casualty Group | |||
Fairfax Financial | Trenwick Group | |||
FM Global Group | White Mountains Insurance Group | |||
Gerling Group | XL Capital Group | |||
Hartford Insurance Group |
Classification of reinsurer balances excludes any consideration of related collateral or offsetting balances.
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ACE Limited
Reinsurance Recoverable
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
Reinsurance Recoverable for Active Operations
December 31, 2002 | ||||||||
Categories | Recoverable | Bad Debt | % of Gross | |||||
Top 10 reinsurers | $ | 4,044 | $ | 60 | 1.5% | |||
Other reinsurers balances >$20 million |
| 1,384 |
| 87 | 6.3% | |||
Other reinsurers balances <$20 million |
| 1,152 |
| 76 | 6.6% | |||
Mandatory pools and government agencies |
| 738 |
| 4 | 0.5% | |||
Structured settlements |
| 367 |
| 1 | 0.4% | |||
Captives |
| 744 |
| 4 | 0.5% | |||
Other |
| 361 |
| 199 | 55.1% | |||
Total Recoveries | $ | 8,790 | $ | 431 | 4.9% | |||
At December 31, 2002, $5.8 billion of the active operations' recoverables were from rated reinsurers, of which 95% were rated A- or better by Standard & Poor's. At December 31, 2002, the $8.8 billion gross balance includes government pools of $738 million and structured settlements with recourse of $367 million, both of which present very limited collectibility exposure. The Company held collateral of $2.1 billion, of which $1.6 billion was matched and usable against existing recoverables.
Top 10 Reinsurers | Other Reinsurers Balances>$20 million | |||
AXA | ABB Group | Hartford Insurance Group | ||
Berkshire Hathaway Insurance Group | Allianz Group | Independence Blue Cross (Amerihealth) | ||
GE Global Insurance Group (Employers Re) | Allstate Financial | IRB—Brasil Resseguros S.A. | ||
Hannover Re | American International Group | Liberty Mutual Insurance Companies | ||
Lloyd’s of London | Aviva plc | Markel Corporation Group | ||
Munich Re | Chubb Group of Insurance Companies | Overseas Partners Ltd. | ||
SCOR Group | CNA Insurance Companies | PMA Capital Insurance Group | ||
Swiss Re Group | Converium Group | RenaissanceRe Holdings Ltd | ||
Zurich Financial Services Group | DaimlerChrysler Group | Royal & Sun Alliance Insurance Group plc | ||
XL Capital Group | Dorinco Reinsurance Co. | Sompo Japan Insurance Inc | ||
EQUITAS | St. Paul Companies | |||
Everest Re Group | Toa Reinsurance Company | |||
Excess & Casualty Reinsurance Assocation | Trenwick Group | |||
Fairfax Financial |
Classification of reinsurer balances exclude consideration of related collateral or offsetting balances.
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ACE Limited
Reconciliation of Unpaid Losses and Loss Expenses
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
Total | Ongoing | Runoff (1) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unpaid Losses | Unpaid Losses | Unpaid Losses | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gross | Recoverable | Net | Gross | Recoverable | Net | Gross | Recoverable | Net | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2001 | $ | 20,728 |
| $ | 10,629 |
| $ | 10,099 |
| $ | 13,001 |
| $ | 5,381 |
| $ | 7,620 |
| $ | 7,236 |
| $ | 4,757 |
| $ | 2,479 |
| |||||||||
Losses and loss expenses incurred |
| 1,599 |
|
| 746 |
|
| 853 |
|
| 1,465 |
|
| 623 |
|
| 842 |
|
| 134 |
|
| 123 |
|
| 11 |
| |||||||||
Losses and loss expenses paid |
| (1,792 | ) |
| (816 | ) |
| (976 | ) |
| (1,501 | ) |
| (686 | ) |
| (815 | ) |
| (291 | ) |
| (130 | ) |
| (161 | ) | |||||||||
Other (incl. foreign exch. revaluation) |
| (20 | ) |
| 26 |
|
| (46 | ) |
| (20 | ) |
| 26 |
|
| (46 | ) |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
| |||||||||
Balance at March 31, 2002 | $ | 20,515 |
| $ | 10,585 |
| $ | 9,930 |
| $ | 12,945 |
| $ | 5,344 |
| $ | 7,601 |
| $ | 7,079 |
| $ | 4,750 |
| $ | 2,329 |
| |||||||||
Losses and loss expenses incurred |
| 1,806 |
|
| 845 |
|
| 961 |
|
| 1,668 |
|
| 717 |
|
| 951 |
|
| 138 |
|
| 128 |
|
| 10 |
| |||||||||
Losses and loss expenses paid |
| (1,739 | ) |
| (699 | ) |
| (1,040 | ) |
| (1,434 | ) |
| (574 | ) |
| (860 | ) |
| (305 | ) |
| (125 | ) |
| (180 | ) | |||||||||
Other (incl. foreign exch. revaluation) |
| 79 |
|
| 26 |
|
| 53 |
|
| 79 |
|
| 26 |
|
| 53 |
|
| — |
| |||||||||||||||
Balance at June 30, 2002 | $ | 20,661 |
| $ | 10,757 |
| $ | 9,904 |
| $ | 13,258 |
| $ | 5,513 |
| $ | 7,745 |
| $ | 6,912 |
| $ | 4,753 |
| $ | 2,159 |
| |||||||||
Losses and loss expenses incurred |
| 2,177 |
|
| 849 |
|
| 1,328 |
|
| 2,166 |
|
| 843 |
|
| 1,323 |
|
| 11 |
|
| 6 |
|
| 5 |
| |||||||||
Losses and loss expenses paid |
| (1,348 | ) |
| (586 | ) |
| (762 | ) |
| (1,173 | ) |
| (558 | ) |
| (615 | ) |
| (175 | ) |
| (28 | ) |
| (147 | ) | |||||||||
Other (incl. foreign exch. revaluation) |
| 151 |
|
| 11 |
|
| 140 |
|
| 151 |
|
| 11 |
|
| 140 |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
| |||||||||
Balance at September 30, 2002 | $ | 21,641 |
| $ | 11,031 |
| $ | 10,610 |
| $ | 14,402 |
| $ | 5,809 |
| $ | 8,593 |
| $ | 6,748 |
| $ | 4,731 |
| $ | 2,017 |
| |||||||||
Losses and loss expenses incurred |
| 4,530 |
|
| 2,766 |
|
| 1,764 |
|
| 2,400 |
|
| 1,115 |
|
| 1,285 |
|
| 2,130 |
|
| 1,651 |
|
| 479 |
| |||||||||
Losses and loss expenses paid |
| (2,023 | ) |
| (851 | ) |
| (1,172 | ) |
| (1,628 | ) |
| (668 | ) |
| (960 | ) |
| (395 | ) |
| (183 | ) |
| (212 | ) | |||||||||
Other (incl. foreign exch. revaluation) |
| 167 |
|
| 51 |
|
| 116 |
|
| 167 |
|
| 51 |
|
| 116 |
|
| — |
| |||||||||||||||
Balance at December 31, 2002 | $ | 24,315 |
| $ | 12,997 |
| $ | 11,318 |
| $ | 15,341 |
| $ | 6,307 |
| $ | 9,034 |
| $ | 8,483 |
| $ | 6,199 |
| $ | 2,284 |
| |||||||||
Losses and loss expenses incurred |
| 2,390 |
|
| 1,107 |
|
| 1,283 |
|
| 2,365 |
|
| 1,104 |
|
| 1,261 |
|
| 25 |
|
| 3 |
|
| 22 |
| |||||||||
Losses and loss expenses paid |
| (2,155 | ) |
| (984 | ) |
| (1,171 | ) |
| (1,910 | ) |
| (893 | ) |
| (1,017 | ) |
| (245 | ) |
| (91 | ) |
| (154 | ) | |||||||||
Other (incl. foreign exch. revaluation) |
| 86 |
|
| 16 |
|
| 70 |
|
| 79 |
|
| 16 |
|
| 63 |
|
| 7 |
|
| — |
|
| 7 |
| |||||||||
Balance at March 31, 2003 | $ | 24,636 |
| $ | 13,136 |
| $ | 11,500 |
| $ | 15,875 |
| $ | 6,534 |
| $ | 9,341 |
| $ | 8,270 |
| $ | 6,111 |
| $ | 2,159 |
| |||||||||
(1) | The run off reserves primarily include Brandywine group, the Commercial Insurance Service—Middle Market Worker's Comp. reserves and the pre-1997 Westchester Specialty reserves. Prior year split between gross and ceded reserves and loss activity in ongoing and runoff categories has been revised to properly reflect intercompany reinsurance eliminations. |
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ACE Limited
Asbestos and Environmental Reserves; September 11, 2001 Tragedy
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
(Unaudited)
Consolidated Asbestos and Environmental:
March 31, 2003 | December 31, 2002 | |||||||||||
Gross | Net | Gross | Net | |||||||||
Asbestos reserves | $ | 3,148 | $ | 420 | $ | 3,192 | $ | 446 | ||||
Environmental and other latent exposures |
| 1,307 |
| 366 |
| 1,352 |
| 403 | ||||
Total | $ | 4,455 | $ | 786 | $ | 4,544 | $ | 849 | ||||
Asbestos claim payments | $ | 44 | $ | 26 | $ | 284 | $ | 118 | ||||
Environmental and other latent exposure claim payments | $ | 45 | $ | 37 | $ | 311 | $ | 195 | ||||
Gross 3 year asbestos survival ratio at December 31, 2002 |
| 11.3x | ||||||||||
Gross 1 year asbestos survival ratio at December 31, 2002 |
| 12.0x |
September 11, 2001 Tragedy information as of March 31, 2003:
Ultimate Losses | Paid to Date | Unpaid Losses | |||||||
Gross losses | $ | 1,829 | $ | 820 | $ | 1,009 | |||
Reinsurance recoverable |
| 1,179 |
| 558 |
| 621 | |||
Net losses | $ | 650 | $ | 262 | $ | 388 | |||
Recoveries | |||||||||
Billed to reinsurers | $ | 558 | |||||||
Collected |
| 498 | |||||||
Current outstanding | $ | 60 | |||||||
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Capital Structure
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
March 31 2003 (Unaudited) | December 31 2002 (Audited) | March 31 2002 (Unaudited) | ||||||||||
Total short-term debt | $ | 146 |
| $ | 146 |
| $ | 399 |
| |||
Total long-term debt(1) | $ | 1,749 |
| $ | 1,749 |
| $ | 1,849 |
| |||
Total debt | $ | 1,895 |
| $ | 1,895 |
| $ | 2,248 |
| |||
Total trust preferreds(2) | $ | 475 |
| $ | 475 |
| $ | 875 |
| |||
Mezzanine equity(3) | $ | 311 |
| $ | 311 |
| $ | 311 |
| |||
Shareholders’ equity | $ | 6,702 |
| $ | 6,389 |
| $ | 6,204 |
| |||
Total capitalization | $ | 9,383 |
| $ | 9,070 |
| $ | 9,638 |
| |||
Tangible equity(4) | $ | 3,991 |
| $ | 3,672 |
| $ | 3,432 |
| |||
Leverage Ratios: | ||||||||||||
Debt/total capitalization |
| 20.2 | % |
| 20.9 | % |
| 23.3 | % | |||
Debt plus preferreds/total capitalization |
| 25.3 | % |
| 26.1 | % |
| 32.4 | % | |||
Debt/tangible equity |
| 47.5 | % |
| 51.6 | % |
| 65.5 | % | |||
Debt plus preferreds and mezzanine equity/tangible equity |
| 67.2 | % |
| 73.0 | % |
| 100.1 | % |
(1) | $50 million of ACE INA subordinated notes due 2009 was repaid in both the second and third quarters of 2002. An additional $500 million of Senior Debt was issued by ACE Limited in March 2002. |
(2) | $400 million of ACE INA Rhino Preferred Securities due 2002 was repaid in the second and third quarters of 2002. |
(3) | The FELINE PRIDES are expected to convert in the second quarter of 2003. |
(4) | Tangible equity is equal to Shareholders’ equity less goodwill. |
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ACE Limited
Fixed Income Investment Portfolio
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
March 31, 2003 | December 31, 2002 | |||||||||
Fixed maturities | $ | 15,044 | $ | 14,420 | ||||||
Securities on loan |
| 521 |
| 293 | ||||||
Short term investments |
| 2,081 |
| 1,885 | ||||||
Cash |
| 477 |
| 663 | ||||||
$ | 18,123 | $ | 17,261 | |||||||
March 31, 2003 Market Value | % of Total | December 31, 2002 Market Value | % of Total | |||||||
Allocation: | ||||||||||
Treasury | $ | 859 | 4.7% | $ | 842 | 4.9% | ||||
Agency |
| 1,074 | 5.9% |
| 973 | 5.6% | ||||
Corporate |
| 7,117 | 39.3% |
| 6,459 | 37.3% | ||||
Mortgage-backed securities |
| 3,415 | 18.8% |
| 3,302 | 19.2% | ||||
Asset-backed securities |
| 338 | 1.9% |
| 352 | 2.0% | ||||
Municipal |
| 1,220 | 6.7% |
| 1,201 | 7.0% | ||||
Non-US |
| 1,542 | 8.5% |
| 1,584 | 9.2% | ||||
Cash & cash equivalent |
| 2,558 | 14.2% |
| 2,548 | 14.8% | ||||
Total | $ | 18,123 | 100.0% | $ | 17,261 | 100.0% | ||||
March 31, 2003 Market Value | % of Total | December 31, 2002 Market Value | % of Total | |||||||
Credit Quality: | ||||||||||
AAA |
| 8,808 | 48.6% |
| 8,566 | 49.4% | ||||
AA |
| 3,265 | 18.0% |
| 2,880 | 16.7% | ||||
A |
| 3,027 | 16.7% |
| 2,920 | 17.0% | ||||
BBB |
| 1,464 | 8.1% |
| 1,314 | 7.6% | ||||
BB |
| 697 | 3.8% |
| 662 | 3.8% | ||||
B |
| 791 | 4.4% |
| 843 | 4.9% | ||||
Other |
| 71 | 0.4% |
| 76 | 0.6% | ||||
Total | $ | 18,123 | 100.0% | $ | 17,261 | 100% | ||||
Avg. duration of fixed maturities, adj. for int. rate swaps | 3.1 years | 3.1 years | ||||||||
Avg. market yield of fixed maturities | 4.2% | 4.4% | ||||||||
Avg. credit quality | AA | AA |
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ACE Limited
Investment Information at March 31, 2003
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
March 31, 2003 | December 31, 2002 | |||||||||||
Market Value | Cost/ Amortized cost | Market Value | Cost/ Amortized cost | |||||||||
Fixed maturities | $ | 15,044 | $ | 14,361 | $ | 14,420 | $ | 13,791 | ||||
Equity securities |
| 410 |
| 414 |
| 411 |
| 442 | ||||
Securities on loan |
| 521 |
| 494 |
| 293 |
| 286 | ||||
Short term investments |
| 2,081 |
| 2,081 |
| 1,885 |
| 1,885 | ||||
Other investments |
| 685 |
| 657 |
| 652 |
| 622 | ||||
Cash |
| 477 |
| 477 |
| 663 |
| 663 | ||||
$ | 19,218 | $ | 18,484 | $ | 18,324 | $ | 17,689 | |||||
Top 10 Exposures—Fixed Income Investments and Single Name Credit Default Swaps
March 31, 2003 | |||
General Electric | $ | 287 | |
General Motors |
| 170 | |
Citigroup Inc |
| 168 | |
Verizon Communications |
| 143 | |
AIG |
| 118 | |
Ford Motor Co |
| 113 | |
Merrill Lynch |
| 110 | |
Morgan Stanley |
| 108 | |
Goldman Sachs Group |
| 101 | |
HSBC Holdings Plc |
| 100 |
December 31, 2002 | |||
General Electric | $ | 258 | |
General Motors |
| 171 | |
Citigroup Inc |
| 154 | |
Verizon Communications |
| 127 | |
AIG |
| 123 | |
Ford Motor Co |
| 123 | |
Bank of America |
| 119 | |
Wachovia Corp |
| 106 | |
Wells Fargo |
| 105 | |
JP Morgan Chase |
| 105 |
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ACE Limited
Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses)
(in millions of U.S. dollars)
Quarter ended March 31, 2003 | Net Realized Gains (Losses)(1) | Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) | Net Impact | |||||||||
Investment Portfolio gains (losses) | ||||||||||||
Fixed maturities | $ | 12 |
| $ | 56 |
| $ | 68 |
| |||
Interest rate swaps |
| (9 | ) |
| — |
|
| (9 | ) | |||
Equity securities |
| (50 | ) |
| 34 |
|
| (16 | ) | |||
Equity and fixed income derivatives |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
| |||
Foreign exchange gains (losses) |
| 9 |
|
| — |
|
| 9 |
| |||
Other |
| — |
|
| (2 | ) |
| (2 | ) | |||
| (38 | ) |
| 88 |
|
| 50 |
| ||||
Credit default swaps (FAS 133 adjustment) |
| (2 | ) |
| — |
|
| (2 | ) | |||
Total gains (losses) |
| (40 | ) |
| 88 |
|
| 48 |
| |||
Income tax (expense) benefit |
| 8 |
|
| (9 | ) |
| (1 | ) | |||
Net gains (losses) | $ | (32 | ) | $ | 79 |
| $ | 47 |
| |||
(1) | Includes impairments of $18M for fixed maturities and $46M for equities. |
Quarter ended March 31, 2002 | Net Realized Gains (Losses)(2) | Net Unrealized Gains (Losses) | Net Impact | |||||||||
Investment Portfolio gains (losses) | ||||||||||||
Fixed maturities | $ | (14 | ) | $ | 114 |
| $ | 100 |
| |||
Interest rate swaps |
| 7 |
|
| — |
|
| 7 |
| |||
Equity securities |
| (2 | ) |
| (4 | ) |
| (6 | ) | |||
Equity and fixed income derivatives |
| (3 | ) |
| — |
|
| (3 | ) | |||
Foreign exchange gains (losses) |
| (1 | ) |
| — |
|
| (1 | ) | |||
Other |
| — |
|
| (6 | ) |
| (6 | ) | |||
| (13 | ) |
| 104 |
|
| 91 |
| ||||
Credit default swaps (FAS 133 adjustment) |
| (13 | ) |
| — |
|
| (13 | ) | |||
Total gains (losses) |
| (26 | ) |
| 104 |
|
| 78 |
| |||
Income tax (expense) benefit |
| 8 |
|
| (20 | ) |
| (12 | ) | |||
Net gains (losses) | $ | (18 | ) | $ | 84 |
| $ | 66 |
| |||
(2) | Includes impairments of $16M for fixed maturities, $1M for equities. |
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ACE Limited
Reconciliation to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
Regulation G—Non-GAAP Financial Measures
In presenting our operating results, we have included and discussed certain non-GAAP measures. These non-GAAP measures, which may be defined differently by other companies, are important to an understanding of our overall results of operations; however, they should not be viewed as a substitute for measures determined in accordance with GAAP. Net operating income (loss) is a common performance measurement and is defined as net income (loss) excluding net realized gains (losses) on investments, the tax effect of net realized gains (losses) on investments and the cumulative effect of adopting a new accounting standard, net of income tax. We believe this presentation of net operating income (loss) enhances the understanding of our results of operations by highlighting the underlying profitability of our insurance business.
We exclude net realized gains (losses) on investments from net operating income (loss) because the amount of these gains (losses) is heavily influenced by, and fluctuates in part, according to the availability of market opportunities. The cumulative effect of adopting a new accounting standard is excluded from our calculation of net operating income (loss). We believe these amounts are largely independent of our business and including them would distort the analysis of trends. Net operating income (loss) should not be viewed as a substitute for net income determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
1Q-03 | 4Q-02 | 3Q-02 | 2Q-02 | 1Q-02 | Full Year 2002 | Full Year 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Net income (loss), as reported | $ | 247 |
| $ | (168 | ) | $ | (57 | ) | $ | 104 |
| $ | 198 |
| $ | 77 |
| $ | (146 | ) | |||||||
Net realized gains (losses) |
| (40 | ) |
| (88 | ) |
| (235 | ) |
| (140 | ) |
| (26 | ) |
| (489 | ) |
| (58 | ) | |||||||
Tax effect of net realized gains (losses) |
| 8 |
|
| 19 |
|
| 30 |
|
| 15 |
|
| 8 |
|
| 72 |
|
| 8 |
| |||||||
Cumulative effect of adopting a new acct' standard |
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| — |
|
| (23 | ) | |||||||
Net operating income (loss) | $ | 279 |
| $ | (99 | ) | $ | 148 |
| $ | 229 |
| $ | 216 |
| $ | 494 |
| $ | (73 | ) | |||||||
Net income (loss) | $ | 247 |
| $ | (168 | ) | $ | (57 | ) | $ | 104 |
| $ | 198 |
| $ | 77 |
| $ | (146 | ) | |||||||
Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on investments |
| 112 |
|
| 131 |
|
| 198 |
|
| 135 |
|
| (106 | ) |
| 358 |
|
| 65 |
| |||||||
Reclassification adjustment for net realized gains (losses) included in net income |
| (23 | ) |
| 55 |
|
| 28 |
|
| 13 |
|
| 2 |
|
| 98 |
|
| (16 | ) | |||||||
Cumulative translation adjustment |
| 26 |
|
| (4 | ) |
| 4 |
|
| 5 |
|
| (5 | ) |
| — |
|
| (7 | ) | |||||||
Income tax (expense) benefit related to other comprehensive income items |
| (17 | ) |
| (27 | ) |
| (69 | ) |
| (46 | ) |
| 24 |
|
| (118 | ) |
| (10 | ) | |||||||
Other comprehensive income (loss) |
| 98 |
|
| 155 |
|
| 161 |
|
| 107 |
|
| (85 | ) |
| 338 |
|
| 32 |
| |||||||
Comprehensive income (loss) | $ | 345 |
| $ | (13 | ) | $ | 104 |
| $ | 211 |
| $ | 113 |
| $ | 415 |
| $ | (114 | ) | |||||||
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Reconciliation to Generally Accepted Accounting Principles
(in millions of U.S. dollars, except share and per share data)
Reconciliation of Book Value Per Share to Diluted Book Value Per Share
March 31, 2003 | December 31, 2002 | March 31, 2002 | |||||||
Shareholders' equity | $ | 6,702 | $ | 6,389 | $ | 6,204 | |||
Net proceeds from assumed conversions of options |
| 226 |
| 138 |
| 362 | |||
Conversion of mezzanine equity |
| 311 |
| 311 |
| 311 | |||
Numerator for diluted book value per share calculation |
| 7,239 |
| 6,838 |
| 6,877 | |||
Less: goodwill |
| 2,711 |
| 2,717 |
| 2,772 | |||
Numerator for diluted tangible book value per share | $ | 4,528 | $ | 4,121 | $ | 4,105 | |||
Ordinary Shares outstanding—end of period |
| 264,491,819 |
| 262,679,356 |
| 261,897,433 | |||
Shares issued from assumed conversions of options |
| 11,697,607 |
| 8,560,131 |
| 15,539,693 | |||
Shares issued on conversion of mezzanine equity |
| 11,814,373 |
| 11,814,373 |
| 11,814,373 | |||
Denominator for diluted and diluted tangible book value |
| 288,003,799 |
| 283,053,860 |
| 289,251,499 | |||
Book value per share | $ | 25.34 | $ | 24.32 | $ | 23.69 | |||
Diluted book value per share | $ | 25.14 | $ | 24.16 | $ | 23.78 | |||
Diluted tangible book value per share | $ | 15.72 | $ | 14.56 | $ | 14.19 |
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Glossary
Annualized operating return on equity: | Calculated using net operating income (loss) less mezzanine equity dividend divided by average shareholders’ equity for the period calculated. To annualize a quarterly rate multiply by four. | |
Combined ratio: | Sum of the loss and loss expense ratio, acquisition cost ratio and the administrative expense ratio for the property and casualty and financial services operations. | |
Diluted book value per share: | Shareholder’s equity and net proceeds from assumed conversions of outstanding in-the-money options divided by the sum of shares outstanding and the number of options assumed issued. | |
Diluted tangible book value per share: | Shareholder’s equity and net assets from assumed conversions of outstanding in-the-money options less goodwill divided by shares outstanding plus the number of options assumed issued. | |
Effective tax rate: | Income tax expense divided by the sum of income tax expense and net operating income (loss). | |
Life underwriting income: | Net premium earned plus net investment income less future policy benefits, acquisition costs and administrative expenses. | |
Net operating income (loss): | Net income (loss) excluding net realized gains (losses) on investments, the tax effect of net realized gains (losses) on investments and the cumulative effect of adopting new accounting standards, net of income tax. | |
NM: | Not meaningful | |
Operating return on equity: | Calculated using net operating income (loss) less mezzanine equity dividend divided by average shareholders’ equity. | |
Property and casualty combined ratios: | Loss and loss expense ratios, policy acquisition cost ratios and administrative expense ratios exclude life reinsurance business and financial services segment. | |
Tangible equity: | Calculated as shareholders’ equity less goodwill. | |
Total capitalization: | The sum of short-term debt, long-term debt, trust preferreds, mezzanine equity and shareholders’ equity. |
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