How do you interpret life insurance and annuities — ceded premiums earned?

An increase indicates higher risk transfer activity to third parties, while a decrease suggests the company is retaining more underwriting risk on its own balance sheet.

How does life insurance and annuities — ceded premiums earned compare across companies?

Standard metric for insurance companies; peers report this as 'Ceded Premiums' or 'Reinsurance Premiums Ceded'.

Equitable Holdings EQH Life Insurance And Annuities — Ceded Premiums Earned

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '19

Similar metrics at other companies

EGProperty And Liability Insurance — Ceded Premiums Earned

$378.25M+1.0%

PFGAccident And Health Insurance — Ceded Premiums Earned

$38.4M+1.9%

ALLAccident and health insurance — Ceded Life and Annuity Premiums and Contract Charges

$71M+468%

AFGProperty and casualty insurance — Ceded Premiums Earned

$730.75M+5.5%

ORIAccident and health Insurance — Ceded Premiums Earned

$850K-30.6%

PFGLife And Annuity Insurance Product Line — Ceded Premiums Earned

$99.08M+4.1%

Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$4.2B-7.6%

Net income$621.0M+886%

EPS (diluted)$2.14+1,238%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$9.9B+21.3%

Total debt$3.8B-11.4%

Total equity$273.0M-88.6%

Total assets$310.38B+8.0%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$499.0M+216%

Valuation

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Market cap$12.75B-34.9%

Enterprise value$6.68B-64.1%

P/S1.1×-0.2×

Profitability

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Net margin-5.9%—

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity-42%—

Debt / equity14.1×+12.3×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by Equitable Holdings in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept us-gaap:CededPremiumsEarned.

The official record: Equitable Holdings’s 10-K, filed February 27, 2020, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does life insurance and annuities — ceded premiums earned mean?: Premiums paid to other insurers to transfer or share the company's underwriting risk.
How do you interpret life insurance and annuities — ceded premiums earned?: An increase indicates higher risk transfer activity to third parties, while a decrease suggests the company is retaining more underwriting risk on its own balance sheet.
How does life insurance and annuities — ceded premiums earned compare across companies?: Standard metric for insurance companies; peers report this as 'Ceded Premiums' or 'Reinsurance Premiums Ceded'.