How do you interpret specialty reinsurance — underwriting income loss net?

Higher income indicates strong underwriting discipline and effective risk selection.

How does specialty reinsurance — underwriting income loss net compare across companies?

Standard underwriting profit metric used by all global reinsurance and insurance companies.

RenaissanceRe Holdings RNR Specialty Reinsurance — Underwriting Income Loss Net

Discontinued — last reported Q4 '15

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Other financials

Income statement

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Revenue$2.2B-36.8%

Net income$293.4M+72.6%

EPS (diluted)$6.57+101%

Balance sheet

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Cash & equivalents$1.6B-4.3%

Total debt$2.3B-15.4%

Total equity$11.5B+11.3%

Total assets$53.7B+0.2%

Cash flow

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Operating cash flow$687.6M+336%

Valuation

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Market cap$12.75B+9.1%

Enterprise value$13.52B+5.5%

P/E4.6×-1.8×

P/S1.1×+0.2×

Profitability

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Net margin24.2%+9.5pp

Returns & leverage

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Return on equity25.7%+7.2pp

Debt / equity0.2×-0.1×

Where this comes from

Reported directly by RenaissanceRe Holdings in its filing.

Tagged under the XBRL concept rnr:UnderwritingIncomeLossNet.

The official record: RenaissanceRe Holdings’s 10-K, filed February 19, 2016, on SEC EDGAR. View the filing →

Questions, answered.

What does specialty reinsurance — underwriting income loss net mean?: The profit or loss earned from underwriting specialty reinsurance business before investment income.
How do you interpret specialty reinsurance — underwriting income loss net?: Higher income indicates strong underwriting discipline and effective risk selection.
How does specialty reinsurance — underwriting income loss net compare across companies?: Standard underwriting profit metric used by all global reinsurance and insurance companies.