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

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

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

Cincinnati Financial Reports Fourth-Quarter and Full-Year 2016 Results

Cincinnati, February 8, 2017 – Cincinnati Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: CINF) today reported:
Fourth-quarter 2016 net income of $100 million, or 60 cents per share, compared with $156 million, or 94 cents per share, in the fourth quarter of 2015.
Full-year 2016 net income of $591 million, or $3.55 per share, down 7 percent from $634 million, or $3.83, in 2015. Operating income of $511 million, or $3.07 per share, down 13 percent from $589 million, or $3.56 per share.
$56 million decrease in fourth-quarter 2016 net income, reflecting the after-tax net effect of a $63 million reduction in the contribution from property casualty underwriting that included an increase of $45 million in catastrophe losses.
$42.95 book value per share at December 31, 2016, up $3.75 or 10 percent since December 31, 2015.
14.5 percent value creation ratio for full-year 2016, compared with 3.4 percent for 2015.

Financial Highlights
(Dollars in millions except per share data)
Three months ended December 31,
Twelve months ended December 31,
 
2016
 
2015
 
% Change
 
2016
 
2015
 
% Change
Revenue Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Earned premiums
 
$
1,192

 
$
1,148

 
4
 
$
4,710

 
$
4,480

 
5
   Investment income, net of expenses
 
153

 
150

 
2
 
595

 
572

 
4
   Total revenues
 
1,312

 
1,263

 
4
 
5,449

 
5,142

 
6
Income Statement Data
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Net income
 
$
100

 
$
156

 
(36)
 
$
591

 
$
634

 
(7)
   Realized investment gains and losses, net
 
(25
)
 
(26
)
 
4
 
80

 
45

 
78
   Operating income*
 
$
125

 
$
182

 
(31)
 
$
511

 
$
589

 
(13)
Per Share Data (diluted)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Net income
 
$
0.60

 
$
0.94

 
(36)
 
$
3.55

 
$
3.83

 
(7)
   Realized investment gains and losses, net
 
(0.15
)
 
(0.16
)
 
6
 
0.48

 
0.27

 
78
   Operating income*
 
$
0.75

 
$
1.10

 
(32)
 
$
3.07

 
$
3.56

 
(14)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Book value
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
$
42.95

 
$
39.20

 
10
   Cash dividend declared
 
$
0.48

 
$
0.92

 
(48)
 
$
1.92

 
$
2.30

 
(17)
   Diluted weighted average shares outstanding
 
166.5

 
165.7

 
0
 
166.5

 
165.6

 
1

*
The Definitions of Non-GAAP Information and Reconciliation to Comparable GAAP Measures section near the end of this report defines and reconciles measures presented in this release that are not based on U. S. Generally Accepted Accounting Principles.
**
Forward-looking statements and related assumptions are subject to the risks outlined in the company’s safe harbor statement.


CINF 4Q16 Release 1


Insurance Operations Fourth-Quarter Highlights
96.2 percent fourth-quarter 2016 property casualty combined ratio, up from 87.0 percent for fourth-quarter 2015. Full-year 2016 property casualty combined ratio at 94.8 percent, with net written premiums up 5 percent.
1 percent increase in fourth-quarter net written premiums, including higher average pricing.
$134 million fourth-quarter 2016 property casualty new business written premiums. Agencies appointed since the beginning of 2015 contributed $10 million or 7 percent of total fourth-quarter new business written premiums.
$6 million increase in fourth-quarter life insurance subsidiary net income. Full-year 2016 life insurance earned premiums up 9 percent.
Investment and Balance Sheet Highlights
2 percent or $3 million rise in fourth-quarter 2016 pretax investment income, including 5 percent growth for stock portfolio dividends and 1 percent growth for bond interest income.
7 percent full-year increase in fair value of total investments at December 31, 2016, including a 13 percent increase for the stock portfolio and a 5 percent increase for the bond portfolio.
$2.133 billion parent company cash and marketable securities at year-end 2016, up 22 percent from a year ago.

Full-Year Results on Track
Steven J. Johnston, president and chief executive officer, commented: “Positive contributions from both our investment and insurance operations increased our book value 10 percent for the year to $42.95 per share at December 31, 2016. We finished 2016 with a value creation ratio of 14.5 percent, exceeding our long-term objective of a 10 percent to 13 percent annual average.

“Our long-term investment approach continued to boost operating results. Pretax investment income rose to $153 million for the quarter and $595 million for the year, up 2 percent and 4 percent, respectively.

“We weathered a stormy 2016 to end the year with a property casualty combined ratio of 94.8 percent. Our property casualty insurance operations earned an underwriting profit of $46 million for the quarter and $242 million for the year, even after the previously announced impact of catastrophe losses in the fourth quarter. Natural disasters accounted for 7.1 points of our 96.2 percent fourth-quarter combined ratio compared to a 10-year fourth-quarter average of 0.7 points.

“To evaluate the health of our insurance business without the typical fluctuations caused by catastrophes and reserve development, we look to our core underwriting results. Our full-year combined ratio before catastrophe losses and before development of reserves for prior accident years of 90.8 percent improved slightly over last year’s result. Our continued focus on pricing precision fueled by our use of analytics and combined with the professional front line underwriting of our agents and field associates helped us to maintain our improving trend.”

Achieving Consistent Growth
“We reached a record level of property casualty new business written premiums of $551 million for full-year 2016, bringing overall property casualty net written premium growth in line with the same period a year ago. As we continue to appoint new agencies, we work to earn more of their good business. They typically have long-standing relationships with these clients and key underwriting characteristics of the accounts are known.

“Risk management initiatives continue to prove valuable as we inspect more properties for both personal and commercial accounts. Segmenting our business based on proven risk selection criteria supports our efforts to maintain our high retention rates on those policies we believe are most adequately priced while also earning our agents best new business. At the same time, we are subdividing field territories to assure in-person service and deploying technology that increases ease of doing business.

“We surpassed our $25 million 2016 goal for personal lines high net worth new business written. In addition, Cincinnati Specialty Underwriters, our excess and surplus lines subsidiary, grew net written premiums 9 percent and Cincinnati Life, our life insurance subsidiary, grew earned premiums by 9 percent compared with full-year 2015.”

Balance Sheet Strength
“Our property casualty statutory surplus rose to $4.7 billion at December 31, indicating ample capacity to support our growth plans. A strong balance sheet gives us the flexibility to invest in our business while still paying shareholder dividends as a consistent, long-term strategy. The board of directors' recent decision to increase the cash dividend demonstrates their confidence in the future success of our initiatives.”


CINF 4Q16 Release 2


Insurance Operations Highlights
Consolidated Property Casualty Insurance Results
(Dollars in millions)
Three months ended December 31,
 
Twelve months ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
% Change
 
2016
 
2015
 
% Change
Earned premiums
 
$
1,139

 
$
1,095

 
4
 
$
4,482

 
$
4,271

 
5
Fee revenues
 
3

 
2

 
50
 
10

 
8

 
25
   Total revenues
 
1,142

 
1,097

 
4
 
4,492

 
4,279

 
5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loss and loss expenses
 
751

 
616

 
22
 
2,861

 
2,572

 
11
Underwriting expenses
 
345

 
338

 
2
 
1,389

 
1,321

 
5
   Underwriting profit
 
$
46

 
$
143

 
(68)
 
$
242

 
$
386

 
(37)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:
 
 
 
 
 
Pt. Change
 
 
 
 
 
Pt. Change
     Loss and loss expenses
 
65.9
 %
 
56.3
 %
 
9.6
 
63.8
 %
 
60.2
 %
 
3.6
     Underwriting expenses
 
30.3

 
30.7

 
(0.4)
 
31.0

 
30.9

 
0.1
           Combined ratio
 
96.2
 %
 
87.0
 %
 
9.2
 
94.8
 %
 
91.1
 %
 
3.7
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
% Change
 
 
 
 
 
% Change
Agency renewal written premiums
 
$
951

 
$
925

 
3
 
$
4,072

 
$
3,925

 
4
Agency new business written premiums
 
134

 
140

 
(4)
 
551

 
532

 
4
Cincinnati Re net written premiums
 
15

 
33

 
(55)
 
71

 
33

 
115
Other written premiums
 
(36
)
 
(43
)
 
16
 
(114
)
 
(129
)
 
12
   Net written premiums
 
$
1,064

 
$
1,055

 
1
 
$
4,580

 
$
4,361

 
5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:
 
 
 
 
 
Pt. Change
 
 
 
 
 
Pt. Change
     Current accident year before catastrophe losses
 
59.9
 %
 
58.9
 %
 
1.0
 
59.8
 %
 
60.4
 %
 
(0.6)
     Current accident year catastrophe losses
 
7.5

 
1.5

 
6.0
 
7.7

 
4.1

 
3.6
     Prior accident years before catastrophe losses
 
(1.1
)
 
(3.8
)
 
2.7
 
(3.5
)
 
(3.9
)
 
0.4
     Prior accident years catastrophe losses
 
(0.4
)
 
(0.3
)
 
(0.1)
 
(0.2
)
 
(0.4
)
 
0.2
           Loss and loss expense ratio
 
65.9
 %
 
56.3
 %
 
9.6
 
63.8
 %
 
60.2
 %
 
3.6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current accident year combined ratio before
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  catastrophe losses
 
90.2
 %
 
89.6
 %
 
0.6
 
90.8
 %
 
91.3
 %
 
(0.5)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
1 percent and 5 percent growth in fourth-quarter and full-year 2016 property casualty net written premiums, with Cincinnati Re contributing negative 2 percent and positive 1 percent, respectively. The increase in premiums also reflects other growth initiatives, price increases and a higher level of insured exposures.
4 percent decrease in fourth-quarter and 4 percent increase in full-year 2016 new business premiums written by agencies, compared with a year ago, with the full-year increase driven by new agency appointment contributions.
1,614 agency relationships in 2,090 reporting locations marketing standard market property casualty insurance products at December 31, 2016, compared with 1,526 agency relationships in 1,956 reporting locations at year-end 2015. During 2016, 81 new agency appointments were made for agencies that offer most or all of our property casualty insurance products.
9.2 percentage-point fourth-quarter 2016 combined ratio increase, including an increase of 5.9 points for higher losses from natural catastrophes and 2.7 points less benefit from prior accident year reserve development before catastrophes.
3.7 percentage-point increase in full-year 2016 combined ratio, compared with 2015, reflecting an increase of 3.8 points for higher losses from natural catastrophes.
1.5 and 3.7 percentage-point fourth-quarter and full-year 2016 benefit from favorable prior accident year reserve development of $17 million and $168 million, compared with 4.1 points or $44 million for fourth-quarter 2015 and 4.3 points or $184 million of favorable development for full-year 2015. The decrease in favorable reserve development reported for the fourth-quarter of 2016 was primarily due to higher estimates of IBNR losses and loss expenses for our commercial casualty line of business.
0.6 percentage-point improvement, to 59.8 percent, for the full-year 2016 ratio of current accident year losses and loss expenses before catastrophes, including a 0.2 point increase in the ratio for current accident year losses of $1 million or more per claim.

CINF 4Q16 Release 3


0.1 percentage-point increase in the full-year 2016 underwriting expense ratio, as higher earned premiums, ongoing expense management efforts and lower profit-sharing commissions for agencies were slightly offset by strategic investments that include enhancement of underwriting expertise.

CINF 4Q16 Release 4


           
Commercial Lines Insurance Results
(Dollars in millions)
Three months ended December 31,
 
Twelve months ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
% Change
 
2016
 
2015
 
% Change
Earned premiums
 
$
779

 
$
761

 
2
 
$
3,089

 
$
2,996

 
3
Fee revenues
 
2

 
1

 
100
 
5

 
4

 
25
   Total revenues
 
781

 
762

 
2
 
3,094

 
3,000

 
3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loss and loss expenses
 
503

 
419

 
20
 
1,928

 
1,708

 
13
Underwriting expenses
 
242

 
242

 
0
 
982

 
947

 
4
   Underwriting profit
 
$
36

 
$
101

 
(64)
 
$
184

 
$
345

 
(47)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:
 
 
 
 
 
Pt. Change
 
 
 
 
 
Pt. Change
     Loss and loss expenses
 
64.6
 %
 
55.1
 %
 
9.5
 
62.4
 %
 
57.0
 %
 
5.4
     Underwriting expenses
 
31.1

 
31.7

 
(0.6)
 
31.8

 
31.6

 
0.2
           Combined ratio
 
95.7
 %
 
86.8
 %
 
8.9
 
94.2
 %
 
88.6
 %
 
5.6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
% Change
 
 
 
 
 
% Change
Agency renewal written premiums
 
$
658

 
$
649

 
1
 
$
2,832

 
$
2,756

 
3
Agency new business written premiums
 
91

 
97

 
(6)
 
372

 
365

 
2
Other written premiums
 
(28
)
 
(34
)
 
18
 
(82
)
 
(96
)
 
15
   Net written premiums
 
$
721

 
$
712

 
1
 
$
3,122

 
$
3,025

 
3
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:
 
 
 
 
 
Pt. Change
 
 
 
 
 
Pt. Change
     Current accident year before catastrophe losses
 
60.8
 %
 
58.2
 %
 
2.6
 
59.3
 %
 
58.6
 %
 
0.7
     Current accident year catastrophe losses
 
5.1

 
1.4

 
3.7
 
7.3

 
3.5

 
3.8
     Prior accident years before catastrophe losses
 
(0.9
)
 
(4.1
)
 
3.2
 
(4.0
)
 
(4.7
)
 
0.7
     Prior accident years catastrophe losses
 
(0.4
)
 
(0.4
)
 
0.0
 
(0.2
)
 
(0.4
)
 
0.2
           Loss and loss expense ratio
 
64.6
 %
 
55.1
 %
 
9.5
 
62.4
 %
 
57.0
 %
 
5.4
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current accident year combined ratio before
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  catastrophe losses
 
91.9
 %
 
89.9
 %
 
2.0
 
91.1
 %
 
90.2
 %
 
0.9
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

1 percent and 3 percent growth in fourth-quarter and full-year 2016 commercial lines net written premiums, reflecting growth initiatives, a higher level of insured exposures and price increases. Fourth-quarter and full-year 2016 commercial lines average renewal price increases at a percentage in the low-single-digit range.
$7 million or 2 percent rise in full-year 2016 new business written by agencies, driven by production from agencies appointed since the beginning of 2015 that offset effects of a softening commercial insurance market.
8.9 percentage-point increase in fourth-quarter 2016 combined ratio, including an increase of 3.7 points for higher losses from natural catastrophes and 3.2 points less benefit from prior accident year reserve development before catastrophes.
5.6 percentage-point increase in the full-year 2016 combined ratio, including 4.0 points from higher natural catastrophe losses.
1.3 and 4.2 percentage-point fourth-quarter and full-year 2016 benefit from favorable prior accident year reserve development of $11 million and $129 million, compared with 4.5 points or $34 million for fourth-quarter 2015 and 5.1 points or $154 million of favorable development for full-year 2015. The decrease in favorable reserve development reported for the fourth-quarter of 2016 was primarily due to higher estimates of IBNR losses and loss expenses for our commercial casualty line of business, reflecting paid loss trends for certain accident years emerging at levels higher than previously expected. Despite that loss experience, our commercial casualty full-year 2016 loss and loss expense ratio remained below 58 percent, indicating a healthy underwriting profit once underwriting expenses are considered.
0.7 percentage-point increase, to 59.3 percent, for the full-year 2016 ratio of current accident year losses and loss expenses before catastrophes, reflecting a 1.4 point increase in the ratio for current accident year losses of $1 million or more per claim.

CINF 4Q16 Release 5



Personal Lines Insurance Results
(Dollars in millions)
Three months ended December 31,
 
Twelve months ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
% Change
 
2016
 
2015
 
% Change
Earned premiums
 
$
297

 
$
280

 
6
 
$
1,161

 
$
1,097

 
6
Fee revenues
 
1

 
1

 
0
 
4

 
3

 
33
   Total revenues
 
298

 
281

 
6
 
1,165

 
1,100

 
6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loss and loss expenses
 
226

 
184

 
23
 
840

 
789

 
6
Underwriting expenses
 
84

 
79

 
6
 
337

 
323

 
4
   Underwriting (loss) profit
 
$
(12
)
 
$
18

 
nm
 
$
(12
)
 
$
(12
)
 
0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:
 
 
 
 
 
Pt. Change
 
 
 
 
 
Pt. Change
     Loss and loss expenses
 
76.1
 %
 
65.7
 %
 
10.4
 
72.4
 %
 
71.9
 %
 
0.5
     Underwriting expenses
 
28.3

 
28.3

 
0.0
 
29.0

 
29.4

 
(0.4)
           Combined ratio
 
104.4
 %
 
94.0
 %
 
10.4
 
101.4
 %
 
101.3
 %
 
0.1
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
% Change
 
 
 
 
 
% Change
Agency renewal written premiums
 
$
258

 
$
245

 
5
 
$
1,099

 
$
1,041

 
6
Agency new business written premiums
 
31

 
27

 
15
 
122

 
111

 
10
Other written premiums
 
(6
)
 
(6
)
 
0
 
(23
)
 
(24
)
 
4
   Net written premiums
 
$
283

 
$
266

 
6
 
$
1,198

 
$
1,128

 
6
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:
 
 
 
 
 
Pt. Change
 
 
 
 
 
Pt. Change
     Current accident year before catastrophe losses
 
62.1
 %
 
62.4
 %
 
(0.3)
 
63.0
 %
 
64.9
 %
 
(1.9)
     Current accident year catastrophe losses
 
14.0

 
2.0

 
12.0
 
9.7

 
6.5

 
3.2
     Prior accident years before catastrophe losses
 
0.4

 
1.5

 
(1.1)
 
0.0

 
0.8

 
(0.8)
     Prior accident years catastrophe losses
 
(0.4
)
 
(0.2
)
 
(0.2)
 
(0.3
)
 
(0.3
)
 
0.0
           Loss and loss expense ratio
 
76.1
 %
 
65.7
 %
 
10.4
 
72.4
 %
 
71.9
 %
 
0.5
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current accident year combined ratio before
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  catastrophe losses
 
90.4
 %
 
90.7
 %
 
(0.3)
 
92.0
 %
 
94.3
 %
 
(2.3)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

6 percent growth in both fourth-quarter and full-year 2016 personal lines net written premiums, including growth in new business and higher renewal written premiums that benefited from rate increases.
4 percent increase in full-year 2016 earned premiums in aggregate from our five highest volume states where we offer personal lines policies and that represent approximately half of our personal lines premiums, while rising 8 percent for all other states in aggregate as we progress toward geographic diversification.
15 percent and 10 percent increase in fourth-quarter and full-year 2016 new business written premium, driven by increases of approximately $4 million and $13 million, respectively, from agencies’ high net worth clients.
10.4 percentage-point increase in fourth-quarter 2016 combined ratio, including 11.8 points from higher natural catastrophe losses.
0.1 percentage-point increase in the full-year 2016 combined ratio, driven by 3.2 points from higher natural catastrophe losses.
An immaterial effect for fourth-quarter 2016 and a full-year favorable effect of 0.3 points from prior accident year reserve development of less than $1 million and $4 million, compared with 1.3 points or $4 million for fourth-quarter 2015 and 0.5 points or $5 million of unfavorable development for full-year 2015.
1.9 percentage-point improvement, to 63.0 percent, for the full-year 2016 ratio of current accident year losses and loss expenses before catastrophes, including a decrease of 2.4 points in the ratio for current accident year losses of $1 million or more per claim.


CINF 4Q16 Release 6



Excess and Surplus Lines Insurance Results
(Dollars in millions)
Three months ended December 31,
 
Twelve months ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
% Change
 
2016
 
2015
 
% Change
Earned premiums
 
$
47

 
$
44

 
7
 
$
183

 
$
168

 
9
Fee revenues
 

 

 
0
 
1

 
1

 
0
   Total revenues
 
47

 
44

 
7
 
184

 
169

 
9
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Loss and loss expenses
 
13

 
8

 
63
 
68

 
70

 
(3)
Underwriting expenses
 
14

 
14

 
0
 
54

 
48

 
13
   Underwriting profit
 
$
20

 
$
22

 
(9)
 
$
62

 
$
51

 
22
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:
 
 
 
 
 
Pt. Change
 
 
 
 
 
Pt. Change
     Loss and loss expenses
 
29.3
 %
 
18.9
 %
 
10.4
 
37.6
 %
 
41.9
 %
 
(4.3)
     Underwriting expenses
 
29.4

 
29.2

 
0.2
 
29.4

 
28.1

 
1.3
           Combined ratio
 
58.7
 %
 
48.1
 %
 
10.6
 
67.0
 %
 
70.0
 %
 
(3.0)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
% Change
 
 
 
 
 
% Change
Agency renewal written premiums
 
$
35

 
$
31

 
13
 
$
141

 
$
128

 
10
Agency new business written premiums
 
12

 
16

 
(25)
 
57

 
56

 
2
Other written premiums
 
(2
)
 
(3
)
 
33
 
(9
)
 
(9
)
 
0
   Net written premiums
 
$
45

 
$
44

 
2
 
$
189

 
$
175

 
9
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:
 
 
 
 
 
Pt. Change
 
 
 
 
 
Pt. Change
     Current accident year before catastrophe losses
 
41.4
 %
 
51.3
 %
 
(9.9)
 
54.4
 %
 
62.1
 %
 
(7.7)
     Current accident year catastrophe losses
 
2.6

 
0.2

 
2.4
 
1.6

 
0.5

 
1.1
     Prior accident years before catastrophe losses
 
(14.7
)
 
(32.5
)
 
17.8
 
(18.3
)
 
(20.6
)
 
2.3
     Prior accident years catastrophe losses
 
0.0

 
(0.1
)
 
0.1
 
(0.1
)
 
(0.1
)
 
0.0
           Loss and loss expense ratio
 
29.3
 %
 
18.9
 %
 
10.4
 
37.6
 %
 
41.9
 %
 
(4.3)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Current accident year combined ratio before
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  catastrophe losses
 
70.8
 %
 
80.5
 %
 
(9.7)
 
83.8
 %
 
90.2
 %
 
(6.4)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

2 percent and 9 percent growth in fourth-quarter and full-year 2016 excess and surplus lines net written premiums, including full-year average renewal price increases at a percentage near the high end of a low-single-digit range.
2 percent increase in full-year 2016 new business written premiums, slowing from 10 percent in full-year 2015 as a result of careful underwriting in a highly competitive market.
10.6 percentage-point increase in fourth-quarter 2016 combined ratio, primarily due to 17.8 points less benefit from prior accident year reserve development before catastrophes.
3.0 percentage-point combined ratio improvement for full-year 2016, primarily due to improved experience in the ratio for current accident year losses and loss expenses before catastrophe losses that reflects careful underwriting.
14.7 and 18.4 percentage-point fourth-quarter and full-year 2016 benefit from favorable prior accident year reserve development of $7 million and $34 million, compared with 32.6 points or $14 million for fourth-quarter 2015 and 20.7 points or $35 million of favorable development for full-year 2015.
7.7 percentage-point improvement, to 54.4 percent, for the full-year 2016 ratio of current accident year losses and loss expenses before catastrophes, including a 0.7 point decrease in the ratio for current accident year losses of $1 million or more per claim.

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Life Insurance Subsidiary Results
(Dollars in millions)
Three months ended December 31,
 
Twelve months ended December 31,
 
2016
 
2015
 
% Change
 
2016
 
2015
 
% Change
Term life insurance
 
$
37

 
$
33

 
12
 
$
149

 
$
136

 
10
Universal life insurance
 
3

 
11

 
(73)
 
37

 
39

 
(5)
Other life insurance, annuity, and disability income
  products
 
13

 
9

 
44
 
42

 
34

 
24
Earned premiums
 
53

 
53

 
0
 
228

 
209

 
9
Investment income, net of expenses
 
38

 
38

 
0
 
155

 
150

 
3
Realized investment gains, net
 
4

 

 
nm
 
8

 
1

 
nm
Fee revenues
 
1

 
1

 
0
 
5

 
5

 
0
Total revenues
 
96

 
92

 
4
 
396

 
365

 
8
Contract holders’ benefits incurred
 
58

 
61

 
(5)
 
246

 
236

 
4
Underwriting expenses incurred
 
14

 
16

 
(13)
 
76

 
66

 
15
Total benefits and expenses
 
72

 
77

 
(6)
 
322

 
302

 
7
Net income before income tax
 
24

 
15

 
60
 
74

 
63

 
17
Income tax
 
8

 
5

 
60
 
26

 
22

 
18
Net income of the life insurance subsidiary
 
$
16

 
$
10

 
60
 
$
48

 
$
41

 
17
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

$19 million or 9 percent increase in full-year 2016 earned premiums, including a 10 percent increase for term life insurance, our largest life insurance product line.
$7 million improvement in full-year 2016 life insurance subsidiary net income, primarily due to more favorable mortality experience and an increase in realized investment gains.
$66 million or 8 percent full-year 2016 increase to $939 million in GAAP shareholders’ equity for The Cincinnati Life Insurance Company, largely reflecting $48 million in net income and an $18 million increase in after-tax net unrealized fixed-maturity investment portfolio gains.


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Investment and Balance Sheet Highlights
Investments Results
(Dollars in millions)
 
Three months ended December 31,
 
Twelve months ended December 31,
 
2016
 
2015
 
% Change
 
2016
 
2015
 
% Change
Investment income, net of expenses
 
$
153

 
$
150

 
2
 
$
595

 
$
572

 
4
Investment interest credited to contract holders’
 
(23
)
 
(22
)
 
(5)
 
(90
)
 
(86
)
 
(5)
Realized investment gains and losses, net
 
(37
)
 
(40
)
 
8
 
124

 
70

 
77
Investment profit
 
$
93

 
$
88

 
6
 
$
629

 
$
556

 
13
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Investment income:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Interest
 
$
110

 
$
109

 
1
 
$
440

 
$
428

 
3
   Dividends
 
44

 
42

 
5
 
161

 
150

 
7
   Other
 
1

 
1

 
0
 
3

 
3

 
0
   Less investment expenses
 
2

 
2

 
0
 
9

 
9

 
0
      Investment income, pretax
 
153

 
150

 
2
 
595

 
572

 
4
      Less income taxes
 
36

 
35

 
3
 
141

 
135

 
4
Total investment income, after-tax
 
$
117

 
$
115

 
2
 
$
454

 
$
437

 
4
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Investment returns:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
      Effective tax rate
 
23.5
%
 
23.5
%
 
 
 
23.8
%
 
23.6
%
 
 
    Average invested assets plus cash and cash
      equivalents
 
$
15,867

 
$
14,525

 
 
 
$
15,316

 
$
14,515

 
 
      Average yield pretax
 
3.86
%
 
4.13
%
 
 
 
3.88
%
 
3.94
%
 
 
      Average yield after-tax
 
2.95

 
3.17

 
 
 
2.96

 
3.01

 
 
Fixed-maturity returns:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Effective tax rate
 
27.2
%
 
27.2
%
 
 
 
27.3
%
 
27.1
%
 
 
Average amortized cost
 
$
9,728

 
$
9,360

 
 
 
$
9,562

 
$
9,098

 
 
Average yield pretax
 
4.52
%
 
4.66
%
 
 
 
4.60
%
 
4.70
%
 
 
Average yield after-tax
 
3.29

 
3.39

 
 
 
3.35

 
3.43

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

$3 million or 2 percent rise in fourth-quarter 2016 pretax investment income, including 5 percent growth in equity portfolio dividends and 1 percent growth in interest income.
Zero and $2 million fourth-quarter and full-year 2016 impact from other-than-temporary impairments to net realized investment gains and losses, compared with $40 million and $52 million for fourth-quarter and full-year 2015.
$110 million or 4 percent fourth-quarter 2016 net decrease in pretax net unrealized investment portfolio gains, including a $204 million increase for the equity portfolio and $314 million decrease for the bond portfolio. The total decrease included the effect of $9 million of pretax net realized gains from investment portfolio security sales or called bonds during fourth-quarter 2016, in addition to $47 million of net realized losses from equity portfolio sales.
$531 million or 25 percent full-year 2016 net increase in pretax net unrealized investment portfolio gains, including a $571 million increase for the equity portfolio and $40 million decrease for the bond portfolio. The total increase included the effect of $124 million of pretax net realized gains from investment portfolio security sales or called bonds during full-year 2016, including $99 million from equity portfolio sales.

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Balance Sheet Highlights
(Dollars in millions except share data)
 
At December 31,
 
At December 31,
 
2016
 
2015
   Total investments
 
$
15,500

 
$
14,423

   Total assets
 
20,386

 
18,888

   Short-term debt
 
20

 
35

   Long-term debt
 
787

 
786

   Shareholders’ equity
 
7,060

 
6,427

   Book value per share
 
42.95

 
39.20

   Debt-to-total-capital ratio
 
10.3
%
 
11.3
%

$16.277 billion in consolidated cash and invested assets at December 31, 2016, up 9 percent from $14.967 billion at year-end 2015.
$10.085 billion bond portfolio at December 31, 2016, with an average rating of A3/A. Fair value decreased $172 million or 2 percent during the fourth quarter of 2016.
$5.334 billion equity portfolio was 34.4 percent of total investments, including $2.339 billion in pretax net unrealized gains at December 31, 2016. Fourth-quarter 2016 increase in fair value of $30 million or 1 percent.
$4.686 billion of statutory surplus for the property casualty insurance group at December 31, 2016, up $273 million from $4.413 billion at year-end 2015, after declaring $475 million in dividends to the parent company. The ratio of net written premiums to property casualty statutory surplus for the 12 months ended December 31, 2016, was 1.0-to-1, matching year-end 2015.
$0.29 fourth-quarter 2016 decrease in book value per share, including additions of $0.77 from net income before realized gains and negative $0.58 from investment portfolio realized gains and changes in unrealized gains that were offset by deductions of $0.48 from dividends declared to shareholders.
Value creation ratio of 14.5 percent for full-year 2016, reflecting 7.9 percentage points from net income before net realized investment gains, which includes underwriting and investment income, and 6.6 points from investment portfolio realized gains and changes in unrealized gains, including 6.8 points from our stock portfolio and negative 0.2 points from our bond portfolio.

For additional information or to register for our conference call webcast, please visit cinfin.com/investors.

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

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



Safe Harbor Statement
This is our “Safe Harbor” statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Our business is subject to certain risks and uncertainties that may cause actual results to differ materially from those suggested by the forward-looking statements in this report. Some of those risks and uncertainties are discussed in our 2015 Annual Report on Form 10-K, Item 1A, Risk Factors, Page 26.
Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to:
Unusually high levels of catastrophe losses due to risk concentrations, changes in weather patterns, environmental events, terrorism incidents or other causes
Increased frequency and/or severity of claims or development of claims that are unforeseen at the time of policy issuance
Inadequate estimates, assumptions or reliance on third-party data used for critical accounting estimates
Declines in overall stock market values negatively affecting the company’s equity portfolio and book value
Domestic and global events resulting in capital market or credit market uncertainty, followed by prolonged periods of economic instability or recession, that lead to:
Significant or prolonged decline in the fair value of a particular security or group of securities and impairment of the asset(s)
Significant decline in investment income due to reduced or eliminated dividend payouts from a particular security or group of securities

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Significant rise in losses from surety and director and officer policies written for financial institutions or other insured entities
Prolonged low interest rate environment or other factors that limit the company’s ability to generate growth in investment income or interest rate fluctuations that result in declining values of fixed-maturity investments, including declines in accounts in which we hold bank-owned life insurance contract assets
Recession or other economic conditions resulting in lower demand for insurance products or increased payment delinquencies
Difficulties with technology or data security breaches, including cyberattacks, that could negatively affect our ability to conduct business and our relationships with agents, policyholders and others
Disruption of the insurance market caused by technology innovations such as driverless cars that could decrease consumer demand for insurance products
Delays, inadequate data developed internally or from third parties, or performance inadequacies from ongoing development and implementation of underwriting and pricing methods, including telematics and other usage-based insurance methods, or technology projects and enhancements expected to increase our pricing accuracy, underwriting profit and competitiveness
Increased competition that could result in a significant reduction in the company’s premium volume
Changing consumer insurance-buying habits and consolidation of independent insurance agencies that could alter our competitive advantages
Inability to obtain adequate ceded reinsurance on acceptable terms, amount of reinsurance coverage purchased, financial strength of reinsurers and the potential for nonpayment or delay in payment by reinsurers
Inability to defer policy acquisition costs for any business segment if pricing and loss trends would lead management to conclude that segment could not achieve sustainable profitability
Inability of our subsidiaries to pay dividends consistent with current or past levels
Events or conditions that could weaken or harm the company’s relationships with its independent agencies and hamper opportunities to add new agencies, resulting in limitations on the company’s opportunities for growth, such as:
Downgrades of the company’s financial strength ratings
Concerns that doing business with the company is too difficult
Perceptions that the company’s level of service, particularly claims service, is no longer a distinguishing characteristic in the marketplace
Inability or unwillingness to nimbly develop and introduce coverage product updates and innovations that our competitors offer and consumers expect to find in the marketplace
Actions of insurance departments, state attorneys general or other regulatory agencies, including a change to a federal system of regulation from a state-based system, that:
Impose new obligations on us that increase our expenses or change the assumptions underlying our critical accounting estimates
Place the insurance industry under greater regulatory scrutiny or result in new statutes, rules and regulations
Restrict our ability to exit or reduce writings of unprofitable coverages or lines of business
Add assessments for guaranty funds, other insurance‑related assessments or mandatory reinsurance arrangements; or that impair our ability to recover such assessments through future surcharges or other rate changes
Increase our provision for federal income taxes due to changes in tax law
Increase our other expenses
Limit our ability to set fair, adequate and reasonable rates
Place us at a disadvantage in the marketplace
Restrict our ability to execute our business model, including the way we compensate agents
Adverse outcomes from litigation or administrative proceedings
Events or actions, including unauthorized intentional circumvention of controls, that reduce the company’s future ability to maintain effective internal control over financial reporting under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
Unforeseen departure of certain executive officers or other key employees due to retirement, health or other causes that could interrupt progress toward important strategic goals or diminish the effectiveness of certain longstanding relationships with insurance agents and others
Events, such as an epidemic, natural catastrophe or terrorism, that could hamper our ability to assemble our workforce at our headquarters location
Further, the company’s insurance businesses are subject to the effects of changing social, global, economic and regulatory environments. Public and regulatory initiatives have included efforts to adversely influence and restrict premium rates, restrict the ability to cancel policies, impose underwriting standards and expand overall regulation. The company also is subject to public and regulatory initiatives that can affect the market value for its common stock, such as measures affecting corporate financial reporting and governance. The ultimate changes and eventual effects, if any, of these initiatives are uncertain.
* * *

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Cincinnati Financial Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets (unaudited)
(Dollars in millions except per share data)
 
December 31,
 
December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
Assets
 
 

 
 

  Investments
 
 

 
 

    Fixed maturities, at fair value (amortized cost: 2016—$9,799; 2015—$9,324)
 
$
10,085

 
$
9,650

    Equity securities, at fair value (cost: 2016—$2,995; 2015—$2,938)
 
5,334

 
4,706

    Other invested assets
 
81

 
67

      Total investments
 
15,500

 
14,423

  Cash and cash equivalents
 
777

 
544

  Investment income receivable
 
134

 
129

  Finance receivable
 
51

 
62

  Premiums receivable
 
1,533

 
1,431

  Reinsurance recoverable
 
545

 
542

  Prepaid reinsurance premiums
 
62

 
54

  Deferred policy acquisition costs
 
637

 
616

  Land, building and equipment, net, for company use (accumulated depreciation:
     2016—$237; 2015—$459)
 
183

 
185

  Other assets
 
198

 
154

  Separate accounts
 
766

 
748

    Total assets
 
$
20,386

 
$
18,888

Liabilities
 
 

 
 

  Insurance reserves
 
 

 
 

    Loss and loss expense reserves
 
$
5,085

 
$
4,718

    Life policy and investment contract reserves
 
2,671

 
2,583

  Unearned premiums
 
2,307

 
2,201

  Other liabilities
 
786

 
717

  Deferred income tax
 
865

 
638

  Note payable
 
20

 
35

  Long-term debt and capital lease obligations
 
826

 
821

  Separate accounts
 
766

 
748

    Total liabilities
 
13,326

 
12,461

 
 
 
 
 
Shareholders' Equity
 
 

 
 

  Common stock, par value—$2 per share; (authorized: 2016 and 2015—500 million shares;
    issued and outstanding: 2016 and 2015—198.3 million shares)
 
397

 
397

Paid-in capital
 
1,252

 
1,232

Retained earnings
 
5,037

 
4,762

Accumulated other comprehensive income
 
1,693

 
1,344

Treasury stock at cost (2016—33.9 million shares and 2015—34.4 million shares)
 
(1,319
)
 
(1,308
)
Total shareholders' equity
 
7,060

 
6,427

Total liabilities and shareholders' equity
 
$
20,386

 
$
18,888

 
 
 
 
 


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Cincinnati Financial Corporation
Condensed Consolidated Statements of Income (unaudited)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Dollars in millions except per share data)
Three months ended December 31,
 
Twelve months ended December 31,
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Revenues
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Earned premiums
$
1,192

 
$
1,148

 
$
4,710

 
$
4,480

   Investment income, net of expenses
153

 
150

 
595

 
572

   Realized investment gains and losses, net
(37
)
 
(40
)
 
124

 
70

   Fee revenues
4

 
3

 
15

 
13

   Other revenues

 
2

 
5

 
7

      Total revenues
1,312

 
1,263

 
5,449

 
5,142

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Benefits and Expenses
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Insurance losses and contract holders’ benefits
809

 
677

 
3,107

 
2,808

   Underwriting, acquisition and insurance expenses
359

 
354

 
1,465

 
1,387

   Interest expense
14

 
13

 
53

 
53

   Other operating expenses
2

 
3

 
12

 
13

      Total benefits and expenses
1,184

 
1,047

 
4,637

 
4,261

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income Before Income Taxes
128

 
216

 
812

 
881

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Provision for Income Taxes
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Current
10

 
51

 
183

 
231

   Deferred
18

 
9

 
38

 
16

      Total provision for income taxes
28

 
60

 
221

 
247

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net Income
$
100

 
$
156

 
$
591

 
$
634

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Per Common Share
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Net income—basic
$
0.61

 
$
0.95

 
$
3.59

 
$
3.87

   Net income—diluted
0.60

 
0.94

 
3.55

 
3.83



Definitions of Non-GAAP Information and Reconciliation to Comparable GAAP Measures
(See attached tables for reconciliations; additional prior-period reconciliations available at cinfin.com/investors.)
Cincinnati Financial Corporation prepares its public financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (GAAP). Statutory data is prepared in accordance with statutory accounting rules as defined by the National Association of Insurance Commissioners’ (NAIC) Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual, and therefore is not reconciled to GAAP data.
Management uses certain non-GAAP and non-statutory financial measures to evaluate its primary business areas – property casualty insurance, life insurance and investments. Management uses these measures when analyzing both GAAP and non-GAAP measures to improve its understanding of trends in the underlying business and to help avoid incorrect or misleading assumptions and conclusions about the success or failure of company strategies. Management adjustments to GAAP measures generally: apply to non-recurring events that are unrelated to business performance and distort short-term results; involve values that fluctuate based on events outside of management’s control; supplement reporting segment disclosures with disclosures for a subsidiary company or for a combination of subsidiaries or reporting segments; or relate to accounting refinements that affect comparability between periods, creating a need to analyze data on the same basis.
Operating income: Operating income is calculated by excluding net realized investment gains and losses (defined as realized investment gains and losses after applicable federal and state income taxes) from net income. Management evaluates operating income to measure the success of pricing, rate and underwriting strategies. While realized investment gains (or losses) are integral to the company’s insurance operations over the long term, the determination to realize investment gains or losses in any period may be subject to management’s discretion and is independent of the insurance underwriting process. Also, under applicable GAAP accounting requirements, gains and losses can be recognized from certain changes in market values of securities without actual realization. Management believes that

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the level of realized investment gains or losses for any particular period, while it may be material, may not fully indicate the performance of ongoing underlying business operations in that period.
For these reasons, many investors and shareholders consider operating income to be one of the more meaningful measures for evaluating insurance company performance. Equity analysts who report on the insurance industry and the company generally focus on this metric in their analyses. The company presents operating income so that all investors have what management believes to be a useful supplement to GAAP information.
Value creation ratio: This is a measure of shareholder value creation that management believes captures the contribution of the company’s insurance operations, the success of its investment strategy and the importance placed on paying cash dividends to shareholders. The value creation ratio measure is made up of two primary components: (1) rate of growth in book value per share plus (2) the ratio of dividends declared per share to beginning book value per share. Management believes this non-GAAP measure is a useful supplement to GAAP information, providing a meaningful measure of long-term progress in creating shareholder value. It is intended to be all-inclusive regarding changes in book value per share, and uses originally reported book value per share in cases where book value per share has been adjusted, such as adoption of Accounting Standards Updates with a cumulative effect of a change in accounting.
Consolidated property casualty insurance results: To supplement reporting segment disclosures related to our property casualty insurance operations, we also evaluate results for those operations on a basis that includes results for our property casualty insurance and brokerage services subsidiaries. That is the total of our commercial lines, personal lines and our excess and surplus lines segment plus our reinsurance assumed operations.
Life insurance subsidiary results: To supplement life insurance reporting segment disclosures related to our life insurance operation, we also evaluate results for that operation on a basis that includes life insurance subsidiary investment income, or investment income plus net realized investment gains, that are also included in our investments reporting segment. We recognize that assets under management, capital appreciation and investment income are integral to evaluating the success of the life insurance segment because of the long duration of life products.
Statutory accounting rules: For public reporting, insurance companies prepare financial statements in accordance with GAAP. However, insurers also must calculate certain data according to statutory accounting rules as defined in the NAIC’s Accounting Practices and Procedures Manual, which may be, and has been, modified by various state insurance departments. Statutory data is publicly available, and various organizations use it to calculate aggregate industry data, study industry trends and compare insurance companies.
Written premium: Under statutory accounting rules, property casualty written premium is the amount recorded for policies issued and recognized on an annualized basis at the effective date of the policy. Management analyzes trends in written premium to assess business efforts. Earned premium, used in both statutory and GAAP accounting, is calculated ratably over the policy term. The difference between written and earned premium is unearned premium.


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Cincinnati Financial Corporation
Balance Sheet Reconciliation
(Dollars are per share)
 
Three months ended December 31,
 
Twelve months ended December 31,
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Value creation ratio:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   End of period book value
 
$
42.95

 
$
39.20

 
$
42.95

 
$
39.20

   Less beginning of period book value
 
43.24

 
38.77

 
39.20

 
40.14

   Change in book value
 
(0.29
)
 
0.43

 
3.75

 
(0.94
)
   Dividend declared to shareholders
 
0.48

 
0.92

 
1.92

 
2.30

   Total value creation
 
$
0.19

 
$
1.35

 
$
5.67

 
$
1.36

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Value creation ratio from change in book value*
 
(0.7
)%
 
1.1
%
 
9.6
%
 
(2.3
)%
Value creation ratio from dividends declared to
   shareholders**
1.1

 
2.4

 
4.9

 
5.7

Value creation ratio
 
0.4
 %
 
3.5
%
 
14.5
%
 
3.4
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
* Change in book value divided by the beginning of period book value
 
 
** Dividend declared to shareholders divided by beginning of period book value
 
 

 Net Income Reconciliation
 
(Dollars in millions except per share data)
 
Three months ended December 31,
 
Twelve months ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Net income
 
$
100

 
$
156

 
$
591

 
$
634

Less:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Realized investment gains and losses, net
 
(37
)
 
(40
)
 
124

 
70

   Income tax on realized investment gains and losses
 
12

 
14

 
(44
)
 
(25
)
       Realized investment gains and losses, after-tax
 
(25
)
 
(26
)
 
80

 
45

Operating income
 
$
125

 
$
182

 
$
511

 
$
589

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Diluted per share data:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income
 
$
0.60

 
$
0.94

 
$
3.55

 
$
3.83

Less:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Realized investment gains and losses, net
 
(0.23
)
 
(0.24
)
 
0.74

 
0.42

   Income tax on realized investment gains and losses
 
0.08

 
0.08

 
(0.26
)
 
(0.15
)
       Realized investment gains and losses, after-tax
 
(0.15
)
 
(0.16
)
 
0.48

 
0.27

Operating income
 
$
0.75

 
$
1.10

 
$
3.07

 
$
3.56

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


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Life Insurance Reconciliation
 
(Dollars in millions)
 
Three months ended December 31,
 
Twelve months ended December 31,
 
 
2016
 
2015
 
2016
 
2015
Net income of life insurance subsidiary
 
$
16

 
$
10

 
$
48

 
$
41

   Realized investment gains, net
 
4

 

 
8

 
1

   Income tax on realized investment gains
 
2

 
1

 
3

 
1

Operating income
 
14

 
11

 
43

 
41

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Investment income, net of expenses
 
(38
)
 
(38
)
 
(155
)
 
(150
)
Investment income credited to contract holders'
 
23

 
22

 
90

 
86

Income tax on investment income and investment income credited to contract holders'
 
6

 
4

 
23

 
21

Life insurance segment profit (loss)
 
$
5

 
$
(1
)
 
$
1

 
$
(2
)
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



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Cincinnati Financial Corporation
Property Casualty Operations Reconciliation
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Dollars in millions)
Three months ended December 31, 2016
 
Consolidated
Commercial
Personal
 
E&S
 
Cincinnati Re
Premiums:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Written premiums
 
$
1,064

 
 
$
721

 
 
$
283

 
 
$
45

 
 
$
15

 
   Unearned premiums change
 
75

 
 
58

 
 
14

 
 
2

 
 
1

 
   Earned premiums
 
$
1,139

 
 
$
779

 
 
$
297

 
 
$
47

 
 
$
16

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Statutory ratios:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Combined ratio
 
97.9
 %
 
 
97.6
 %
 
 
105.3
%
 
 
60.2
 %
 
 
90.6
 %
 
   Contribution from catastrophe losses
 
7.1

 
 
4.7

 
 
13.6

 
 
2.6

 
 
21.1

 
   Combined ratio excluding catastrophe losses
 
90.8
 %
 
 
92.9
 %
 
 
91.7
%
 
 
57.6
 %
 
 
69.5
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Commission expense ratio
 
19.2
 %
 
 
19.0
 %
 
 
18.1
%
 
 
26.8
 %
 
 
26.7
 %
 
   Other underwriting expense ratio
 
12.8

 
 
14.0

 
 
11.1

 
 
4.1

 
 
12.1

 
   Total expense ratio
 
32.0
 %
 
 
33.0
 %
 
 
29.2
%
 
 
30.9
 %
 
 
38.8
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP ratios:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Combined ratio
 
96.2
 %
 
 
95.7
 %
 
 
104.4
%
 
 
58.7
 %
 
 
84.7
 %
 
   Contribution from catastrophe losses
 
7.1

 
 
4.7

 
 
13.6

 
 
2.6

 
 
21.1

 
   Prior accident years before catastrophe losses
 
(1.1
)
 
 
(0.9
)
 
 
0.4

 
 
(14.7
)
 
 
1.8

 
   Current accident year combined ratio before
       catastrophe losses
 
90.2
 %
 
 
91.9
 %
 
 
90.4
%
 
 
70.8
 %
 
 
61.8
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
(Dollars in millions)
Twelve months ended December 31, 2016
 
Consolidated
Commercial
Personal
 
E&S
 
Cincinnati Re
Premiums:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Written premiums
 
$
4,580

 
 
$
3,122

 
 
$
1,198

 
 
$
189

 
 
$
71

 
   Unearned premiums change
 
(98
)
 
 
(33
)
 
 
(37
)
 
 
(6
)
 
 
(22
)
 
   Earned premiums
 
$
4,482

 
 
$
3,089

 
 
$
1,161

 
 
$
183

 
 
$
49

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Statutory ratios:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Combined ratio
 
94.5
 %
 
 
93.9
 %
 
 
100.8
%
 
 
68.1
 %
 
 
79.6
 %
 
   Contribution from catastrophe losses
 
7.5

 
 
7.1

 
 
9.4

 
 
1.5

 
 
6.8

 
   Combined ratio excluding catastrophe losses
 
87.0
 %
 
 
86.8
 %
 
 
91.4
%
 
 
66.6
 %
 
 
72.8
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Commission expense ratio
 
18.4
 %
 
 
18.1
 %
 
 
17.7
%
 
 
27.1
 %
 
 
21.1
 %
 
   Other underwriting expense ratio
 
12.3

 
 
13.4

 
 
10.7

 
 
3.4

 
 
8.1

 
   Total expense ratio
 
30.7
 %
 
 
31.5
 %
 
 
28.4
%
 
 
30.5
 %
 
 
29.2
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP ratios:
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   Combined ratio
 
94.8
 %
 
 
94.2
 %
 
 
101.4
%
 
 
67.0
 %
 
 
82.5
 %
 
   Contribution from catastrophe losses
 
7.5

 
 
7.1

 
 
9.4

 
 
1.5

 
 
6.8

 
   Prior accident years before catastrophe losses
 
(3.5
)
 
 
(4.0
)
 
 
0.0

 
 
(18.3
)
 
 
(3.2
)
 
   Current accident year combined ratio before
     catastrophe losses
 
90.8
 %
 
 
91.1
 %
 
 
92.0
%
 
 
83.8
 %
 
 
78.9
 %
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Dollar amounts shown are rounded to millions; certain amounts may not add due to rounding. Ratios are calculated based on dollar amounts in thousands.


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