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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.
Cincinnati Global Underwriting Ltd. n Cincinnati Global Underwriting Agency Ltd.

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 Third-Quarter 2020 Results

Cincinnati, October 26, 2020 – Cincinnati Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: CINF) today reported:
Third-quarter 2020 net income of $484 million, or $2.99 per share, compared with $248 million, or $1.49 per share, in the third quarter of 2019, after recognizing a $375 million third-quarter 2020 increase in the fair value of equity securities still held.
$116 million or 65% decrease in non-GAAP operating income* to $63 million, or 39 cents per share, compared with $179 million, or $1.08 per share, in the third quarter of last year.
$236 million increase in third-quarter 2020 net income, primarily due to the after-tax net effect of a $352 million increase in net investment gains partially offset by a $106 million decrease in after-tax property casualty underwriting income, including $152 million from catastrophe losses.
$60.57 book value per share at September 30, 2020, up $0.02 since year-end.
3.0% value creation ratio for the first nine months of 2020, compared with 22.8% for the same period of 2019.
Financial Highlights
(Dollars in millions, except per share data)Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
20202019% Change20202019% Change
Revenue Data
   Earned premiums $1,522 $1,446 5$4,460 $4,163 7
   Investment income, net of expenses167 161 4498 478 4
   Total revenues2,227 1,700 314,842 5,772 (16)
Income Statement Data
   Net income $484 $248 95$167 $1,371 (88)
   Investment gains and losses, after-tax421 69 510(104)880 nm
   Non-GAAP operating income* $63 $179 (65)$271 $491 (45)
Per Share Data (diluted)
   Net income $2.99 $1.49 101$1.03 $8.30 (88)
   Investment gains and losses, after-tax2.60 0.41 534(0.64)5.32 nm
   Non-GAAP operating income* $0.39 $1.08 (64)$1.67 $2.98 (44)
   Book value$60.57 $57.37 6
   Cash dividend declared$0.60 $0.56 7$1.80 $1.68 7
   Diluted weighted average shares outstanding162.0 165.6 (2)162.5 165.1 (2)
*    The Definitions of Non-GAAP Information and Reconciliation to Comparable GAAP Measures 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 3Q20 Release 1


Insurance Operations Highlights
103.6% third-quarter 2020 property casualty combined ratio, up from 94.2% for the third quarter of 2019.
3% growth in third-quarter net written premiums, reflecting price increases and premium growth initiatives.
$189 million third-quarter 2020 property casualty new business written premiums, down 2%. Agencies appointed since the beginning of 2019 contributed $17 million or 9% of total new business written premiums.
$18 million third-quarter 2020 life insurance subsidiary net income, up $6 million from the third quarter of 2019, and 4% growth in third-quarter 2020 term life insurance earned premiums.
Investment and Balance Sheet Highlights
4% or $6 million increase in third-quarter 2020 pretax investment income, including a 10% increase for stock portfolio dividends and a 3% increase for bond interest income.
Three-month increase of 4% in fair value of total investments at September 30, 2020, including an 8% increase for the stock portfolio and a 2% increase for the bond portfolio.
$3.478 billion parent company cash and marketable securities at September 30, 2020, up 5% from year-end 2019.

Investments Lead Profit
Steven J. Johnston, chairman, president and CEO, commented: “As previously announced, a Midwestern derecho in August, along with multiple hurricanes and wildfires, brought considerable losses to our policyholders. Confident in our balance sheet and risk management decisions, we were able to focus on what was important: outstanding claims service. I applaud the efforts of our associates who worked quickly – under extraordinary circumstances – to comfort those who had experienced loss and get them moving toward recovery.

“Investment income continued to contribute to a positive operating profit, supported by a 10% growth in dividends from our stock portfolio and an increase of 3% in the interest from our bond portfolio. Steady cash flow from 8 years in a row of underwriting profit helps fuel our investment approach, allowing us to continually grow our entire portfolio.

“Catastrophe events in the third quarter nearly tripled our 10-year average of 6.2 points, contributing 18.3 points to our 103.6% combined ratio. Elevated catastrophe losses alone explain the decrease in non-GAAP operating income, as performance improved in several other areas. During the third quarter, there was no change to our estimate of $71 million for pandemic-related losses or expenses incurred for the first six months of 2020, other than increasing estimated losses for Cincinnati Global Underwriting Ltd.TM by less than $1 million. With three-quarters of the year behind us, we believe our 101.8% combined ratio is within reach of our long-term target of 95% to 100%.

“The focus we’ve applied to pricing segmentation and risk modeling is having the desired effect. Through those initiatives, we’ve continued to enhance our core underwriting book as measured by our nine-month combined ratio before catastrophe losses and before development of reserves for prior accident years. At a satisfactory 88.8%, that ratio improved 3.2 points over the same period a year ago.”

Confident in Growth Plans
Property casualty net written premiums grew 3% in the third-quarter and 6% in the first nine months of 2020 compared with the same periods of 2019, reflecting strong renewal pricing.

“While our agents continue to send us ample opportunities to quote on new business, our growth rate has slowed as we’ve exercised underwriting discipline. Our underwriting models combine with the judgement of our seasoned underwriters to align pricing decisions with risk quality and assure rate adequacy, regardless of any changes in the competitive insurance marketplace. At the same time, we are able to confidently decline new business opportunities we consider to be underpriced.

“I think it’s also important to note that our life insurance subsidiary saw a 7% increase in earned premiums in the first nine-months of 2020 compared to 2019, including a 6% increase for term life insurance, our largest life insurance product line.”

Book Value Rebounds
“Our book value rose $0.02 to $60.57 at September 30 compared with year-end, although equity markets remain volatile and catastrophe losses remained far above normal. We believe we are in a position to further add to that value over the coming quarters, as we drive further progress on operational initiatives that have us headed in the right direction.”
                                             CINF 3Q20 Release 2


Insurance Operations Highlights
Consolidated Property Casualty Insurance Results
(Dollars in millions)Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
20202019% Change20202019% Change
Earned premiums $1,450$1,376$4,242$3,960
Fee revenues23(33)78(13)
   Total revenues1,4521,3794,2493,968
Loss and loss expenses1,07186424 3,0082,51720 
Underwriting expenses4324321,3091,229
   Underwriting profit (loss) $(51)$83nm$(68)$222nm
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:Pt. ChangePt. Change
     Loss and loss expenses73.8 %62.8 %11.0 70.9 %63.6 %7.3 
     Underwriting expenses29.8 31.4 (1.6)30.9 31.0 (0.1)
           Combined ratio103.6 %94.2 %9.4 101.8 %94.6 %7.2 
% Change% Change
Agency renewal written premiums $1,153$1,119 $3,595$3,435
Agency new business written premiums189192 (2)614585
Other written premiums5140 28 26118839 
   Net written premiums $1,393$1,351 $4,470$4,208
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:Pt. ChangePt. Change
     Current accident year before catastrophe losses55.7 %60.3 %(4.6)57.9 %61.0 %(3.1)
     Current accident year catastrophe losses18.9 6.2 12.7 15.1 7.7 7.4 
     Prior accident years before catastrophe losses(0.2)(2.8)2.6 (1.7)(4.5)2.8 
     Prior accident years catastrophe losses(0.6)(0.9)0.3 (0.4)(0.6)0.2 
           Loss and loss expense ratio73.8 %62.8 %11.0 70.9 %63.6 %7.3 
Current accident year combined ratio before
catastrophe losses
85.5 %91.7 %(6.2)88.8 %92.0 %(3.2)

$42 million or 3% growth of third-quarter 2020 property casualty net written premiums, and nine-month growth of 6%, reflecting premium growth initiatives and price increases partially offset by pandemic-related economic effects. Third-quarter growth included a contribution of 1% from Cincinnati Re®.
$3 million or 2% decrease in third-quarter 2020 new business premiums written by agencies and a nine-month increase of 5%. The third-quarter decrease was partially offset by a $10 million increase in standard market property casualty production from agencies appointed since the beginning of 2019.
146 new agency appointments in the first nine months of 2020, including 41 that market only our personal lines products.
9.4 percentage-point increase in the third-quarter 2020 combined ratio and a 7.2 percentage-point increase for the nine-month period. The higher combined ratios included increases of 13.0 points and 7.6 points, respectively, for losses from catastrophes. The nine-month ratio included 1.7 points of pandemic-related losses or expenses.
0.8 percentage-point third-quarter 2020 benefit from favorable prior accident year reserve development of $11 million, compared with 3.7 points or $52 million for third-quarter 2019.
2.1 percentage-point nine-month 2020 benefit from favorable prior accident year reserve development, compared with 5.1 points for the first nine months of 2019.
3.1 percentage-point improvement, to 57.9%, for the nine-month 2020 ratio of current accident year losses and loss expenses before catastrophes, including a decrease of 0.1 point in the ratio for current accident year losses of $1 million or more per claim.
1.6 percentage-point decrease in the third-quarter 2020 underwriting expense ratio, compared with the same period of 2019, primarily due to lower levels of profit-sharing commissions for agencies and business travel spending for associates.
                                             CINF 3Q20 Release 3



Commercial Lines Insurance Results
(Dollars in millions)Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
20202019% Change20202019% Change
Earned premiums $865 $834 $2,598 $2,467 
Fee revenues1 3 
   Total revenues866 835 2,601 2,470 
Loss and loss expenses620 510 22 1,824 1,541 18 
Underwriting expenses266 269 (1)809 785 
   Underwriting profit (loss) $(20)$56 nm$(32)$144 nm
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:Pt. ChangePt. Change
     Loss and loss expenses71.6 %61.2 %10.4 70.2 %62.5 %7.7 
     Underwriting expenses30.8 32.2 (1.4)31.1 31.8 (0.7)
           Combined ratio102.4 %93.4 %9.0 101.3 %94.3 %7.0 
% Change% Change
Agency renewal written premiums$727 $713 $2,363 $2,279 
Agency new business written premiums114 124 (8)402 381 
Other written premiums(27)(21)(29)(71)(69)(3)
   Net written premiums$814 $816 $2,694 $2,591 
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:Pt. ChangePt. Change
     Current accident year before catastrophe losses57.8 %60.5 %(2.7)59.2 %61.5 %(2.3)
     Current accident year catastrophe losses14.7 4.6 10.1 13.2 7.1 6.1 
     Prior accident years before catastrophe losses(1.0)(3.4)2.4 (1.9)(5.4)3.5 
     Prior accident years catastrophe losses0.1 (0.5)0.6 (0.3)(0.7)0.4 
           Loss and loss expense ratio71.6 %61.2 %10.4 70.2 %62.5 %7.7 
Current accident year combined ratio before
catastrophe losses
88.6 %92.7 %(4.1)90.3 %93.3 %(3.0)

$2 million decrease in third-quarter 2020 commercial lines net written premiums, reflecting slower economic activity. Four percent increase in nine-month net written premiums, largely due to higher renewal written premiums.
$14 million or 2% increase in third-quarter renewal written premiums, with commercial lines average renewal pricing increases near the low end of the mid-single-digit percent range.
$10 million or 8% decrease in third-quarter 2020 new business written by agencies, reflecting the fact that our underwriters declined to quote on an increasing number of new business submissions from agencies.
9.0 percentage-point increase in the third-quarter 2020 combined ratio and a 7.0 percentage-point increase for the nine-month period, including increases of 10.7 points and 6.5 points, respectively, for losses from catastrophes.
0.9 percentage-point third-quarter 2020 benefit from favorable prior accident year reserve development of $8 million, compared with 3.9 points or $33 million for third-quarter 2019.
2.2 percentage-point nine-month 2020 benefit from favorable prior accident year reserve development, compared with 6.1 points for the first nine months of 2019.
                                             CINF 3Q20 Release 4



Personal Lines Insurance Results
(Dollars in millions)Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
20202019% Change20202019% Change
Earned premiums $367 $354 $1,090 $1,046 
Fee revenues1 3 
   Total revenues368 355 1,093 1,049 
Loss and loss expenses265 244 782 734 
Underwriting expenses105 108 (3)335 311 
   Underwriting profit (loss) $(2)$nm$(24)$nm
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:Pt. ChangePt. Change
     Loss and loss expenses71.9 %69.2 %2.7 71.7 %70.2 %1.5 
     Underwriting expenses28.8 30.4 (1.6)30.8 29.7 1.1 
           Combined ratio100.7 %99.6 %1.1 102.5 %99.9 %2.6 
% Change% Change
Agency renewal written premiums$366 $356 $1,047 $1,003 
Agency new business written premiums51 40 28 129 122 
Other written premiums(10)(8)(25)(27)(26)(4)
   Net written premiums $407 $388 $1,149 $1,099 
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:Pt. ChangePt. Change
     Current accident year before catastrophe losses48.5 %63.8 %(15.3)54.0 %62.2 %(8.2)
     Current accident year catastrophe losses23.3 7.2 16.1 20.2 9.7 10.5 
     Prior accident years before catastrophe losses0.9 (1.3)2.2 (1.8)(2.0)0.2 
     Prior accident years catastrophe losses(0.8)(0.5)(0.3)(0.7)0.3 (1.0)
           Loss and loss expense ratio71.9 %69.2 %2.7 71.7 %70.2 %1.5 
Current accident year combined ratio before
catastrophe losses
77.3 %94.2 %(16.9)84.8 %91.9 %(7.1)

$19 million or 5% growth in third-quarter 2020 personal lines net written premiums, including higher renewal written premiums that benefited from rate increases averaging in the mid-single-digit percent range. Third-quarter 2020 net written premiums from our agencies’ high net worth clients grew 28%, to $141 million. Five percent increase in nine-month net written premiums.
$11 million or 28% increase in third-quarter 2020 new business written by agencies, largely reflecting expanded use of enhanced pricing precision tools.
1.1 percentage-point increase in the third-quarter 2020 combined ratio and a 2.6 percentage-point increase for the nine-month period, including increases of 15.8 points and 9.5 points, respectively, for losses from catastrophes.
Less than $1 million third-quarter 2020 unfavorable prior accident year reserve development, compared with favorable development $7 million for the third quarter of 2019.
2.5 percentage-point nine-month 2020 benefit from favorable prior accident year reserve development, compared with 1.7 points for the first nine months of 2019.

                                             CINF 3Q20 Release 5



Excess and Surplus Lines Insurance Results
(Dollars in millions)Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
20202019% Change20202019% Change
Earned premiums$82 $72 14 $238 $202 18 
Fee revenues (100)1 (50)
   Total revenues82 73 12 239 204 17 
Loss and loss expenses48 39 23 150 101 49 
Underwriting expenses23 22 70 63 11 
   Underwriting profit$11 $12 (8)$19 $40 (53)
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:Pt. ChangePt. Change
     Loss and loss expenses58.2 %52.7 %5.5 63.0 %49.8 %13.2 
     Underwriting expenses28.5 30.5 (2.0)29.5 31.1 (1.6)
           Combined ratio86.7 %83.2 %3.5 92.5 %80.9 %11.6 
% Change% Change
Agency renewal written premiums $60 $50 20 $185 $153 21 
Agency new business written premiums24 28 (14)83 82 
Other written premiums(4)(4)(12)(12)
   Net written premiums $80 $74 $256 $223 15 
Ratios as a percent of earned premiums:Pt. ChangePt. Change
     Current accident year before catastrophe losses58.5 %57.6 %0.9 57.8 %54.7 %3.1 
     Current accident year catastrophe losses1.0 0.6 0.4 1.7 0.5 1.2 
     Prior accident years before catastrophe losses(1.5)(6.0)4.5 3.4 (5.5)8.9 
     Prior accident years catastrophe losses0.2 0.5 (0.3)0.1 0.1 0.0 
           Loss and loss expense ratio58.2 %52.7 %5.5 63.0 %49.8 %13.2 
Current accident year combined ratio before
catastrophe losses
87.0 %88.1 %(1.1)87.3 %85.8 %1.5 

$6 million or 8% increase in third-quarter 2020 excess and surplus lines net written premiums, including higher renewal written premiums that benefited from rate increases averaging in the mid-single-digit percent range. Fifteen percent increase in nine-month net written premiums.
$4 million or 14% decrease in third-quarter new business written by agencies, as we continue to carefully underwrite each policy in a highly competitive market.
3.5 percentage-point increase in the third-quarter 2020 combined ratio and an 11.6 percentage-point increase for the nine-month period, largely due to less favorable prior accident year reserve development.
1.3 percentage-point third-quarter 2020 benefit from favorable prior accident year reserve development of $1 million, compared with 5.5 points or $3 million for third-quarter 2019.
$8 million of nine-month 2020 unfavorable prior accident year reserve development, compared with favorable development of $10 million for the first nine months of 2019. The $8 million of unfavorable development included $9 million for accident years prior to 2017, as claims on average are remaining open longer than previously expected.

                                             CINF 3Q20 Release 6



Life Insurance Subsidiary Results
(Dollars in millions)Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
20202019% Change20202019% Change
Term life insurance$49 $47 $147 $139 
Universal life insurance10 11 (9)34 31 10 
Other life insurance, annuity, and disability income
products
13 12 37 33 12 
    Earned premiums72 70 218 203 
Investment income, net of expenses40 38 118 114 
Investment gains and losses, net2 (2)nm(29)(4)nm
Fee revenues (100)1 (67)
Total revenues114 107 308 316 (3)
Contract holders’ benefits incurred72 68 224 211 
Underwriting expenses incurred20 23 (13)63 67 (6)
    Total benefits and expenses92 91 287 278 
Net income before income tax22 16 38 21 38 (45)
Income tax provision 4 4 (50)
Net income of the life insurance subsidiary$18 $12 50 $17 $30 (43)

$2 million or 3% increase in third-quarter 2020 earned premiums, including a 4% increase for term life insurance, our largest life insurance product line.
$13 million decrease in nine-month 2020 life insurance subsidiary net income, primarily due to increased investment losses resulting from impairments of fixed-maturity securities.
$114 million or 9% nine-month 2020 increase, to $1.352 billion, in GAAP shareholders’ equity for the life insurance subsidiary, primarily from an increase in unrealized investment gains.

                                             CINF 3Q20 Release 7



Investment and Balance Sheet Highlights
Investments Results
(Dollars in millions)Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
20202019% Change20202019% Change
Investment income, net of expenses$167 $161 $498 $478 
Investment interest credited to contract holders(26)(25)(4)(77)(74)(4)
Investment gains and losses, net533 86 520 (132)1,113 nm
      Investments profit $674 $222 204 $289$1,517 (81)
Investment income:
   Interest$113 $110 $339 $332 
   Dividends55 50 10 161 146 10 
   Other2 (60)7 10 (30)
   Less investment expenses3 (25)9 10 (10)
      Investment income, pretax167 161 498 478 
      Less income taxes26 26 77 75 
      Total investment income, after-tax$141 $135 $421 $403 
Investment returns:
Average invested assets plus cash and cash
equivalents
$19,875 $19,088 $20,126 $18,364 
      Average yield pretax3.36 %3.37 %3.30 %3.47 %
      Average yield after-tax2.84 2.83 2.79 2.93 
      Effective tax rate15.5 15.7 15.5 15.6 
Fixed-maturity returns:
Average amortized cost$11,206 $10,922 $11,191 $10,828 
Average yield pretax4.03 %4.03 %4.04 %4.09 %
Average yield after-tax3.36 3.36 3.37 3.41 
Effective tax rate16.6 16.5 16.6 16.6 

$6 million or 4% rise in third-quarter 2020 pretax investment income, including a 10% increase in equity portfolio dividends and a 3% increase in interest income.
$645 million third-quarter 2020 pretax total investment gains, summarized in the table below. Changes in unrealized gains or losses reported in other comprehensive income, in addition to investment gains and losses reported in net income, are useful for evaluating total investment performance over time and are major components of changes in book value and the value creation ratio.
(Dollars in millions)Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
2020201920202019
Investment gains and losses on equity securities sold, net$55 $— $75 $27 
Unrealized gains and losses on equity securities still held, net475 89 (130)1,084 
Investment gains and losses on fixed-maturity securities, net3 (1)(72)— 
Other (2)(5)
Subtotal - investment gains and losses reported in net income533 86 (132)1,113 
Change in unrealized investment gains and losses - fixed maturities112 100 294 542 
Total $645 $186 $162 $1,655 
                                             CINF 3Q20 Release 8



Balance Sheet Highlights
(Dollars in millions, except share data)At September 30,At December 31,
20202019
   Total investments$20,299 $19,746 
   Total assets26,370 25,408 
   Short-term debt123 39 
   Long-term debt788 788 
   Shareholders’ equity9,745 9,864 
   Book value per share60.57 60.55 
   Debt-to-total-capital ratio8.5 %7.7 %

$21.213 billion in consolidated cash and total investments at September 30, 2020, an increase of 3% from $20.513 billion at year-end 2019.
$12.157 billion bond portfolio at September 30, 2020, with an average rating of A3/A. Fair value increased $246 million during the third quarter of 2020, including $129 million in net purchases of fixed-maturity securities.
$7.867 billion equity portfolio was 38.8% of total investments, including $3.969 billion in appreciated value before taxes at September 30, 2020. Third-quarter 2020 increase in fair value of $550 million or 8%.
$5.372 billion of statutory surplus for the property casualty insurance group at September 30, 2020, down $248 million from $5.620 billion at year-end 2019, after declaring $325 million in dividends to the parent company. For the 12 months ended September 30, 2020, the ratio of net written premiums to surplus was 1.0-to-1, matching year-end 2019.
$3.01 third-quarter 2020 increase in book value per share, including additions of $0.39 from net income before investment gains, $3.17 from investment portfolio net investment gains or changes in unrealized gains for fixed-maturity securities and $0.05 for other items, partially offset by a deduction of $0.60 from dividends declared to shareholders.
Value creation ratio of 3.0% for the first nine months of 2020, including 2.8% from net income before investment gains, which includes underwriting and investment income, and 1.3% from investment portfolio net investment losses and changes in unrealized gains for fixed-maturity securities and negative 1.1% from other items.

For additional information or to register for our conference call webcast, please visit cinfin.com/investors.
About Cincinnati Financial
Cincinnati Financial Corporation offers primarily 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 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

                                             CINF 3Q20 Release 9


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 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K, Item 1A, Risk Factors, Page 35 and Item 1A, Risk Factors in our subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q.
Factors that could cause or contribute to such differences include, but are not limited to:
Effects of the COVID-19 pandemic that could affect results for reasons such as: 
Securities market disruption or volatility and related effects such as decreased economic activity that affect the company’s investment portfolio and book value
An unusually high level of claims in our insurance or reinsurance operations that increase litigation-related expenses
An unusually high level of insurance losses, including risk of legislation or court decisions extending business interruption insurance in commercial property coverage forms to cover claims for pure economic loss related to the COVID-19 pandemic
Decreased premium revenue from disruption to our distribution channel of independent agents, consumer self-isolation, travel limitations, business restrictions and decreased economic activity
Inability of our workforce, agencies or vendors to perform necessary business functions
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
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
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
Significant rise in losses from surety and director and officer policies written for financial institutions or other insured entities
Our inability to integrate Cincinnati Global and its subsidiaries into our on-going operations, or disruptions to our on-going operations due to such integration
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; disrupt our relationships with agents, policyholders and others; cause reputational damage, mitigation expenses and data loss and expose us to liability under federal and state laws
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
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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 and Statements of Income (unaudited)
(Dollars in millions)September 30,December 31,
20202019
Assets
   Investments $20,299 $19,746 
   Cash and cash equivalents914 767 
   Premiums receivable1,925 1,777 
   Reinsurance recoverable533 610 
Deferred policy acquisition costs817 774 
   Other assets1,882 1,734 
Total assets $26,370 $25,408 
Liabilities
   Insurance reserves $9,647 $8,982 
   Unearned premiums3,024 2,788 
   Deferred income tax1,077 1,079 
   Long-term debt and lease obligations844 846 
   Other liabilities2,033 1,849 
Total liabilities16,625 15,544 
Shareholders’ Equity
   Common stock and paid-in capital1,715 1,703 
   Retained earnings9,132 9,257 
   Accumulated other comprehensive income 686 448 
   Treasury stock(1,788)(1,544)
Total shareholders' equity9,745 9,864 
Total liabilities and shareholders' equity $26,370 $25,408 
(Dollars in millions, except per share data)Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
2020201920202019
Revenues
   Earned premiums$1,522 $1,446 $4,460 $4,163 
   Investment income, net of expenses167 161 498 478 
   Investment gains and losses, net533 86 (132)1,113 
   Other revenues5 16 18 
      Total revenues2,227 1,700 4,842 5,772 
Benefits and Expenses
   Insurance losses and contract holders' benefits1,143 932 3,232 2,728 
   Underwriting, acquisition and insurance expenses452 455 1,372 1,296 
   Interest expense13 14 40 40 
   Other operating expenses5 15 17 
      Total benefits and expenses1,613 1,406 4,659 4,081 
Income Before Income Taxes614 294 183 1,691 
Provision for Income Taxes130 46 16 320 
Net Income $484 $248 $167 $1,371 
Per Common Share:
   Net income—basic$3.01 $1.51 $1.03 $8.40 
   Net income—diluted2.99 1.49 1.03 8.30 
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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 for insurance company regulation in the United States of America 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 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 results 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.
Non-GAAP operating income: Non-GAAP operating income is calculated by excluding investment gains and losses (defined as investment gains and losses after applicable federal and state income taxes) and other significant non-recurring items from net income. Management evaluates non-GAAP operating income to measure the success of pricing, rate and underwriting strategies. While investment gains (or losses) are integral to the company’s insurance operations over the long term, the determination to realize investment gains or losses on fixed-maturity securities sold 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 are recognized from certain changes in market values of securities without actual realization. Management believes that the level of 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 non-GAAP 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 non-GAAP operating income so that all investors have what management believes to be a useful supplement to GAAP information.
•    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 segments plus our reinsurance assumed operations known as Cincinnati Re and our London-based global specialty underwriter known as Cincinnati Global.
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 investment gains and losses, 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.

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Cincinnati Financial Corporation
 Net Income Reconciliation
(Dollars in millions, except per share data)Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
2020201920202019
Net income$484 $248 $167 $1,371 
Less:
   Investment gains and losses, net533 86 (132)1,113 
   Income tax on investment gains and losses (112)(17)28 (233)
   Investment gains and losses, after-tax421 69 (104)880 
Non-GAAP operating income$63 $179 $271 $491 
Diluted per share data:
Net income$2.99 $1.49 $1.03 $8.30 
Less:
   Investment gains and losses, net3.29 0.52 (0.81)6.74 
   Income tax on investment gains and losses (0.69)(0.11)0.17 (1.42)
   Investment gains and losses, after-tax2.60 0.41 (0.64)5.32 
   Non-GAAP operating income$0.39 $1.08 $1.67 $2.98 
Life Insurance Reconciliation
(Dollars in millions)Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
2020201920202019
Net income of the life insurance subsidiary$18 $12 $17 $30 
Investment gains and losses, net 2 (2)(29)(4)
Income tax on investment gains and losses1 (1)(6)(1)
Non-GAAP operating income17 13 40 33 
Investment income, net of expenses (40)(38)(118)(114)
Investment income credited to contract holders26 25 77 74 
Income tax excluding tax on investment gains and
losses, net
3 10 
Life insurance segment profit$6 $$9 $


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Property Casualty Insurance Reconciliation
(Dollars in millions)Three months ended September 30, 2020
ConsolidatedCommercialPersonalE&SOther*
Premiums:
   Written premiums $1,393  $814 $407  $80 92 
   Unearned premiums change57 51 (40)2 44 
   Earned premiums $1,450  $865 $367  $82 $136 
Underwriting profit (loss)$(51)$(20)$(2)$11 $(40)
(Dollars in millions)Nine months ended September 30, 2020
ConsolidatedCommercialPersonalE&SOther*
Premiums:
   Written premiums $4,470 $2,694 $1,149 $256 $371 
   Unearned premiums change(228)(96)(59)(18)(55)
   Earned premiums $4,242 $2,598 $1,090 $238 $316 
Underwriting profit (loss)$(68)$(32)$(24)$19 $(31)
(Dollars in millions)Three months ended September 30, 2019
ConsolidatedCommercialPersonalE&SOther*
Premiums:
   Written premiums$1,351 $816 $388 $74 $73 
   Unearned premiums change25 18 (34)(2)43 
   Earned premiums$1,376 834$354 72$116 
Underwriting profit$83 $56 $$12 $12 
(Dollars in millions)Nine months ended September 30, 2019
ConsolidatedCommercialPersonalE&SOther*
Premiums:
   Written premiums$4,208 $2,591 $1,099 $223 $295 
   Unearned premiums change(248)(124)(53)(21)(50)
   Earned premiums$3,960 $2,467 $1,046 $202 $245 
Underwriting profit$222 $144 $$40 $34 
  Dollar amounts shown are rounded to millions; certain amounts may not add due to rounding. Ratios are calculated based on dollar amounts in thousands.
*Included in Other are the results of Cincinnati Re and Cincinnati Global, acquired on February 28, 2019.

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Cincinnati Financial Corporation
Other Measures
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 measure is useful, 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.
•    Written premium: Under statutory accounting rules in the U.S., 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. The difference between written and earned premium is unearned premium.

Value Creation Ratio Calculations
(Dollars are per share)Three months ended September 30,Nine months ended September 30,
2020201920202019
Value creation ratio:
   End of period book value* $60.57 $57.37 $60.57 $57.37 
   Less beginning of period book value 57.56 55.92 60.55 48.10 
   Change in book value 3.01 1.45 0.02 9.27 
   Dividend declared to shareholders0.60 0.56 1.80 1.68 
   Total value creation $3.61 $2.01 $1.82 $10.95 
Value creation ratio from change in book value**5.2 %2.6 %0.0 %19.3 %
Value creation ratio from dividends declared to
shareholders***
1.1 1.0 3.0 3.5 
Value creation ratio6.3 %3.6 %3.0 %22.8 %
    * Book value per share is calculated by dividing end of period total shareholders' equity by end of period shares outstanding
  ** Change in book value divided by the beginning of period book value
*** Dividend declared to shareholders divided by beginning of period book value

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