Quarterly revenue, earnings slip at Baldwin & Lyons
The Indianapolis-based transportation insurer said the decreases in second-quarter revenue were part of a strategic shift to reduce some lines of insurance.
The Indianapolis-based transportation insurer said the decreases in second-quarter revenue were part of a strategic shift to reduce some lines of insurance.
Carmel-based Baldwin & Lyons Inc. on Thursday reported a smaller profit in the third quarter despite writing a near-record number of premiums during the period.
Of the insurer’s $9.3 million in profit in the second quarter, only $4.1 million was attributed to its core operations.
Profit shot up for some, while others fought setbacks.
Premiums written by the firm’s insurance subsidiaries hit $96.6 million, an increase of nearly 19 percent over the third quarter a year ago and 4 percent over the second quarter.
The insurer of trucking and auto fleets reported healthy jumps in profit and revenue in the second quarter, spurred by record premiums written by subsidiaries.
The 133 full-time jobs the truck and auto insurer plans to add over the next five years will pay around $60 an hour, or nearly $125,000 a year.
The bull market boosted first-quarter profit at Baldwin & Lyons Inc. to a record high, even though the property and casualty insurer’s core business lost ground.
Trucking and auto fleet insurer Baldwin & Lyons Inc. plans to move its headquarters from downtown Indianapolis to Carmel by the end of the year and hopes to add 133 jobs over the next five years, the company announced Monday afternoon.
The Indianapolis-based transportation industry insurer attributed the lower earnings to smaller investment gains. Excluding investments, quarterly profit increased due to fewer storm losses.
Indianapolis-based Baldwin & Lyons Inc. continues to improve on its 2011 results, recording after-tax profit of $11.7 million, or 78 cents a share, for the third quarter.
Sales of professional liability products are still a small part of total revenue but could reach $50 million by the end of 2013.
Indianapolis-based Baldwin & Lyons Inc. on Thursday reported a profitable second quarter, a year after a series of major natural catastrophes caused a big loss for the transportation industry insurer.