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ProAssurance Reports Results for First Quarter 2025

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala., May 06, 2025--(BUSINESS WIRE)--ProAssurance Corporation (NYSE: PRA), an industry-leading specialty insurer with extensive expertise in medical professional liability, today reported a net loss of $5.8 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, and operating income(1) of $6.8 million, or $0.13 per diluted share, for the three months ended March 31, 2025.

Highlights(2)

  • First-quarter performance demonstrated continued progress in our efforts to achieve premium rate levels appropriate for the challenging conditions in the medical professional liability and workers’ compensation markets; net results were impacted by non-operating items totaling $12.6 million. Details on those non-operating items can be found under the heading "Reconciliation of Net Income (Loss) to Non-GAAP Operating Income (Loss)" on page 6.

  • Stable net premiums written of $204.5 million for our Medical Professional Liability business, which makes up over 95% of the Specialty P&C segment, were offset by declines in the other business lines in the segment. Net premiums written for the Workers’ Compensation Insurance segment were up just $1.3 million.

  • Specialty P&C renewal premium increases of 8% this quarter are part of the over 70% premium change we have accomplished since 2018. Retention for the Specialty P&C segment was a solid 84% for the first quarter of 2025, including 86% for our standard physicians Medical Professional Liability book of business. We continue to forgo renewal and new business opportunities that we believe do not meet our expectation of rate adequacy in the current medical professional liability loss environment. New business for this segment was below last year’s first quarter as we focus on risk selection and pricing levels that support progress toward our profitability targets.

  • Consolidated Non-GAAP combined ratio(1) improved 0.3 percentage points over the first quarter of 2024. The Specialty P&C segment’s Non-GAAP combined ratio(1) was relatively in line with the prior year while the Workers’ Compensation Insurance segment’s combined ratio improved by 2.1 percentage points. Management remains focused on ongoing actions to achieve sustained profitability, including price adequacy, disciplined underwriting and cost management.

  • Consolidated net investment income increased 9%, reflecting higher average book yields as we continue to take advantage of the current interest rate environment as well as an increase in average investment balances. Earnings from limited partnership investments (reported as equity in earnings of unconsolidated subsidiaries) also increased, driven by the performance of three LPs/LLCs. These results are typically reported on a one-quarter lag, and the increase reflected higher market valuations during the fourth quarter of 2024.

  • Book value per share was $24.05 at March 31, 2025, up $0.56 from $23.49 at year-end 2024; Non-GAAP adjusted book value per share(1) was $26.68 compared with $26.86 at year end.

  • Announced agreement on March 19, 2025, for The Doctors Company to acquire ProAssurance for $25.00 per share in cash, subject to shareholder and regulatory approval and other customary closing conditions. The transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2026.