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# Cincinnati Financial Net Income Falls 59% To $459 Million As Investment Gains Shrink
- URL: https://www.bullished.co/cincinnati-financial-net-income-falls-59-to-459-million-as-investment-gains-shrink-92fec978/
- Published: 2026-10-26T20:25:57.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-28T16:51:07.000Z
- Description: Adjusted operating income held near last year's level at $443 million while catastrophe losses added 7.0 points to the combined ratio.
- Author: Matteo Parrino
- Tags: Earnings, CINF, Industry: Financials

[Cincinnati Financial](https://www.bullished.co/tag/cinf/)'s third-quarter [net income fell to $459 million](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000020286/000002028626000059/exhibit9913q26.htm?ref=bullished.co), or $2.96 per share, from $1.122 billion, or $7.11 per share, a year earlier, as the investment gains that padded 2025 mostly disappeared. The insurer, in an [8-K](https://www.bullished.co/learn/8-k-items-explained/) filed Monday, said adjusted operating income, which strips out investment gains and losses, was $443 million, nearly flat against $449 million.

## Gains vanish, underwriting holds

After-tax investment gains were $16 million in the quarter against $673 million a year earlier, a [$657 million drop](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cincinnati-financial-reports-third-quarter-2026-results-302919728.html?ref=bullished.co) that accounts for most of the $663 million decline in net income. Adjusted operating income came to $2.86 per share, against $2.85.

The property casualty combined ratio, where anything under 100% means an underwriting profit, [rose to 90.9%](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cincinnati-financial-reports-third-quarter-2026-results-302919728.html?ref=bullished.co) from 88.2%. Catastrophe losses added 7.0 points, and after-tax underwriting profit fell $41 million. Favorable reserve development on prior years was $94 million, against $22 million in the year-earlier quarter.

CEO Stephen M. Spray said catastrophe losses were "moving closer to historical averages for the third quarter."

## Premiums grow, new business shrinks

Cincinnati Financial is an insurance holding company that sells property casualty coverage, plus life insurance and reinsurance, through independent agencies. Earned premiums rose 5% to $2.690 billion, and pretax investment income climbed 10% to $325 million.

New business written by agencies fell 12% to $315 million, driven by personal lines, where it dropped 34% to $76 million. Property casualty net written premiums grew 2%.

Over nine months, adjusted operating income rose 38% to $997 million from $723 million. The nine-month combined ratio was 95.8%, which Spray called "comfortably within our long-term target of 92% to 98%."

## Book value and the dividend

Book value per share was $105.42 at September 30, up $3.07 since year-end but down $3.22 in the quarter. The value creation ratio, the company's measure combining book value growth and dividends, was 5.8% for nine months, against 13.8% a year earlier.

The declared quarterly dividend was $0.94 per share, up 8% from $0.87\. Spray said the company has raised dividends for 66 years.

Cash and total investments stood at $34.378 billion at September 30, up 4% from year-end.

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- [Item 2.02: results of operations →](https://www.bullished.co/learn/8-k-items-explained/#item-202-results-of-operations)  
From 8-K Items Explained: What Every Item Code From 1.01 To 9.01 Tells You, With Examples

### Sources

- [8-K Filing — CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORP (CINF)](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000020286/000002028626000059/cinf-20261026.htm?ref=bullished.co) — SEC EDGAR
- [Exhibit exhibit9913q26.htm — CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORP 8-K exhibit](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000020286/000002028626000059/exhibit9913q26.htm?ref=bullished.co) — SEC EDGAR
- [Exhibit exhibit9923q26.htm — CINCINNATI FINANCIAL CORP 8-K exhibit](https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/0000020286/000002028626000059/exhibit9923q26.htm?ref=bullished.co) — SEC EDGAR
- [Cincinnati Financial Reports Third-Quarter 2026 Results](https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/cincinnati-financial-reports-third-quarter-2026-results-302919728.html?ref=bullished.co) — prnewswire.com

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