secwatch.observer — SEC 8-K summary
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Issuer:     ARCH CAPITAL GROUP LTD. (ACGL)
CIK:        0000947484
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2025-04-29T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000947484-25-000041
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.75
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Arch Capital Q1 net income falls to $564M from $1.1B on $547M catastrophe losses
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- Net income available to common shareholders $564M ($1.48/sh) vs $1.1B ($2.92/sh) in Q1 2024.
- After-tax operating income $587M ($1.54/sh), down from $933M ($2.45/sh) YoY.
- Pre-tax catastrophe losses of $547M, primarily from California wildfires; combined ratio 90.1% (vs 78.8%).
- Gross premiums written up 8.9% to $6.5B; book value per share $55.15, +3.8% sequentially.
- Share repurchases of ~$196M in Q1; CEO cites more competitive market but expects to stand out.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/947484/000094748425000041/0000947484-25-000041-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/947484/000094748425000041/acgl-20250429.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947484-25-000041

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