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Issuer:     HANOVER INSURANCE GROUP, INC. (THG)
CIK:        0000944695
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-10-20T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0000950170-22-019778
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Hanover pre-announces Q3 catastrophe losses of $90M pre-tax; operating EPS guided $0.95-$1.00
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- Pre-tax catastrophe losses ~$90M (6.8 points of NEP), ~$22M above assumption.
- Hurricane Ian contributed ~$28M of catastrophe losses, mainly in Commercial Lines in Florida.
- Expected Q3 current accident year loss and LAE ratio ex-cat 64.1%; combined ratio ex-cat 94.2%.
- Expected Q3 operating income per share in range of $0.95 to $1.00.
- Company accelerating property price increases to offset elevated ex-CAT losses from inflation and supply chain pressures.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944695/000095017022019778/0000950170-22-019778-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/944695/000095017022019778/thg-20221020.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000950170-22-019778

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