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Issuer:     SAFETY INSURANCE GROUP INC (SAFT)
CIK:        0001172052
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2022-11-02T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001172052-22-000045
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  negative
Materiality: 0.70
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Safety Insurance Q3 net income falls to $6.2M; declares $0.90 dividend; signs LOI to acquire Northeast Insurance Agency
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- Net income $6.2M ($0.42 diluted) vs $24.8M ($1.64) in Q3 2021; non-GAAP operating income $1.13 diluted vs $1.70.
- Direct written premiums up 3.2% to $217.9M; combined ratio 97.1% vs 93.9% due to higher loss ratio (65.3% vs 61.3%).
- Book value per share $53.21, down from $62.47 at Dec 2021 due to $115M decline in fixed maturity portfolio from rising rates.
- Board declares $0.90 quarterly dividend payable Dec 15, 2022 to holders of record Dec 1, 2022 (unchanged from Q3).
- Signed letter of intent to acquire Northeast Insurance Agency, Inc.; aims to strengthen independent agency channel.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1172052/000117205222000045/0001172052-22-000045-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1172052/000117205222000045/saft-20221102x8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001172052-22-000045

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