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Issuer:     MERCURY GENERAL CORP (MCY)
CIK:        0000064996
Form:       8-K
Filed at:   2026-05-05T23:59:59+00:00
Accession:  0001193125-26-206384
Event type: earnings
Sentiment:  positive
Materiality: 0.90
Item codes: 2.02, 9.01
LLM model:  deepseek-v4-flash:cloud@v2

Mercury General reports Q1 net income of $190M vs year-ago loss; combined ratio improves to 89.3%
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- Net income of $190.4M ($3.44 diluted EPS) vs loss of $108.3M ($1.96 loss) in Q1 2025.
- Net premiums earned $1.45B, up 13.2% YoY; direct premiums written $1.57B, up 8.8%.
- Combined ratio improved to 89.3% from 119.2% on lower catastrophe losses ($93M vs $447M).
- Quarterly dividend declared at $0.3175 per share, payable June 25, 2026 to holders of record June 11, 2026.

Source:
  EDGAR index:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/64996/000119312526206384/0001193125-26-206384-index.htm
  Primary doc:    https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/64996/000119312526206384/d480814d8k.htm
  HTML page:      https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001193125-26-206384

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