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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001193125-26-332781"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "MCY"
cik: "0000064996"
company_name: "MERCURY GENERAL CORP"
filed_at: "2026-08-04T20:06:20+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-08-04T20:09:48.279886+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Mercury General Q2 net income $263.5M ($4.76/sh), up 58%; combined ratio 89.9%

## Summary
- Net income $263.5M ($4.76 diluted EPS), up 58% YoY; operating income $195.2M ($3.52/sh), up 32%.
- Net premiums earned $1.50B, up 9.6% YoY; combined ratio improved to 89.9% from 92.5%.
- Catastrophe losses net of reinsurance $75M in Q2 2026 vs $13M in Q2 2025, driven by adverse reserve development on Palisades/Eaton wildfires and storms.
- Favorable prior-year reserve development of $35M in Q2 2026 vs unfavorable $4M in Q2 2025.
- Board declared quarterly dividend of $0.3175/share, payable Sept 24, 2026 to holders of record Sept 10, 2026.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001193125-26-332781
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: MCY
- cik: 0000064996
- company_name: MERCURY GENERAL CORP
- filed_at: 2026-08-04T20:06:20+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/64996/000119312526332781/0001193125-26-332781-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/64996/000119312526332781/d61051d8k.htm

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