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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001379041-25-000095"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EIG"
cik: "0001379041"
company_name: "Employers Holdings, Inc."
filed_at: "2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-23T00:03:03.927120+00:00"
event_type: "earnings"
sentiment: "positive"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Employers Holdings Q1 adj. EPS up 30% to $0.87; dividend raised 7%, $125M buyback authorized

## Summary
- GAAP EPS $0.52, down 53% YoY; adjusted EPS $0.87, up 30% YoY on higher investment income and lower expenses.
- Gross premiums written $212.1M (+1%); net premiums earned $183.0M (-1%); record policies in-force 133,121 (+4%).
- Net investment income $32.1M, up 20% YoY, driven by private equity returns and higher bond yields.
- Regular quarterly dividend increased to $0.32/share (7% hike), payable May 28 to holders of record May 14.
- New $125M share repurchase authorization from May 6, 2025 through Dec 31, 2026; Q1 repurchased 406K shares at avg $49.69.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001379041-25-000095
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EIG
- cik: 0001379041
- company_name: Employers Holdings, Inc.
- filed_at: 2025-05-01T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: earnings
- sentiment: positive
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 2.02, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379041/000137904125000095/0001379041-25-000095-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1379041/000137904125000095/eig-20250501.htm

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