Property and casualty insurers report 27.5% drop in net income during first nine months of 2020

JERSEY CITY: The private U.S. property and casualty (P&C) insurance industry’s net income after taxes dropped 27.5 percent to $35.1 billion in the first nine months of 2020 and net underwriting gains declined to $0.3 billion, from $5.4 billion a year earlier. In the first nine months of 2020, the private U.S. property and casualty…