Richmond, Va.-based insurance broker Hilb Rogal & Hobbs Company reported third-quarter net income more than tripled over the same period last year, but the performance did not meet the company's expectations, the chief executive said.

In the third quarter net income increased more than 300 percent, or $26 million, from a loss of $7 million, or 19 cents a share, to $19 million, or 53 cents a share. Revenues were up 5 percent, or $9 million, from $164 million to $173 million.

During the third quarter last year, HRH posted a $26.3 million charge related to its regulatory settlement with the Connecticut attorney general over accusations of steering accounts to insurers paying profitable, volume-based contingent commissions.

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