Insurer Hartford Financial Services Group's third-quarter operating profit beat analysts' average estimate as pricing rose 8 percent in its P&C casualty commercial business.
Hartford's core earnings from its P&C commercial business rose about 9 percent to $176 million. Underwriting gains more than doubled to $30 million.
On an operating basis, the insurer earned $1.03 per share. Analysts on average had expected 83 cents, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
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