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Aspen Reports Results for the Quarter and Nine months ended September 30, 2012 and Announces a $400 million Share Repurchase Authorization

Hamilton, Bermuda, October 24, 2012 – Aspen Insurance Holdings Limited (“Aspen”) (NYSE: AHL) today reported net income after tax of $115.1 million and diluted earnings per share of $1.45 for the third quarter of 2012. Diluted book value per share increased by 3.8% from June 30, 2012 to $41.53. 

Trading highlights in the quarter included low catastrophe levels, areas of pricing improvement, and net favorable reserve development with profitable performance in both the reinsurance and insurance segments.    

Operating highlights for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 

  • Diluted net earnings per share of $1.45 for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 compared with diluted net earnings per share of $0.21 in the third quarter of 2011(1)
  • Diluted operating earnings per share of $1.34 for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 compared with diluted operating earnings per share of $0.68 in the third quarter of 2011(1)(2)
  • Diluted book value per share of $41.53, up 9.1% from the third quarter of 2011 and up 3.8% from June 30, 2012(1)(2)
  • Annualized net income return on average equity of 14.4% and annualized operating return on average equity of 13.2% for the third quarter of 2012 compared with 2.4% and 7.2%, respectively in the third quarter of 2011(1)(2)
  • Gross written premiums in the third quarter of 2012 increased 12.7% from the third quarter of 2011 to $558.4 million with the majority of the growth resulting from a 36.2% increase in the insurance segment
  • Combined ratio of 87.0% for the third quarter of 2012 compared with a combined ratio of 96.9%(1) for the third quarter 2011
  • Net favorable development on prior year loss reserves of $29.8 million, or 5.8 combined ratio points, for the quarter compared with $15.6 million, or 3.2 combined ratio points, for the third quarter of 2011

(1)       See provision of ASU 2010-26 on page 13
(2)       See definition of non-GAAP financial measures on pages 12 and 13

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