Fee income was $95 million for the quarter, fully recovering from losses last quarter, with management fees of $57 million and performance fees of $39 million.
Gross premiums written were $3.4 billion, flat year-over-year, with net premiums written at $2.7 billion, also flat, but with shifts at the class of business level.
Operating expense ratio was 5.2%, up about 1 point from last year, reflecting continued investment in the business.
RenaissanceRe delivered a 24% operating return on equity this quarter and grew tangible book value per share by 10% year-to-date and over 20% over the past 12 months despite significant catastrophe losses and share repurchases.
Retained net investment income was $286 million, slightly up from the first quarter, driven by growth in invested assets and a cautious but accretive investment approach.
Share repurchases totaled $808 million year-to-date, with 3.3 million shares repurchased, demonstrating strong capital management and conviction in stock value.
The new 15% Bermuda corporate income tax impacted results with a tax expense of $177 million and an effective tax rate on GAAP net income of 13%.
Underwriting income was $602 million, up 26% from last year, with an adjusted combined ratio of 73%, reflecting low catastrophe losses and favorable development.
Adjusted compensation and related costs of $662 million essentially flat to Q1 2025; technology, occupancy, and facility costs up 7% from Q1 2025.
Adjusted diluted earnings per share of $2.24 for Q2 2025 is in line with prior quarter's $2.23 and Q2 2024 EPS of $2.26.
Adjusted net revenue of $1.76 billion is flat to Q2 2024 and down marginally from Q1 2025.
Adjusted operating expenses of just over $1.1 billion, up 1% from Q1 2025 and 3.7% from Q2 2024.
Average equity AUM down 5% and overall average AUM down 2% from Q1 2025; effective fee rate lowered to 39.6 basis points due to mix shift and flows into lower-priced products.
Net outflows of $14.9 billion driven by U.S. equities, timing of client redemptions, and rebalancing activity coinciding with equity market snapback.
Positive net flows in fixed income, multi-asset, alternatives, and $2.5 billion net flows into ETF products.
Returned over $395 million to stockholders in first half of 2025, including $286 million in dividends and $109 million in share buybacks during Q2.
Strategic Balance Sheet Repositioning through Portfolio Sales
U.S. Bancorp divested approximately $6 billion in mortgage and auto loans in Q2, leveraging favorable rate environment for asset sales.
The sale of $4.6 billion in mortgage loans was aimed at shifting the asset mix towards supporting fee growth and higher-margin, multiservice clients.
Proceeds from asset sales were reinvested into investment securities, with a $57 million loss from restructuring, expected to benefit net interest income within 2 years.
The company plans to continue opportunistic asset sales aligned with market conditions to support strategic growth objectives.
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