EIG News & Events

Employers Holdings announced the appointment of Jeffrey Lisenby as executive VP, general counsel. Lisenby joins Employers from ProAssurance Corporation, a multiline specialty insurance holding company, where he spent 25 years as the company's executive VP, general counsel, and corporate secretary and a member of its executive leadership team.

The company's board of directors declared an increase in its regular quarterly dividend to 34c per share, an increase of 6.25%. The dividend is payable on May 27 to stockholders of record as of May 13.

Reports Q1 revenue $207.6M, consensus $213.04M. Chief Executive Officer Katherine Antonello commented: "This was a quarter defined by discipline. We made a deliberate choice to prioritize underwriting quality over volume, and the results reflect that commitment: our underwriting expense ratio improved, our actuarial estimates came in on target, and we returned $83.0 million to shareholders while growing book value per share including the Deferred Gain by 8.9%."