Insurance, corporate support results drag down RBC financials

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Insurance, corporate support results drag down RBC financials

Firm outlines factors behind lower insurance earnings

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By
Terry Gangcuangco

Royal Bank of Canada has published its interim financial results, including lower earnings from the group’s insurance unit.

For the quarter ended July 31 (Q3), RBC’s net income amounted to $4.5 billion, a 16% increase from the same period in 2023. The result would have been better if not for two units that posted either a loss or a decline in income.

“Higher results in personal & commercial banking, capital markets, and wealth management were partially offset by lower results in corporate support and insurance,” RBC noted.

Here’s how the different divisions fared in the quarter:

Source

Q3 2024 net income / (loss)

Change from Q3 2023

Personal & commercial banking

$2.5 billion

Up 17%

Wealth management

$862 million

Up 30%

Insurance

$170 million

Down 21%

Capital markets

$1.2 billion

Up 23%

Corporate support

$(208 million)

Bigger loss than $(101 million)

“This was partially offset by higher insurance service result, largely attributable to improved claims experience in life retrocession and business growth across the majority of our products. The results in the prior period are not fully comparable as we were not managing our asset and liability portfolios under IFRS 17.

“Compared to last quarter, net income decreased $7 million or 4%, largely due to lower insurance investment result from lower favourable investment-related experience. This factor was largely offset by higher insurance service result, mainly due to business growth across the majority of our products.”

The loss from the corporate support operations, meanwhile, was mainly attributed to the after-tax impact of the HSBC Canada transaction and integration costs worth $125 million.

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