A solid property-casualty specialty operations underwriting profit could not prevent a third-quarter net loss of $26 million for Cincinnati-based American Financial Group Inc.
AFG's net earnings for the comparable year-ago period were $138 million.
The company said the loss reflected an after-tax charge of $122 million resulting from strengthening reserves for asbestos and other environmental exposures from the company's runoff operations.
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