NU Online News Service, May 04, 11 a.m. EDT

State Auto Financial Corp. reports a $2 million net loss for the first quarter, but it could have been worse.

The Columbus, Ohio-based super-regional says its recently-implemented quota share reinsurance treaty reduced the insurer's total underwriting loss by $7.1 million and knocked 1.1 points off the combined ratio.

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