Mercury General: Q1 Earnings Snapshot

LOS ANGELES (AP) _ Mercury General Corp. (MCY) on Tuesday reported a first-quarter loss of $196.9 million, after reporting a profit in the same period a year earlier.

On a per-share basis, the Los Angeles-based company said it had a loss of $3.56. Losses, adjusted for investment costs, came to 77 cents per share.

The auto insurance company posted revenue of $805.5 million in the period. Its adjusted revenue was $1 billion.

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