Major advances in specialty lines and in...

Major advances in specialty lines and in selected commercial lines of business has contributed to a turnaround--from a loss to a profit--for the nine months ended Sept. 30 at Fireman’s Fund Corp. of Novato, Calif. Net income and operating earnings for the third quarter also was up, compared to the same period last year. Fireman’s Fund’s property-liability subsidiaries recorded a large increase in written premiums and the lowest underwriting ratio in almost four years.