	nationwide had property casualty loss nationwide mutual insurance co said its property casualty companies had a net loss of mln dlrs last year while its life insurance operations ed mln dlrs nationwide said its property casualty group the fourth largest u s property casualty insurer had a mln dlr loss in nationwide life insurance co ed mln dlrs in with last year s profit including record capital gains of mln dlrs up from gains of mln dlrs the previous year the company said its property casualty group had a record loss from insurance operations last year of mln dlrs after policyholders dividends up pct from s mln dlrs nationwide said a surge in claims from personal auto insurance and the volatile commercial liability coverages during a period of unprecedented sales growth generated the loss the company said over mln dlrs of last year s group losses came from commercial insurance lines and mln dlrs from its personal auto insurance business partially offsetting s record insurance losses nationwide said were record investment gains of mln dlrs and a mln dlr federal tax credit the investment gains were up pct from s gains of mln dlrs reuter 
