
Huntington Ingalls Industries [HII] on Thursday posted a huge increase in second quarter earnings driven by an insurance litigation settlement and a favorable pension adjustment that more than offset a charge related to continued weakness in the company’s oil and gas-related business.The insurance settlement related to Hurricane Katrina in 2005 added $1.80 earnings per share (EPS) to the bottom line while the pension adjustment provided a 37 cents EPS tailwind. The goodwill impairment charge cost the company 96 cents EPS…