James River Group Holdings, Inc. · NASDAQ:JRVR

James River — Q3 2019 Earnings Presentation

23 slides from James River's earnings presentation, Nov 12, 2019

  1. Slide 1: Third Quarter 2019 Investor Presentation

    Third Quarter 2019 Investor Presentation

  2. Slide 2: Disclosure: Forward-Looking Statements

    Disclosure Forward - Looking Statements This presentation contains forward - looking statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 . In some cases, such forward - looking statements may be identified by terms such as believe, expect, seek, may, will, inte

  3. Slide 3: Table of Contents

    Franchise Overview Slide 4 Comparative Market Highlights Slide 16 Appendix Slide 19 Table of Contents 3

  4. Slide 4: Franchise Overview

    Franchise Overview

  5. Slide 5: Our Strategy

    Our Strategy We seek to deliver consistent, top tier returns on tangible equity and generate sector leading value creation Our strategy is to generate superior underwriting margins from our niche casualty focused risks, while growing both non risk fee income and investment income Our largest busines

  6. Slide 6: Focus on Attractive Part of P&C Market

    Focus on Attractive Part of P&C Market 6 2017 Full Year Premiums 2019 9 - Month YTD Premiums • We are a specialty, low volatility underwriting company with a proven history of generating consistent profits • Our focus has been to significantly grow our two primary businesses given the attractive opp

  7. Slide 7: Our Business

    7 Our Business E&S Segment Specialty Admitted Segment Casualty Reinsurance Segment • Represents over 75% of group premium and is underwritten by specialists in 13 divisions utilizing our seventeen years of expertise in writing hard to place risks • Significant strength in current market; ten consecu

  8. Slide 8: Growth driven by strong renewal pricing and submission growth in core E&S

    8 Growth driven by strong renewal pricing and submission growth in core E&S and expansion of our fee based fronting business E&S Segment Specialty Admitted Segment Casualty Reinsurance Segment ($ in Millions) E&S Segment Specialty Admitted Segment Casualty Reinsurance Segment PROFITABLE SPECIALTY UN

  9. Slide 9: Company history and milestones

    Adam Abram and a group of investors purchase Front Royal, Inc., for $3 million • James River Group, Inc. is formed with $58 million of capital and a single insurance subsidiary, James River Insurance Company, an E&S underwriter • Stonewood Insurance Company is formed in Raleigh, NC to write highly i

  10. Slide 10: E&S Focus | Profitable, Niche Specialty Underwriting

    10 E&S Focus | Profitable, Niche Specialty Underwriting Profitability of E&S vs. Total P&C Industry E&S Gaining Share of P&C Insurance Market E&S segment GWP grew by 24% during 2018 and 40% YTD Q3 2019 over YTD Q3 2018 Avg. Combined Ratios 2000 – 2018 Difference of 5 percentage points Total P&C GWP:

  11. Slide 11: Broad Risk Appetite Permits Us to 'Pick Our Spots'

    Broad Risk Appetite Permits Us to ‘Pick Our Spots’ 11 Our high caliber underwriting team, and use of proprietary technology, provide significant expertise to price our increased submission flow of highly underwritten risks • During the first three quarters of 2019 , rates have increased 3 . 9 % acro

  12. Slide 12: Demonstrated Underwriting Discipline

    Demonstrated Underwriting Discipline Source: Company filings, A.M. Best data and research, and S&P Global Market Intelligence (and its affiliates, as applicable) * Specialists Peer Group = Alleghany Insurance Holdings Group, Argo Group, Crum & Forster Insurance Group, Global Indemnity Group, HIIG Gr

  13. Slide 13: A Growing Fee Business

    A Growing Fee Business 13 Fee Income Example $656.5 James River (Via Falls Lake subsidiaries) Insured Companies (Managing General Agents) Capacity Providers (Highly rated reinsurers assume underwriting risk and reward)

  14. Slide 14: Traditional Investment Approach Augmented by Higher Yielding Alternatives

    14 Traditional Investment Approach Augmented by Higher Yielding Alternatives Total Cash and Investments: $2,088MM Duration: Investment Portfolio (as of September 30, 2019) Net Investment Yield • Our investment portfolio consists of investment grade fixed maturity securities, selectively supplemented

  15. Slide 15: Capital Management Maximizes Shareholder Value

    Capital Management Maximizes Shareholder Value 15 Capital Management History • Current focus on growing book value given the attractive opportunities to put capital to work in our core E&S business • 16.3% growth in tangible book value per share year to date 2019, or 10.8% after payment of the quart

  16. Slide 16: Comparative Market Highlights

    Comparative Market Highlights

  17. Slide 17: Consistent Top Tier Returns

    17 Consistent Top Tier Returns Best in class risk reward generated with low volatility, sector - leading returns Source: data Copyright © 2019, S&P Global Market Intelligence (and its affiliates, as applicable). Data as of November 7, 20 19. Operating ROATE calculated as trailing twelve month operat

  18. Slide 18: Our Current Valuation Supports Meaningful Upside

    Our Current Valuation Supports Meaningful Upside 18 P/TBV vs Operating ROTE 1 Price/Next Twelve Month Consensus Earnings Source: data Copyright © 2019, S&P Global Market Intelligence (and its affiliates, as applicable). Data as of November 7, 2019. 1 Analyst consensus operating earnings per share fo

  19. Slide 19: Appendix

    Appendix

  20. Slide 20: James River Group Key Metrics

    James River Group Key Metrics 20 Exchange/Ticker NASDAQ / “JRVR” Initial Public Offering $21.00 (December 12, 2014) Current Share Price $34.95 (Closing Price November 7, 2019) Market Capitalization $1.062 billion (November 7, 2019 market close) LTM Dividend / Yield $1.20 per share = 3.4% yield 1 Gro

  21. Slide 21: Non-GAAP Measures Reconciliation

    Non - GAAP Measures Reconciliation 21 Source: Company filings. Non-GAAP Reconciliation Underwriting Profit (Loss) ($mm) 2015 2016 2017 Underwriting profit (loss) of the operating segments: Excess and Surplus Lines 47.6$ 47.2$ 29.7$ 42.8$ 32.7$ (0.4)$ Specialty Admitted Insurance 1.1 2.9 3.2 7.0 4.4

  22. Slide 22: Non-GAAP Measures Reconciliation

    Non - GAAP Measures Reconciliation 22 Note: In the Tangible Equity Table, 2008 to 2013 shares outstanding are retroactively adjusted for 50/1 stock split. Addition all y, all amounts are as of December 31 for each period indicated, except YTD Q3 2018 and YTD Q3 2019 which are as of September 30. Sou

  23. Slide 23: Compounding Value through an Unrelenting Focus on Underwriting Profit

    Compounding Value through an Unrelenting Focus on Underwriting Profit InvestorRelations@jrgh.net

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