Essent Group Ltd. · NYSE:ESNT

Essent — Q2 2020 Earnings Presentation

16 slides from Essent's earnings presentation, September 2020

  1. Slide 1: Essent Group Ltd. Investor Presentation 2Q20

    ESSENT GROUP LTD. INVESTOR PRESENTATION 2Q20 NYSE: ESNT SEPTEMBER 2020

  2. Slide 2: Disclaimer

    DISCLAIMER This presentation may include “forward-looking statements” which are subject to known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which may be beyond our control. Forward-looking statements generally can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "may," "will," “shou

  3. Slide 3: Essent Is a Leading Specialty Insurer

    ESSENT IS A LEADING SPECIALTY INSURER COMPANY HIGHLIGHTS @@ IPO IPO BUYManage Buy, , MANAGE&& (2013 2) 2 (2013) DISTRIBUTE Distribute (2020 3) 3 (2020)  Essent Group Ltd. is a Bermuda-based holding company that went public in 2013, and is traded on INSURANCE IN FORCE the New York Stock Exchange (NY

  4. Slide 4: 2Q20 Update

    2Q20 UPDATE 2Q20 Financial Summary Commentary 2Q 2020 2019 %Δ  Q2 results reflect the impact of COVID-19 on the broader U.S. economy and increased defaults for Essent. Key Metrics New Insurance Written $B $28.2 $18.0 57%  Strong capital levels and liquidity, along with reinsurance, Insurance In Fo

  5. Slide 5: Mortgage Insurance Industry: COVID-19's Impact

    MORTGAGE INSURANCE INDUSTRY: COVID-19’S IMPACT  COVID-19 has significantly impacted the U.S economy as a whole, resulting in increased unemployment and mortgage defaults.  Housing, however, has remained strong as record low interest rates have boosted refinance activities and Mortgage Industry imp

  6. Slide 6: Industry Fundamentals Are Supportive of Growth

    INDUSTRY FUNDAMENTALS ARE SUPPORTIVE OF GROWTH Growing Domestic First-Time Homebuyer Population New Entrants to Domestic First-Time Homebuyer Population (m) 4.8 4.8 4.7 4.6 4.5  Millennial generation of roughly 80m will drive 4.3 4.2 4.3 4.3 4.2 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.5 4.6 3.9 3.8 3.9 4.0 4.1 housing’s lon

  7. Slide 7: Market Remains an Attractive Opportunity

    MARKET REMAINS AN ATTRACTIVE OPPORTUNITY Key Highlights Market Size & Growth  Essent continues to maintain a strong market position while CAGR: 2013 – 2020 Insurance In Force ($B) Note: Chart not to scale continuing to grow its share of industry insurance in force Total Industry: 8%  Essent’s NIW

  8. Slide 8: Essent's Business Model: Buy, Manage & Distribute

    ESSENT’S BUSINESS MODEL: BUY, MANAGE & DISTRIBUTE EssentEDGE® Monitoring  Risk-based pricing  Leverage underwriting engine standards to adjust  Evaluates loan-level new business flows credit and borrower attributes in  Shape portfolio risk calculating an MI rate profile  Shapes new business  R

  9. Slide 9: Focus on Robust Capital & Strong Liquidity

    FOCUS ON ROBUST CAPITAL & STRONG LIQUIDITY… Robust Capital and Strong Liquidity Enable Us to Play Both Defense and Offense Build Strong Balance Sheet  Provide a buffer in a world of uncertainty 1  Send strong signal to various stakeholders  Position to absorb losses in severe downside scenarios E

  10. Slide 10: While Building a High Credit Quality Portfolio

    …WHILE BUILDING A HIGH CREDIT QUALITY PORTFOLIO AS OF JUNE 30, 2020, ESSENT HAS $174.6 BILLION OF INSURANCE IN FORCE IIF By Vintage IIF By FICO Score IIF By LTV 2020 23.6% Essent Q2 2020 IIF <=2015 90.01- >=95.01% 9.4% 95.00% 14.4% 2019 700+ <680 45.3% 29.3% 85.2% 6.5% 2016 9.0% 680-699 8.3% <=90.00

  11. Slide 11: And Maintaining a Sufficient PMIERs Cushion

    … AND MAINTAINING A SUFFICIENT PMIERS CUSHION  At June 30, 2020, Essent Guaranty, Inc. has a PMIERs required asset amount of $1.5 billion and an excess asset PMIERs w/ and w/o 0.3x Multiplier amount of $1.1 billion, yielding a PMIERs sufficiency ratio of 177%, with the 0.3x factor applied to the PM

  12. Slide 12: Essent Is Operating from a Position of Strength

    ESSENT IS OPERATING FROM A POSITION OF STRENGTH PMIERs Sufficiency Ratio1  At June 30, 2020, Essent has the industry leading PMIERs sufficiency ratio of 177%, with a PMIERs excess of $1.1 billion.  Essent has total HoldCo liquidity of $777 million, including $702 million of cash & investments and

  13. Slide 13: Quarterly Financial Trends

    QUARTERLY FINANCIAL TRENDS Insurance In Force & New Insurance Written Net Income Total New Insurance Written ($B) Net Income ($M) $174.6 $147.0 $149.5 Total Insurance in Force ($B) $144.6 $164.0 $165.6 $136.4 $161.0 $153.3 $128.5 $127.7 $143.2 $116.0 $137.7 $131.2 $28.2 $18.0 $18.7 $15.8 $15.4 $13.9

  14. Slide 14: Annual Financial Trends

    ANNUAL FINANCIAL TRENDS Insurance In Force & New Insurance Written Net Income Total Insurance in Force ($B) Net Income ($M) $555.7 Total New Insurance Written ($B) $174.6 $164.0 $467.4 $137.7 $379.7 $110.5 $83.3 $222.6 $65.2 $63.6 $157.3 $164.9 $50.8 $47.5 $43.9 $41.7 $32.0 $34.9 $88.5 $24.8 $26.2 $

  15. Slide 15: Key Takeaways

    KEY TAKEAWAYS Essent is a leading specialty insurance company operating in a large and growing market with high barrier of entry Essent has transformed its business model from “Buy and Hold” to “Buy, Manage & Distribute” Strong capital and liquidity, along with 3rd party reinsurance, enable Essent t

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