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Kingsway — Kingsway Financial Services — Investor Presentation (May 2014)

19 slides from Kingsway's investor presentation, May 29, 2014

  1. Slide 1: Kingsway Financial Services Inc. Investor Presentation May 2014

    KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. INVESTOR PRESENTATION MAY 2014

  2. Slide 2: Forward-Looking Statements

    FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS This presentation contains forward-looking statements related to our future growth, trends in our operating companies' businesses and industries and our financial and operational results and performance that are based on management’s current expectations, forecasts and ass

  3. Slide 3: Value Building Philosophy

    VALUE BUILDING PHILOSOPHY 3 Compounding capital in the long‐term with investments/acquisitions/financings that offer asymmetric risk/reward potential with a margin of safety supported by private market values

  4. Slide 4: Kingsway Is a Merchant Bank

    KINGSWAY IS A MERCHANT BANK Kingsway At-A-Glance Ticker KFS (NYSE), KFS.TO (TSX) Stock Price $6.45 NYSE (as of 5/27/2014) Shares Outstanding 16.4 million Market Cap $106 million (as of 5/27/2014) US Headquarters Itasca, Illinois Sector/Industry Financial, insurance 4  Kingsway is a merchant bank wi

  5. Slide 5: Understanding Kingsway's History

    UNDERSTANDING KINGSWAY’S HISTORY 5  AFH completed U.S. IPO in February 2013  Acquired Trinity Warranty Solutions in May 2013  Closed rights offering for $13.1 million in gross proceeds in September 2013  Previous management and board replaced  Multi-year plan to shed assets and streamline ops 

  6. Slide 6: How We Think About Building Value

    HOW WE THINK ABOUT BUILDING VALUE Concentration on insurance companies, which provide unique investment vehicles to compound and leverage investment results Focus on a 15-30 year perspective when creating/building value, while recognizing short- and near-term realities Consider upside and downside p

  7. Slide 7: Kingsway's Businesses

    KINGSWAY’S BUSINESSES 7 Type of Business Business Attributes Traditional Insurance Warranty Insurance Services Risk-Taking Fee for Service Fee plus Profit Share * PIH (Nasdaq: PIH) IPO in April 2014; KFS currently owns approximately 30% *

  8. Slide 8: Insurance Underwriting – NSA Business

    INSURANCE UNDERWRITING – NSA BUSINESS 8 Mendota is a non-standard automobile (“NSA”) insurance carrier; current management has substantially repositioned the business relative to prior strategic direction Previous NSA View on Premium  Kingsway wrote total NSA premium of $350 million in 33 states at

  9. Slide 9: Insurance Services

    INSURANCE SERVICES  IWS Acquisition Corporation (“IWS”)  Kingsway acquired in November 2012 in a highly structured transaction for total consideration consisting of cash, future contingent payments and common equity in a newly formed entity  Providing after-market vehicle protection services sinc

  10. Slide 10: Case Study: 1347 Property Insurance Holdings

    CASE STUDY: 1347 PROPERTY INSURANCE HOLDINGS  1347 Property Insurance Holdings (“PIH”) is a holding company that owns an admitted property and casualty insurance company based in Louisiana  PIH completed a successful U.S. IPO in April 2014 and trades on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the symbol P

  11. Slide 11: Case Study: Atlas Financial Holdings

    CASE STUDY: ATLAS FINANCIAL HOLDINGS  Atlas Financial Holdings, Inc. (“Atlas” or “AFH”) is a combination of former Kingsway units American Country Insurance Company and American Service Insurance Company, Inc.  Commercial auto insurance in the U.S.  Niche markets of taxi/limo/para-transit  Atlas

  12. Slide 12: 1347 Capital LLC

    1347 CAPITAL LLC  Identifies and targets specialty insurance businesses and special situation investments for acquisition or financing with a goal of managing, improving, and growing to create value for Kingsway’s shareholders  Principals of 1347 Capital LLC have been active in public and private

  13. Slide 13: Management / Alignment of Interests

    MANAGEMENT / ALIGNMENT OF INTERESTS Dedicated and experienced management team and Board of Directors has transformed the Company  Meaningful stake (approximately 37% including restricted shares)  Invested approximately $7 million over the past 12 months in private placement and rights offering Lar

  14. Slide 14: Key Takeaways

    KEY TAKEAWAYS  Kingsway provides an opportunity to invest in a diverse pool of insurance assets and insurance-related businesses led by experienced leadership team with a history of success  Through our merchant bank platform, we have the opportunity to capitalize on changing markets through a var

  15. Slide 15: Contact Us

    CONTACT US Investor Relations The Equity Group Carolyne Y. Sohn csohn@equityny.com Adam Prior aprior@equityny.com 15 KINGSWAY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC. INVESTOR PRESENTATION MAY 2014

  16. Slide 16: Summary Financials

    SUMMARY FINANCIALS Consolidated Select Statements of Operations Items (Unaudited) (in 000s except per share data) Three months ended March 31, 2014 2013 Net Premiums Earned $31,920 $28,068 Service Fee and Commission Income $14,724 $13,124 Investment Income $413 $580 Total Revenues $49,167 $42,581 Lo

  17. Slide 17: Summary Financials

    SUMMARY FINANCIALS Consolidated Select Statements of Operations Items (in 000s except per share data) Three months ended December 31, (unaudited) Years ended December 31, (audited) 2013 2012 2013 2012 Net Premiums Earned $27,202 $28,184 $109,608 $114,937 Service Fee and Commission Income $12,211 $10

  18. Slide 18: Balance Sheet

    BALANCE SHEET Consolidated Select Balance Sheet Items (in 000s) Assets 3/31/2014 (unaudited) 12/31/2013 (audited) Total Investments $68,540 $69,195 Cash and Cash Equivalents $72,080 $98,589 Receivables $60,337 $55,144 Total Assets $300,625 $324,639 Liabilities & Equity Total Unpaid Loss/Loss Adjustm

  19. Slide 19: Investment Portfolio

    INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO  Designed to preserve capital, maximize after-tax investment income, maintain liquidity and minimize risk  As of March 31, 2014, 100% of the Company’s fixed maturity portfolio was rated investment grade  95.1% have contractual maturities of <5 years  93.2% rated A or better

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