James River Group Holdings, Inc. · NASDAQ:JRVR

James River — Q1 2018 Earnings Presentation

31 slides from James River's earnings presentation, May 15, 2018

  1. Slide 1: Compounding Value through an Unrelenting Focus on Underwriting Profit

    Compounding Value through an Unrelenting Focus on Underwriting Profit First Quarter 2018 Investor Presentation

  2. Slide 2: Disclosure: Forward-Looking Statements

    Disclosure Forward - Looking Statements This press release 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, int

  3. Slide 3: Table of Contents

    Overview Slide 4 Franchise Slide 11 Operating Segments Slide 15 Financial Highlights Slide 18 Appendix Slide 27 Table of Contents 3

  4. Slide 4: Overview

    Overview

  5. Slide 5: Strategy and Overview

    Strategy and Overview We seek to deliver consistent, top tier returns on tangible equity and achieve sector leading value creation  We are active managers of capital, seeking to generate top tier returns and return excess capital, while maintaining the ability to respond quickly to match capital to

  6. Slide 6: Our current valuation supports meaningful upside

    Our current valuation supports meaningful upside 6 P/TBV vs Operating ROTE 1 Price/Next Twelve Month Consensus Earnings Source: SNL Financial, company filings. Market data as of 5/7/18 JRVR AMSF AGII KNSL MKL NAVG RLI WRB R² = 0.6191 0.0x 0.5x 1.0x 1.5x 2.0x 2.5x 3.0x 3.5x 4.0x 4.5x 5.0x 0.0% 5.0% 1

  7. Slide 7: We have a history of profitable growth and disciplined underwriting

    We have a history of profitable growth and disciplined underwriting 7 Net Written Premiums & Operating ROATE Operating Income $MM ROATE $MM Gross Fee Income ($MM) • Strong, consistent underwriting, profitable growth • Efficient operator (24.9% expense ratio for Q1 2018) • Increasing E&S contribution

  8. Slide 8: Growth and Benefits of Scale

    Growth and Benefits of Scale 8 1 GAAP expense ratio; all corporate/other expenses adjusted for inclusion in the expense ratio. 2 Peer Group: Amerisafe Inc., Argo Group International Holdings, Ltd., Kinsale Capital Group Inc., Markel Corp., Navigators Group Inc., RLI Corp. and W. R. Berkley Corp. Sou

  9. Slide 9: Leading Value Creation

    Leading Value Creation We have delivered best in class shareholder returns since becoming a public company 9 1. Shareholder return represents the dividend - adjusted share price appreciation from James River’s initial public offering date of December 12, 2014 until May 7, 2018. 2. KNSL’s total share

  10. Slide 10: Capital Management Maximizes Shareholder Value

    Capital Management Maximizes Shareholder Value 10 Capital Management History • $380 million of capital returned since 2008 • $174 million of capital returned to shareholders since December 2014 IPO, or 37.3% of tangible book value at that time • Last twelve month d ividend yield of 4.5% 1 1. Calcula

  11. Slide 11: Franchise

    Franchise

  12. Slide 12: Franchise Overview

    Franchise Overview 12 • We are a specialty, low volatility underwriting company with a proven history of generating consistent profits • Our area of focus is small and medium sized commercial account Excess & Surplus Lines casualty business with $1 million per occurrence limits and $20,000 average a

  13. Slide 13: Our Specialty Market History

    13 Our Specialty Market History 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

  14. Slide 14: E&S Focus: Profitable, niche specialty underwriting

    14 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 43% during 2017 and 54% YTD Q1 2018. • Our business is heavily concentrated in E&S Casualty (81% of 2017 premium). • E&S is the most p

  15. Slide 15: Operating Segments

    Operating Segments

  16. Slide 16: Segment Review

    16 Segment Review E&S Segment Specialty Admitted Segment Casualty Reinsurance Segment • E&S business underwritten by specialists in 13 divisions organized by product or industry segment • 81.9% average combined ratio from 2013 - 2017 • Focus on small and medium - sized commercial accounts; 97% casua

  17. Slide 17: Attractive Growth in Gross Written Premium

    17 Attractive Growth in Gross Written Premium Growth driven by new economy risks, core E&S growth, and expansion of fronting business E&S Segment PROFITABLE SPECIALTY UNDERWRITING Specialty Admitted Segment A FOCUS ON FEE INCOME Casualty Reinsurance Segment LOW VOLATILITY UNDERWRITING ($ in Millions

  18. Slide 18: Financial Highlights

    Financial Highlights

  19. Slide 19: Broad risk appetite permits us to 'pick our spots'

    Broad risk appetite permits us to ‘pick our spots’ 19 Each Excess & Surplus lines policy is underwritten by in - house specialists with deep technical expertise across 13 underwriting divisions ($ in millions) Lead U/W Gross Written Premiums Years of Quarter Year Year Industry Ended Ended Ended Divi

  20. Slide 20: Demonstrated underwriting discipline

    Demonstrated underwriting discipline 20 Source: Company filings, A.M. Best data and research We have proven our willingness to expand and contract when market conditions dictate, and have a strong track record of profitable underwriting E&S Segment Loss Ratio vs. E&S Industry E&S Segment – GWP Growt

  21. Slide 21: A Growing Fee Business

    21 A Growing Fee Business Fee income example Insured Companies Capacity Providers Falls Lake National Insurance Company Retains $19M (or 10%) of premium/risk and receives $6M of fees Assumes $171M (or 90%) of premium/risk $190M GWP Claims Payments $171M GWP $6M Fronting Fees Claims Payments The effe

  22. Slide 22: Prudent Reserving Philosophy

    Prudent Reserving Philosophy • Over $126 million of net favorable reserve development since 2008 • As of March 31, 2018, 65.6% of net reserves were attributable to IBNR • Full internal reserve reviews performed quarterly, external reserve reviews performed during Q3 and Q4 22 Commentary

  23. Slide 23: Updated Structure: Carolina Re

    Updated Structure: Carolina Re A. Internal Quota Share (“IQS”) - > Carolina Re  Prior IQS As of 12/31/2017:  Runoff of IQS liabilities 2017 and prior (remaining at JRGRe)  Future IQS Proforma 1/1/2018:  Go forward IQS liabilities only B. Stop - Loss Cover  Stop - loss protection written by JRG

  24. Slide 24: Traditional investment approach augmented by higher yielding alternatives

    24 Traditional investment approach augmented by higher yielding alternatives Total Cash and Investments: $1,643MM Duration: Investment Portfolio (as of March 31, 2018) Net Investment Yield 64% 5% 16% 2% 4% 9% Fixed Maturity Securities Equity Securities Bank Loans Short-Term Investments Other Investe

  25. Slide 25: Composition of Operating Return on Average Tangible Equity

    Composition of Operating Return on Average Tangible Equity 25 1 1

  26. Slide 26: Consistent Top Tier Returns

    26 Consistent Top Tier Returns Extremely attractive risk reward proposition Source: SNL Financial Data as of March 31, 2018 AMSF , 14.9% AGII , 5.6% KNSL , 10.3% MKL , 5.5% NAVG , 5.6% RLI , 12.9% WRB , 8.4% JRVR , 12.4% 0.0% 2.0% 4.0% 6.0% 8.0% 10.0% 12.0% 14.0% 16.0% 0.0% 0.5% 1.0% 1.5% 2.0% 2.5%

  27. Slide 27: Appendix

    Appendix

  28. Slide 28: James River Group Key Metrics

    James River Group Key Metrics 28  Exchange/Ticker NASDAQ / “JRVR”  Initial Public Offering $21.00 (December 12, 2014)  Current Share Price $37.64 (Closing Price May 7, 2018)  Market Capitalization $1.124 billion (May 7, 2018 market close)  LTM Dividend / Yield $1.70 per share declared 4.5% yiel

  29. Slide 29: Non-GAAP Measures Reconciliation

    Non - GAAP Measures Reconciliation 29 Non - GAAP Reconciliation Underwriting Profit (Loss) Q1 2017 Q1 2018 ($mm) 2014 2015 2016 2017 Underwriting profit (loss) of the operating segments: Excess and Surplus Lines $ 35.1 $ 47.6 $ 47.2 $ 29.7 $ 8.8 $ 11.3 Specialty Admitted Insurance 0.0 1.1 2.9 3.2 0.

  30. Slide 30: Non-GAAP Measures Reconciliation

    Non - GAAP Measures Reconciliation 30 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 Q1 2017 and Q1 2018, which are as of March 31. Non - GAAP Rec

  31. Slide 31: 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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