Tiptree Inc. (NASDAQ:TIPT) Q3 2023 Earnings Conference Call November 2, 2023 10:30 AM ET

Company Participants

Scott McKinney - CFO

Michael G. Barnes - Executive Chairman

Jonathan Ilany - CEO

Conference Call Participants

Operator

Greetings and welcome to the Tiptree Third Quarter 2023 Earnings Conference Call. At this time all participants are in a listen only mode. [Operator Instructions]. As a reminder this conference is being recorded. It is now my pleasure to introduce your host, Scott Mckinney, Chief Financial Officer. Please go ahead

Scott McKinney

Good morning and welcome to our third quarter 2023 earnings call. Joining me today are Michael Barnes, our Executive Chairman and Jonathan Ilany, CEO. A copy of our earnings release, investor presentation, and 10-Q are on our website tiptreeinc.com.

Some of our comments today will contain forward-looking statements and actual future results may differ materially. Please see our most recent SEC filings which identify the principal risks and uncertainties that could affect future performance. During the call this morning we will discuss non-GAAP financial measures which are described in more detail in our presentation. Reconciliations of these measures and other associated disclosures are contained in our SEC filings, the appendix to our presentation, and posted on our website.

One final note given our announcement yesterday evening we will not be holding a question-and-answer session after our prepared remarks this morning. Until the Fortegra registration statement is filed there are limitations on what we can say about the potential offering. With that I will turn the call over to Michael.

Michael G. Barnes

Thanks Scott and good morning to everyone. Yesterday after market, we announced that we intend to take our specialty insurance subsidiary the Fortegra Group public. We expect the Fortegra IPO to be a primary offering with the proceeds used to support Fortegra's growth. We also expect to maintain a majority ownership of Fortegra and believe the IPO will create a platform to serve the future capital needs of the business.

Turning to our operational results, we had a strong quarter led by Fortegra, which once again posted record growth and financial results. Tiptree’s revenues year-to-date increased to 1.2 billion, up 17% from the prior year, while contributing adjusted net income of 65 billion. Fortegra's gross written premiums and equivalence grew 25% to 2.4 billion. The combined ratio improved to 90.5%, and when paired with higher investment yields, the adjusted return on equity of the business topped 30%. These results continue to demonstrate the company's strategy of discipline, specialty underwriting while maintaining a lean yet scalable infrastructure. Excess and surplus lines and services offerings were the largest growth contributors and the pipeline of future opportunities remained strong in those sectors of the insurance market. The markets for specialty E&S risk remained healthy as we continue to see a hard pricing environment as well as favorable terms and conditions on renewal business. We anticipate this continued hard market environment in tandem with adding new agents and distribution partners will continue to extend Fortegra’s growth profile.