RENAISSANCERE HOLDINGS LTD. The following is a discussion and analysis of our results of operations for the
three and six months ended
In this Form 10-Q, references to "RenaissanceRe" refer to
All dollar amounts referred to in this Form 10-Q are in
Due to rounding, numbers presented in the tables included in this Form 10-Q may not add up precisely to the totals provided.
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OVERVIEW 58
SUMMARY OF CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES 60
SUMMARY RESULTS OF OPERATIONS 61
FINANCIAL CONDITION, LIQUIDITY AND CAPITAL RESOURCES 83
Financial Condition 83
Liquidity and Cash Flows 83
Capital Resources 88
Reserve for Claims and Claim Expenses 89
Investments 91
Ratings 93
SUPPLEMENTAL GUARANTOR FINANCIAL INFORMATION 94
CURRENT OUTLOOK 96
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OVERVIEW
Our mission is to match desirable, well-structured risks with efficient sources of capital to achieve our vision of being the best underwriter. We believe that this will allow us to produce superior returns for our shareholders over the long term, and to further our purpose of protecting communities and enabling prosperity. We seek to accomplish these goals by being a trusted, long-term partner to our customers for assessing and managing risk, delivering responsive and innovative solutions, leveraging our core capabilities of risk assessment and information management, investing in these core capabilities in order to serve our customers across market cycles, and keeping our promises. Our strategy focuses on superior risk selection, superior customer relationships and superior capital management. We provide value to our customers and joint venture and managed fund partners in the form of financial security, innovative products, and responsive service. We are known as a leader in paying valid claims promptly. We principally measure our financial success through long-term growth in tangible book value per common share plus the change in accumulated dividends. We believe this metric is the most appropriate measure of our financial performance, and in respect of which we believe we have delivered superior performance over time. The principal drivers of our profit are underwriting income, investment income, and fee income generated by our third-party capital management business.
Our core products include property, casualty and specialty reinsurance, and certain insurance products principally distributed through intermediaries, with whom we have cultivated strong long-term relationships. We believe we have been one of the world's leading providers of catastrophe reinsurance since our founding. Through the strategic execution of several initiatives, including organic growth and acquisitions, we have expanded and diversified our casualty and specialty platform and products, and believe we are a leader in certain casualty and specialty lines of business.
Our current business strategy focuses predominantly on writing reinsurance, although as we grow our casualty and specialty and other property lines of business, we are increasingly writing excess and surplus lines insurance through delegated authority arrangements. We also pursue a number of other opportunities, such as creating and managing our joint ventures and managed funds, executing customized reinsurance transactions to assume or cede risk, and managing certain strategic investments directed at classes of risk other than catastrophe reinsurance. From time to time we consider diversification into new ventures, either through organic growth, the formation of new joint ventures or managed funds, or the acquisition of, or the investment in, other companies or books of business of other companies.
We have determined our business consists of the following reportable segments: (1) Property, which is comprised of catastrophe and other property (re)insurance written on behalf of our operating subsidiaries, joint ventures and managed funds, and (2) Casualty and Specialty, which is comprised of casualty and specialty (re)insurance written on behalf of our operating subsidiaries, joint ventures and managed funds. In addition to our two reportable segments, we have an Other category, which primarily includes our strategic investments, investments unit, corporate expenses, capital servicing costs, noncontrolling interests and certain expenses related to acquisitions and disposals. The underwriting results of our operating
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A meaningful portion of the reinsurance and insurance we write provides protection from damages relating to natural and man-made catastrophes. Our results depend to a large extent on the frequency and severity of these catastrophic events, and the coverages we offer to customers that are affected by these events. We are exposed to significant losses from these catastrophic events and other exposures we cover, which primarily impact our Property segment, in both the property catastrophe and other property lines of business. Accordingly, we expect a significant degree of volatility in our financial results and our financial results may vary significantly from quarter-to-quarter and from year-to-year, based on the level of insured catastrophic losses occurring around the world. Our Casualty and Specialty business, which represents approximately half of our gross premiums written annually, is an efficient use of capital that is generally less correlated with our Property business. It allows us to bring additional capacity to our clients, across a wider range of product offerings, while continuing to be good stewards of our shareholders' capital.
We continually explore appropriate and efficient ways to address the risk needs of our clients and the impact of various regulatory and legislative changes on our operations. We have created and manage multiple capital vehicles across several jurisdictions and may create additional risk bearing vehicles or enter into additional jurisdictions in the future. In addition, our differentiated strategy and capabilities position us to pursue bespoke or large solutions for clients, which may be non-recurring. This, and other factors including the timing of contract inception, could result in significant volatility of premiums in both our Property and Casualty and Specialty segments.
Our revenues are principally derived from three sources: (1) net premiums earned from the reinsurance and insurance policies we sell; (2) net investment income and net realized and unrealized gains from the investment of our capital funds and the investment of the cash we receive on the policies which we sell; and (3) fees received from our joint ventures, managed funds, and structured reinsurance products, which are primarily reflected in redeemable non-controlling interest or as an offset to acquisition or operating expenses.
Our expenses primarily consist of: (1) net claims and claim expenses incurred on
the policies of reinsurance and insurance we sell; (2) acquisition costs, which
typically represent a percentage of the premiums we write; (3) operating
expenses, which primarily consist of personnel expenses, rent and other
expenses; (4) corporate expenses, which include certain executive, legal and
consulting expenses, costs for research and development, transaction and
integration-related expenses, and other miscellaneous costs, including those
associated with operating as a publicly traded company; (5) redeemable
noncontrolling interests, which represent the interests of third parties with
respect to the net income of DaVinciRe, Medici and Vermeer; and (6) interest and
dividends related to our debt and preference shares. We are also subject to
taxes in certain jurisdictions in which we operate. Since the majority of our
income is currently earned in
The underwriting results of an insurance or reinsurance company are discussed frequently by reference to its net claims and claim expense ratio, underwriting expense ratio, and combined ratio. The net claims and claim expense ratio is calculated by dividing net claims and claim expenses incurred by net premiums earned. The underwriting expense ratio is calculated by dividing underwriting expenses (acquisition expenses and operational expenses) by net premiums earned. The combined ratio is the sum of the net claims and claim expense ratio and the underwriting expense ratio. A combined ratio below 100% indicates profitable underwriting prior to the consideration of investment income. A combined ratio over 100% indicates unprofitable underwriting prior to the consideration of investment income. We also discuss our net claims and claim expense ratio on a current accident year basis and a prior accident years basis. The current accident year net claims and claim expense ratio is calculated by taking current accident year net claims and claim expenses incurred, divided by net premiums earned. The prior accident years net claims and claim expense ratio is calculated by taking prior accident years net claims and claim expenses incurred, divided by net premiums earned.
Effects of Inflation
General economic inflation has increased and there is a risk of inflation remaining elevated for an extended period, which could cause claims and claim expenses to increase, impact the performance of our investment portfolio or have other adverse effects. This risk may be exacerbated by the steps taken by
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governments and central banks throughout the world in responding to the COVID-19
pandemic, the impact from the war in
COVID-19 Pandemic
Due to the ongoing nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, we are continuing to evaluate its impact on our business, operations and financial condition, including our potential loss exposures. We continue to expect historically significant industry losses to emerge over time as the full impact of the pandemic and its effects on the global economy are realized.
SUMMARY OF CRITICAL ACCOUNTING ESTIMATES
Our critical accounting estimates include "Claims and Claim Expense Reserves,"
"Premiums and Related Expenses," "Reinsurance Recoverables," "Fair Value
Measurements and Impairments" and "Income Taxes," and are discussed in
Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations in our Form 10-K for the year ended
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