[July 27, 2015] |
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Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings Reports Second Quarter Financial Results
Blue Capital Reinsurance Holdings Ltd. (NYSE:BCRH) (the "Company"), a
Bermuda holding company that offers collateralized reinsurance in the
property catastrophe market and invests in various insurance-linked
securities, today reported its financial results for the second quarter
of 2015.
The Company's net income and operating income for the quarter was $5.5
million ($0.63 per share). The Company's fully converted book value per
common share (FCBVPS) was $20.59 at June 30, 2015, reflecting a 3.0%
increase for the quarter and a 6.0% increase year-to-date, each
inclusive of dividends declared in such periods.
The table below illustrates the components of the Company's second
quarter and year-to-date 2015 results:
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Amount in
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Impact per share
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Three Month Period ended June 30, 2015
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millions
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Earnings
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FCBVPS
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Net income
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$
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5.5
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|
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$
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0.63
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$
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0.62
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|
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RSU issuance and amortization
|
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-
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(0.01
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)
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2Q15 Regular Dividend
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(2.6
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)
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(0.30
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)
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Net change in book value (shareholders' equity)
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$
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2.9
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|
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$
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0.31
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Increase for the period, inclusive of dividends declared
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3.0
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%
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|
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|
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Amount in
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Impact per share
|
Six Month Period ended June 30, 2015
|
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millions
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Earnings
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FCBVPS
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|
|
|
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|
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Net income
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$
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10.9
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$
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1.25
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$
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1.24
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|
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RSU issuance and amortization
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0.1
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|
|
|
|
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(0.01
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)
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2014 Special Dividend
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|
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(5.8
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)
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|
|
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|
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(0.66
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)
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1Q15 and 2Q15 Regular Dividends
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|
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(5.2
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)
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|
|
|
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(0.60
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)
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Net change in book value (shareholders' equity)
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$
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-
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$
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(0.03
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)
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Increase for the period, inclusive of dividends declared
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6.0
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%
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|
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Reinsurance premiums written for the quarter were $7.6 million and net
reinsurance premiums earned were $9.7 million. No reinstatement premiums
were written or earned during the quarter.
Loss and loss adjustment expenses for the quarter were $0.1 million,
which included $0.4 million of favorable prior year loss reserve
development.
Acquisition costs were $2.2 million for the quarter, which included $0.6
million of accrued profit commissions.
General and administration expenses were $1.8 million consisting of: (i)
management fees of $0.6 million; (ii) performance fees of $0.5 million;
(iii) public company expenses of $0.5 million; and (iv) administrative
fees of $0.2 million.
Interest and financing expenses were $0.1 million for the quarter,
reflecting fees incurred in connection with the May 2015 renewal and
amendment of the Company's $20 million revolving credit facility. As of
June 30, 2015, the Company had $9.0 million of outstanding borrowings
under this facility.
During the second quarter of 2015, the Company declared a regular
dividend of $0.30 per common share, which was paid on July 15, 2015 to
all shareholders of record on June 30, 2015. During the first quarter of
2015, the Company declared: (i) a special dividend with respect to 2014
of $0.66 per common share, which was paid on March 13, 2015 to all
shareholders of record as of February 27, 2015; and (ii) a regular
dividend of $0.30 per common share, which was paid on April 15, 2015 to
all shareholders of record as of March 31, 2015.
William Pollett, President and CEO, commented: "We had a strong second
quarter and first half with an annualized year to date return of 12%,
and the portfolio remains well-positioned."
He continued, "During the mid-year renewals, our portfolio experienced
an average price decrease of 5%. However, price decreases moderated
versus the prior year as we saw increased market demand coming from both
new buyers as well as existing clients. Our underwriting team executed
well in a dynamic market, and the Company was successful in constructing
an attractive portfolio."
Additional information can be found in the Company's public filings with
the Securities and Exchange Commission and at www.bcapre.bm.
Blue Capital Management Ltd., which serves as the Company's investment
and reinsurance manager, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Montpelier Re
Holdings Ltd. (NYSE: MRH, "Montpelier"), a leading global provider of
property catastrophe and short-tail reinsurance solutions with $4.0
billion of assets. Through this relationship, the Company benefits from
Montpelier's industry leading proprietary reinsurance modelling tools,
underwriting expertise and broker/client relationships. The Company was
formed on June 24, 2013 and began trading on the New York Stock Exchange
on November 6, 2013.
Application of the Safe Harbor of the Private Securities Litigation
Reform Act of 1995
This press release contains forward-looking statements within the
meaning of the United States (the "U.S.") federal securities laws,
pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities
Litigation Reform Act of 1995, that are not historical facts, including
statements about our beliefs and expectations. These statements are
based upon current plans, estimates and projections. Forward-looking
statements rely on a number of assumptions concerning future events and
are subject to a number of uncertainties and various risk factors, many
of which are outside our control. See Item 1A "Risk Factors" contained
in the Company's 2014 Report on Form 10-K, as filed with the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission, for specific important factors that
could cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in
forward looking statements. You can identify forward-looking statements
in this earnings release by the use of words such as "anticipates,"
"estimates," "expects," "intends," "plans" and "believes," and similar
expressions or future or conditional verbs such as "will," "should,"
"would," "may" and "could." These forward-looking statements include,
among others, statements relating to our future financial performance,
our business prospects and strategy, our dividend policy and expected
dividend payout, anticipated financial position, liquidity and capital
needs and other similar matters. These forward-looking statements are
based on management's current expectations and assumptions about future
events, which are inherently subject to uncertainties, risks and changes
in circumstances that are difficult to predict.
Our actual results may differ materially from those expressed in, or
implied by, the forward-looking statements included in this earnings
release as a result of various factors, including, among others:
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the fact that we have limited operating history;
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the possibility of severe or unanticipated losses from natural and
man-made catastrophes, including those that may result from changes in
climate conditions, including global temperatures and expected sea
levels;
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the effectiveness of our loss limitation methods;
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our dependence on our Chief Executive Officer, our Chief Financial
Officer and our service providers, particularly since these
relationships are likely to be impacted by the pending merger among
Montpelier and Endurance Specialty Holdings Ltd.;
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our ability to effectively execute our business plan and any new
ventures that we may enter into;
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continued acceptance of our business strategy, security and financial
condition by regulators, brokers and insureds;
-
failure by any service provider to carry out its obligations to us in
accordance with the terms of its appointment;
-
conflicts of interest that could result from our relationships and
potential overlaps in business with related parties, including
Montpelier and its subsidiaries;
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the cyclical nature of the property catastrophe insurance and
reinsurance industry;
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the availability of capital and financing, including our ability to
raise more equity capital and our ability to release capital from
existing obligations to redeploy annually;
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the levels of new and renewal business achieved;
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the availability of opportunities to increase writings within our
property and catastrophe lines of business and our ability to
capitalize on those opportunities;
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the inherent uncertainty of our risk management process, which is
subject to, among other things, industry loss estimates and estimates
generated by modeling techniques;
-
the accuracy of those estimates and judgments used in the preparation
of our financial statements, including those related to revenue
recognition, reserves for loss and loss adjustment expenses,
reinsurance recoverables, asset valuations, contingencies and
litigation which, for a newer reinsurance company like us, are even
more difficult to make than those made by a mature company because of
our limited operating history;
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the inherent uncertainties in establishing loss and LAE reserves and
unanticipated adjustments to premium estimates;
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changes in the availability, cost or quality of reinsurance or
retrocessional coverage;
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general economic and market conditions, including inflation,
volatility in the credit and capital markets and conditions specific
to the insurance and reinsurance markets in which we operate;
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changes in and the impact of governmental legislation or regulation,
including changes in tax laws in the jurisdictions where we conduct
business;
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statutory or regulatory developments, including those involving tax
policy, reinsurance and other regulatory matters such as the adoption
of proposed legislation that would affect Bermuda-headquartered
companies or Bermuda-based insurers or reinsurers;
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potential treatment of us as an investment company or a passive
foreign investment company for purposes of U.S. securities laws or
U.S. federal taxation, respectively;
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the amount and timing of reinsurance recoveries;
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the overall level of competition, and the related supply and demand
dynamics in our markets relating to growing capital levels in our
industry;
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declining demand due to increased retentions by cedants and other
factors;
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acts of terrorism, political unrest, outbreak of war and other
hostilities or other non-forecasted and unpredictable events;
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unexpected developments concerning the small number of insurance and
reinsurance brokers upon whom we rely for a large portion of revenues;
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operational risks, including the risk of fraud and any errors and
omissions, as well as technology breaches or failures;
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our dependence as a holding company upon dividends or distributions
from our operating subsidiaries; and
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changes in accounting principles or the application of such principles
by regulators.
We undertake no obligation to publicly update or revise any
forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information,
future events or otherwise. Readers are cautioned not to place undue
reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the
dates on which they are made.
BLUE CAPITAL REINSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD.
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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
|
(In millions of U.S. dollars, except share and per share amounts)
|
Unaudited
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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June 30,
|
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December 31,
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2015
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2014
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Assets
|
|
|
|
|
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Cash and cash equivalents
|
|
|
$
|
3.4
|
|
|
$
|
1.1
|
Cash and cash equivalents pledged as collateral
|
|
|
|
5.3
|
|
|
|
10.4
|
Reinsurance premiums receivable
|
|
|
|
14.2
|
|
|
|
5.9
|
Deferred reinsurance acquisition costs
|
|
|
|
1.0
|
|
|
|
0.1
|
Funds held by reinsured companies as collateral
|
|
|
|
189.6
|
|
|
|
183.6
|
Other assets
|
|
|
|
0.8
|
|
|
|
0.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Assets
|
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|
$
|
214.3
|
|
|
$
|
201.3
|
Liabilities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss and loss adjustment expense reserves
|
|
|
$
|
5.4
|
|
|
$
|
7.9
|
Unearned reinsurance premiums
|
|
|
|
9.3
|
|
|
|
1.1
|
Debt
|
|
|
|
9.0
|
|
|
|
8.0
|
Reinsurance balances payable
|
|
|
|
4.7
|
|
|
|
2.8
|
Accounts payable and accrued expenses
|
|
|
|
4.8
|
|
|
|
1.0
|
Other liabilities
|
|
|
|
0.6
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Total Liabilities
|
|
|
|
33.8
|
|
|
|
20.8
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Shareholders' Equity
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common Shares and additional paid-in capital
|
|
|
|
174.1
|
|
|
|
174.0
|
Retained earnings
|
|
|
|
6.4
|
|
|
|
6.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Total Shareholders' Equity
|
|
|
|
180.5
|
|
|
|
180.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Liabilities and Shareholders' Equity
|
|
|
$
|
214.3
|
|
|
$
|
201.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Common shares outstanding (000s)
|
|
|
|
8,752
|
|
|
|
8,750
|
Common and common equivalent shares outstanding (000s)
|
|
|
|
8,764
|
|
|
|
8,757
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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BLUE CAPITAL REINSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD.
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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS AND COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
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(In millions of U.S. dollars, except per share amounts)
|
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Unaudited
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
Three Months Ended
|
|
|
Six Months Ended
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30,
|
|
|
June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2015
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
2015
|
|
|
|
2014
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|
|
Revenues
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reinsurance premiums written
|
|
$
|
7.6
|
|
|
|
$
|
10.7
|
|
|
|
$
|
27.7
|
|
|
|
$
|
32.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in net unearned reinsurance premiums
|
|
|
2.1
|
|
|
|
|
0.4
|
|
|
|
|
(8.2
|
)
|
|
|
|
(11.2
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net reinsurance premiums earned
|
|
|
9.7
|
|
|
|
|
11.1
|
|
|
|
|
19.5
|
|
|
|
|
21.3
|
|
|
|
|
Net income from derivative instruments
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
0.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total revenues
|
|
|
9.7
|
|
|
|
|
11.2
|
|
|
|
|
19.5
|
|
|
|
|
21.5
|
|
|
|
Expenses
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
|
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Underwriting expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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Loss and loss adjustment expenses - current year
|
|
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0.5
|
|
|
|
|
7.3
|
|
|
|
|
1.4
|
|
|
|
|
8.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss and loss adjustment expenses - prior year
|
|
|
(0.4
|
)
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
(0.5
|
)
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
|
|
Reinsurance acquisition costs
|
|
|
2.2
|
|
|
|
|
1.5
|
|
|
|
|
4.5
|
|
|
|
|
3.7
|
|
|
|
|
|
General and administrative expenses
|
|
|
1.8
|
|
|
|
|
1.1
|
|
|
|
|
3.1
|
|
|
|
|
2.2
|
|
|
|
|
Non-underwriting expenses:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest and financing expenses
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total expenses
|
|
|
4.2
|
|
|
|
|
10.0
|
|
|
|
|
8.6
|
|
|
|
|
14.2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income and comprehensive income
|
|
$
|
5.5
|
|
|
|
$
|
1.2
|
|
|
|
$
|
10.9
|
|
|
|
$
|
7.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Per share data:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic and diluted earnings per Common Share
|
|
$
|
0.63
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.13
|
|
|
|
$
|
1.25
|
|
|
|
$
|
0.83
|
|
|
|
|
Dividends declared per Common Share and RSU 1
|
|
|
0.30
|
|
|
|
|
0.30
|
|
|
|
|
1.26
|
|
|
|
|
0.60
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Insurance ratios:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Loss and loss adjustment expense ratio
|
|
|
0.7
|
%
|
|
|
|
65.6
|
%
|
|
|
|
4.6
|
%
|
|
|
|
38.3
|
%
|
|
|
|
Acquisition cost ratio
|
|
|
23.3
|
%
|
|
|
|
14.1
|
%
|
|
|
|
23.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
17.5
|
%
|
|
|
|
General and administrative expense ratio
|
|
|
18.2
|
%
|
|
|
|
9.5
|
%
|
|
|
|
15.6
|
%
|
|
|
|
10.3
|
%
|
|
|
|
Combined ratio
|
|
|
42.2
|
%
|
|
|
|
89.2
|
%
|
|
|
|
43.2
|
%
|
|
|
|
66.1
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
RSU = restricted share unit
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
The six month period ended June 30, 2015 includes a special
dividend with respect to 2014 of $0.66 per common share and RSU,
which was declared and paid during the first quarter of 2015.
|
|
|
|
BLUE CAPITAL REINSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD.
|
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
(In millions of U.S. dollars)
|
Unaudited
|
|
|
|
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|
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|
|
|
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|
|
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Total
|
|
|
Common
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
shareholders'
|
|
|
Shares, at
|
|
|
paid-in
|
|
|
Retained
|
|
|
|
|
equity
|
|
|
par value
|
|
|
capital
|
|
|
earnings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Opening balances at January 1, 2015
|
|
|
$
|
180.5
|
|
|
|
$
|
8.8
|
|
|
$
|
165.2
|
|
|
$
|
6.5
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
|
10.9
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
10.9
|
|
Expense recognized for RSUs
|
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
0.1
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
Dividends declared on Common Shares and RSUs
|
|
|
|
(11.0
|
)
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(11.0
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ending balances at June 30, 2015
|
|
|
$
|
180.5
|
|
|
|
$
|
8.8
|
|
|
$
|
165.3
|
|
|
$
|
6.4
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
|
Common
|
|
|
Additional
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
shareholders'
|
|
|
Shares, at
|
|
|
paid-in
|
|
|
Retained
|
|
|
|
|
equity
|
|
|
par value
|
|
|
capital
|
|
|
earnings
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Opening balances at January 1, 2014
|
|
|
$
|
173.3
|
|
|
|
$
|
8.8
|
|
|
$
|
165.2
|
|
|
$
|
(0.7
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income
|
|
|
|
7.3
|
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
7.3
|
|
Dividends declared on Common Shares and RSUs
|
|
|
|
(5.3
|
)
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
-
|
|
|
|
(5.3
|
)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ending balances at June 30, 2014
|
|
|
$
|
175.3
|
|
|
|
$
|
8.8
|
|
|
$
|
165.2
|
|
|
$
|
1.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
BOOK VALUE AND FULLY CONVERTED BOOK VALUE PER COMMON SHARE
1
|
Unaudited
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
June 30,
|
|
|
March 31,
|
|
|
Dec. 31,
|
|
|
June 30,
|
|
|
|
|
2015
|
|
|
2015
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
2014
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Book value per share numerator (in millions of U.S. dollars):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[A]
|
Shareholders' Equity (in millions of U.S. dollars)
|
|
|
$
|
180.5
|
|
|
|
$
|
177.6
|
|
|
$
|
180.5
|
|
|
$
|
175.3
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Book value per share denominators (in thousands of shares):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
[B]
|
Common Shares outstanding
|
|
|
|
8,752
|
|
|
|
|
8,750
|
|
|
|
8,750
|
|
|
|
8,750
|
|
|
Restricted Share Units outstanding
|
|
|
|
12
|
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
[C]
|
Fully converted book value per common share denominator
|
|
|
|
8,764
|
|
|
|
|
8,757
|
|
|
|
8,757
|
|
|
|
8,757
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Book value per common share [A]/[B]
|
|
|
$
|
20.62
|
|
|
|
$
|
20.30
|
|
|
$
|
20.63
|
|
|
$
|
20.03
|
|
Fully converted book value per common share [A]/[C]
|
|
|
$
|
20.59
|
|
|
|
$
|
20.28
|
|
|
$
|
20.62
|
|
|
$
|
20.02
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in fully converted book value per
common share: 2
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From March 31, 2015
|
|
|
|
3.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From December 31, 2014
|
|
|
|
6.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
From June 30, 2014
|
|
|
|
10.9
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1
|
|
These measures constitute "non-GAAP financial measures" as defined
in Regulation G and as further described herein.
|
|
|
|
2
|
|
Computed as the change in fully converted book value per common
share after taking into account common dividends declared of $0.30,
$1.26 and $1.56 during the three, six and twelve month periods ended
June 30, 2015, respectively.
|
|
|
BLUE CAPITAL REINSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD.
|
Natural Catastrophe Risk Management
|
|
The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the
"Risk Factors" included in Item 1A of the Company's 2014 Form 10-K,
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission, in particular
the risk factor entitled "Our stated catastrophe and enterprise-wide
risk management exposures are based on estimates and judgments which
are subject to significant uncertainties."
|
|
Exposure Management
|
|
|
The Company's Investment and Insurance Manager (the "Manager")
monitors our net exposure to any one catastrophe loss event in any
single zone within certain broadly defined major catastrophe zones.
Our June 1, 2015 projected net exposures by zone were in compliance
with our underwriting guidelines. Namely, our projected net exposure
to any one zone was below 50% of our shareholders' equity at June
30, 2015. These broadly defined major catastrophe zones are defined
as follows:
|
|
North America:
|
Europe:
|
Rest of World:
|
|
U.S. - Northeast
|
Western Central Europe (1)
|
Australia
|
U.S. - Mid-Atlantic
|
Eastern Europe
|
New Zealand
|
U.S. - Florida
|
Southern Europe
|
Japan
|
U.S. - Gulf
|
Northern Europe, Benelux
|
South America
|
U.S. - New Madrid
|
and Scandinavia
|
Middle East
|
U.S. - Midwest
|
U.K. and Ireland
|
|
U.S. - California
|
|
|
U.S. - Hawaii
|
|
|
Canada - Eastern
|
|
|
Canada - Western
|
|
|
|
(1) Consisting of France, Germany, Switzerland and
Austria.
|
|
Single Event Losses
|
|
For certain defined natural catastrophe region and peril
combinations, the Manager assesses the probability and likely
magnitude of losses using a combination of industry third-party
models, proprietary models and underwriting judgment. The Manager
attempts to model the projected net impact from a single event,
taking into account contributions from property catastrophe
reinsurance (including retrocessional business), property pro-rata
reinsurance and event-linked derivative securities, offset by the
net benefit of any reinsurance or derivative protections we purchase
and the benefit of premiums.
|
|
The table that follows details the projected net impact from
single event losses as of June 1, 2015 for selected zones at
specified return periods using AIR Worldwide Corporation's
Touchstone 2.0 and CATRADER 16.0, both of which are
industry-recognized third-party vendor models. It is important to
note that each catastrophe model contains its own assumptions as
to the frequency and severity of loss events, and results may vary
significantly from model to model.
|
|
Since the Manager utilizes a combination of third-party models,
proprietary models and underwriting judgment to project the net
impact from single event losses, our internal projections may be
higher or lower than those presented in the table below:
|
|
Net Impact From Single Event Losses at Specified Return Periods
|
|
|
Net Impact
|
|
Percentage of June 30, 2015
|
|
(Millions)
|
Return Period (1)
|
Shareholders' Equity
|
|
U.S. - Florida hurricane
|
$62
|
1 in 100 year
|
34
|
%
|
Japan earthquake
|
32
|
1 in 250 year
|
18
|
%
|
California earthquake
|
27
|
1 in 250 year
|
15
|
%
|
All other zones
|
|
|
less than 15
|
%
|
|
1 A "100-year" return period can also be referred to as
the 1.0% occurrence exceedance probability ("OEP"), meaning there
is a 1.0% chance in any given year that this level will be
exceeded. A "250-year" return period can also be referred to as
the 0.4% OEP, meaning there is a 0.4% chance in any given year
that this level will be exceeded.
|
|
Our June 1, 2015 single event loss exposures were within our
underwriting guidelines. Namely, the projected net impact from any
one catastrophe loss event (excluding earthquake) at the 1 in 100
year return period for any one zone did not exceed 35% of our
shareholders' equity at June 30, 2015, and the projected net
impact from any one earthquake loss event at the 1 in 250 year
return period for any zone did not exceed 35% of our shareholders'
equity at June 30, 2015.
|
|
Our single event loss estimates represent snapshots as of June 1,
2015. The composition of our in-force portfolio may change
materially at any time due to the acceptance of new policies, losses
incurred, the expiration of existing policies and changes in our
ceded reinsurance and derivative protections.
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