Trisura Group Ltd: Trisura Group Reports Second Quarter 2025 Results: 21% Growth in BVPS and Significant Progress in Surety Expansion

TORONTO, Aug. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Trisura Group Ltd. ("Trisura" or "Trisura Group") (TSX: TSU), a leading specialty insurance provider, today announced financial results for the second quarter of 2025.

David Clare, President and CEO of Trisura, stated,

"In Q2, we achieved a strong Operating ROE of 17.8% with Operating net income of $33.3 million or $0.69 per share. We continued to benefit from our Specialty focus, disciplined underwriting and growing investment income. Profitable underwriting resulted in a quarterly Combined ratio of 85.6%. We observed the most significant growth in Primary Lines, with a 35.1% increase across segments which carry a significantly higher underwriting margin profile and contribute most meaningfully to profitability.

We continue to make progress in our Surety platform, with 60.7% growth in quarterly premiums as we gain momentum in the US and expanded our Canadian presence. In the quarter, we further capitalized our US Surety balance sheet, enhancing its capacity to underwrite, while maintaining a conservative 13.8% Debt-to-capital ratio, demonstrating a strong posture to continue pursuing accretive growth.

Consistent growth in book value, reaching a new record $843 million at Q2, has been achieved through strong underwriting and investment returns."

Highlights

• Operating ROE⁽¹⁾ of 17.8% was strong, reflecting profitability from core operations (ROE⁽¹⁾ of 15.6% in the quarter).

• BVPS⁽²⁾ of $17.63 increased 21.1% over Q2 2024 demonstrating consistent expansion in book value, with EPS of $0.76 in the quarter and a strong financial position.

• Operating net income⁽³⁾ was $33.3 million in the quarter, which increased over the prior year as a result of growth in Underwriting income⁽³⁾ and Net investment income. Net income of $37.1 million was greater than Operating net income primarily as a result of higher Net gains on the investment portfolio.

• Operating EPS⁽¹⁾ of $0.69 in the quarter increased by 6.2% demonstrating the strength of core operations⁽⁴⁾ through continued growth and profitability.

• Combined ratio⁽¹⁾ for the quarter was 85.6%, reflecting a strong underwriting performance across the portfolio.

• GPW⁽²⁾ growth of 8.9% in Q2 2025, excluding Exited lines from 2025 and 2024. This was led by growth of 35.1% in our Primary lines⁽⁵⁾, which carry a significantly higher underwriting margin profile and contribute most meaningfully to profitability.

• Net insurance revenue⁽³⁾ growth of 18.1% in Q2 2025 was led by momentum in Primary lines, as well as growth in US Programs.

	Q2 2025			Q2 2024			Variance			YTD 2025			YTD 2024			Variance
GPW	900,376			956,117			(5.8	%)		1,612,047			1,679,247			(4.0	%)
Net insurance revenue	195,785			165,831			18.1	%		368,495			318,885			15.6	%
Underwriting income	28,183			25,410			10.9	%		58,039			54,769			6.0	%
Net investment income	18,864			16,902			11.6	%		37,061			33,655			10.1	%
Operating net income	33,258			31,253			6.4	%		67,428			64,442			4.6	%
Net income	37,129			27,141			36.8	%		66,119			63,574			4.0	%
Loss ratio(1)	33.2	%		33.4	%		(0.2	pts)		32.4	%		32.5	%		(0.1	pts)
Expense ratio(1)	52.4	%		51.3	%		1.1	pts		51.9	%		50.3	%		1.6	pts
Combined ratio	85.6	%		84.7	%		0.9	pts		84.3	%		82.8	%		1.5	pts
OEPS - diluted - in dollars	0.69			0.65			6.2	%		1.39			1.33			4.5	%
EPS - diluted - in dollars	0.76			0.56			35.7	%		1.36			1.31			3.8	%
BVPS - in dollars	17.63			14.56			21.1	%		17.63			14.56			21.1	%
Debt-to-capital ratio(2)	13.8	%		12.4	%		1.4	pts		13.8	%		12.4	%		1.4	pts
Operating ROE	17.8	%		19.6	%		(1.8	pts)		17.8	%		19.6	%		(1.8	pts)
ROE	15.6	%		14.4	%		1.2	pts		15.6	%		14.4	%		1.2	pts

Consolidated Performance

• Net insurance revenue of $195.8 million, increased by 18.1% compared to Q2 2024, reflecting growth in the business, and in particular, growth in our Primary Lines.

• Underwriting income of $28.2 million, increased by 10.9% compared to Q2 2024 due to growth in the business, partially offset by a slightly higher Combined ratio.

• The consolidated Combined ratio of 85.6% was higher for the quarter compared to prior year as a result of a higher Expense ratio.

• Net investment income rose 11.6% in the quarter compared to Q2 2024 as the investment portfolio continues to grow.

Net Income and Operating Net Income

• Operating net income of $33.3 million, increased 6.4% compared to Q2 2024 as a result of growth in insurance operations and growth in Net investment income.

• Net income of $37.1 million, increased by 36.8% compared to Q2 2024, as a result of Net gains on the investment portfolio, along with growth in Underwriting income and Net investment income.

• Operating ROE of 17.8% (ROE 15.6%) was slightly lower than Q2 2024, as strong profitability from core operations continued, but was partially offset by disproportionately higher Shareholders' equity as a result of unrealized gains on the investment portfolio.

Capital

• The Company and its regulated specialty insurance subsidiaries are well-capitalized and expected to have sufficient capital to exceed both our minimum regulatory and internal capital targets, as well as to fund our operations.

• Consolidated Debt-to-capital ratio of 13.8% as at June 30, 2025 was higher than Q2 2024 due to additional funds drawn from the revolving credit facility to further capitalize our US Surety platform, partially offset by the increase to Shareholders' equity from positive Net income and unrealized gains on the investment portfolio. The Debt-to-capital ratio is below our long-term target of 20.0%.

Analysts' Estimate

• The average estimate⁽⁶⁾ of Operating EPS for the quarter among the analysts who follow the Company was $0.70.

Earnings Conference Call

Trisura will host its Second Quarter Earnings Conference Call to review financial results at 9:00a.m. ET on Friday, August 8^th, 2025.

To listen to the call via live audio webcast, please follow the link below:

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A replay of the call will be available through the link above.

About Trisura Group

Trisura Group Ltd. is a specialty insurance provider operating in the Surety, Warranty, Corporate Insurance, Program and Fronting business lines of the market. Trisura has investments in wholly owned subsidiaries through which it conducts insurance operations. Those operations are primarily in Canada and the United States. Trisura Group Ltd. is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol "TSU".

Further information is available at http://www.trisura.com. Important information may be disseminated exclusively via the website. Investors should consult the site to access this information. Details regarding the operations of Trisura Group Ltd. are also set forth in regulatory filings. A copy of the filings may be obtained on Trisura Group's SEDAR+ profile at www.sedarplus.ca.

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Non-IFRS Financial Measures and other Financial Measures

We report certain financial information using non-IFRS financial measures, non-IFRS ratios and supplementary financial measures that we use to measure and evaluate the performance of our business. Non-IFRS financial measures do not have standardized meanings prescribed by IFRS and may not be comparable to similar measures used by other companies in our industry. They are used by management and financial analysts to assess our performance.

Further, they provide users with an enhanced understanding of our results and related trends and increase transparency and clarity into the core results of the business.

These metrics are operating performance measures that highlight trends in our core business or are required ratios used to measure compliance with OSFI and other regulatory standards. Our Company also believes that securities analysts, investors and other interested parties use these operating metrics to compare our Company's performance against others in the specialty insurance industry. Our Company's management also uses these operating metrics and other financial measures in order to facilitate operating performance comparisons from period to period. Such operating metrics and other financial measures should not be considered as the sole indicators of our performance and should not be considered in isolation from, or as a substitute for, analysis of our financial statements prepared in accordance with IFRS. For more information about these supplementary financial measures, Non-IFRS financial measures, and Non-IFRS ratios, including definitions and explanations of how these measures provide useful information, refer to Section 6, Other Information in our Q2 2025 MD&A, which is available on our website at http://www.trisura.com and on SEDAR+ at www.sedarplus.ca.

Table 1 - Reconciliation of Operating net income to reported Net income and OEPS: reflect Net income, adjusted for certain items to normalize earnings to core operations in order to reflect our North American specialty operations.

	Q2 2025			Q2 2024			YTD 2025			YTD 2024
Operating net income	33,258			31,253			67,428			64,442
Impact of Exited lines	(403	)		-			(292	)		-
Loss from run-off program	-			-			-			(3,714	)
Non-recurring items	-			(3,874	)		-			(3,874	)
Impact of movement in yield curve in Net insurance finance income (expenses)	(107	)		23			(3,670	)		460
Impact of SBC	(3,907	)		(393	)		(2,708	)		(3,316	)
Net (gains) losses	9,357			312			4,810			10,758
Tax impact of above items	(1,069	)		(180	)		551			(1,182	)
Non-operating results, net of tax	3,871			(4,112	)		(1,309	)		(868	)
Net income	37,129			27,141			66,119			63,574
Operating net income	33,258			31,253			67,428			64,442
Weighted-average number of common shares outstanding - diluted (in thousands of shares)	48,551			48,555			48,508			48,482
Operating EPS - diluted (in dollars)	0.69			0.65			1.39			1.33

Table 2 - Reconciliation of Insurance service result to Underwriting income - Consolidated

Financial statements line item			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		MD&A line item
For the three months ended June 30, 2025
Insurance revenue	758,849		(561,865	)	-		-		-		(1,199	)	-		-		195,785		Net insurance revenue
Insurance service expenses	(690,694	)	535,158		690		(10,626	)	(3,839	)	1,602		107		-		(167,602	)	Sum of Net claims ($64,983) and Net expenses ($102,619)
Net income (expenses) from reinsurance contracts assets	(26,707	)	26,707		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		n/a
Insurance service result	41,448		-		690		(10,626	)	(3,839	)	403		107		-		28,183		Underwriting income
For the three months ended June 30, 2024
Insurance revenue	772,249		(608,953	)	-		-		-		-		-		2,535		165,831		Net insurance revenue
Insurance service expenses	(582,657	)	450,766		837		(8,595	)	(1,599	)	-		(23	)	850		(140,421	)	Sum of Net claims ($55,353) and Net expenses ($85,068)
Net income (expenses) from reinsurance contracts assets	(158,187	)	158,187		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		n/a
Insurance service result	31,405		-		837		(8,595	)	(1,599	)	-		(23	)	3,385		25,410		Underwriting income
For the six months ended June 30, 2025
Insurance revenue	1,538,455		(1,162,914	)	-		-		-		(7,046	)	-		-		368,495		Net insurance revenue
Insurance service expenses	(1,275,907	)	979,884		6,151		(21,275	)	(10,317	)	7,338		3,670		-		(310,456	)	Sum of Net claims ($119,328) and Net expenses ($191,128)
Net income (expenses) from reinsurance contracts assets	(183,030	)	183,030		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		n/a
Insurance service result	79,518		-		6,151		(21,275	)	(10,317	)	292		3,670		-		58,039		Underwriting income
For the six months ended June 30, 2024
Insurance revenue	1,516,515		(1,203,726	)	-		-		-		-		-		6,096		318,885		Net insurance revenue
Insurance service expenses	(1,163,597	)	917,661		6,182		(19,448	)	(5,457	)	-		(460	)	1,003		(264,116	)	Sum of Net claims ($103,759) and Net expenses ($160,357)
Net income (expenses) from reinsurance contracts assets	(286,065	)	286,065		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		n/a
Insurance service result	66,853		-		6,182		(19,448	)	(5,457	)	-		(460	)	7,099		54,769		Underwriting income

Reconciling items in the table above:
1	Net of reinsurance impact
2	Other income
3	Other operating expenses related to Trisura Specialty and Trisura US Programs
4	Net insurance finance income (expenses)
5	Impact of Exited lines
6	Movement in yield curve in Net insurance finance income (expenses)
7	Loss from run-off program and Non-recurring items

Table 3 - ROE and Operating LTM ROE: a measure of the Company's use of equity.

	Q2 2025			Q2 2024
LTM net income	121,460			89,732
LTM average equity	780,131			622,991
ROE	15.6	%		14.4	%
Operating LTM net income	138,836			122,040
Operating LTM ROE	17.8	%		19.6	%

Table 4 - Reconciliation of Average equity⁽⁷⁾ to LTM average equity⁽³⁾: LTM average equity is used in calculating Operating ROE.

	Q2 2025		Q2 2024
Average equity	769,103		612,433
Adjustments: days in quarter proration	11,028		10,558
LTM average equity	780,131		622,991

Table 5 - Combined ratio - Consolidated: Combined ratio is used to evaluate underlying profitability relative to Net insurance revenue in a given period.

	Q2 2025			Q2 2024			YTD 2025			YTD 2024
Net insurance revenue, as presented in Table 2	195,785			165,831			368,495			318,885
Net claims, as presented in Table 2	(64,983	)		(55,353	)		(119,328	)		(103,759	)
Net expenses, as presented in Table 2	(102,619	)		(85,068	)		(191,128	)		(160,357	)
Underwriting income	28,183			25,410			58,039			54,769
Loss ratio	33.2	%		33.4	%		32.4	%		32.5	%
Expense ratio	52.4	%		51.3	%		51.9	%		50.3	%
Combined ratio	85.6	%		84.7	%		84.3	%		82.8	%

Footnotes

(1) These are non-IFRS ratios. Non-IFRS ratios are not standardized under the financial reporting framework used to prepare the financial statements of the Company to which the ratio relates and might not be comparable to similar ratios disclosed by other companies. See Section 6, Other Information in our Q2 2025 MD&A for details on composition, as well as each non-IFRS financial measure used as a component of the ratio, and an explanation of how it provides useful information to an investor.

(2) This is a supplementary financial measure. See Section 6, Other Information in our Q2 2025 MD&A for details on composition and an explanation of how it provides useful information to an investor.

(3) These are non-IFRS financial measures. Non-IFRS financial measures are not standardized financial measures under the financial reporting framework used to prepare the financial statements of the Company to which the measure relates and might not be comparable to similar financial measures disclosed by other companies. See Section 6, Other Information in our Q2 2025 MD&A for details on composition and an explanation of how it provides useful information to an investor.

(4) See Section 6, Other Information in our Q2 2025 MD&A for the definition of Operating net Income, and for further explanation of "core operations".

(5) Primary lines are lines of insurance business such as Surety, Corporate Insurance, and Warranty.

(6) The average Operating EPS estimate is calculated as the average of 8 analyst estimates provided to the Company.

(7) Average equity is calculated as the sum of opening equity and closing equity over the last twelve months, divided by two.

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