Financials | Reports | Brit Insurance

Highlights

Results for the year ended 31 December 2024. A strong performance underpinned by a clear strategic focus.

Key points

  • Group profit before tax from continuing operations of $661.0m (2023: $623.9m).
  • Group profit after tax from continuing operations of $576.2m (2023: $629.2m).
  • Return on net tangible assets on continuing operations of 23.5% (2023: 41.7%), primarily reflecting the increased level of adjusted net tangible assets held during 2024.
  • Combined ratio for continuing business after discounting of 75.7% (2023: 76.2%) and an undiscounted combined ratio for continuing business of 85.9% (2023: 85.3%).
  • Insurance service result was a profit of $674.8m (2023: $649.5m).  
  • Insurance premium written for 2024 of $3,779.5m, an increase of 0.5% over 2023 ($3,753.5m) at constant rates of exchange.  
  • Investment return was a strong $347.7m or 5.0% (2023: $394.4m or 6.2%).
  • Capital position remains strong, with a surplus over management entity capital requirements of $987.5m or 53.0% (2023: $1,050.5m or 54.5%), after dividend payments in the year of $605.4m. A significant proportion of our investment portfolio remains invested in cash and fixed income securities (2024: 84.5%; 2023: 85.8%).
  • Overall risk adjusted rate decrease of 1.4% (2023: increase of 7.1%).
  • Key developments include:
    • Ki established as a standalone operation within the Brit Limited and Fairfax groups following highly successful launch and incubation by Brit;  
    • Focus on underwriting capability development, including new strategic pricing and rating engines for a number of classes;
    • Launch of Brit Re, the strategic expansion of our Bermuda presence;
    • Successful first year of Ki’s enhanced offering allowing brokers to access third-party digital capacity from multiple syndicates directly through the Ki platform;
    • Ki franchise growth: Overall insurance premium written by the Ki franchise, on behalf of Ki Syndicate 1618 and third parties, grew by 16.6% to $1,039m;
    • Launch of the ‘BUILD Project Cargo’ and ‘Cyber First50’ consortia;
    • Completion of the sale of our holding in Canadian MGA Sutton;
    • Continued focus on our customers through claims innovation; and
    • Continued focus on our digital, data and AI strategy. 

Capital Strength

Brit's capital policy is set by the Board and is based on the output of the internal model which reflects the risk profile of the business. The policy requires capital to be held well in excess of regulatory minimum requirements and underpins Brit’s balance sheet strength. The policy ensures the capital adequacy of the Group, and each entity, through an efficient capital structure. The Group proactively responds to developments in the financial environment to ensure its capital strength is maintained whilst optimising risk-adjusted returns.

Brit is part of the Fairfax Group, which is a large Canadian insurance group with significant financial strength.

Brit Global Specialty solely underwrites through Brit's wholly aligned Lloyd’s Syndicate 2987, which benefits from the Lloyd's credit ratings of A (Excellent) from A.M. Best, AA- (Very Strong) from Fitch and A+ (Strong) from Standard & Poors. For further information, please visit Lloyd's of London.

Capital Strength

DB Pension Scheme

Through Brit Group Services Limited, the Group operates a funded defined benefit pension scheme, providing pensions benefits to its members. The scheme closed to new entrants on 4 October 2001 and closed to future accrual of benefits on 31 December 2011. The scheme is approved by HMRC for tax purposes and is subject to UK regulations overseen by the Pensions Regulator. The scheme is operated through a trust, which has assets held separately from the Brit Group. The trust is managed by a corporate Trustee, Brit Pension Trustee Ltd. The Trustee has overall responsibility for payment of the benefits and management of the scheme’s assets.

The scheme’s Statement of Investment Principles can be found here.

The scheme's Implementation Statement can be found here.

Any questions related to the scheme should be addressed to the scheme’s administrators, Lane Clark & Peacock LLP (Team-BritGroup@lcp.uk.com).

DB Pension Scheme

S172(1) Statements

Brit Limited, and a number of its UK subsidiaries, are required to publish a Section 172 (1) statement under the Companies (Miscellaneous Reporting) Regulations 2018.  The statements for the year ended 31 December 2023 can be found by following the links below.

S172(1) Statements