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| Cash and fixed term investments now total over $1 billion, and we have positioned the portfolio to generate impressive yields with minimum capital risk |
| It's just better policy selection and we have an advantage, because we can tell red from green as opposed to let's just say somebody who's colorblind |
| Similar to prior quarters, each of our business segments had a positive contribution to our results |
| At our insurance division, Homeowners Choice generated another quarter of consistent earnings, and TypTap Insurance Group reported its fourth straight quarter of GAAP profitability |
| So, all of these are very positive things |
| Track record, make sure you make a compelling proposition to the policyholder that they should come with us |
| The net result of this is that we crossed the billion dollars in-force premium, which is a major milestone, and with record earnings |
| Revenue is growing, expenses are not, the balance sheet is improving, and so is our holding company liquidity |
| To summarize, the fourth quarter was a great ending to a really strong year |
| So as Karin mentioned, this was another really good quarter for the company |
| HCI Group wrapped up 2023 by reporting another excellent quarter, with pre-tax income of $54.2 million and diluted earnings per share of $3.40 |
| These results reflect the continuing positive direction we've been discussing for a while now, growing premiums, higher investment income, better loss trends, and expense management |
| Gross premiums earned were 18% higher than the same quarter last year, driven by higher average premium per policy and enhanced by the takeouts we've done with Citizens |
| Along with the declining loss ratios, expense management is driving significant improvement in the combined ratio, which was 85% for the full year |
| Another positive trend you can see in our results is the continued improvement in the gross loss ratio, which was 30.4% in the fourth quarter, down from 39.4% in the same quarter last year |
| All of this was very successful |
| Our debt to capital ratio has also improved considerably |
| We seem to be improving in the models by a huge amount |
| Now that I've talked about improvements to the income statement, I should also talk about improvements to the balance sheet and liquidity driven by profitability, debt management, and capital management |
| To summarize, in a few short months, we were able to add a significant amount of premium, improve our gross loss ratio, launch a new carrier, and simplify our balance sheet |
| So that's the item of where we sit, right? It's something we aspire to and once in a while we achieve it, which is a great thing |
| So, these are all positive signs, building on the things that Mark talked about last year, that litigation reform that was passed will have an effect |
| We've positioned ourselves well, and we look forward to the coming year |
| We were very successful at it in the sense of when we made offers, over 70% of people accepted the offers |
| Congrats on a really nice quarter of a year |
| So that's the value and the ease with which we can do this, right? So that is all technology and is great |
| Through our depopulation efforts, as well as forming new carriers, we have helped the situation |
| So, CORE is up and running and healthy |
| In-force premiums increased 30% in the quarter to approximately $1 billion |
| Each of these items completed successfully is great just by itself |
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| They're down for two reasons |
| So that'll erode that margin a little bit |
| When the Florida legislative changes were announced, we said we expected the consolidated gross loss ratios to drop from 40% to 30%, and that's exactly what's happened |
| Red houses are ones that won't be profitable and it could be a combination of things |
| First, because of the payments made on storms like Ian and Irma, and second, because we have significantly reduced the ultimate expected loss for Hurricane Ian |
| And we didn't just miss it by a little bit |
| Reinsurance cost is too high or losses will be too high or premiums too low, any number of reasons, the computers decide what's green and what's red |
| Should any risks or uncertainties develop into actual events, these developments could have material adverse effects on the company's business, financial conditions and results of operations |
| And the events of the last five months were not impossible |
| We were already thinking that that number was way overstating for us |
| We can't control the weather, of course |
| We're not getting to these lower loss ratios by reducing reserves |
| Stepping back from the numbers for a moment, our actions have impacted not only our shareholders, but our policyholders as well |
| We expected it to drop and it did |
| The other side of things also, in all three takeouts, we actually made fewer offers than we were approved for by the OIR |
| So that gives us some pause |
| While we have lowered the ultimate by more than $200 million to date, we are still at the top of the actuaries range for this storm |
| We expected claims frequency to drop significantly because a significant percentage of claims were AOB claims |
| And my last question is, there's significant indication that -- interest rates are likely to be declining at some point in time here in the next several months |
| We expected the incidence of litigation to drop and it did and it dropped |
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