Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd FAXXF

Primary Symbol: T.FFH Alternate Symbol(s): FRFHF | T.FFH.PR.C | FXFLF | FRFZF | T.FFH.PR.D | FRFGF | T.FFH.PR.E | FXFHF | T.FFH.PR.F | FAXRF | T.FFH.PR.G | T.FFH.PR.H | FRFXF | T.FFH.PR.I | T.FFH.PR.J | T.FFH.PR.K | FRFFF | T.FFH.PR.M | FFHPF

Financial Services Insurance - Property & Casualty

Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited is a Canada-based holding company. The Company, through its subsidiaries, is engaged in property and casualty insurance and reinsurance and the associated investment management. The Company’s segments include Property and Casualty Insurance and Reinsurance, Life insurance and Run-off and Non-insurance companies. The Property and Casualty Insurance and Reinsurance segment includes North American Insurers, Global Insurers and Reinsurers and International Insurers and Reinsurers. The Life Insurance and Run-off segment include Eurolife and Run-off. The Non-insurance companies segment includes restaurants and retail, Fairfax India, Thomas Cook India and others. Eurolife underwrites traditional life insurance policies (endowments, deferred annuities, whole life and term life), group benefits, including retirement benefits, and accident and health insurance policies. The North American Insurers include Northbridge, Crum & Forster and Zenith National.

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Post by retiredcfon Nov 01, 2024 9:16am

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October 31, 2024

Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited
Q3 Quick Take

OTC BB: FRFHF | USD 1,245.52 | Outperform | Price Target USD 1,425.00

Sentiment: Neutral

Q3 results & Net/Net: Fairfax Financial reported 3Q/24 net earnings per share of $42.62, which compares with our $26.79 net estimate. The Q3 combined ratio tracked better than our estimate (despite elevated cat losses) while NII was modestly short of our forecast. Net realized and unrealized gains approximated $1.3 billion vs. our $0.1 billion assumption. The Q3 core loss ratio was better than forecasted and reserve releases remain at a steady clip. The Q3 expense ratio declined after rising on a y/y basis in 1H24. Premium growth trended similar to recent quarters with certain areas (specialty and international) leading the way. A conference call will be held tomorrow morning at 8:30 a.m. ET. We expect key areas of focus on the Q3 call to be an update on P&C pricing observations, growth commentary, recent cat losses, loss cost trends/reserving, and the investment portfolio.

Margins: The Q3 P&C combined ratio amounted to 93.9% vs. 98.3% last year and better than our 99.9% forecast. Total cat losses were $434.5 million (6.8 combined ratio points), close to our $450.4 million (7.1 point) assumption. Favorable reserve development was 2.0 points vs. our 1.2 point forecast and mainly resided in workers' compensation and property. On an ex-cat accident year basis, the combined ratio came in at 89.1% vs. our 92.2% forecast. The Q3 expense ratio was 29.7%.

Investments/other: Interest and dividend income to n, trailing our $632 million expectation. Book value per share was up 5.5% sequentially to end Q3 at $1,033.18. 189 mm was spent on Q3 buybacks (158,875 shares were repurchased). Holding company cash ended the quarter at $2.0 billion, down from $2.5 billion at the end of June.