Company: KG
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0002055116-25-000018
Chunk: 315

Company: Kestrel Group Ltd
Filing Date: 2025-08-15
Form: 10-Q
Item: Item 8
Chunk 315
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 Statements of Income and Comprehensive Income, management uses certain non-GAAP financial measures to evaluate the Company's financial performance and the overall growth in value generated for the Company’s common shareholders. Management believes that these measures, which may be defined differently by other companies, explain the Company’s results to investors in a manner that allows for a more complete understanding of the underlying trends in the Company’s business. These non-GAAP financial measures should not be viewed as a substitute for those determined in accordance with U.S. GAAP and are summarized below.

Non-GAAP operating earnings (loss) and non-GAAP diluted operating earnings (loss) per common share: Management believes that the use of non-GAAP operating earnings and non-GAAP diluted operating earnings per common share enables investors and other users of the Company’s financial information to analyze its performance in a manner similar to how management analyzes performance. Management also believes that these measures generally follow industry practice therefore allowing the users of financial information to compare the Company’s performance with its industry peer group, and that the equity analysts and certain rating agencies which follow the Company, and the insurance industry as a whole, generally exclude these items from their analyses for the same reasons. Non-GAAP operating earnings should not be viewed as a substitute for U.S. GAAP net income. 

Non-GAAP operating earnings (loss) is an internal performance measure used by management as these measures focus on the underlying fundamentals of the Company's operations by excluding, on a recurring basis: (1) net realized investment gains (losses); (2) foreign exchange and other gains (losses); and and (3) interest in income (loss) of equity method investments. It also excludes on a non-recurring basis: (1) loss from discontinued operations, net of income tax; (2) the bargain purchase gain resulting from the Combination Agreement; and (3) the change in the fair value of the earn out liability. We excluded net realized investment gains (losses), and foreign exchange and other gains (losses) as we believe these are influenced by market opportunities and other factors. We do not believe the net loss from discontinued operations, the bargain purchase gain on the Combination Agreement, and the change in the fair value of the earn out liability are representative of our ongoing and future business.We believe all of these amounts are substantially independent of our business and any potential future underwriting process, therefore their inclusion would distort the analysis of underlying trends in our operations. 

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As defined and described in the Key Financial Measures section, management uses