Company: TIPT
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form Type: 10-K
Source: 0001393726-25-000028
Chunk: 60

Company: TIPTREE INC.
Filing Date: 2025-03-03
Form: 10-K
Item: Item 1
Chunk 60
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 after ten years21420319 %Asset-backed securities25232 %Total available for sale investments$1,141 $1,097 100 %CompetitionFortegra operates in several niche markets and believes that no single company competes against it in all of its business lines. Fortegra may compete with other specialty insurance carriers within a given line of business, but it identifies no specific insurers as clear competition across all underwritten lines. Within the United States, Fortegra competes with specialty insurers such as RLI Corporation, W.R. Berkley Corporation, Kinsale, Skyward Specialty and Markel Corporation. Across Fortegra’s varying lines of business, it competes with a number of companies that write similar products, including: AIG, Allstate, Assurant, Asurion, LLC, AXA SA, Securian Financial, and Great American. These lists are not exhaustive and are constantly evolving as underwritten lines for Fortegra and its competitors evolves.In general, the insurance markets in which Fortegra operates in are highly competitive. The competition faced is driven by a confluence of factors, including product pricing, industry knowledge and expertise, quality of customer service, effectiveness of distribution channels, technology platforms and underwriting processes, the quality of information systems, financial strength ratings, size, breadth of products offered, overall reputation, and other factors. Fortegra primarily competes by leveraging its 19

proprietary technological innovations, decades of underwriting expertise, robust distribution relationships, data-driven marketing initiatives, its “agent-centric” mentality, and best-in-class reputation.RatingsFortegra currently has a rating of “A-” (Excellent) (Outlook Stable) from A.M. Best, which rates insurance companies based on factors of concern to policyholders. A.M. Best currently assigns 16 ratings to insurance companies, which currently range from “A++” (Superior) to “S” (Rating Suspended). “A-” (Excellent) is the fourth highest rating. In evaluating a company’s financial and operating performance, A.M. Best performs quantitative and qualitative analyses, which includes a review of the company’s balance sheet strength, operating performance and business profile. Each of A.M. Best’s ratings reflect its opinion of an insurance company’s financial strength, operating performance and ability to meet its obligations to policyholders. These evaluations are not directed to purchasers of an insurance company’s securities.SeasonalityFortegra’s financial results have historically been, and we expect will continue to be, affected by