Hippo Holdings Inc. (NYSE:HIPO) Q1 2024 Earnings Call Transcript

They’re masked a bit by the mix, but but especially as we get through Project volatility, which is our effort internally to lower our exposure to higher tech areas, you know, this mix shift effect will come into the background or will fade away, and you’ll start to see more substantial improvement in attritional losses. We as we get toward the end of the year and into 2025?

Richard McCathron: Yes. So you’re on the right guess. I just want to emphasize, I know I think that you’re on I just want to emphasize something that Stuart said, we, although we’ve been able to keep the attritional loss ratio despite that mix shift relatively flat. And that’s a that’s a difficult balance to achieve when you’re writing less business at higher premiums in cat-exposed areas. And while the additional premium worked itself into the best business, I just want to emphasize that our attritional loss ratio is not where we expect it to be at end of year where continuing not only will that mix shift start to fade? As Stuart mentioned, we are continuing our efforts and earning in additional rate and taking other positive actions from an underwriting perspective that we expect that to also improve throughout the end of the year. We’re not even close to being done with that improvement.

Yaron Kinar: We’re looking forward to seeing that. Thank you.

Richard McCathron: Thanks, Yaron.

Operator: Thank you. We now have our second question coming from Tommy McJoynt of KBW.

Tommy McJoynt: Hey, good morning, guys. Thanks for taking my question. On the so you did disclose that the rate increase on a written basis from has come in at 33% year over year. How far along would you say you are kind of that 33% relative to what you think that you need over time. And then putting that in the context of the HHIP. program, we’ve seen the TGP. in that business continue to fall for a number of quarters now, where do you kind of see the trough level of that business kind of falling during the year. It sounds like it’s going to hit an inflection point and perhaps at the start of next year. But just kind of wonder where that where the trough is this year?

Richard McCathron: Yes. Hey, Tommy, this is Rick. I’ll go ahead and start and then Stuart can can add in on this this one couple of different things. First, I’ll answer your second question first, your as I think I mentioned this at the end of the earnings call last quarter, we started our what we call Project volatility, which is the calling or improvement of the existing HHIP. business approximately October of last year. We take the actions at renewals of policies and we would expect those efforts to be done approximately October of 2024. And as such, the growth that we get from the non existing portfolio, the new business we’re writing on both in the builder channel and other areas that’s when it will reverse itself. So I think towards the end of this year in Q four, that’s when you’re going to start seeing growth again in the HHIP.

channel. Your first question with some exceptions and the exceptions being geographically or regulatorily based, we think that we have we have filed and approved the majority of the what I would call corrective rate actions to get us to price adequacy. Those need to work their way through the business. However, it’s a process that never ends. So we continue to look at trends, both frequency and severity inflation components. And we expect us to continue to take incremental rates and as those trends dictate the need to do so over time. But in terms of what I would consider the heavy lift that’s been done. And now it’s just working itself into the book with a few geographical exceptions.

Tommy McJoynt: Got it. I appreciate the color there. And switching over on, can you give us an overview of, you know, the capital on kind of capacity situation and perhaps breaking it down by and how much unencumbered capital is currently at the holding company on how much capital is that Spinnaker in terms of like what premium leverage that is supporting? Just kind of give us an overview of the capital.

Stewart Ellis: And Tony, this is Stewart. I can trying to give you a little color. I don’t think you know, historically, we haven’t gotten into the details here, but generally we have the ability to move capital and subject to some restrictions around the organization where we need it. And we always tried to think about where can we put capital that will will position us to earn the highest return on that capital in any given period. And so we feel good about the places that we have capital in the broader kind of corporate organization. And we’re feeling comfortable that we have the liquidity and the flexibility within our capital structure to and to be able to continue to invest aggressively in the business. And we’re continuing to do that while we converge to adjusted EBITDA positive. So I think from a flexibility and a capital standpoint, I think we we’ve got the flexibility that we need and we’re putting capital where we feel like we can earn the highest return.

Richard McCathron: One thing I’ll add, Tommy, is that from a Spinnaker perspective, our carrier, our insurance as a service perspective, we believe it is well capitalized to continue to grow that business with some very favorable BCAR. score. So we feel very good about as Stuart mentioned, we feel very good about not only our flexibility, but our position to continue to invest and grow the business.

Tommy McJoynt: Thanks. And then just last one real quick on. You gave the disclosure that the and sort of the annual cat load breaks down into 41% of it coming through in the second quarter. Do you have what the typical mix is in the other quarters first, third and fourth, perhaps it’s a dynamic question, just given the changing book of business, but if you could kind of help us out with just with modeling.