Financial Strength

SafePoint is proud to be rated favorably by leading independent rating organizations. These companies specialize in reviewing, analyzing and attesting to insurance companies’ financial security and their ability to deliver on promises made to policyholders.

A.M. Best Rating

A.M. Best has assigned a financial strength rating of B (Fair) to Safepoint. Our adequate levels of capitalization, strict risk selection criteria, sophisticated pricing and comprehensive reinsurance program support this rating.

A.M. Best Company is the world’s oldest and most authoritative insurance rating information source.

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Demotech Rating

Demotech has assigned the rating of A Exceptional to SafePoint

This financial stability rating is an indication of an insurance company’s financial strength.

According to Demotech, an A rating means Safepoint has an Exceptional ability to maintain liquidity of invested assets, quality reinsurance, acceptable financial leverage and realistic pricing while simultaneously establishing loss and loss adjustment expense reserves at reasonable levels.

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SafePoint also understands that one very important aspect of writing property insurance in Florida is having a strong catastrophe reinsurance program. SafePoint has finalized our reinsurance program with the following objectives:

• Safepoint Ground Up Limit for a first event in 2018 is $865m with a combination of traditional reinsurance, the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund and Catastrophe Bonds.
• Second and third event limits exceed $870m
• Safepoint entered the catastrophe bond market for the first time in 2015 to sponsor Manatee Re Ltd., a $100m Florida named storm cat bond. Manatee Re 2016 expanded to $95m Class A and Class B.  2018 saw Manatee Re II issuance of $200m.  These are all multiyear bonds.
• All of our Reinsurance carriers are approved by the FL, LA and TX Departments of Insurance Regulation
• All of our Reinsurance Companies are A.M. Best Rated A or Better
• Safepoint retains no more than 12% of capital from a first event basis and 18% capital across two events

Audited SafePoint Insurance Company Balance Sheet

Category		Year End 2017	Year End 2016
Assets	Cash and Invested Assets	$147,787,538	$106,319,923
	Other Assets	$27,599,033	$32,639,929
	Total Assets	$175,386,571	$138,959,852
Liabilities	Unearned Premiums	$40,522,098	$36,355,390
	Loss and LAE Reserves	$41,329,121	$33,486,886
	Other Liabilities	$47,419,805	$19,443,997
	Total Liabilities	$129,271,024	$89,286,273
Capital and Surplus	Total Policyholder Surplus	$46,115,547	$49,673,579
Total Liabilities and Surplus		$175,386,571	$138,959,852