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STEADFAST GROUP LIMITED Investor Presentation 2016

Aug 23, 2016

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24 August 2016

PRESENTERS

Robert Kelly – Managing Director & CEO Stephen Humphrys – Chief Financial Officer

This presentation has been prepared by Steadfast Group Limited ("Steadfast").

This presentation contains information in summary form which is current as at 24 August 2016. This presentation is not a recommendation or advice in relation to Steadfast or any product or service offered by Steadfast or its subsidiaries and associates. It is not intended to be relied upon as advice to investors or potential investors, and does not contain all information relevant or necessary for an investment decision or that would be required in a prospectus or product disclosure statement prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth). It should be read in conjunction with Steadfast's other continuous and periodic disclosure announcements filed with the Australian Securities Exchange, ASX Limited, and in particular the Steadfast 2016 Annual Report. These disclosures are also available on Steadfast's website at investor.steadfast.com.au.

To the maximum extent permitted by law, Steadfast, its subsidiaries and associates and their respective directors, employees and agents disclaim all liability for any direct or indirect loss which may be suffered by any recipient through use of or reliance on anything contained in or omitted from this presentation. No recommendation is made as to how investors should make an investment decision. Investors must rely on their own examination of Steadfast, including the merits and risks involved. Investors should consult with their own professional advisors in connection with any acquisition of securities.

The information in this presentation remains subject to change without notice. Steadfast assumes no obligation to provide any recipient of this presentation with any access to any additional information or to notify any recipient or any other person of any other matter arising or coming to its notice after the date of this presentation.

To the extent that certain statements contained in this presentation may constitute "forward-looking statements" or statements about "future matters", the information reflects Steadfast's intent, belief or expectations at the date of this presentation. Steadfast may update this information over time. Any forward-looking statements, including projections or guidance on future revenues, earnings and estimates, are provided as a general guide only and should not be relied upon as an indication or guarantee of future performance. Forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that are outside Steadfast's control and may cause Steadfast's actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements. Any forward-looking statements, opinions and estimates in this presentation are based on assumptions and contingencies which are subject to change without notice, as are statements about market and industry trends, which are based on interpretations of current market conditions. Neither Steadfast, nor any other person, gives any representation, assurance or guarantee that the occurrence of the events expressed or implied in any forward-looking statements in this presentation will actually occur. In addition, please note that past performance is no guarantee or indication of future performance. Possible factors that could cause results or performance to differ materially from those expressed in forward looking statements include the key risks on pages 29-31 of Steadfast's 2016 Annual Report.

Certain non-IFRS financial information has been included within this presentation to assist in making appropriate comparisons with prior periods and to assess the operating performance of the business. Steadfast uses these measures to assess the performance of the business and believes that the information is useful to investors. Non-IFRS information, including underlying P&L items, pro-forma P&L items, EBITA, NPATA and Cash EPS (NPATA per share), have not been subject to review by the auditors. FY13 and FY14 results are pro-forma and assume the Pre-IPO Acquisitions and the IPO Acquisitions were included for the full reporting period (all of the IPO Acquisitions completed on 7 August 2013). Prior period cash EPS have been adjusted to reflect the re-basing of EPS post the February/March 2015 1:3 rights issue. All references to Aggregate refer to the 100% aggregation of all investees' results regardless of Steadfast's ownership interest.

This presentation does not constitute an offer to issue or sell securities or other financial products in any jurisdiction. The distribution of this presentation outside Australia may be restricted by law. Any recipient of this presentation outside Australia must seek advice on and observe any such restrictions. This presentation may not be reproduced or published, in whole or in part, for any purpose without the prior written permission of Steadfast.

Local currencies have been used where possible. Prevailing current exchange rates have been used to convert local currency amounts into Australian dollars, where appropriate. All references starting with "FY" refer to the financial year ended 30 June. All references starting with "1H FY" refer to the financial half year ended 31 December.

Strong earnings growth in FY16 vs FY15

  • Underlying NPATA 45% to $82.0m
  • Underlying Cash EPS 12% to 11.00 cps
  • Statutory NPATA 67% to $95.0m

Solid organic performance

  • Organic results held firm in a flat pricing environment
  • Broker performance enhanced by sales volume growth and bolt-on acquisitions
  • Agency performance benefited from revenue growth and cost synergies
  • Acquisitions overall performing in line with expectations
    • Largest FY15 acquisitions (Calliden and QBE agencies) performing ahead of expectations
  • Fully franked total FY16 dividend of 6.0 cps
    • Final dividend up 20% pcp to 3.6 cps
  • FY17 guidance reflects resilient business model
    • Underlying NPATA guidance range of $85m-$90m
    • Key assumptions include flat market conditions and no material acquisitions
  • Future acquisition growth
    • Balance sheet capacity of $114m at 30 June 2016

Further growth in Network brokers

Steadfast Network Brokers

Gross Written Premium (GWP)1

Pricing essentially flat and volumes up year-on-year

Largest general insurance broker network in Australia and New Zealand with 27% market share in Australia2

1 GWP excludes fire service levy, pet and life insurance products

2 Source: Steadfast Group and APRA Intermediated General Insurance Statistics (December 2015)

99 brokers have joined and only one broker has left the Network since the IPO

Number of Steadfast Network Brokers

307 Australian brokers = 39% of total general insurance intermediaries in Australia2

Hubbing reflects the impact of merging one or more brokers together to create back office cost synergies and scale.

Source: Steadfast Group and APRA Intermediated General Insurance Statistics (December 2015)

Significant growth in underwriting agencies

Gross Written Premium (GWP)

  • Steadfast Underwriting Agencies is the largest underwriting agency group in Australia
  • About 50% GWP placed with non-Steadfast brokers
  • New London 'super' binder will benefit the group

Successful launch of Steadfast Direct

Steadfast Agencies + Steadfast Direct Facility

$million $745m $0.5m $40m 0 100 200 300 400 500 600 700 800 FY15 FY16 Steadfast Agencies Steadfast Direct $385.5m $385m $385m $785m

Gross Written Premium (GWP)

  • Piloted in May 2015; launched in July 2015
  • Home, motor and now landlord products
  • Sold through the Steadfast Virtual Underwriter
  • 30% of $41m represents new GWP to the Network

  • Taking market share away from Calliden's home products

10 hubs at various stages of reaching full cost out synergies

Third consecutive year of Underlying Cash EPS growth

Underlying Cash EPS1: FY13 – FY16

Total Shareholder Return (TSR)2

  • 99% for the three years since the ASX listing in August 2013
  • 26% CAGR

1 FY13-FY14 Cash EPS restated to reflect 1:3 rights offering in February/March 2015

2 TSR includes final FY16 dividend and excludes the further value to shareholders who participated in the rights issue

Strong growth from acquisitions

Year ended 30 June UnderlyingFY16 UnderlyingFY15 Year-onyeargrowth $ Year-onyeargrowth %
Revenue ($m) 459.5 298.7 160.8 53.8%
EBITA pre CO ($m) 139.6 98.8 40.7 41.2%
EBITA ($m) 129.6 90.4 39.2 43.3%
NPAT ($m) 60.4 42.1 18.3 43.6%
Reported EPS (cents) 8.09 7.24 0.85 11.8%
NPATA ($m) 82.0 56.7 25.2 44.5%
Cash EPS (cents) 11.00 9.79 1.21 12.4%

  • Continued NPATA and cash EPS growth for shareholders during flat market
  • FY16 includes full impact of recent acquisitions including Calliden and QBE agencies

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Statutory vs Underlying NPATA reconciliation

  • Statutory profit adjusted downwards to remove non-trading items (which have no operating cash flow or underlying cash earnings impact):
    • Gain from deferred consideration estimates for FY15 acquisitions (primarily QBE agency acquisitions)
    • Impairments of assets acquired in FY15, including those with deferred consideration adjustments
    • Other non-recurring revenue

Breakdown of the growth in EBITA pre Corporate Office expenses

  • Organic growth in a flat market
  • Significant impact from FY15 acquisitions, successfully extracted synergies

Broking operations (Aggregate)1

Solid performance in a flat market

Brokers – consolidated & equity accounted

Year ended 30 June, $million UnderlyingFY16 UnderlyingFY15 FY16 vs FY15growth % Organicgrowth % Growth fromacquisitions& hubbing%
Net Fees & Commissions² 267.0 241.3 10.7% 3.8% 6.9%
Netrevenue² 306.1 279.9 9.4% 3.0% 6.4%
EBITA pre CO 83.4 79.9 4.4% 0.5% 3.9%
  • Like-for-like businesses' bottom line held firm
  • Astute acquisition of bolt-on businesses contributed to EBITA growth

1 Aggregate assumes 100% ownership

² Net of third party payments

Underwriting agencies (Aggregate)1

Acquisitions enhanced growth and margins

Agencies – consolidated & equity accounted

Year ended 30 June, $million UnderlyingFY16 UnderlyingFY15 Year-on-yeargrowth % Organicgrowth % Growth fromacquisitions %
Net Fees & Commissions² 134.2 70.0 91.7% 9.2% 82.6%
Netrevenue² 139.3 73.1 90.7% 8.6% 82.1%
EBITA pre CO 63.2 28.8 119.8% 14.3% 105.5%
  • Significant growth from FY15 acquisitions
  • Solid organic growth from existing agencies

1 Aggregate assumes 100% ownership ² Net of third party payments

Strong conversion of profit to cash

Statutory cash flow statement

Year to 30 June, $ million FY16 FY15
Cash flows from operating activities
Receipts from customers 376.9 258.9
Payments to suppliers and employees, and networkbrokerrebates (289.2) (214.6)
Dividends received from associates and joint venture 12.9 14.6
Interestreceived/(paid) net of interest and otherfinance costs paid (1.9) 0.5
Income taxes paid (14.7) (14.6)
Net cash from operating activities beforecustomer trust accounts movement 84.0 44.8
Net movement in customer trust accounts 42.2 22.2
Net cash from operating activities 126.2 67.0
Net cash used in investing activities (65.3) (333.2)
Net cash from financing activities (8.3) 390.8
Net increase/(decrease) in cash and cashequivalents 52.6 124.6
Cash and cash equivalents at 30 June 291.7 239.2
splitCashheldinto:intrust 224.7 1722
Cashon hand 670 670

102%of underlying NPATA converted into cash flow

Statutory balance sheet

$ million 30 Jun 16 31 Dec 15
Cash and cash equivalents 67.5 79.9
Cash held on trust 224.7 215.1
Receivables & other 341.9 266.1
Totalcurrent assets 634.1 561.1
Equity accounted investments 121.8 126.6
Property, plant and equipment 27.9 28.9
Identifiable intangibles 165.3 173.1
Goodwill 712.3 684.0
Deferred tax assets & other 51.1 48.5
Total non-current assets 1,078.4 1,061.1
Total assets 1,712.5 1,622.2
Trade and other payables 453.3 394.8
Loans and borrowings 1.6 1.5
Deferred consideration 15.4 7.3
Other 77.4 64.7
Total current liabilities 547.7 468.3
Loans and borrowings 200.3 195.6
Deferred consideration 1.8 16.4
Deferred tax liabilities & other 64.6 71.1
Total non-current liabilities 266.7 283.1
Total liabilities 814.4 751.4
Net assets 898.1 870.8
Non-controlling interests 38.1 22.8
Gearingratio (Corporate)1 16.0% 17.1%

16%corporate gearing ratio1 versus Board approved maximum gearing ratio of 25%

Corporate debtfacilities, $m Maturity Total Available30/06/16
Facility A Aug 2019 235 64
Facility B Aug 2020 50 50
Total available 285 114
  • Three year Facility A extended one further year
  • Substantial headroom in financial debt covenants
  • $114m available at 30/06/16 for corporate actions including acquisitions
  • Additional gearing ratio of 5% for subsidiaries
  • Total gearing ratio of 18.4%

Gearing ratio calculated as corporate debt/(corporate debt plus equity).

Total FY16 dividend uplifted by 20%

  • Final FY16 dividend of 3.6 cps (fully franked), up 20% pcp
  • Total FY16 dividend payout ratio is 75% of net profit after tax (excluding non-trading items), in line with targeted 65% to 85%
  • Dividend Reinvestment Plan (DRP) to apply to final FY16 dividend; no discount
  • DRP shares will be acquired on market
  • Key dates for final FY16 dividend
    • Ex date: 12 September 2016
    • Dividend record date: 13 September 2016
    • DRP record date: 14 September 2016
    • DRP pricing period: 19-29 September 2016
    • Payment date: 14 October 2016

All dividends are fully franked

1 Continue to grow, maintain and provide services to the Network Brokers
2 Continue to develop and market new products from the SteadfastUnderwriting Agencies to the market Agencies
3 Seek to buy, merge, hub or assist the Network brokers to grow,reduce costs and improve their back office Brokers
4 Seek to acquire brokers from outside our Network Brokers
5 Be the obvious succession partner for our Network brokers Brokers
6 Roll out the following IT systems:INSIGHT –broker back officeSVU –Steadfast Client Trading PlatformUnderwriterCENTRAL–underwriting agency backoffice Brokers &Agencies
7 Continue the expansion and roll out of our offshoring division forIT, marketing and finance Group

8 Extend the London 'super' binder into domesticand internationalarena Group
9 Extend Steadfast Client Trading Platform beyond Business Pack toinclude:Professional LinesPublic/Products LiabilityCommercial MotorProperty Brokers
10 Retain Senior Management Team Group
11 Balance capital management and cash flows with dividend and EPSaccretion Group
12 Seek to support our complementary businesses both inside andoutside the Network Group
13 Consolidate and develop our Strategic Partner relationships Group
14 Expand ourfootprint in New Zealand and Asia Group

Steadfast Client Trading Platform (SCTP)

  • Benefits from using the platform:
    • Clients: extra cover, wider choice, triage access, competitive pricing and claims expedition
    • Brokers: best-in-class products and the benefits of using the Steadfast Virtual Underwriter (e.g. cost savings, business intelligence, etc.)
    • Insurer partners: opportunity to write more GWP through the Steadfast Network
  • Exclusive to Steadfast Network Brokers, their clients and select insurer partners
  • Operates on Steadfast Virtual Underwriter
  • Launched in June 2016 with Business Package as the first product offering
  • Insurer partners on platform consist of: AIG, Allianz (new to SVU), Calibre, London 'super' binder and Vero

$4.5b is the potential prize

London 'super' binder – they said it couldn't be done

  • SUA to rationalise and consolidate its London market placement into a single binder with a select number of carriers and co-brokers – JLT and Steadfast Re
  • Initial SUA participants: Miramar, Procover, Winsure and Hostsure
  • Full capacity committed in June 2016; binder effective 1 August 2016
  • Able to participate in Steadfast Client Trading Platform rollout

What is the 'super' binder?

  • A delegated authority given to a Steadfast Underwriting Agency by an insurer to do either or both of the following:
    • i. Enter into contracts made on behalf of the insurer; and/or
    • ii. Deal with and settle, on behalf of the insurer, claims relating to insurance products for the insurer
  • Valid for three years, term renewable

SUA placement into Lloyd's of London

Old arrangement

  • 30 syndicates 16binders 3 brokers
  • Expensive and inefficient

New arrangement

6 syndicates 1binder 1 co-broking solution

  • Much simpler solution
  • Substantial cost savings
  • Better access to the Steadfast Network
  • Client centric underwriter negotiations
  • Stability of capacity and growth assured

$1.6b is the potential prize

The momentum is shifting

"Commercial Insurance continues to target profitable growth through pricing actions,

continued focus on meeting customer and broker needs, and successfully entering new markets."

Suncorp's FY16 Analyst Pack, 4 August 2016

"We are responding decisively with price increases, revised terms and conditions and other portfolio adjustments, and remain confident that these actions will benefit the claims ratio in 2017."

John Neal, QBE Group CEO, 17 August 2016

"Our commercial businesses in Australia and New Zealand have withstood continuing price pressure and maintained their strict underwriting discipline which has resulted in lower business volumes as we exited unprofitable business – but we are encouraged by growing signs of rate improvement."

Peter Harmer, IAG CEO, 19 August 2016

  • FY17 underlying NPATA guidance range of $85m-$90m, driven by:
    • Organic growth
    • Growth from strategic initiatives
  • Key assumptions include flat market conditions and no material acquisitions
  • Acquisition opportunities continue unabated
  • Well positioned for upside when market hardens

Underlying NPATA1

1 FY13 and FY14 are both pro-forma; FY15-FY17 are underlying

  • Delivered strong Cash EPS growth throughout the insurance cycle
  • Transforming the Network with Steadfast Client Trading Platform and the London 'super' binder
  • Rolling out our own revolutionary IT systems
  • FY17 guidance shows resilience of a diversified business model and the beginnings of growth from initiatives listed above
  • Healthy balance sheet with 30 June 2016 $114m capacity for acquisitions
  • Network well positioned for further upside as the market hardens
  • Network no longer geographically bound to a domestic insurer panel

Size Scale Steadfast

Largest general insurance broker network in Australia and New Zealand

Current run rate annual GWP

$4.5 billion

343Steadfast Network Brokers

Largest underwriting agency group in Australia + Direct facility

Current run rate annual GWP $785 million

22 Agencies + Steadfast Direct

Steadfast Network Collects Marketing & Administration (M&A) Fees, 100% owned

Complementary businesses

50% joint venture in premium funder

Reinsurance broker, 50% owned

100% owned

Legal practice, 25% owned

Back-office service provider, 100% owned

Steadfast Network Brokers' GWP mix1,2,3

84% of customer base relates to small to medium size enterprises (SMEs) with less pricing volatility

Focus is on advice

  • Low exposure to Corporate (2%) with more significant pricing pressure
  • Increasing share of retail insurance markets (14%) due to Steadfast Direct

1 Based on FY16 GWP excluding New Zealand.

2 Allocation based on policy size (retail <$1k, small $1k – $9.9k, medium $10k – $299k and corporate $300k+).

3 Metrics above consist of non-IFRS financial information used to measure the financial performance and condition of Steadfast.

1 Based on FY16 Steadfast Network Broker GWP of $4.5 billion.

2 Geography is based on head office location of each Steadfast Network Broker; a small number of Steadfast Network Brokers had overseas operations in FY16.

Statutory P&L

$ million FY16 FY15
Revenue
M&A fees 32.4 29.6
Revenuefrom wholly owned entities 349.8 222.5
Shareof profits of associates and joint venture 11.2 10.4
Otherrevenue 3.4 2.5
Total revenue 396.8 265.0
EBITA from core operations (post CO) 129.6 90.4
Amortisation (23.7) (16.5)
Finance costs (9.2) (5.3)
Income tax expense (28.8) (20.6)
Profit after income tax and before non-trading items 68.0 48.0
Net gain on deferredconsideration estimates from FY15acquisitions 23.9 0.9
Impairments associated with FY15 acquisitions (13.1) -
Net profiton change in value of investments 1.6 0.6
Due diligence and restructure costs - (3.3)
Share-based payment expense on share optionsandexecutive loans and shares 0.4 1.2
Other 0.3 0.6
Net profit after tax before non-controlling interests 81.1 48.0
Non-controlling interests (7.6) (5.9)
Net profit after tax attributable to Steadfastmembers 73.5 42.1
Other comprehensive income after tax (0.1) (1.0)
Total comprehensive income after tax 73.4 41.1
Net profit after tax and before amortisation 95.0 56.8

Reconciliations to Underlying Revenue on slide 37 and to Underlying NPATA on slide 12.

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Statutory vs Underlying Revenue reconciliation

Cash EPS reconciliation1

Cents per share FY16 FY15 FY14 FY13
NPATA 82.0 56.7 41.2 35.2
Previous weighted average share # n/a n/a 501.1 501.0
Revised weighted average share # 745.2 579.8 519.7 519.5
Previous Cash EPS n/a n/a 8.23 7.02
RevisedCash EPS 11.00 9.79 7.94 6.77
  • FY13-FY14 Cash EPS restated to reflect 1:3 rights offering in February/March 2015
  • Bonus factor of 3.704% applied to reflect take up of discounted rights offering shares

1 When calculating Cash EPS, treasury shares have been ignored.

Year ended 30 June, $ millions FY16 FY15 Growth% Organicgrowth2 % %growthfromacquisitionshubbing3&
Fees and commissions¹ 384.4 234.2 64.1% 5.8% 58.4%
M&A Fees 32.4 29.6 9.4% 9.4% 00%
Interest income 6.7 5.7 18.5% -5.5% 240%
Other revenue 36.0 29.2 232% 14.3% 89%
Revenue –Consolidated entities 459.5 298.7 53.8% 6.7% 47.1%
Employment expenses (147.0) (101.3) 45.1% 8.4% 36.7%
Occupancy expenses (13.1) (9.3) 40.7% 1.3% 39.4%
Other expenses¹ (180.6) (109.8) 64.5% 5.8% 58.7%
Expenses –Consolidated entities (340.6) (220.3) 54.6% 6.8% 47.8%
EBITA –Consolidated entities 118.9 78.4 51.6% 6.5% 45.1%
Share of EBITA from associates and joint ventures 20.7 20.4 1.2% 1.9% -08%
EBITA –pre Corporate Office expenses 139.6 98.8 41.2% 5.5% 35.6%
Corporate Office expenses (10.0) (8.4) 18.5%
EBITA 129.6 90.4 43.3%
Net financingexpense (9.2) (5.3) 722% 1 Wholesale broker and agency
Amortisationexpense –consolidated entities (20.4) (12.9) 58.4% commission expense (paid tobrokers) included in revenues
Amortisationexpense –associates (3.3) (3.6) -82% and other expenses so impact
Income tax expense (28.8) (20.6) 392% to EBITA is nil ($104.4m in
Net profit after tax 68.0 48.0 41.6% FY16; $51.7m in FY15)
Non-controlling interests (7.5) (5.9) 27.4% 2 Includes bolt-on acquisitions
Net profit attributable to Steadfast members 60.4 42.1 43.6% 3 Includes growth from
Amortisationexpense –consolidated entities 18.3 11.0 646% associates converted to
Amortisationexpense –associates 3.3 3.6 -82% consolidated entities
Net Profit after Tax and before Amortisation 82.0 56.7 44.5%

Revenue and EBITA pre CO expenses (Aggregate view)

$ millions UnderlyingFY16 UnderlyingFY15 Growth% Organicgrowth3% Growth%fromacquisitions&hubbing4
Gross writtenpremiums
Consolidated brokers 844.5 674.2 253%
Equity accounted 507.9 526.4 -3.5%
GWP from brokers 1,352.5 1,200.6 12.6%
Underwriting agencies 745.1 385.0 936%
Total GWP 2,097.6 1,585.7 32.3%
Revenue
Consolidated brokers1 179.0 138.3 29.4% 4.0% 25.4%
Equity accounted 138.1 144.3 -4.3% 23% -66%
Revenue from brokers 317.1 282.6 12.2% 3.1% 9.1%
Underwriting agencies2 250.9 130.9 916% 7.0% 846%
Ancillary 33.8 28.6 18.5% 15.7% 28%
Premium funding 48.8 51.6 -5.4% -5.4% 00%
Steadfast 42.2 37.4 128% 128% 00%
Total revenue 692.8 531.1 30.5% 4.6% 25.8%
EBITA (pre CO expenses)
Consolidated brokers 44.6 40.0 11.7% 0.5% 11.2%
Equity accounted 38.7 39.9 -29% 0.5% -3.4%
EBITA from brokers 83.4 79.9 4.4% 0.5% 3.9%
Underwriting agencies 63.2 28.8 1198% 14.3% 105.5%
Ancillary 3.4 3.2 8.1% 7.3% 08%
Premium funding 7.4 7.4 -0.7% -0.7% 00%
Steadfast 11.0 9.7 136% 136% 00%
TotalEBITA (pre CO exps) 168.4 128.9 30.6% 4.7% 26.0%
  • 1 Includes gross up of wholesale broker commission expense of $11.0m in FY16 ($2.7m FY15 as acquired in 2H FY15)
  • 2 Includes gross up of agency commission expense ($111.6m in FY16 and $57.9m in FY15)
  • 3 Includes bolt-on acquisitions

4 Includes growth from associates converted to consolidated entities

Statement of income (Adjusted IFRS view)

Year ended 30 June, $ millions Underlying2H FY16 Underlying1H FY16 Underlying2H FY15 Underlying1H FY15 Pro-forma2H FY14 Pro-forma1H FY14
Fees and commissions 195.4 189.0 156.0 78.2 65.9 52.4
M&A Fees 15.8 16.6 14.0 15.6 12.7 13.7
Interest income 3.3 3.4 3.1 2.5 1.4 1.3
Other revenue 19.0 17.0 17.1 12.1 14.1 11.8
Revenue –Consolidated entities 233.4 226.1 190.3 108.4 94.1 79.2
Employment expenses (75.6) (71.3) (59.0) (42.3) (33.5) (30.8)
Occupancy expenses (6.7) (6.3) (5.5) (3.8) (2.9) (2.8)
Other expenses (88.3) (92.2) (75.6) (34.2) (33.1) (24.4)
Expenses –Consolidated entities (170.7) (169.9) (140.1) (80.2) (69.5) (58.0)
EBITA –Consolidated entities 62.7 56.2 50.2 28.2 24.6 21.2
Share of EBITA from associates and jointventures 10.8 9.8 10.7 9.7 12.7 11.8
EBITA –pre Corporate Office expenses 73.5 66.0 61.0 37.9 37.4 33.1
Corporate Office expenses (4.3) (5.6) (5.4) (3.0) (4.9) (3.2)
EBITA 69.2 60.4 55.6 34.9 32.4 29.9
Net financingexpense (4.6) (4.6) (3.1) (2.3) (0.6) (0.6)
Amortisationexpense –consolidated entities (9.9) (10.5) (8.3) (4.6) (4.0) (3.8)
Amortisationexpense –associates (1.6) (1.7) (1.6) (1.9) (1.0) (1.0)
Income tax expense (15.2) (13.6) (12.5) (8.2) (7.2) (8.8)
Net profit after tax 38.0 29.9 30.1 17.9 19.6 15.7
Non-controlling interests (4.2) (3.3) (3.3) (2.6) (1.6) (1.2)
Net profit attributable to Steadfastmembers 33.8 26.6 26.8 15.3 18.0 14.5
Amortisationexpense –consolidated entities 8.7 9.6 7.3 3.7 3.5 3.3
Amortisationexpense –associates 1.6 1.7 1.6 1.9 1.0 1.0
Net Profit after Tax and beforeAmortisation 44.1 37.9 35.7 21.0 22.4 18.8

Other revenue

$millions FY16 FY15 Variance
Fee income for other professional services 22.2 18.2 4.0
Legal fee disbursements 2.7 2.6 0.1
Other income 11.1 8.4 2.7
Total other revenue 36.0 29.2 6.8

Other expenses

$millions FY16 FY15 Variance
Rebate to Steadfastbrokers 10.2 9.3 0.9
Selling expenses 15.3 14.5 0.8
Commission expense1 104.4 51.7 52.7
Legal fee disbursements 2.7 2.6 0.1
expenses1Administration 45.0 29.0 16.0
Depreciation of PP&E 3.1 2.7 0.4
Total other expenses 180.6 109.8 70.8

1Commission/administration expenses:

  • Commission paid by wholesale broker and agencies to brokers
  • Grossed up in "fees & commissions" and deducted in "other expenses" so nil impact to EBITA
  • Significant increase due to Calliden and QBE agency acquisitions

Houseowners/householders Domestic motor vehicle CTP motor vehicle
Premiums and Claims by Class of Business Year End Jun Year End Jun Year End Jun Year End Jun Year End Jun Year End Jun
2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016
Gross written premium ($m) 7,598 7,837 8,041 8,509 3,584 3,915
Number of risks ('000) 11,468 11,699 14,327 15,018 11,409 11,624
Average premium per risk ($) 663 670 561 567 314 337
Outwards reinsurance expense ($m) 2,254 2,502 1,373 1,605 460 614
Gross earned premium ($m) 7,895 8,140 7,961 8,255 3,542 3,650
Cession ratio 29% 31% 17% 19% 13% 17%
Gross incurred claims (current and prior years)
($m) 5,182 4,423 5,918 6,063 2,702 2,749
Gross earned premium ($m) 7,895 8,140 7,961 8,255 3,542 3,650
Gross loss ratio 66% 54% 74% 73% 76% 75%
Net incurred claims (current and prior years) ($m) 3,877 3,516 4,940 5,055 2,277 2,151
Net earned premium ($m) 5,641 5,638 6,588 6,650 3,082 3,036
Net loss ratio 69% 62% 75% 76% 74% 71%
Underwriting expenses ($m) 1,604 1,551 1,444 1,428 373 352
Net earned premium ($m) 5,641 5,638 6,588 6,650 3,082 3,036
U/W expense ratio 28% 28% 22% 21% 12% 12%
Net U/W combined ratio 97% 90% 97% 98% 86% 82%

Commercial motor vehicle Fire and ISR Public and product liability Professional indemnity
Premiums and Claims by Class of Business Year End Jun Year End Jun Year End Jun Year End Jun Year End Jun Year End Jun Year End Jun Year End Jun
2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016 2015 2016
Gross written premium ($m) 2,082 2,098 3,744 3,653 2,227 2,220 1,562 1,579
Number of risks ('000) 1,441 1,587 1,451 1,515 9,421 9,427 556 543
Average premium per risk ($) 1,445 1,322 2,581 2,410 236 235 2,811 2,906
Outwards reinsurance expense ($m) 142 268 1,619 1,705 472 878 442 454
Gross earned premium ($m) 2,117 2,075 3,987 4,004 2,249 2,242 1,543 1,537
Cession ratio 7% 13% 41% 43% 21% 39% 29% 30%
Gross incurred claims (current and prior years)
($m) (net of non-reinsurance recoveries revenue) 1,454 1,593 3,627 2,603 1,360 1,591 933 1,174
Gross earned premium ($m) 2,117 2,075 3,987 4,004 2,249 2,242 1,543 1,537
Gross loss ratio 69% 77% 91% 65% 60% 71% 60% 76%
Net incurred claims (current and prior years) ($m) 1,365 1,412 2,119 1,670 1,111 527 688 713
Net earned premium ($m) 1,975 1,807 2,368 2,298 1,777 1,364 1,102 1,083
Net loss ratio 69% 78% 89% 73% 63% 39% 62% 66%
Underwriting expenses ($m) 537 486 1,034 982 569 523 250 241
Net earned premium ($m) 1,975 1,807 2,368 2,298 1,777 1,364 1,102 1,083
U/W expense ratio 27% 27% 44% 43% 32% 38% 23% 22%
Net U/W combined ratio 96% 105% 133% 115% 95% 77% 85% 88%

1 Source: Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) Quarterly General Insurance Performance Statistics June 2016 (issued 18 August 2016).