Accelerant Announces Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Results

Fourth Quarter & Full Year 2025 Results

• Exchange Written Premium of $1.09 billion grew 24% year-over-year during the fourth quarter and 35% for the full year 2025
• Third-Party Direct Written Premium accounted for 40% of Exchange Written Premium volume, up from 21% in the prior year quarter
• Net income of $1 million, net income per diluted share of $0.00 for the fourth quarter
• Adjusted net income of $51 million (up 30% over the prior year), adjusted net income per diluted share of $0.23 for the fourth quarter
• Adjusted EBITDA of $71 million for the fourth quarter (up 52% over the prior year) and $68 million when excluding in-period investment gains (up 132% over the prior year). Adjusted EBITDA of $282 million for the full year 2025 (up 149% over the prior year) and $241 million when excluding in-period investment gains (up 162% over the prior year).

Share Repurchase Program

• Accelerant's Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program of up to $200 million of Class A common shares

First Quarter & Full Year 2026 Outlook

• Exchange Written Premium expected to be $1.07 billion to $1.13 billion in the first quarter of 2026 and at least $5.1 billion for the full year 2026
• Third-Party Direct Written Premium expected to be $450 million to $470 million in the first quarter of 2026 and at least $2.2 billion for the full year 2026
• Adjusted EBITDA expected to be $64 million to $66 million in the first quarter of 2026 and at least $275 million for the full year 2026

Chief Financial Officer Transition effective March 31, 2026

• Jay Green notified the Accelerant Board of Directors of his plan to resign as Chief Financial Officer to pursue personal interests
• Linda Huber, an experienced and seasoned public company finance executive, has joined Accelerant and will be named Chief Financial Officer

Accelerant Holdings (NYSE:ARX), a data-driven company modernizing the specialty insurance marketplace through the Accelerant Risk Exchange, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2025.

"We closed out 2025 with a fantastic quarter, meeting or exceeding our expectations across our key operating metrics and continuing to expand the reach of the Accelerant Risk Exchange," said Jeff Radke, Co-Founder and CEO. "The value of our technology and AI-driven platform is resonating within the specialty market, as reflected in the increasing share of business placed with third-party insurers. As we deepen our data advantage and strengthen alignment between Members and risk capital, we believe our momentum will continue into 2026 and beyond."

"Our fourth quarter results reflect continued strong Exchange Written Premium growth, underpinned by growth in Third-Party Direct Written Premium and operating leverage," said Jay Green, Accelerant's Chief Financial Officer. "Exchange Written Premium grew 24% year-over-year at expanding margins, driving a 52% increase in Adjusted EBITDA to $71 million. Third-party insurers accounted for 40% of that Accelerant Risk Exchange premium in the quarter, underscoring the continued shift toward a more capital-efficient model.

"Our 2026 outlook reflects continued momentum across the Accelerant Risk Exchange, with Exchange Written Premium expected to grow more than 20% year-over-year as third-party capital participation continues to expand," said Green. "We expect that premium growth to drive attractive fee-based segment Adjusted EBITDA growth in 2026, as we continue to prioritize scaling the capital-light areas of our business."

Commenting on the CFO Transition, Jeff Radke said, "We respect Jay's decision to step away from the business and pursue personal priorities. On behalf of the Board and the entire team, I want to thank Jay for his leadership and dedication. We wish him all the best in the future." Radke continued, "We are excited to welcome Linda Huber to the Accelerant team. Linda is a very accomplished public company finance executive, having previously held CFO positions at numerous financial information and analytics firms. She will play a key role in our subsequent chapters of growth as a publicly-traded company."

Fourth Quarter and Full Year 2025 Key Results

Conference Call Information

Accelerant will host a webcast and conference call to discuss the fourth quarter financial results on March 19, 2026, at 8:00 a.m. ET. A live webcast of the call can be accessed on Accelerant's Investor Relations website at https://investor.accelerant.ai. To access the call via telephone in North America, please dial 800-715-9871. For callers outside the United States, please dial +1 646-307-1963. Participants should reference the conference call ID code 6232893 after dialing in.

A webcast replay of the call will be available on Accelerant's website at accelerant.ai in its Investors section for a year following the call.

Share Repurchase Program

On March 18, 2026, Accelerant's Board of Directors authorized a share repurchase program to purchase up to $200 million of the Company's Class A common shares, effective through December 31, 2028 (the "Share Repurchase Program"). Repurchases under the Share Repurchase Program may be made in the open market, in privately negotiated transactions, or otherwise, with the amount and timing of repurchases to be determined at Accelerant's discretion, depending on market conditions and corporate needs. Open market repurchases will be structured to occur in accordance with applicable federal securities laws, including within the pricing and volume requirements of Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. Accelerant may also, from time to time, enter into Rule 10b5-1 plans to facilitate repurchases of its shares under such authorization. The Share Repurchase Program does not obligate Accelerant to acquire any particular number of Class A common shares, and the Share Repurchase Program may be modified, suspended, or terminated at any time at the discretion of the Accelerant Board of Directors.

Chief Financial Officer Transition effective March 31, 2026

The Company announced that Jay Green has notified the Board of Directors that he will resign from his role of Chief Financial Officer to pursue personal interests, with effect from March 31, 2026. Jay Green joined the Company in 2022 and was instrumental in leading Accelerant Holdings through its Initial Public Offering in July 2025. His departure follows the filing of Accelerant's inaugural Annual Report on Form 10-K. The Company further announced that Linda Huber has joined Accelerant and will be named CFO effective March 31st.

About Accelerant

Accelerant is a data-driven risk exchange connecting underwriters of specialty insurance risk with risk capital providers. Accelerant was founded in 2018 by a group of longtime insurance industry executives and technology experts who shared a vision of rebuilding the way risk is exchanged – so that it works better, for everyone. The Accelerant Risk Exchange does business across 22 different countries and more than 600 specialty insurance products.

Accelerant generates revenue by charging fees on the Exchange Written Premium shared with Risk Capital Partners that rely on Accelerant to source, manage, and monitor portfolios of specialty risk. There was $4.19 billion in Exchange Written Premium during the full year 2025. Accelerant harnesses advanced data analytics and AI to optimize risk management, align incentives across the insurance value chain, and provide transparent and efficient solutions for MGAs and Risk Capital partners globally.

Forward-Looking Statements

All statements in this release and in the corresponding earnings call that are not historical are "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and involve substantial risks and uncertainties. Accelerant Holdings ("we" or "our") generally identifies forward-looking statements by use of forward-looking terminology such as "anticipate," "believe," "continue," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "might," "plan," "potential," "predict," "projection," "seek," "should," "will" or "would," or the negative thereof or other variations thereon or comparable terminology. In particular, statements about the markets in which we operate, including growth of our various markets, and our expectations, beliefs, plans, strategies, objectives, prospects, assumptions, or future events or performance contained in this release and in the corresponding earnings call are forward-looking statements.

We have based these forward-looking statements on our current expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections. While we believe these expectations, assumptions, estimates and projections are reasonable, such forward-looking statements are only predictions and involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties, many of which are beyond our control. These and other important factors, including those discussed in Accelerant's Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2025 under the headings "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," as may be supplemented in Accelerant's subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and in other periodic and current reports filed by Accelerant with the SEC, may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to differ materially from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by these forward-looking statements, or could affect our share price.

Use of Non-GAAP Financial Measures

In assessing the performance of our business, non-GAAP financial measures are used that are derived from our consolidated financial information but are not presented in our consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP. We consider these non-GAAP financial measures to be useful metrics for management and investors to evaluate our financial performance by excluding certain items that are related to our non-core business operations and therefore are not considered to be directly attributable to our underlying operating performance.

Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin and Adjusted Net Income (Loss) should not be considered substitutes for the reported results prepared in accordance with GAAP and should not be considered in isolation or as alternatives to GAAP net income or net (loss) as indicators of our financial performance. Although we use Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin and Adjusted Net Income (Loss) as financial measures to assess the performance of our business, such use is limited because it does not include certain material costs necessary to operate our business. Our presentation of Adjusted EBITDA, Adjusted EBITDA margin, Adjusted Net Income (Loss), and Adjusted earnings per diluted share should not be construed as indications that our future results will be unaffected by unusual or non-recurring items. These non-GAAP financial measures, as determined and presented by us, may not be comparable to related or similarly titled measures reported by other companies.

Adjusted EBITDA and Adjusted Net Income (Loss)

We define Adjusted EBITDA as GAAP net income (loss) less the impact of depreciation and amortization, interest expenses, income tax expenses and the following items:

• Other expenses: Represents costs related to our non-core business operations, primarily related to our global enterprise resource planning system and integrated financial reporting systems, and legal and advisory costs in connection with corporate development activities including mergers and acquisitions, capital raising activities and entity formations that support our growing business, and Mission profit sharing expenses.

• Non-recurring profits interest distribution expenses resulting from the IPO: Represents non-cash profits interest distribution expenses related to the settlement of all outstanding profits interest awards through the distribution of our 65,270,453 Class A common shares held by Accelerant Holdings LP to certain of our officers and employees that fully vested upon the IPO. These expenses were entirely offset by a corresponding capital contribution for that distribution of shares. These expenses only occurred at one point in time and will not recur.

• Share-based compensation expenses included within general and administrative expenses: Represents non-cash expense related to the fair value of share-based equity awards granted to employees and directors, including restricted stock units and stock options and other awards that can settle in cash, recognized over the requisite service period for the awards.

• Net foreign currency exchange gains (losses): The functional currency for each of our operating subsidiaries is generally the currency of the local operating environment. Transactions in currencies other than the local operation's functional currency are remeasured into the functional currency, and the resulting foreign exchange gains or losses are reflected in net foreign currency exchange gains (losses). Such gains and losses are generally offset by the translation of our subsidiaries who have the corresponding reinsurance-related balances within their own functional currencies, whereby such effects are translated to other comprehensive income, yielding a much lower net impact on total comprehensive income and equity (such measure differs from Adjusted EBITDA as it includes the effect of interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, as well as foreign currency exchange gains (losses)).

We define Adjusted Net Income (Loss) as GAAP net income (loss) less the impact of other expenses, non-recurring profits interest distribution expenses, share-based compensation expenses, and the tax effect of the adjustments for other expenses (such measure differs from Adjusted EBITDA as it includes the effect of interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization, as well as foreign currency exchange gains (losses)). Adjusted net income per diluted share is calculated as adjusted net income for the respective periods divided by the sum of US GAAP basis diluted shares presented herein and certain dilutive restricted stock units. None of the share options were included, as the average share price over the period was below that of the exercise prices and the effect of their inclusion would be anti-dilutive.

Adjusted EBITDA Margin

We define Adjusted EBITDA margin, a non-GAAP financial measure, as Adjusted EBITDA divided by total revenue. Adjusted EBITDA margin is an internal performance measure used in the management of our operations.

The reconciliation of the above non-GAAP measures to each of their most directly comparable GAAP financial measures is set forth in the reconciliation table accompanying this release.

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