FG Financial Group Sees Strong Growth in Net Premiums Earned and Net Investment Income in 2022

Company Drives Expansion of Recently Formed Merchant Banking Division; Multiple Businesses in Attractive End Markets Now on Platform

FG Financial Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: FGF) (the “Company”), today announced results for the fourth quarter and full year ended December 31, 2022. FG Financial is a reinsurance and asset management holding company focused on collateralized and loss capped reinsurance and merchant banking that allocates capital in partnership with Fundamental Global^®, a private partnership led by Kyle Cerminara and Joe Moglia, as well as other strategic investors.

FG Financial Group CEO Larry Swets, Jr. commented, “During the quarter we saw significant growth across both our reinsurance and merchant banking business, capping off a pivotal year for the business. The reinsurance business has established itself as a niche underwriter and we continue to carefully evaluate opportunities to deploy capital. Our new merchant banking division, launched in the third quarter of 2022, already has multiple attractive businesses on the platform. In November we formed FG Communities which has a growing portfolio of manufactured housing communities, and subsequent to the quarter we announced the formation of Craveworthy, a growing restaurant brand platform made up of diverse, relevant and highly scalable brands. Finally, the SPAC FG Merger Corp. announced a business combination with iCoreConnect, a cloud-based software and technology company in the healthcare space.”

FG Financial Group Chairman Kyle Cerminara added, “FG Financial made great progress in 2022. Our reinsurance business significantly grew premiums, and since launching our new merchant banking platform in the third quarter of 2022 we have added multiple companies to the platform in diverse end markets including real estate, healthcare and restaurants. We continue to see asymmetric risk/reward opportunities and remain focused on patiently allocating capital to drive long-term shareholder returns.”

Select 2022 Fourth Quarter and Full Year Results and Highlights

FG Financial Group’s 2022 fourth quarter and full year financial results included:

• Net reinsurance premiums earned increased to $3.2 million for the three months ended December 31, 2022, from $2.6 million in the fourth quarter of the prior year. In 2022, net premiums earned were $13.0 million, increasing substantially from $4.9 million in 2021. The Company’s reinsurance operations benefited from continued increase in net earned premiums, without incurring any major losses from large catastrophe events.
• Net investment income for the three months ended December 31, 2022, was $1.7 million compared to a net investment loss of $0.25 million in the fourth quarter of the prior year. For the full year 2022, net investment income was $6.8 million, increasing from $2.5 million in 2021.
• The Company paid the 8% Series A Preferred Share dividend of $0.45 million, which represents the Company’s 19th consecutive quarter of paying the full dividend due on the 8% Series A Preferred Shares since their issuance in February 2018.
• General and administrative expense was $2.3 million and $8.4 million for the three months and full year ended December 31, 2022, respectively, as compared to $2.5 million and $9.2 million for the same periods in the prior year, respectively. The decrease was primarily due to lower legal and professional fees, stock compensation expense and salaries and benefits for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Net loss attributable to common shareholders for the fourth quarter of 2022 improved to $0.30 million, or $(0.03) per fully diluted share, compared to a loss of $3.8 million, or $(0.66) per fully diluted share for the fourth quarter of 2021. Net loss attributable to common shareholders for the full year period ended December 31, 2022, also improved significantly to $0.70 million, or $(0.09) per fully diluted share, as compared to a loss of $10.2 million, or $(1.96) per fully diluted share, for the full year ended December 31, 2021.

Balance Sheet Highlights

As of December 31, 2022, FG Financial Group’s key balance sheet items included:

• Cash and cash equivalents of $3.0 million.
• Investment holdings totaling $25.7 million, including directly or indirectly held investments in OppFi, Hagerty, holdings under the Company’s Merchant Banking Platform for FG Merger Corp. and FG Acquisition Corp., and other investments.
• Total shareholders’ equity of $37.3 million.

FG Financial Group, Inc.

FG Financial Group, Inc. is a reinsurance and asset management holding company focused on collateralized and loss capped reinsurance and merchant banking that allocates capital in partnership with Fundamental Global^®, a private partnership led by Kyle Cerminara and Joe Moglia, as well as other strategic investors. The Company’s principal business operations are conducted through its subsidiaries and affiliates.

Forward Looking Statements

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