Tune Protect Re to diversify in the medium term: AM Best

The Malaysian insurer boasts a strong balance sheet.

Malaysian insurer Tune Protect Re Ltd (TPR) is expected to diversify into new lines of business, including lifestyle and supplemental healthcare products and additional business partners, insurance rating firm AM Best said.

TPR’s business profile is limited given its position as a niche reinsurer with a focus on travel-related insurance products. TPR leverages TPG’s in-house technology platform to support and distribute policies in collaboration with corporate partners including airlines and travel agencies

According to AM Best, TPR’s balance sheet strength assessment is underpinned by its risk-adjusted capitalisation which is expected to remain at the strongest level over the medium term, as measured by Best’s Capital Adequacy Ratio (BCAR). 

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AM Best views the company as having a moderate-risk investment strategy with investment assets predominantly held in unit trust funds, whereby the underlying assets are mainly fixed-income securities with good credit quality. 

Partial offsetting balance sheet factors include the company’s modest-sized absolute capital base compared with peer reinsurers (USD 36 million at year-end 2021), which increases the susceptibility of capital adequacy to volatility under stressed scenarios. AM Best’s balance sheet strength analysis also incorporates a neutral holding company impact following an assessment of consolidated risk-adjusted capitalisation of TPR’s parent group, Tune Protect Group Berhad (TPG)

AM Best considers TPR’s operating performance to be adequate. Whilst TPR’s revenue and operating earnings were impacted adversely amid the COVID-19 pandemic, the company has been able to grow its premium base through geographical expansion and new business partners in recent periods.

“Prospectively, TPR is expected to achieve moderate revenue growth and robust operating earnings over the medium term, driven by the recovery of air travel and new product initiatives. However, the performance metrics remain sensitive to the company’s ability to develop and maintain profitable arrangements with distribution partners. TPR recorded a five-year average net investment yield of 2.9% from 2017 to 2021,” AM Best said.