Scaling a Leading Nordic Savings and Insurance Group
Storebrand is today hosting its Capital Markets Day at 13:00 CET, at Storebrand
Park, Lysaker. The Group management will present updated financial targets for
the strategy period 2026-2028 and present the Group's strategic positioning
towards 2035.
The updated financial targets reflect strong result growth, an increasing share
of income from capital-light businesses and capital release from the guaranteed
business.
The financial targets for the strategy period 2026-2028 are:
· Target for return on equity [1] increased from 14 to 17 percent for 2028.
· Target for Group result[1] increased from NOK 5 billion in 2025 to NOK 7
billion in 2028.
· Ambition to achieve double-digit annual growth in dividends up to and
including 2028.
· Ambition to buy back NOK 2 billion in own shares in 2026, and annual
buybacks of NOK 1.5 billion thereafter up to and including 2030[2].
Storebrand is expecting continued solid growth in the Group result beyond the
three-year strategy period. Through structurally growing the capital-light
business, Storebrand will continue to deliver increasing return on equity[1],
with the ambition of ROE[1] being above 20 percent towards 2035. Storebrand is
also aiming for capital distribution to continue beyond the strategy period. The
Group expects continued increased dividends and, as part of the share buyback
program launched in 2022, has the ambition of distributing more than NOK 12
billion in capital through share buybacks by the end of 2030[2].
Storebrand is positioning itself for demographic shifts, accelerated
digitalisation with AI and a more individualised market for financial services.
Storebrand will strengthen its position as a leading Nordic Savings and
Insurance Group. There has been double-digit growth across the Group for several
years, and our ambition towards 2028 is to maintain a double-digit growth within
savings and insurance and to continue transitioning the balance sheet towards
capital-light businesses. The growth will be achieved by increasing the pace of
digitalisation to gain market share in the retail market, secure broad presence
across the Norwegian insurance market with an improved combined ratio[1] and
further reduce the cost-income ratio[1] for asset management and unit-linked
products.
The NOK 7 billion target for Group result in 2028[1] is based on the following
ambitions for the Group's business areas for the 2026-2028 strategy period:
· Asset management: Annual growth in earnings from operations[1] of more than
10 percent.
· Unit-Linked: Annual growth in earnings from operations[1] of around 10
percent.
· Retail market for banking and savings: Annual growth in lending of 5-10
percent and a net interest margin[1] of 1.2 percent.
· Insurance: Annual growth in portfolio premiums [3] of more than 10 percent
and a combined ratio[1] of 90 percent or lower.
"I am proud that we have delivered solid growth while maintaining high customer
satisfaction, and that we have achieved all the objectives from the Capital
Markets Day in 2023. This has contributed to strong shareholder returns. The
Group now has a robust foundation to realise the new ambitions through the
strategy period and beyond. The new ambitions bring great energy and optimism to
all of us at Storebrand, and we are excited to create a future to look forward
to, for society, customers, employees and shareholders," says CEO Odd Arild
Grefstad.
"We are entering the new strategy period with strong positions in attractive
markets and support from solid macro environments. Individualisation is one of
the megatrends providing significant growth opportunities for us within
insurance, banking and savings - areas in which we are well positioned to gain
market shares. Our Group synergies, in costs, revenue and capital, provide
potential for significant acceleration of the strategic initiatives that will
drive Storebrand over the next ten years. These include increased scalability
within savings and insurance and additionally strengthening the digital customer
experience through a broader savings platform in Kron," says the CEO Odd Arild
Grefstad.
The CEO is also clear that Storebrand will continue to uphold its crucial social
responsibility:
"Our ability to deliver strong financial results and to create long-term value
for customers and shareholders is built on a culture that promotes
accountability, innovation and collaboration. We are entering the new strategy
period with the ambition of continuing to combine profitable growth with a
leading position in sustainable finance," says Odd Arild Grefstad.
The executive management team will present further details on the strategic
direction towards both 2028 and 2035.
The presentation begins at 13:00 CET and will be streamed live at
www.storebrand.no/en/investor-relations. The presentation will be puslished on
the investor relations website at 13:00 CET.
For further information, please contact
Johannes Narum, Head of Investor Relations: johannes.narum@storebrand.no or
(+47) 993 33 569
Stig-Øyvind Blystad, Director of Communications: stig
-oyvind.blystad@storebrand.no or (+47) 918 47 226
Aleksander Hannisdal, Head of Financial and Strategic Communication:
aleksander.hannisdal@storebrand.no or (+47) 980 43 936
About Storebrand
Storebrand is a Nordic financial group that provides economic security and
freedom for individuals and businesses. We aim to offer sustainable solutions
and inspire our customers to make sound financial choices for the future:
together, we create a future to look forward to. Storebrand has approximately
61,000 corporate customers, 2.6 million individual customers, and manages 1 561
billion NOK in assets. The Group's head office is located at Lysaker outside
Oslo and is listed on the Oslo Stock Exchange (STB).
This information is pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation and subject to
the disclosure requirements pursuant to Section 5-12 of the Norwegian Securities
Trading Act.
[1] An overview of APMs used in financial reporting can be found at
www.storebrand.no/ir
[2] Subject to regulatory approval.
[3] Premiums f.o.a. (for own account) is gross premiums net of reinsurance.