MNRB – bigger does not mean better

Bursa MNRB is a leading provider of reinsurance and retakaful as well as takaful. You would have thought that with a captive reinsurnance market and being a poineer in the takaful sector, it would be a roaring success.

While MNRB had been able to grow its revenue at 5.2% over the past decade, PAT only grew at about half the rate. When I compared MNRB's performance with those of the other Bursa insurance companies, I found that it is at best just below the panel average.

There was a run up in its share price a couple of months ago following a very good first quarter result. Unfortunately this was not sustained in the second quarter. So the company is still trading signficantly below its book value.