JRVR vs ACRE Comparison

James River Group Holdings Ltd owns and operates a group of specialty insurance and reinsurance companies. It reports business into three segments. The Excess and Surplus Lines segment, which is the key revenue driver, offers commercial excess and surplus lines liability and excess property insurance products; The Specialty Admitted Insurance segment focuses on niche classes within the standard insurance markets with a primary focus on fronting business, where it retains a minority share of the risk and seek to earn fee income by allowing other carriers and producers to use its licensure, ratings, expertise and infrastructure, and the Corporate and other segment consists of the management and treasury activities of holding companies, and equity compensation for the group.

Ares Commercial Real Estate Corp is a specialty finance company and a Real Estate Investment Trust providing commercial real estate loans and related investments. It operates in one segment namely originating and managing a diversified portfolio of CRE debt-related investments. The group recognizes its revenues through the interest income it receives from loans.