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Global Indemnity Group, LLC - Quarter Report: 2020 September (Form 10-Q)

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 10-Q

 

QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Quarterly Period Ended September 30, 2020

OR

TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Transition Period from                to

001-34809

Commission File Number

 

GLOBAL INDEMNITY GROUP, LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

Delaware

85-2619578

(State or other jurisdiction

of incorporation or organization)

(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

Three Bala Plaza East, Suite 300

Bala Cynwyd, PA

19004 

(Address of principal executive office including zip code)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code:  (610) 664-1500

 

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.  Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically every Interactive Data File required to be submitted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that registrant was required to submit such files.).  Yes No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, smaller reporting company, or emerging growth company.  See definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.:

 

Large accelerated filer

;

 

Accelerated filer

;

 

 

 

 

 

Non-accelerated filer

;

 

Smaller reporting company

;

 

 

 

 

 

Emerging growth company

 

 

 

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act.  

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).  Yes No

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

 

Title of each class

Trading Symbol

Name of each exchange on which registered

Class A Common Shares

GBLI

NASDAQ Global Select Market

7.875% Subordinated Notes due 2047

GBLIL

NASDAQ Global Select Market

 

As of October 29, 2020, the registrant had outstanding 10,242,703 Class A Common Shares, 4,133,366 Class B Common Shares, and 4,000 Series A Cumulative Fixed Rate Preferred Shares.

 

 

 

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

Page

 

PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

 

Financial Statements:

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Balance Sheets
As of September 30, 2020 (Unaudited) and December 31, 2019

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations
Quarters and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 (Unaudited) and September 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)
Quarters and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 (Unaudited) and September 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity
Quarters and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 (Unaudited) and September 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 (Unaudited) and September 30, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements (Unaudited)

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

Item 2.

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

56

 

 

 

 

 

Item 3.

 

Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

 

78

 

 

 

 

 

Item 4.

 

Controls and Procedures

 

79

 

 

 

 

 

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1.

 

Legal Proceedings

 

80

 

 

 

 

 

Item 1A.

 

Risk Factors

 

80

 

 

 

 

 

Item 2.

 

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

81

 

 

 

 

 

Item 3.

 

Defaults Upon Senior Securities

 

81

 

 

 

 

 

Item 4.

 

Mine Safety Disclosures

 

81

 

 

 

 

 

Item 5.

 

Other Information

 

81

 

 

 

 

 

Item 6.

 

Exhibits

 

82

 

 

 

 

 

Signature

 

84

 

 

2


PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.  Financial Statements

GLOBAL INDEMNITY GROUP, LLC

Consolidated Balance Sheets

(In thousands, except share amounts)

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

September 30, 2020

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed maturities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Available for sale, at fair value (amortized cost: $1,260,439 and $1,231,568; net of allowance of: 2020 - $0)

 

$

1,303,775

 

 

$

1,253,159

 

Equity securities, at fair value

 

 

75,941

 

 

 

263,104

 

Other invested assets

 

 

37,749

 

 

 

47,279

 

Total investments

 

 

1,417,465

 

 

 

1,563,542

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

37,211

 

 

 

44,271

 

Premiums receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $2,869 at September 30, 2020

 

 

109,820

 

 

 

118,035

 

Reinsurance receivables, net of allowance for credit losses of $8,992 at September 30, 2020

 

 

112,633

 

 

 

83,938

 

Funds held by ceding insurers

 

 

46,894

 

 

 

48,580

 

Federal income taxes receivable

 

 

 

 

 

10,989

 

Deferred federal income taxes

 

 

35,300

 

 

 

31,077

 

Deferred acquisition costs

 

 

67,470

 

 

 

70,677

 

Intangible assets

 

 

21,094

 

 

 

21,491

 

Goodwill

 

 

6,521

 

 

 

6,521

 

Prepaid reinsurance premiums

 

 

15,558

 

 

 

16,716

 

Other assets

 

 

69,791

 

 

 

60,048

 

Total assets

 

$

1,939,757

 

 

$

2,075,885

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

$

669,930

 

 

$

630,181

 

Unearned premiums

 

 

304,074

 

 

 

314,861

 

Ceded balances payable

 

 

9,576

 

 

 

20,404

 

Payable for securities purchased

 

 

5,630

 

 

 

850

 

Contingent commissions

 

 

11,329

 

 

 

11,928

 

Debt

 

 

126,253

 

 

 

296,640

 

Other liabilities

 

 

92,252

 

 

 

74,212

 

Total liabilities

 

$

1,219,044

 

 

$

1,349,076

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 11)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Series A cumulative fixed rate preferred shares, $1,000 par value; 100,000,000 shares authorized, shares issued and outstanding: 4,000 and 0 shares, respectively, liquidation preference: $1,000 per share and $0, respectively

 

 

4,000

 

 

 

 

Common shares, par value: no par at September 30, 2020 and $0.0001 at December 31, 2019, 900,000,000 common shares authorized; class A common shares issued: 10,242,703 and 10,282,277 respectively; class A common shares outstanding: 10,242,703 and 10,167,056, respectively; class B common shares issued and outstanding: 4,133,366 and 4,133,366, respectively

 

 

 

 

 

2

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

443,437

 

 

 

442,403

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of taxes

 

 

35,720

 

 

 

17,609

 

Retained earnings

 

 

237,556

 

 

 

270,768

 

Class A common shares in treasury, at cost: 0 and 115,221 shares, respectively

 

 

 

 

 

(3,973

)

Total shareholders’ equity

 

 

720,713

 

 

 

726,809

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

$

1,939,757

 

 

$

2,075,885

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

3


GLOBAL INDEMNITY GROUP, LLC

Consolidated Statements of Operations

(In thousands, except shares and per share data)

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

(Unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross written premiums

 

$

143,749

 

 

$

157,177

 

 

$

464,022

 

 

$

478,699

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net written premiums

 

$

130,611

 

 

$

138,836

 

 

$

416,987

 

 

$

421,321

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earned premiums

 

$

140,302

 

 

$

133,312

 

 

$

426,617

 

 

$

383,602

 

Net investment income

 

 

11,746

 

 

 

11,348

 

 

 

19,516

 

 

 

32,393

 

Net realized investment gains (losses):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other than temporary impairment losses on investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,897

)

Other net realized investment gains (losses)

 

 

7,323

 

 

 

(2,690

)

 

 

(22,332

)

 

 

13,187

 

Total net realized investment gains (losses)

 

 

7,323

 

 

 

(2,690

)

 

 

(22,332

)

 

 

11,290

 

Other income

 

 

542

 

 

 

264

 

 

 

1,473

 

 

 

1,274

 

Total revenues

 

 

159,913

 

 

 

142,234

 

 

 

425,274

 

 

 

428,559

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Losses and Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

97,148

 

 

 

73,583

 

 

 

242,092

 

 

 

201,979

 

Acquisition costs and other underwriting expenses

 

 

53,268

 

 

 

53,366

 

 

 

163,258

 

 

 

153,643

 

Corporate and other operating expenses

 

 

21,196

 

 

 

3,858

 

 

 

34,037

 

 

 

11,702

 

Interest expense

 

 

3,620

 

 

 

5,023

 

 

 

13,197

 

 

 

15,088

 

Loss on extinguishment of debt

 

 

3,060

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,060

 

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

 

(18,379

)

 

 

6,404

 

 

 

(30,370

)

 

 

46,147

 

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

 

(3,209

)

 

 

(317

)

 

 

(8,173

)

 

 

5,163

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(15,170

)

 

$

6,721

 

 

$

(22,197

)

 

$

40,984

 

Less: Preferred stock distributions

 

 

42

 

 

 

 

 

 

42

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) available to common shareholders

 

$

(15,212

)

 

$

6,721

 

 

$

(22,239

)

 

$

40,984

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Per share data:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) available to common shareholders (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

(1.06

)

 

$

0.47

 

 

$

(1.56

)

 

$

2.89

 

Diluted

 

$

(1.06

)

 

$

0.47

 

 

$

(1.56

)

 

$

2.86

 

Weighted-average number of shares outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

14,304,426

 

 

 

14,202,859

 

 

 

14,276,594

 

 

 

14,181,530

 

Diluted

 

 

14,304,426

 

 

 

14,327,757

 

 

 

14,276,594

 

 

 

14,328,861

 

Cash dividends/distributions declared per common share

 

$

0.25

 

 

$

0.25

 

 

$

0.75

 

 

$

0.75

 

 

(1)

For the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020, weighted average shares outstanding – basic was used to calculate diluted earnings per share due to a net loss for the period.

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

4


GLOBAL INDEMNITY GROUP, LLC

Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income (Loss)

(In thousands)

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

(Unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(15,170

)

 

$

6,721

 

 

$

(22,197

)

 

$

40,984

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized holding gain

 

 

(448

)

 

 

9,421

 

 

 

30,748

 

 

 

48,883

 

Portion of other-than-temporary impairment losses recognized in other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

(2

)

 

 

 

 

 

(4

)

Reclassification adjustment for gains included in net income (loss)

 

 

(2,104

)

 

 

(847

)

 

 

(13,205

)

 

 

(2,665

)

Unrealized foreign currency translation gain (loss)

 

 

579

 

 

 

200

 

 

 

568

 

 

 

331

 

Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

 

 

(1,973

)

 

 

8,772

 

 

 

18,111

 

 

 

46,545

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

 

$

(17,143

)

 

$

15,493

 

 

$

(4,086

)

 

$

87,529

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

5


GLOBAL INDEMNITY GROUP, LLC

 

Consolidated Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Equity

(In thousands, except share amounts)

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

(Unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Number of Series A Cumulative Fixed Rate Preferred Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred shares issued

 

 

4,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,000

 

 

 

 

Number at end of period

 

 

4,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of class A common shares issued:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number at beginning of period

 

 

10,333,540

 

 

 

10,239,520

 

 

 

10,282,277

 

 

 

10,171,954

 

Common shares issued / (forfeited) under share incentive plans

 

 

(230

)

 

 

 

 

 

(576

)

 

 

36,180

 

Common shares issued to directors

 

 

29,893

 

 

 

19,275

 

 

 

81,502

 

 

 

50,661

 

Reduction in treasury shares due to redomestication

 

 

(120,500

)

 

 

 

 

 

(120,500

)

 

 

 

Number at end of period

 

 

10,242,703

 

 

 

10,258,795

 

 

 

10,242,703

 

 

 

10,258,795

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of class B common shares issued:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number at beginning and end of period

 

 

4,133,366

 

 

 

4,133,366

 

 

 

4,133,366

 

 

 

4,133,366

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Par value of Series A Cumulative Fixed Rate Preferred Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Preferred shares issued

 

$

4,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,000

 

 

 

 

Balance at end of period

 

$

4,000

 

 

 

 

 

$

4,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Par value of class A common shares:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

1

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

1

 

Reduction in par due to redomestication

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

Balance at end of period

 

$

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

 

 

$

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Par value of class B common shares:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

1

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

1

 

Reduction in par due to redomestication

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

Balance at end of period

 

$

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

 

 

$

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additional paid-in capital:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

445,173

 

 

$

439,707

 

 

$

442,403

 

 

$

438,182

 

Reduction in treasury shares due to redomestication

 

 

(4,126

)

 

 

 

 

 

(4,126

)

 

 

 

Share compensation plans

 

 

2,390

 

 

 

988

 

 

 

5,160

 

 

 

2,513

 

Balance at end of period

 

$

443,437

 

 

$

440,695

 

 

$

443,437

 

 

$

440,695

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of deferred income tax:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

37,693

 

 

$

16,542

 

 

$

17,609

 

 

$

(21,231

)

Other comprehensive income (loss):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in unrealized holding gains (losses)

 

 

(2,552

)

 

 

8,574

 

 

 

17,543

 

 

 

46,218

 

Change in other than temporary impairment losses recognized in other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

(2

)

 

 

 

 

 

(4

)

Unrealized foreign currency translation gains

 

 

579

 

 

 

200

 

 

 

568

 

 

 

331

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

(1,973

)

 

 

8,772

 

 

 

18,111

 

 

 

46,545

 

Balance at end of period

 

$

35,720

 

 

$

25,314

 

 

$

35,720

 

 

$

25,314

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Retained earnings:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

256,442

 

 

$

242,234

 

 

$

270,768

 

 

$

215,132

 

Cumulative effect adjustment resulting from adoption of new accounting guidance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5

)

Net income (loss)

 

 

(15,170

)

 

 

6,721

 

 

 

(22,197

)

 

 

40,984

 

Preferred share distributions

 

 

(42

)

 

 

 

 

 

(42

)

 

 

 

Dividends / distributions to shareholders ($0.25 per share per quarter in 2020 and 2019)

 

 

(3,674

)

 

 

(3,609

)

 

 

(10,973

)

 

 

(10,765

)

Balance at end of period

 

$

237,556

 

 

$

245,346

 

 

$

237,556

 

 

$

245,346

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number of treasury shares:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Number at beginning of period

 

 

120,104

 

 

 

110,449

 

 

 

115,221

 

 

 

76,642

 

Class A common shares purchased

 

 

396

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,120

 

 

 

27,028

 

Retirement of shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

159

 

 

 

6,779

 

Reduction in treasury shares due to redomestication

 

 

(120,500

)

 

 

 

 

 

(120,500

)

 

 

 

Number at end of period

 

 

 

 

 

110,449

 

 

 

 

 

 

110,449

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Treasury shares, at cost:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

(4,116

)

 

$

(3,973

)

 

$

(3,973

)

 

$

(3,026

)

Class A common shares purchased, at cost

 

 

(10

)

 

 

 

 

 

(153

)

 

 

(947

)

Reduction in treasury shares due to redomestication

 

 

4,126

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,126

 

 

 

 

Balance at end of period

 

$

 

 

$

(3,973

)

 

$

 

 

$

(3,973

)

Total shareholders’ equity

 

$

720,713

 

 

$

707,384

 

 

$

720,713

 

 

$

707,384

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

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GLOBAL INDEMNITY GROUP, LLC

Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(In thousands)

 

 

 

(Unaudited)

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(22,197

)

 

$

40,984

 

Adjustments to reconcile net income (loss) to net cash provided by operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization and depreciation

 

 

5,121

 

 

 

5,327

 

Amortization of debt issuance costs

 

 

182

 

 

 

198

 

Restricted stock and stock option expense

 

 

5,157

 

 

 

2,513

 

Deferred federal income taxes

 

 

(8,303

)

 

 

5,198

 

Amortization of bond premium and discount, net

 

 

4,828

 

 

 

3,697

 

Net realized investment (gains) loss

 

 

22,332

 

 

 

(11,290

)

Loss on extinguishment of debt

 

 

3,060

 

 

 

 

Equity in the earnings of equity method limited liability investments

 

 

8,004

 

 

 

 

Changes in:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Premiums receivable, net

 

 

8,215

 

 

 

(25,313

)

Reinsurance receivables, net

 

 

(28,695

)

 

 

31,406

 

Funds held by ceding insurers

 

 

2,132

 

 

 

786

 

Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

39,749

 

 

 

(46,744

)

Unearned premiums

 

 

(10,787

)

 

 

34,885

 

Ceded balances payable

 

 

(10,828

)

 

 

21,437

 

Other assets and liabilities, net

 

 

1,211

 

 

 

(9,929

)

Contingent commissions

 

 

(599

)

 

 

(601

)

Federal income tax receivable/payable

 

 

10,989

 

 

 

(270

)

Deferred acquisition costs, net

 

 

3,207

 

 

 

(9,185

)

Prepaid reinsurance premiums

 

 

1,158

 

 

 

2,831

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

 

33,936

 

 

 

45,930

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from sale of fixed maturities

 

 

600,962

 

 

 

642,049

 

Proceeds from sale of equity securities

 

 

563,926

 

 

 

206,212

 

Proceeds from maturity of fixed maturities

 

 

89,875

 

 

 

113,480

 

Proceeds from other invested assets

 

 

1,823

 

 

 

14,201

 

Amounts paid in connection with derivatives

 

 

(20,130

)

 

 

(12,516

)

Purchases of fixed maturities

 

 

(702,727

)

 

 

(701,684

)

Purchases of equity securities

 

 

(393,963

)

 

 

(325,972

)

Purchases of other invested assets

 

 

(297

)

 

 

(3,500

)

Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities

 

 

139,469

 

 

 

(67,730

)

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net borrowings (repayments) under margin borrowing facility

 

 

(73,629

)

 

 

8,561

 

Dividends paid to common shareholders

 

 

(10,683

)

 

 

(7,130

)

Issuance of series A cumulative fixed rate preferred shares

 

 

4,000

 

 

 

 

Purchases of class A common shares

 

 

(153

)

 

 

(947

)

Redemption of subordinated notes

 

 

(100,000

)

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities

 

 

(180,465

)

 

 

484

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

(7,060

)

 

 

(21,316

)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

 

44,271

 

 

 

99,497

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

37,211

 

 

$

78,181

 

 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

 

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GLOBAL INDEMNITY GROUP, LLC

1.

Principles of Consolidation and Basis of Presentation

 

References to “the Company” refer to Global Indemnity Group, LLC and its subsidiaries.  If prior to August 28, 2020, references to the Company refer to Global Indemnity Limited and its subsidiaries.  

 

Global Indemnity Group, LLC (“Global Indemnity” or “the Company”), a Delaware limited liability company formed on June 23, 2020, replaced Global Indemnity Limited, incorporated in the Cayman Islands as an exempted company with limited liability, as the ultimate parent company of the Global Indemnity group of companies as a result of a redomestication transaction completed on August 28, 2020.  The Company’s class A common shares are publicly traded on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the ticker symbol GBLI.  The Company’s predecessors have been publicly traded since 2003. See Note 2 below for additional information regarding the redomestication.

 

The Company manages its business through four business segments:  Commercial Specialty, Specialty Property, Farm, Ranch, & Stable, and Reinsurance Operations.  The Company’s Commercial Specialty segment offers specialty property and casualty insurance products in the excess and surplus lines marketplace.  The Company manages Commercial Specialty by differentiating them into four product classifications: 1) Penn-America, which markets property and general liability products to small commercial businesses through a select network of wholesale general agents with specific binding authority; 2) United National, which markets insurance products for targeted insured segments, including specialty products, such as property, general liability, and professional lines through program administrators with specific binding authority; 3) Diamond State, which markets property, casualty, and professional lines products, which are developed by the Company’s underwriting department by individuals with expertise in those lines of business, through wholesale brokers and also markets through program administrators having specific binding authority; and 4) Vacant Express, which primarily insures dwellings which are currently vacant, undergoing renovation, or are under construction and is marketed through aggregators, brokers, and retail agents. These product classifications comprise the Company’s Commercial Specialty business segment and are not considered individual business segments because each product has similar economic characteristics, distribution, and coverage. The Company’s Specialty Property segment offers specialty personal lines property and casualty insurance products through general and specialty agents with specific binding authority.  The Company’s Farm, Ranch, & Stable segment provides specialized property and casualty coverage including Commercial Farm Auto and Excess/Umbrella Coverage for the agriculture industry as well as specialized insurance products for the equine mortality and equine major medical industry.  These insurance products are sold through wholesalers and retail agents, with a selected number having specific binding authority. Collectively, the Company’s U.S. insurance subsidiaries are licensed in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The Commercial Specialty, Specialty Property, and Farm, Ranch, & Stable segments comprise the Company’s Insurance Operations (“Insurance Operations”).   The Company’s Reinsurance Operations segment provides reinsurance solutions through brokers and primary writers including insurance and reinsurance companies. Prior to the redomestication transactions, the Company’s Reinsurance Operations consisted solely of the operations of its Bermuda-based wholly-owned subsidiary, Global Indemnity Reinsurance Company, Ltd. (“Global Indemnity Reinsurance”).  As part of the redomestication transactions, Global Indemnity Reinsurance was merged with and into Penn-Patriot Insurance Company ("Penn-Patriot"), with Penn-Patriot surviving, resulting in the assumption of Global Indemnity Reinsurance's business by the Company’s existing U.S. insurance company subsidiaries.  

 

The interim consolidated financial statements are unaudited, but have been prepared in conformity with United States of America generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”), which differs in certain respects from those principles followed in reports to insurance regulatory authorities.  The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

The unaudited consolidated financial statements include all adjustments that are, in the opinion of management, of a normal recurring nature and are necessary for a fair statement of results for the interim periods.  Results of operations for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 are not necessarily indicative of the results of a full year.  The accompanying notes to the unaudited consolidated financial statements should be read in conjunction with the notes to the consolidated financial statements contained in the Company’s 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K.

 

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Global Indemnity and its wholly owned subsidiaries.  All intercompany balances and transactions have been eliminated in consolidation.

 

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GLOBAL INDEMNITY GROUP, LLC

2.Redomestication

 

At 12:01 a.m., Eastern Time, on August 28, 2020 (the "Effective Time"), Global Indemnity Limited, incorporated in the Cayman Islands as an exempted company with limited liability, completed the previously disclosed scheme of arrangement and amalgamation under Sections 86 and 87 of the Cayman Islands Companies Law (2020 Revision) (the "Scheme of Arrangement") that effected certain transactions (the "Redomestication") that resulted in the shareholders of Global Indemnity Limited becoming the holders of all of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company. In accordance with the terms of the Scheme of Arrangement, the following steps occurred effectively simultaneously at the Effective Time:

 

 

1.

Global Indemnity Limited merged with and into New CayCo, a newly formed and wholly owned subsidiary of the Company incorporated in the Cayman Islands as an exempted company with limited liability, following which, New CayCo survived the merger (the "Amalgamation");

 

 

 

2.

in consideration of the Amalgamation, the Company issued an equal number of its common shares to Global Indemnity Limited shareholders at the record time of 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 27, 2020 (the "Scheme Record Time"), on the following basis: for each Global Indemnity Limited A ordinary share cancelled, one class A common share of the Company was issued; and for each Global Indemnity Limited B ordinary share cancelled, one class B common share of the Company was issued; and

 

 

 

3.

pursuant to the Scheme of Arrangement and as part of the Amalgamation, Global Indemnity Limited was dissolved without being wound up and ceases to exist as a separate legal entity.

 

 

As a result, any references to class A common shares after the Effective Time refer to Global Indemnity Group, LLC class A common shares and any references to class A common shares prior to the Effective Time refers to Global Indemnity Limited A ordinary shares.

 

As previously disclosed, the Redomestication was approved by Global Indemnity Limited’s shareholders at a special meeting and an extraordinary general meeting held on August 25, 2020, convened by Order of the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands dated July 22, 2020. The terms and conditions of the issuance of the securities in connection with the Redomestication were sanctioned by the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands pursuant to an Order granted on August 26, 2020 after a hearing upon the fairness of such terms and conditions at which all holders of Global Indemnity Limited ordinary shares had a right to appear and of which adequate notice had been given.

 

Following completion of the Scheme of Arrangement, New CayCo merged with and into the Company, with the Company surviving as the ultimate parent company. Additionally, as part of the Redomestication transactions, Global Indemnity Reinsurance Company was merged with and into Penn-Patriot, with Penn-Patriot surviving, resulting in the assumption of Global Indemnity Reinsurance’s business by the Company’s existing U.S. insurance company subsidiaries (the "GI Bermuda Transaction" and, together with the Redomestication and the other transactions described in Global Indemnity Limited's Definitive Proxy Statement on Schedule 14A filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 23, 2020 (the "Redomestication Proxy Statement"), the "Transactions").

 

Prior to the Redomestication, the Global Indemnity Limited A ordinary shares were listed on the Nasdaq Global Select Market ("Nasdaq") under the symbol "GBLI" and registered under Section 12(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). At the Effective Time, the Company’s class A common shares are deemed to be registered under Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act pursuant to Rule 12g-3(a) under the Exchange Act. The issuance of the class A common shares by the Company in the Redomestication was exempt from registration under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the "Securities Act"), by virtue of Section 3(a)(10) of the Securities Act. The Company’s class A common shares began trading on Nasdaq under the symbol "GBLI," the same symbol under which the Global Indemnity Limited ordinary shares previously traded, at the commencement of trading on Nasdaq on August 28, 2020.

 

On August 27, 2020, the Company issued 4,000 series A cumulative fixed rate preferred shares.  Following the Effective Time, all of the issued and outstanding series A fixed rate preferred shares were unaffected by the Scheme of Arrangement.  See Note 10 for additional information regarding the issuance of these preferred shares.      

 

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GLOBAL INDEMNITY GROUP, LLC

3.

Investments

 

The Company implemented new accounting guidance on January 1, 2020 related to the measurement of credit losses on financial instruments.  For financial assets held at amortized cost basis, the new guidance requires a forward-looking methodology for in-scope financial assets that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of information for credit loss estimates, including historical experience, current economic conditions and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the financial assets.  For available for sale debt securities, credit losses are still measured similar to the old guidance; however, the new guidance requires that credit losses be presented as an allowance rather than as a write-down of the amortized cost basis of the impaired security and allows for the reversal of credit losses in the current period net income.  Any impairments related to factors other than credit losses continue to be recorded through other comprehensive income, net of taxes.

 

The Company elected the practical expedient to exclude accrued interest from both the fair value and the amortized cost basis of the available for sale debt securities for the purposes of identifying and measuring an impairment and to not measure an allowance for credit losses for accrued interest receivables.  Accrued interest receivable is written off through net realized investment gains (losses) at the time the issuer of the bond defaults or is expected to default on payment.  The Company made an accounting policy election to present the accrued interest receivable balance with other assets on the Company’s consolidated statements of financial position.  Accrued interest receivable was $6.1 million and $7.0 million as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.    

 

The amortized cost and estimated fair value of the Company’s fixed maturities securities were as follows as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Amortized

Cost

 

 

Allowance for Credit Losses

 

 

Gross

Unrealized

Gains

 

 

Gross

Unrealized

Losses

 

 

Estimated

Fair Value

 

As of September 30, 2020

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed maturities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. treasury and agency obligations

 

$

197,192

 

 

$

 

 

$

4,980

 

 

$

(215

)

 

$

201,957

 

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

 

 

59,134

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,055

 

 

 

(188

)

 

 

62,001

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

393,325

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,879

 

 

 

(1,120

)

 

 

401,084

 

Asset-backed securities

 

 

137,953

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,198

 

 

 

(1,001

)

 

 

139,150

 

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

 

 

132,271

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,444

 

 

 

(804

)

 

 

138,911

 

Corporate bonds

 

 

243,082

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,914

 

 

 

(1,135

)

 

 

258,861

 

Foreign corporate bonds

 

 

97,482

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,533

 

 

 

(204

)

 

 

101,811

 

Total fixed maturities

 

$

1,260,439

 

 

$

 

 

$

48,003

 

 

$

(4,667

)

 

$

1,303,775

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Amortized

Cost

 

 

Gross

Unrealized

Gains

 

 

Gross

Unrealized

Losses

 

 

Estimated

Fair Value

 

As of December 31, 2019

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed maturities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. treasury and agency obligations

 

$

153,906

 

 

$

3,580

 

 

$

(797

)

 

$

156,689

 

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

 

 

63,256

 

 

 

853

 

 

 

(271

)

 

 

63,838

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

325,448

 

 

 

3,177

 

 

 

(251

)

 

 

328,374

 

Asset-backed securities

 

 

168,020

 

 

 

937

 

 

 

(420

)

 

 

168,537

 

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

 

 

183,944

 

 

 

4,369

 

 

 

(209

)

 

 

188,104

 

Corporate bonds

 

 

239,860

 

 

 

8,478

 

 

 

(79

)

 

 

248,259

 

Foreign corporate bonds

 

 

97,134

 

 

 

2,247

 

 

 

(23

)

 

 

99,358

 

Total fixed maturities

 

$

1,231,568

 

 

$

23,641

 

 

$

(2,050

)

 

$

1,253,159

 

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GLOBAL INDEMNITY GROUP, LLC

As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company’s investments in equity securities consist of the following:

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

September 30, 2020

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

Common stock

 

$

 

 

$

135,329

 

Preferred stock

 

 

11,268

 

 

 

11,656

 

Index funds that invest in fixed maturities

 

 

64,673

 

 

 

54,648

 

Index funds that invest in common stock

 

 

 

 

 

61,471

 

Total

 

$

75,941

 

 

$

263,104

 

As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company held Fannie Mae mortgage pools that totaled as much as 4.6% and 4.2% of shareholders’ equity, respectively.  Excluding the Fannie Mae pools, U.S. treasuries, agency bonds, index funds, and limited partnerships, the Company did not hold any debt or equity investments in a single issuer in excess of 2% and 3% of shareholders' equity at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.

 

The amortized cost and estimated fair value of the Company’s fixed maturities portfolio classified as available for sale at September 30, 2020, by contractual maturity, are shown below.  Actual maturities may differ from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Amortized

Cost

 

 

Estimated

Fair Value

 

Due in one year or less

 

$

43,213

 

 

$

43,642

 

Due in one year through five years

 

 

218,132

 

 

 

228,538

 

Due in five years through ten years

 

 

242,488

 

 

 

252,950

 

Due in ten years through fifteen years

 

 

27,757

 

 

 

29,337

 

Due after fifteen years

 

 

65,300

 

 

 

70,163

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

393,325

 

 

 

401,084

 

Asset-backed securities

 

 

137,953

 

 

 

139,150

 

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

 

 

132,271

 

 

 

138,911

 

Total

 

$

1,260,439

 

 

$

1,303,775

 

 

The following table contains an analysis of the Company’s fixed income securities with gross unrealized losses that are not deemed to have credit losses, categorized by the period that the securities were in a continuous loss position as of September 30, 2020.  The fair value amounts reported in the table are estimates that are prepared using the process described in Note 5 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements in Item 1 of Part I of this report:

 

 

 

Less than 12 months

 

 

12 months or longer

 

 

Total (1)

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Fair Value

 

 

Gross

Unrealized

Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Gross

Unrealized

Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Gross

Unrealized

Losses

 

Fixed maturities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. treasury and agency obligations

 

$

37,486

 

 

$

(215

)

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

37,486

 

 

$

(215

)

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

 

 

2,471

 

 

 

(188

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,471

 

 

 

(188

)

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

97,405

 

 

 

(1,017

)

 

 

1,421

 

 

 

(103

)

 

 

98,826

 

 

 

(1,120

)

Asset-backed securities

 

 

31,769

 

 

 

(733

)

 

 

9,916

 

 

 

(268

)

 

 

41,685

 

 

 

(1,001

)

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

 

 

12,098

 

 

 

(689

)

 

 

1,026

 

 

 

(115

)

 

 

13,124

 

 

 

(804

)

Corporate bonds

 

 

28,337

 

 

 

(1,135

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

28,337

 

 

 

(1,135

)

Foreign corporate bonds

 

 

11,899

 

 

 

(204

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,899

 

 

 

(204

)

Total fixed maturities

 

$

221,465

 

 

$

(4,181

)

 

$

12,363

 

 

$

(486

)

 

$

233,828

 

 

$

(4,667

)

 

(1)

Fixed maturities in a gross unrealized loss position are comprised of non-credit losses on investment grade securities where management does not intend to sell, and it is more likely than not that the Company will not be forced to sell the security before recovery.

 

11


GLOBAL INDEMNITY GROUP, LLC

The following table contains an analysis of the Company’s fixed income securities with gross unrealized losses, categorized by the period that the securities were in a continuous loss position as of December 31, 2019.  The fair value amounts reported in the table are estimates that are prepared using the process described in Note 5 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements in Item 1 of Part I of this report:  

 

 

 

Less than 12 months

 

 

12 months or longer

 

 

Total (1)

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Fair Value

 

 

Gross

Unrealized

Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Gross

Unrealized

Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Gross

Unrealized

Losses

 

Fixed maturities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. treasury and agency obligations

 

$

35,633

 

 

$

(797

)

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

35,633

 

 

$

(797

)

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

 

 

27,180

 

 

 

(271

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

27,180

 

 

 

(271

)

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

93,579

 

 

 

(244

)

 

 

902

 

 

 

(7

)

 

 

94,481

 

 

 

(251

)

Asset-backed securities

 

 

43,402

 

 

 

(167

)

 

 

16,152

 

 

 

(253

)

 

 

59,554

 

 

 

(420

)

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

 

 

25,698

 

 

 

(196

)

 

 

1,945

 

 

 

(13

)

 

 

27,643

 

 

 

(209

)

Corporate bonds

 

 

19,407

 

 

 

(79

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,407

 

 

 

(79

)

Foreign corporate bonds

 

 

4,822

 

 

 

(20

)

 

 

2,035

 

 

 

(3

)

 

 

6,857

 

 

 

(23

)

Total fixed maturities

 

$

249,721

 

 

$

(1,774

)

 

$

21,034

 

 

$

(276

)

 

$

270,755

 

 

$

(2,050

)

 

(1)

Fixed maturities in a gross unrealized loss position are comprised of non-credit losses on investment grade securities where management does not intend to sell, and it is more likely than not that the Company will not be forced to sell the security before recovery.

 

The Company regularly performs various analytical valuation procedures with respect to its investments, including reviewing each available for sale debt security in an unrealized loss position to assess whether the decline in fair value below amortized cost basis has resulted from a credit loss or other factors.  In assessing whether a credit loss exists, the Company compares the present value of the cash flows expected to be collected from the security to the amortized cost basis of the security.  If the present value of the cash flows expected to be collected is less than the amortized cost basis of the security, a credit loss exists and an allowance for credit losses is recorded.  Subsequent changes in the allowances are recorded in the period of change as either credit loss expense or reversal of credit loss expense.  Any impairments related to factors other than credit losses are recorded through other comprehensive income, net of taxes.  

 

For fixed maturities, the factors considered in reaching the conclusion that a credit loss exists include, among others, whether:

 

 

(1)

the extent to which the fair value is less than the amortized cost basis;

 

(2)

the issuer is in financial distress;

 

(3)

the investment is secured;

 

(4)

a significant credit rating action occurred;

 

(5)

scheduled interest payments were delayed or missed;

 

(6)

changes in laws or regulations have affected an issuer or industry;

 

(7)

the investment has an unrealized loss and was identified by the Company’s investment manager as an investment to be sold before recovery or maturity;

 

(8)

the investment failed cash flow projection testing to determine if anticipated principal and interest payments will be realized; and

 

(9)

changes in US Treasury rates and/or credit spreads since original purchase to identify whether the unrealized loss is simply due to interest rate movement.

 

According to accounting guidance for debt securities in an unrealized loss position, the Company is required to assess whether it has the intent to sell the debt security or more likely than not will be required to sell the debt security before the anticipated recovery.  If either of these conditions is met, any allowance for credit losses is written off and the amortized cost basis is written down to the fair value of the fixed maturity security with any incremental impairment reported in earnings.  That new amortized cost basis shall not be adjusted for subsequent recoveries in fair value.

 

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The following is a description, by asset type, of the methodology and significant inputs that the Company used to measure the amount of credit loss recognized in earnings, if any:

 

U.S. treasury and agency obligations – As of September 30, 2020, gross unrealized losses related to U.S. treasury and agency obligations were $0.215 million.  To assess whether the decline in fair value below amortized cost has resulted from a credit loss or other factors, macroeconomic and market analysis is conducted in evaluating these securities.  Consideration is given to the interest rate environment, duration and yield curve management of the portfolio, sector allocation and security selection.  Based on the analysis performed, the Company did not recognize a credit loss on U.S. treasury and agency obligations during the period.

 

Obligations of states and political subdivisions – As of September 30, 2020, gross unrealized losses related to obligations of states and political subdivisions were $0.188 million.  To assess whether the decline in fair value below amortized cost has resulted from a credit loss or other factors, elements that may influence the performance of the municipal bond market are considered in evaluating these securities such as investor expectations, supply and demand patterns, and current versus historical yield and spread relationships. The analysis relies on the output of fixed income credit analysts, as well as dedicated municipal bond analysts who perform extensive in-house fundamental analysis on each issuer, regardless of their rating by the major agencies.  Based on the analysis performed, the Company did not recognize a credit loss on obligations of states and political subdivisions during the period.

 

Mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) – As of September 30, 2020, gross unrealized losses related to mortgage-backed securities were $1.120 million. To assess whether the decline in fair value below amortized cost has resulted from a credit loss or other factors, mortgage-backed securities are modeled to project principal losses under downside, base, and upside scenarios for the economy and home prices.  The primary assumption that drives the security and loan level modeling is the Home Price Index (“HPI”) projection.  These forecasts incorporate not just national macro-economic trends, but also regional impacts to arrive at the most granular and accurate projections.  These assumptions are incorporated into the model as a basis to generate delinquency probabilities, default curves, loss severity curves, and voluntary prepayment curves at the loan level within each deal. The model utilizes HPI-adjusted current LTV, payment history, loan terms, loan modification history, and borrower characteristics as inputs to generate expected cash flows and principal loss for each bond under various scenarios.  Based on the analysis performed, the Company did not recognize a credit loss on mortgage-backed securities during the period.

 

Asset backed securities (“ABS”) - As of September 30, 2020, gross unrealized losses related to asset backed securities were $1.001 million.  The weighted average credit enhancement for the Company’s asset backed portfolio is 33.3.  This represents the percentage of pool losses that can occur before an asset backed security will incur its first dollar of principal losses.  To assess whether the decline in fair value below amortized cost has resulted from a credit loss or other factors, every ABS transaction is analyzed on a stand-alone basis.  This analysis involves a thorough review of the collateral, prepayment, and structural risk in each transaction.  Additionally, the analysis includes an in-depth credit analysis of the originator and servicer of the collateral.  The analysis projects an expected loss for a deal given a set of assumptions specific to the asset type.  These assumptions are used to calculate at what level of losses the deal will incur its first dollar of principal loss.  The major assumptions used to calculate this ratio are loss severities, recovery lags, and no advances on principal and interest.  Based on the analysis performed, the Company did not recognize a credit loss on asset backed securities during the period.

 

Commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”) - As of September 30, 2020, gross unrealized losses related to the CMBS portfolio were $0.804 million. The weighted average credit enhancement for the Company’s CMBS portfolio is 32.4.  This represents the percentage of pool losses that can occur before a mortgage-backed security will incur its first dollar of principal loss.  To assess whether the decline in fair value below amortized cost has resulted from a credit loss or other factors, a loan level analysis is utilized where every underlying CMBS loan is re-underwritten based on a set of assumptions reflecting expectations for the future path of the economy.  Each loan is analyzed over time using a series of tests to determine if a credit event will occur during the life of the loan. Inherent in this process are several economic scenarios and their corresponding rent/vacancy and capital market states. The five primary credit events that frame the analysis include loan modifications, term default, balloon default, extension, and ability to pay off at balloon. The resulting output is the expected loss adjusted cash flows for each bond under the base case and distressed scenarios.  Based on the analysis performed, the Company did not recognize a credit loss on commercial mortgage-backed securities during the period.

 

Corporate bonds - As of September 30, 2020, gross unrealized losses related to corporate bonds were $1.135 million. To assess whether the decline in fair value below amortized cost has resulted from a credit loss or other factors, analysis for this

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asset class includes maintaining detailed financial models that include a projection of each issuer’s future financial performance, including prospective debt servicing capabilities, capital structure composition, and the value of the collateral.  The analysis incorporates the macroeconomic environment, industry conditions in which the issuer operates, the issuer’s current competitive position, its vulnerability to changes in the competitive and regulatory environment, issuer liquidity, issuer commitment to bondholders, issuer creditworthiness, and asset protection.  Part of the process also includes running downside scenarios to evaluate the expected likelihood of default as well as potential losses in the event of default.  Based on the analysis performed, the Company did not recognize a credit loss on corporate bonds during the period.

 

Foreign bonds – As of September 30, 2020, gross unrealized losses related to foreign bonds were $0.204 million.  To assess whether the decline in fair value below amortized cost has resulted from a credit loss or other factors, detailed financial models are maintained that include a projection of each issuer’s future financial performance, including prospective debt servicing capabilities, capital structure composition, and the value of the collateral.  The analysis incorporates the macroeconomic environment, industry conditions in which the issuer operates, the issuer’s current competitive position, its vulnerability to changes in the competitive and regulatory environment, issuer liquidity, issuer commitment to bondholders, issuer creditworthiness, and asset protection.  Part of the process also includes running downside scenarios to evaluate the expected likelihood of default as well as potential losses in the event of default.  Based on the analysis performed, the Company did not recognize a credit loss on foreign bonds during the period.

 

The Company has evaluated its investment portfolio and has determined that an allowance for credit losses on its investments is not required.

 

The Company recorded the following other than temporary impairments (“OTTI”) on its investment portfolio for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2019: 

 

 

 

Quarter Ended

September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2019

 

 

2019

 

Fixed maturities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OTTI losses, gross

 

$

 

 

$

(1,897

)

Portion of loss recognized in other comprehensive income (pre-tax)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net impairment losses on fixed maturities recognized in earnings

 

$

 

 

$

(1,897

)

 

The following table is an analysis of the credit losses recognized in earnings on fixed maturities held by the Company for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2019 for which a portion of the OTTI loss was recognized in other comprehensive income.

 

 

 

Quarter Ended

September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2019

 

 

2019

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

13

 

 

$

13

 

Additions where no OTTI was previously recorded

 

 

 

 

 

 

Additions where an OTTI was previously recorded

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reductions for securities for which the company intends to sell or more likely than not will be required to sell before recovery

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reductions reflecting increases in expected cashflows to be collected

 

 

 

 

 

 

Reductions for securities sold during the period

 

 

 

 

 

 

Balance at end of period

 

$

13

 

 

$

13

 

 

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Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income, Net of Tax

 

Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax, as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 was as follows:

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

September 30, 2020

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

Net unrealized gains (losses) from:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed maturities

 

$

43,336

 

 

$

21,591

 

Foreign currency fluctuations

 

 

(587

)

 

 

(1,032

)

Deferred taxes

 

 

(7,029

)

 

 

(2,950

)

Accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax

 

$

35,720

 

 

$

17,609

 

 

The following tables present the changes in accumulated other comprehensive income, net of tax, by component for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:

 

Quarter Ended September 30, 2020

(Dollars In Thousands)

 

Unrealized Gains and Losses on Available for Sale Securities

 

 

Foreign Currency Items

 

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

 

Beginning balance, net of tax

 

$

38,736

 

 

$

(1,043

)

 

$

37,693

 

Other comprehensive income before reclassification, before tax

 

 

1,852

 

 

 

456

 

 

 

2,308

 

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income, before tax

 

 

(2,276

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2,276

)

Other comprehensive income, before tax

 

 

(424

)

 

 

456

 

 

 

32

 

Income tax (expense) benefit

 

 

(2,128

)

 

 

123

 

 

 

(2,005

)

Ending balance, net of tax

 

$

36,184

 

 

$

(464

)

 

$

35,720

 

 

Quarter Ended September 30, 2019

(Dollars In Thousands)

 

Unrealized Gains and Losses on Available for Sale Securities

 

 

Foreign Currency Items

 

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

 

Beginning balance, net of tax

 

$

17,745

 

 

$

(1,203

)

 

$

16,542

 

Other comprehensive income (loss) before reclassification, before tax

 

 

10,767

 

 

 

200

 

 

 

10,967

 

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income, before tax

 

 

(946

)

 

 

 

 

 

(946

)

Other comprehensive income (loss), before tax

 

 

9,821

 

 

 

200

 

 

 

10,021

 

Income tax expense

 

 

(1,249

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,249

)

Ending balance, net of tax

 

$

26,317

 

 

$

(1,003

)

 

$

25,314

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020

(Dollars In Thousands)

 

Unrealized Gains and Losses on Available for Sale Securities

 

 

Foreign Currency Items

 

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

 

Beginning balance, net of tax

 

$

18,641

 

 

$

(1,032

)

 

$

17,609

 

Other comprehensive income before reclassification, before tax

 

 

38,773

 

 

 

445

 

 

 

39,218

 

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income, before tax

 

 

(17,028

)

 

 

 

 

 

(17,028

)

Other comprehensive income, before tax

 

 

21,745

 

 

 

445

 

 

 

22,190

 

Income tax (expense) benefit

 

 

(4,202

)

 

 

123

 

 

 

(4,079

)

Ending balance, net of tax

 

$

36,184

 

 

$

(464

)

 

$

35,720

 

  

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019

(Dollars In Thousands)

 

Unrealized Gains and Losses on Available for Sale Securities

 

 

Foreign Currency Items

 

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Income

 

Beginning balance, net of tax

 

$

(19,897

)

 

$

(1,334

)

 

$

(21,231

)

Other comprehensive income before reclassification, before tax

 

 

55,960

 

 

 

331

 

 

 

56,291

 

Amounts reclassified from accumulated other comprehensive income, before tax

 

 

(2,834

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2,834

)

Other comprehensive income, before tax

 

 

53,126

 

 

 

331

 

 

 

53,457

 

Income tax expense

 

 

(6,912

)

 

 

 

 

 

(6,912

)

Ending balance, net of tax

 

$

26,317

 

 

$

(1,003

)

 

$

25,314

 

 

The reclassifications out of accumulated other comprehensive income for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts Reclassified from

Accumulated Other

Comprehensive Income

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

Details about Accumulated Other

Comprehensive Income Components

 

Affected Line Item in the Consolidated

Statements of Operations

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Unrealized gains and losses on available for sale securities

 

Other net realized investment (gains) losses

 

$

(2,276

)

 

$

(946

)

 

 

Other than temporary impairment losses on investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total before tax

 

 

(2,276

)

 

 

(946

)

 

 

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

 

172

 

 

 

99

 

 

 

Unrealized gains and losses on available for sale securities, net of tax

 

 

(2,104

)

 

 

(847

)

Foreign currency items

 

Other net realized investment (gains) losses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency items, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total reclassifications

 

Total reclassifications, net of tax

 

$

(2,104

)

 

$

(847

)

 

 

 

 

 

Amounts Reclassified from

Accumulated Other

Comprehensive Income

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

Details about Accumulated Other

Comprehensive Income Components

 

Affected Line Item in the Consolidated

Statements of Operations

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Unrealized gains and losses on available for sale securities

 

Other net realized investment (gains) losses

 

$

(17,028

)

 

$

(4,731

)

 

 

Other than temporary impairment losses on investments

 

 

 

 

 

1,897

 

 

 

Total before tax

 

 

(17,028

)

 

 

(2,834

)

 

 

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

 

3,823

 

 

 

169

 

 

 

Unrealized gains and losses on available for sale securities, net of tax

 

 

(13,205

)

 

 

(2,665

)

Foreign currency items

 

Other net realized investment (gains) losses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign currency items, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total reclassifications

 

Total reclassifications, net of tax

 

$

(13,205

)

 

$

(2,665

)

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Net Realized Investment Gains (Losses)

 

The components of net realized investment gains (losses) for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Fixed maturities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross realized gains

 

$

2,705

 

 

$

1,054

 

 

$

21,685

 

 

$

5,765

 

Gross realized losses

 

 

(429

)

 

 

(108

)

 

 

(4,657

)

 

 

(2,931

)

Net realized gains (losses)

 

 

2,276

 

 

 

946

 

 

 

17,028

 

 

 

2,834

 

Equity securities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross realized gains

 

 

4,942

 

 

 

1,681

 

 

 

14,669

 

 

 

26,936

 

Gross realized losses

 

 

(55

)

 

 

(3,146

)

 

 

(31,870

)

 

 

(9,076

)

Net realized gains (losses)

 

 

4,887

 

 

 

(1,465

)

 

 

(17,201

)

 

 

17,860

 

Derivatives:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross realized gains

 

 

1,520

 

 

 

341

 

 

 

19,514

 

 

 

341

 

Gross realized losses

 

 

(1,360

)

 

 

(2,512

)

 

 

(41,673

)

 

 

(9,745

)

Net realized gains (losses) (1)

 

 

160

 

 

 

(2,171

)

 

 

(22,159

)

 

 

(9,404

)

Total net realized investment gains (losses)

 

$

7,323

 

 

$

(2,690

)

 

$

(22,332

)

 

$

11,290

 

 

(1)

Includes periodic net interest settlements related to the derivatives of $1.4 million and $0.3 million for the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $3.1 million and $0.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

Net realized investment gains (losses) for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020 were primarily due to the impact of changes in fair value due to the recent disruption in the global financial markets.

The following table shows the calculation of the portion of realized gains and losses related to equity securities held as of September 30, 2020 and 2019:

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Net gains and (losses) recognized during the period on equity securities

 

$

4,887

 

 

$

(1,465

)

 

$

(17,201

)

 

$

17,860

 

Less: Net gains (losses) recognized during the period on equity securities sold during the period

 

 

3,419

 

 

 

(614

)

 

 

(366

)

 

 

9,836

 

Unrealized gains and (losses) recognized during the reporting period on equity securities still held at the reporting date

 

$

1,468

 

 

$

(851

)

 

$

(16,835

)

 

$

8,024

 

 

The proceeds from sales and redemptions of available for sale and equity securities resulting in net realized investment gains (losses) for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Fixed maturities

 

$

600,962

 

 

$

642,049

 

Equity securities

 

 

563,926

 

 

 

206,212

 

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Net Investment Income

 

The sources of net investment income for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Fixed maturities

 

$

7,421

 

 

$

8,806

 

 

$

25,013

 

 

$

27,692

 

Equity securities

 

 

1,390

 

 

 

1,704

 

 

 

4,161

 

 

 

4,384

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

260

 

 

 

372

 

 

 

492

 

 

 

1,242

 

Other invested assets

 

 

3,485

 

 

 

1,280

 

 

 

(8,004

)

 

 

1,394

 

Total investment income

 

 

12,556

 

 

 

12,162

 

 

 

21,662

 

 

 

34,712

 

Investment expense

 

 

(810

)

 

 

(814

)

 

 

(2,146

)

 

 

(2,319

)

Net investment income

 

$

11,746

 

 

$

11,348

 

 

$

19,516

 

 

$

32,393

 

 

The Company’s total investment return on a pre-tax basis for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Net investment income

 

$

11,746

 

 

$

11,348

 

 

$

19,516

 

 

$

32,393

 

Net realized investment gains (losses)

 

 

7,323

 

 

 

(2,690

)

 

 

(22,332

)

 

 

11,290

 

Change in unrealized holding gains and losses

 

 

32

 

 

 

10,021

 

 

 

22,190

 

 

 

53,457

 

Net realized and unrealized investment returns

 

 

7,355

 

 

 

7,331

 

 

 

(142

)

 

 

64,747

 

Total investment return

 

$

19,101

 

 

$

18,679

 

 

$

19,374

 

 

$

97,140

 

Total investment return % (1)

 

 

1.2

%

 

 

1.2

%

 

 

1.3

%

 

 

6.2

%

Average investment portfolio (2)

 

$

1,541,227

 

 

$

1,585,165

 

 

$

1,528,005

 

 

$

1,562,177

 

 

(1)

Not annualized.

(2)

Average of total cash and invested assets, net of receivable/payable for securities purchased and sold, as of the beginning and end of the period.

 

As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company did not own any fixed maturity securities that were non-income producing for the preceding twelve months.

 

Insurance Enhanced Asset-Backed and Credit Securities

 

As of September 30, 2020, the Company held insurance enhanced bonds with a market value of approximately $26.0 million which represented 1.8% of the Company’s total cash and invested assets, net of payable/ receivable for securities purchased and sold.    

 

The insurance enhanced bonds are comprised of $15.3 million of municipal bonds, $10.6 million of commercial mortgage-backed securities, and less than $0.1 million of collateralized mortgage obligations.  The financial guarantors of the Company’s $26.0 million of insurance enhanced commercial-mortgage-backed, municipal securities, and collateralized mortgage obligations include Municipal Bond Insurance Association ($3.2 million), Assured Guaranty Corporation ($10.0 million), Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation ($10.6 million), Ambac Financial Group ($2.2 million), and Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (less than $0.1 million).

 

The Company had no direct investments in the entities that have provided financial guarantees or other credit support to any security held by the Company at September 30, 2020.

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Bonds Held on Deposit

 

Certain cash balances, cash equivalents, equity securities, and bonds available for sale were deposited with various governmental authorities in accordance with statutory requirements, were held as collateral, or were held in trust pursuant to intercompany reinsurance agreements.  The fair values were as follows as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

 

 

 

Estimated Fair Value

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

September 30, 2020

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

On deposit with governmental authorities

 

$

27,082

 

 

$

26,431

 

Intercompany trusts held for the benefit of U.S. policyholders

 

 

142,496

 

 

 

179,116

 

Held in trust pursuant to third party requirements

 

 

84,174

 

 

 

133,122

 

Letter of credit held for third party requirements

 

 

2,645

 

 

 

1,458

 

Securities held as collateral

 

 

555

 

 

 

91,229

 

Total

 

$

256,952

 

 

$

431,356

 

 

Variable Interest Entities

 

A Variable Interest Entity (“VIE”) refers to an investment in which an investor holds a controlling interest that is not based on the majority of voting rights.  Under the VIE model, the party that has the power to exercise significant management influence and maintain a controlling financial interest in the entity’s economics is said to be the primary beneficiary, and is required to consolidate the entity within their results. Other entities that participate in a VIE, for which their financial interests fluctuate with changes in the fair value of the investment entity’s net assets but do not have significant management influence and the ability to direct the VIE’s significant economic activities are said to have a variable interest in the VIE but do not consolidate the VIE in their financial results.

 

The Company has variable interests in three VIE’s for which it is not the primary beneficiary. These investments are accounted for under the equity method of accounting as their ownership interest exceeds 3% of their respective investments.   

 

The carrying value of one of the Company’s VIE’s, which invests in distressed securities and assets, was $11.3 million and $13.5 million as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. The Company’s maximum exposure to loss from this VIE, which factors in future funding commitments, was $25.5 million and $27.7 million at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.  The carrying value of a second VIE that also invests in distressed securities and assets was $17.0 million and $24.0 million at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively. The Company’s maximum exposure to loss from this VIE, which factors in future funding commitments, was $34.0 million and $41.0 million at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.  The carrying value of a third VIE that invests in REIT qualifying assets was $9.5 million and $9.8 million as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.  The Company’s maximum exposure to loss from this VIE, which factors in future funding commitments, was $9.5 million and $10.3 million at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.  The Company’s investment in VIEs is included in other invested assets on the consolidated balance sheet with changes in carrying value recorded in the consolidated statements of operations.

 

4.

Derivative Instruments

 

Derivatives are used by the Company to reduce risks from changes in interest rates and limit exposure to severe equity market changes.  The Company has interest rate swaps with terms to exchange, at specified intervals, the difference between fixed rate and floating rate interest amounts as calculated by reference to an agreed notional amount. In 2019, the Company began to utilize exchange-traded futures contracts, which give the holder the right and obligation to participate in market movements at a future date, to allow the Company to react faster to market conditions.  The Company posts collateral and settles variation margin in cash on a daily basis equal to the amount of the futures contracts’ change in value scaled by a multiplier.

 

The Company accounts for the interest rate swaps and futures as non-hedge instruments and recognizes the fair value of the interest rate swaps in other assets or other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets with the changes in fair value recognized as net realized investment gains or losses in the consolidated statements of operations.  The Company is ultimately responsible for the valuation of the interest rate swaps.  To aid in determining the estimated fair value of the

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interest rate swaps, the Company relies on the forward interest rate curve and information obtained from a third party financial institution.  

 

The following table summarizes information on the location and the gross amount of the derivatives on the consolidated balance sheets as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

 

September 30, 2020

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

Derivatives Not Designated as

Hedging Instruments under ASC 815

 

Balance Sheet Location

 

Notional Amount

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Notional Amount

 

 

Fair Value

 

Interest rate swap agreements

 

Other assets/liabilities

 

$

200,000

 

 

$

(17,931

)

 

$

200,000

 

 

$

(10,275

)

Futures contracts on bonds (1)

 

Other assets/liabilities

 

 

30,418

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,894

 

 

 

 

Futures contracts on equities (1)

 

Other assets/liabilities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

57,816

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

$

230,418

 

 

$

(17,931

)

 

$

274,710

 

 

$

(10,275

)

 

(1)

Futures are settled daily such that their fair value is not reflected in the consolidated statements of financial position

 

The following table summarizes the net gains (losses) included in the consolidated statements of operations for changes in the fair value of the derivatives and the periodic net interest settlements under the derivatives for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2020  and 2019:

 

 

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Consolidated Statements of Operations Line

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Interest rate swap agreements

 

Net realized investment gains (losses)

 

$

45

 

 

$

(1,831

)

 

$

(10,827

)

 

$

(9,064

)

Futures contracts on bonds

 

Net realized investment gains (losses)

 

 

115

 

 

 

15

 

 

 

(2,343

)

 

 

15

 

Futures contracts on equities

 

Net realized investment gains (losses)

 

 

 

 

 

(355

)

 

 

(8,989

)

 

 

(355

)

Total

 

 

 

$

160

 

 

$

(2,171

)

 

$

(22,159

)

 

$

(9,404

)

 

As of both September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company is due $3.0 million, for funds it needed to post to execute the swap transaction and $18.6 million and $12.5 million, respectively, for margin calls made in connection with the interest rate swaps.  These amounts are included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets.

 

As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the Company posted initial margin of $0.6 million and $3.0 million, respectively, in securities for trading futures contracts and has a mark-to-market payable of less than $0.1 million and receivable of $0.3 million, respectively, in connection with the futures contracts.  Variation margin is included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets.

 

5.

Fair Value Measurements

 

The accounting standards related to fair value measurements define fair value, establish a framework for measuring fair value, outline a fair value hierarchy based on inputs used to measure fair value, and enhance disclosure requirements for fair value measurements.  These standards do not change existing guidance as to whether or not an instrument is carried at fair value.  The Company has determined that its fair value measurements are in accordance with the requirements of these accounting standards.

 

The Company’s invested assets and derivative instruments are carried at their fair value and are categorized based upon a fair value hierarchy:

 

 

Level 1 – inputs utilize quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets that the Company has the ability to access at the measurement date.  

 

 

Level 2 – inputs utilize other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for similar assets, either directly or indirectly.  

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Level 3 – inputs are unobservable for the asset, and include situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the asset.

 

In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy.  In such cases, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls has been determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.  The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the asset.

 

The following table presents information about the Company’s invested assets and derivative instruments measured at fair value on a recurring basis as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 and indicates the fair value hierarchy of the valuation techniques utilized by the Company to determine such fair value.

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

As of September 30, 2020

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

 

Total

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed maturities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. treasury and agency obligations

 

$

200,457

 

 

$

1,500

 

 

$

 

 

$

201,957

 

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

 

 

 

 

 

62,001

 

 

 

 

 

 

62,001

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

401,084

 

 

 

 

 

 

401,084

 

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

138,911

 

 

 

 

 

 

138,911

 

Asset-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

139,150

 

 

 

 

 

 

139,150

 

Corporate bonds

 

 

 

 

 

258,861

 

 

 

 

 

 

258,861

 

Foreign corporate bonds

 

 

 

 

 

101,811

 

 

 

 

 

 

101,811

 

Total fixed maturities

 

 

200,457

 

 

 

1,103,318

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,303,775

 

Equity securities

 

 

64,673

 

 

 

11,268

 

 

 

 

 

 

75,941

 

Total assets measured at fair value

 

$

265,130

 

 

$

1,114,586

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,379,716

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative instruments

 

$

 

 

$

17,931

 

 

$

 

 

$

17,931

 

Total liabilities measured at fair value

 

$

 

 

$

17,931

 

 

$

 

 

$

17,931

 

 

 

 

Fair Value Measurements

 

As of December 31, 2019

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Level 1

 

 

Level 2

 

 

Level 3

 

 

Total

 

Assets:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed maturities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. treasury and agency obligations

 

$

156,689

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

156,689

 

Obligations of states and political subdivisions

 

 

 

 

 

63,838

 

 

 

 

 

 

63,838

 

Mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

328,374

 

 

 

 

 

 

328,374

 

Commercial mortgage-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

188,104

 

 

 

 

 

 

188,104

 

Asset-backed securities

 

 

 

 

 

168,537

 

 

 

 

 

 

168,537

 

Corporate bonds

 

 

 

 

 

248,259

 

 

 

 

 

 

248,259

 

Foreign corporate bonds

 

 

 

 

 

99,358

 

 

 

 

 

 

99,358

 

Total fixed maturities

 

 

156,689

 

 

 

1,096,470

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,253,159

 

Equity securities

 

 

251,448

 

 

 

11,656

 

 

 

 

 

 

263,104

 

Total assets measured at fair value

 

$

408,137

 

 

$

1,108,126

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,516,263

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Derivative instruments

 

$

 

 

$

10,275

 

 

$

 

 

$

10,275

 

Total liabilities measured at fair value

 

$

 

 

$

10,275

 

 

$

 

 

$

10,275

 

 

The securities classified as Level 1 in the above table consist of U.S. Treasuries and equity securities actively traded on an exchange.

 

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The securities classified as Level 2 in the above table consist primarily of fixed maturity securities and derivative instruments.  Based on the typical trading volumes and the lack of quoted market prices for fixed maturities, security prices are derived through recent reported trades for identical or similar securities making adjustments through the reporting date based upon available market observable information.  If there are no recent reported trades, matrix or model processes are used to develop a security price where future cash flow expectations are developed based upon collateral performance and discounted at an estimated market rate.  Included in the pricing of asset-backed securities, collateralized mortgage obligations, and mortgage-backed securities are estimates of the rate of future prepayments of principal over the remaining life of the securities.  Such estimates are derived based on the characteristics of the underlying structure and prepayment speeds previously experienced at the interest rate levels projected for the underlying collateral.  The estimated fair value of the derivative instruments, consisting of interest rate swaps, is obtained from a third party financial institution that utilizes observable inputs such as the forward interest rate curve.

 

For the Company’s material debt arrangements, the current fair value of the Company’s debt at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019 was as follows:

 

 

 

September 30, 2020

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Carrying Value

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Carrying Value

 

 

Fair Value

 

Margin Borrowing Facility  (1)

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

73,629

 

 

$

73,629

 

7.75% Subordinated Notes due 2045  (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

96,864

 

 

 

100,264

 

7.875% Subordinated Notes due 2047 (3)

 

 

126,253

 

 

 

130,153

 

 

 

126,147

 

 

 

134,462

 

Total

 

$

126,253

 

 

$

130,153

 

 

$

296,640

 

 

$

308,355

 

 

(1)

The Margin Borrowing Facility was fully paid down in August 2020.

(2)

As of December 31, 2019, the carrying value and fair value of the 7.75% Subordinated Notes due 2045 are net of unamortized debt issuance cost of $3.1 million.  In August 2020, the Company redeemed all of its outstanding 7.75% subordinated notes due 2045 and unamortized debt issuance cost of $3.1 million was written off and included in the consolidated statements of operations as loss on the extinguishment of debt.

(3)

As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, the carrying value and fair value of the 7.875% Subordinated Notes due 2047 are net of unamortized debt issuance cost of $3.7 million and $3.9 million, respectively. 

The fair value of the margin borrowing facility approximates its carrying value due to the facility being due on demand.  The subordinated notes due 2045 and 2047 are publicly traded instruments and are classified as Level 1 in the fair value hierarchy.

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Fair Value of Alternative Investments

 

Other invested assets consist of limited liability partnerships whose carrying value approximates fair value.  The following table provides the fair value and future funding commitments related to these investments at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019.

 

 

 

September 30, 2020

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Fair Value

 

 

Future Funding

Commitment

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Future Funding

Commitment

 

European Non-Performing Loan Fund, LP (1)

 

$

11,283

 

 

$

14,214

 

 

$

13,530

 

 

$

14,214

 

Distressed Debt Fund, LP (2)

 

 

16,979

 

 

 

17,000

 

 

 

23,966

 

 

 

17,000

 

Mortgage Debt Fund, LP (3)

 

 

9,487

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,783

 

 

 

506

 

Total

 

$

37,749

 

 

$

31,214

 

 

$

47,279

 

 

$

31,720

 

 

(1)

This limited partnership invests in distressed securities and assets through senior and subordinated, secured and unsecured debt and equity, in both public and private large-cap and middle-market companies.  The Company does not have the ability to sell or transfer its limited partnership interest without consent from the general partner.  The Company does not have the contractual option to redeem its limited partnership interest but receives distributions based on the liquidation of the underlying assets.

(2)

This limited partnership invests in stressed and distressed securities and structured products.  The Company does not have the ability to sell or transfer its limited partnership interest without consent from the general partner.  The Company does not have the contractual option to redeem its limited partnership interest but receives distributions based on the liquidation of the underlying assets.

(3)

This limited partnership invests in REIT qualifying assets such as mortgage loans, investor property loans, and commercial mortgage loans.  The Company does not have the ability to sell or transfer its limited partnership interest without consent from the general partner.  The Company does not have the contractual option to redeem its limited partnership interest but receives distributions based on the liquidation of the underlying assets.

Limited Partnerships with ownership interest exceeding 3%

 

The Company uses the equity method to account for investments in limited partnerships where its ownership interest exceeds 3%. The equity method of accounting for an investment in a limited partnership requires that its cost basis be updated to account for the income or loss earned on the investment. The investment income associated with these limited partnerships, which is booked on a one quarter lag, is reflected in the consolidated statements of operations in the amounts of $3.5 million and $1.3 million for the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $(8.0) million and $1.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

Pricing

 

The Company’s pricing vendors provide prices for all investment categories except for investments in limited partnerships.  Two primary vendors are utilized to provide prices for equity and fixed maturity securities.

 

The following is a description of the valuation methodologies used by the Company’s pricing vendors for investment securities carried at fair value:

 

 

Equity security prices are received from primary and secondary exchanges.

 

 

Corporate and agency bonds are evaluated by utilizing a spread to a benchmark curve.  Bonds with similar characteristics are grouped into specific sectors.  Inputs for both asset classes consist of trade prices, broker quotes, the new issue market, and prices on comparable securities.

 

 

Data from commercial vendors is aggregated with market information, then converted into an option adjusted spread (“OAS”) matrix and prepayment model used for commercial mortgage obligations (“CMO”). CMOs are categorized with mortgage-backed securities in the tables listed above.  For asset-backed securities, spread data is derived from trade prices, dealer quotations, and research reports.  For both asset classes, evaluations utilize standard inputs plus new issue data, and collateral performance.  The evaluated pricing models incorporate cash flows, broker quotes, market trades, historical prepayment speeds, and dealer projected speeds.

 

For obligations of state and political subdivisions, an attribute-based modeling system is used.  The pricing model incorporates trades, market clearing yields, market color, and fundamental credit research.

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U.S. treasuries are evaluated by obtaining feeds from a number of live data sources including primary and secondary dealers as well as inter-dealer brokers.

 

For mortgage-backed securities, various external analytical products are utilized and purchased from commercial vendors.

 

The Company performs certain procedures to validate whether the pricing information received from the pricing vendors is reasonable, to ensure that the fair value determination is consistent with accounting guidance, and to ensure that its assets are properly classified in the fair value hierarchy.  The Company’s procedures include, but are not limited to:

 

Reviewing periodic reports provided by the Investment Manager that provides information regarding rating changes and securities placed on watch.  This procedure allows the Company to understand why a particular security’s market value may have changed or may potentially change.

 

Understanding and periodically evaluating the various pricing methods and procedures used by the Company’s pricing vendors to ensure that investments are properly classified within the fair value hierarchy.

 

On a quarterly basis, the Company corroborates investment security prices received from its pricing vendors by obtaining pricing from a second pricing vendor for a sample of securities.

 

During the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company has not adjusted quotes or prices obtained from the pricing vendors.

 

6.Allowance for Credit Losses - Premiums Receivable and Reinsurance Receivables

 

The Company implemented new accounting guidance on January 1, 2020 related to the measurement of credit losses on financial instruments.  Please see Note 17 for further discussion on this new accounting guidance.  

For premiums receivables, the allowance is based upon the Company’s ongoing review of key aspects of amounts outstanding, including but not limited to, length of collection periods, direct placement with collection agencies, solvency of insured or agent, terminated agents, and other relevant factors. 

For reinsurance receivables, the allowance is based upon the Company’s ongoing review of key aspects of amounts outstanding, including but not limited to, length of collection periods, disputes, applicable coverage defenses, insolvent reinsurers, financial strength of solvent reinsurers based on A.M Best Ratings and other relevant factors. 

 

The following table is an analysis of the allowance for credit losses related to the Company's premiums receivable and reinsurance receivables for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020:

 

 

 

Quarter Ended September 30, 2020

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Premiums

Receivable

 

 

Reinsurance Receivables

 

 

Premiums

Receivable

 

 

Reinsurance Receivables

 

Beginning balance

 

$

2,931

 

 

$

8,992

 

 

$

2,754

 

 

$

8,992

 

Current period provision for expected credit losses

 

 

476

 

 

 

 

 

 

951

 

 

 

 

Write-offs

 

 

(538

)

 

 

 

 

 

(836

)

 

 

 

Ending balance

 

$

2,869

 

 

$

8,992

 

 

$

2,869

 

 

$

8,992

 

 

7.Income Taxes

 

Effective August 28, 2020, the parent Company, Global Indemnity Group, LLC is a publicly traded partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes and meets the qualifying income exception to maintain partnership status. As a publicly traded partnership, Global Indemnity Group, LLC is generally not subject to federal income tax and most state income taxes. However, income earned by the subsidiaries of Global Indemnity Group, LLC is subject to corporate tax in the United States and certain foreign jurisdictions.

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As of September 30, 2020, the statutory income tax rates of the countries where the Company conducts or conducted business are 21% in the United States, 0% in Bermuda, 0% in the Cayman Islands, 19% in the United Kingdom, and 25% on non-trading income, 33% on capital gains and 12.5% on trading income in the Republic of Ireland.  The statutory income tax rate of each country is applied against the expected annual taxable income of the Company in each country to estimate the annual income tax expense.

The Company’s income (loss) before income taxes from its non-U.S. subsidiaries and U.S. subsidiaries for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:

 

Quarter Ended September 30, 2020

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Non-U.S.

Subsidiaries

 

 

U.S.

Subsidiaries

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Total

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross written premiums

 

$

13,085

 

 

$

130,664

 

 

$

 

 

$

143,749

 

Net written premiums

 

$

13,085

 

 

$

117,526

 

 

$

 

 

$

130,611

 

Net earned premiums

 

$

9,983

 

 

$

130,319

 

 

$

 

 

$

140,302

 

Net investment income

 

 

4,054

 

 

 

9,851

 

 

 

(2,159

)

 

 

11,746

 

Net realized investment gains

 

 

1,511

 

 

 

5,812

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,323

 

Other income

 

 

164

 

 

 

378

 

 

 

 

 

 

542

 

Total revenues

 

 

15,712

 

 

 

146,360

 

 

 

(2,159

)

 

 

159,913

 

Losses and Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

519

 

 

 

96,629

 

 

 

 

 

 

97,148

 

Acquisition costs and other underwriting expenses

 

 

3,584

 

 

 

49,684

 

 

 

 

 

 

53,268

 

Corporate and other operating expenses

 

 

17,283

 

 

 

3,913

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,196

 

Interest expense

 

 

193

 

 

 

5,586

 

 

 

(2,159

)

 

 

3,620

 

Loss on extinguishment of debt

 

 

3,060

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,060

 

Loss before income taxes

 

$

(8,927

)

 

$

(9,452

)

 

$

 

 

$

(18,379

)

 

Quarter Ended September 30, 2019

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Non-U.S.

Subsidiaries

 

 

U.S.

Subsidiaries

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Total

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross written premiums

 

$

19,980

 

 

$

137,197

 

 

$

 

 

$

157,177

 

Net written premiums

 

$

19,990

 

 

$

118,846

 

 

$

 

 

$

138,836

 

Net earned premiums

 

$

19,512

 

 

$

113,800

 

 

$

 

 

$

133,312

 

Net investment income

 

 

7,212

 

 

 

7,732

 

 

 

(3,596

)

 

 

11,348

 

Net realized investment gains (losses)

 

 

375

 

 

 

(3,065

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2,690

)

Other income (loss)

 

 

(234

)

 

 

498

 

 

 

 

 

 

264

 

Total revenues

 

 

26,865

 

 

 

118,965

 

 

 

(3,596

)

 

 

142,234

 

Losses and Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

7,628

 

 

 

65,955

 

 

 

 

 

 

73,583

 

Acquisition costs and other underwriting expenses

 

 

6,201

 

 

 

47,165

 

 

 

 

 

 

53,366

 

Corporate and other operating expenses

 

 

1,514

 

 

 

2,344

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,858

 

Interest expense

 

 

351

 

 

 

8,268

 

 

 

(3,596

)

 

 

5,023

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

$

11,171

 

 

$

(4,767

)

 

$

 

 

$

6,404

 

 

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Non-U.S.

Subsidiaries

 

 

U.S.

Subsidiaries

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Total

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross written premiums

 

$

46,654

 

 

$

417,368

 

 

$

 

 

$

464,022

 

Net written premiums

 

$

46,654

 

 

$

370,333

 

 

$

 

 

$

416,987

 

Net earned premiums

 

$

53,384

 

 

$

373,233

 

 

$

 

 

$

426,617

 

Net investment income

 

 

17,336

 

 

 

11,324

 

 

 

(9,144

)

 

 

19,516

 

Net realized investment losses

 

 

(3,867

)

 

 

(18,465

)

 

 

 

 

 

(22,332

)

Other income

 

 

148

 

 

 

1,325

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,473

 

Total revenues

 

 

67,001

 

 

 

367,417

 

 

 

(9,144

)

 

 

425,274

 

Losses and Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

12,874

 

 

 

229,218

 

 

 

 

 

 

242,092

 

Acquisition costs and other underwriting expenses

 

 

17,828

 

 

 

145,430

 

 

 

 

 

 

163,258

 

Corporate and other operating expenses

 

 

23,357

 

 

 

10,680

 

 

 

 

 

 

34,037

 

Interest expense

 

 

869

 

 

 

21,472

 

 

 

(9,144

)

 

 

13,197

 

Loss on extinguishment of debt

 

 

3,060

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,060

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

$

9,013

 

 

$

(39,383

)

 

$

 

 

$

(30,370

)

 

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Non-U.S.

Subsidiaries

 

 

U.S.

Subsidiaries

 

 

Eliminations

 

 

Total

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross written premiums

 

$

69,588

 

 

$

409,111

 

 

$

 

 

$

478,699

 

Net written premiums

 

$

69,591

 

 

$

351,730

 

 

$

 

 

$

421,321

 

Net earned premiums

 

$

52,798

 

 

$

330,804

 

 

$

 

 

$

383,602

 

Net investment income

 

 

22,254

 

 

 

20,824

 

 

 

(10,685

)

 

 

32,393

 

Net realized investment gains

 

 

1,768

 

 

 

9,522

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,290

 

Other income (loss)

 

 

(256

)

 

 

1,530

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,274

 

Total revenues

 

 

76,564

 

 

 

362,680

 

 

 

(10,685

)

 

 

428,559

 

Losses and Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

24,076

 

 

 

177,903

 

 

 

 

 

 

201,979

 

Acquisition costs and other underwriting expenses

 

 

16,556

 

 

 

137,087

 

 

 

 

 

 

153,643

 

Corporate and other operating expenses

 

 

4,822

 

 

 

6,880

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,702

 

Interest expense

 

 

1,059

 

 

 

24,714

 

 

 

(10,685

)

 

 

15,088

 

Income before income taxes

 

$

30,051

 

 

$

16,096

 

 

$

 

 

$

46,147

 

 

The following table summarizes the components of income tax expense (benefit):

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Current income tax expense (benefit):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Foreign

 

$

130

 

 

$

(17

)

 

$

130

 

 

$

(35

)

U.S. Federal

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total current income tax expense (benefit)

 

 

130

 

 

 

(17

)

 

 

130

 

 

 

(35

)

Deferred income tax expense (benefit):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. Federal

 

 

(3,339

)

 

 

(300

)

 

 

(8,303

)

 

 

5,198

 

Total deferred income tax expense (benefit)

 

 

(3,339

)

 

 

(300

)

 

 

(8,303

)

 

 

5,198

 

Total income tax expense (benefit)

 

$

(3,209

)

 

$

(317

)

 

$

(8,173

)

 

$

5,163

 

 

The weighted average expected tax provision has been calculated using income (loss) before income taxes in each jurisdiction multiplied by that jurisdiction’s applicable statutory tax rate.  

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The following table summarizes the differences between the tax provision for financial statement purposes and the expected tax provision at the weighted average tax rate:

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Amount

 

 

% of Pre-

Tax Income

 

 

Amount

 

 

% of Pre-

Tax Income

 

Expected tax provision at weighted average tax rate

 

$

(1,985

)

 

 

10.8

%

 

$

(1,001

)

 

 

15.6

%

Adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax exempt interest

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dividend exclusion

 

 

(86

)

 

 

0.5

 

 

 

(33

)

 

 

0.5

 

Non-deductible interest

 

 

416

 

 

 

(2.3

)

 

 

695

 

 

 

(10.8

)

Change in tax status

 

 

(1,704

)

 

 

9.3

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parent income treated as partnership for tax

 

 

(146

)

 

 

0.8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

297

 

 

 

(1.6

)

 

 

22

 

 

 

(0.3

)

Effective income tax benefit

 

$

(3,209

)

 

 

17.5

%

 

$

(317

)

 

 

5.0

%

 

The effective income tax benefit rate for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 was 17.5%, compared with an effective income tax benefit rate of 5.0% for the quarter ended September 30, 2019. The increase in income tax benefit for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 was primarily due to higher pre-tax loss for the Company’s U.S. subsidiaries for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019 and the change in tax status which is the income tax benefit recognized on net insurance liabilities that were redomiciled from Bermuda at 0% tax rate to the United States at a 21% tax rate.

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Amount

 

 

% of Pre-

Tax Income

 

 

Amount

 

 

% of Pre-

Tax Income

 

Expected tax provision at weighted average tax rate

 

$

(8,270

)

 

 

27.2

%

 

$

3,380

 

 

 

7.3

%

Adjustments:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tax exempt interest

 

 

(2

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

Dividend exclusion

 

 

(198

)

 

 

0.6

 

 

 

(256

)

 

 

(0.6

)

Non-deductible interest

 

 

1,773

 

 

 

(5.8

)

 

 

2,063

 

 

 

4.5

 

Change in tax status

 

 

(1,704

)

 

 

5.6

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Parent income treated as partnership for tax

 

 

(146

)

 

 

0.5

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

374

 

 

 

(1.2

)

 

 

(23

)

 

 

 

Effective income tax expense (benefit)

 

$

(8,173

)

 

 

26.9

%

 

$

5,163

 

 

 

11.2

%

 

The effective income tax benefit rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was 26.9%, compared with an effective income tax expense rate of 11.2% for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The increase in income tax benefit for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 was primarily due to a pre-tax loss for the Company’s U.S. subsidiaries for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to a gain in the same period in 2019 and the change in tax status which is the income tax benefit recognized on net insurance liabilities that were redomiciled from Bermuda at 0% tax rate to the United States at a 21% tax rate.

 

The Company has a net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforward of $24.9 million as of September 30, 2020, which begins to expire in 2036 based on when the original NOL was generated.  The Company’s NOL carryforward as of December 31, 2019 was $21.9 million.

The Company has a Section 163(j) (“163(j)”) carryforward of $6.8 million and $9.0 million as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, which can be carried forward indefinitely. The 163(j) carryforward relates to the limitation on the deduction for business interest expense paid or accrued.

The Company had an alternative minimum tax (“AMT”) credit carryforward of $11.0 million as of December 31, 2019.  Under the provisions of the CARES Act, the Company filed a request for a full refund in 2020.  The Company received $5.5

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million and $11.0 million of the AMT credit carryforward during the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively.

8.Liability for Unpaid Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses

Activity in the liability for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses is summarized as follows:

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Balance at beginning of period

 

$

651,073

 

 

$

608,773

 

 

$

630,181

 

 

$

680,031

 

Less: Ceded reinsurance receivables

 

 

87,221

 

 

 

59,834

 

 

 

76,273

 

 

 

109,342

 

Net balance at beginning of period

 

 

563,852

 

 

 

548,939

 

 

 

553,908

 

 

 

570,689

 

Incurred losses and loss adjustment expenses related to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current year

 

 

108,859

 

 

 

80,533

 

 

 

273,709

 

 

 

225,022

 

Prior years

 

 

(11,711

)

 

 

(6,950

)

 

 

(31,617

)

 

 

(23,043

)

Total incurred losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

97,148

 

 

 

73,583

 

 

 

242,092

 

 

 

201,979

 

Paid losses and loss adjustment expenses related to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current year

 

 

60,114

 

 

 

47,290

 

 

 

119,541

 

 

 

102,806

 

Prior years

 

 

29,612

 

 

 

20,789

 

 

 

105,185

 

 

 

115,419

 

Total paid losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

89,726

 

 

 

68,079

 

 

 

224,726

 

 

 

218,225

 

Net balance at end of period

 

 

571,274

 

 

 

554,443

 

 

 

571,274

 

 

 

554,443

 

Plus:  Ceded reinsurance receivables

 

 

98,656

 

 

 

78,844

 

 

 

98,656

 

 

 

78,844

 

Balance at end of period

 

$

669,930

 

 

$

633,287

 

 

$

669,930

 

 

$

633,287

 

 

When analyzing loss reserves and prior year development, the Company considers many factors, including the frequency and severity of claims, loss trends, case reserve settlements that may have resulted in significant development, and any other additional or pertinent factors that may impact reserve estimates.

During the third quarter of 2020, the Company reduced its prior accident year loss reserves by $11.7 million, which consisted of a $3.5 million decrease related to Commercial Specialty, a $2.0 million decrease related to Specialty Property, a $1.3 million decrease related to Farm, Ranch, & Stable, and a $4.9 million decrease related to Reinsurance Operations.   

 

The $3.5 million reduction of prior accident year loss reserves related to Commercial Specialty primarily consisted of the following:

 

General Liability:  A $2.5 million reduction in aggregate with $1.9 million of favorable development in the construction defect reserve category and $0.5 million of favorable development in the other general liability reserve categories.  The reduction in the construction defect reserve category recognizes lower than expected claims frequency and severity in the 2005 through 2009 and 2012 accident years.  For the other general liability reserve categories, lower than anticipated claims severity was the main driver of the favorable development primarily in the 1995, 2005, 2007 through 2012 and 2015 accident years, partially offset by increases in the 2016 through 2018 accident years.

 

Property:  An increase of $0.1 million in the 2019 accident year was partially offset by decreases in the 2017 and 2018 accident years.

 

Professional:  A $1.1 million decrease primarily in the 2006 through 2010 accident years reflects lower than expected claims severity.

The $2.0 million decrease of prior accident year loss reserves related to Specialty Property primarily consisted of the following:

 

General Liability:  A $0.2 million reduction primarily recognizes lower than expected claims severity in the 2017 and 2019 accident years.

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Property: A $1.8 million decrease primarily in the 2017 accident year recognizes a reduction in the catastrophe reserve categories for subrogation recoveries from the California wildfires in the 2017 accident year.

The $1.3 million reduction of prior accident year loss reserves related to Farm, Ranch, & Stable primarily consisted of the following:

 

Property: A $1.3 million decrease mainly recognizes a reduction in the catastrophe reserve category in the 2017 accident year for subrogation recoveries from the California wildfires and lower than anticipated claims severity in the 2018 accident year, partially offset by an increase in the 2019 accident year for the catastrophe reserve category.

The $4.9 million decrease in prior accident year loss reserves related to Reinsurance Operations were based on a review of the experience reported from cedants.  There was a $3.2 million decrease in the property lines primarily in the 2009 through 2012 and 2014 through 2018 accident years, partially offset by an increase in the 2019 accident year.  In addition, there was a reduction of $1.7 million in the professional lines in the 2014 and 2015 accident years.

During the third quarter of 2019, the Company reduced its prior accident year loss reserves by $7.0 million, which consisted of a $5.2 million decrease related to Commercial Specialty, $1.3 million decrease related to Specialty Property, $1.2 million decrease related to Farm, Ranch, & Stable, and a $0.7 million increase related to Reinsurance Operations.

 

The $5.2 million reduction of prior accident year loss reserves related to Commercial Specialty primarily consisted of the following:

 

General Liability:  A $4.4 million reduction in aggregate with $0.5 million of favorable development in the construction defect reserve category and $3.9 million of favorable development in the other general liability reserve categories.  The decreases in the construction defect reserve category recognize lower than expected claims severity primarily in the 2004 through 2009, 2011 and 2012 accident years, partially offset by increases in the 2010 and 2016 accident years.  For the other general liability reserve categories, lower than anticipated claims severity was the primary driver of the favorable development mainly in accident years 1999 through 2014 accident years, partially offset by increases in the 2016 and 2017 accident years.

 

Commercial Auto Liability:  A $0.6 million decrease in total, primarily in the 2012, 2013 and 2016 accident years.  The decreases recognize lower than anticipated claims severity. 

The $1.3 million reduction of prior accident year loss reserves related to Specialty Property primarily consisted of the following:

 

General Liability:  A $0.4 million decrease in aggregate primarily recognizes lower than anticipated claims severity mostly in the 2015, 2016 and 2018 accident years, partially offset by increases in the 2010, 2014 and 2017 accident years, recognizing higher than expected claims severity.

 

Property: A $0.9 million reduction recognizes an additional $0.6 million decrease in the catastrophe reserve category for anticipated subrogation recoveries from the California Camp wildfire loss in the 2018 accident year and a $0.2 million decrease in the 2017 accident year, mainly recognizing lower than expected claims severity.

 

The $1.2 million reduction of prior accident year loss reserves related to Farm, Ranch, & Stable primarily consisted of the following:

 

Property: A $1.1 million decrease primarily reflects ceded recoveries from a second accident quarter catastrophe in the 2018 accident year.  

The $0.7 million increase in prior accident year loss reserves related to Reinsurance Operations primarily consisted of the following:

 

Property:  A $0.7 million increase primarily in the 2012 and 2015 through 2017 accident years, partially offset by decreases in the 2011, 2014 and 2018 accident years.  The accident year changes were based on a review of the experience reported from cedants. 

 

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During the first nine months of 2020, the Company reduced its prior accident year loss reserves by $31.6 million, which consisted of a $17.8 million decrease related to Commercial Specialty, a $6.6 million decrease related to Specialty Property, a $2.1 million decrease related to Farm, Ranch, & Stable, and a $5.1 million decrease related to Reinsurance Operations.

 

The $17.8 million decrease in prior accident year loss reserves related to Commercial Specialty primarily consisted of the following:

 

General Liability:  A $20.5 million reduction in aggregate with $6.6 million of favorable development in the construction defect reserve category and $13.9 million of favorable development in the other general liability reserve categories.  The reduction in the construction defect reserve category primarily recognizes lower than expected claims frequency and severity in the 2005 through 2009, 2012, 2015 and 2017 accident years, slightly offset by an increase in the 2016 accident year.  For the other general liability reserve categories, lower than anticipated claims severity was the main driver of the favorable development primarily in the 2005 through 2015 accident years, partially offset by increases in the 2016 through 2019 accident years.

 

Professional:  A $1.9 million decrease mainly in the 2007 through 2010 and 2019 accident years recognizes lower than expected claims severity.

 

Commercial Auto Liability:  A $1.0 million reduction primarily in the 2010 and 2012 through 2016 accident years recognizes lower than anticipated claims severity.

 

Workers Compensation:  A $0.2 million decrease primarily in loss adjustment expense reserves in the 2012 and accident years prior to 2005.

 

Property:  An increase of $5.8 million primarily recognizes higher than expected claims severity mainly in the 2017 through 2019 accident years.  The bulk of the increase was in the 2018 accident year which reflects a higher estimated ultimate for Hurricane Michael. The increase in ultimate resulted from receiving additional information in the second quarter for a Property Brokerage claim.

The $6.6 million decrease in prior accident year loss reserves related to Specialty Property primarily consisted of the following:

 

General Liability:  A $2.0 million decrease primarily recognizes lower than expected claims severity mainly in the 2015 through 2019 accident years.

 

Property: A $4.6 million decrease reflects a $1.8 million reduction in the third quarter primarily in the 2017 accident year which recognizes a decrease in the catastrophe reserve categories for subrogation recoveries from the California wildfires.  A year-to-date reduction through June totaled $2.8 million mainly reflected lower than anticipated claims severity in the 2015 through 2018 accident years, partially offset by an increase in the 2019 accident year due to higher than expected claims severity.

The $2.1 million decrease in prior accident year loss reserves related to Farm, Ranch, & Stable primarily consisted of the following:

 

Property: A $2.0 million decrease mainly reflects lower than anticipated claims severity in the 2016 through 2018 accident years and a reduction in the catastrophe reserve category in the 2017 accident year for subrogation recoveries from the California wildfires, partially offset by an increase in the 2019 accident year.

 

General Liability:  A $0.1 million decrease primarily recognizes lower than expected claims severity mainly in the 2015 through 2016 and 2018 through 2019 accident years, mostly offset by an increase in the 2013 accident year due to higher than anticipated claims severity.

The $5.1 million decrease in prior accident year loss reserves related to Reinsurance Operations were based on a review of the experience reported from cedants.  There was a $3.4 million decrease in the property lines primarily in the 2009 through 2010 and 2012 through 2017 accident years, partially offset by an increase in the 2019 accident year.  In addition, there was a reduction of $1.7 million in the professional lines in the 2014 and 2015 accident years.

 

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During the first nine months of 2019, the Company reduced its prior accident year loss reserves by $23.0 million, which consisted of a $12.1 million decrease related to Commercial Specialty, $10.5 million decrease related to Specialty Property, $4.0 million decrease related to Farm, Ranch, & Stable, and a $3.5 million increase related to Reinsurance Operations.

The $12.1 million reduction of prior accident year loss reserves related to Commercial Specialty primarily consisted of the following:

 

General Liability:  A $9.6 million reduction in aggregate with $1.0 million of favorable development in the construction defect reserve category and $8.6 million of favorable development in the other general liability reserve categories.  The decreases in the construction defect reserve category recognize lower than expected claims frequency and severity in the 2004 through 2009, 2011 and 2012 accident years, partially offset by increases in the 2010 and 2016 accident years.  For the other general liability reserve categories, lower than anticipated claims severity was the primary driver of the favorable development mainly in accident years 1999 through 2014, 2016 and 2017, partially offset by increases in the 2015 and 2018 accident years which reflects higher than expected claims severity.

 

Commercial Auto Liability:   A $1.4 million decrease in total, primarily in the 2000 through 2002, 2010, 2012 and 2013 accident years.  The decreases recognize lower than anticipated claims severity.

 

Property:  A $0.9 million decrease in aggregate mainly recognizes lower than anticipated claims severity primarily in the 2012 through 2017 accident years, partially offset by increases in the 2010 and 2018 accident years.

 

Professional:  A $1.1 million decrease primarily in the 2009 and 2010 accident years reflects lower than expected claims severity.

 

Reinsurance:  A $1.0 million increase was recognized based on a review of expected ceded recoverables by reinsurer.  The increase was primarily in the general liability reserve categories and older accident years.

The $10.5 million reduction of prior accident year loss reserves related to Specialty Property primarily consisted of the following:

 

Property: A $10.1 million reduction recognizes an $8.9 million decrease in the catastrophe reserve category for subrogation recoveries from the California Camp wildfire loss in the 2018 accident year.  The remaining $1.2 million decrease was primarily in the 2016 and 2017 accident years, mainly recognizing lower than expected claims severity.

 

General Liability:  A $0.4 million decrease in aggregate primarily recognizes lower than anticipated claims severity mostly in the 2015 and 2016 accident years, partially offset by increases in the 2010 and 2017 accident years, recognizing higher than expected claims severity.

The $4.0 million reduction of prior accident year loss reserves related to Farm, Ranch, & Stable primarily consisted of the following:

 

Liability:  A $1.7 million decrease in total, mainly recognizes lower than expected claims severity in the 2016 and 2017 accident years, partially offset by increases in the 2013 through 2015 accident years.

 

Property: A $2.2 million reduction in aggregate recognizes a $2.0 million decrease in the 2018 accident year which is comprised of a $1.1 million decrease reflecting ceded recoveries from a second accident quarter catastrophe and a $0.9 million decrease reflecting lower than expected claims frequency and severity.  Decreases in the 2015 through 2017 accident years primarily reflects lower than expected claims severity, partially offset by an increase in the 2013 accident year.

The $3.5 million increase in prior accident year loss reserves related to Reinsurance Operations primarily consisted of the following:

 

Property:  A $3.8 million increase in aggregate reflects an increase of $7.6 million in the 2018 accident year for Typhoon Jebi and decreases totaling $4.1 million in the 2010 through 2017 accident years.

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Professional:  A $0.3 million decrease primarily in the 2008 and 2010 accident years, partially offset by an increase in the 2007 accident year based on a review of the experience reported from the cedants.

 

9.

Debt

 

The Company’s outstanding debt consisted of the following at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

September 30, 2020

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

Margin Borrowing Facility

 

$

 

 

$

73,629

 

7.75% Subordinated Notes due 2045

 

 

 

 

 

96,864

 

7.875% Subordinated Notes due 2047

 

 

126,253

 

 

 

126,147

 

Total

 

$

126,253

 

 

$

296,640

 

 

Margin Borrowing Facility

 

The Company has available a margin borrowing facility.  The borrowing rate for this facility is tied to the Fed Funds Effective rate and was approximately 0.8% and 1.9% at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.  This facility is due on demand.  The borrowings are subject to maintenance margin, which is a minimum account balance that must be maintained.  A decline in market conditions could require an additional deposit of collateral. As of December 31, 2019, approximately $88.2 million in securities were deposited as collateral to support borrowings.  The Company did not have any securities that were deposited as collateral at September 30, 2020.  The amount borrowed against the margin account may fluctuate as routine investment transactions, such as dividends received, investment income received, maturities and pay-downs, impact cash balances.  The margin facility contains customary events of default, including, without limitation, insolvency, failure to make required payments, failure to comply with any representations or warranties, failure to adequately assure future performance, and failure of a guarantor to perform under its guarantee.  The amount outstanding on the Company’s margin borrowing facility was $73.6 million as of December 31, 2019.  The Company did not have any amounts outstanding on the margin borrowing facility as of September 30, 2020.  

 

The Company recorded interest expense related to the Margin Borrowing Facility of approximately $0.1 million and $0.5 million for the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $0.5 million and $1.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

 

7.75% Subordinated Notes due 2045

 

The Company redeemed the entire $100 million in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 7.75% Subordinated Notes due 2045 (“2045 Notes”) plus accrued and unpaid interest on the 2045 Notes redeemed to, but not including, the Redemption Date of August 15, 2020. In connection with the redemption, the Company wrote off deferred issuance costs of $3.1 million which is recognized as a loss on extinguishment of debt in its consolidated statements of operations for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020.  

 

Interest expense, including amortization of deferred issuance costs through the date of redemption, recognized on the 2045 Notes was $1.0 million and $2.0 million for the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $4.9 million and $5.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

7.875% Subordinated Notes due 2047

 

On March 23, 2017, Global Indemnity Limited issued Subordinated Notes due in 2047 in the aggregate principal amount of $120.0 million through an underwritten public offering (the “2047 Notes”).  Pursuant to the underwriting agreement, Global Indemnity Limited granted the underwriters a 30 day option to purchase up to an additional $18 million aggregate principal amount of the 2047 Notes solely to cover over-allotments, if any.  On March 30, 2017, the underwriters exercised their over-allotment option in the amount of $10 million principal amount of the 2047 Notes.  As a result, the aggregate principal amount of the 2047 Notes increased to $130.0 million.  The sale of the 2047 Notes pursuant to the over-allotment option closed on March 30, 2017.

 

The 2047 Notes bear interest at an annual rate equal to 7.875%, payable quarterly in arrears on January 15, April 15, July 15, and October 15 of each year, commencing July 15, 2017. The 2047 Notes mature on April 15, 2047. The Company has the

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right to redeem the 2047 Notes in $25 increments, in whole or in part, on and after April 15, 2022, or on any interest payment date thereafter, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the 2047 Notes being redeemed plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but not including, the date of redemption. If the Company redeems only a portion of the 2047 Notes on any date of redemption, the Company may subsequently redeem additional 2047 Notes.

The 2047 Notes are subordinated unsecured obligations and rank (i) senior to the Company’s existing and future capital stock, (ii) senior in right of payment to future junior subordinated debt, (iii) equally in right of payment with any existing unsecured, subordinated debt that the Company has issued or may issue in the future that ranks equally with the 2047 Notes, and (iv) subordinate in right of payment to any of the Company’s future senior debt.  In addition, the 2047 Notes are structurally subordinated to all existing and future indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations of the Company’s subsidiaries including the Company’s margin borrowing facility.

The 2047 Notes do not require the maintenance of any financial ratios or specified levels of net worth or liquidity, and do not contain provisions that would afford holders of the 2047 Notes protection in the event of a sudden and dramatic decline in the Company’s credit quality resulting from any highly leveraged transaction, reorganization, restructuring, merger or similar transaction involving the Company that may adversely affect holders. The 2047 Notes do not restrict the Company in any way, now or in the future, from incurring additional indebtedness, including senior indebtedness that would rank senior in right of payment to the 2047 Notes. There is no right of acceleration of maturity of the 2047 Notes in the case of default in the payment of principal, premium, if any, or interest on the 2047 Notes or in the performance of any other obligation of the Company under the notes or if the Company defaults on any other debt securities. Holders may accelerate payment of indebtedness on the 2047 Notes only upon the Company’s bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization.

The Company incurred $4.2 million in deferred issuance costs associated with the 2047 Notes, which is being amortized over the term of the 2047 Notes. Interest expense, including amortization of deferred issuance costs, recognized on the 2047 Notes was $2.6 million for each of the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 and $7.8 million for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.

The following table represents the amounts recorded for the subordinated notes as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019:

 

 

 

September 30, 2020

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Outstanding

Principal

 

 

Unamortized

Debt Issuance

Costs

 

 

Net Carrying

Amount

 

7.875% Subordinated Notes due 2047

 

$

130,000

 

 

$

(3,747

)

 

$

126,253

 

 

 

$

130,000

 

 

$

(3,747

)

 

$

126,253

 

 

 

 

December 31, 2019

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Outstanding

Principal

 

 

Unamortized

Debt Issuance

Costs

 

 

Net Carrying

Amount

 

7.75% Subordinated Notes due 2045

 

$

100,000

 

 

$

(3,136

)

 

$

96,864

 

7.875% Subordinated Notes due 2047

 

 

130,000

 

 

 

(3,853

)

 

 

126,147

 

 

 

$

230,000

 

 

$

(6,989

)

 

$

223,011

 

Supplemental Indentures

 

On August 28, 2020, in connection with the merger of Global Indemnity Limited with and into New Cayco, each of Global Indemnity Limited, as successor to Global Indemnity plc, an Irish public limited company, GBLI Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited  liability company, as co-obligor (the "Co-Obligor"), New CayCo, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the "Original Trustee"), and U.S. Bank National Association, as series trustee of the 7.875% Subordinated Notes due 2047 (the "Series Trustee" and, together with the Original Trustee, the "Trustees") entered into a Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 28, 2020 (the "Fourth Supplemental Indenture"), to the base indenture, dated as of August 12, 2015 (as supplemented, the "Indenture").

 

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Pursuant to the Fourth Supplemental Indenture, New CayCo expressly assumed the obligations of Global Indemnity Limited under the Indenture, including the obligations of Global Indemnity Limited under the outstanding 2047 Notes issued pursuant to such Indenture.

 

On August 28, 2020, in connection with the merger of New Cayco with and into Global Indemnity Group, LLC, each of New CayCo, the Co-Obligor, Global Indemnity Group, LLC and the Trustees entered into a Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 28, 2020 (the "Fifth Supplemental Indenture"), to the Indenture.

 

Pursuant to the Fifth Supplemental Indenture, Global Indemnity Group, LLC expressly assumed the obligations of New CayCo under the Indenture, including the obligations of New CayCo under the outstanding 2047 Notes issued pursuant to such Indenture.

 

Co-obligor Transaction

 

On April 25, 2018, GBLI Holdings, LLC, an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of the Company, became a subordinated co-obligor with respect to the 2045 Notes, which were fully redeemed in August 2020, and the 2047 Notes with the same obligations and duties as the Company under the Indenture (including the due and punctual performance and observance of all of the covenants and conditions to be performed by the Company, including, without limitation, the obligation to pay the principal of, and interest on, the 2047 Notes when due whether at maturity, by acceleration, redemption or otherwise), and with the same rights, benefits and privileges of the Company thereunder.  Notwithstanding the foregoing, GBLI Holdings, LLC's obligations (including the obligation to pay the principal of and interest in respect of the 2047 Notes) are subject to subordination to all monetary obligations or liabilities of GBLI Holdings, LLC owing to any regulated reinsurance or insurance company that is a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Company, in addition to indebtedness of GBLI Holdings, LLC for borrowed money.  If the Company pays any amount with respect to the subordinated note obligations, the Company is entitled to be reimbursed by GBLI Holdings, LLC within 10 business days after a demand is made to GBLI Holding, LLC by the Company.  In consideration for becoming a subordinated co-obligor on the subordinated notes, GBLI Holdings, LLC received a promissory note from Global Indemnity Limited with a principal amount of $230 million due April 15, 2047 that has since been assigned to an affiliate. This promissory note was settled in August 2020.

 

10.Shareholders’ Equity

 

On August 28, 2020, Global Indemnity Limited completed the previously disclosed scheme of arrangement and amalgamation that effected certain transactions (the "Redomestication") that resulted in the shareholders of Global Indemnity Limited becoming the holders of all of the issued and outstanding common shares of the Company.  Please see Note 2 for details on the redomestication.

   

The treasury shares of Global Indemnity Limited were not subject to the scheme of arrangement. The carrying value of the Global Indemnity Limited treasury shares, $4.1 million, were offset against the Additional Paid-in Capital account of Global Indemnity Limited, according to the Company’s policy regarding the treatment of treasury shares.  Please see Note 2 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements in Item 8 Part II of the Company’s 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K for more information on the Company’s policy regarding the treatment of treasury shares.

Issuance of Preferred Shares

 

On August 27, 2020, the Company issued and sold to Wyncote LLC (“Wyncote”), an affiliate of Fox Paine & Company, LLC, 4,000 Series A Preferred Interests at a price of $1,000 per Series A Preferred Interest, for the aggregate purchase price of $4,000,000. The issuance of Series A Preferred Interests to Wyncote was made pursuant to the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(a)(2) of the Securities Act. The Series A Preferred Interests are not convertible into or exchangeable for any other securities or property of the Company. The shares are redeemable at the discretion of the Company after five years or at the discretion of the holders upon the occurrence of a change in control of the Company.  While the preferred shares are non-voting, the preferred shareholders are entitled to appoint two additional members to the Company’s Board of Directors whenever the “Unpaid Targeted Priority Return” (as defined in the applicable Share Designation) with respect to the preferred shares exceed zero immediately following six or more “Distribution Dates” (as defined in the applicable Share Designation), whether or not such Distribution Dates occur consecutively.  

 

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Following the Effective Time, all of the issued and outstanding Series A Preferred Interests sold to Wyncote remain outstanding as "Series A Cumulative Fixed Rate Preferred Shares", unaffected by the Scheme of Arrangement and subject to the terms of the Second Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company (the “LLC Agreement”) and that certain Share Designation, effective as of the Effective Time, that sets forth the designation, rights, preferences, powers, duties, restrictions, limitations and obligations of the Series A Cumulative Fixed Rate Preferred Shares from and after the Effective Time.

 

The following table provides information with respect to the class A common shares that were surrendered or repurchased during the quarter ended September 30, 2020:

 

Period (1)

 

Total Number

of Shares

Purchased

 

 

Average

Price Paid

Per Share

 

 

Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plan or Program

 

 

Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs

 

August 1-31, 2020

 

 

396

 

(2)

$

24.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

396

 

 

$

24.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

Based on settlement date.

(2)       Surrendered by employees as payment of taxes withheld on the vesting of restricted stock.

 

There were no class A commons shares that were surrendered or repurchased during the quarter ended September 30, 2019.

 

The following table provides information with respect to the class A common shares that were surrendered or repurchased during the nine months ended September 30, 2020:

 

Period (1)

 

Total Number

of Shares

Purchased

 

 

Average

Price Paid

Per Share

 

 

Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plan or Program

 

 

Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs

 

January 1-31, 2020

 

 

3,124

 

(2)

$

29.63

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

February 1-29, 2020

 

 

1,600

 

(2)

$

31.13

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

August 1-31, 2020

 

 

396

 

 

$

24.95

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

5,120

 

 

$

29.74

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

Based on settlement date.

(2)       Surrendered by employees as payment of taxes withheld on the vesting of restricted stock.

 

The following table provides information with respect to the class A common shares that were surrendered or repurchased during the nine months ended September 30, 2019:

 

Period (1)

 

Total Number

of Shares

Purchased

 

 

Average

Price Paid

Per Share

 

 

Total Number of Shares Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced Plan or Program

 

Approximate Dollar Value of Shares that May Yet Be Purchased Under the Plans or Programs

January 1-31, 2019

 

 

7,945

 

(2)

$

36.23

 

 

 

February 1-28, 2019

 

 

19,083

 

(2)

$

34.59

 

 

 

Total

 

 

27,028

 

 

$

35.07

 

 

 

 

 

(1)

Based on settlement date.

(2)

Surrendered by employees as payment of taxes withheld on the vesting of restricted stock.

 

There were no class B common shares that were surrendered or repurchased during the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2020 or 2019.

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As of September 30, 2020, the Company’s class A common shares were held by approximately 190 shareholders of record. There were four holders of record of the Company’s class B common shares, all of whom are affiliated investment funds of Fox Paine & Company, LLC, as of September 30, 2020.  The Company’s preferred shares were held by 1 holder of record, an affiliate of Fox Paine & Company, LLC, as of September 30, 2020.

 

Please see Note 12 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements in Item 8 Part II of the Company’s 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K for more information on the Company’s repurchase program.

 

Dividends / Distributions

 

Dividend & distribution payments of $0.25 per common share were declared during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as follows:

 

Approval Date

 

Record Date

 

Payment Date

 

Total Dividends / Distributions Declared

(Dollars in thousands)

 

February 9, 2020  (1)

 

March 24, 2020

 

March 31, 2020

 

$

3,539

 

June 7, 2020  (1)

 

June 23, 2020

 

June 30, 2020

 

 

3,545

 

September 13, 2020  (2)

 

September 25, 2020

 

September 30, 2020

 

 

3,552

 

Various  (3)

 

Various

 

Various

 

 

337

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

$

10,973

 

 

 

(1)

Represents dividend payments

 

(2)

Represents distribution / return of capital payments

 

(3)

Represents dividends / distributions declared on unvested shares, net of forfeitures.

 

Dividend payments of $0.25 per common share were declared during the nine months ended September 30, 2019 as follows:

 

Approval Date

 

Record Date

 

Payment Date

 

Total Dividends Declared

(Dollars in thousands)

 

February 10, 2019

 

March 22, 2019

 

March 29, 2019

 

$

3,521

 

June 2, 2019

 

June 21, 2019

 

June 28, 2019

 

 

3,525

 

September 15, 2019

 

September 26, 2019

 

October 2, 2019

 

 

3,528

 

Various  (1)

 

Various

 

Various

 

 

191

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

$

10,765

 

 

(1)

Represents dividends declared on unvested shares, net of forfeitures.

As of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, accrued distributions on unvested shares, which were included in other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets, were $0.6 million and $0.3 million, respectively.  Accrued preferred distributions were less than $0.1 million as of September 30, 2020 and were included in other liabilities on the consolidated balance sheets.

Please see Note 12 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements in Item 8 Part II of the Company’s 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K for more information on the Company’s dividend program.

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11.

Related Party Transactions

Fox Paine Entities

 

As of September 30, 2020, Fox Paine Capital Fund II International, L.P. and certain of its affiliates (collectively, the “Fox Paine Funds”), which are managed by Fox Paine & Company, LLC, beneficially own approximately 77.5% of the Company’s total voting power.  As of September 30, 2020, Fox Mercury Investments, L.P. and certain of its affiliates (collectively, the “FM Entities”) separately beneficially own approximately 4.8% of the Company’s total voting power.  The Fox Paine Funds have the right to appoint a number of the Company’s Directors equal in aggregate to the pro rata percentage of the voting power in the Company beneficially held by the Fox Paine Funds, FM Entities and Fox Paine & Company, LLC (collectively, “Fox Paine Entities”) so long as the Fox Paine Entities beneficially own a majority of the outstanding class B common shares of the Company and shares representing an aggregate 25% or more of the total voting power in the Company.  The Fox Paine Funds control the election of all of the Company’s Directors due to their controlling share ownership. The Company’s Chairman is the chief executive and founder of Fox Paine & Company, LLC.

 

On August 27, 2020, the Company issued and sold to Wyncote LLC, an affiliate of Fox Paine & Company, LLC, 4,000 Series A Cumulative Fixed Rate Preferred Interests at a price of $1,000 per Series A Preferred Interest, for the aggregate purchase price of $4,000,000. While the preferred shares are non-voting, the preferred shareholders are entitled to appoint two additional members to the Company’s Board of Directors whenever the “Unpaid Targeted Priority Return” with respect to the preferred shares exceed zero immediately following six or more “Distribution Dates”, whether or not such Distribution Dates occur consecutively.  See Note 10 for additional information on the Series A Cumulative Fixed Rate Preferred Interests.

 

The Company relies on Fox Paine & Company, LLC to provide management services and other services related to the operations of the Company.  Starting in 2014, the management fee is adjusted annually to reflect the percentage change in the CPI-U.  On May 6, 2020, Global Indemnity Limited and Fox Paine & Company, LLC entered into the Second Amended and Restated Management Agreement, effective as of September 5, 2019 (the “Management Agreement”), to: (i) eliminate the Company’s obligation to reimburse Fox Paine & Company, LLC for its travel, lodging, meals, and other items relating to attendance at regularly scheduled meetings of the Board of Directors, which have averaged approximately $550,000 per year (since execution of the Management Agreement in 2013), and (ii) increase Fox Paine & Company, LLC’s base Annual Service Fee by $550,000 per year.  On August 28, 2020, in connection with the Redomestication, the Company and Fox Paine & Company, LLC entered into the Third Amended and Restated Management Agreement effective as of August 28, 2020 (the “Management Agreement”). The Management Agreement amends and restates the Second Amended and Restated Management Agreement, dated as of May 6, 2020, between Fox Paine & Company, LLC and Global Indemnity Limited, to reflect the assumption by Global Indemnity Group, LLC of the obligations under the Management Agreement and to make related conforming changes and immaterial modifications to the Management Agreement.

 

Management fee expense of $0.6 million and $0.5 million was incurred during the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and management fee expense of $2.0 million and $1.5 million was incurred during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.  Prepaid management fees, which were included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheets, were $2.5 million and $1.4 million as of September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively.     

 

In addition, Fox Paine & Company, LLC may also propose and negotiate transaction fees with the Company subject to the provisions of the Company’s related party transaction policies, including approval of the Company’s Conflicts Committee of the Board of Directors or Global Indemnity Limited’s Audit Committee of the Board of Directors, for those services from time to time.  Each of the Company’s transactions with Fox Paine & Company, LLC described below was reviewed and approved by the Company’s Conflicts Committee or Audit Committee, which is composed of independent directors, and the Board of Directors (other than Saul A. Fox, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Company and Chief Executive of Fox Paine & Company, LLC, who is not a member of the Conflicts Committee and was not a member of Global Indemnity Limited’s Audit Committee and recused himself from the Board of Directors’ deliberations).

 

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Illiquid Investment Fund Divestiture Fee

 

On December 21, 2018, GBLI Holdings, LLC exited an investment in a private credit fund pursuant to a sale of GBLI Holdings, LLC’s investment to third parties at par plus accrued interest. Fox Paine & Company, LLC provided services to GBLI Holdings, LLC in connection with the sale, including conducting due diligence to evaluate the private fund, recommending that GBLI Holdings, LLC withdraw from the private fund, and conducting extended negotiations with the private fund to secure GBLI Holdings, LLC’s withdrawal from the private fund on favorable terms. Fox Paine & Company, LLC’s services for GBLI Holdings, LLC in connection with the sale were performed during the second, third, and fourth quarters of 2018. The total fee for these services was $2.0 million which was accrued in the 4th quarter of 2018, which is the period in which the transaction was completed, and was paid in May 2019.

 

Redomestication Fee

 

Pursuant to the Management Agreement, Fox Paine & Company, LLC performed extensive financial advisory services for the Company in connection with the conceptualization, design, structuring and implementation of the redomestication plan. In accordance with the Management Agreement, Fox Paine & Company, LLC may propose and negotiate advisory fees for such services with the Company, subject to the provisions of the Company’s related party transaction policies. The Company agreed to pay an advisory fee to Fox Paine & Company, LLC for such services in an amount of $10.0 million, which was accrued at September 30, 2020, and will be paid in a subsequent period.  The $10.0 million fee was approved by the Conflicts Committee.      

 

12.Commitments and Contingencies

 

Legal Proceedings

 

The Company is, from time to time, involved in various legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business.  The Company maintains insurance and reinsurance coverage for such risks in amounts that it considers adequate.  However, there can be no assurance that the insurance and reinsurance coverage that the Company maintains is sufficient or will be available in adequate amounts or at a reasonable cost.  The Company does not believe that the resolution of any currently pending legal proceedings, either individually or taken as a whole, will have a material adverse effect on its business, results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition.  

 

There is a greater potential for disputes with reinsurers who are in runoff.  Some of the Company’s reinsurers’ have operations that are in runoff, and therefore, the Company closely monitors those relationships.  The Company anticipates that, similar to the rest of the insurance and reinsurance industry, it will continue to be subject to litigation and arbitration proceedings in the ordinary course of business.

 

Commitments

 

In 2014, the Company entered into a $50 million commitment to purchase an alternative investment vehicle which is comprised of European non-performing loans.  As of September 30, 2020, the Company has funded $35.8 million of this commitment leaving $14.2 million as unfunded.

 

In 2017, the Company entered into a $50 million commitment to purchase an alternative investment vehicle comprised of stressed and distressed securities and structured products.  As of September 30, 2020, the Company has funded $33.0 million of this commitment leaving $17.0 million as unfunded. 

 

In 2019, the Company entered into a $10 million commitment to purchase an alternative investment vehicle which is comprised of mortgage loans and other real-estate related investments.  As of September 30, 2020, the Company has fully funded this commitment.  

 

Other Commitments

 

The Company is party to a Management Agreement, as amended, with Fox Paine & Company, LLC, whereby in connection with certain management services provided to it by Fox Paine & Company, LLC, the Company agreed to pay an annual

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management fee to Fox Paine & Company, LLC.  See Note 11 above for additional information pertaining to this management agreement.

 

COVID-19

 

There is risk that legislation could be passed which would require the Company to cover business interruption claims regardless of terms, exclusions including the virus exclusions contained within the Company’s Commercial Specialty and Farm, Ranch & Stable policies, or other conditions included in policies that would otherwise preclude coverage.

13.

Share-Based Compensation Plans

 

In connection with the Redomestication, the 2018 Share Incentive Plan was amended and restated to reflect Global Indemnity Group, LLC’s assumption of the sponsorship of the plan and other changes deemed necessary and appropriate to reflect the completion of the Redomestication.  

Options

No stock options were awarded during the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.  No unvested stock options were forfeited during the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2020 or 2019.

Restricted Shares / Restricted Stock Units

There were no restricted class A common shares granted to key employees during the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 or the nine months ended September 30, 2020.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company granted 36,180 restricted class A common shares, with a weighted average grant date value of $35.82 per share, to key employees under the Plan. 9,063 of these shares vested immediately.  27,117 of these shares will vest as follows:

 

16.5% vested on January 1, 2020, 16.5% and 17.0% of the restricted stock will vest on January 1, 2021 and January 1, 2022, respectively.

 

 

Subject to Board approval, 50% of restricted stock will vest 100%, no later than March 15, 2022, following a re-measurement of 2018 results as of December 31, 2021.

There were no restricted stock units granted to key employees during the quarter ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.

During the nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company granted 161,238 restricted stock units, with a weighted average grant date value of $30.32 per share, to key employees under the Plan.  3,375 of these restricted stock units will vest evenly over the next three years on January 1, 2021, January 1, 2022 and January 1, 2023.

66,957 of these restricted stock units will vest as follows:

 

10.0%, 20.0%, 30.0% and 40.0% of the restricted stock units will vest on June 18, 2021, June 18, 2022, June 18, 2023 and June 18, 2024, respectively.

The remaining 90,906 restricted stock units will vest as follows:

 

16.5%, 16.5%, and 17.0% of the restricted stock units will vest on January 1, 2021, January 1, 2022, and January 1, 2023, respectively.

 

Subject to Board approval, 50% of restricted stock units will vest 100%, no later than March 15, 2023, following a re-measurement of 2019 results as of December 31, 2022.

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During the nine months ended September 30, 2019, the Company granted 175,498 restricted stock units, with a weighted average grant date value of $30.18 per unit, to key employees under the Plan. These restricted stock units will vest as follows:

 

10.0%, 20.0%, 30.0% and 40.0% of the restricted stock units will vest on June 18, 2021, June 18, 2022, June 18, 2023 and June 18, 2024, respectively.

During the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company granted 29,893 and 19,275 class A common shares, respectively, at a weighted average grant date value of $22.58 and $24.97 per share, respectively, to non-employee directors of the Company under the Plan. During the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, the Company granted 81,502 and 50,661 class A common shares, respectively, at a weighted average grant date value of $24.85 and $28.50 per share, respectively, to non-employee directors of the Company under the Plan. All of these shares granted to non-employee directors of the Company in 2020 and 2019 were fully vested but are subject to certain restrictions.  During the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020, the Company also granted 41,667 restricted stock units to a non-employee director that vest ratably over three years on January 1, 2022, January 1, 2023, and January 1, 2024.

14.Earnings Per Share

Earnings per share have been computed using the weighted average number of common shares and common share equivalents outstanding during the period.  

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted earnings per share:

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands, except share and per share data)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Numerator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(15,170

)

 

$

6,721

 

 

$

(22,197

)

 

$

40,984

 

Less: preferred stock distributions

 

 

42

 

 

 

 

 

 

42

 

 

 

 

Net income (loss) available to common shareholders

 

$

(15,212

)

 

$

6,721

 

 

$

(22,239

)

 

$

40,984

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Denominator:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares for basic earnings per share

 

 

14,304,426

 

 

 

14,202,859

 

 

 

14,276,594

 

 

 

14,181,530

 

Non-vested restricted stock

 

 

 

 

 

23,059

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,201

 

Non-vested restricted stock units

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,954

 

Options

 

 

 

 

 

101,839

 

 

 

 

 

 

125,176

 

Weighted average shares for diluted earnings per share (1)

 

 

14,304,426

 

 

 

14,327,757

 

 

 

14,276,594

 

 

 

14,328,861

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Earnings per share - Basic

 

$

(1.06

)

 

$

0.47

 

 

$

(1.56

)

 

$

2.89

 

Earnings per share - Diluted

 

$

(1.06

)

 

$

0.47

 

 

$

(1.56

)

 

$

2.86

 

 

(1)

For the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020, weighted average shares outstanding – basic was used to calculate diluted earnings per share due to a net loss for these periods.

 

If the Company had not incurred a loss in the quarter ended September 30, 2020, 14,444,326 weighted average shares would have been used to compute the diluted loss per share calculation.  In addition to the basic shares, weighted average shares for the diluted calculation would have included 18,218 shares of non-vested restricted stock, 48,846 shares of non-vested restricted stock units, and 72,836 share equivalents for options.

 

If the Company had not incurred a loss in the nine months ended September 30, 2020, 14,421,393 weighted average shares would have been used to compute the diluted loss per share calculation.  In addition to the basic shares, weighted average shares for the diluted calculation would have included 15,366 shares of non-vested restricted stock, 36,796 shares of non-vested restricted stock units, and 92,637 share equivalents for options.

 

The weighted average shares outstanding used to determine dilutive earnings per share does not include 572,957 shares for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 500,000 shares for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2019 which were deemed to be anti-dilutive.

 

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15.

Segment Information

 

The Company manages its business through four business segments.  Commercial Specialty offers specialty property and casualty products designed for product lines such as Small Business Binding Authority, Property Brokerage, and Programs. Specialty Property offers specialty personal lines property and casualty insurance products.  Farm, Ranch, & Stable offers specialized property and casualty coverage including Commercial Farm Auto and Excess/Umbrella Coverage for the agriculture industry as well as specialized insurance products for the equine mortality and equine major medical industry.  Reinsurance Operations provides reinsurance solutions through brokers and primary writers including insurance and reinsurance companies.

 

The following are tabulations of business segment information for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:

 

Quarter Ended September 30, 2020

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Commercial

Specialty

 

(1)

Specialty Property

 

(1)

Farm, Ranch, & Stable

 

(1)

Reinsurance

Operations

 

(2)

Total

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross written premiums

 

$

74,971

 

 

$

34,730

 

 

$

19,443

 

 

$

14,605

 

 

$

143,749

 

Net written premiums

 

$

69,074

 

 

$

29,971

 

 

$

16,961

 

 

$

14,605

 

 

$

130,611

 

Net earned premiums

 

$

73,887

 

 

$

31,388

 

 

$

19,978

 

 

$

15,049

 

 

$

140,302

 

Other income

 

 

 

 

 

450

 

 

 

35

 

 

 

112

 

 

 

597

 

Total revenues

 

 

73,887

 

 

 

31,838

 

 

 

20,013

 

 

 

15,161

 

 

 

140,899

 

Losses and Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

42,879

 

 

 

34,430

 

 

 

14,649

 

 

 

5,190

 

 

 

97,148

 

Acquisition costs and other underwriting expenses

 

 

26,943

 

 

 

13,364

 

 

 

7,443

 

 

 

5,518

 

 

 

53,268

 

Income (loss) from segments

 

$

4,065

 

 

$

(15,956

)

 

$

(2,079

)

 

$

4,453

 

 

$

(9,517

)

Unallocated Items:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,746

 

Net realized investment gains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,323

 

Other loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(55

)

Corporate and other operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(21,196

)

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,620

)

Loss on extinguishment of debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,060

)

Loss before income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(18,379

)

Income tax benefit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,209

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(15,170

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Segment assets

 

$

752,002

 

 

$

207,831

 

 

$

137,697

 

 

$

269,771

 

 

$

1,367,301

 

Corporate assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

572,456

 

Total assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,939,757

 

 

(1)

Includes business ceded to the Company’s Reinsurance Operations.  This quota share agreement was cancelled effective January 1, 2018.

(2)

External business only, excluding business assumed from affiliates.

 

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Quarter Ended September 30, 2019

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Commercial

Specialty

 

(1)

Specialty Property

 

(1)

Farm, Ranch, & Stable

 

(1)

Reinsurance

Operations

 

(2)

Total

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross written premiums

 

$

73,175

 

 

$

42,611

 

 

$

21,410

 

 

$

19,981

 

 

$

157,177

 

Net written premiums

 

$

62,925

 

 

$

37,628

 

 

$

18,294

 

 

$

19,989

 

 

$

138,836

 

Net earned premiums

 

$

60,869

 

 

$

34,554

 

 

$

18,377

 

 

$

19,512

 

 

$

133,312

 

Other income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

465

 

 

 

34

 

 

 

(235

)

 

 

264

 

Total revenues

 

 

60,869

 

 

 

35,019

 

 

 

18,411

 

 

 

19,277

 

 

 

133,576

 

Losses and Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

27,389

 

 

 

25,997

 

 

 

10,939

 

 

 

9,258

 

 

 

73,583

 

Acquisition costs and other underwriting expenses

 

 

24,820

 

 

 

14,571

 

 

 

7,776

 

 

 

6,199

 

 

 

53,366

 

Income (loss) from segments

 

$

8,660

 

 

$

(5,549

)

 

$

(304

)

 

$

3,820

 

 

$

6,627

 

Unallocated Items:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,348

 

Net realized investment loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,690

)

Corporate and other operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,858

)

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,023

)

Income before income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,404

 

Income tax benefit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

317

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,721

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Segment assets

 

$

705,260

 

 

$

246,080

 

 

$

136,420

 

 

$

346,137

 

 

$

1,433,897

 

Corporate assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

650,259

 

Total assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,084,156

 

 

(1)

Includes business ceded to the Company’s Reinsurance Operations.  This quota share agreement was cancelled effective January 1, 2018.

(2)

External business only, excluding business assumed from affiliates.

 

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GLOBAL INDEMNITY GROUP, LLC

Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Commercial

Specialty

 

(1)

Specialty Property

 

(1)

Farm, Ranch, & Stable

 

(1)

Reinsurance

Operations

 

(2)

Total

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross written premiums

 

$

243,099

 

 

$

107,951

 

 

$

64,798

 

 

$

48,174

 

 

$

464,022

 

Net written premiums

 

$

219,437

 

 

$

93,053

 

 

$

56,323

 

 

$

48,174

 

 

$

416,987

 

Net earned premiums

 

$

211,329

 

 

$

99,147

 

 

$

57,691

 

 

$

58,450

 

 

$

426,617

 

Other income

 

 

 

 

 

1,306

 

 

 

107

 

 

 

96

 

 

 

1,509

 

Total revenues

 

 

211,329

 

 

 

100,453

 

 

 

57,798

 

 

 

58,546

 

 

 

428,126

 

Losses and Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

109,191

 

 

 

65,619

 

 

 

37,698

 

 

 

29,584

 

 

 

242,092

 

Acquisition costs and other underwriting expenses

 

 

79,452

 

 

 

41,357

 

 

 

22,687

 

 

 

19,762

 

 

 

163,258

 

Income (loss) from segments

 

$

22,686

 

 

$

(6,523

)

 

$

(2,587

)

 

$

9,200

 

 

$

22,776

 

Unallocated Items:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

19,516

 

Net realized investment loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(22,332

)

Other loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(36

)

Corporate and other operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(34,037

)

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(13,197

)

Loss on extinguishment of debt

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,060

)

Loss before income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(30,370

)

Income tax benefit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,173

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(22,197

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Segment assets

 

$

752,002

 

 

$

207,831

 

 

$

137,697

 

 

$

269,771

 

 

$

1,367,301

 

Corporate assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

572,456

 

Total assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

1,939,757

 

 

(1)

Includes business ceded to the Company’s Reinsurance Operations.  This quota share agreement was cancelled effective January 1, 2018.

(2)

External business only, excluding business assumed from affiliates.

 

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Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Commercial

Specialty

 

(1)

Specialty Property

 

(1)

Farm, Ranch, & Stable

 

(1)

Reinsurance

Operations

 

(2)

Total

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross written premiums

 

$

214,467

 

 

$

128,771

 

 

$

65,872

 

 

$

69,589

 

 

$

478,699

 

Net written premiums

 

$

185,202

 

 

$

110,668

 

 

$

55,861

 

 

$

69,590

 

 

$

421,321

 

Net earned premiums

 

$

173,215

 

 

$

104,740

 

 

$

52,849

 

 

$

52,798

 

 

$

383,602

 

Other income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

1,406

 

 

 

96

 

 

 

(228

)

 

 

1,274

 

Total revenues

 

 

173,215

 

 

 

106,146

 

 

 

52,945

 

 

 

52,570

 

 

 

384,876

 

Losses and Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

81,731

 

 

 

57,611

 

 

 

32,203

 

 

 

30,434

 

 

 

201,979

 

Acquisition costs and other underwriting expenses

 

 

70,522

 

 

 

44,163

 

 

 

22,403

 

 

 

16,555

 

 

 

153,643

 

Income (loss) from segments

 

$

20,962

 

 

$

4,372

 

 

$

(1,661

)

 

$

5,581

 

 

$

29,254

 

Unallocated Items:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

32,393

 

Net realized investment gain

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,290

 

Corporate and other operating expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(11,702

)

Interest expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(15,088

)

Income before income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

46,147

 

Income tax expense

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,163

)

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

40,984

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Segment assets

 

$

705,260

 

 

$

246,080

 

 

$

136,420

 

 

$

346,137

 

 

$

1,433,897

 

Corporate assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

650,259

 

Total assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

$

2,084,156

 

 

(1)

Includes business ceded to the Company’s Reinsurance Operations.  This quota share agreement was cancelled effective January 1, 2018.

(2)

External business only, excluding business assumed from affiliates.

16.Condensed Consolidating Financial Information Provided in Connection with Outstanding Debt of Subsidiaries

The following tables present condensed consolidating balance sheets at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, condensed consolidating statements of operations and condensed consolidating statements of comprehensive income for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 and condensed consolidating statements of cash flows for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.  GBLI Holdings, LLC is a 100% owned subsidiary of the Company.  See Note 9 for information on the Company’s debt obligations.

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Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets

at September 30, 2020 (Dollars in thousands)

 

Global Indemnity Group, LLC (Parent co-

obligor)

 

 

GBLI Holdings, LLC (Subsidiary co-obligor)

 

 

Other Global Indemnity Group, LLC Subsidiaries and Eliminations (non-co-obligor subsidiaries) (1)

 

 

Consolidating Adjustments (2)

 

 

Global Indemnity

Group, LLC

Consolidated

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total investments

 

$

212,050

 

 

$

48,940

 

 

$

1,156,475

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,417,465

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

13,765

 

 

 

2,575

 

 

 

20,871

 

 

 

 

 

 

37,211

 

Investments in subsidiaries

 

 

491,851

 

 

 

387,913

 

 

 

339,384

 

 

 

(1,219,148

)

 

 

 

Due from subsidiaries and affiliates

 

 

(3,999

)

 

 

(7,522

)

 

 

11,521

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes receivable – affiliate

 

 

11,283

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(11,283

)

 

 

 

Interest receivable – affiliate

 

 

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(16

)

 

 

 

Premiums receivable, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

109,820

 

 

 

 

 

 

109,820

 

Reinsurance receivables, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

112,633

 

 

 

 

 

 

112,633

 

Funds held by ceding insurers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

46,894

 

 

 

 

 

 

46,894

 

Federal income taxes receivable

 

 

 

 

 

2,892

 

 

 

(2,892

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred federal income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

38,805

 

 

 

(3,505

)

 

 

 

 

 

35,300

 

Deferred acquisition costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

67,470

 

 

 

 

 

 

67,470

 

Intangible assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,094

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,094

 

Goodwill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,521

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,521

 

Prepaid reinsurance premiums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,558

 

 

 

 

 

 

15,558

 

Other assets

 

 

13,240

 

 

 

19,444

 

 

 

40,854

 

 

 

(3,747

)

 

 

69,791

 

Total assets

 

$

738,206

 

 

$

493,047

 

 

$

1,942,698

 

 

$

(1,234,194

)

 

$

1,939,757

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

669,930

 

 

$

 

 

$

669,930

 

Unearned premiums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

304,074

 

 

 

 

 

 

304,074

 

Ceded balances payable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,576

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,576

 

Payable for Securities

 

 

2,207

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,423

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,630

 

Contingent commissions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,329

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,329

 

Debt

 

 

 

 

 

130,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,747

)

 

 

126,253

 

Notes payable – affiliates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,283

 

 

 

(11,283

)

 

 

 

Accrued interest payable – affiliates

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16

 

 

 

(16

)

 

 

 

Other liabilities

 

 

15,286

 

 

 

23,663

 

 

 

53,303

 

 

 

 

 

 

92,252

 

Total liabilities

 

 

17,493

 

 

 

153,663

 

 

 

1,062,934

 

 

 

(15,046

)

 

 

1,219,044

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity

 

 

720,713

 

 

 

339,384

 

 

 

879,764

 

 

 

(1,219,148

)

 

 

720,713

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

$

738,206

 

 

$

493,047

 

 

$

1,942,698

 

 

$

(1,234,194

)

 

$

1,939,757

 

 

(1)

Includes all other subsidiaries of Global Indemnity Group, LLC and eliminations

(2)

Includes Parent co-obligor and subsidiary co-obligor consolidating adjustments

45


GLOBAL INDEMNITY GROUP, LLC

 

Condensed Consolidating Balance Sheets

at December 31, 2019 (Dollars in thousands)

 

Global Indemnity Limited (Parent co-obligor)

 

 

GBLI Holdings, LLC (Subsidiary co-obligor)

 

 

Other Global Indemnity Limited Subsidiaries and Eliminations

(non-co-obligor subsidiaries) (1)

 

 

Consolidating Adjustments (2)

 

 

Global Indemnity Limited Consolidated

 

ASSETS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total investments

 

$

44,468

 

 

$

257,317

 

 

$

1,261,757

 

 

$

 

 

$

1,563,542

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

977

 

 

 

2,663

 

 

 

40,631

 

 

 

 

 

 

44,271

 

Investments in subsidiaries

 

 

1,218,491

 

 

 

355,777

 

 

 

434,278

 

 

 

(2,008,546

)

 

 

 

Due from subsidiaries and affiliates

 

 

(3,612

)

 

 

(3,965

)

 

 

7,577

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Notes receivable – affiliate

 

 

 

 

 

80,049

 

 

 

445,498

 

 

 

(525,547

)

 

 

 

Interest receivable – affiliate

 

 

 

 

 

5,014

 

 

 

17,258

 

 

 

(22,272

)

 

 

 

Premiums receivable, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

118,035

 

 

 

 

 

 

118,035

 

Reinsurance receivables, net

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

83,938

 

 

 

 

 

 

83,938

 

Funds held by ceding insurers

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

48,580

 

 

 

 

 

 

48,580

 

Federal income taxes receivable

 

 

 

 

 

14,197

 

 

 

(3,208

)

 

 

 

 

 

10,989

 

Deferred federal income taxes

 

 

 

 

 

31,833

 

 

 

(756

)

 

 

 

 

 

31,077

 

Deferred acquisition costs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

70,677

 

 

 

 

 

 

70,677

 

Intangible assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,491

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,491

 

Goodwill

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,521

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,521

 

Prepaid reinsurance premiums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,716

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,716

 

Other assets

 

 

9,394

 

 

 

12,622

 

 

 

45,021

 

 

 

(6,989

)

 

 

60,048

 

Total assets

 

$

1,269,718

 

 

$

755,507

 

 

$

2,614,014

 

 

$

(2,563,354

)

 

$

2,075,885

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LIABILITIES AND SHAREHOLDERS’ EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

630,181

 

 

$

 

 

$

630,181

 

Unearned premiums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

314,861

 

 

 

 

 

 

314,861

 

Ceded balances payable

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,404

 

 

 

 

 

 

20,404

 

Payable for securities purchased

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

850

 

 

 

 

 

 

850

 

Contingent commissions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,928

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,928

 

Debt

 

 

 

 

 

303,629

 

 

 

 

 

 

(6,989

)

 

 

296,640

 

Notes payable – affiliates

 

 

520,498

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,049

 

 

 

(525,547

)

 

 

 

Accrued interest payable – affiliates

 

 

20,343

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,929

 

 

 

(22,272

)

 

 

 

Other liabilities

 

 

2,068

 

 

 

17,600

 

 

 

54,544

 

 

 

 

 

 

74,212

 

Total liabilities

 

 

542,909

 

 

 

321,229

 

 

 

1,039,746

 

 

 

(554,808

)

 

 

1,349,076

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shareholders’ equity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total shareholders’ equity

 

 

726,809

 

 

 

434,278

 

 

 

1,574,268

 

 

 

(2,008,546

)

 

 

726,809

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total liabilities and shareholders’ equity

 

$

1,269,718

 

 

$

755,507

 

 

$

2,614,014

 

 

$

(2,563,354

)

 

$

2,075,885

 

 

(1)

Includes all other subsidiaries of Global Indemnity Limited and eliminations

(2)

Includes Parent co-obligor and subsidiary co-obligor consolidating adjustments

46


GLOBAL INDEMNITY GROUP, LLC

 

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations

for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2020 (Dollars in thousands)

 

Global Indemnity Group, LLC (Parent co-obligor)(3)

 

 

GBLI Holdings, LLC (Subsidiary co-obligor)

 

 

Other Global Indemnity Group, LLC Subsidiaries and Eliminations (non-co-obligor subsidiaries) (1)

 

 

Consolidating Adjustments (2)

 

 

Global Indemnity

Group, LLC

Consolidated

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earned premiums

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

140,302

 

 

$

 

 

$

140,302

 

Net investment income

 

 

1,300

 

 

 

4,642

 

 

 

5,976

 

 

 

(172

)

 

 

11,746

 

Net realized investment gains

 

 

451

 

 

 

4,107

 

 

 

2,765

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,323

 

Other income (loss)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

 

 

 

543

 

 

 

 

 

 

542

 

Total revenues

 

 

1,750

 

 

 

8,749

 

 

 

149,586

 

 

 

(172

)

 

 

159,913

 

Losses and Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

97,148

 

 

 

 

 

 

97,148

 

Acquisition costs and other underwriting expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

53,268

 

 

 

 

 

 

53,268

 

Corporate and other operating expenses

 

 

17,324

 

 

 

3,662

 

 

 

210

 

 

 

 

 

 

21,196

 

Interest expense

 

 

179

 

 

 

3,569

 

 

 

44

 

 

 

(172

)

 

 

3,620

 

Loss on extinguishment of debt

 

 

3,060

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,060

 

Income (loss) before equity in net income (loss) of subsidiaries and income taxes

 

 

(18,813

)

 

 

1,518

 

 

 

(1,084

)

 

 

 

 

 

(18,379

)

Equity in net income (loss) of subsidiaries

 

 

3,643

 

 

 

(10,312

)

 

 

(5,784

)

 

 

12,453

 

 

 

 

Loss before income taxes

 

 

(15,170

)

 

 

(8,794

)

 

 

(6,868

)

 

 

12,453

 

 

 

(18,379

)

Income tax benefit

 

 

 

 

 

(3,010

)

 

 

(199

)

 

 

 

 

 

(3,209

)

Net loss

 

$

(15,170

)

 

$

(5,784

)

 

$

(6,669

)

 

$

12,453

 

 

$

(15,170

)

 

(1)

Includes all other subsidiaries of Global Indemnity Group, LLC and eliminations

(2)

Includes Parent co-obligor and subsidiary co-obligor consolidating adjustments

(3)    Includes activity for Global Indemnity Limited from July 1, 2020 to August 27, 2020 and activity for Global Indemnity Group, LLC from August 28, 2020 to September 30, 2020

47


GLOBAL INDEMNITY GROUP, LLC

 

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations

for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2019 (Dollars in thousands)

 

Global Indemnity Limited (Parent co-obligor)

 

 

 

GBLI Holdings, LLC (Subsidiary co-obligor)

 

 

Other Global Indemnity Limited Subsidiaries and Eliminations (non-co-obligor subsidiaries) (1)

 

 

Consolidating Adjustments (2)

 

 

Global Indemnity Limited Consolidated

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earned premiums

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

133,312

 

 

$

 

 

$

133,312

 

Net investment income

 

 

393

 

 

 

2,798

 

 

 

8,442

 

 

 

(285

)

 

 

11,348

 

Net realized investment gains (losses)

 

 

(101

)

 

 

(3,525

)

 

 

936

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,690

)

Other income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

264

 

 

 

 

 

 

264

 

Total revenues

 

 

292

 

 

 

(727

)

 

 

142,954

 

 

 

(285

)

 

 

142,234

 

Losses and Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

73,583

 

 

 

 

 

 

73,583

 

Acquisition costs and other underwriting expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

53,366

 

 

 

 

 

 

53,366

 

Corporate and other operating expenses

 

 

1,320

 

 

 

2,159

 

 

 

379

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,858

 

Interest expense

 

 

278

 

 

 

4,957

 

 

 

73

 

 

 

(285

)

 

 

5,023

 

Income (loss) before equity in net income (loss) of subsidiaries and income taxes

 

 

(1,306

)

 

 

(7,843

)

 

 

15,553

 

 

 

 

 

 

6,404

 

Equity in net income (loss) of subsidiaries

 

 

8,027

 

 

 

1,699

 

 

 

(4,462

)

 

 

(5,264

)

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

 

6,721

 

 

 

(6,144

)

 

 

11,091

 

 

 

(5,264

)

 

 

6,404

 

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,682

)

 

 

1,365

 

 

 

 

 

 

(317

)

Net income (loss)

 

$

6,721

 

 

$

(4,462

)

 

$

9,726

 

 

$

(5,264

)

 

$

6,721

 

 

(1)

Includes all other subsidiaries of Global Indemnity Limited and eliminations

(2)

Includes Parent co-obligor and subsidiary co-obligor consolidating adjustments

 

48


GLOBAL INDEMNITY GROUP, LLC

 

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations

for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 (Dollars in thousands)

 

Global Indemnity Group, LLC (Parent co-obligor)(3)

 

 

GBLI Holdings, LLC

(Subsidiary

co-obligor)

 

 

Other Global Indemnity Group, LLC Subsidiaries and Eliminations (non-co-obligor subsidiaries) (1)

 

 

Consolidating

Adjustments (2)

 

 

Global Indemnity

Group, LLC

Consolidated

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earned premiums

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

426,617

 

 

$

 

 

$

426,617

 

Net investment income (loss)

 

 

1,898

 

 

 

(3,870

)

 

 

22,203

 

 

 

(715

)

 

 

19,516

 

Net realized investment gains (losses)

 

 

(2,295

)

 

 

(36,600

)

 

 

16,563

 

 

 

 

 

 

(22,332

)

Other income (loss)

 

 

(1

)

 

 

19

 

 

 

1,455

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,473

 

Total revenues

 

 

(398

)

 

 

(40,451

)

 

 

466,838

 

 

 

(715

)

 

 

425,274

 

Losses and Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

242,092

 

 

 

 

 

 

242,092

 

Acquisition costs and other underwriting expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

163,258

 

 

 

 

 

 

163,258

 

Corporate and other operating expenses

 

 

23,466

 

 

 

10,143

 

 

 

428

 

 

 

 

 

 

34,037

 

Interest expense

 

 

732

 

 

 

13,005

 

 

 

175

 

 

 

(715

)

 

 

13,197

 

Loss on extinguishment of debt

 

 

3,060

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3,060

 

Income (loss) before equity in net income (loss) of subsidiaries and income taxes

 

 

(27,656

)

 

 

(63,599

)

 

 

60,885

 

 

 

 

 

 

(30,370

)

Equity in net income (loss) of subsidiaries

 

 

5,459

 

 

 

22,509

 

 

 

(25,649

)

 

 

(2,319

)

 

 

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

 

(22,197

)

 

 

(41,090

)

 

 

35,236

 

 

 

(2,319

)

 

 

(30,370

)

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

 

 

 

 

(15,441

)

 

 

7,268

 

 

 

 

 

 

(8,173

)

Net income (loss)

 

$

(22,197

)

 

$

(25,649

)

 

$

27,968

 

 

$

(2,319

)

 

$

(22,197

)

 

(1)

Includes all other subsidiaries of Global Indemnity Group, LLC and eliminations

(2)

Includes Parent co-obligor and subsidiary co-obligor consolidating adjustments

(3)    Includes activity for Global Indemnity Limited from January 1, 2020 to August 27, 2020 and activity for Global Indemnity Group, LLC from August 28, 2020 to September 30, 2020

 

49


GLOBAL INDEMNITY GROUP, LLC

 

Condensed Consolidating Statements of Operations

for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 (Dollars in thousands)

 

Global

Indemnity

Limited

(Parent

co-obligor)

 

 

GBLI Holdings, LLC

(Subsidiary

co-obligor)

 

 

Other Global Indemnity Limited Subsidiaries and Eliminations

(non-co-obligor subsidiaries) (1)

 

 

Consolidating

Adjustments (2)

 

 

Global

Indemnity

Limited

Consolidated

 

Revenues:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earned premiums

 

$

 

 

$

 

 

$

383,602

 

 

$

 

 

$

383,602

 

Net investment income

 

 

1,764

 

 

 

5,743

 

 

 

25,747

 

 

 

(861

)

 

 

32,393

 

Net realized investment gains

 

 

298

 

 

 

7,969

 

 

 

3,023

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,290

 

Other income

 

 

 

 

 

30

 

 

 

1,244

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,274

 

Total revenues

 

 

2,062

 

 

 

13,742

 

 

 

413,616

 

 

 

(861

)

 

 

428,559

 

Losses and Expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

201,979

 

 

 

 

 

 

201,979

 

Acquisition costs and other underwriting expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

153,643

 

 

 

 

 

 

153,643

 

Corporate and other operating expenses

 

 

4,306

 

 

 

6,406

 

 

 

990

 

 

 

 

 

 

11,702

 

Interest expense

 

 

829

 

 

 

14,875

 

 

 

245

 

 

 

(861

)

 

 

15,088

 

Income (loss) before equity in net income of subsidiaries and income taxes

 

 

(3,073

)

 

 

(7,539

)

 

 

56,759

 

 

 

 

 

 

46,147

 

Equity in net income of subsidiaries

 

 

44,057

 

 

 

16,597

 

 

 

10,903

 

 

 

(71,557

)

 

 

 

Income before income taxes

 

 

40,984

 

 

 

9,058

 

 

 

67,662

 

 

 

(71,557

)

 

 

46,147

 

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,845

)

 

 

7,008

 

 

 

 

 

 

5,163

 

Net income

 

$

40,984

 

 

$

10,903

 

 

$

60,654

 

 

$

(71,557

)

 

$

40,984

 

 

(1)

Includes all other subsidiaries of Global Indemnity Limited and eliminations

(2)

Includes Parent co-obligor and subsidiary co-obligor consolidating adjustments

 

Condensed Consolidating Statements of

Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2020 (Dollars in thousands)

 

Global Indemnity Group, LLC (Parent co-obligor)(3)

 

 

GBLI Holdings, LLC (Subsidiary co-obligor)

 

 

Other Global Indemnity Group, LLC Subsidiaries and Eliminations (non-co-obligor subsidiaries) (1)

 

 

Consolidating Adjustments (2)

 

 

Global Indemnity

Group, LLC

Consolidated

 

Net loss

 

$

(15,170

)

 

$

(5,784

)

 

$

(6,669

)

 

$

12,453

 

 

$

(15,170

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income, net of tax:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized holding gains (losses)

 

 

(1,310

)

 

 

(1,049

)

 

 

1,911

 

 

 

 

 

 

(448

)

Equity in other comprehensive income of unconsolidated subsidiaries

 

 

(561

)

 

 

1,596

 

 

 

603

 

 

 

(1,638

)

 

 

 

Reclassification adjustment for gains included in net income

 

 

(102

)

 

 

56

 

 

 

(2,058

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2,104

)

Unrealized foreign currency translation gains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

579

 

 

 

 

 

 

579

 

Other comprehensive income, net of tax

 

 

(1,973

)

 

 

603

 

 

 

1,035

 

 

 

(1,638

)

 

 

(1,973

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive loss, net of tax

 

$

(17,143

)

 

$

(5,181

)

 

$

(5,634

)

 

$

10,815

 

 

$

(17,143

)

 

(1)

Includes all other subsidiaries of Global Indemnity Group, LLC and eliminations

(2)

Includes Parent co-obligor and subsidiary co-obligor consolidating adjustments

(3)    Includes activity for Global Indemnity Limited from July 1, 2020 to August 27, 2020 and activity for Global Indemnity Group, LLC from August 28, 2020 to September 30, 2020

 

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Condensed Consolidating Statements of

Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2019 (Dollars in thousands)

 

Global Indemnity Limited (Parent co-obligor)

 

 

GBLI Holdings, LLC (Subsidiary co-obligor)

 

 

Other Global Indemnity Limited Subsidiaries and Eliminations

(non-co-obligor subsidiaries) (1)

 

 

Consolidating Adjustments (2)

 

 

Global Indemnity Limited Consolidated

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

6,721

 

 

$

(4,462

)

 

$

9,726

 

 

$

(5,264

)

 

$

6,721

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income, net of tax:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized holding gains (losses)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,421

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,421

 

Equity in other comprehensive income of unconsolidated subsidiaries

 

 

8,772

 

 

 

4,711

 

 

 

4,703

 

 

 

(18,186

)

 

 

 

Portion of other-than-temporary impairment losses recognized in other comprehensive income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2

)

Reclassification adjustment for gains included in net income

 

 

 

 

 

(8

)

 

 

(839

)

 

 

 

 

 

(847

)

Unrealized foreign currency translation losses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

200

 

 

 

 

 

 

200

 

Other comprehensive income, net of tax

 

 

8,772

 

 

 

4,703

 

 

 

13,483

 

 

 

(18,186

)

 

 

8,772

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive income, net of tax

 

$

15,493

 

 

$

241

 

 

$

23,209

 

 

$

(23,450

)

 

$

15,493

 

 

(1)

Includes all other subsidiaries of Global Indemnity Limited and eliminations

(2)

Includes Parent co-obligor and subsidiary co-obligor consolidating adjustments

 

Condensed Consolidating Statements of

Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2020 (Dollars in thousands)

 

Global

Indemnity

Group, LLC

(Parent

co-obligor)(3)

 

 

GBLI Holdings, LLC

(Subsidiary

co-obligor)

 

 

Other Global Indemnity Group, LLC Subsidiaries and Eliminations (non-co-obligor subsidiaries) (1)

 

 

Consolidating

Adjustments (2)

 

 

Global Indemnity

Group, LLC

Consolidated

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(22,197

)

 

$

(25,649

)

 

$

27,968

 

 

$

(2,319

)

 

$

(22,197

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income, net of tax:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized holding gains

 

 

322

 

 

 

(257

)

 

 

30,683

 

 

 

 

 

 

30,748

 

Equity in other comprehensive income (loss) of unconsolidated subsidiaries

 

 

17,891

 

 

 

8,643

 

 

 

8,405

 

 

 

(34,939

)

 

 

 

Reclassification adjustment for (gains) losses included in net income

 

 

(102

)

 

 

19

 

 

 

(13,122

)

 

 

 

 

 

(13,205

)

Unrealized foreign currency translation gains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

568

 

 

 

 

 

 

568

 

Other comprehensive income, net of tax

 

 

18,111

 

 

 

8,405

 

 

 

26,534

 

 

 

(34,939

)

 

 

18,111

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive income (loss), net of tax

 

$

(4,086

)

 

$

(17,244

)

 

$

54,502

 

 

$

(37,258

)

 

$

(4,086

)

 

(1)

Includes all other subsidiaries of Global Indemnity Group, LLC and eliminations

(2)

Includes Parent co-obligor and subsidiary co-obligor consolidating adjustments

(3)    Includes activity for Global Indemnity Limited from January 1, 2020 to August 27, 2020 and activity for Global Indemnity Group, LLC from August 28, 2020 to September 30, 2020

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GLOBAL INDEMNITY GROUP, LLC

 

Condensed Consolidating Statements of

Comprehensive Income (Loss) for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019 (Dollars in thousands)

 

Global

Indemnity

Limited

(Parent

co-obligor)

 

 

GBLI Holdings, LLC

(Subsidiary

co-obligor)

 

 

Other Global Indemnity Limited Subsidiaries and Eliminations

(non-co-obligor subsidiaries) (1)

 

 

Consolidating

Adjustments (2)

 

 

Global

Indemnity

Limited

Consolidated

 

Net income

 

$

40,984

 

 

$

10,903

 

 

$

60,654

 

 

$

(71,557

)

 

$

40,984

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Other comprehensive income, net of tax:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unrealized holding gains

 

 

880

 

 

 

1,567

 

 

 

46,436

 

 

 

 

 

 

48,883

 

Equity in other comprehensive income (loss) of unconsolidated subsidiaries

 

 

46,226

 

 

 

24,201

 

 

 

26,003

 

 

 

(96,430

)

 

 

 

Portion of other-than-temporary impairment losses recognized in other comprehensive losses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(4

)

 

 

 

 

 

(4

)

Reclassification adjustment for (gains) losses included in net income

 

 

(561

)

 

 

235

 

 

 

(2,339

)

 

 

 

 

 

(2,665

)

Unrealized foreign currency translation gains

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

331

 

 

 

 

 

 

331

 

Other comprehensive income, net of tax

 

 

46,545

 

 

 

26,003

 

 

 

70,427

 

 

 

(96,430

)

 

 

46,545

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Comprehensive income, net of tax

 

$

87,529

 

 

$

36,906

 

 

$

131,081

 

 

$

(167,987

)

 

$

87,529

 

 

(1)

Includes all other subsidiaries of Global Indemnity Limited and eliminations

(2)

Includes Parent co-obligor and subsidiary co-obligor consolidating adjustments

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Condensed Consolidating Statements of

Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended  September 30, 2020

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Global

Indemnity

Group, LLC

(Parent

co-obligor)(2)

 

 

GBLI Holdings, LLC (Subsidiary co-obligor)

 

 

Other Global Indemnity Group, LLC Subsidiaries and Eliminations (non-co-obligor subsidiaries) (1)

 

 

Global Indemnity

Group, LLC

Consolidated

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities

 

$

(10,423

)

 

$

1,526

 

 

$

42,833

 

 

$

33,936

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from sale of fixed maturities

 

 

18,451

 

 

 

36,898

 

 

 

545,613

 

 

 

600,962

 

Proceeds from sale of equity securities

 

 

103,002

 

 

 

460,924

 

 

 

 

 

 

563,926

 

Proceeds from maturity of fixed maturities

 

 

280

 

 

 

 

 

 

89,595

 

 

 

89,875

 

Proceeds from other invested assets

 

 

1,700

 

 

 

123

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,823

 

Amounts paid in connection with derivatives

 

 

 

 

 

(20,130

)

 

 

 

 

 

(20,130

)

Purchases of fixed maturities

 

 

(185,692

)

 

 

(50,283

)

 

 

(466,752

)

 

 

(702,727

)

Purchases of equity securities

 

 

(107,228

)

 

 

(286,735

)

 

 

 

 

 

(393,963

)

Purchases of other invested assets

 

 

 

 

 

(297

)

 

 

 

 

 

(297

)

Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities

 

 

(169,487

)

 

 

140,500

 

 

 

168,456

 

 

 

139,469

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net borrowings under margin borrowing facility

 

 

 

 

 

(73,629

)

 

 

 

 

 

(73,629

)

Proceeds (repayment) of note to affiliates

 

 

 

 

 

5,049

 

 

 

(5,049

)

 

 

 

Dividends paid to shareholders

 

 

(10,683

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(10,683

)

Issuance of series A cumulative fixed rate preferred shares

 

 

4,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4,000

 

Dividends from subsidiaries

 

 

226,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

(226,000

)

 

 

 

Capital contribution

 

 

(26,466

)

 

 

26,466

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Purchase of class A common shares

 

 

(153

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(153

)

Redemption of subordinated notes

 

 

 

 

 

(100,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

(100,000

)

Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities

 

 

192,698

 

 

 

(142,114

)

 

 

(231,049

)

 

 

(180,465

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

12,788

 

 

 

(88

)

 

 

(19,760

)

 

 

(7,060

)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

 

977

 

 

 

2,663

 

 

 

40,631

 

 

 

44,271

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

13,765

 

 

$

2,575

 

 

$

20,871

 

 

$

37,211

 

 

 

(1)

Includes all other subsidiaries of Global Indemnity Group, LLC and eliminations

 

(2)

Includes activity for Global Indemnity Limited from January 1, 2020 to August 27, 2020 and activity for Global Indemnity Group, LLC from August 28, 2020 to September 30, 2020

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Condensed Consolidating Statements of

Cash Flows for the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2019

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Global

Indemnity

Limited (Parent

co-obligor)

 

 

GBLI Holdings, LLC

(Subsidiary

co-obligor)

 

 

Other Global Indemnity Limited Subsidiaries and Eliminations

(non-co-obligor subsidiaries) (1)

 

 

Global

Indemnity

Limited

Consolidated

 

Cash flows from operating activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

$

1,718

 

 

$

2,593

 

 

$

41,619

 

 

$

45,930

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from investing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from sale of fixed maturities

 

 

48,393

 

 

 

101,525

 

 

 

492,131

 

 

 

642,049

 

Proceeds from sale of equity securities

 

 

7,300

 

 

 

198,912

 

 

 

 

 

 

206,212

 

Proceeds from maturity of fixed maturities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

113,480

 

 

 

113,480

 

Proceeds from other invested assets

 

 

3,161

 

 

 

11,040

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,201

 

Amounts paid in connection with derivatives

 

 

 

 

 

(12,516

)

 

 

 

 

 

(12,516

)

Purchases of fixed maturities

 

 

(10,548

)

 

 

(24,280

)

 

 

(666,856

)

 

 

(701,684

)

Purchases of equity securities

 

 

(40,564

)

 

 

(285,408

)

 

 

 

 

 

(325,972

)

Purchases of other invested assets

 

 

 

 

 

(3,500

)

 

 

 

 

 

(3,500

)

Net cash provided by (used for) investing activities

 

 

7,742

 

 

 

(14,227

)

 

 

(61,245

)

 

 

(67,730

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash flows from financing activities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net borrowings under margin borrowing facility

 

 

 

 

 

8,561

 

 

 

 

 

 

8,561

 

Dividends paid to shareholders

 

 

(7,130

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7,130

)

Purchase of class A common shares

 

 

(947

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(947

)

Net cash provided by (used for) financing activities

 

 

(8,077

)

 

 

8,561

 

 

 

 

 

 

484

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net change in cash and cash equivalents

 

 

1,383

 

 

 

(3,073

)

 

 

(19,626

)

 

 

(21,316

)

Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period

 

 

2,221

 

 

 

26,039

 

 

 

71,237

 

 

 

99,497

 

Cash and cash equivalents at end of period

 

$

3,604

 

 

$

22,966

 

 

$

51,611

 

 

$

78,181

 

 

(1)

Includes all other subsidiaries of Global Indemnity Limited and eliminations

17.

New Accounting Pronouncements

Accounting Standards Adopted in 2020

 

In March, 2020, the FASB issued new accounting guidance that affected a variety of topics in the Codification.  The amendments in this update are meant to make the Codification easier to understand and easier to apply by eliminating inconsistencies and providing clarification.  This guidance is effective for all fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted this guidance on January 1, 2020.  The adoption of this new accounting guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.

In August, 2018, the FASB issued new accounting guidance which removed, modified, and added certain disclosures related to Topic 820, Fair Value.  The affected disclosures are related to transfers between fair value levels, level 3 assets, and investments in certain entities that calculate net asset value.  This guidance is effective for all fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019 including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company adopted this guidance on January 1, 2020.  The adoption of this new accounting guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.

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In January, 2017, the FASB issued updated guidance that simplifies how an entity is required to test goodwill for impairment by eliminating the requirement to calculate the implied fair value of goodwill (i.e. Step 2 of the current goodwill impairment test).  Under the new amendments, an entity may still first assess qualitative factors to determine whether it is necessary to perform a quantitative goodwill impairment test.  If determined to be necessary, the quantitative impairment test shall be used to identify goodwill impairment and measure the amount of a goodwill impairment loss to be recognized, if any.  A goodwill impairment loss is recognized for the amount that the carrying amount of a reporting unit, including goodwill, exceeds its fair value, limited to the total amount of goodwill allocated to that reporting unit.  This guidance is effective for public business entities’ annual or interim goodwill impairment testing in fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2019.  The Company adopted this guidance on January 1, 2020.  The adoption of this new accounting guidance did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, or cash flows.

In June, 2016, the FASB issued new accounting guidance addressing the measurement of credit losses on financial instruments.  The new guidance requires financial assets measured at amortized cost, which includes but are not limited to premiums receivable and reinsurance receivables, to be presented at the net amount expected to be collected over the life of the asset using an allowance for credit losses.  Changes in the allowance are charged to earnings.  The measurement of expected credit losses should consider relevant information about past events, including historical experience, current information, as well as reasonable and supportable forecasts that affect the collectability of the financial assets.  For available for sale debt securities, credit losses should be measured similar to the old guidance; however, the new guidance requires that credit losses be presented as an allowance rather than as a write-down of the amortized cost basis of the impaired securities and allows for the reversal of credit losses in the current period net income.  In addition, the Company made certain accounting policy elections related to accrued interest receivables which are described in Note 3.  The Company adopted this new accounting guidance on January 1, 2020 using a modified-retrospective approach.  The adoption of this new accounting guidance and the impact on the Company’s financial condition, results of operations, and cash flows is described primarily within Note 3 and Note 6.

Please see Note 22 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements in Item 8 Part II of the Company’s 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K for more information on accounting pronouncements issued but not yet adopted.

 

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Item 2. MANAGEMENT'S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

The following discussion and analysis of the Company’s financial condition and results of operations should be read in conjunction with the consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes of Global Indemnity included elsewhere in this report.  Some of the information contained in this discussion and analysis or set forth elsewhere in this report, including information with respect to the Company’s plans and strategy, constitutes forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties.  Please see "Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements" at the end of this Item 2 for a discussion of important factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from the results described in or implied by the forward-looking statements contained herein.  For more information regarding the Company’s business and operations, please see the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.

Recent Developments

 

COVID-19

 

The global outbreak of COVID-19 presents significant risks to the Company which the Company is not able to fully evaluate at the current time. The COVID-19 pandemic may affect the Company’s operations in the fourth quarter and may continue to do so indefinitely, thereafter.  The Company may experience reductions in premium volume, delays in the collection of premiums, and increases in COVID-19 related claims.  The volatility in the global financial markets may negatively impact the market value of the Company’s investment portfolio and may result in net realized investment losses as well as a decline in the liquidity of the investment portfolio.  All of these factors may have far reaching impacts on the Company’s business, operations, and financial results and conditions, directly and indirectly, including without limitation impacts on the health of the Company’s management and employees, distribution, marketing, customers and agents, and on the overall economy. The scope and nature of these impacts, most of which are beyond the Company’s control, continue to evolve and such effects could exist for an extended period of time even after the pandemic ends.

 

Redomestication

 

On August 28, 2020, the Company completed its plan to redomesticate to the United States.  Please see Note 2 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements in Item 1 of Part I of this report for additional information on the redomestication.

 

Redemption of Debt

 

In August 2020, the Company redeemed the entire $100 million in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 2045 Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest on the 2045 Notes redeemed to, but not including, the Redemption Date of August 15, 2020.  

 

Dividends / Distributions

 

During 2020, the Board of Directors approved a dividend payment of $0.25 per common share to all shareholders of record on the close of business on March 24, 2020 and June 23, 2020 and approved a distribution payment of $0.25 per common share to all shareholders of record on the close of business on September 25, 2020.  Dividends / distributions paid were $10.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.  

 

A.M. Best Rating

 

A.M. Best has seven Rating Categories in the A.M. Best Financial Strength Rating Scale.  The categories ranging from best to worst are Superior, Excellent, Good, Fair, Marginal, Weak and Poor.  Within each rating category, there are rating notches of plus or minus to show additional gradation of the ratings.  On September 23, 2020, A.M. Best assigned the companies in the Insurance Operations and Reinsurance Operations a financial strength rating of "A" (Excellent).  

Overview

 

The Company’s Commercial Specialty segment sells its property and casualty insurance products through a group of approximately 185 professional general agencies that have limited quoting and binding authority, as well as a number of wholesale insurance brokers who in turn sell the Company’s insurance products to insureds through retail insurance brokers.  Commercial Specialty operates predominantly in the excess and surplus lines marketplace.  The Company manages its

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Commercial Specialty segment via product classifications.  These product classifications are: 1) Penn-America, which includes property and general liability products for small commercial businesses sold through a select network of wholesale general agents with specific binding authority; 2) United National, which includes property, general liability, and professional lines products sold through program administrators with specific binding authority; 3) Diamond State, which includes property, casualty, and professional lines products sold through wholesale brokers and program administrators with specific binding authority; and 4) Vacant Express, which primarily insures dwellings which are currently vacant, undergoing renovation, or are under construction and is sold through aggregators, brokers, and retail agents.  

 

The Company’s Specialty Property segment, primarily via American Reliable, offers specialty personal lines property and casualty insurance products through a group of approximately 225 agents, primarily comprised of wholesale general agents, with specific binding authority.

 

The Company’s Farm, Ranch, & Stable segment, primarily via American Reliable, provides specialized property and casualty coverage including Commercial Farm Auto and Excess/Umbrella Coverage for the agriculture industry as well as specialized insurance products for the equine mortality and equine major medical industry.  These insurance products are sold through a group of approximately 220 agents, primarily comprised of wholesalers and retail agents, with a selected number having specific binding authority. 

 

The Company’s Reinsurance Operations provides reinsurance solutions through brokers and on a direct basis.  It uses its capital capacity to write niche and specialty-focused treaties and business which meet the Company’s risk tolerance and return thresholds.  Prior to the redomestication, the Company’s Reinsurance Operations consisted solely of the operations of Global Indemnity Reinsurance.  In connection with the redomestication, Global Indemnity Reinsurance merged into Penn Patriot Insurance Company and all of its business was assumed by the Company’s existing insurance company subsidiaries.

 

The Company derives its revenues primarily from premiums paid on insurance policies that it writes and from income generated by its investment portfolio, net of fees paid for investment management services.  The amount of insurance premiums that the Company receives is a function of the amount and type of policies it writes, as well as prevailing market prices.  

 

The Company’s expenses include losses and loss adjustment expenses, acquisition costs and other underwriting expenses, corporate and other operating expenses, interest, investment expenses, and income taxes.  Losses and loss adjustment expenses are estimated by management and reflect the Company’s best estimate of ultimate losses and costs arising during the reporting period and revisions of prior period estimates.  The Company records its best estimate of losses and loss adjustment expenses considering both internal and external actuarial analyses of the estimated losses the Company expects to incur on the insurance policies it writes.  The ultimate losses and loss adjustment expenses will depend on the actual costs to resolve claims.  Acquisition costs consist principally of commissions and premium taxes that are typically a percentage of the premiums on the insurance policies the Company writes, net of ceding commissions earned from reinsurers.  Other underwriting expenses consist primarily of personnel expenses and general operating expenses related to underwriting activities.  Corporate and other operating expenses are comprised primarily of outside legal fees, other professional and accounting fees, directors’ fees, management fees & advisory fees, and salaries and benefits for company personnel whose services relate to the support of corporate activities. Interest expense is primarily comprised of amounts due on outstanding debt.

Critical Accounting Estimates and Policies

 

The Company’s consolidated financial statements are prepared in conformity with GAAP, which require it to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods.  Actual results could differ from those estimates and assumptions.  

 

The most critical accounting policies involve significant estimates and include those used in determining the liability for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses, recoverability of reinsurance receivables, investments, fair value measurements, goodwill and intangible assets, deferred acquisition costs, and taxation.  For a detailed discussion on each of these policies, please see the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2019.  There have been no significant changes to any of these policies or underlying methodologies during the current year except for the following.

 

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Effective January 1, 2020, the Company adopted new accounting guidance related to the measurement of credit losses on financial instruments. In conjunction with implementing this new guidance, the Company modified its impairment process as well as made certain accounting policy elections related to accrued interest receivables.  Please see Note 3 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements in Item 1 of Part I of this report for a discussion on the Company’s impairment process and accounting policy elections related to accrued interest receivable. Please see Note 6 for a discussion on the Company’s policies related to the evaluation process when estimating expected credit losses for premiums receivable and reinsurance receivables.

Results of Operations

The following table summarizes the Company’s results for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019:

 

 

 

Quarters Ended

September 30,

 

 

%

 

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 

 

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

Gross written premiums

 

$

143,749

 

 

$

157,177

 

 

 

(8.5

%)

 

$

464,022

 

 

$

478,699

 

 

 

(3.1

%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net written premiums

 

$

130,611

 

 

$

138,836

 

 

 

(5.9

%)

 

$

416,987

 

 

$

421,321

 

 

 

(1.0

%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earned premiums

 

$

140,302

 

 

$

133,312

 

 

 

5.2

%

 

$

426,617

 

 

$

383,602

 

 

 

11.2

%

Other income

 

 

597

 

 

 

264

 

 

 

126.1

%

 

 

1,509

 

 

 

1,274

 

 

 

18.4

%

Total revenues

 

 

140,899

 

 

 

133,576

 

 

 

5.5

%

 

 

428,126

 

 

 

384,876

 

 

 

11.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Losses and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

97,148

 

 

 

73,583

 

 

 

32.0

%

 

 

242,092

 

 

 

201,979

 

 

 

19.9

%

Acquisition costs and other underwriting expenses

 

 

53,268

 

 

 

53,366

 

 

 

(0.2

%)

 

 

163,258

 

 

 

153,643

 

 

 

6.3

%

Underwriting income (loss)

 

 

(9,517

)

 

 

6,627

 

 

NM

 

 

 

22,776

 

 

 

29,254

 

 

 

(22.1

%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net investment income

 

 

11,746

 

 

 

11,348

 

 

 

3.5

%

 

 

19,516

 

 

 

32,393

 

 

 

(39.8

%)

Net realized investment gains (losses)

 

 

7,323

 

 

 

(2,690

)

 

NM

 

 

 

(22,332

)

 

 

11,290

 

 

NM

 

Other loss

 

 

(55

)

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

(36

)

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

%

Corporate and other operating expenses

 

 

(21,196

)

 

 

(3,858

)

 

NM

 

 

 

(34,037

)

 

 

(11,702

)

 

 

190.9

%

Interest expense

 

 

(3,620

)

 

 

(5,023

)

 

 

(27.9

%)

 

 

(13,197

)

 

 

(15,088

)

 

 

(12.5

%)

Loss on extinguishment of debt

 

 

(3,060

)

 

 

 

 

NM

 

 

 

(3,060

)

 

 

 

 

NM

 

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

 

(18,379

)

 

 

6,404

 

 

NM

 

 

 

(30,370

)

 

 

46,147

 

 

 

(165.8

%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income tax expense (benefit)

 

 

(3,209

)

 

 

(317

)

 

NM

 

 

 

(8,173

)

 

 

5,163

 

 

NM

 

Net income (loss)

 

$

(15,170

)

 

$

6,721

 

 

NM

 

 

$

(22,197

)

 

$

40,984

 

 

 

(154.2

%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Underwriting Ratios:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss ratio (1):

 

 

69.2

%

 

 

55.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

56.7

%

 

 

52.7

%

 

 

 

 

Expense ratio (2)

 

 

38.0

%

 

 

40.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

38.3

%

 

 

40.1

%

 

 

 

 

Combined ratio (3)

 

 

107.2

%

 

 

95.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

95.0

%

 

 

92.8

%

 

 

 

 

 

NM – not meaningful

(1)

The loss ratio is a GAAP financial measure that is generally viewed in the insurance industry as an indicator of underwriting profitability and is calculated by dividing net losses and loss adjustment expenses by net earned premiums.

(2)

The expense ratio is a GAAP financial measure that is calculated by dividing the sum of acquisition costs and other underwriting expenses by net earned premiums.  

(3)

The combined ratio is a GAAP financial measure and is the sum of the Company’s loss and expense ratios.

 

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Premiums

The following table summarizes the change in premium volume by business segment:

 

 

 

Quarters Ended

September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

% Change

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

% Change

 

Gross written premiums (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Specialty

 

$

74,971

 

 

$

73,175

 

 

 

2.5

%

 

$

243,099

 

 

$

214,467

 

 

 

13.4

%

Specialty Property

 

 

34,730

 

 

 

42,611

 

 

 

(18.5

%)

 

 

107,951

 

 

 

128,771

 

 

 

(16.2

%)

Farm, Ranch, & Stable

 

 

19,443

 

 

 

21,410

 

 

 

(9.2

%)

 

 

64,798

 

 

 

65,872

 

 

 

(1.6

%)

Reinsurance (3)

 

 

14,605

 

 

 

19,981

 

 

 

(26.9

%)

 

 

48,174

 

 

 

69,589

 

 

 

(30.8

%)

Total gross written premiums

 

$

143,749

 

 

$

157,177

 

 

 

(8.5

%)

 

$

464,022

 

 

$

478,699

 

 

 

(3.1

%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ceded written premiums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Specialty

 

$

5,897

 

 

$

10,250

 

 

 

(42.5

%)

 

$

23,662

 

 

$

29,265

 

 

 

(19.1

%)

Specialty Property

 

 

4,759

 

 

 

4,983

 

 

 

(4.5

%)

 

 

14,898

 

 

 

18,103

 

 

 

(17.7

%)

Farm, Ranch, & Stable

 

 

2,482

 

 

 

3,116

 

 

 

(20.3

%)

 

 

8,475

 

 

 

10,011

 

 

 

(15.3

%)

Reinsurance (3)

 

 

 

 

 

(8

)

 

 

(100.0

%)

 

 

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

(100.0

%)

Total ceded written premiums

 

$

13,138

 

 

$

18,341

 

 

 

(28.4

%)

 

$

47,035

 

 

$

57,378

 

 

 

(18.0

%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net written premiums (2)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Specialty

 

$

69,074

 

 

$

62,925

 

 

 

9.8

%

 

$

219,437

 

 

$

185,202

 

 

 

18.5

%

Specialty Property

 

 

29,971

 

 

 

37,628

 

 

 

(20.3

%)

 

 

93,053

 

 

 

110,668

 

 

 

(15.9

%)

Farm, Ranch, & Stable

 

 

16,961

 

 

 

18,294

 

 

 

(7.3

%)

 

 

56,323

 

 

 

55,861

 

 

 

0.8

%

Reinsurance (3)

 

 

14,605

 

 

 

19,989

 

 

 

(26.9

%)

 

 

48,174

 

 

 

69,590

 

 

 

(30.8

%)

Total net written premiums

 

$

130,611

 

 

$

138,836

 

 

 

(5.9

%)

 

$

416,987

 

 

$

421,321

 

 

 

(1.0

%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earned premiums

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commercial Specialty

 

$

73,887

 

 

$

60,869

 

 

 

21.4

%

 

$

211,329

 

 

$

173,215

 

 

 

22.0

%

Specialty Property

 

 

31,388

 

 

 

34,554

 

 

 

(9.2

%)

 

 

99,147

 

 

 

104,740

 

 

 

(5.3

%)

Farm, Ranch, & Stable

 

 

19,978

 

 

 

18,377

 

 

 

8.7

%

 

 

57,691

 

 

 

52,849

 

 

 

9.2

%

Reinsurance (3)

 

 

15,049

 

 

 

19,512

 

 

 

(22.9

%)

 

 

58,450

 

 

 

52,798

 

 

 

10.7

%

Total net earned premiums

 

$

140,302

 

 

$

133,312

 

 

 

5.2

%

 

$

426,617

 

 

$

383,602

 

 

 

11.2

%

(1)

Gross written premiums represent the amount received or to be received for insurance policies written without reduction for reinsurance costs, ceded premiums, or other deductions.

(2)

Net written premiums equal gross written premiums less ceded written premiums.

(3)

External business only, excluding business assumed from affiliates.

 

Gross written premiums decreased by 8.5% and 3.1% for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to same period in 2019.  The decrease is mainly due to the reduction of catastrophe exposed business within both Specialty Property and Farm, Ranch, & Stable, reduction in business not providing an adequate return on capital within Specialty Property, and Reinsurance Operations’ non-renewal of its property catastrophe treaties.  In addition, non-renewals of several small business classes was higher and new business growth slowed within Commercial Specialty which was likely the result of Covid-19.  These reductions in premiums were partially offset by organic growth from existing agents, increased pricing, and several new programs within Commercial Specialty and growth of the new casualty treaty entered into by Reinsurance Operations in 2019.

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Net Retention

The ratio of net written premiums to gross written premiums is referred to as the Company’s net premium retention.  The Company’s net premium retention is summarized by segments as follows:

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

Point

 

 

Nine Months Ended

September 30,

 

 

Point

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

Commercial Specialty

 

 

92.1

%

 

 

86.0

%

 

 

6.1

 

 

 

90.3

%

 

 

86.4

%

 

 

3.9

 

Specialty Property

 

 

86.3

%

 

 

88.3

%

 

 

(2.0

)

 

 

86.2

%

 

 

85.9

%

 

 

0.3

 

Farm, Ranch, & Stable

 

 

87.2

%

 

 

85.4

%

 

 

1.8

 

 

 

86.9

%

 

 

84.8

%

 

 

2.1

 

Reinsurance

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

100.0

%

 

 

 

Total

 

 

90.9

%

 

 

88.3

%

 

 

2.6

 

 

 

89.9

%

 

 

88.0

%

 

 

1.9

 

 

The net premium retention for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020 increased by 2.6 points and 1.9 points, respectively, as compared to the same period in 2019.  This increase in retention is primarily driven by the restructuring of the Company’s catastrophe reinsurance treaties as well as a change in the mix of business.

 

Net Earned Premiums

 

Net earned premiums within the Commercial Specialty segment increased by 21.4% and 22.0% for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, as compared to the same period in 2019.  The increase in net earned premiums was primarily due to a growth in premiums written as a result of organic growth from existing agents, pricing increases, and several new programs. Property net earned premiums were $34.8 million and $28.1 million for the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $97.2 million and $82.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Casualty net earned premiums were $39.1 million and $32.8 million for the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $114.1 million and $91.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.  

 

Net earned premiums within the Specialty Property segment decreased by 9.2% and 5.3% for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, as compared to the same period in 2019 primarily due to a continued reduction of catastrophe exposed business and a reduction in business not providing an adequate return on capital. Property net earned premiums were $29.3 million and $31.9 million for the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $92.2 million and $96.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Casualty net earned premiums were $2.1 million and $2.6 million for the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $7.0 million and $8.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.  

 

Net earned premiums within the Farm, Ranch, & Stable segment increased by 8.7% and 9.2% for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, as compared to the same period in 2019. The increase in net earned premiums was primarily due to a growth in premiums written in prior periods as a result of rate increases and new agent appointments.  Property net earned premiums were $15.0 million and $13.1 million for the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $42.1 million and $37.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively. Casualty net earned premiums were $5.0 million and $5.3 million for the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $15.6 million and $15.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.  

 

Net earned premiums within the Reinsurance Operations segment decreased by 22.9% for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019 primarily due to the non-renewal of its property catastrophe treaties partially offset by the new casualty treaty entered into during 2019.  Net earned premiums within the Reinsurance Operations segment increased by 10.7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019 primarily due to the new casualty treaty entered into during 2019 partially offset by the non-renewal of its property catastrophe treaties.  Property net earned premiums were $5.5 million and $13.8 million for the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $24.5 million and $40.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.  Casualty net earned premiums were $9.6 million and $5.7 million for the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $33.9 million and $12.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.  

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Reserves

 

Management’s best estimate at September 30, 2020 was recorded as the loss reserve.  Management’s best estimate is as of a particular point in time and is based upon known facts, the Company’s actuarial analyses, current law, and the Company’s judgment.  This resulted in carried gross and net reserves of $669.9 million and $571.3 million, respectively, as of September 30, 2020.  A breakout of the Company’s gross and net reserves, as of September 30, 2020, is as follows:

 

 

 

Gross Reserves

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Case

 

 

IBNR (1)

 

 

Total

 

Commercial Specialty

 

$

139,513

 

 

$

275,802

 

 

$

415,315

 

Specialty Property

 

 

22,738

 

 

 

35,307

 

 

 

58,045

 

Farm, Ranch, & Stable

 

 

16,812

 

 

 

33,987

 

 

 

50,799

 

Reinsurance Operations

 

 

56,627

 

 

 

89,144

 

 

 

145,771

 

Total

 

$

235,690

 

 

$

434,240

 

 

$

669,930

 

 

 

 

Net Reserves (2)

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

Case

 

 

IBNR (1)

 

 

Total

 

Commercial Specialty

 

$

113,322

 

 

$

234,304

 

 

$

347,626

 

Specialty Property

 

 

11,536

 

 

 

25,806

 

 

 

37,342

 

Farm, Ranch, & Stable

 

 

12,608

 

 

 

27,927

 

 

 

40,535

 

Reinsurance Operations

 

 

56,627

 

 

 

89,144

 

 

 

145,771

 

Total

 

$

194,093

 

 

$

377,181

 

 

$

571,274

 

 

(1)

Losses incurred but not reported, including the expected future emergence of case reserves.

(2)

Does not include reinsurance receivable on paid losses.

 

Each reserve category has an implicit frequency and severity for each accident year as a result of the various assumptions made.  If the actual levels of loss frequency and severity are higher or lower than expected, the ultimate losses will be different than management’s best estimate.  For most of its reserve categories, the Company believes that frequency can be predicted with greater accuracy than severity.  Therefore, the Company believes management’s best estimate is more likely influenced by changes in severity than frequency.  The following table, which the Company believes reflects a reasonable range of variability around its best estimate based on historical loss experience and management’s judgment, reflects the impact of changes (which could be favorable or unfavorable) in frequency and severity on the Company’s current accident year net loss estimate of $273.7 million for claims occurring during the nine months ended September 30, 2020:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Severity Change

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

 

-10%

 

 

-5%

 

 

0%

 

 

5%

 

 

10%

 

Frequency Change

 

-5%

 

 

 

(39,687

)

 

 

(26,686

)

 

 

(13,685

)

 

 

(684

)

 

 

12,317

 

 

 

-3%

 

 

 

(34,760

)

 

 

(21,485

)

 

 

(8,211

)

 

 

5,063

 

 

 

18,338

 

 

 

-2%

 

 

 

(32,297

)

 

 

(18,885

)

 

 

(5,474

)

 

 

7,937

 

 

 

21,349

 

 

 

-1%

 

 

 

(29,833

)

 

 

(16,285

)

 

 

(2,737

)

 

 

10,811

 

 

 

24,359

 

 

 

0%

 

 

 

(27,370

)

 

 

(13,685

)

 

 

 

 

 

13,685

 

 

 

27,370

 

 

 

1%

 

 

 

(24,907

)

 

 

(11,085

)

 

 

2,737

 

 

 

16,559

 

 

 

30,381

 

 

 

2%

 

 

 

(22,443

)

 

 

(8,485

)

 

 

5,474

 

 

 

19,433

 

 

 

33,391

 

 

 

3%

 

 

 

(19,980

)

 

 

(5,885

)

 

 

8,211

 

 

 

22,307

 

 

 

36,402

 

 

 

5%

 

 

 

(15,054

)

 

 

(684

)

 

 

13,685

 

 

 

28,054

 

 

 

42,424

 

 

The Company’s net reserves for losses and loss adjustment expenses of $571.3 million as of September 30, 2020 relate to multiple accident years.  Therefore, the impact of changes in frequency and severity for more than one accident year could be higher or lower than the amounts reflected above.

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Underwriting Results

Commercial Specialty

The components of income from the Company’s Commercial Specialty segment and corresponding underwriting ratios are as follows:

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

%

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020 (1)

 

 

2019 (1)

 

 

Change

 

 

2020 (1)

 

 

2019 (1)

 

 

Change

 

Gross written premiums

 

$

74,971

 

 

$

73,175

 

 

 

2.5

%

 

$

243,099

 

 

$

214,467

 

 

 

13.4

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net written premiums

 

$

69,074

 

 

$

62,925

 

 

 

9.8

%

 

$

219,437

 

 

$

185,202

 

 

 

18.5

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earned premiums

 

$

73,887

 

 

$

60,869

 

 

 

21.4

%

 

$

211,329

 

 

$

173,215

 

 

 

22.0

%

Total revenues

 

 

73,887

 

 

 

60,869

 

 

 

21.4

%

 

 

211,329

 

 

 

173,215

 

 

 

22.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Losses and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

42,879

 

 

 

27,389

 

 

 

56.6

%

 

 

109,191

 

 

 

81,731

 

 

 

33.6

%

Acquisition costs and other underwriting expenses

 

 

26,943

 

 

 

24,820

 

 

 

8.6

%

 

 

79,452

 

 

 

70,522

 

 

 

12.7

%

Underwriting income

 

$

4,065

 

 

$

8,660

 

 

 

(53.1

%)

 

$

22,686

 

 

$

20,962

 

 

 

8.2

%

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

Point

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Point

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

Underwriting Ratios:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss ratio:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current accident year

 

 

62.8

%

 

 

53.5

%

 

 

9.3

 

 

 

60.1

%

 

 

54.2

%

 

 

5.9

 

Prior accident year

 

 

(4.8

%)

 

 

(8.5

%)

 

 

3.7

 

 

 

(8.4

%)

 

 

(7.0

%)

 

 

(1.4

)

Calendar year loss ratio

 

 

58.0

%

 

 

45.0

%

 

 

13.0

 

 

 

51.7

%

 

 

47.2

%

 

 

4.5

 

Expense ratio

 

 

36.5

%

 

 

40.8

%

 

 

(4.3

)

 

 

37.6

%

 

 

40.7

%

 

 

(3.1

)

Combined ratio

 

 

94.5

%

 

 

85.8

%

 

 

8.7

 

 

 

89.3

%

 

 

87.9

%

 

 

1.4

 

 

(1)

Includes business ceded to the Company’s Reinsurance Operations under a quota share agreement.  This quota share agreement was cancelled effective January 1, 2018.

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Reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures and ratios

 

The table below reconciles the non-GAAP measures or ratios, which excludes the impact of prior accident year adjustments, to its most directly comparable GAAP measure or ratio. The Company believes the non-GAAP measures or ratios are useful to investors when evaluating the Company's underwriting performance as trends within Commercial Specialty may be obscured by prior accident year adjustments. These non-GAAP measures or ratios should not be considered as a substitute for its most directly comparable GAAP measure or ratio and does not reflect the overall underwriting profitability of the Company.

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

 

Losses $

 

 

Loss

Ratio

 

 

Losses $

 

 

Loss

Ratio

 

 

Losses $

 

 

Loss

Ratio

 

 

Losses $

 

 

Loss

Ratio

 

Property

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non catastrophe property losses and ratio excluding the effect of prior accident year (1)

 

$

14,769

 

 

 

42.4

%

 

$

13,641

 

 

 

48.5

%

 

$

41,581

 

 

 

42.8

%

 

$

35,694

 

 

 

43.5

%

Effect of prior accident year

 

 

(568

)

 

 

(1.6

%)

 

 

16

 

 

 

0.1

%

 

 

(238

)

 

 

(0.2

%)

 

 

(959

)

 

 

(1.2

%)

Non catastrophe property losses and ratio (2)

 

$

14,201

 

 

 

40.8

%

 

$

13,657

 

 

 

48.6

%

 

$

41,343

 

 

 

42.6

%

 

$

34,735

 

 

 

42.3

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Catastrophe losses and ratio excluding the effect of prior accident year (1)

 

$

9,537

 

 

 

27.4

%

 

$

1,731

 

 

 

6.2

%

 

$

23,116

 

 

 

23.8

%

 

$

7,088

 

 

 

8.6

%

Effect of prior accident year

 

 

626

 

 

 

1.8

%

 

 

(14

)

 

 

(0.1

%)

 

 

6,063

 

 

 

6.2

%

 

 

34

 

 

 

0.1

%

Catastrophe losses and ratio (2)

 

$

10,163

 

 

 

29.2

%

 

$

1,717

 

 

 

6.1

%

 

$

29,179

 

 

 

30.0

%

 

$

7,122

 

 

 

8.7

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total property losses and ratio excluding the effect of prior accident year (1)

 

$

24,306

 

 

 

69.8

%

 

$

15,372

 

 

 

54.7

%

 

$

64,697

 

 

 

66.6

%

 

$

42,782

 

 

 

52.1

%

Effect of prior accident year

 

 

58

 

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

2

 

 

 

%

 

 

5,825

 

 

 

6.0

%

 

 

(925

)

 

 

(1.1

%)

Total property losses and ratio (2)

 

$

24,364

 

 

 

70.0

%

 

$

15,374

 

 

 

54.7

%

 

$

70,522

 

 

 

72.6

%

 

$

41,857

 

 

 

51.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Casualty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Casualty losses and ratio excluding the effect of prior accident year (1)

 

$

22,119

 

 

 

56.6

%

 

$

17,205

 

 

 

52.5

%

 

$

62,289

 

 

 

54.6

%

 

$

51,023

 

 

 

56.0

%

Effect of prior accident year

 

 

(3,604

)

 

 

(9.2

%)

 

 

(5,190

)

 

 

(15.8

%)

 

 

(23,620

)

 

 

(20.7

%)

 

 

(11,149

)

 

 

(12.2

%)

Total Casualty losses and ratio (2)

 

$

18,515

 

 

 

47.4

%

 

$

12,015

 

 

 

36.7

%

 

$

38,669

 

 

 

33.9

%

 

$

39,874

 

 

 

43.8

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total net losses and loss adjustment expense and total loss ratio excluding the effect of prior accident year (1)

 

$

46,425

 

 

 

62.8

%

 

$

32,577

 

 

 

53.5

%

 

$

126,986

 

 

 

60.1

%

 

$

93,805

 

 

 

54.2

%

Effect of prior accident year

 

 

(3,546

)

 

 

(4.8

%)

 

 

(5,188

)

 

 

(8.5

%)

 

 

(17,795

)

 

 

(8.4

%)

 

 

(12,074

)

 

 

(7.0

%)

Total net losses and loss adjustment expense and total loss ratio (2)

 

$

42,879

 

 

 

58.0

%

 

$

27,389

 

 

 

45.0

%

 

$

109,191

 

 

 

51.7

%

 

$

81,731

 

 

 

47.2

%

 

(1)

Non-GAAP measure / ratio

(2)

Most directly comparable GAAP measure / ratio

Premiums

See “Result of Operations” above for a discussion on consolidated premiums.

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Loss Ratio

The current accident year losses and loss ratio is summarized as follows:

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

%

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

Property losses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-catastrophe

 

$

14,769

 

 

$

13,641

 

 

 

8.3

%

 

$

41,581

 

 

$

35,694

 

 

 

16.5

%

Catastrophe

 

 

9,537

 

 

 

1,731

 

 

NM

 

 

 

23,116

 

 

 

7,088

 

 

NM

 

Property losses

 

 

24,306

 

 

 

15,372

 

 

 

58.1

%

 

 

64,697

 

 

 

42,782

 

 

 

51.2

%

Casualty losses

 

 

22,119

 

 

 

17,205

 

 

 

28.6

%

 

 

62,289

 

 

 

51,023

 

 

 

22.1

%

Total accident year losses

 

$

46,425

 

 

$

32,577

 

 

 

42.5

%

 

$

126,986

 

 

$

93,805

 

 

 

35.4

%

 

NM – not meaningful

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

Point

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Point

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

Current accident year loss ratio:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-catastrophe

 

 

42.4

%

 

 

48.5

%

 

 

(6.1

)

 

 

42.8

%

 

 

43.5

%

 

 

(0.7

)

Catastrophe

 

 

27.4

%

 

 

6.2

%

 

 

21.2

 

 

 

23.8

%

 

 

8.6

%

 

 

15.2

 

Property loss ratio

 

 

69.8

%

 

 

54.7

%

 

 

15.1

 

 

 

66.6

%

 

 

52.1

%

 

 

14.5

 

Casualty loss ratio

 

 

56.6

%

 

 

52.5

%

 

 

4.1

 

 

 

54.6

%

 

 

56.0

%

 

 

(1.4

)

Total accident year loss ratio

 

 

62.8

%

 

 

53.5

%

 

 

9.3

 

 

 

60.1

%

 

 

54.2

%

 

 

5.9

 

The current accident year non-catastrophe property loss ratio improved by 6.1 points during the quarter ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019 reflecting a lower claims severity in the third accident quarter and calendar quarter compared to last year.

The current accident year non-catastrophe property loss ratio improved by 0.7 points during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019 reflecting a lower claims severity for the first nine months compared to last year.

 

The current accident year catastrophe loss ratio increased by 21.2 points during the quarter ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019 due to a higher claims frequency and severity for the third accident quarter and calendar quarter compared to last year.

 

The current accident year catastrophe loss ratio increased by 15.2 points during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019 due to a higher claims frequency and severity for the first nine months compared to last year.

The current accident year casualty loss ratio increased by 4.1 points during the quarter ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019 due to a slightly higher claims frequency for the third accident quarter and higher claims severity in the calendar quarter compared to last year.

The current accident year casualty loss ratio improved by 1.4 points during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019 due to a lower claims frequency through the first nine months compared to last year.

The calendar year loss ratio for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020 includes a decrease of $3.5 million, or 4.8 percentage points, and a decrease of $17.8 million, or 8.4 percentage points, respectively, related to reserve development on prior accident years.  The calendar year loss ratio for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2019 includes a decrease of $5.2 million, or 8.5 percentage points, and a decrease of $12.1 million, or 7.0 percentage points, respectively, related to reserve development on prior accident years.  Please see Note 8 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements in Item 1 of Part I of this report for further discussion on prior accident year development.

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Expense Ratios

The expense ratio for the Company’s Commercial Specialty segment improved by 4.3 points from 40.8% for the quarter ended September 30, 2019 to 36.5% for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 and improved by 3.1 points from 40.7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to 37.6% for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The improvement in the expense ratio is primarily due to higher earned premiums.

COVID-19

 

COVID-19 could result in declines in business, non-payment of premiums, and increases in claims that could adversely affect Commercial Specialty’s business, financial condition, and results of operation.  

 

There is risk that legislation could be passed which would require the Company to cover business interruption claims regardless of terms, exclusions including the virus exclusions contained within the Company’s Commercial Specialty policies, or other conditions included in these policies that would otherwise preclude coverage.

Specialty Property

The components of income and loss from the Company’s Specialty Property segment and corresponding underwriting ratios are as follows:

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

%

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020 (1)

 

 

2019 (1)

 

 

Change

 

 

2020 (1)

 

 

2019 (1)

 

 

Change

 

Gross written premiums

 

$

34,730

 

 

$

42,611

 

 

 

(18.5

%)

 

$

107,951

 

 

$

128,771

 

 

 

(16.2

%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net written premiums

 

$

29,971

 

 

$

37,628

 

 

 

(20.3

%)

 

$

93,053

 

 

$

110,668

 

 

 

(15.9

%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earned premiums

 

$

31,388

 

 

$

34,554

 

 

 

(9.2

%)

 

$

99,147

 

 

$

104,740

 

 

 

(5.3

%)

Other income

 

 

450

 

 

 

465

 

 

 

(3.2

%)

 

 

1,306

 

 

 

1,406

 

 

 

(7.1

%)

Total revenues

 

 

31,838

 

 

 

35,019

 

 

 

(9.1

%)

 

 

100,453

 

 

 

106,146

 

 

 

(5.4

%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Losses and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

34,430

 

 

 

25,997

 

 

 

32.4

%

 

 

65,619

 

 

 

57,611

 

 

 

13.9

%

Acquisition costs and other underwriting expenses

 

 

13,364

 

 

 

14,571

 

 

 

(8.3

%)

 

 

41,357

 

 

 

44,163

 

 

 

(6.4

%)

Underwriting income (loss)

 

$

(15,956

)

 

$

(5,549

)

 

 

187.5

%

 

$

(6,523

)

 

$

4,372

 

 

NM

 

 

NM – not meaningful

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

Point

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Point

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

Underwriting Ratios:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss ratio:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current accident year

 

 

116.1

%

 

 

78.9

%

 

 

37.2

 

 

 

72.8

%

 

 

65.1

%

 

 

7.7

 

Prior accident year

 

 

(6.4

%)

 

 

(3.7

%)

 

 

(2.7

)

 

 

(6.6

%)

 

 

(10.0

%)

 

 

3.4

 

Calendar year loss ratio

 

 

109.7

%

 

 

75.2

%

 

 

34.5

 

 

 

66.2

%

 

 

55.1

%

 

 

11.1

 

Expense ratio

 

 

42.6

%

 

 

42.2

%

 

 

0.4

 

 

 

41.7

%

 

 

42.2

%

 

 

(0.5

)

Combined ratio

 

 

152.3

%

 

 

117.4

%

 

 

34.9

 

 

 

107.9

%

 

 

97.3

%

 

 

10.6

 

 

(1)

Includes business ceded to the Company’s Reinsurance Operations under a quota share agreement.  This quota share agreement was cancelled effective January 1, 2018.

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Reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures and ratios

The table below reconciles the non-GAAP measures or ratios, which excludes the impact of prior accident year adjustments, to its most directly comparable GAAP measure or ratio. The Company believes the non-GAAP measures or ratios are useful to investors when evaluating the Company's underwriting performance as trends within Specialty Property may be obscured by prior accident year adjustments. These non-GAAP measures or ratios should not be considered as a substitute for its most directly comparable GAAP measure or ratio and does not reflect the overall underwriting profitability of the Company.

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

 

Losses $

 

 

Loss Ratio

 

 

Losses $

 

 

Loss Ratio

 

 

Losses $

 

 

Loss Ratio

 

 

Losses

 

 

Loss Ratio

 

Property

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non catastrophe property losses and ratio excluding the effect of prior accident year (1)

 

$

15,264

 

 

 

52.0

%

 

$

19,388

 

 

 

60.7

%

 

$

40,689

 

 

 

44.2

%

 

$

53,401

 

 

 

55.2

%

Effect of prior accident year

 

 

66

 

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

368

 

 

 

1.2

%

 

 

(2,979

)

 

 

(3.2

%)

 

 

188

 

 

 

0.2

%

Non catastrophe property losses and ratio (2)

 

$

15,330

 

 

 

52.2

%

 

$

19,756

 

 

 

61.9

%

 

$

37,710

 

 

 

41.0

%

 

$

53,589

 

 

 

55.4

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Catastrophe losses and ratio excluding the effect of prior accident year (1)

 

$

20,060

 

 

 

68.4

%

 

$

5,996

 

 

 

18.8

%

 

$

28,367

 

 

 

30.8

%

 

$

10,080

 

 

 

10.4

%

Effect of prior accident year

 

 

(1,828

)

 

 

(6.2

%)

 

 

(1,297

)

 

 

(4.1

%)

 

 

(1,619

)

 

 

(1.8

%)

 

 

(10,286

)

 

 

(10.6

%)

Catastrophe losses and ratio (2)

 

$

18,232

 

 

 

62.2

%

 

$

4,699

 

 

 

14.7

%

 

$

26,748

 

 

 

29.0

%

 

$

(206

)

 

 

(0.2

%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total property losses and ratio excluding the effect of prior accident year (1)

 

$

35,324

 

 

 

120.4

%

 

$

25,384

 

 

 

79.5

%

 

$

69,056

 

 

 

75.0

%

 

$

63,481

 

 

 

65.6

%

Effect of prior accident year

 

 

(1,762

)

 

 

(6.0

%)

 

 

(929

)

 

 

(2.9

%)

 

 

(4,598

)

 

 

(5.0

%)

 

 

(10,098

)

 

 

(10.4

%)

Total property losses and ratio (2)

 

$

33,562

 

 

 

114.4

%

 

$

24,455

 

 

 

76.6

%

 

$

64,458

 

 

 

70.0

%

 

$

53,383

 

 

 

55.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Casualty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Casualty losses and ratio excluding the effect of prior accident year (1)

 

$

1,109

 

 

 

53.9

%

 

$

1,895

 

 

 

72.4

%

 

$

3,154

 

 

 

45.1

%

 

$

4,656

 

 

 

57.6

%

Effect of prior accident year

 

 

(241

)

 

 

(11.7

%)

 

 

(353

)

 

 

(13.5

%)

 

 

(1,993

)

 

 

(28.5

%)

 

 

(428

)

 

 

(5.3

%)

Total Casualty losses and ratio (2)

 

$

868

 

 

 

42.2

%

 

$

1,542

 

 

 

58.9

%

 

$

1,161

 

 

 

16.6

%

 

$

4,228

 

 

 

52.3

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total net losses and loss adjustment expense and total loss ratio excluding the effect of prior accident year (1)

 

$

36,433

 

 

 

116.1

%

 

$

27,279

 

 

 

78.9

%

 

$

72,210

 

 

 

72.8

%

 

$

68,137

 

 

 

65.1

%

Effect of prior accident year

 

 

(2,003

)

 

 

(6.4

%)

 

 

(1,282

)

 

 

(3.7

%)

 

 

(6,591

)

 

 

(6.6

%)

 

 

(10,526

)

 

 

(10.0

%)

Total net losses and loss adjustment expense and total loss ratio (2)

 

$

34,430

 

 

 

109.7

%

 

$

25,997

 

 

 

75.2

%

 

$

65,619

 

 

 

66.2

%

 

$

57,611

 

 

 

55.1

%

 

(1)

Non-GAAP measure / ratio

(2)

Most directly comparable GAAP measure / ratio

Premiums

See “Result of Operations” above for a discussion on consolidated premiums.

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Other Income

Other income was $0.5 million for each of the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 and $1.3 million and $1.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.  Other income is primarily comprised of fee income.  

Loss Ratio

The current accident year losses and loss ratio is summarized as follows:

 

 

 

Quarters Ended

September 30,

 

 

%

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

Property losses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-catastrophe

 

$

15,264

 

 

$

19,388

 

 

 

(21.3

%)

 

$

40,689

 

 

$

53,401

 

 

 

(23.8

%)

Catastrophe

 

 

20,060

 

 

 

5,996

 

 

NM

 

 

 

28,367

 

 

 

10,080

 

 

 

181.4

%

Property losses

 

 

35,324

 

 

 

25,384

 

 

 

39.2

%

 

 

69,056

 

 

 

63,481

 

 

 

8.8

%

Casualty losses

 

 

1,109

 

 

 

1,895

 

 

 

(41.5

%)

 

 

3,154

 

 

 

4,656

 

 

 

(32.3

%)

Total accident year losses

 

$

36,433

 

 

$

27,279

 

 

 

33.6

%

 

$

72,210

 

 

$

68,137

 

 

 

6.0

%

 

NM – not meaningful

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

Point

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Point

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

Current accident year loss ratio:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-catastrophe

 

 

52.0

%

 

 

60.7

%

 

 

(8.7

)

 

 

44.2

%

 

 

55.2

%

 

 

(11.0

)

Catastrophe

 

 

68.4

%

 

 

18.8

%

 

 

49.6

 

 

 

30.8

%

 

 

10.4

%

 

 

20.4

 

Property loss ratio

 

 

120.4

%

 

 

79.5

%

 

 

40.9

 

 

 

75.0

%

 

 

65.6

%

 

 

9.4

 

Casualty loss ratio

 

 

53.9

%

 

 

72.4

%

 

 

(18.5

)

 

 

45.1

%

 

 

57.6

%

 

 

(12.5

)

Total accident year loss ratio

 

 

116.1

%

 

 

78.9

%

 

 

37.2

 

 

 

72.8

%

 

 

65.1

%

 

 

7.7

 

 

The current accident year non-catastrophe property loss ratio improved by 8.7 points during the quarter ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019 reflecting a lower claims severity in the third accident quarter and calendar quarter compared to last year.

 

The current accident year non-catastrophe property loss ratio improved by 11.0 points during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019 due to a lower claims frequency and severity through nine months compared to last year.

 

The current accident year catastrophe loss ratio increased by 49.6 points during the quarter ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019 due to a higher claims frequency and severity for the third accident quarter and calendar quarter compared to last year. The impact from Hurricane Laura on the third calendar quarter loss ratio was 36.2 points which was the main driver of the higher loss ratio in the quarter.

The current accident year catastrophe loss ratio increased by 20.4 points during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019 due to a higher claims frequency and severity for the first nine months compared to last year. The impact from Hurricane Laura on the nine month loss ratio was 11.5 points.

The current accident year casualty loss ratio improved by 18.5 points during the quarter ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019 reflecting a lower claims frequency and severity in the third accident quarter and lower claims severity in the calendar quarter compared to last year.

The current accident year casualty loss ratio improved by 12.5 points during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019 due to a lower claims severity through nine months compared to last year.

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The calendar year loss ratio for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020 includes a decrease of $2.0 million, or 6.4 percentage points, and a decrease of $6.6 million, or 6.6 percentage points, respectively, related to reserve development on prior accident years.  The calendar year loss ratio for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2019 includes a decrease of $1.3 million, or 3.7 percentage points, and a decrease of $10.5 million, or 10.0 percentage points, respectively, related to reserve development on prior accident years.  Please see Note 8 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements in Item 1 of Part I of this report for further discussion on prior accident year development.

Expense Ratios

The expense ratio for the Company’s Specialty Property segment increased 0.4 points from 42.2% for the quarter ended September 30, 2019 to 42.6% for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 primarily due to a reduction in earned premiums.  The expense ratio improved by 0.5 points from 42.2% for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to 41.7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 primarily due to a reduction in compensation and travel cost partially offset by the impact of lower earned premiums.

COVID-19

COVID-19 could result in declines in business and non-payment of premiums that could adversely affect Specialty Property’s business, financial condition, and results of operation.  

 

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Farm, Ranch, & Stable

The components of income and loss from the Company’s Farm, Ranch, & Stable segment and corresponding underwriting ratios are as follows:

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

%

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020 (1)

 

 

2019 (1)

 

 

Change

 

 

2020 (1)

 

 

2019 (1)

 

 

Change

 

Gross written premiums

 

$

19,443

 

 

$

21,410

 

 

 

(9.2

%)

 

$

64,798

 

 

$

65,872

 

 

 

(1.6

%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net written premiums

 

$

16,961

 

 

$

18,294

 

 

 

(7.3

%)

 

$

56,323

 

 

$

55,861

 

 

 

0.8

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earned premiums

 

$

19,978

 

 

$

18,377

 

 

 

8.7

%

 

$

57,691

 

 

$

52,849

 

 

 

9.2

%

Other income

 

 

35

 

 

 

34

 

 

 

2.9

%

 

 

107

 

 

 

96

 

 

 

11.5

%

Total revenues

 

 

20,013

 

 

 

18,411

 

 

 

8.7

%

 

 

57,798

 

 

 

52,945

 

 

 

9.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Losses and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

14,649

 

 

 

10,939

 

 

 

33.9

%

 

 

37,698

 

 

 

32,203

 

 

 

17.1

%

Acquisition costs and other underwriting expenses

 

 

7,443

 

 

 

7,776

 

 

 

(4.3

%)

 

 

22,687

 

 

 

22,403

 

 

 

1.3

%

Underwriting loss

 

$

(2,079

)

 

$

(304

)

 

NM

 

 

$

(2,587

)

 

$

(1,661

)

 

 

(55.7

%)

 

NM – not meaningful

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

Point

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Point

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

Underwriting Ratios:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss ratio:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current accident year

 

 

79.9

%

 

 

65.8

%

 

 

14.1

 

 

 

69.0

%

 

 

68.4

%

 

 

0.6

 

Prior accident year

 

 

(6.5

%)

 

 

(6.3

%)

 

 

(0.2

)

 

 

(3.7

%)

 

 

(7.5

%)

 

 

3.8

 

Calendar year loss ratio

 

 

73.4

%

 

 

59.5

%

 

 

13.9

 

 

 

65.3

%

 

 

60.9

%

 

 

4.4

 

Expense ratio

 

 

37.3

%

 

 

42.3

%

 

 

(5.0

)

 

 

39.3

%

 

 

42.4

%

 

 

(3.1

)

Combined ratio

 

 

110.7

%

 

 

101.8

%

 

 

8.9

 

 

 

104.6

%

 

 

103.3

%

 

 

1.3

 

 

(1)

Includes business ceded to the Company’s Reinsurance Operations under a quote share agreement.  The quota share agreement was terminated effective January 1, 2018.

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Reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures and ratios

The table below reconciles the non-GAAP measures or ratios, which excludes the impact of prior accident year adjustments, to its most directly comparable GAAP measure or ratio. The Company believes the non-GAAP measures or ratios are useful to investors when evaluating the Company's underwriting performance as trends within Farm, Ranch, & Stable may be obscured by prior accident year adjustments. These non-GAAP measures or ratios should not be considered as a substitute for its most directly comparable GAAP measure or ratio and does not reflect the overall underwriting profitability of the Company.

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

 

Losses $

 

 

Loss Ratio

 

 

Losses $

 

 

Loss Ratio

 

 

Losses $

 

 

Loss Ratio

 

 

Losses

 

 

Loss Ratio

 

Property

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non catastrophe property losses and ratio excluding the effect of prior accident year (1)

 

$

6,292

 

 

 

41.9

%

 

$

7,542

 

 

 

57.6

%

 

$

16,106

 

 

 

38.2

%

 

$

21,943

 

 

 

58.2

%

Effect of prior accident year

 

 

(850

)

 

 

(5.7

%)

 

 

(17

)

 

 

(0.1

%)

 

 

(2,115

)

 

 

(5.0

%)

 

 

(448

)

 

 

(1.2

%)

Non catastrophe property losses and ratio (2)

 

$

5,442

 

 

 

36.2

%

 

$

7,525

 

 

 

57.5

%

 

$

13,991

 

 

 

33.2

%

 

$

21,495

 

 

 

57.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Catastrophe losses and ratio excluding the effect of prior accident year (1)

 

$

6,970

 

 

 

46.4

%

 

$

2,044

 

 

 

15.6

%

 

$

15,488

 

 

 

36.8

%

 

$

6,769

 

 

 

18.0

%

Effect of prior accident year

 

 

(472

)

 

 

(3.1

%)

 

 

(1,089

)

 

 

(8.3

%)

 

 

89

 

 

 

0.2

%

 

 

(1,784

)

 

 

(4.7

%)

Catastrophe losses and ratio (2)

 

$

6,498

 

 

 

43.3

%

 

$

955

 

 

 

7.3

%

 

$

15,577

 

 

 

37.0

%

 

$

4,985

 

 

 

13.3

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total property losses and ratio excluding the effect of prior accident year (1)

 

$

13,262

 

 

 

88.3

%

 

$

9,586

 

 

 

73.2

%

 

$

31,594

 

 

 

75.0

%

 

$

28,712

 

 

 

76.2

%

Effect of prior accident year

 

 

(1,322

)

 

 

(8.8

%)

 

 

(1,106

)

 

 

(8.4

%)

 

 

(2,026

)

 

 

(4.8

%)

 

 

(2,232

)

 

 

(5.9

%)

Total property losses and ratio (2)

 

$

11,940

 

 

 

79.5

%

 

$

8,480

 

 

 

64.8

%

 

$

29,568

 

 

 

70.2

%

 

$

26,480

 

 

 

70.3

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Casualty

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Casualty losses and ratio excluding the effect of prior accident year (1)

 

$

2,693

 

 

 

54.4

%

 

$

2,503

 

 

 

47.4

%

 

$

8,213

 

 

 

52.7

%

 

$

7,462

 

 

 

49.2

%

Effect of prior accident year

 

 

16

 

 

 

0.3

%

 

 

(44

)

 

 

(0.8

%)

 

 

(83

)

 

 

(0.5

%)

 

 

(1,739

)

 

 

(11.5

%)

Total Casualty losses and ratio (2)

 

$

2,709

 

 

 

54.7

%

 

$

2,459

 

 

 

46.6

%

 

$

8,130

 

 

 

52.2

%

 

$

5,723

 

 

 

37.7

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total net losses and loss adjustment expense and total loss ratio excluding the effect of prior accident year (1)

 

$

15,955

 

 

 

79.9

%

 

$

12,089

 

 

 

65.8

%

 

$

39,807

 

 

 

69.0

%

 

$

36,174

 

 

 

68.4

%

Effect of prior accident year

 

 

(1,306

)

 

 

(6.5

%)

 

 

(1,150

)

 

 

(6.3

%)

 

 

(2,109

)

 

 

(3.7

%)

 

 

(3,971

)

 

 

(7.5

%)

Total net losses and loss adjustment expense and total loss ratio (2)

 

$

14,649

 

 

 

73.4

%

 

$

10,939

 

 

 

59.5

%

 

$

37,698

 

 

 

65.3

%

 

$

32,203

 

 

 

60.9

%

 

(1)

Non-GAAP measure / ratio

(2)

Most directly comparable GAAP measure / ratio

Premiums

See “Result of Operations” above for a discussion on consolidated premiums.

Other Income

Other income was less than $0.1 million for each of the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 and $0.1 million for each of the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.  Other income is primarily comprised of fee income.  

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Loss Ratio

The current accident year losses and loss ratio is summarized as follows:

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

%

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

Property losses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-catastrophe

 

$

6,292

 

 

$

7,542

 

 

 

(16.6

%)

 

$

16,106

 

 

$

21,943

 

 

 

(26.6

%)

Catastrophe

 

 

6,970

 

 

 

2,044

 

 

NM

 

 

 

15,488

 

 

 

6,769

 

 

 

128.8

%

Property losses

 

 

13,262

 

 

 

9,586

 

 

 

38.3

%

 

 

31,594

 

 

 

28,712

 

 

 

10.0

%

Casualty losses

 

 

2,693

 

 

 

2,503

 

 

 

7.6

%

 

 

8,213

 

 

 

7,462

 

 

 

10.1

%

Total accident year losses

 

$

15,955

 

 

$

12,089

 

 

 

32.0

%

 

$

39,807

 

 

$

36,174

 

 

 

10.0

%

 

NM – not meaningful

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

Point

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Point

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

Current accident year loss ratio:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Property

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Non-catastrophe

 

 

41.9

%

 

 

57.6

%

 

 

(15.7

)

 

 

38.2

%

 

 

58.2

%

 

 

(20.0

)

Catastrophe

 

 

46.4

%

 

 

15.6

%

 

 

30.8

 

 

 

36.8

%

 

 

18.0

%

 

 

18.8

 

Property loss ratio

 

 

88.3

%

 

 

73.2

%

 

 

15.1

 

 

 

75.0

%

 

 

76.2

%

 

 

(1.2

)

Casualty loss ratio

 

 

54.4

%

 

 

47.4

%

 

 

7.0

 

 

 

52.7

%

 

 

49.2

%

 

 

3.5

 

Total accident year loss ratio

 

 

79.9

%

 

 

65.8

%

 

 

14.1

 

 

 

69.0

%

 

 

68.4

%

 

 

0.6

 

 

The current accident year non-catastrophe property loss ratio improved by 15.7 points during the quarter ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019 due to a lower claims frequency for the third accident quarter and lower claims frequency and severity in the calendar quarter compared to last year.

The current accident year non-catastrophe property loss ratio improved by 20.0 points during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019 reflecting a lower claims frequency and severity for the first nine months compared to last year.

 

The current accident year catastrophe loss ratio increased by 30.8 points during the quarter ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019 reflecting a higher claims frequency and severity for the third accident quarter and calendar quarter compared to last year. The impact from the Midwest Derecho on the third calendar quarter loss ratio was 30.1 points which accounted for almost the entire increase from last year.

The current accident year catastrophe loss ratio increased by 18.8 points during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019 reflecting a higher claims frequency and severity through nine months compared to last year.  The impact from the Midwest Derecho on the nine month loss ratio was 10.7 points.

The current accident year casualty loss ratio increased by 7.0 points during the quarter ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019 due to a higher claims severity for the third accident quarter and calendar quarter compared to last year.

The current accident year casualty loss ratio increased by 3.5 points during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019.   The increase in the loss ratio reflects a higher claims severity through nine months compared to last year.

The calendar year loss ratio for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020 includes a decrease of $1.3 million, or  6.5 percentage points, and a decrease of $2.1 million, or 3.7 percentage points, respectively, related to reserve development on prior accident years.  The calendar year loss ratio for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2019 includes a decrease of $1.2 million, or 6.3 percentage points, and a decrease of $4.0 million, or 7.5 percentage points, respectively,

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related to reserve development on prior accident years.  Please see Note 8 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements in Item 1 of Part I of this report for further discussion on prior accident year development.

Expense Ratios

The expense ratio for the Company’s Farm, Ranch, & Stable Segment improved 5.0 points from 42.3% for the quarter ended September 30, 2019 to 37.3% for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 primarily due to a reduction in compensation and travel cost as well as higher earned premiums.  The expense ratio improved 3.1 points from 42.4% for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to 39.3% for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 primarily due to higher earned premiums.

COVID-19

 

There is risk that legislation could be passed which would require the Company to cover business interruption claims regardless of terms, exclusions including the virus exclusions contained within the Company’s Farm, Ranch & Stable policies, or other conditions included in these policies that would otherwise preclude coverage.

 

COVID-19 could result in declines in business, non-payment of premiums, and increases in claims that could adversely affect Farm, Ranch, & Stable’s business, financial condition, and results of operation.  

Reinsurance Operations

The components of income from the Company’s Reinsurance Operations segment and corresponding underwriting ratios are as follows:

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

%

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020 (1)

 

 

2019 (1)

 

 

Change

 

 

2020 (1)

 

 

2019 (1)

 

 

Change

 

Gross written premiums

 

$

14,605

 

 

$

19,981

 

 

 

(26.9

%)

 

$

48,174

 

 

$

69,589

 

 

 

(30.8

%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net written premiums

 

$

14,605

 

 

$

19,989

 

 

 

(26.9

%)

 

$

48,174

 

 

$

69,590

 

 

 

(30.8

%)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net earned premiums

 

$

15,049

 

 

$

19,512

 

 

 

(22.9

%)

 

$

58,450

 

 

$

52,798

 

 

 

10.7

%

Other income (loss)

 

 

112

 

 

 

(235

)

 

 

(147.7

%)

 

 

96

 

 

 

(228

)

 

 

(142.1

%)

Total revenues

 

 

15,161

 

 

 

19,277

 

 

 

(21.4

%)

 

 

58,546

 

 

 

52,570

 

 

 

11.4

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Losses and expenses:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

5,190

 

 

 

9,258

 

 

 

(43.9

%)

 

 

29,584

 

 

 

30,434

 

 

 

(2.8

%)

Acquisition costs and other underwriting expenses

 

 

5,518

 

 

 

6,199

 

 

 

(11.0

%)

 

 

19,762

 

 

 

16,555

 

 

 

19.4

%

Underwriting income

 

$

4,453

 

 

$

3,820

 

 

 

16.6

%

 

$

9,200

 

 

$

5,581

 

 

 

64.8

%

 

 

 

Quarters Ended

September 30,

 

 

Point

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Point

 

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

Underwriting Ratios:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Loss ratio:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current accident year (2)

 

 

66.8

%

 

 

44.0

%

 

 

22.8

 

 

 

59.4

%

 

 

51.0

%

 

 

8.4

 

Prior accident year

 

 

(32.3

%)

 

 

3.4

%

 

 

(35.7

)

 

 

(8.8

%)

 

 

6.7

%

 

 

(15.5

)

Calendar year loss ratio (3)

 

 

34.5

%

 

 

47.4

%

 

 

(12.9

)

 

 

50.6

%

 

 

57.7

%

 

 

(7.1

)

Expense ratio

 

 

36.7

%

 

 

31.8

%

 

 

4.9

 

 

 

33.8

%

 

 

31.4

%

 

 

2.4

 

Combined ratio

 

 

71.2

%

 

 

79.2

%

 

 

(8.0

)

 

 

84.4

%

 

 

89.1

%

 

 

(4.7

)

 

(1)

External business only, excluding business assumed from affiliates

(2)

Non-GAAP ratio

(3)

Most directly comparable GAAP ratio

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Reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures and ratios

The table above includes a reconciliation of the current accident year loss ratio, which is a non-GAAP ratio, to its calendar year loss ratio, which is its most directly comparable GAAP ratio.  The Company believes the non-GAAP ratio is useful to investors when evaluating the Company's underwriting performance as trends in the Company's Reinsurance Operations may be obscured by prior accident year adjustments. This non-GAAP ratio should not be considered as a substitute for its most directly comparable GAAP ratio and does not reflect the overall underwriting profitability of the Company.

Premiums

See “Result of Operations” above for a discussion on premiums.

Other Income

The Company recognized income of $0.1 million in both the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and a loss of $0.2 million in both the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2019.  Other income is comprised of foreign exchange gains and losses.

Loss Ratio

The current accident year loss ratio increased by 22.8 points during the quarter ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019.  The current accident year loss ratio increased for property lines compared to the same period last year.  Also, the increase in the total loss ratio reflects a mix of business shift to more casualty premium which has a higher expected loss ratio than property.

 

The current accident year loss ratio increased by 8.4 points during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019 due to an increase in the property non-catastrophe loss ratio and the change in mix of business, as there is more casualty premium being written which has a higher expected loss ratio than property.  

The calendar year loss ratio for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020 includes a decrease of $4.9 million, or 32.3 percentage points, and a decrease of $5.1 million, or 8.8 percentage points, respectively, related to reserve development on prior accident years.  The calendar year loss ratio for the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2019 includes an increase of $0.7 million, or 3.4 percentage points, and an increase of $3.5 million, or 6.7 percentage points, respectively, related to reserve development on prior accident years.  Please see Note 8 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements in Item 1 of Part I of this report for further discussion on prior accident year development.

Expense Ratio

The expense ratio for the Company’s Reinsurance Operations increased by 4.9 points from 31.8% for the quarter ended September 30, 2019 to 36.7% for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 and increased by 2.4 points from 31.4% for the nine months ended September 30, 2019 to 33.8% for the nine months ended September 30, 2020. The increase in the expense ratio is primarily due to an increase in commission expense resulting from a change in business mix.

 

COVID-19

 

COVID-19 could result in declines in business, non-payment of premiums, and increases in claims that could adversely affect the Reinsurance Operations’ business, financial condition, and results of operation.  

 

Unallocated Corporate Items

 

The Company’s fixed income portfolio, excluding cash, continues to maintain high quality with an AA- average rating and a duration of 4.2 years.

 

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Net Investment Income

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

%

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

%

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

Gross investment income (loss) (1)

 

$

12,556

 

 

$

12,162

 

 

 

3.2

%

 

$

21,662

 

 

$

34,712

 

 

 

(37.6

%)

Investment expenses

 

 

(810

)

 

 

(814

)

 

 

(0.5

%)

 

 

(2,146

)

 

 

(2,319

)

 

 

(7.5

%)

Net investment income

 

$

11,746

 

 

$

11,348

 

 

 

3.5

%

 

$

19,516

 

 

$

32,393

 

 

 

(39.8

%)

 

(1)

Excludes realized gains and losses

Gross investment income increased by 3.2% for the quarter, and decreased 37.6% for the nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, as compared to the same period in 2019.  The increase for the quarter was primarily due to increased returns from alternative investments offset by a decrease in income related to the fixed maturities portfolio. The decrease for nine months ended was primarily due to poor returns from alternative investments during the early part of 2020.  Alternative investments are booked on a one quarter lag due to the limited partnerships typically not reporting results until one to three months following the end of the reporting period.

Investment expenses decreased by 0.5% and 7.5% for the quarter ended and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, as compared to the same period in 2019 due to including investment expenses related to mutual funds as a direct offset to investment income.

At September 30, 2020, the Company held agency mortgage-backed securities with a market value of $289.7 million. Excluding the agency mortgage-backed securities, the average duration of the Company’s fixed maturities portfolio was 4.8 years as of September 30, 2020, compared with 3.8 years as of September 30, 2019.  Including cash and short-term investments, the average duration of the Company’s fixed maturities portfolio, excluding agency mortgage-backed securities, was 4.6 years as of September 30, 2020, compared with 3.5 years as of September 30, 2019. Changes in interest rates can cause principal payments on certain investments to extend or shorten which can impact duration. The Company’s embedded book yield on its fixed maturities, not including cash, was 2.4% as of September 30, 2020, compared to 3.0% as of September 30, 2019. The embedded book yield on the $62.0 million of taxable municipal bonds in the Company’s portfolio, was 3.0% at September 30, 2020, compared to an embedded book yield of 3.3% on the Company’s taxable municipal bonds of $55.6 million at September 30, 2019.

Net Realized Investment Gains (Losses)

 

The components of net realized investment gains (losses) for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019 were as follows:

 

 

 

Quarters Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

Equity securities

 

$

4,887

 

 

$

(1,465

)

 

$

(17,201

)

 

$

17,860

 

Fixed maturities

 

 

2,276

 

 

 

946

 

 

 

17,028

 

 

 

4,731

 

Derivatives

 

 

160

 

 

 

(2,171

)

 

 

(22,159

)

 

 

(9,404

)

Other than temporary impairment losses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,897

)

Net realized investment gains (losses)

 

$

7,323

 

 

$

(2,690

)

 

$

(22,332

)

 

$

11,290

 

 

Net realized investment gains (losses) for the quarter ended and nine months ended September 30, 2020 were primarily due to the impact of changes in fair value on equity securities and derivatives due to the recent disruption in the global financial markets as a result of COVID-19.

 

See Note 3 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements in Item 1 of Part I of this report for an analysis of total investment return on a pre-tax basis for the quarters and nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019.

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Corporate and Other Operating Expenses

 

Corporate and other operating expenses consist of outside legal fees, other professional fees, directors’ fees, management fees & advisory fees, salaries and benefits for holding company personnel, development costs for new products, and taxes incurred which are not directly related to operations.  Corporate and other operating expenses were $21.2 million and $3.9 million during the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and $34.0 million and $11.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.  The increase in corporate expenses is primarily due to incurring $10.0 million in advisory fees related to the redomestication as well as an increase in legal and professional fees due to the redomestication.  See Note 11 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements in Item 1 of Part I of this report for additional information on the redomestication fee.

Interest Expense

 

Interest expense decreased 27.9% and 12.5% during the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020, respectively, as compared to the same period in 2019 primarily due to a reduction in the Fed Funds effective interest rate in March, 2020 as well as the redemption of the 2045 Notes and repayment of the margin borrowing facility during the quarter ended September 30, 2020.

Income Tax Expense / Benefit

 

Income tax benefit was $3.2 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 compared with an income tax benefit of $0.3 million for the quarter ended September 30, 2019.  The increase in income tax benefit was primarily due to higher pre-tax loss for the Company’s U.S. subsidiaries for the quarter ended September 30, 2020 as compared to the same period in 2019 and the change in tax status which is the income tax benefit recognized on net insurance liabilities that were redomiciled from Bermuda at 0% tax rate to the United States at a 21% tax rate.

 

Income tax benefit was $8.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 compared with an income tax expense of $5.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2019. The increase in income tax benefit was primarily due to a pre-tax loss for the Company’s U.S. subsidiaries for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 as compared to a gain in the same period in 2019 and the change in tax status which is the income tax benefit recognized on net insurance liabilities that were redomiciled from Bermuda at 0% tax rate to the United States at a 21% tax rate.

See Note 7 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements in Item 1 of Part I of this report for a comparison of income tax between periods.  

Net Income

The factors described above resulted in a net loss of $15.2 million and net income of $6.7 million for the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively, and a net loss of $22.2 million and net income of $41.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.  

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Sources and Uses of Funds

 

Global Indemnity is a holding company.  Its principal asset is its ownership of the shares of its direct and indirect subsidiaries, including those of its insurance companies: United National Insurance Company, Diamond State Insurance Company, Penn-America Insurance Company, Penn-Star Insurance Company, Penn-Patriot Insurance Company, and American Reliable Insurance Company.

 

Global Indemnity’s short term and long term liquidity needs include but are not limited to the payment of corporate expenses, debt service payments, dividend payments to shareholders, and share repurchases.  In order to meet their short term and long term needs, the Company’s principal sources of cash includes dividends from subsidiaries, other permitted disbursements from its direct and indirect subsidiaries, reimbursement for equity awards granted to employees and intercompany borrowings. The principal sources of funds at these direct and indirect subsidiaries include underwriting operations, investment income, proceeds from sales and redemptions of investments, capital contributions, intercompany borrowings, and dividends from subsidiaries.  Funds are used principally by these operating subsidiaries to pay claims and operating expenses, to make debt payments, fund margin requirements on interest rate swap agreements, to purchase investments, and

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to make dividend payments.  In addition, the Company periodically reviews opportunities related to business acquisitions and as a result, liquidity may be needed in the future.

 

As of September 30, 2020, the Company also had future funding commitments of $31.2 million related to investments.  However, the related investments are currently in their harvest period and it is unlikely that a capital call will be made.

 

Global Indemnity’s insurance companies are restricted by statute as to the amount of dividends that they may pay without the prior approval of regulatory authorities. The dividend limitations imposed by state laws are based on the statutory financial results of each insurance company within the Insurance Operations that are determined by using statutory accounting practices that differ in various respects from accounting principles used in financial statements prepared in conformity with GAAP.  See “Regulation - Statutory Accounting Principles” in Item 1 of Part I of the Company’s 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K. Key differences relate to, among other items, deferred acquisition costs, limitations on deferred income taxes, reserve calculation assumptions and surplus notes.  See Note 18 of the notes to the consolidated financial statements in Item 8 of Part II of the Company’s 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K for further information on dividend limitations related to the Insurance Companies.  The Insurance Companies did not declare or pay any dividends during the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020.  

 

Global Indemnity Reinsurance was prohibited, without the approval of the Bermuda Monetary Authority (“BMA”), from reducing by 15% or more its total statutory capital or 25% or more of its total statutory capital and surplus as set out in its previous year’s statutory financial statements, and any application for such approval must include such information as the BMA may require.  See “Regulation—Bermuda Insurance Regulation” in Item 1 of Part I of the Company’s 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K. In June, 2020, the Board of Directors of Global Indemnity Reinsurance declared and paid a dividend of $226 million to its parent company, Global Indemnity Limited.  On August 26, 2020, Global Indemnity Reinsurance merged into Penn Patriot Insurance Company.

Cash Flows

 

Sources of operating funds consist primarily of net written premiums and investment income.  Funds are used primarily to pay claims and operating expenses and to purchase investments.  As a result of the dividend policy established in 2017, funds may also be used in the future to pay dividends to shareholders of the Company.

 

The Company’s reconciliation of net income (loss) to net cash provided by operations is generally influenced by the following:

 

the fact that the Company collects premiums, net of commissions, in advance of losses paid;

 

the timing of the Company’s settlements with its reinsurers; and

 

the timing of the Company’s loss payments.

 

Net cash provided by operating activities was $33.9 million and $45.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2020 and 2019, respectively.  The decrease in operating cash flows of approximately $12.0 million from the prior year was primarily a net result of the following items:

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

(Dollars in thousands)

 

2020

 

 

2019

 

 

Change

 

Net premiums collected

 

$

418,598

 

 

$

417,803

 

 

$

795

 

Net losses paid

 

 

(231,038

)

 

 

(220,924

)

 

 

(10,114

)

Underwriting and corporate expenses

 

 

(183,883

)

 

 

(174,526

)

 

 

(9,357

)

Net investment income

 

 

33,428

 

 

 

38,700

 

 

 

(5,272

)

Net federal income taxes recovered (paid)

 

 

10,859

 

 

 

(235

)

 

 

11,094

 

Interest paid

 

 

(14,028

)

 

 

(14,888

)

 

 

860

 

Net cash provided by (used for) operating activities

 

$

33,936

 

 

$

45,930

 

 

$

(11,994

)

See the consolidated statements of cash flows in the consolidated financial statements in Item 1 of Part I of this report for details concerning the Company’s investing and financing activities.

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Liquidity

COVID-19

 

The Company’s liquidity could be negatively impacted by the cancellation, delays, or non-payment of premiums related to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.  There is risk that legislation could be passed which would require the Company to cover business interruption claims regardless of terms, exclusions including the virus exclusions contained within the Company’s Commercial Specialty and Farm, Ranch & Stable policies, or other conditions included in policies that would otherwise preclude coverage which would negatively impact liquidity.  In addition, the liquidity of the Company’s investment portfolio could be negatively impacted by the disruption experienced in global financial markets.  Management is taking actions it considers prudent to minimize the impact on the Company’s liquidity. However, given the ongoing uncertainty surrounding the duration, magnitude and geographic reach of COVID-19, the Company is regularly evaluating the impact of COVID-19 on its liquidity.

 

Dividends / Distributions

 

During 2020, the Board of Directors approved a dividend payment of $0.25 per common share to all shareholders of record on the close of business on March 24, 2020 and June 23, 2020 and approved a distribution payment of $0.25 per common share to all shareholders of record on the close of business on September 25, 2020.  Dividends/distributions paid were $10.7 million during the nine months ended September 30, 2020.  

 

Redemption of Debt

 

In August 2020, the Company redeemed the entire $100 million in aggregate principal amount of the outstanding 2045 Notes plus accrued and unpaid interest on the 2045 Notes redeemed to, but not including, the Redemption Date of August 15, 2020.  

Repayment of Margin Borrowing Facility

The Company repaid all of the outstanding debt on the margin borrowing facility in August, 2020.  

 

Other than the items discussed in the preceding paragraphs, there have been no material changes to the Company’s liquidity during the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020.  Please see Item 7 of Part II in the Company’s 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K for information regarding the Company’s liquidity.

Capital Resources

 

In connection with the Company’s redomestication to the United States, actions were taken to simplify the Company’s current corporate structure.  As a result, a series of intercompany capital contributions and distributions took place between many of the Company’s subsidiaries.  Several of the Company’s subsidiaries merged into new or existing companies.  This included, but was not limited to, the merger of Global Indemnity Reinsurance into Penn Patriot Insurance Company (“Penn Patriot”) with Penn Patriot surviving as well as the amalgamation of Global Indemnity Limited with a newly formed company, New Cayco.  The surviving company, New Cayco, merged into the newly formed parent company, Global Indemnity Group, LLC.  In addition, $541.4 million of intercompany debt between Global Indemnity Limited and Global Indemnity Reinsurance was cancelled.  The cancellation of this debt had no impact to the consolidated results of the Company.  

 

Intercompany Dividends

 

In June, 2020, Global Indemnity Reinsurance declared and paid a dividend of $226.0 million to its parent, Global Indemnity Limited.

 

Intercompany Loan

 

On June 16, 2020, GBLI Holdings, LLC entered into a loan agreement with Global Indemnity Reinsurance.  Under the terms of the loan agreement, GBLI Holdings, LLC agreed to lend $40.0 million to Global Indemnity Reinsurance by transferring cash and / or securities to Global Indemnity Reinsurance.  This loan bears interest at a rate of 0.18% and is due on June 16, 2023.  This loan was fully repaid at September 30, 2020.

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On August 28, 2020, Global Indemnity Investments, Inc. entered into a promissory note with Global Indemnity Group, LLC for the principal amount of $11.3 million.  This note was issued in conjunction with Global Indemnity Investment Inc.’s purchase of limited liability partnership interests from Global Indemnity Group, LLC.  The note bears interest at a rate of 1.47% and is due on August 28, 2030.  The outstanding balance on the note was $11.3 million at September 30, 2030.  

 

Other than the items discussed in the preceding paragraphs, there have been no material changes to the Company’s capital resources during the quarter and nine months ended September 30, 2020.  Please see Item 7 of Part II in the Company’s 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K for information regarding the Company’s capital resources.

Off Balance Sheet Arrangements

The Company has no off balance sheet arrangements.

Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements

 

Some of the statements under “Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and elsewhere in this report may include forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Security Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, that reflect the Company’s current views with respect to future events and financial performance.  Forward-looking statements are statements that are not historical facts.  These statements can be identified by the use of forward-looking terminology such as "believe," "expect," "may," "will," "should," "project," "plan," "seek," "intend," or "anticipate" or the negative thereof or comparable terminology, and include discussions of strategy, financial projections and estimates and their underlying assumptions, statements regarding plans, objectives, expectations or consequences of identified transactions or natural disasters, and statements about the future performance, operations, products and services of the companies.

 

The Company’s business and operations are and will be subject to a variety of risks, uncertainties and other factors. Consequently, actual results and experience may materially differ from those contained in any forward-looking statements. See “Risk Factors” in Item 1A of Part I in the Company’s 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K, as supplemented by the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10Q for the quarterly period ending March 31, 2020 and the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed July 23, 2020, for risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause actual results and experience to differ from those projected.  The Company’s forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this report or as of the date they were made. The Company undertakes no obligation to publicly update or review any forward-looking statement, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise.

Item 3.

QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

For the quarter ending September 30, 2020, global equities rose approximately 8.3% with U.S. equities returning slightly more at approximately 8.9%.  US fixed income rose approximately 0.6% as spreads in all sectors compressed and the treasury curve modestly steepened.  Economic releases continued to be above expectations but lower than during the summer, leaving overall economic activity below beginning-of-year levels. The market will continue to focus on the massive amount of fiscal stimulus and monetary policy actions, but will need to monitor the recent upturn in new COVID-19 infections and the volatility that may be introduced with upcoming U.S. elections.

The Company’s investment grade fixed income portfolio continues to maintain high quality with an AA- average rating and a duration of 4.2 years. Portfolio purchases were focused within MBS and US Treasury securities. These purchases were funded primarily through cash inflows, sales of CMBS, MBS, and US Treasury securities, as well as maturities and paydowns. During the third quarter, the portfolio’s allocation to ABS, MBS, and investment grade credit increased, while the portfolio’s exposure to CMO and US Treasuries decreased.  There have been no other material changes to the Company’s market risk since December 31, 2019.  Please see Item 7A of Part II in the Company’s 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K for information regarding the Company’s market risk.

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Item 4.

CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Company maintains disclosure controls and procedures (as that term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) that are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed in the Company’s reports under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the Securities and Exchange Commission’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to the Company’s management, including its Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures. Any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. The Company’s management, with the participation of the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures as of September 30, 2020.  Based upon that evaluation, and subject to the foregoing, the Company’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that, as of September 30, 2020, the design and operation of the Company’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective to accomplish their objectives at the reasonable assurance level.  

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting that occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2020 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Company’s internal controls over financial reporting.  

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PART II-OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.

The Company is, from time to time, involved in various legal proceedings in the ordinary course of business. The Company maintains insurance and reinsurance coverage for risks in amounts that it considers adequate.  However, there can be no assurance that the insurance and reinsurance coverage that the Company maintains is sufficient or will be available in adequate amounts or at a reasonable cost.  The Company does not believe that the resolution of any currently pending legal proceedings, either individually or taken as a whole, will have a material adverse effect on its business, results of operations, cash flows, or financial condition.  

There is a greater potential for disputes with reinsurers who are in runoff.  Some of the Company’s reinsurers’ have operations that are in runoff, and therefore, the Company closely monitors those relationships.  The Company anticipates that, similar to the rest of the insurance and reinsurance industry, it will continue to be subject to litigation and arbitration proceedings in the ordinary course of business.

Item 1A.

Risk Factors

The Company’s results of operations and financial condition are subject to numerous risks and uncertainties described in Item 1A of Part I in the Company’s 2019 Annual Report on Form 10-K, filed with the SEC on March 6, 2020, as supplemented by the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10Q for the quarterly period ending March 31, 2020 filed on May 8, 2020, and the Company’s definitive proxy statement on Schedule 14A filed July 23, 2020.  The risk factors identified therein have not materially changed except as follows:

Holders of the Company’s common shares will be subject to U.S. federal income tax and state and local income taxes on their share of the Company’s taxable income, regardless of whether they receive any cash dividends.

Under current law, so long as the Company is not required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act and 90% of the Company’s gross income for each taxable year constitutes “qualifying income” within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code on a continuing basis, the Company currently expects that it will be treated, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, as a partnership and not as an association or publicly traded partnership taxable as a corporation. Holders of the Company’s common shares will be subject to U.S. federal, state, and local taxation on their allocable share of the Company’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit, for each of the Company’s taxable years ending with or within their taxable year, regardless of whether they receive cash dividends. Such holders may not receive cash dividends equal to their allocable share of the Company’s net taxable income or even the tax liability that results from that income. The characterization of an item of our income, gain, loss, deduction or credit generally will be determined at the Company’s (rather than at the holder’s) level.

The IRS Schedules K-1 the Company will provide holders of the Company’s common shares will be more complicated than the IRS Forms 1099 provided by corporations to their stockholders, and holders of the Company’s common shares may be required to request an extension of time to file their tax returns.

Holders of the Company’s common shares will be required to take into account their allocable share of the Company’s items of income, gain, loss, deduction and other items of the partnership for the Company’s taxable year ending within or with their taxable year, regardless of whether they received cash dividends. The Company has agreed to furnish holders of the common shares, as soon as reasonably practicable after the close of each calendar year, with tax information (including IRS Schedules K-1), which describes their allocable share of gross ordinary income for the Company’s preceding taxable year. However, it may require longer than 90 days after the end of the Company’s calendar year to obtain the requisite information so that IRS Schedules K-1 may be prepared by the Company. Consequently, holders of the Company’s common shares who are U.S. taxpayers should anticipate the need to file annually with the IRS (and certain states) a request for an extension past April 15 or the otherwise applicable due date of their income tax return for the taxable year.

In addition, each holder of the Company’s common shares will be required to report for all tax purposes consistently with the information provided by the Company for the taxable year. Because holders will be required to report their allocable share of gross ordinary income, tax reporting for holders of the Company’s common shares will be more complicated than for shareholders of a regular corporation.

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Item 2.

Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

 

Except as disclosed in the Company’s current report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on August 28, 2020, there were no sales of unregistered equity securities during the quarter ended September 30, 2020.

 

Shares surrendered

 

The Company’s Share Incentive Plan allows employees to surrender the Company’s class A common shares as payment for the tax liability incurred upon the vesting of restricted stock.  There were 396 shares surrendered by the Company’s employees during the quarter ended September 30, 2020.  All class A common shares surrendered by the Company’s employees are held as treasury stock and recorded at cost until formally retired. All treasury stock existing as of August 28, 2020 was retired as part of the redomestication transaction.

Item 3.

Defaults upon Senior Securities

None.

Item 4.

Mine Safety Disclosures

None.

Item 5.

Other Information

None

 

 

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Item 6.

Exhibits

 

 

 

 

 

 

  3.1

 

Share Designation (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K12B dated August 28, 2020 (File no. 001-34809)).

 

 

 

  3.2

 

Second Amended and Restated LLC Agreement of Global Indemnity Group, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K12B dated August 28, 2020 (File no. 001-34809)).

 

 

 

  4.1

 

Fourth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 28, 2020, among Global Indemnity Limited, GBLI Holdings, LLC, New CayCo, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee and U.S. Bank, National Association, as trustee, to the Indenture dated as of August 12, 2015. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K12B dated August 28, 2020 (File no. 001-34809)).

 

 

 

  4.2

 

Fifth Supplemental Indenture, dated as of August 28, 2020, among New CayCo, GBLI Holdings, LLC, Global Indemnity Group, LLC, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee and U.S. Bank, National Association, as trustee, to the Indenture dated as of August 12, 2015. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K12B dated August 28, 2020 (File no. 001-34809)).

 

 

 

  10.1

 

Preferred Interest Purchase Agreement, dated as of August 27, 2020, by and between Global Indemnity Group, LLC and Wyncote LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K12B dated August 28, 2020 (File no. 001-34809)).

 

 

 

  10.2

 

Third Amended and Restated Management Agreement, dated as of August 28, 2020, by and between Global Indemnity Group, LLC and Fox Paine & Company, LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K12B dated August 28, 2020 (File no. 001-34809)).

 

 

 

  10.3

 

Amendment to Executive Employment Agreement with Cynthia Y. Valko, dated as of August 28, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K12B dated August 28, 2020 (File no. 001-34809)).

 

 

 

  10.4

 

Executive Employment Term Sheet with Stephen Green, dated effective as of January 1, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K12B dated August 28, 2020 (File no. 001-34809)).

 

 

 

  10.5

 

Amendment to Executive Employment Term Sheet with Stephen Green, dated as of August 28, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K12B dated August 28, 2020 (File no. 001-34809)).

 

 

 

  10.6

 

Amendment to Executive Employment Agreement with Thomas M. McGeehan, dated as of August 28, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K12B dated August 28, 2020 (File no. 001-34809)).

 

 

 

  10.7

 

Amended and Restated Global Indemnity Group, LLC 2018 Share Incentive Plan, dated as of August 28, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K12B dated August 28, 2020 (File no. 001-34809)).

 

 

 

  10.8

 

Amended and Restated Global Indemnity Group, LLC Annual Incentive Awards Program, dated as of August 28, 2020 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 of the Company’s Current Report on Form 8-K12B dated August 28, 2020 (File no. 001-34809)).

 

 

 

  31.1+

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14 (a) / 15d-14 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

  31.2+

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14 (a) / 15d-14 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

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  32.1+

 

Certification of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

  32.2+

 

Certification of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

 

 

 

101.INS

 

Inline XBRL Instance Document – the instance document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document.

 

 

 

101.SCH

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

 

 

 

101.CAL

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.DEF

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.LAB

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document

 

 

 

101.PRE

 

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

 

 

 

104

 

Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

 

+

Filed or furnished herewith, as applicable.

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SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

GLOBAL INDEMNITY GROUP, LLC

 

 

Registrant

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

November 9, 2020

 

By:

 

/s/ Thomas M. McGeehan

Date: November 9, 2020

 

 

 

Thomas M. McGeehan

 

 

 

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

(Authorized Signatory and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

 

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