PART I

Item1. Business

General

Unless otherwise indicated by the context, in this annual report we refer to AmerInst Insurance Group, Ltd. and its subsidiaries as the “Company,” “AmerInst,” “we”,“we,” “our” or “us.” “AMIC Ltd.” means AmerInst’s wholly owned subsidiary, AmerInst Insurance Company, Ltd. “Protexure” means Protexure Insurance Agency, Inc. (formerly AmerInst Professional Services, Limited), a Delaware corporation and wholly owned subsidiary of AmerInst Mezco, Ltd. (“Mezco”) which is a wholly owned subsidiary of AmerInst. “Investco” means AmerInst Investment Company, Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of AMIC Ltd. “AMIG” means our predecessor entity, AmerInst Insurance Group, Inc., a Delaware corporation. Our principal offices are c/o CitadelDavies Captive Management Bermuda Limited, 25 Church Street, Continental Building, P.O. Box HM 1601, Hamilton, Bermuda, HM GX.

AmerInst Insurance Group, Ltd., a Bermuda holding company, was formed in 1998. We are an insurance holding company based in Bermuda owned primarily by accounting firms, persons associated with accounting firms, and individual CPA practitioners. We were formed in response to concerns about the pricing and availability of accountants’ professional liability insurance in a difficult or “hard” market. Our mission is to be a company that provides insurance protection for professional service firms and engages in investment activities. AmerInst has two operatingreportable segments: (1) reinsurance activity,and corporate, previously called the reinsurance segment, through which includes investmentsthe company provided reinsurance under the now commuted reinsurance agreements, conducted investment operations and conducts other relatedcorporate activities and (2) insurance activity, through which the Company offers professional liability solutions to professional service firms.firms under the Agency Agreements (defined below). The revenues of the reinsurance and corporate activity operating segment and the insurance activity operating segment were $15,853,490$8,515 and $5,849,201$2,262,274 for the year ended December 31, 20192022 compared to $8,258,126$3,213,768 and $5,507,405$3,405,122 for the year ended December 31, 2018,2021, respectively. The revenues for both operating segments were derived from business operations in the United States, other than interest income on bank accounts maintained in Bermuda. In 2021, our reinsurance segment ceased insurance operations and, following the cancellation of its insurance license on May 17, 2022, this segment provides only corporate and administration activities.

Entry into Agency AgreementAgreements with C&F and ISMIE

On September 25, 2009, Protexure entered into an agency agreement (the “Agency“C&F Agency Agreement”) with The North River Insurance Company, United States Fire Insurance Company, Crum & Forster Indemnity Company, Crum and Forster Insurance Company, and Crum & Forster Specialty Insurance Company (collectively, “C&F”) pursuant to which C&F appointed Protexure as anits exclusive agent for the purposes of soliciting, underwriting, quoting, binding, issuing, cancelling, non-renewing and endorsing accountants’ professional liability and lawyers’ professional liability insurance coverage in all 50 states of the United States and the District of Columbia. The initial termIn 2021, C&F and Protexure signed an addendum to the C&F Agency Agreement which terminated the C&F Agency Agreement effective March 31, 2022. Under the terms of the addendum, Protexure was permitted to issue new and renewal professional liability policies on behalf of C&F with effective dates no later than March 31, 2022.

Effective January 1, 2022, Protexure entered into a Managing General Agency Agreement was(the “ISMIE Agency Agreement”) with Amwins Specialty Casualty Solutions, LLC for four yearspolicies written by ISMIE Mutual Insurance Company (“ISMIE”). Protexure is transitioning the lawyers’ and accountants’ professional liability policies previously written with automatic one-year renewals thereafter.C&F to ISMIE. Certain policies are and will also be written by the Hanover Insurance Company. The C&F Agency Agreement automatically renewed on September 25, 2019.and the ISMIE Agency Agreement are referred to herein as, collectively, the “Agency Agreements.”

Entry into Reinsurance Agreement

We conduct ourpreviously conducted reinsurance business through AMIC Ltd., our subsidiary, which iswas a registered insurer in Bermuda. On September 25, 2009, AMIC Ltd. entered into a professional liability quota share agreement with C&F (the “Reinsurance Agreement”) pursuant to which C&F agreed to cede, and AMIC Ltd. agreed to accept as reinsurance, a 50% quota share of C&F’s liability under insurance written by Protexure on behalf of C&F and classified by C&F as accountants’ professional liability and lawyers’ professional liability, subject to AMIC Ltd.’s surplus limitations. The termPolicies written by insurers other than C&F were not subject to the 50% quota share reinsurance to AMIC Ltd.

During the third quarter of 2021, C&F and AMIC Ltd. entered into a commutation agreement (the “C&F Commutation Agreement”), which became effective as of March 31, 2021, whereby C&F and AMIC Ltd. agreed to fully and finally settle and commute all their respective past, present and future obligations and liabilities, known and unknown, under the Reinsurance Agreement.  In accordance with the C&F Commutation Agreement, in full satisfaction of AMIC Ltd.’s past, present and future obligations and liabilities under the Reinsurance Agreement, is continuousan aggregate sum of $26,076,000 was paid by AMIC to C&F in October 2021. Following the commutation of all of AMIC Ltd.’s reinsurance business and may be terminatedthe decision by either party upon at least 120 days’ prior written noticethe Company’s board of directors not to resume reinsurance operations through AMIC, the Company made an application to the other party.Bermuda Monetary Authority (“BMA”) to cancel AMIC Ltd.’s insurance license. Effective May 17, 2022 AMIC Ltd.’s Class 3A insurance license was cancelled by the BMA.

Historical Relationship with CAMICO

From June 1, 2005 through May 31, 2009, we were a party to a reinsurance contract with CAMICO Mutual Insurance Company (“CAMICO”), a California-based writer of accountants’ professional liability business.

We decided not to renew the CAMICO contract and permitted the contract to expire pursuant to its terms on May 31, 2009. We remained potentially liable for claims related to coverage through May 31, 2009.

During the first quarter of 2022, CAMICO and AMIC Ltd. entered into a commutation agreement (the “CAMICO Commutation Agreement”), which became effective December 31, 2021, whereby CAMICO and AMIC Ltd. agreed to fully and finally settle and commute all their respective past, present and future obligations and liabilities, known and unknown under the reinsurance contract between CAMICO and AMIC Ltd. In accordance with the CAMICO Commutation Agreement, in full satisfaction of AMIC Ltd.’s past present and future obligations and liabilities under the reinsurance contract between CAMICO and AMIC Ltd., an aggregate sum of $15,000 was paid by CAMICO to AMIC Ltd. in March 2022.

Third-party Managers and Service Providers

Citadel

Davies Captive Management Bermuda Limited provides the day-to-day services necessary for the administration of our business. Our agreement with CitadelDavies Captive Management Bermuda Limited renewed for one year beginning January 1, 20202023 and ending December 31, 2020.2023. Mr. Thomas R. McMahon, our Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer, is a shareholder,an officer director and employee of CitadelDavies Captive Management Bermuda Limited.

The Country Club Bank of Kansas City, Missouri, provides portfolio management of fixed-income securities and directs our investments pursuant to guidelines approved by us. Harris Associates L.P. and Tower

Wealth Managers, Inc. provide discretionary investment advice with respect to our equity investments. We have retained Oliver Wyman, an independent casualty actuarial consulting firm, to render advice regarding actuarial matters.

Competition

Our main competition comes from insurance brokers and agents that service accountants and attorneys. For accountants, our primary insurance company competitors are CNAC N A, Hanover and CAMICO. In the lawyer professional liability insurance area, there are several competitors including CNA, Hanover, Travelers, Allied WorldAlps, QBE, Everest and State Barstate bar programs. The primary differentiating factors among the competition in our industry are price and quality of service. We believe that our focus on providing high-quality online or internet basedinternet-based service to small- and medium-sized firms distinguishes us from larger competitors that may not be able to provide the same level of personalized service to clients.

Licensing and Regulation

AmerInst, through its wholly owned subsidiary, AMIC Ltd., iswas subject to regulation as an insurance company under the laws of Bermuda, where AMIC Ltd. and AmerInst are domiciled. Effective May 17, 2022 AMIC Ltd.’s Class 3A insurance license was cancelled by the Bermuda Monetary Authority, and, therefore, AMIC Ltd. is no longer subject to regulation under the laws of Bermuda.

Protexure, a subsidiary of Mezco and a managing general underwriter responsible for offering professional liability solutions to professional service firms, has regulatory approval to act as an insurance agent in 50 states and the District of Columbia.

The rates and terms of reinsurance agreements generally are not subject to regulation by any governmental authority. This is in contrast to direct insurance policies, the rates and terms of which are subject to regulation by state insurance departments. As a practical matter, however, the rates charged by primary insurers place a limit upon the rates that can be charged by reinsurers.

Bermuda Regulation

AMIC Ltd., as a licensed Bermuda insurance company, is subject to regulation under the Insurance Act of 1978, as amended, and Related Regulations (collectively, the “Insurance Act”), which provide that no person shall conduct insurance business, including reinsurance, in or from Bermuda unless registered as an insurer under the Insurance Act by the Bermuda Monetary Authority (“BMA”). In deciding whether to grant registration, the BMA has discretion to act in the public interest. The BMA is required by the Insurance Act to determine whether an applicant for registration is a fit and proper body to be engaged in insurance business and, in particular, whether it has, or has available to it, adequate knowledge and expertise. In connection with registration, the BMA may impose conditions relating to the writing of certain types of insurance.

The Insurance Act requires, among other things, that Bermuda insurance companies meet and maintain certain standards of liquidity and solvency, file periodic reports in accordance with the Bermuda Statutory Accounting Rules, produce annual audited statutory financial statements and annual audited financial statements prepared in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“U.S. GAAP”) or International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) and maintain a minimum level of statutory capital and surplus. All Bermuda insurers must also comply with the BMA’s Insurance Code of Conduct (“ICIC”). The ICIC establishes duties, requirements and standards to be complied with under the Act. Failure to comply with the requirements of the ICIC will be a factor taken into account by the BMA in determining whether an insurer is conducting its business in a sound and prudent manner under the Act. In general, the regulation of insurers in Bermuda relies heavily upon the directors and managers of a Bermuda insurer, each of whom must certify annually that the insurer meets the solvency, liquidity and capital requirements of the Insurance Act. Furthermore, the BMA is vested with powers to supervise, investigate and intervene in the affairs of Bermuda insurance companies. Significant aspects of the Bermuda insurance regulatory framework are described below.

An insurer’s registration may be canceled by the BMA on grounds specified in the Insurance Act, including the failure of the insurer to comply with the obligations of the Insurance Act or if, in the opinion of the BMA, the insurer has not been carrying on business in accordance with sound insurance principles.

Every registered insurer must appoint an independent auditor approved by the BMA. That auditor must annually audit and report on the statutory financial statements and the statutory financial return of the insurer, both of which are required to be filed annually with the BMA. The approved auditor may be the same person or firm that audits the insurer’s financial statements and reports for presentation to its shareholders.

The Insurance Act provides that the statutory assets of an insurer must exceed its statutory liabilities by an amount greater than the prescribed minimum solvency margin. Pursuant to the Insurance Act, AMIC Ltd. is registered as a Class 3A insurer and, as such:

The BMA has also established a Class 3A insurer target capital level equal to 120% of the Class 3A ECR. The applicable ECR is established as discussed above. We are in compliance with these requirements.

The Insurance Act also provides a minimum liquidity ratio for general business. An insurer engaged in general business is required to maintain the value of its relevant assets at not less than 75% of the amount of its relevant liabilities. Relevant assets include cash and time deposits, quoted investments, unquoted bonds and debentures, first liens on real estate, investment income due and accrued, accounts and premiums receivable and reinsurance balances receivable. There are certain categories of assets which, unless specifically permitted by the

BMA, do not automatically qualify such as advances to affiliates, real estate and collateral loans. The relevant liabilities are total general business insurance reserves and total other liabilities less deferred income tax and sundry liabilities (by interpretation, those not specifically defined).

The BMA may appoint an inspector with extensive powers to investigate the affairs of an insurer if the BMA believes that an investigation is required in the interest of the insurer’s policyholders or persons who may become policyholders. In order to verify or supplement information otherwise provided to an inspector, the BMA may direct an insurer to produce documents or information in relation to matters connected with the insurer’s business.

If it appears to the BMA that there is a risk of an insurer becoming insolvent, or if the insurer is in violation of the Insurance Act or the regulations thereunder or of any condition imposed on its registration as an insurer, the BMA may impose limitations on the insurer’s ability to conduct its business, including limiting new insurance business; prohibiting modifications to any insurance contract if the effect would be to increase the insurer’s liabilities; restricting the insurer’s to acquire or sell certain investments; restricting the insurer’s ability to maintain in, or transfer to and to keep in the custody of, a specified bank, certain assets; restricting the declaration or payment of any dividends or other distributions or to restrict the making of such payments; or imposing limitations on the insurer’s premiums.

As a Bermuda insurer, we are required to maintain a principal office in Bermuda and to appoint and maintain a Principal Representative in Bermuda. For the purpose of the Insurance Act, our Principal Representative in Bermuda is Citadel Management Bermuda Limited and our principal office is c/o Citadel Management Bermuda Limited, 25 Church Street, Continental Building, P.O. Box HM 1601, Hamilton HMGX, Bermuda. An insurer may only terminate the appointment of its Principal Representative for a reason acceptable to the BMA, and the Principal Representative may not cease to act as such, unless the BMA is given 21 days’ advance notice in writing of its intention to do so. It is the duty of the Principal Representative, upon determining that there is a likelihood of the insurer for which it acts becoming insolvent or it coming the Principal Representative’s knowledge, or having reason to believe, that an “event” has occurred, to provide verbal notification immediately, and make a report in writing to the BMA setting out all the particulars of the case that are available to the Principal Representative within 14 days. Examples of such an “event” include, but are not limited to, failure by the insurer to substantially comply with a condition imposed upon the insurer by the BMA relating to solvency margin or liquidity or other ratio.

The Economic Substance Act 2018 (the “ESA”) was passed in Bermuda in December 2018 in response to the requirement of the European Union Code of Conduct Group (Business taxation) (the “EU Code Group”) for companies incorporated in a jurisdiction to have sufficient economic substance in the jurisdiction. Under the provisions of the ESA, any Bermuda-registered entity engaged in a “relevant activity” (which includes insurance business and holding entity activities) must maintain a substantial economic presence in Bermuda. To the extent that the ESA applies to our entities registered in Bermuda, we will be required to demonstrate compliance with economic substance requirements by filing an annual economic substance declaration with the Registrar of Companies in Bermuda.

Except for business related to Protexure, our business is conducted from our principal officePrincipal Office in Hamilton, Bermuda. We manage our investments, directly and through AMIC Ltd., through independent investment advisors in the U.S. or other investment markets as needed and appropriate. We do not operate as an investment manager or as a broker-dealer requiring registration under investment advisory or securities broker regulations in the U.S., Bermuda or otherwise. The directors and officers of AMIC Ltd. negotiate reinsurance treaties for acceptance in Bermuda. Among other matters, the following business functions are conducted from our Bermuda offices: (i) communications with our shareholders, including financial reports; (ii) communications with the general public of a nature other than advertising; (iii) solicitation of the sale by us or any of our subsidiaries of shares in any of such entities; (iv) accepting subscriptions of new shareholders of the Company; (v) maintenance of principal corporate records and original books of account; (vi) audit of original books of account;

(vii) disbursement of funds in payment of dividends, claims, legal fees, accounting fees, and officers’ and directors’ fees; (viii) arrangement for the meetings of our shareholders and directors and shareholders and directors of our subsidiaries; and (ix) execution of repurchases of our shares and shares of our subsidiaries. Except for the Protexure office, we do not maintain an office or place of business in the United States.

AMIC Ltd.’s ability to pay dividends to AmerInst is subject to the provisions of the Bermuda insurance and companies laws and the requirement to provide the ceding companies with collateral. As of December 31, 2019, approximately $5.7 million was available for the declaration of dividends to shareholders. Under the Companies Act, AMIC Ltd. would be prohibited from declaring or paying a dividend if such payment would reduce the realizable value of its assets to an amount less than the aggregate value of its liabilities, issued share capital, and share premium accounts. In addition, AMIC Ltd. must be able to pay its liabilities as they become due in the ordinary course of its business after the payment of a dividend. Our ability to pay dividends to our shareholders and to pay our operating expenses is dependent on cash dividends from our subsidiaries. The payment of such dividends by AMIC Ltd., including its subsidiary Investco, to us is also limited under Bermuda law by the Insurance Act and Related Regulations which require that AMIC Ltd. maintain minimum levels of solvency and liquidity as described above. For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 these requirements have been met as follows:

Customers

Our only sourcesmain source of income other than our investment portfolio, are ouris the ISMIE Agency Agreement and Reinsurance Agreement. Without such agreements,an agency agreement, we believe current levels of investment incomeadditional capital would provide enough revenueneed to be raised through external means to continue operations while we evaluated other reinsurance and insurance opportunities.

EmployeesHuman Capital

We are dedicated to creating personal relationships with our customers and discovering solutions that are right for them. Our employees are critical to achieving this mission and it is crucial that we continue to attract and retain experienced employees. As part of these efforts, we strive to offer a competitive compensation and benefits program and foster a community where everyone feels included and empowered to do to their best work.

At December 31, 2019,2022, Protexure had 2716 employees, 2415 full-time salaried employees and three employees1 employee who arewas paid hourly wages. Neither AmerInst, nor any of ourAmerInst’s other subsidiaries have any employees. As of January 15, 2023, approximately 66% of our workforce was female while 34% was male, and our average tenure was approximately 5.5 years. See the section of this Form 10-K captioned “Third-party Managers and Service Providers” on page 45 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K for further information.

Loss Reserves

Our loss reserves, changesDiversity and Inclusion. We believe that an equitable and inclusive environment with diverse teams produces more creative solutions, results in aggregate reserves for the last two years,better services and loss reserve development as of the end of each of the last 10 years, are discussed in Item 7 of this Report, “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” Note 2is crucial to our Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 8efforts to attract and retain key talent. We strive to promote inclusion through our corporate values of this Report,which include treating each other with respect and Note 6integrity, open communication throughout organization, being passionate about understanding our customer needs, creating win-win relationships with our company partners and a personal commitment to continuous learning and improving. We are focused on building an inclusive culture through a variety of diversity and inclusion initiatives, including related to internal promotions, and hiring practices.

Health and Safety. The success of our business is fundamentally connected to the well-being of our people. Accordingly, we are committed to the health, safety and wellness of our employees. We provide our employees and their families with access to a variety of flexible and convenient health and welfare programs, including benefits that support their physical and mental health by providing tools and resources to help them improve or maintain their health status. Where possible, we offer choices to our Consolidated Financial Statements.employees so they can customize their benefits to meet their needs and the needs of their families. In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, we implemented significant operating environment changes that we determined were in the best interest of our employees and the communities in which we operate, and that were designed to comply with government regulations. This included having the majority of our employees work from home, while implementing additional safety measures for employees continuing critical on-site work.

Seasonality

We do not believe that either of our operating segments are seasonal in nature to a material degree.

Available Information

We file annual, quarterly, and current reports, proxy statements and other information with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”). You may read any document we file with the

Commission at the Commission’s public reference room at 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. Please call the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the public reference room. The Commission also maintains an internet site that contains annual, quarterly, and current reports, proxy and information statements and other information that issuers (including AmerInst) file electronically with the Commission. The Commission’s internet site iswww.sec.gov.

Our internet site iswww.amerinst.bm. We make available free of charge through our internet site our annual report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and any amendments to those reports filed or furnished pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as soon as reasonably practicable after such material is electronically filed with, or furnished to, the Commission.Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or the “Commission”). You will need to have on your computer the Adobe Acrobat Reader^®Reader® software to view these documents, which are in PDF format. If you do not have Adobe Acrobat Reader^®Reader®, a link to Adobe’s internet site, from which you can download the software, is provided. We also make available, through our internet site, via links to the Commission’s internet site, statements of beneficial ownership of our equity securities filed by our directors, officers, 10% or greater shareholders and others under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act. In addition, we post onwww.amerinst.bm our Memorandum of Association, our Bye-Laws, our Statement of Share Ownership Policy, Charters for our Audit Committee and Governance and Nominations Committee, as well as our Code of Business Conduct and Ethics. You can request a copy of these documents, excluding exhibits, at no cost, by writing or telephoning us c/o CitadelDavies Captive Management Bermuda Limited, 25 Church Street, Continental Building, P.O. Box HM 1601, Hamilton, Bermuda HMGX, Attention: Investor Relations (441) 295-6015.295-2185. The information on our internet site is not incorporated by reference into this report.

Item1A. Risk Factors

You should consider carefully the following risk factors before deciding whether to invest in our common stock. Our business, including our operating results and financial condition, could be harmed by any of these risks. Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially and adversely affect our business. The value of our common stock could decline due to any of these risks, and you may lose all or part of your investment. In assessing these risks, you should also refer to the other information contained in our filings with the SEC, including our financial statements and related notes.

Industry, Economic and Financial Risks

Our industry is highly competitive, and we may not be able to compete successfully in the future.

Our industry is highly competitive and subject to pricing cycles that can be pronounced. We compete solely in the United States insurance markets. Most of our competitors have greater financial resources than we do and have established long term and continuing business relationships throughout the industry, which can be a significant competitive advantage. If we are unable to successfully compete against these companies our profitability could be adversely affected.

Adverse changes in the economy generally, like we are experiencing, may materially and adversely affect our business and results of operations, and these conditions may not improve in the near future.

The recent

As seen with the COVID-19 pandemic and current inflationary environment, adverse changes in market conditions and stability of the global credit markets present risks and uncertainties for our business. Depending on future market conditions, we could incur substantial realized and unrealized losses in future periods, which could have an adverse impact on our results of operations and financial condition. In particular, the recent severe deterioration in the equity markets could lead to investment losses. Depending on market conditions going forward, particularly if market conditions do not improveturn negative in the near future, we could incur substantial realized and unrealized losses in future periods, which could have an adverse impact on our results of operations and financial condition. Market volatility may also make it more difficult to value certain of our securities if trading becomes less frequent. As such, valuations may include assumptions or estimates that may have significant period-to-period changes that could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition.

We participate in a potentially unprofitable, unstable industry.

The professional liability insurance industry is volatile and often sees fluctuations both in the frequency and severity of claims, particularly severity. This is aggravated by the casualty insurance cycle, which over a period of years varies from a hard market with high or increasing premiums charged for risk, to a soft market with low or decreasing premiums being charged. The combination of volatility and insurance cycle variation results in a high degree of unpredictability of underwriting results from year to year. Consequently, our revenue could be adversely affected by factors beyond our control, including those described in this report and other factors.

Business and Operational Risks

In the event that Protexure is sold rather than continuing to hold and operate Protexure long term, we would have no further business operations.

In the event that Protexure is sold in the future rather than continuing to hold and operate it long term, we would have no further business operations. Further, if Protexure were only able to be sold on unfavorable terms, we may need to explore less advantageous strategic alternatives, which could adversely affect our financial condition.

We have incurred net losses before net realized and unrealized gains (losses) in investments and taxes in 20192022 and 20182021 and may incur further net losses before net realized gains (losses) in investments and taxes if we are unable to generate significant net income under our existing agency and reinsurance agreements.

We incurred net losses before net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on investments and taxes of $1.4$1.1 million and $0.61.5 million for the years ended December 31, 20192022 and December 31, 2018,2021, respectively, due mainly to the costs to fund our operations.

In 2009, Protexure entered into the C&F Agency Agreement with C&F pursuant to which C&F appointed Protexure as an agent for the purposes of soliciting, underwriting, quoting, binding, issuing, cancelling, non-renewing and endorsing accountants’ professional liability and lawyers’ professional liability insurance coverage in all 50 states of the United States and the District of Columbia. Also in 2009, AMIC Ltd. entered into the reinsurance agreement with C&F pursuant to which C&F agrees to cede and AMIC Ltd. agrees to accept as reinsurance a fifty percent (50%) quota share of C&F’s liability under insurance written by Protexure on behalf of C&F and classified by C&F as accountants’ professional liability and lawyers’ professional liability.

The reinsurance agreement with C&F was cancelled by the parties effective March 2021. In 2019, we were still able to record consolidated net income of $2.4 million primarily due to a net realizedaddition, the C&F Agency Agreement will terminate on March 31, 2022, and unrealized gains on investments of approximately $4.1 million aseffective January 1, 2022, Protexure entered into the ISMIE Agency Agreement. As a result, of favorable market conditions.Protexure will transition the lawyers and accountants’ professional liability previously written with C&F to ISMIE in accordance with the ISMIE Agency Agreement.

The Company no longer has reinsurance operations and thus will rely solely on Protexure to generate income. If we are unable to increase Protexure’s profitability under the Agency Agreement and Reinsurance Agreementnew agency agreement in future periods and if unfavorable market conditions emerge,continue, we may continue to incur net losses, which could adversely affect our financial condition.

If our agreementsagreement with C&F areISMIE is terminated or C&FISMIE chooses not to renew them,the agreement, our ability to generate revenue would be adversely affected.

We anticipate that the great

The large majority of our revenue in the near future will be derived from (i) the commissions earned by Protexure a wholly owned subsidiary of Mezco which is a wholly owned subsidiary of AmerInst, through the ISMIE Agency Agreement. The initial term of the ISMIE Agency Agreement is for 2 years beginning January 1, 2022 with C&F and (ii)automatic one-year renewals thereafter. This Agreement may be terminated by either party, for any reason, by providing a written notice to the reinsurance activity under the Reinsurance Agreement between AMIC Ltd., our wholly owned subsidiary, and C&F. Therefore if C&Fother party at least one year prior to such date. If ISMIE should terminate, or choose not to renew onethe agreement or both of those agreements or should renew themit on terms less favorable to us, our ability to generate revenue may be materially and adversely affected.

Our inability to retain senior executives and other key personnel could adversely affect our business.

The success of our business plan is dependent upon our ability to retain Protexure senior executives and other qualified Protexure employees. In 2019, Protexure entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Kyle Nieman, President and CEO of Protexure. Mr. Nieman has more than 37 years of insurance industry experience. In addition, a number of AmerInst’s operating activities as well as certain management functions are performed by outside parties. If such outside parties and Protexure’s key employees do not renew their relationships with AmerInst and Protexure or would do so only upon terms that were not acceptable to AmerInst and Protexure, our business could be harmed.

There is no market for our shares and our shares may be subject to restrictions on transfer.

There is currently no market for our common shares and it is unlikely that a market will develop. Our common shares are not listed on any stock exchange or automated quotation system. Under our Bye-Laws, our Board of Directors has the authority to prohibit all transfers of our shares. As a result, you may be required to hold your shares for an indefinite period of time and will potentially bear the economic risk of holding such shares indefinitely.

Anti-takeover provisions could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us, which makes your investment more illiquid.

AMIC Ltd. currently owns approximately 37.59% of our outstanding shares of common stock and may purchase additional shares. Under Bermuda law, shares owned by AMIC Ltd. are deemed issued and outstanding and can be voted by AMIC Ltd. at the direction of AMIC Ltd.’s board of directors, which is effectively controlled by our board of directors which, consequently, may hinder or prohibit a change in control transaction not approved by us.

In addition, because our Statement of Share Ownership Policy limits each shareholder other than AMIC Ltd. to owning no more than 20,000 shares of our common stock, and our Bye-laws permit our board of directors to implement provisions requiring board approval of all transfers of common stock, it may be difficult for any individual or entity to obtain voting control of AmerInst.

Finally, our Bye-laws provide for a classified board of directors which could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control or management.

As a shareholder of a Bermuda company, you may have greater difficulties in protecting your interests than as a shareholder of a U.S. corporation.

The Companies Act, which applies to us and our Bermuda subsidiaries, differs in many material respects from laws generally applicable to U.S. corporations and their shareholders. These differences may result in your having greater difficulties in protecting your interests as a shareholder of our company than you would have as a shareholder of a U.S. corporation. This affects, among other things, the circumstances under which transactions involving an interested director are voidable, whether an interested director can be held accountable for any benefit realized in a transaction with the Company, what approvals are required for business combinations by the Company with a large shareholder or a wholly owned subsidiary, what rights you may have as a shareholder to enforce specified provisions of the Companies Act or our Bye-laws, and the circumstances under which we may indemnify our directors and officers.

Technology Risks

Security breaches and other disruptions could compromise our information and expose us to liability, which would cause our business and reputation to suffer.

Despite the security measures taken by Davies Captive Management Limited, our management company, Protexure and our consultants and other third parties with whom we share information, our or their information technology and infrastructure may be vulnerable to attacks by hackers or breached due to employee error, malfeasance or other disruptions. Any such breach could compromise their networks and the information stored there could be accessed, publicly disclosed, lost or stolen. Additionally, many companies have increasingly reported breaches in the security of their websites or other systems, some of which have involved sophisticated and targeted attacks intended to obtain unauthorized access to confidential information, destroy data, disrupt or degrade service, sabotage systems or cause other damage. Cybersecurity issues, such as security breaches and computer viruses, affecting our information technology systems or those of third parties with whom we share information, could disrupt our business, result in the unintended disclosure or misuse of confidential or proprietary information, increase our costs, and cause losses. Additionally, any unauthorized access, disclosure or other loss of information could also result in legal claims or proceedings, liability under laws that protect the privacy of personal information, and regulatory penalties and damage our reputation, which could adversely affect our business.

Regulatory and Compliance Risks

Our Bermuda entities could become subject to regulation or taxation in the United States.States, which could negatively impact our net earnings.

None of our Bermuda entities are licensed or admitted as an insurer, nor accredited as a reinsurer, in any jurisdiction in the United States. However, the majority of our future revenue iswill be derived from (i) commissions earned by Protexure, our Illinois subsidiary,a Delaware corporation, through the ISMIE Agency Agreement with C&F and (ii) the Reinsurance Agreement between AMIC Ltd. and C&F which represent a group of insurance companies domiciled primarily in the United States. We conductAgreement. Our Bermuda entities conducted our insurancereinsurance business through offices in Bermuda and do not maintain an office nor do our personnel solicit insurance business, resolve claims or conduct other insurance business, in the United States. While we do not believe we are in violation of insurance laws of any jurisdiction in the United States, inquiries or challenges to our insurance andor prior reinsurance activities could be raised in the future. It is possible that, if we were to become subject to any laws of this type at any time in the future, we may not be in compliance with the requirements of those laws.

We believe that our non-U.S. companies have operated and will continue to operate their respective businesses in a manner that will not cause them to be subject to U.S. tax (other than U.S. federal excise tax on insurance and reinsurance premiums and withholding tax on specified investment income from U.S. sources) on the basis that none of them are engaged in a U.S. trade or business. However, there are no definitive standards under current law as to those activities that constitute a U.S. trade or business and the determination of whether a non-U.S. company is engaged in a U.S. trade or business is inherently factual. Therefore, it is possible that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service might contend that one or more of our non-U.S. companies is engaged in a U.S. trade or business. If AMIC Ltd. or any of our other non-U.S. companies is engaged in a U.S. trade or business and does not qualify for benefits under the applicable income tax treaty, such company may be subject to (i) U.S. federal income taxation at regular corporate rates on its premium income from U.S. sources and investment income that is effectively connected with its U.S. trade or business, and (ii) a U.S. federal branch profits tax on the earnings and profits attributable to such income. All of the premium income from U.S. sources and a significant portion of such company’s investment income may be subject to U.S. federal income and branch profits taxes.

If AMIC Ltd. or any of our other non-U.S. companies is engaged in a U.S. trade or business and qualifies for benefits under the United States-Bermuda tax treaty, U.S. federal income taxation of such subsidiary will depend on whether (i) it maintains a U.S. permanent establishment, and (ii) the relief from taxation under the treaty generally applies to non-premium income. We believe that AMIC Ltd. has operated and will continue to operate its business in a manner that will not cause it to maintain a U.S. permanent establishment. However, the determination of whether an insurance company maintains a U.S. permanent establishment is inherently factual. Therefore, it is possible that the U.S. Internal Revenue Service might successfully assert that any of our Bermuda entities maintains a U.S. permanent establishment. In such case, such Bermuda entity may be subject to U.S. federal income tax at regular corporate rates and branch profit tax. Furthermore, although the provisions of the treaty clearly apply to premium income, it is uncertain whether they generally apply to other income of a Bermuda insurance company as well.

We believe U.S. federal income tax, if imposed, would be based on effectively connected or attributable income of a non-U.S. company computed in a manner generally analogous to that applied to the income of a U.S. corporation, except that all deductions and credits claimed by a non-U.S. company in a taxable year can be disallowed if the company does not file a U.S. federal income tax return for such year. Penalties may be assessed for failure to file such return. If any of our non-U.S. companies is subject to such U.S. federal taxation, our financial condition and results of operations could be materially adversely affected.

Outbreaks of pandemic diseases, such as the novel coronavirus, Covid-19, could cause disruptions in our business.

We face risks related to disease outbreaks, such as the recent outbreak of COVID-19, first identified in Wuhan, Hubei Province, China. An outbreak of a contagious disease, particularly to extent it becomes pandemic like COVID-19, could significantly disrupt our business operations. The effects of such an outbreak may include restrictions on our ability to travel to support our business in our markets and our customers located there, reduced sales of our products in territories where local or widespread quarantines due to the disease may be imposed, and/or temporary closures of our facilities. In addition, a significant geographic spread of a pandemic such as COVID-19, an increase in the severity of the outbreak and/or a prolonged duration of the outbreak could adversely affect the global economy, which could result in reduced demand for our products. Any of these events could lead to a loss of sales and harm our financial condition and results of operations.

Recently enacted U.S. tax reform legislation, various international tax transparency and economic substance initiatives, and possible future tax reform legislation and regulations could materially affect us and our shareholders.

On December 22, 2017, the US government enacted comprehensive tax legislation commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (the “Tax Act”). The Tax Act is broad and contains many provisions that have significant implications on us, and potentially on our shareholders, including re-measurement of deferred taxes and surplus due to the reduction in corporation income tax rate, and imposition of a new base-erosion anti-abuse tax (“BEAT”) on affiliate transactions (including reinsurance arrangements between affiliated companies).

The Tax Act also includes modifications of the taxation of non-U.S. companies owned by U.S. shareholders. Certain aspects of the Tax Act require clarification through future regulatory action and accordingly, we are unable to definitively determine the impact to our shareholders. The Tax Act may increase the likelihood that we or our non-U.S. subsidiaries or joint ventures managed by us will be deemed a “controlled foreign corporation” (CFC) within the meaning of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) for U.S. federal tax purposes. Specifically, the Tax Act expands the definition of “United States shareholder” for CFC purposes to include U.S. persons who own, directly or constructively, 10% or more of the value of a non-U.S. corporation’s shares, rather than looking only to voting power held. The Tax Act also expands certain attribution rules for share ownership in a way that would cause non-U.S. subsidiaries to now be treated as CFCs if owned in a group, that has a non-U.S. parent company and also includes at least one U.S. subsidiary. In the event a corporation is

characterized as a CFC, any “United States shareholder” of the CFC is required to include in taxable income each year the shareholder’s proportionate share of certain insurance and related investment income for the taxable year, even if such income is not distributed.

The Tax Act also contains modifications to certain provisions relating to passive foreign investment company (“PFIC”) status including an exception for foreign insurance companies (”PFIC insurance exception”). Generally, a company is considered a PFIC where 75% or more of its income constitutes “passive income” or 50% or more of its assets were held to produce “passive income”. The Tax Act modified the PFIC insurance exception to apply, inter alia, to insurance companies whose reserves constitute more than 25% of the company’s gross assets. We believe that if applicable to usthe Company is not a PFIC as our non-U.S. subsidiaries that are insurance companies meet the PFIC insurance exception. We also believe that Protexure meets the qualifying domestic company exception. PFIC characterization of the Company under these rules could result in adverse tax consequences to U.S. persons who own our ordinary shares. On July 10, 2019,shares, but we do not believe the U.S. Internal Revenue Service and Department of the Treasury released proposed regulations relating to PFICs that may have an impact on foreign insurance companies and their investors, and other participants in transactions involving foreign insurers. The new proposed regulations withdrawCompany or its subsidiaries should be characterized as a set of proposed regulations that were issued in April 2015. The proposed regulations provide guidance relating to changes in the PFIC regime made by the Tax Act, address the application and interaction of certain “look-through” rules contained in the Code and introduce new rules relating to the determination of the “active conduct” test. We believe that the income of our non-U.S. subsidiaries that are insurance companies is derived in the “active conduct of an insurance business” by corporations that are predominately engaged in such business under the provision of the Tax Act, and that this is also the case for us when the operations of our subsidiaries are considered as a whole, under the look-through rules applicable to foreign holding companies. There are currently no final regulations regarding the application of the PFIC provisions of the Code to an insurance company, so the application of those provisions to insurance companies remains unclear in certain respects. Proposed regulations are expected to become final, possibly as early as the first half of 2020.rules.

The United States and other countries and governing bodies have also enacted reform legislation aimed at increasing transparency on companies’ global tax footprint and profile.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (the “OECD”) Pillar II initiative is an intergovernmental economic organization foundedintended to stimulate economic progresspropose a global minimum tax rate of 15% amongst its 140 member nations and trade. It develops economic policy recommendations to encourage policy reform in memberother adopting countries. Created byOn December 20, 2021, the OECD underreleased the initiative known as the “Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Projectfinal model rules on Pillar II (“BEPS”Model Rules”), “Country-by-Country Reporting” (Action 13) aimswhich nations can adopt into local legislation to ensure that multi-national businesses provide appropriate and accurate information to each respective member and non-member region based on various metrics. These metrics are directed at counteracting the effects of global preferential tax regimes and increasing tax transparency. Bermuda has adopted OECD compliant Country-by-Country Reporting regulations for Bermuda headquartered companies which requires the Company to file a report containing results of our global operations. It is uncertain how cooperating jurisdictions, including those in which we operate, will utilize the data collected in our Bermuda filing. These initiatives could increase the burden and costs of compliance.

In December 2017, the European Union’s Code Group included Bermudaimplement Pillar II on a listglobal basis. Two components of jurisdictions that it had consideredthe Model Rules, the Income Inclusion Rule (“IIR”) and the Under-Taxed Payment Rule (“UTPR”), could potentially be applicable to be non-cooperative for tax purposes. In orderour operations:

How the IIR impacts our operations depends on whether Bermuda adopts this portion of the Model Rules. The impact of the UTPR is likely reduced because our operations are limited to be removed from such list, Bermuda passedand the Economic Substance Act 2018 (the “ESA”) in December 2018, which came into effect on January 1, 2019United States. The OECD is targeting the implementation of the IIR by 2023, and required complianceUTPR by pre-existing entities by July 1, 2019. In February 2020, Bermuda was added2024.

Accordingly, should we become subject to the European Union’s white list of cooperative jurisdictions. The legislation requires Bermuda companies engaging in a “relevant activity” (which includes insurance business and holding entity activities) to be locally managed and directed, to carry on core income generating activities in Bermuda, to maintain adequate physical presence in Bermuda, and to have an adequate level of local full time qualified employees, which may be outsourced, and incur adequate operating expenditure in Bermuda. The Bermuda Authorities have issued guidance on how the ESA should be interpreted and will be enforced. While we believe that the Bermuda companies are in compliance with the ESA requirements, we may incur increased operating expenditures that could negatively impact our results of operations.

Actual claims may exceed our reserves for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses which could cause our earnings to be overstated.

Our success depends on our ability to accurately assess the risks associated with the businesses that we insure or reinsure. We establish loss reserves to cover our estimated liability for the payment of all losses and loss adjustment expenses we expect to incur with respect to the policies we write and reinsure. Loss reserves do

not represent an exact calculation of liability. Rather, loss reserves are estimates of what we expect the ultimate resolution and administration of claims will cost. These estimates are based on actuarial and statistical projections and on our assessment of currently available data, as well as estimates of future trends in claims severity and frequency, judicial theories of liability and other factors. Loss reserve estimates are refined as experience develops and claims are reported and resolved. Establishing an appropriate level of loss reserves is an inherently uncertain process and it is therefore possible that our reserves at any given time could prove to be inadequate.

In establishing our loss reserve, we estimate our net losses based on historical and actuarial analyses of claims information. Actual losses may vary from those estimated and will be adjustedPillar II rules in the periodfuture, this could result in which further information becomes available. To the extent we determine that actual losses or loss adjustment expenses exceed our expectations and the reserves reflected in our financial statements, we will be required to increase our reserves, through an increase in our provision for unpaid loss and loss adjustment expense, to reflect our changed expectations. Material additions to our reserves through this provision would adversely impact our net income and capital in future periods whilethe total amount of tax we pay, thereby having the effect of overstating our current period earnings.

We participate in a potentially unprofitable, unstable industry.

The professional liability insurance industry is volatile and often sees fluctuations both in the frequency and severity of claims, particularly severity. This is aggravated by the casualty insurance cycle, which over a period of years varies from a hard market with high or increasing premiums charged for risk, to a soft market with low or decreasing premiums being charged. The combination of volatility and insurance cycle variation results in a high degree of unpredictability of underwriting results from year to year. As a reinsurer, we are directly influenced by the premium competition in the primary market, and as a quota share reinsurer, we are directly dependent on the underwriting results of our cedants. Consequently, our revenue could be adversely affected by factors beyond our control, including those described in this report and other factors.

Our industry is highly competitive and we may not be able to compete successfully in the future.

Our industry is highly competitive and subject to pricing cycles that can be pronounced. We compete solely in the United States reinsurance and insurance markets. Most of our competitors have greater financial resources than we do and have established long term and continuing business relationships throughout the industry, which can be a significant competitive advantage. If we are unable to successfully compete against these companies our profitability could be adversely affected.

Our investment return may not be sufficient to offset underwriting losses, which could negatively impact our net income.

Our investment income is subject to variation due to fluctuations of market interest rates on our fixed-income portfolio, and fluctuations of stock prices in our equity portfolio. If such investment income is not sufficient to offset potential underwriting losses or our capital and reserves are not sufficient to absorb adverse underwriting or investment results, our profitability would be adversely affected.

Our inability to retain senior executives and other key personnel could adversely affect our business.

The success of our business plan is dependent upon our ability to retain Protexure senior executives and other qualified Protexure employees. In 2019, Protexure entered into an employment agreement with Mr. Kyle Nieman, President and CEO of Protexure. Mr. Nieman has more than 35 years of insurance industry experience. In addition, a number of AmerInst’s operating activities as well as certain management functions are performed by outside parties. If such outside parties and Protexure’s key employees did not renew their relationships with Protexure, or would do so only upon terms that were not acceptable to Protexure, our business could be harmed.

There is no market for our shares and our shares may be subject to restrictions on transfer.

There is currently no market for our common shares and it is unlikely that a market will develop. Our common shares are not listed on any stock exchange or automated quotation system. Under our Bye-Laws, our Board of Directors has the authority to prohibit all transfers of our shares. As a result, you may be required to hold your shares for an indefinite period of time and will potentially bear the economic risk of holding such shares indefinitely.

Reinsurance may not be available to us, which could increase our risk of incurring losses.

In order to limit the effect on our financial condition of large and multiple losses, AMIC Ltd. may, in the future, seek reinsurance for its own account. From time to time, market conditions have limited the availability of reinsurance, and in some cases have prevented insurers and reinsurers from obtaining the types and amounts of reinsurance that they consider adequate for their business needs. If AMIC Ltd. is unable to obtain the desired amounts of reinsurance, or, if it is able to obtain such reinsurance only on terms not sufficiently favorable to operate profitably, we could be adversely affected.

Security breaches and other disruptions could compromise our information and expose us to liability, which would cause our business and reputation to suffer.

Despite the security measures taken by Citadel Management Bermuda Limited, our management company, Protexure and our consultants and other third parties with whom we share information, our or their information technology and infrastructure may be vulnerable to attacks by hackers or breached due to employee error, malfeasance or other disruptions. Any such breach could compromise their networks and the information stored there could be accessed, publicly disclosed, lost or stolen. Additionally, many companies have increasingly reported breaches in the security of their websites or other systems, some of which have involved sophisticated and targeted attacks intended to obtain unauthorized access to confidential information, destroy data, disrupt or degrade service, sabotage systems or cause other damage. Cybersecurity issues, such as security breaches and computer viruses, affecting our information technology systems or those of third parties with whom we share information, could disrupt our business, result in the unintended disclosure or misuse of confidential or proprietary information, increase our costs, and cause losses. Additionally, any unauthorized access, disclosure or other loss of information could also result in legal claims or proceedings, liability under laws that protect the privacy of personal information, and regulatory penalties and damage our reputation, which could adversely affect our business.

We may be impacted by claims relating to financial market turmoil.

We reinsure professional liability insurance for certified public accountants and attorneys. The financial institutions and financial services segment may be particularly impacted by financial market turmoil. As a result, accountants and lawyers that service this industry may be subject to additional claims. This may give rise to increased litigation, including class action suits, which may involve clients of parties for which we provide reinsurance. To the extent we have claims relating to these events, it could cause substantial volatility in our financial results and could have a material adverse effectimpact on our financial condition and results ofbusiness operations.

Legislative and regulatory requirements could have a material adverse effect on our business.

We and our subsidiaries are required to comply with a wide variety of laws and regulations applicable to insurance or reinsurance companies. The insurance and regulatory environment in particular for offshore insurance and reinsurance companies, has become subject to increased scrutiny in many jurisdictions, including in the United States. In the past, there have been Congressional and other initiatives in the United States proposing to increase supervision and regulation of the insurance industry. It is not possible to predict the future impact of changes in laws and regulations on our operations and the cost of complying with any such new legal requirements could have a material adverse effect on our business.

Our Bermuda insurance subsidiary, AMIC Ltd., is registered as a Class 3A insurer and is subject to regulation and supervision in Bermuda. The applicable Bermuda statutes and regulations generally are designed to protect insureds, ceding insurance companies and note holders rather than shareholders. Among other things, those statutes and regulations require AMIC Ltd. to:

Any non-compliance with these and other requirements imposed under applicable law could result in penalties or enforcement actions being taken against AMIC Ltd., which could have a material adverse effect on our business.

As a shareholder of a Bermuda company, you may have greater difficulties in protecting your interests than as a shareholder of a U.S. corporation.Item

The Companies Act, which applies to us and our Bermuda subsidiaries, differs in many material respects from laws generally applicable to U.S. corporations and their shareholders. These differences may result in your having greater difficulties in protecting your interests as a shareholder of our company than you would have as a shareholder of a U.S. corporation. This affects, among other things, the circumstances under which transactions involving an interested director are voidable, whether an interested director can be held accountable for any benefit realized in a transaction with the Company, what approvals are required for business combinations by the Company with a large shareholder or a wholly owned subsidiary, what rights you may have as a shareholder to enforce specified provisions of the Companies Act or our Bye-laws, and the circumstances under which we may indemnify our directors and officers.

Anti-takeover provisions could make it more difficult for a third party to acquire us, which makes your investment more illiquid.

Investco, our subsidiary, currently owns approximately 37.13% of our outstanding shares of common stock and has the ability to purchase additional shares. Under Bermuda law, shares owned by Investco are deemed issued and outstanding and can be voted by Investco at the direction of Investco’s board of directors, which is effectively controlled by our board of directors which, consequently, may hinder or prohibit a change in control transaction not approved by us.

In addition, because our Statement of Share Ownership Policy limits each shareholder other than Investco to owning no more than 20,000 shares of our common stock, and our Bye-laws permit our board of directors to implement provisions requiring board approval of all transfers of common stock, it may be difficult for any individual or entity to obtain voting control of AmerInst.

Finally, our Bye-laws provide for a classified board of directors which could have the effect of delaying or preventing a change of control or management.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

None.

Item2. Properties

Lease commitments

Protexure leases office space in Lisle, Illinois under a non-cancellable lease agreement that commenced on December 14, 2009 and expires December 31, 2020.agreement. The lease is renewable at the option of the lessee under certain conditions.

For operating leases that have In March 2023, the company executed a lease term of more than 12 months, the Company recognizes a lease liability and a right-of-use asset in the Company’s consolidated balance sheets at the present value of the lease payments at the lease commencement date. At the commencement date, the Company determines lease terms by assuming the exercise of those renewal options that are deemedextension to be reasonably certain. The exercise of lease renewal options is at the sole discretion of the Company. As the lease contracts generally do not provide an implicit discount rate, the Company used 6%, its estimated incremental borrowing rate based on the information available at commencement date to determine the present value of lease payments.

The Company’s lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants. For the year ended DecemberJuly 31, 2019, the total lease amortization was $98,800. Cash outflows for this lease was $106,900.

2024. Minimum lease payments, subsequent to December 31, 20182022 are as follows:$101,578 in 2023 and $57,746 in 2024.

The Company is evaluating its lease needs at the current time.

Item3. Legal Proceedings.

The Company is not a party to any material legal proceedings.

Item4. Mine Safety Disclosures

Not Applicable.

PART II

Currently, there is no public market for our common stock, but we have historically caused Investco topermitted AMIC Ltd.to purchase shares from our shareholders upon their death, disability or retirement from the practice of public accounting. The repurchase price has historically been set to the year-end net book value per share for the most recently completed fiscal year reduced by the amount of any dividends already paid on the repurchased shares during the calendar year of the repurchase and any dividends the shareholder would be entitled to receive on the repurchased shares that have not been paid. In addition, the BMA has authorized InvestcoAMIC Ltd. to purchase shares on a negotiated case-by-case basis, and InvestcoAMIC Ltd. has typically negotiated share repurchases when requested by our shareholders.shareholders and when shareholders have died or retired from the practice of public accounting.

On February 25, 2011, the Board of Directors amended and restated AmerInst’s Statement of Share Ownership Policy to better manage our cash flow from year to year. Under the revised policy, we limit Investco’s repurchaseAMIC Ltd.’s repurchases of our common stock to $500,000 per calendar year. In addition, InvestcoAMIC Ltd. is only authorized to repurchase shares, withoutwith Board approval, from shareholders upon their death, disability or retirement from the practice of public accounting. Except as approved byIn October 2020, the Board negotiated purchases that do not satisfy these criteria have beentemporarily (i) suspended the amended and restated AmerInst’s Statement of Share Ownership Policy and (ii) discontinued for the foreseeable future.

The Bermuda Monetary Authority has authorized Investco to purchaserepurchases of our common shares from shareholders who have died or retired fromstock, as a measure to preserve the practice of public accounting and also on a negotiated basis. Company’s capital base.

Through December 31, 2019, Investco2022, AMIC Ltd. had purchased an aggregate of 224,538232,979 common shares from shareholders who had died or retired for a total aggregate purchase price of $6,379,286.$6,653,703. The following table shows information relating to the purchase of shares from shareholders who have died or retired from the practice of accounting as described above during the three monththree-month period ended December 31, 2019.2022.

From time to time, InvestcoAMIC Ltd. has also purchased common shares in privately negotiated transactions. Through December 31, 2019, Investco2022, AMIC Ltd. had purchased an additional 75,069 common shares in such privately negotiated transactions for a total aggregate purchase price of $1,109,025. No such transactions occurred during the three-month period ended December 31, 2019.2022.

During 2019,2022, the directors of AmerInst were not granted 2,499 shares of our common stock as part of their compensation for services rendered as members of our board of directors. The shares received were transferred to each director out of shares previously repurchased by Investco. These transfers were exempt from the registration requirements of Section 5 of the Securities Act pursuant to the exemption provided by Section 4(a)(2) thereof and Rule 506(b) of Regulation D promulgated thereunder as transfers solely involving accredited investors. AmerInst did not receive any proceeds in connection with these director stock grants nor were any underwriting discounts or commissions paid to any person in connection with these transactions.

As of December 31, 2019,February 28, 2023, there were 1,5731,558 holders of record of our common shares. During 20192022 and 2018,2021, we paid totalno ordinary cash dividends of $315,026 and $322,162, respectively, which represented a single annual

dividend of $0.50 per share. During 2019, the dividend amount paid was reduced by $19,335, which represented a write back of uncashed dividends issued prior to 2014 to shareholders that we have been unable to locate. During 2018 the dividend amount paid was reduced by $8,745, which represented a write back of uncashed dividends issued prior to 2013 to shareholders that we have been unable to locate.dividends. The declaration of dividends by our Board of Directors is dependent upon our capacity to insure or reinsure business, profitability, financial condition, and other factors which the Board of Directors may deem appropriate. As described under “Item 1. – Business”,Business,” under Bermuda law, AMIC Ltd. is prohibited from declaring or paying any dividend to AmerInst if such payment would reduce the net realizable value of its assets to an amount less than the aggregate value of its liabilities, issued share capital and share premium accounts. In addition, AMIC Ltd. must be able to pay its liabilities as they fall due after the payment of a dividend.

Item6. Selected Financial DataReserved

Not applicable.

Item7. Management’sManagement’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

Management’s discussion and analysis of financial condition and results of operations (“MD&A”) provides supplemental information, which sets forth management’s views of the major factors that have affected our financial condition and results of operations that should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and notes thereto included in this Form 10-K. The MD&A is divided into subsections entitled “Business Overview,” “Critical Accounting Policies,” “Results of Operations,” “Fair Value of Investments,” “Liquidity and Capital Resources” and “Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses.Resources.”

CAUTION CONCERNING FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

This Annual Report on Form 10-K, including this MD&A section, contains “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include, among others, statements about our beliefs, plans, objectives, goals, expectations, estimates and intentions that are subject to significant risks and uncertainties and are subject to change based on various factors, many of which are beyond our control. The words “may,” “could,” “should,” “would,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “target,” “goal,” and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements.

All forward-looking statements, by their nature, are subject to risks and uncertainties. Our actual future results may differ materially from those set forth in our forward-looking statements. Please see the Introductory Note and Item 1A “Risk Factors” of this Form 10-K for a discussion of factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from those in the forward-looking statements. However, the risk factors listed in Item 1A “Risk Factors” or discussed in this Form 10-K should not be construed as exhaustive and should be read in conjunction with other cautionary statements that are included herein. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which reflect our management’s analysis only as of the date they are made. We undertake no obligation to release publicly the results of any future revisions we may make to forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

The following discussion addresses our financial condition and results of operations for the periods and as of the dates indicated.

Business Overview

We are an insurance holding company based in Bermuda owned primarily by accounting firms, persons associated with accounting firms, and individual CPA practitioners. We were formed in response to concerns

about the pricing and availability of accountants’ professional liability insurance in a difficult or “hard” market. Our mission is to provide insurance protection for professional service firms and engage in investment activities. Through Protexure, we act as an agent for C&FISMIE for the purposes of soliciting, underwriting, quoting, binding, issuing, cancelling, non-renewing and endorsing accountants’ professional liability and lawyers’ professional liability insurance coverage in 42 states of the United States and the District of Columbia. Prior to October 2020, Protexure had acted as an agent for C&F for all aforementioned business in all 50 states of the United States and the District of Columbia. We conduct our reinsurance business through AMIC Ltd., our wholly owned subsidiary,In October 2021, C&F and Protexure signed an addendum to the C&F Agency Agreement which is a registered insurer in Bermuda. We are prepared, subjectterminates the C&F Agency Agreement effective March 31, 2022. Under the terms of the signed addendum, Protexure will be permitted to obtainingissue new and renewal professional liability policies on C&F paper with effective dates no later than March 31, 2022.  Effective January 1, 2022, Protexure entered into the required licensesISMIE Agency Agreement. Protexure continues to transition the lawyers and registrations, to act as a direct issuer of accountants’ professional liability insurance policies. Our investment portfolio is held in and managedpreviously written with C&F to ISMIE under the ISMIE Agency Agreement with the last policies scheduled to be transitioned by Investco, which is a subsidiary of AMIC Ltd.March 31, 2023.

AmerInst has two reportable segments: (1) reinsurance activity,and corporate, previously called the reinsurance segment, through which includes investmentsthe company provided reinsurance under the now commuted reinsurance agreements, conducted investment operations and conducts other corporate activities and (2) insurance activity, through which the Company offers professional liability solutions to professional service firms.firms under the Agency Agreements. See Note 12,14, Segment Information, of the notes to the consolidated financial statements contained in Item 8 of this annual report on Form 10-K for financial information concerning these segments.

Our reinsurance and corporate segment had revenues of $15,853,490$8,515 for the year ended December 31, 20192022 and $8,258,126$3,213,768 for the year ended December 31, 2018.2021. Total losses and expenses for this segment were $13,838,051$655,967 for the year ended December 31, 20192022 and $11,527,532$4,013,676 for the year ended December 31, 2018.2021. This resulted in a segment income (loss)loss of $2,015,439$647,452 and $(3,269,406)$799,908 for the years ended December 31, 20192022 and 2018,2021, respectively. In 2021, the reinsurance segment of AmerInst ceased insurance operations and following the cancellation of its insurance license on May 17, 2022, provides only corporate and administration activities.

Our insurance segment had revenues of $5,849,201$2,262,274 for the year ended December 31, 20192022 and $5,507,405$3,405,122 for the year ended December 31, 2018.2021. Operating and management expenses were $5,452,121$3,545,385 for the year ended December 31, 20192022 and $2,353,708$4,199,245 for the year ended December 31, 2018.2021. This resulted in segment incomeloss of $397,080$1,283,111 and $3,153,697$794,123 for the years ended December 31, 20192022 and 2018,2021, respectively.

Our results of operations for the years ended December 31, 20192022 and December 31, 20182021 are discussed in greater detail below.

We operate our business with no material long-term debt, no purchase obligations, and no off-balance sheet arrangements required to be disclosed under applicable rules of the SEC. Our access to operating cash flows is primarily through the payment of dividends from our subsidiaries.

Critical Accounting Policies

Basis of Presentation

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with generally accepted accounting principles 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 financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates. The major estimates reflected in our financial statements include but are not limited to the liability for loss and loss adjustment expenses and other than temporary impairment of investments.deferred tax assets.

Unpaid Losses and Loss Adjustment Expense Reserves

The amount that we record as our liability for loss and loss adjustment expenses is a major determinant of net income each year. As discussed in more detail below under the heading “Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses,” the amount that we have reserved is based on actuarial estimates which were prepared as of December 31, 2019. Based on data received from the ceding companies (the insurance companies whose policies we reinsure) our independent actuary produces a range of estimates with a “low,” “central” and “high” estimate of the loss and loss adjustment expenses. As of December 31, 2019, the range of actuarially determined liability

for loss and loss adjustment expense reserves was as follows: the low estimate was $11.4 million, the high estimate was $16.5 million, and the central estimate was $13.7 million. Due to our concerns about the severity and volatility of the type of business we reinsure and the length of time that it takes for claims to be reported and ultimately settled, we selected reserves of $13,966,044 as of December 31, 2019, which is marginally greater than the central estimate of our independent actuary.

Other than Temporary Impairment of Investments

Declines in the fair value of fixed income investments below cost are evaluated for other than temporary impairment losses. The evaluation for other than temporary impairment losses is a quantitative and qualitative process which is subject to risks and uncertainties in the determination of whether declines in the fair value of fixed income investments are other than temporary. The risks and uncertainties include our intent and ability to hold the security, changes in general economic conditions, the issuer’s financial condition or near term recovery prospects, and the effects of changes in interest rates. Our accounting policy requires that a decline in the value of a fixed income security below its cost basis be assessed to determine if the decline is other than temporary. If so, the fixed income security is deemed to be impaired and a charge is recorded in net realized losses equal to the difference between the fair value and the cost basis of the fixed income security. The fair value of the impaired fixed income investment becomes its new cost basis.

Income Taxes

Our U.S. subsidiary operates in jurisdictions where they areit is subject to taxation. Current and deferred income taxes are charged or credited to net income based upon enacted tax laws and rates applicable in the relevant jurisdiction in the period in which the tax becomes accruable or realizable. Deferred income taxes are provided for all temporary differences between the bases of assets and liabilities used in the financial statements and those used in the various jurisdictional tax returns. When our assessment indicates that it is more likely than not that all or some portion of deferred income tax assets will not be realized, a valuation allowance is recorded against the deferred tax assets.

We recognize a tax benefit relating to uncertain tax positions only where the position is more likely than not to be sustained assuming examination by tax authorities. A liability is recognized for any tax benefit (along with any interest and penalty, if applicable) claimed in a tax return in excess of the amount allowed to be recognized.

Revenue Recognition

Our primary source of revenue is derived from commissions earned on the placement of lawyers’ and accountants’ professional liability insurance under the ISMIE Agency Agreement. We recognize revenue for most of these arrangements as of a point in time at the later of the policy inception date or when the policy placement is complete because this is viewed as the date when control is transferred and all obligations are complete. We disclose our revenue recognition policy for commission income in our financial statements, including any significant assumptions or estimation methods used.

Results of Operations

Year ended December 31, 2022 compared to year ended December 31, 2021

We recorded a net incomeloss of $2,412,519 in 2019$1,930,563 for the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to a net loss of $115,709$1,594,031 for the same period in 2018.2021. The increasedecrease in net incomeloss was mainly attributable to (i) the increasedecrease in net realized and unrealized gains on investments of $6,324,169 (from a $2,249,172 net losspremiums earned from $2,581,408 for the year ended December 31, 20182021 to a $4,074,997 net gain$0 for the year ended December 31, 2019) as a result of favorable market conditions2022 and to(ii) the increasedecrease in commission income of $303,208 (from $5,497,779from $3,404,698 for the year ended December 31, 20182021 to $5,800,987$2,262,272 for the year ended December 31, 2019) as2022. The decrease in net loss was offset by (i) a resultdecrease in loss and loss adjustment expenses from $1,478,366 for the year ended December 31, 2021 to $0 for the year ended December 31, 2022; (ii) the decrease in policy acquisition costs from $1,405,774 for the year ended December 31, 2021 to $0 for the year ended December 31, 2022; and (iii) a decrease in operating and management expenses from $4,766,924 for the year ended December 31, 2021 to $3,389,829 for the year ended December 31, 2022. More information on these changes is discussed below.

Our net premiums earned for the year ended December 31, 2022 were $0 compared to $2,581,408 for the year ended December 31, 2021, a decrease of $2,581,408 or 100%. Our net premiums earned were attributable to cessions from C&F under the Reinsurance Agreement. As noted above, the Company entered into the Commutation Agreement with C&F effective March 31, 2021. Therefore, no premiums subsequent to that date were ceded to the Company. Our net premium earned for the year ended December 31, 2021 represents our net premiums earned during the three months ended March 31, 2021. Effective May 17, 2022, AMIC Ltd.’s Class 3A insurance license was cancelled by the Bermuda Monetary Authority.

During the year ended December 31, 2022 and 2021, we recorded commission income under the Agency Agreements of $2,262,272 and $3,404,698, respectively, a higherdecrease of $1,142,426 or 33.6%. This decrease resulted from the lower volume of premiums written under the Agency Agreement. This was partially offset by the increase in operating and management expenses of $249,717 (from $6,598,204 forAgreements during the year ended December 31, 20182022 compared to $6,847,921 for the year ended December 31, 2019), as discussed in further detail below.

Our net premiums earned were $11,348,596 for the year ended December 31, 2019 compared to $10,132,515 for the year ended December 31, 2018, an increase of $1,216,081 or 12%. The net premiums earned during 2019 and 2018 were2021, which is primarily attributable to net premium cessions from C&Fceased business under the Reinsurance Agreement. The increase in net premiums earnedC&F agreement and lower premium volumes under the Reinsurance Agreement resulted from increased cessions from C&F in 2019, arising from a higher volume of underwriting activity under the Agency Agreement. The higher volume of underwriting activity was due to the continued marketing of the program by Protexure resulted in increased penetration in targeted markets.

For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018, we recorded commission income under the Agency Agreement of $5,800,987 and $5,497,779, respectively, an increase of $303,208 or 5.5%. This increase resulted from the higher volume of premiums written under thenew ISMIE Agency Agreement in 2019, as referred to above.2022.

We recorded net investment income of $478,111$8,517 during the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to $205,851 for the year ended December 31, 2019 compared to $384,409 for the year ended December 31, 2018, an increase of $93,702 or 24.4%.2021. The increasedecrease in net investment income was mainly attributable to higher yieldinga decrease in dividend income and interest income from the September 2021 liquidation of our entire investment in fixed income securities held in the Company’s investment portfolio during 2019 compared to the same period in 2018 and to certain higher yielding equity securities held inas a measure to fund our investment portfolio during 2019 compared tocommitment under the same period in 2018. AnnualizedC&F Commutation Agreement. The annualized investment yield, calculated as total interest and dividends divided by the net average amount of total investments and cash and cash equivalents, was 1.3% in 2019, a marginal increase from0.3% for the 1.1%year ended December 31, 2022, compared to the 1.2% yield earned in 2018.for the year ended December 31, 2021.

We recorded net realized and unrealized gains on investments of $4,074,997$0 during the year ended December 31, 2022 compared to net realized and unrealized gains on investments of $426,933 during the year ended December 31, 2021, a decrease of $426,933, or 100%. In September 2021, the Company liquidated its entire investment in fixed income securities to fund the commitment to C&F under the C&F Commutation Agreement. A $343,350 net gain was realized on the sale of these investments.

Our losses and loss adjustment expenses for the year ended December 31, 20192022 were $0 compared to net realized losses of $2,249,172$1,478,366 for the year ended December 31, 2018, an increase2021, a decrease of $6,324,169$1,478,366, or 281.2%100%. The increasedecrease was primarily relatedattributed to the increase in the fair valueceasing of our equity investments of $3,175,510 during the year ended December 31, 2019, which was attributable to favorable market conditions during 2019. As a result of our adoption of ASU-2016-01 on January 1, 2018, the changes in fair value of our equity investments subsequent to January 1, 2018 are recognized within net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on the consolidated statement of operations.

Unrealized gains on our fixed income investments were $103,630 at December 31, 2019 compared to unrealized losses of $218,348 at December 31, 2018. As a result of our adoption of ASU-2016-01 on January 1, 2018, the unrealized gain or loss position of our equity investments subsequent to January 1, 2018 are no longer recognized within accumulated other comprehensive income on our consolidated balance sheet. We consider our entire fixed income investment portfolio to be available for sale and accordingly all fixed income investments are reported at fair value, with changes in net unrealized gains and losses reflected as an adjustment to accumulated other comprehensive income. Given the nature of our investments in fixed maturities and the average duration of our fixed maturity securities, the return of our fixed maturities investments will be impacted by changes in interest rates. As a result to the current declining rate environment, our fixed income securities have experienced realized gains prior to maturity. Declines in the fair value of fixed income investments below cost are evaluated for other than temporary impairment losses. The evaluation for other than temporary impairment losses is a quantitative and qualitative process which is subject to risks and uncertainties in the determination of whether declines in the fair value of fixed income investments are other than temporary. The risks and uncertainties include changes in general economic conditions, the issuer’s financial condition or near term recovery prospects, and the effects of changes in interest rates. Our accounting policy requires that a decline in the fair value of a fixed income security below its cost basis be assessed to determine if the decline is other than temporary. If so, the fixed income security is deemed to be impaired, and a charge is recorded in net realized losses equal to the difference between the fair value and the cost basis of the security. The fair value of the impaired fixed income investment becomes its new cost basis.

The composition of the investment portfolio at December 31, 2019 and 2018 was as follows:reinsurance activity.

Our losses and loss adjustment expenses increased by 28.8% to $8,028,735 in 2019 from $6,235,474 in 2018. The increase in the 2019 amount was mainly attributable to the increase in current year losses and loss

adjustment expenses under the Reinsurance Agreement due to increased cessions from C&F in 2019, as discussed above. Our loss ratio under the Reinsurance Agreement, calculated as the ratio of losses and loss adjustment expenses to net premiums earned, was 70.7% in 2019 and 61.5% in 2018. The increase in this loss ratio was primarily due to higher than expected large loss emergence in accident years 2015 and 2017.

We recorded policy acquisition costs of $4,199,239 for$0 during the year ended December 31, 20192022 compared to policy acquisition costs of $3,748,958$1,405,774 for the year ended December 31, 2018.same period in 2021. Policy acquisition costs which arewere primarily ceding commissions paid to the ceding insurer, are establishedreinsurers as a percentage of premiums written. Therefore, any increase or decreaseearned. There was no reinsurance business in premiums written will result in a similar increase or decrease in policy acquisition costs. The policy acquisition costs recorded for the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 were 37% of the premiums earned under the Reinsurance Agreement of $11,348,596 and $10,132,515, respectively.2022.

We incurred operating and management expenses of $6,847,921 for$3,389,829 during the year ended December 31, 20192022 compared to $6,598,204$4,766,924 for the year ended December 31, 2018, an increasesame period in 2021, a decrease of $249,717$1,377,095, or 3.8%28.9%. The increasedecrease was primarily attributable to increased(i) a decrease in salaries and related costs associated with Protexure’s hiringreduction in personnel in 2022; (ii) a decrease in sub commission’s paid to brokers due to a reduction in premium volumes, and (iii) a reduction in directors fees, management fees and audit fees related to the reduction in business operations of additional personnel during 2019.the reinsurance and corporate business.

We recorded income tax expense of $214,277$811,523 for the year ended December 31, 20192022 compared to an income$561,857 tax benefit of $2,701,396expense for the year ended December 31, 2018.2021. At December 31, 2019,2022 and 2021, we recorded an income tax expense as the result of changes in Protexure’s deferred tax asset position during the year, which was primarily attributable to Protexure’s usage of its loss carryforward from prior years plus its state income taxes for the current year. At December 31, 2018, management believed there was sufficient evidence to support the reversal of the full valuation allowance. The release of this allowance resulted in the recognition of Protexure’s deferred tax assets and to the recording of an income tax benefit. See Note 108 to our financial statements included in this Annual Report on Form 10-K for additional details.

Fair Value of Investments

The following tables show the fair value of our investments in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 820, “Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures” as of December 31, 2019 and 2018.

Our fixed income, equity and hedge fund portfolios are invested in accordance with a written Investment Policy Statement adopted by our Board of Directors. We engage professional advisors to manage day-to-day investment matters under the oversight of our Investment Committee.

Our fixed income portfolio is managed with the target objectives of achieving an annualized rate of return for the trailing 5-year period of 250 basis points over the Consumer Price Index, and total returns commensurate with Merrill Lynch’s U.S. Domestic Index. Our overall fixed income portfolio is required to have at least an “A” S&P rating, an “A2” Moody’s rating or an equivalent rating from comparable rating agencies.

Our equity securities are managed by two external large cap value advisors. Our investment approach is to focus on increasing the fair market value of our equity securities by investing in companies that may or may not be paying a dividend but whose market values may increase over time. Some of the key factors we consider in a prospective company to invest in include the discount to value and the quality of the management team.

Our equity portfolios are managed with the target objectives of achieving an annualized rate of return over a trailing 3-year to 5-year period of 400 basis points over the Consumer Price Index, total returns at least equal to representative benchmarks such as the various S&P indices, and a ranking in the top half of the universe of other actively managed equity funds with similar objectives and risk profiles.

Under existing accounting principles generally accepted in the United States, we are required to recognize certain assets at their fair value in our consolidated balance sheets. This includes our fixed maturity investments and equity securities. In accordance with the Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures Topic of FASB’s ASC 820, fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. ASC 820 establishes a three-level valuation hierarchy for disclosure of fair value measurements. The valuation hierarchy is based upon whether the inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability are observable or unobservable in the market at the measurement date, with quoted market prices being the highest level (Level 1) and unobservable inputs being the lowest level

(Level 3). A fair value measurement will fall within the level of the hierarchy based on the input that is significant to determining such measurement. The three levels are defined as follows:

At each measurement date, we estimate the fair value of the security using various valuation techniques. We utilize, to the extent available, quoted market prices in active markets or observable market inputs in estimating the fair value of our investments. When quoted market prices or observable market inputs are not available, we utilize valuation techniques that rely on unobservable inputs to estimate the fair value of investments.

The following describes the valuation techniques we used to determine the fair value of investments held as of December 31, 2019 and what level within the fair value hierarchy each valuation technique resides:

While we obtain pricing from independent pricing services, management is ultimately responsible for determining the fair value measurements for all securities. To ensure fair value measurement is applied consistently and in accordance with U.S. GAAP, we periodically update our understanding of the pricing methodologies used by the independent pricing services. We also challenge any prices we believe may not be representative of fair value under current market conditions. Our review process includes, but is not limited to: (i) initial and ongoing evaluation of the pricing methodologies and valuation models used by outside parties to calculate fair value; (ii) quantitative analysis; (iii) a review of multiple quotes obtained in the pricing process and the range of resulting fair values for each security, if available, and (iv) randomly selecting purchased or sold securities and comparing the executed prices to the fair value estimates provided by the independent pricing sources.

There have been no material changes to any of our valuation techniques from what was used as of December 31, 2018. Since the fair value of a financial instrument is an estimate of what a willing buyer would pay for our asset if we sold it, we will not know the ultimate value of our financial instruments until they are sold. We believe the valuation techniques utilized provide us with the best estimate of the price that would be received to sell our assets or transfer our liabilities in an orderly transaction between participants at the measurement date.

The current market conditions present additional risks and uncertainties for our business. In particular, the recent severe deterioration in the equity markets could lead to additional investment losses. Depending on market conditions going forward, particularly if current market conditions do not improve in the near future, we could incur substantial additional realized and unrealized losses in future periods, which could have an adverse impact on our results of operations and financial condition. The current market volatility may also make it more difficult to value certain of our securities if trading becomes less frequent. As such, valuations may include assumptions or estimates that may have significant period-to-period changes that could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations or financial condition.

As of December 31, 2019, our total investments were $31,033,616, an increase of $3,000,310 or 10.7%, from $28,033,306 at December 31, 2018. This increase was primarily due to the increase in the fair value of certain equity securities as a result of favorable market conditions and to the purchase of additional equity securities and fixed income securities with net premiums received under the Reinsurance Agreement. The cash and cash equivalents balance increased from $5,498,914 at December 31, 2018 to $6,589,810 at December 31, 2019, an increase of $1,090,896 or 19.8%. The amount of cash and cash equivalents varies depending on the maturities of fixed term investments and on the level of funds invested in money market funds. The restricted cash and cash equivalents balance increased from $472,132 at December 31, 2018 to $1,169,805 at December 31, 2019, an increase of $697,673 or 147.8%. This increase was due to the timing of sales and maturities of investments held as restricted cash at December 31, 2019 that have not been reinvested. The ratio of cash, total investments and other invested assets to total liabilities at December 31, 2019 was 1.22:1, compared to a ratio of 1.30:1 at December 31, 2018. The decrease in the ratio was primarily attributable to an increase in unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses, unearned premium and the reinsurance payable balance assumed under the Reinsurance Agreement.

Total cash, investments and other invested assets increased from $34,004,352 at December 31, 2018 to $38,793,231 at December 31, 2019, an increase of $4,788,879 or 14.1%. The net increase resulted primarily from the increase in the fair value of certain equity securities as a result of favorable market conditions by positive cash inflows in relation to net investment income. These increases were partially offset by net cash outflows to fund our operations and dividends of $295,691 paid during the year.

Other than Temporary Impairment

We assess whether declines in the fair value of our fixed maturity investments classified as available-for-sale represent impairments that are other-than-temporary by reviewing each fixed maturity investment that is impaired and (1) determining if we intend to sell the fixed maturity investment or if it is more likely than not we will be required to sell the fixed maturity investment before its anticipated recovery; and (2) assessing whether a credit loss exists, that is, where we expect that the present value of the cash flows expected to be collected from the fixed maturity investment are less than the amortized cost basis of the investment.

We did not intend to sell any fixed maturity investments classified as available-for-sale that were in an unrealized loss position at December 31, 2019. In assessing whether it is more likely than not that we will be required to sell a fixed maturity investment before its anticipated recovery, we consider various factors including our future cash flow requirements, legal and regulatory requirements, the level of its cash, cash equivalents, short term investments and fixed maturity investments available for sale in an unrealized gain position, and other relevant factors. For the year ended December 31, 2019, we did not recognize any other-than-temporary impairments due to sales.

In evaluating credit losses, we consider a variety of factors in the assessment of a fixed maturity investment including: (1) the time period during which there has been a significant decline below cost; (2) the extent of the decline below cost and par; (3) the potential for the fixed maturity investment to recover in value; (4) an analysis of the financial condition of the issuer; (5) the rating of the issuer; and (6) failure of the issuer of the fixed maturity investment to make scheduled interest or principal payments.

If we conclude a fixed income security is other-than-temporarily impaired, we write down the amortized cost of the security to fair value, with a charge to net realized investment gains (losses) in the Consolidated Statement of Operations. Gross unrealized losses on the investment portfolio as of December 31, 2019 and December 31, 2018, relating to 8 and 35 fixed maturity securities, amounted to $9,495 and $226,369, respectively. We have the ability and intent to hold these securities either to maturity or until the fair value recovers above the adjusted cost. The unrealized losses on these available for sale fixed maturity securities were not as a result of credit, collateral or structural issues. During the year ended 2019, no other-than-temporary impairment charges were recorded.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our cash needs consist of settlement of losses and expenses under our reinsurance treaties and funding day-to-day operations. During the continued implementation of our business plan, ourOur management expects that our unrestricted cash balance will be sufficient to meet theseour cash needs from cash flows arising fromand fund our investment portfolio. Because substantially all of our assets are marketable securities, we expect that we will have sufficient flexibility to provide for unbudgeted cash needs that may arise without having to resort to borrowing, which would be subject to regulatory limitations.day-to-day operations over the next twelve-month period.

The assumed reinsurance balances receivable represents the current assumed premiums receivable less commissions payable to C&F. As of December 31, 2019, the balance was $5,695,847 compared to $2,651,863 as of December 31, 2018. This balance fluctuates due to the timing of the net premium received from C&F under the Reinsurance Agreement.

The assumed reinsurance payable represents current reinsurance losses payable to the fronting carriers. As of December 31, 2019, the balance was $6,756,177 compared to $2,171,767 as of December 31, 2018. This balance fluctuates due to the timing of reported losses and to the timing of loss payments to C&F under the Reinsurance Agreement.

Deferred policy acquisition costs, which represent the deferral of ceding commission expense related to premiums not yet earned, increased from $1,869,368 at December 31, 2018 to $1,964,052 at December 31, 2019. The increase in deferred policy acquisition costs in 2019 was due to the increase in both net premiums written and unearned premiums assumed under the Reinsurance Agreement compared to the prior year. The ceding commission rate under the Reinsurance Agreement is 37%.

Prepaid expenses and other assets were $2,019,622$792,245 at December 31, 2019, an increase2022, a decrease of $37,709$299,570 from $1,091,815 at December 31, 2018.2021. The balance primarily related to (1) prepaid directors’ and officers’ liability insurance costs, (2) the prepaid directors’ retainer, (3) prepaid professional fees and (4) premiums due to Protexure under the Agency Agreement.Agreements, (2) policy acquisition costs, and (3) prepaid professional fees. This balance fluctuates due to the timing of the prepayments and to the timing of the premium receipts by Protexure.

Accrued expenses and other liabilities primarily represent premiums payable by Protexure to C&F and other cedants under the Agency AgreementAgreements and expenses accrued relating largely to professional fees. The balance decreased from $5,934,408$2,860,876 at December 31, 20182021 to $5,873,130$2,346,805 at December 31, 2019,2022, a decrease of $67,278$514,071, or 1%18.0%. This balance fluctuates due to the timing of the premium payments to C&F and payments of professional fees.

We

During 2022 and 2021, we paid an annual dividend of $0.50 per share during 2019 and 2018. During 2019,no ordinary cash dividends as a measure to preserve the total dividend amount was reduced by $19,335 which represents a write back of uncashed dividends issued prior to 2014 to

shareholders that we have been unable to locate. During 2018, the total dividend amount was reduced by $8,745 which represents a write back of uncashed dividends issued prior to 2013 to shareholders that we have been unable to locate.Company’s capital base. Since we began paying consecutive dividends in 1995, our original shareholders have received approximately $22.87 in cumulative dividends per share, which when measured by a total rate of return calculation has resulted in an effective annual rate of return of approximately 8.61% from the inception of the Company, based on a per share purchase price of $8.33 paid by the original shareholders, and using a book value of $32.51 per share as of December 31, 2019.

Total dividends paid were $295,691 and $313,147 in 2019 and 2018, respectively, net of the recorded write backs. Continuation of dividendshare. Dividend payments isare subject to the Board of Directors’ continuing evaluation of our level of surplus compared to our capacity to accept more business. One of our objectives isNo dividends were paid during 2022 as a measure to retain sufficient surpluspreserve the Company’s capital bases, as referred to enable the continued implementation of our business plan.

AMIC Ltd.’s ability to pay dividends to AmerInst is subject to the provisions of the Bermuda insurance and companies laws and the requirement to provide the ceding companies with collateral. As of December 31, 2019, approximately $5.7 million was available for the declaration of dividends to shareholders. Under the Companies Act, AMIC Ltd. would be prohibited from declaring or paying a dividend if such payment would reduce the realizable value of its assets to an amount less than the aggregate value of its liabilities, issued share capital, and share premium accounts. In addition, AMIC Ltd. must be able to pay its liabilities as they fall due after the payment of a dividend. Our ability to pay dividends to common shareholders and to pay our operating expenses is dependent on cash dividends from our subsidiaries. The payment of such dividends by AMIC Ltd., including its subsidiary Investco, to us is also limited under Bermuda law by the Insurance Act and Related Regulations which require that AMIC Ltd. maintain minimum levels of solvency and liquidity. For the years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018 these requirements have been met as follows:above.

The BMA has authorized InvestcoAMIC Ltd. to purchase our common shares from shareholders who have died or retired from the practice of public accounting and on a negotiated basis. Through March 1, 2020, Investco2023, AMIC Ltd. had purchased 224,538232,979 common shares from shareholders who had died or retired for a total purchase price of $6,379,286.$6,653,703. From time to time, InvestcoAMIC Ltd. has also purchased shares in privately negotiated transactions. Through that date, InvestcoAMIC Ltd. had purchased an additional 75,069 common shares in such privately negotiated transactions for a total purchase price of $1,109,025.

Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses

The consolidated financial statements include our estimated liability for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses (“LAE”) for our insurance operations. LAE is determined utilizing both case-basis evaluations and actuarial projections, which together represent an estimate of the ultimate net cost of all unpaid losses and LAE incurred through December 31 of each year. These estimates are subject to the effect of trends in future claim development. The estimates are continually reviewed and, as experience develops and new information becomes known, the liability is adjusted as appropriate, and reflected in current financial reports. The anticipated effect of inflation is implicitly considered when estimating liabilities for losses and LAE. Future average claim development is projected based on historical trends adjusted for anticipated changes in underwriting standards, policy provisions and general economic trends. These anticipated trends are monitored based on actual developments and are modified as necessary.

An actuarial review and projection was performed for us by our independent actuary as of December 31, 2019. We review the actuarial estimates throughout the year for the possible impact on our financial position.

Loss reserves relate to accountants’ and attorneys’ professional liability from C&F programs, and were calculated under the methodologies described below. During 2019, losses emerged at levels consistent with expectations.

C&F was a new program for us in 2010. The program provides professional liability coverage to accountants and lawyers. To calculate the policy year ultimate losses and allocated loss adjustment expenses for C&F, the actuary applied paid and incurred loss development, paid and incurred Bornhuetter-Ferguson, and paid and incurred Cape Cod methods to the actual C&F experience as of September 30, 2019, separately for accountants and lawyers experience. Policy year ultimate losses are projected to December 31, 2019 on a combined accountants and lawyers experience basis by reviewing the actual loss emergence in the 4^th calendar quarter of 2019 compared to the expected emergence implied by the average of the paid and incurred loss development patterns selected as of September 30, 2019. In the calculations, the actuary relied on company and industry benchmark loss and allocated loss adjustment expense development patterns. The a priori loss and allocated loss adjustment expense ratios used in the Bornhuetter-Ferguson method calculations were selected based on our unpaid claim liability review of C&F experience as of December 31, 2018. Low and high scenario ultimate loss and allocated loss adjustment expense estimates were selected by the actuary based on sensitivity testing of results of the C&F actuarial analysis to reasonable alternative assumptions.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements required to be disclosed under Item 303(a)(4) of Regulation S-K promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Inflation

The impact of inflation on the insurance industry differs significantly from that of other industries where large portions of total resources are invested in fixed assets, such as property, plant and equipment. Assets and liabilities of insurance companies, like other financial institutions, are virtually all monetary in nature, and therefore are primarily impacted by interest rates rather than changing prices. While the general level of inflation underlies most interest rates, interest rates react more to changes in the expected rate of inflation and to changes in monetary and fiscal policy. Therefore, we do not believe that inflation has materially impacted our results of operations.

Item7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Not applicable.

Item8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

The financial statements required by this Item are listed below:

INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SCHEDULES

Financial Statement Schedules:

Schedules I, II, III, IV, V, and VI are omitted as they are inapplicable.

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the shareholders and the Board of Directors of

AmerInst Insurance Group, Ltd.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of AmerInst Insurance Group, Ltd. and subsidiaries (the “Company”"Company") as of December 31, 20192022 and 2018,2021, the related consolidated statements of operations, comprehensive income (loss), changes in shareholders’loss, shareholders' equity, and cash flows, for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2019,2022, and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”"financial statements"). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 20192022 and 2018,2021, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the two years in the period ended December 31, 2019,2022, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’sCompany's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’sCompany's financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (PCAOB) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matter

The critical audit matter communicated below is a matter arising from the current-period audit of the financial statements that was communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (1) relates to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. The communication of critical audit matters does not alter in any way our opinion on the financial statements, taken as a whole, and we are not, by communicating the critical audit matter below, providing a separate opinion on the critical audit matter or on the accounts or disclosures to which it relates.

Deferred tax asset – Refer to Notes 2 and 8 to the consolidated financial statements

Critical Audit Matter Description

The Company recognizes deferred income taxes for tax attributes and for differences between the financial statement and tax basis of assets and liabilities at enacted tax rates in effect for the years in which the deferred tax liability or asset is expected to be settled or realized. A valuation allowance is provided to offset deferred tax assets if, based upon the available evidence, it is more likely than not that some or all of the deferred tax assets will not be realized. Future realization of deferred tax assets depends on the existence of sufficient taxable income of the appropriate character. The Company’s deferred tax assets as of December 31, 2022 were $232,000, net of a $1.6m valuation allowance.

Auditing the Company’s valuation and realizability of deferred tax assets, including significant assumptions relating to the projection of future taxable income, involved especially subjective auditor judgment and an increased extent of effort, including the involvement of our tax specialists.

How the Critical Audit Matter Was Addressed in the Audit

Our audit procedures related to the deferred tax asset included the following, among others:

/s/ Deloitte Ltd.

Hamilton, Bermuda
March 31, 2023

March 30, 2020

We have served as the Company’sCompany's auditor since 1998.

AMERINST INSURANCE GROUP, LTD.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

years ended December 31, 2019 and 2018

(expressed in U.S. dollars)