F

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON D.C. 20549

Form 10-Q

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

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 20222023

OR

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

Commission File Number

001-36462

Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc.

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

45-5338504

(State of Incorporation)

(IRS Employer

Identification No.)

1401 N. Westshore Blvd

Tampa, FL 33607

(Address, including zip code, of principal executive offices)

(727) 362-7200

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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

Title of each class

Trading Symbol(s)

Name of each exchange on which registered

Common Stock, par value $0.0001 per share

HRTG

New York Stock Exchange

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

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

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

Large accelerated filer

Accelerated filer

Emerging growth company

Non-accelerated filer

Smaller reporting company

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

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

The aggregate number of shares of the Registrant’s Common Stock outstanding on November 7, 20221, 2023 was 25,876,39039,015,533.


HERITAGE INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.

Table of Contents

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PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1 Unaudited Financial Statements

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets: September 30, 20222023 (unaudited) and December 31, 20212022

2

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Other Comprehensive Loss:(Loss) Income: Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 20222023 and 20212022 (unaudited)

3

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity: Three and Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 and 2021(unaudited)(unaudited)

4

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows: Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022 and 2021(unaudited)(unaudited)

6

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

8

Item 2 Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

2926

Item 3 Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk

4138

Item 4 Controls and Procedures

4238

PART II – OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1 Legal Proceedings

4339

Item 1A Risk Factors

4339

Item 2 Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

4339

Item 5 Other Information

4339

Item 6 Exhibits

4439

Signatures

4640


FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS

Statements in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q (“Form 10-Q”) or in documents incorporated by reference that are not historical facts are “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements include statements aboutregarding: (i) our core strategy and ability to meetfully execute our investment objectivesbusiness plan; (ii) our growth, including by geographic expansion, new lines of business, additional policies and to managenew products and mitigate market risk with respect to our investments; (ii) the expected positive impactservices, competitive strengths, proprietary capabilities, processes and new technology, results of ouroperations and liquidity; (iii) strategic initiatives on our future financial results, including focus on profitability, exposure management, rate adequacy and our ability to create value for our shareholders; (iii) our ability to achieve consistent long-term quarterly earnings and drivetheir impact on shareholder value; (iv) expected continued changes inprojections, predictions, expectations, estimates or forecasts as to our portfoliobusiness, financial and operational results and future economic performance; (v) statements of management’s goals and objectives, including intentions to reduce exposurepursue certain business and generate long term returns; (v) the expected benefitshandling of excesscertain claims; (vi) projections of revenue, earnings, capital structure, reserves and surplus insurance products; (vi) expected losses from Hurricane Ianother financial items; (vii) the adequacy ofassumptions underlying our reinsurance programcritical accounting policies and estimates; (viii) assumptions underlying statements regarding us and our ability to diversify riskbusiness; (ix) statements regarding the impact of legislation; (x) expectations regarding claims and safeguardrelated expenses, and our reinsurers’ obligations; (xi) beliefs regarding pending legal proceedings and their effect on our financial position; (viii) business and risk management strategies, including acquisitions, strategic investments(xii) other similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks and risk diversification; (ix)uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ. A detailed discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from such forward-looking statements is included throughout this filing and particularly in Item 1A: "Risk Factors" set forth in our estimates with respect2022 Annual Report on Form 10-K and Item 2 “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” set forth in this quarterly report on Form 10-Q. All forward-looking statements included in this document are based on information available to taxus on the date hereof, and accounting matters including the impact on our financial statements; (x) future dividends, if any; (xi) our expectations relatedwe assume no obligation to our financing activities; (xii) the sufficiency of our liquidityrevise or publicly release any revision to pay our insurance company affiliates’ claims and expenses,any such forward-looking statement, except as well as to satisfy commitments in the event of unforeseen events; (xiii) the sufficiency of our capital resources, together with cash provided from our operations, to meet currently anticipated working capital requirements and the source of funds needed to fund our business and risk management strategies; (xiv) the potential effects of the seasonality of our business, including effects on our reinsurance business and financial results; (xv) our ability to successfully mitigate the effects of inflation on our business; (xvi) our intentions with respect to our credit risk investments; (xvii) the future impact of the COVID-19 pandemic; and (xviii) the potential effects of our current legal proceedings.may otherwise be required by law.

These statements are based on current expectations, estimates and projections about the industry and market in which we operate, and management’s beliefs and assumptions. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, words such as “may,” “will,” “expect,” “believe,” “anticipate,” “intend,” “could,” “would,” “estimate,” or “continue” or the negative variations thereof or comparable terminology are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and involve certain known and unknown risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such statements. The risks and uncertainties include, without limitation:

the possibility that actual losses may exceed reserves;reserves, which are based on estimates;
the concentration of our business in coastal states, which could be impacted by hurricane losses or other significant weather-related events such as northeastern winter storms;
our exposure to catastrophic weather events;
inherent uncertainty of our modelsfailure to adequately assess and our reliance on such models as a tool to evaluate risk;price the risks we underwrite;
the fluctuation in our results of operations;operations, including as a result of factors outside of our control;
increased costs of reinsurance, non-availability of reinsurance, non-collectability of reinsurance and our ability to obtain reinsurance on terms and at a cost acceptable to us;
inherent uncertainty of our models and our reliance on such models as a tool to evaluate risk;
increased competition, competitive pressures, industry developments and market conditions;
our failure to accurately assess and price the risks we underwrite;
continued and increaseincreased impact of abusive and unwarranted claims;
our failureinability to identify suitable business acquisitions, effectively manage our growth and integrate acquired companies;
our failure to execute our diversification strategy;
our reliance on independent agents to write insurance policies for us on a voluntary basis and our ability to attract and retain agents;
the failure of our claims department to effectively manage or remediate claims;
low renewal rates andthe failure of suchpolicy renewals to meet our expectations;
our inability to maintain our financial stability rating;
our ability to access sufficient liquidity or obtain additional financing to fund our operations and expand our business;
our inability to generate investment income;
effects of emerging claim and coverage issues relating to legal, judicial, environmental and social conditions;


the failure of our risk mitigation strategies or loss limitation methods;


lack of effectiveness of exclusions and loss limitation methods in the insurance policies we assume or write;
the regulation of our insurance operations;
changes in regulations and our failure to meet increased regulatory requirements, including minimum capital and surplus requirements;
climate change, health crisis, severe weather conditions and other catastrophe events;
litigation or regulatory actions;
regulation limiting rate increases or that require us to participate in loss sharing or assessments;
the terms of our indebtedness, including restrictions that limit our flexibility in operating our business, and our inability to comply with the financial and other covenants of our debt facilities;
our ability to maintain effective internal controls over financial reporting;
certain characteristics of our common stock;
the continued and potentially prolonged impact of COVID-19 on the economy, demand for our products and our operations, including measures taken by the governmental authorities to address COVID-19, which may precipitate or exacerbate other risks and/or uncertainties;
disruptions to our independent distribution agency channel;
failure of our information technology systems or those of our key service providers and unsuccessful development and implementation of new technologies;technologies, which may require further capital expenditures;
a lack of redundancy in our operations; and
our failure to attract and retain qualified employees and independent agents or our loss of key personnel; and
the impact of macroeconomic and geopolitical conditions, including the impact of supply chain constraints, inflationary pressures, labor availability and the conflict between Russia and Ukraine.personnel.

Additional risks and uncertainties not currently known to us or that we currently deem to be immaterial also may materially adversely affect our business, financial condition or operating results.

These forward-looking statements are subject to numerous risks, uncertainties and assumptions about us described in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”). The forward-looking statements we make in our Form 10-Q are validspeak only as of the date of our Form 10-Qon which they are made, and, may not occur in light of the risks, uncertainties and assumptions that we describe from time to time in our filings with the SEC. A detailed discussion of these and other risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results and events to differ materially from our forward-looking statements is included in the section entitled “Risk Factors” in Part I, Item 1A in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021. Exceptexcept as required by applicable law, we undertake no obligation and disclaim any obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, futurestatement to reflect events or otherwise.circumstances after the date on which the statement is made or to reflect the occurrences of anticipated events. In addition, we cannot assess the impact of each factor on our business or the extent to which any factor, or combination of factors, may cause actual results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Consequently, you should not place undue reliance on forward-looking statements.


PART I – FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1 – Financial Statements

HERITAGE INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets

(Amounts in thousands, except per share and share amounts)

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

September 30, 2023

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

ASSETS

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

 

(unaudited)

 

 

 

 

Fixed maturities, available-for-sale, at fair value (amortized cost of $704,365 and $675,245)

 

$

633,192

 

 

$

669,354

 

Equity securities, at fair value, (cost $1,514 and $1,415)

 

 

1,514

 

 

 

1,415

 

Fixed maturities, available-for-sale, at fair value (amortized cost of $716,447 and $705,548)

 

$

651,520

 

 

$

635,572

 

Equity securities, at fair value, (cost $1,739 and $1,514)

 

 

1,739

 

 

 

1,514

 

Other investments, net

 

 

17,084

 

 

 

23,929

 

 

 

11,745

 

 

 

16,484

 

Total investments

 

 

651,790

 

 

 

694,698

 

 

 

665,004

 

 

 

653,570

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

297,548

 

 

 

359,337

 

 

 

228,848

 

 

 

280,881

 

Restricted cash

 

 

6,265

 

 

 

5,415

 

 

 

9,733

 

 

 

6,691

 

Accrued investment income

 

 

3,517

 

 

 

3,167

 

 

 

3,725

 

 

 

3,817

 

Premiums receivable, net

 

 

76,126

 

 

 

71,925

 

 

 

80,256

 

 

 

92,749

 

Reinsurance recoverable on paid and unpaid claims, net of allowance for credit losses of $45

 

 

866,625

 

 

 

269,391

 

Reinsurance recoverable on paid and unpaid claims, net of allowance for credit losses of $197 and $45

 

 

727,435

 

 

 

805,059

 

Prepaid reinsurance premiums

 

 

381,368

 

 

 

265,873

 

 

 

403,684

 

 

 

306,977

 

Income tax receivable

 

 

13,760

 

 

 

11,739

 

 

 

14,872

 

 

 

12,118

 

Deferred income tax asset, net

 

 

14,637

 

 

 

 

 

 

16,092

 

 

 

16,841

 

Deferred policy acquisition costs, net

 

 

100,649

 

 

 

93,881

 

 

 

104,098

 

 

 

99,617

 

Property and equipment, net

 

 

22,784

 

 

 

17,426

 

 

 

32,418

 

 

 

25,729

 

Right-of-use lease asset, net

 

 

25,218

 

 

 

27,753

 

Right-of-use lease asset, finance

 

 

18,214

 

 

 

20,132

 

Right-of-use lease asset, operating

 

 

7,166

 

 

 

7,335

 

Intangibles, net

 

 

51,163

 

 

 

55,926

 

 

 

44,101

 

 

 

49,575

 

Goodwill

 

 

 

 

 

91,959

 

Other assets

 

 

11,133

 

 

 

12,272

 

 

 

13,060

 

 

 

11,509

 

Total Assets

 

$

2,522,583

 

 

$

1,980,762

 

 

$

2,368,706

 

 

$

2,392,600

 

LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS' EQUITY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

$

1,209,352

 

 

$

590,166

 

 

$

971,321

 

 

$

1,131,807

 

Unearned premiums

 

 

651,913

 

 

 

590,419

 

 

 

688,872

 

 

 

656,641

 

Reinsurance payable

 

 

278,298

 

 

 

191,728

 

 

 

282,663

 

 

 

199,803

 

Long-term debt, net

 

 

121,283

 

 

 

120,757

 

 

 

122,066

 

 

 

128,943

 

Deferred income tax liability, net

 

 

 

 

 

9,426

 

Advance premiums

 

 

37,855

 

 

 

24,504

 

 

 

33,706

 

 

 

26,516

 

Accrued compensation

 

 

8,067

 

 

 

8,014

 

 

 

8,611

 

 

 

6,594

 

Lease liability

 

 

28,901

 

 

 

31,172

 

Lease liability, finance

 

 

20,903

 

 

 

22,557

 

Lease liability, operating

 

 

8,439

 

 

 

8,690

 

Accounts payable and other liabilities

 

 

69,217

 

 

 

71,525

 

 

 

80,739

 

 

 

80,010

 

Total Liabilities

 

$

2,404,886

 

 

$

1,637,711

 

 

$

2,217,320

 

 

$

2,261,561

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Commitments and contingencies (Note 17)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stockholders’ Equity:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 25,923,930 shares issued and 25,898,930 outstanding at September 30, 2022 and 26,803,511 shares issued and 26,753,511 outstanding at December 31, 2021

 

 

3

 

 

 

3

 

Common stock, $0.0001 par value, 50,000,000 shares authorized, 39,028,260 shares issued and 26,796,586 outstanding at September 30, 2023 and 37,796,107 shares issued and 25,539,433 outstanding at December 31, 2022

 

 

3

 

 

 

3

 

Additional paid-in capital

 

 

334,246

 

 

 

332,797

 

 

 

336,829

 

 

 

334,711

 

Accumulated other comprehensive loss, net of taxes

 

 

(54,573

)

 

 

(4,573

)

 

 

(49,719

)

 

 

(53,585

)

Treasury stock, at cost, 11,890,599 and 10,536,737 shares at September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021

 

 

(130,286

)

 

 

(123,557

)

Retained (deficit) earnings

 

 

(31,693

)

 

 

138,381

 

Treasury stock, at cost, 12,231,674 shares at each September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022

 

 

(130,900

)

 

 

(130,900

)

Retained deficit

 

 

(4,827

)

 

 

(19,190

)

Total Stockholders' Equity

 

 

117,697

 

 

 

343,051

 

 

 

151,386

 

 

 

131,039

 

Total Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity

 

$

2,522,583

 

 

$

1,980,762

 

 

$

2,368,706

 

 

$

2,392,600

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

2


HERITAGE INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Operations and Other Comprehensive Loss(Loss) Income

(Unaudited)

(Amounts in thousands, except per share and share amounts)

 

For the Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

For the Three Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended
September 30,

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

REVENUES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross premiums written

 

$

304,501

 

 

$

274,178

 

 

$

952,981

 

 

$

886,059

 

 

$

309,510

 

 

$

304,501

 

 

$

1,016,378

 

 

$

952,981

 

Change in gross unearned premiums

 

 

3,458

 

 

 

20,231

 

 

 

(61,442

)

 

 

(35,593

)

 

 

27,466

 

 

 

3,458

 

 

 

(32,366

)

 

 

(61,442

)

Gross premiums earned

 

 

307,959

 

 

 

294,409

 

 

 

891,539

 

 

 

850,466

 

 

 

336,976

 

 

 

307,959

 

 

 

984,012

 

 

 

891,539

 

Ceded premiums earned

 

 

(148,266

)

 

 

(131,964

)

 

 

(420,645

)

 

 

(399,323

)

Ceded premiums

 

 

(160,335

)

 

 

(148,266

)

 

 

(464,539

)

 

 

(420,645

)

Net premiums earned

 

 

159,693

 

 

 

162,445

 

 

 

470,894

 

 

 

451,143

 

 

 

176,641

 

 

 

159,693

 

 

 

519,473

 

 

 

470,894

 

Net investment income

 

 

2,887

 

 

 

1,548

 

 

 

7,050

 

 

 

3,797

 

 

 

6,867

 

 

 

2,887

 

 

 

19,048

 

 

 

7,050

 

Net realized losses

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(6

)

 

 

(121

)

 

 

(926

)

Net realized losses and impairment losses

 

 

(379

)

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(49

)

 

 

(121

)

Other revenue

 

 

2,916

 

 

 

3,421

 

 

 

10,049

 

 

 

10,835

 

 

 

3,171

 

 

 

2,916

 

 

 

10,060

 

 

 

10,049

 

Total revenues

 

 

165,493

 

 

 

167,408

 

 

 

487,872

 

 

 

464,849

 

 

 

186,300

 

 

 

165,493

 

 

 

548,532

 

 

 

487,872

 

EXPENSES:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

155,849

 

 

 

129,632

 

 

 

397,409

 

 

 

328,376

 

 

 

131,397

 

 

 

155,849

 

 

 

335,495

 

 

 

397,409

 

Policy acquisition costs, net of ceding commission income (1)

 

 

39,194

 

 

 

35,984

 

 

 

115,826

 

 

 

109,183

 

 

 

42,427

 

 

 

39,194

 

 

 

124,202

 

 

 

115,826

 

General and administrative expenses, net of ceding commission income(2)

 

 

17,758

 

 

 

17,169

 

 

 

54,947

 

 

 

52,490

 

 

 

21,911

 

 

 

17,758

 

 

 

61,022

 

 

 

54,947

 

Goodwill impairment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

91,959

 

 

 

 

Goodwill and intangible asset impairment

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

767

 

 

 

91,959

 

Total expenses

 

 

212,801

 

 

 

182,785

 

 

 

660,141

 

 

 

490,049

 

 

 

195,735

 

 

 

212,801

 

 

 

521,486

 

 

 

660,141

 

Operating Loss

 

 

(47,308

)

 

 

(15,377

)

 

 

(172,269

)

 

 

(25,200

)

Operating (loss) income

 

 

(9,435

)

 

 

(47,308

)

 

 

27,046

 

 

 

(172,269

)

Interest expense, net

 

 

2,027

 

 

 

2,150

 

 

 

5,750

 

 

 

5,953

 

 

 

2,591

 

 

 

2,027

 

 

 

8,211

 

 

 

5,750

 

Loss before income taxes

 

 

(49,335

)

 

 

(17,527

)

 

 

(178,019

)

 

 

(31,153

)

Benefit for income taxes

 

 

(1,095

)

 

 

(1,117

)

 

 

(11,155

)

 

 

(5,644

)

Net loss

 

$

(48,240

)

 

$

(16,410

)

 

$

(166,864

)

 

$

(25,509

)

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized losses on investments

 

 

(17,471

)

 

 

(1,344

)

 

 

(65,403

)

 

 

(8,316

)

Reclassification adjustment for net realized investment losses (gains)

 

 

3

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

121

 

 

 

(96

)

Income tax expense related to items of other comprehensive losses

 

 

4,089

 

 

 

310

 

 

 

15,282

 

 

 

1,950

 

Total comprehensive loss

 

$

(61,619

)

 

$

(17,438

)

 

$

(216,864

)

 

$

(31,971

)

(Loss) income before income taxes

 

 

(12,026

)

 

 

(49,335

)

 

 

18,835

 

 

 

(178,019

)

(Benefit) provision for income taxes

 

 

(4,602

)

 

 

(1,095

)

 

 

4,472

 

 

 

(11,155

)

Net (loss) income

 

$

(7,424

)

 

$

(48,240

)

 

$

14,363

 

 

$

(166,864

)

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE (LOSS) INCOME

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in net unrealized (losses) gains on investments

 

 

(4,494

)

 

 

(17,471

)

 

 

4,664

 

 

 

(65,403

)

Reclassification adjustment for net realized investment losses

 

 

379

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

390

 

 

 

121

 

Income tax benefit (expense) related to items of other comprehensive (loss) income

 

 

970

 

 

 

4,089

 

 

 

(1,188

)

 

 

15,282

 

Total comprehensive (loss) income

 

$

(10,569

)

 

$

(61,619

)

 

$

18,229

 

 

$

(216,864

)

Weighted average shares outstanding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

26,369,265

 

 

 

27,938,028

 

 

 

26,536,700

 

 

 

27,902,814

 

 

 

26,698,806

 

 

 

26,369,265

 

 

 

25,941,422

 

 

 

26,536,700

 

Diluted

 

 

26,369,265

 

 

 

27,938,028

 

 

 

26,536,700

 

 

 

27,902,814

 

 

 

26,698,806

 

 

 

26,369,265

 

 

 

25,980,931

 

 

 

26,536,700

 

Loss per share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Loss) earnings per share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

$

(1.83

)

 

$

(0.59

)

 

$

(6.29

)

 

$

(0.91

)

 

$

(0.28

)

 

$

(1.83

)

 

$

0.55

 

 

$

(6.29

)

Diluted

 

$

(1.83

)

 

$

(0.59

)

 

$

(6.29

)

 

$

(0.91

)

 

$

(0.28

)

 

$

(1.83

)

 

$

0.55

 

 

$

(6.29

)

(1)
Policy acquisition costs includes $11.9 million and $37.3 million of ceding commission income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and $11.7 million and $34.9 million of ceding commission income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, and $12.0 million and $35.2 million for the three and nine months of September 30, 2021, respectively.
(2)
General and administration includes $4.0 million and $12.3 million of ceding commission income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and $3.8 million and $11.5 million of ceding commission income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022, and $4.0 million and $11.6 million for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively.

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

3


HERITAGE INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity

(Unaudited)

(Amounts in thousands, except share amounts)

 

 

Common Shares

 

 

Par Value

 

 

Additional Paid-In Capital

 

 

Retained
(Deficit) Earnings

 

 

Treasury Shares

 

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

 

 

Total
Stockholders'
Equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2021

 

 

26,753,511

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

332,797

 

 

$

138,381

 

 

$

(123,557

)

 

$

(4,573

)

 

$

343,051

 

Net unrealized change in investments, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(24,321

)

 

 

(24,321

)

Shares tendered for income taxes withholding

 

 

(9,849

)

 

 

 

 

 

(89

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(89

)

Restricted stock vested

 

 

25,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued restricted stock

 

 

397,176

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation on restricted stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

505

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

505

 

Stock buy-back

 

 

(721,118

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

(5,000

)

Cash dividends declared ($0.06 per common stock)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,621

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,621

)

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(30,759

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(30,759

)

Balance at March 31, 2022

 

 

26,444,720

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

333,213

 

 

$

106,001

 

 

$

(128,557

)

 

$

(28,894

)

 

$

281,766

 

Net unrealized change in investments, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(12,300

)

 

 

(12,300

)

Adjustment to shares tendered for income taxes withholding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

 

Issued restricted stock

 

 

99,376

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation on restricted stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

503

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

503

 

Cash dividends declared ($0.06 per common stock)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,588

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,588

)

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(87,866

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(87,866

)

Balance at June 30, 2022

 

 

26,544,096

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

333,747

 

 

$

16,547

 

 

$

(128,557

)

 

$

(41,194

)

 

$

180,546

 

Net unrealized change in investments, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(13,379

)

 

 

(13,379

)

Adjustment to shares tendered for income taxes withholding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeiture on restricted stock

 

 

(12,422

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation on restricted stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

499

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

499

 

Stock buy-back

 

 

(632,744

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,729

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,729

)

Cash dividends declared ($0.06 per common stock)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(48,240

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(48,240

)

Balance at September 30, 2022

 

 

25,898,930

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

334,246

 

 

$

(31,693

)

 

$

(130,286

)

 

$

(54,573

)

 

$

117,697

 

 

 

Common Shares

 

 

Par Value

 

 

Additional Paid-In Capital

 

 

Retained (Deficit) Earnings

 

 

Treasury Shares

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

 

 

Total
Stockholders'
Equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2022

 

 

25,539,433

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

334,711

 

 

$

(19,190

)

 

$

(130,900

)

 

$

(53,585

)

 

$

131,039

 

Net unrealized change in investments, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

9,290

 

 

 

9,290

 

Shares tendered for income taxes withholding

 

 

(4,200

)

 

 

 

 

 

(8

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(8

)

Restricted stock vested

 

 

25,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeiture on restricted stock

 

 

(1,482

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation on restricted stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

395

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

395

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,008

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

14,008

 

Balance at March 31, 2023

 

 

25,558,751

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

335,098

 

 

$

(5,182

)

 

$

(130,900

)

 

$

(44,295

)

 

$

154,724

 

Net unrealized change in investments, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(2,279

)

 

 

(2,279

)

Issued restricted stock

 

 

63,744

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation on restricted stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

403

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

403

 

Net income

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,779

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

7,779

 

Balance at June 30, 2023

 

 

25,622,495

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

335,501

 

 

$

2,597

 

 

$

(130,900

)

 

$

(46,574

)

 

$

160,627

 

Net unrealized change in investments, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,145

)

 

 

(3,145

)

Issued restricted stock

 

 

1,223,111

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeiture on restricted stock

 

 

(49,020

)

 

 

 

 

 

(13

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(13

)

Stock-based compensation on restricted stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,341

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,341

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7,424

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7,424

)

Balance at September 30, 2023

 

 

26,796,586

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

336,829

 

 

$

(4,827

)

 

$

(130,900

)

 

$

(49,719

)

 

$

151,386

 

4


 

Common Shares

 

 

Par Value

 

 

Additional Paid-In Capital

 

 

Retained
Earnings

 

 

Treasury Shares

 

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive (Loss) Income

 

 

Total
Stockholders'
Equity

 

 

Common Shares

 

 

Par Value

 

 

Additional Paid-In Capital

 

 

Retained
Earnings (Deficit)

 

 

Treasury Shares

 

Accumulated Other Comprehensive Loss

 

 

Total
Stockholders'
Equity

 

Balance at December 31, 2020

 

 

27,748,606

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

331,867

 

 

$

219,782

 

 

$

(115,365

)

 

$

6,057

 

 

$

442,344

 

Balance at December 31, 2021

 

 

26,753,511

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

332,797

 

 

$

138,381

 

 

$

(123,557

)

 

$

(4,573

)

 

$

343,051

 

Net unrealized change in investments, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(8,202

)

 

 

(8,202

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(24,321

)

 

 

(24,321

)

Shares tendered for income taxes withholding

 

 

(12,500

)

 

 

 

 

 

(127

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(127

)

 

 

(9,849

)

 

 

 

 

 

(89

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(89

)

Restricted stock vested

 

 

25,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

25,000

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Issued restricted stock

 

 

143,817

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

397,176

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation on restricted stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

260

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

260

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

505

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

505

 

Stock buy-back

 

 

(721,118

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,000

)

 

 

 

 

 

(5,000

)

Cash dividends declared ($0.06 per common stock)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,679

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,679

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,621

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,621

)

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,148

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(5,148

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(30,759

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(30,759

)

Balance at March 31, 2021

 

 

27,904,923

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

332,000

 

 

$

212,955

 

 

$

(115,365

)

 

$

(2,145

)

 

$

427,448

 

Balance at March 31, 2022

 

 

26,444,720

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

333,213

 

 

$

106,001

 

 

$

(128,557

)

 

$

(28,894

)

 

$

281,766

 

Net unrealized change in investments, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2,768

 

 

 

2,768

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(12,300

)

 

 

(12,300

)

Restricted stock vested

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustment to shares tendered for income taxes withholding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

31

 

Issued restricted stock

 

 

99,376

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation on restricted stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

287

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

287

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

503

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

503

 

Issued restricted stock

 

 

42,018

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash dividends declared ($0.06 per common stock)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,680

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,680

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,588

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,588

)

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,950

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(3,950

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(87,866

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(87,866

)

Balance at June 30, 2021

 

 

27,946,941

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

332,287

 

 

$

207,325

 

 

$

(115,365

)

 

$

623

 

 

$

424,873

 

Balance at June 30, 2022

 

 

26,544,096

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

333,747

 

 

$

16,547

 

 

$

(128,557

)

 

$

(41,194

)

 

$

180,546

 

Net unrealized change in investments, net of tax

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,028

)

 

 

(1,028

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(13,379

)

 

 

(13,379

)

Shares tendered for income taxes withholding

 

 

(6,473

)

 

 

 

 

 

(45

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(45

)

Restricted stock vested

 

 

10,267

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Adjustment to shares tendered for income taxes withholding

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Forfeiture on restricted stock

 

 

(12,422

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation on restricted stock

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

320

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

320

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

499

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

499

 

Stock buy-back

 

 

(148,109

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,005

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,005

)

 

 

(632,744

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,729

)

 

 

 

 

 

(1,729

)

Cash dividends declared ($0.06 per common stock)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,680

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,680

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(16,410

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(16,410

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(48,240

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(48,240

)

Balance at September 30, 2021

 

 

27,802,626

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

332,562

 

 

$

189,235

 

 

$

(116,370

)

 

$

(405

)

 

$

405,025

 

Balance at September 30, 2022

 

 

25,898,930

 

 

$

3

 

 

$

334,246

 

 

$

(31,693

)

 

$

(130,286

)

 

$

(54,573

)

 

$

117,697

 

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

5


HERITAGE INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.

Condensed Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows

(Unaudited)

(Amounts in thousands)

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

OPERATING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss

 

$

(166,864

)

 

$

(25,509

)

Net income (loss)

 

$

14,363

 

 

$

(166,864

)

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

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

1,507

 

 

 

866

 

 

 

2,126

 

 

 

1,507

 

Bond amortization and accretion

 

 

2,561

 

 

 

3,018

 

 

 

(2,484

)

 

 

2,561

 

Amortization of original issuance discount on debt

 

 

919

 

 

 

1,454

 

 

 

362

 

 

 

919

 

Goodwill impairment

 

 

91,959

 

 

 

 

Goodwill or intangible asset impairment

 

 

767

 

 

 

91,959

 

Depreciation and amortization

 

 

6,233

 

 

 

6,345

 

 

 

6,463

 

 

 

6,233

 

Allowance for bad debt

 

 

10

 

 

 

106

 

 

 

52

 

 

 

10

 

Net realized investment losses (gains)

 

 

121

 

 

 

(96

)

Net change for unrealized losses in other investments

 

 

 

 

 

1,022

 

Expected credit allowance on reinsurance

 

 

152

 

 

 

 

Net realized investment loss

 

 

49

 

 

 

121

 

Deferred income taxes, net

 

 

(8,781

)

 

 

(2,862

)

 

 

(439

)

 

 

(8,781

)

Changes in operating assets and liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Accrued investment income

 

 

(350

)

 

 

(305

)

 

 

92

 

 

 

(350

)

Premiums receivable, net

 

 

(4,211

)

 

 

2,488

 

 

 

12,441

 

 

 

(4,211

)

Prepaid reinsurance premiums

 

 

(115,495

)

 

 

(92,354

)

 

 

(96,707

)

 

 

(115,495

)

Reinsurance recoverable on paid and unpaid claims

 

 

(597,234

)

 

 

8,663

 

 

 

77,472

 

 

 

(597,234

)

Income taxes receivable, net

 

 

(2,021

)

 

 

(3,266

)

Income taxes receivable

 

 

(2,754

)

 

 

(2,021

)

Deferred policy acquisition costs, net

 

 

(6,768

)

 

 

(6,160

)

 

 

(4,481

)

 

 

(6,768

)

Right of use leased asset

 

 

2,535

 

 

 

(22,192

)

 

 

2,087

 

 

 

2,535

 

Other assets

 

 

1,139

 

 

 

(1,676

)

 

 

(1,551

)

 

 

1,139

 

Lease incentives

 

 

1,622

 

 

 

2,622

 

Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

619,186

 

 

 

(23,195

)

 

 

(160,486

)

 

 

619,186

 

Unearned premiums

 

 

61,494

 

 

 

35,686

 

 

 

32,231

 

 

 

61,494

 

Lease incentives

 

 

 

 

 

1,622

 

Reinsurance payable

 

 

86,570

 

 

 

162,812

 

 

 

82,860

 

 

 

86,570

 

Accrued interest

 

 

(160

)

 

 

(15

)

 

 

(441

)

 

 

(160

)

Accrued compensation

 

 

53

 

 

 

105

 

 

 

2,017

 

 

 

53

 

Advance premiums

 

 

13,351

 

 

 

15,073

 

 

 

7,190

 

 

 

13,351

 

Operating lease liabilities

 

 

(2,271

)

 

 

23,809

 

 

 

(1,905

)

 

 

(2,271

)

Other liabilities

 

 

(585

)

 

 

(13,667

)

 

 

1,182

 

 

 

(585

)

Net cash (used in) provided by operating activities

 

 

(15,480

)

 

 

72,772

 

Net cash used in operating activities

 

 

(29,342

)

 

 

(15,480

)

INVESTING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fixed maturity securities sales, maturities and paydowns

 

 

56,334

 

 

 

147,406

 

 

 

241,983

 

 

 

56,334

 

Fixed maturity securities purchases

 

 

(250,783

)

 

 

(88,137

)

Purchases in other investments

 

 

(7,500

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(7,500

)

Fixed maturity securities purchases

 

 

(88,137

)

 

 

(258,548

)

Return of capital in other investments

 

 

14,345

 

 

 

1,684

 

Sale on other investments and return of capital

 

 

5,080

 

 

 

14,345

 

Equity securities reinvestments of dividends

 

 

(99

)

 

 

 

 

 

(226

)

 

 

(99

)

Leasehold improvements

 

 

(3,539

)

 

 

(2,622

)

 

 

 

 

 

(3,539

)

Proceeds from sale of assets

 

 

 

 

 

45

 

Cost of property and equipment acquired

 

 

(4,911

)

 

 

(892

)

 

 

(8,445

)

 

 

(4,911

)

Net cash used in investing activities

 

 

(33,507

)

 

 

(112,927

)

 

 

(12,391

)

 

 

(33,507

)

FINANCING ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Repayment of term note

 

 

(2,625

)

 

 

(3,750

)

 

 

(7,125

)

 

 

(2,625

)

Mortgage loan payments

 

 

(240

)

 

 

(228

)

 

 

(114

)

 

 

(240

)

Draw from credit facility

 

 

25,000

 

 

 

 

Proceeds from term loan facility

 

 

 

 

 

2,781

 

Draw from revolver

 

 

 

 

 

25,000

 

Repurchase of convertible notes

 

 

(22,529

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(22,529

)

Purchase of treasury stock

 

 

(6,729

)

 

 

(1,005

)

 

 

 

 

 

(6,729

)

Tax withholdings on share-based compensation awards

 

 

(58

)

 

 

(171

)

 

 

(8

)

 

 

(58

)

Dividends paid

 

 

(4,771

)

 

 

(5,029

)

 

 

(11

)

 

 

(4,771

)

Net cash used in financing activities

 

 

(11,952

)

 

 

(7,402

)

 

 

(7,258

)

 

 

(11,952

)

Decrease in cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash

 

 

(60,939

)

 

 

(47,557

)

 

 

(48,991

)

 

 

(60,939

)

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, beginning of period

 

 

364,752

 

 

 

446,383

 

 

 

287,572

 

 

 

364,752

 

Cash, cash equivalents and restricted cash, end of period

 

$

303,813

 

 

$

398,826

 

 

$

238,581

 

 

$

303,813

 

SUPPLEMENTAL DISCLOSURE OF CASH FLOW INFORMATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Income taxes paid

 

$

6,222

 

 

$

489

 

 

$

7,664

 

 

$

6,222

 

Interest paid

 

$

4,245

 

 

$

4,214

 

 

$

6,803

 

 

$

4,245

 

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Reconciliation of cash, cash equivalents, and restricted cash to condensed consolidated balance sheets.

 

 

September 30, 2023

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

228,848

 

 

$

280,881

 

Restricted cash

 

 

9,733

 

 

 

6,691

 

Total

 

$

238,581

 

 

$

287,572

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

$

297,548

 

 

$

359,337

 

Restricted cash

 

 

6,265

 

 

 

5,415

 

Total

 

$

303,813

 

 

$

364,752

 

Restricted cash primarily represents funds held to meet regulatory requirements in certain states in which the Company operates.

See accompanying notes to unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements.

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HERITAGE INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.

Notes to Unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements

NOTE 1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of Presentation

The condensed consolidated financial statements include the accounts of Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. (together with its subsidiaries, the “Company”). These statements have been prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) for interim financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and Article 10 of Regulation S-X. Certain financial information that is normally included in annual consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with GAAP, but that is not required for interim reporting purposes, has been omitted. In the opinion of the Company’s management, all material intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated and all adjustments consisting of normal recurring accruals which are necessary for a fair statement of the financial condition and results of operations for the interim periods have been reflected. The accompanying interim condensed consolidated financial statements and related footnotes should be read in conjunction with the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements and related footnotes included in the Company’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20212022 filed on March 14, 202213, 2023 (the “2021“2022 Form 10-K”).

Significant accounting policies

a)
Income Taxes

During a third quarter assessment of the Company's deferred tax position, a valuation allowance of $10.7 million was recorded against the Company's deferred tax asset as of September 30, 2022. Based on the Internal Revenue Code (“IRC”) Section 953(d) election made for Osprey Re, the Company's captive reinsurer domiciled in Bermuda, the Company concluded a valuation allowance for its net deferred tax assets was necessary because those net deferred tax assets can only be applied to offset future taxable income of Osprey Re. Based on current available evidence, management does not believe there will be sufficient future Osprey Re taxable income over the next year in order to realize those net deferred tax assets. In the event Osprey Re recognizes future taxable income, the proportionate amount of the net operating loss carryforward will be used and an equivalent amount of the valuation allowance will reverse.

b)
Changes to Significant Accounting Policies

The accounting policies of the Company are set forth in Note 1 to condensedthe consolidated financial statements contained in the Company’s 20212022 Form 10-K.

Reclassification

Certain prior year amounts reported on the condensed consolidated statements of cashflows have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation.

Accounting Pronouncements adopted

In August 2020, the FASB issued ASU 2020-06, "Accounting for Convertible Instruments and Contracts in an Entity's Own Equity" . The ASU i)simplifies the accounting for convertible debt and convertible preferred stock by reducing the number of accounting models, and amends certain disclosures, ii) amends and simplifies the derivative scope exception guidance for contracts in an entity's own equity, including share-based compensation, and iii) amends the diluted earnings per share calculations for convertible instruments and contracts in an entity's own equity. The if-converted method will be the only permissible method for computing the dilutive effect of the convertible debt instruments. Interest expense no longer includes amortization of debt discount. The Company adopted the guidance of ASU 2020-06 on January 1, 2022, reporting no material impact to the Company's consolidated condensed financial statements or disclosures.

Accounting Pronouncements not yet adopted

In March 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-02, “2022-02 Financial Instruments-Credit Losses” (Topic 326): Troubled Debt Restructurings and Vintage Disclosures (“ASU 2022-02”). ASU 2022-02 requires that an entity disclose current-period gross write-offs by year of origination for financing receivables and net investments in leases. ASU 2022-02 is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those periods. Early adoption is permitted. The Company will adopt ASU 2022-02 during the first quarter of 2023 and will provide the required disclosures, if determined to be material.

The Company has documented the summary of its significant accounting policies in its Notes to the Audited Consolidated Financial Statements annual report oncontained in the Company’s 2022 Form 10-K. There have been no material changes to the Company’s accounting policies since the filing of that report.

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No other new accounting pronouncements issued, but not yet effectiveadopted, have had, or are expected to have, a material impact on the Company’s results of operations or financial position.

NOTE 2. INVESTMENTS

Securities Available-for-Sale

The amortized cost, gross unrealized gains and losses, and fair value of the Company’s debt securities available-for-sale are as follows for the periods presented:

September 30, 2022

 

Cost or Adjusted /
Amortized Cost

 

 

Gross Unrealized
Gains

 

 

Gross Unrealized
Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

September 30, 2023

 

Cost or Adjusted /
Amortized Cost

 

 

Gross Unrealized
Gains

 

 

Gross Unrealized
Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

Debt Securities Available-for-sale

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

U.S. government and agency securities (1)

 

$

118,629

 

 

$

11

 

 

$

4,354

 

 

$

114,286

 

 

$

174,962

 

 

$

5

 

 

$

2,377

 

 

$

172,590

 

States, municipalities and political subdivisions

 

 

105,221

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

13,037

 

 

 

92,185

 

 

 

94,079

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,099

 

 

 

81,980

 

Special revenue

 

 

290,424

 

 

 

47

 

 

 

34,153

 

 

 

256,318

 

 

 

256,159

 

 

 

 

 

 

33,054

 

 

 

223,104

 

Industrial and miscellaneous

 

 

190,091

 

 

 

44

 

 

 

19,732

 

 

 

170,403

 

 

 

191,247

 

 

 

7

 

 

 

17,409

 

 

 

173,845

 

Total

 

$

704,365

 

 

$

103

 

 

$

71,276

 

 

$

633,192

 

 

$

716,447

 

 

$

12

 

 

$

64,939

 

 

$

651,520

 

(1)
Includes securities at September 30, 20222023 with a carrying amount of $26.425.3 million that were pledged as collateral for the advance agreement entered into with a financial institution in 2018. The Company is permitted to withdraw or exchange any portion of the pledged collateral over the minimum requirement at any time.

December 31, 2022

 

Cost or Adjusted /
Amortized Cost

 

 

Gross Unrealized
Gains

 

 

Gross Unrealized
Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

Debt Securities Available-for-sale

(In thousands)

 

U.S. government and agency securities (1)

 

$

121,811

 

 

$

24

 

 

$

4,093

 

 

$

117,742

 

States, municipalities and political subdivisions

 

 

104,361

 

 

 

 

 

 

12,734

 

 

 

91,627

 

Special revenue

 

 

284,946

 

 

 

1

 

 

 

34,817

 

 

 

250,130

 

Industrial and miscellaneous

 

 

194,430

 

 

 

90

 

 

 

18,447

 

 

 

176,073

 

Total

 

$

705,548

 

 

$

115

 

 

$

70,091

 

 

$

635,572

 

December 31, 2021

 

Cost or Adjusted /
Amortized Cost

 

 

Gross Unrealized
Gains

 

 

Gross Unrealized
Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

Debt Securities Available-for-sale

(In thousands)

 

U.S. government and agency securities (1)

 

$

73,923

 

 

$

184

 

 

$

282

 

 

$

73,825

 

States, municipalities and political subdivisions

 

 

106,727

 

 

 

242

 

 

 

1,270

 

 

 

105,699

 

Special revenue

 

 

291,005

 

 

 

1,084

 

 

 

3,520

 

 

 

288,569

 

Hybrid securities

 

 

99

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

99

 

Industrial and miscellaneous

 

 

203,491

 

 

 

636

 

 

 

2,965

 

 

 

201,162

 

Total

 

$

675,245

 

 

$

2,146

 

 

$

8,037

 

 

$

669,354

 

(1)
Includes securities at December 31, 20212022 with a carrying amount of $22.524.3 million that were pledged as collateral for the advance agreement entered into with a financial institution in 2018. The Company is permitted to withdraw or exchange any portion of the pledged collateral over the minimum requirement at any time.

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Net Realized (Losses)Gainsand Unrealized Losses and Impairments

The following table presentstables present net realized (losses) gainslosses on the Company’s debt securities available-for-sale for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, respectively:respectively:

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Gains
(Losses)

 

 

Fair Value at Sale

 

 

Gains
(Losses)

 

 

Fair Value at Sale

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Debt Securities Available-for-Sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total realized gains

 

$

2

 

 

$

1,498

 

 

$

 

 

$

50

 

Total realized losses

 

 

(381

)

 

 

40,705

 

 

 

(3

)

 

 

110

 

Net realized losses

 

$

(379

)

 

$

42,202

 

 

$

(3

)

 

$

160

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

Gains
(Losses)

 

 

Fair Value at Sale

 

 

Gains
(Losses)

 

 

Fair Value at Sale

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

Gains
(Losses)

 

 

Fair Value at Sale

 

 

Gains
(Losses)

 

 

Fair Value at Sale

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Debt Securities Available-for-Sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total realized gains

 

$

 

 

$

50

 

 

$

2

 

 

$

3,470

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

1,900

 

 

$

32

 

 

$

2,451

 

Total realized losses

 

 

(3

)

 

 

110

 

 

 

(8

)

 

 

226

 

 

 

(391

)

 

 

41,137

 

 

 

(153

)

 

 

6,206

 

Net realized (losses) and gains

 

$

(3

)

 

$

160

 

 

$

(6

)

 

$

3,696

 

Net realized losses

 

$

(390

)

 

$

43,037

 

 

$

(121

)

 

$

8,657

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

Gains
(Losses)

 

 

Fair Value at Sale

 

 

Gains
(Losses)

 

 

Fair Value at Sale

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Debt Securities Available-for-Sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total realized gains

 

$

32

 

 

$

2,451

 

 

$

106

 

 

$

24,265

 

Total realized losses

 

 

(153

)

 

 

6,206

 

 

 

(10

)

 

 

1,043

 

Net realized (losses) and gains

 

$

(121

)

 

$

8,657

 

 

$

96

 

 

$

25,308

 

AsThe following table presents the reconciliation of net realized losses and impairments of the Company’s investments reported for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021,2023 and 2022, respectively:

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 Gross realized gains on sales of available-for-sale securities

 

$

2

 

 

$

 

 

$

1

 

 

$

32

 

 Impairments on other investments

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(1,559

)

 

 

 

 Realized losses on sales of available-for-sale securities

 

 

(381

)

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(391

)

 

 

(153

)

 Gross realized gains on sale of other investments (1)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1,900

 

 

 

 

 Net realized losses and impairments

 

$

(379

)

 

$

(3

)

 

$

(49

)

 

$

(121

)

(1) During the first quarter, the Company recorded onsold its condensed consolidated statement of operationsinvestment in net realized (losses) gains an impairment of approximatelyInsurtech company for $1.04.0 million, resulting in a $1.9 million realized gain on its REIT investment which is excluded from the table above.investment.

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The table below summarizes the Company’s debt securities at September 30, 20222023 by contractual maturity periods. Actual results may differ as issuers may have the right to call or prepay obligations, with or without penalties, prior to the contractual maturity of those obligations.

 

At September 30, 2022

 

 

At September 30, 2023

 

 

Cost or Amortized Cost

 

 

Percent of Total

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Percent of Total

 

 

Cost or Amortized Cost

 

 

Percent of Total

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Percent of Total

 

Maturity dates:

 

 

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

 

 

Due in one year or less

 

$

95,442

 

 

 

14

%

 

$

93,586

 

 

 

15

%

 

$

177,224

 

 

 

24.7

%

 

$

175,446

 

 

 

26.9

%

Due after one year through five years

 

 

342,738

 

 

 

49

%

 

 

313,712

 

 

 

50

%

 

 

356,122

 

 

 

49.7

%

 

 

325,531

 

 

 

50.0

%

Due after five years through ten years

 

 

199,300

 

 

 

28

%

 

 

165,917

 

 

 

26

%

 

 

148,815

 

 

 

20.8

%

 

 

121,684

 

 

 

18.7

%

Due after ten years

 

 

66,885

 

 

 

9

%

 

 

59,977

 

 

 

9

%

 

 

34,286

 

 

 

4.8

%

 

 

28,859

 

 

 

4.4

%

Total

 

$

704,365

 

 

 

100

%

 

$

633,192

 

 

 

100

%

 

$

716,447

 

 

 

100.0

%

 

$

651,520

 

 

 

100.0

%

Net Investment Income

The following table summarizes the Company’s net investment income by major investment category for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20222023 and 2021,2022, respectively:

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Debt securities

 

$

2,992

 

 

$

1,986

 

 

$

7,695

 

 

$

5,164

 

Equity securities

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

273

 

 

 

17

 

 

 

433

 

 

 

72

 

Other investments

 

 

135

 

 

 

514

 

 

 

447

 

 

 

1,101

 

Net investment income

 

 

3,400

 

 

 

2,517

 

 

 

8,575

 

 

 

6,337

 

Less: Investment expenses

 

 

513

 

 

 

969

 

 

 

1,525

 

 

 

2,540

 

Net investment income, less investment expenses

 

$

2,887

 

 

$

1,548

 

 

$

7,050

 

 

$

3,797

 

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Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Debt securities

 

$

4,685

 

 

$

2,992

 

 

$

12,723

 

 

$

7,695

 

Equity securities

 

 

79

 

 

 

 

 

 

170

 

 

 

 

Cash and cash equivalents

 

 

1,746

 

 

 

273

 

 

 

6,195

 

 

 

433

 

Other investments

 

 

687

 

 

 

135

 

 

 

1,525

 

 

 

447

 

Net investment income

 

 

7,197

 

 

 

3,400

 

 

 

20,613

 

 

 

8,575

 

Less: Investment expenses

 

 

330

 

 

 

513

 

 

 

1,565

 

 

 

1,525

 

Net investment income, less investment expenses

 

$

6,867

 

 

$

2,887

 

 

$

19,048

 

 

$

7,050

 

The following tables present, for all debt securities available-for-sale in an unrealized loss position (including securities pledged) and for which no credit loss allowance has been established to date, the aggregate fair value and gross unrealized loss by length of time the security has continuously been in an unrealized loss position at September 30, 20222023 and December 31, 2021, respectively:2022, respectively (in thousands):

 

Less Than Twelve Months

 

 

Twelve Months or More

 

 

Less Than Twelve Months

 

 

Twelve Months or More

 

September 30, 2022

 

Number of
Securities

 

 

Gross
Unrealized
Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Number of
Securities

 

 

Gross
Unrealized
Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

September 30, 2023

 

Number of
Securities

 

 

Gross
Unrealized
Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Number of
Securities

 

 

Gross
Unrealized
Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

Debt Securities Available-for-sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. government and agency securities

 

 

93

 

 

$

4,023

 

 

$

98,801

 

 

 

5

 

 

$

331

 

 

$

8,911

 

 

 

24

 

 

$

141

 

 

$

67,724

 

 

 

58

 

 

$

2,236

 

 

$

63,678

 

States, municipalities and political subdivisions

 

 

61

 

 

 

5,166

 

 

 

39,273

 

 

 

64

 

 

 

7,871

 

 

 

47,766

 

 

 

2

 

 

 

32

 

 

 

2,261

 

 

 

109

 

 

 

12,067

 

 

 

77,265

 

Special revenue

 

 

378

 

 

 

15,277

 

 

 

121,001

 

 

 

153

 

 

 

18,876

 

 

 

103,038

 

 

 

26

 

 

 

184

 

 

 

11,773

 

 

 

427

 

 

 

32,870

 

 

 

208,881

 

Industrial and miscellaneous

 

 

190

 

 

 

7,376

 

 

 

98,431

 

 

 

103

 

 

 

12,356

 

 

 

66,066

 

 

 

56

 

 

 

523

 

 

 

34,925

 

 

 

211

 

 

 

16,886

 

 

 

133,162

 

Total fixed maturity securities

 

 

722

 

 

$

31,842

 

 

$

357,506

 

 

 

325

 

 

$

39,434

 

 

$

225,781

 

 

 

108

 

 

$

880

 

 

$

116,683

 

 

 

805

 

 

$

64,059

 

 

$

482,986

 

 

 

Less Than Twelve Months

 

 

Twelve Months or More

 

December 31, 2021

 

Number of
Securities

 

 

Gross
Unrealized
Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Number of
Securities

 

 

Gross
Unrealized
Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

Debt Securities Available-for-sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. government and agency securities

 

 

43

 

 

$

282

 

 

$

57,420

 

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

$

 

States, municipalities and political
   subdivisions

 

 

98

 

 

 

1,270

 

 

 

80,972

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Special revenue

 

 

253

 

 

 

3,485

 

 

 

195,450

 

 

 

14

 

 

 

35

 

 

 

1,214

 

Industrial and miscellaneous

 

 

191

 

 

 

2,387

 

 

 

146,746

 

 

 

18

 

 

 

578

 

 

 

11,598

 

Total fixed maturity securities

 

 

585

 

 

$

7,424

 

 

$

480,588

 

 

 

32

 

 

$

613

 

 

$

12,812

 

 

 

Less Than Twelve Months

 

 

Twelve Months or More

 

December 31, 2022

 

Number of
Securities

 

 

Gross
Unrealized
Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

 

Number of
Securities

 

 

Gross
Unrealized
Losses

 

 

Fair Value

 

Debt Securities Available-for-sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

��

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. government and agency securities

 

 

61

 

 

$

2,040

 

 

$

56,389

 

 

 

36

 

 

$

2,053

 

 

$

56,389

 

States, municipalities and political
   subdivisions

 

 

28

 

 

 

1,967

 

 

 

17,730

 

 

 

95

 

 

 

10,767

 

 

 

68,852

 

Special revenue

 

 

273

 

 

 

5,832

 

 

 

57,881

 

 

 

259

 

 

 

28,985

 

 

 

167,384

 

Industrial and miscellaneous

 

 

95

 

 

 

1,535

 

 

 

32,387

 

 

 

197

 

 

 

16,912

 

 

 

134,462

 

Total fixed maturity securities

 

 

457

 

 

$

11,374

 

 

$

164,386

 

 

 

587

 

 

$

58,717

 

 

$

427,087

 

The Company completes a detailed analysis each quarter to assess whetherCompany’s unrealized losses on corporate bonds have not been recognized because the decline in the fair value of any investment below its cost basis is the resultbonds are of a high credit loss. All available-for-salequality with investment grade ratings. The average rating was an A+ for the nine months ended September 30, 2023. The Company does not intend to sell and it is unlikely the Company will be required to sell the securities withprior to their anticipated recovery. The debt issuers continue to make timely principal and interest payments on the bonds. After taking into account these and other factors previously described, the Company believes these unrealized losses are reviewed. The Company considers

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many factorsgenerally were caused by an increase in completing its quarterly review ofmarket interest rates since the time the securities with unrealized losses for credit-related impairment to determine whether a credit loss exists, including the extent to which fair value is below cost, the implied yield to maturity, rating downgrades of the securitywere purchased and whether or not the issuer has failed to make scheduled principal or interest payments. The Company also takes into consideration information about the financial condition of the issuer and industry factors that could negatively impact the capital markets.

If the decline in fair value of an available-for-sale security below its amortized cost is considered to be the result of a credit loss, the Company compares the estimated present value of the cash flows expected to be collected to the amortized cost of the security. For the three and nine months ending September 30, 2022, management concluded that the decline in the fair value was notas a result of credit losses but rather as a direct result fromlosses.

No credit loss allowance was recorded for the increase in the market interest rates. Therefore, the Company did not have an allowance for credit losses as ofnine months ended September 30, 20222023 or for the year ended December 31, 2021.2022.

Quarterly, the Company considers whether it intends to sell an available-for-sale security or if it is more likely than not that it will be required to sell the security before recovery of its amortized costs. In these instances, a decline in fair value is recognized in net income based on the fair value of the security at the time of assessment, resulting in a new cost basis for the security.

Other Investments

Non-Consolidating Variable Interest Entities (“VIEs”)

The Company makes passive investments in limited partnerships (“LPs”), which are accounted for using the equity method, with income reported in earnings. The Company also makesholds a passive investmentsinvestment in a Real Estate Investment Trust (“REIT”) and an Insurtech company,, which areis accounted for using the measurement alternative method, which isand reported at cost less impairment (if any), plus or minus changes from observable price changes. During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company recorded a $1.6 million impairment on

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certain non-consolidated VIEs. At December 31, 2022, the Company held an equity investment in an Insurtech company, which was sold during the three months ended March 31, 2023 at a gain.

The following table summarizes the carrying value and maximum loss exposure of the Company’s non-consolidated VIEs at September 30, 20222023 and December 31, 2021:2022, respectively (in thousands):

 

 

As of September 30, 2022

 

 

As of December 31, 2021

 

 

 

Carrying Value

 

 

Maximum Loss Exposure

 

 

Carrying Value

 

 

Maximum Loss Exposure

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Investments in non-consolidated VIEs - Equity Method

 

$

3,517

 

 

$

3,517

 

 

$

3,852

 

 

$

3,852

 

Investments in non-consolidated VIEs - Amortized Cost

 

$

8,490

 

 

$

8,490

 

 

$

15,000

 

 

$

15,000

 

Investments in non-consolidated VIEs - Measure Alternative

 

$

5,077

 

 

$

5,077

 

 

$

5,077

 

 

$

5,077

 

Total non-consolidated VIEs

 

$

17,084

 

 

$

17,084

 

 

$

23,929

 

 

$

23,929

 

 

 

As of September 30, 2023

 

 

As of December 31, 2022

 

 

 

Carrying Value

 

 

Maximum Loss Exposure

 

 

Carrying Value

 

 

Maximum Loss Exposure

 

Investments in non-consolidated VIEs - Equity method

 

$

1,821

 

 

$

1,821

 

 

$

3,517

 

 

$

3,517

 

Investments in non-consolidated VIEs - Amortized cost

 

$

8,490

 

 

$

8,490

 

 

$

8,490

 

 

$

8,490

 

Investments in non-consolidated VIEs - Measurement alternative

 

$

1,434

 

 

$

1,434

 

 

$

4,477

 

 

$

4,477

 

Total non-consolidated VIEs

 

$

11,745

 

 

$

11,745

 

 

$

16,484

 

 

$

16,484

 

No agreements exist requiring the Company to provide additional funding to any of the non-consolidated VIEs in excess of the Company’s initial investment.

NOTE 3. FAIR VALUE OF FINANCIAL MEASUREMENTS

Fair value is determined based on the exchange price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in the principal or most advantageous market for the asset or liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date.

The Company is required to use an established hierarchy for fair value measurements based upon the inputs to the valuation and degree to which they are observable or not observable in the market. The three levels in the hierarchy are as follows:

Level 1 – Unadjusted quoted prices are available in active markets for identical assets/liabilities as of the reporting date.
Level 2 – Valuations based on observable inputs, such as quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities at the measurement date; quoted prices in the markets that are not active; or other inputs that are observable, either directly or indirectly.
Level 3 – Pricing inputs are unobservable and significant to the overall fair value measurement, and the determination of fair value requires significant management judgment or estimation.

The highest priority is assigned to Level 1 inputs and the lowest priority to Level 3 inputs. The Company did not hold any Level 3 assets or liabilities as ofAt September 30, 2022 or2023 and December 31, 2021.2022, there were no transfers in or out of Level 1, 2, and 3.

The following table presents information about the Company’s assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis. The Company assesses the levels for the investments at each measurement date, and transfers between levels are recognized on the actual date of the

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event or change in circumstances that caused the transfer in accordance with the Company’s accounting policy regarding the recognitions of transfers between levels of the fair value hierarchy.

The tables below present the balances of the Company’s invested assets measured at fair value on a recurring basis:

September 30, 2022

 

Total

 

 

Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)

 

 

Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)

 

 

Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

 

September 30, 2023

 

Total

 

 

Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)

 

 

Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)

 

 

Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

 

Invested Assets:

 

(in thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Debt Securities Available-for-sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. government and agency securities

 

$

114,286

 

 

$

 

 

$

114,286

 

 

$

 

 

$

172,590

 

 

$

 

 

$

172,590

 

 

$

 

States, municipalities and political subdivisions

 

 

92,185

 

 

 

 

 

 

92,185

 

 

 

 

 

 

81,980

 

 

 

 

 

 

81,980

 

 

 

 

Special revenue

 

 

256,318

 

 

 

 

 

 

256,318

 

 

 

 

 

 

223,104

 

 

 

 

 

 

223,104

 

 

 

 

Industrial and miscellaneous

 

 

170,403

 

 

 

 

 

 

170,403

 

 

 

 

 

 

173,845

 

 

 

 

 

 

173,845

 

 

 

 

Total investments

 

$

633,192

 

 

$

 

 

$

633,192

 

 

$

 

 

$

651,520

 

 

$

 

 

$

651,520

 

 

$

 

December 31, 2021

 

Total

 

 

Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)

 

 

Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)

 

 

Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

 

Invested Assets:

 

(in thousands)

 

Debt Securities Available-for-sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. government and agency securities

 

$

73,825

 

 

$

364

 

 

$

73,461

 

 

$

 

States, municipalities and political subdivisions

 

 

105,699

 

 

 

 

 

 

105,699

 

 

 

 

Special revenue

 

 

288,569

 

 

 

 

 

 

288,569

 

 

 

 

Hybrid securities

 

 

99

 

 

 

 

 

 

99

 

 

 

 

Industrial and miscellaneous

 

 

201,162

 

 

 

 

 

 

201,162

 

 

 

 

Total investments

 

$

669,354

 

 

$

364

 

 

$

668,990

 

 

$

 

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December 31, 2022

 

Total

 

 

Quoted Prices in Active Markets for Identical Assets (Level 1)

 

 

Significant Other Observable Inputs (Level 2)

 

 

Significant Unobservable Inputs (Level 3)

 

Invested Assets:

 

(In thousands)

 

Debt Securities Available-for-sale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

U.S. government and agency securities

 

$

117,742

 

 

$

 

 

$

117,742

 

 

$

 

States, municipalities and political subdivisions

 

 

91,627

 

 

 

 

 

 

91,627

 

 

 

 

Special revenue

 

 

250,130

 

 

 

 

 

 

250,130

 

 

 

 

Industrial and miscellaneous

 

 

176,073

 

 

 

 

 

 

176,073

 

 

 

 

Total investments

 

$

635,572

 

 

$

 

 

$

635,572

 

 

$

 

Financial Instruments excluded from the fair value hierarchy

The carrying value of premium receivables, and accounts payable, accrued expense, revolving loans and borrowings under the Company’s senior secured credit facility approximate their fair value. The rate at which revolving loans and borrowings under the Company’s senior secured credit facility bear interest resets periodically at market interest rates.

Non-recurring fair value measurements

The Company determines theAssets and liabilities that are measured at fair value of the goodwill andon a non-recurring basis include intangible assets using a combination of a discounted cash flow approachwhich are recognized at fair value during the period in which an acquisition is completed, from updated estimates and market approaches, which contain significant unobservable inputs and thereforeassumptions during the measurement period, or when they are considered a Level 3 fair value measurement. The unobservable inputs in the analysis generally include future cash flow projections and a discount rate.to be impaired.

For the yearnine months ended December 31, 2021,September 30, 2023, the Company recorded a goodwill impairment following its annual valuation review of approximately $61 million. In the second quarter of 2021, the Company recognized an impairment in other investments of approximately $1.0 million for a loss measurement based on the estimateddifference between the acquisition costs and current fair value (less any prior impairment loss that security previously recognized) on certain equity method investments. Changes in the fair value of equity securities are also included in net realized losses and impairment losses on the Company's ownership interest. Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income and are not reversed.

Certain of the Company’s investments are measured in accordance with GAAP for the type of investment, using methodologies other than fair value. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company recorded an impairment for named intangible assets related to certain brands and customer relations within the Company's restoration service provider with a net value of $766,600, which were impaired due to the discontinuation of providing restoration services to the Company’s policyholders.

During the second quarter of 2022, Managementmanagement concluded that it had a full impairment of its remaining goodwill and that the carrying value of $92.0 million should be written off based on the following factors: (i) disruptions in the equity markets, specifically for property and casualty insurance companies, largely due to recent weather-related catastrophe events; (ii) elevated loss ratios for property insurers in the Company's markets; and (iii) the Company's market cap was below book value.

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NOTE 4. OTHER COMPREHENSIVE LOSS(LOSS) INCOME

The following table is a summary oftables summarize other comprehensive lossincome (loss) and disclosesdisclose the tax impact of each component of other comprehensive lossincome (loss) for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20222023 and 2021,2022, respectively:

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

Pre-tax

 

 

Tax

 

 

After-tax

 

 

Pre-tax

 

 

Tax

 

 

After-tax

 

 

Pre-tax

 

 

Tax

 

 

After-tax

 

 

Pre-tax

 

 

Tax

 

 

After-tax

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Other comprehensive loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in unrealized losses on investments, net

 

$

(17,471

)

 

$

4,090

 

 

$

(13,381

)

 

$

(1,344

)

 

$

311

 

 

$

(1,033

)

 

$

(4,494

)

 

$

1,059

 

 

$

(3,435

)

 

$

(17,471

)

 

$

4,090

 

 

$

(13,381

)

Reclassification adjustment of realized losses (gains) included in net loss

 

 

3

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

2

 

 

 

6

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

5

 

Reclassification adjustment of realized losses included in net loss

 

 

379

 

 

 

(89

)

 

 

290

 

 

 

3

 

 

 

(1

)

 

 

2

 

Effect on other comprehensive loss

 

$

(17,468

)

 

$

4,089

 

 

$

(13,379

)

 

$

(1,338

)

 

$

310

 

 

$

(1,028

)

 

$

(4,115

)

 

$

970

 

 

$

(3,145

)

 

$

(17,468

)

 

$

4,089

 

 

$

(13,379

)

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

Pre-tax

 

 

Tax

 

 

After-tax

 

 

Pre-tax

 

 

Tax

 

 

After-tax

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Other comprehensive loss

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in unrealized losses on investments, net

 

$

(65,403

)

 

$

15,310

 

 

$

(50,093

)

 

$

(8,316

)

 

$

1,928

 

 

$

(6,388

)

Reclassification adjustment of realized losses (gains) included in net loss

 

 

121

 

 

 

(28

)

 

 

93

 

 

 

(96

)

 

 

22

 

 

 

(74

)

Effect on other comprehensive loss

 

$

(65,282

)

 

$

15,282

 

 

$

(50,000

)

 

$

(8,412

)

 

$

1,950

 

 

$

(6,462

)

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For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

 

Pre-tax

 

 

Tax

 

 

After-tax

 

 

Pre-tax

 

 

Tax

 

 

After-tax

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Other comprehensive income (loss)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Change in unrealized gains (losses) on investments, net

 

$

4,664

 

 

$

(1,097

)

 

$

3,567

 

 

$

(65,403

)

 

$

15,310

 

 

$

(50,093

)

Reclassification adjustment of realized losses included in net income (loss)

 

 

390

 

 

 

(92

)

 

 

298

 

 

 

121

 

 

 

(28

)

 

 

93

 

Effect on other comprehensive income (loss)

 

$

5,054

 

 

$

(1,188

)

 

$

3,866

 

 

$

(65,282

)

 

$

15,282

 

 

$

(50,000

)

NOTE 5. LEASES

The Company has entered into operating and financing leases primarily for real estate and vehicles. The Company will determine whether an arrangement is a lease at inception of the agreement. The operating leases have terms of one to ten years, and often include one or more options to renew. These renewal terms can extend the lease term from two to ten years and are included in the lease term when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise the option. The Company considers these options in determining the lease term used in establishing the Company’s right-of-use assets and lease obligations. The Company’s lease agreements do not contain any material residual value guarantees or material restrictive covenants.

Because the rate implicit in each operating lease is not readily determinable, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate to determine present value of the lease payments. The Company used the implicit rates within the finance leases.

Components of the Company’s lease costs for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30, 2022

 

 

Three Months Ended
September 30, 2021

 

Amortization of ROU assets - Finance leases

 

$

651

 

 

$

647

 

Interest on lease liabilities - Finance leases

 

 

244

 

 

 

263

 

Variable lease cost (cost excluded from lease payments)

 

 

287

 

 

 

112

 

Operating lease cost (cost resulting from lease payments)

 

 

350

 

 

 

339

 

Total lease cost

 

$

1,532

 

 

$

1,361

 

 

 

For The Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Operating lease cost, included in General & Administrative expenses on the Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

$

1,183

 

 

$

1,055

 

Finance lease cost:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amortization of assets, included in General & Administrative expenses on the Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

 

1,921

 

 

 

1,943

 

Interest on lease liabilities, included in Interest expense on the Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

 

671

 

 

 

739

 

Total finance lease cost

 

$

2,592

 

 

$

2,682

 

Variable lease cost, included in General & Administrative expenses on the Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

$

1,175

 

 

$

713

 

Short-term lease cost, included in General & Administrative expenses on the Consolidated Statements of Operations

 

$

113

 

 

$

142

 

 

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2022

 

 

Nine Months Ended
September 30, 2021

 

Amortization of ROU assets - Finance leases

 

$

1,943

 

 

$

1,321

 

Interest on lease liabilities - Finance leases

 

 

739

 

 

 

524

 

Variable lease cost (cost excluded from lease payments)

 

 

713

 

 

 

373

 

Operating lease cost (cost resulting from lease payments)

 

 

1,055

 

 

 

1,018

 

Total lease cost

 

$

4,450

 

 

$

3,236

 

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Supplemental cash flowbalance sheet information and non-cash activity related to the Company’s operating and financing leases were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

At September 30, 2022

 

 

At September 30, 2021

 

Finance lease - Operating cash flows

 

$

737

 

 

$

31

 

Finance lease - Financing cash flows

 

$

1,540

 

 

$

100

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease - Operating cash flows (fixed payments)

 

$

1,188

 

 

$

1,123

 

Operating lease - Operating cash flows (liability reduction)

 

$

942

 

 

$

840

 

 

 

 

 

Operating Leases

 

September 30, 2023

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

Right of use assets

 

$

7,166

 

 

$

7,335

 

Lease liability

 

$

8,439

 

 

$

8,690

 

Finance Leases

 

 

 

 

 

 

Right of use assets

 

$

18,214

 

 

$

20,132

 

Lease liability

 

$

20,903

 

 

$

22,557

 

Supplemental balance sheet information related to the Company’s operating and financing leases as of September 30, 2022 were as follows (in thousands):

 

 

Balance Sheet
Classification

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

Right-of-use assets - operating

 

 Right-of-use lease asset, net

 

$

4,437

 

 

$

5,035

 

Right-of-use assets - finance

 

 Right-of-use lease asset, net

 

$

20,781

 

 

$

22,718

 

Lease liability - operating

 

 Lease liability

 

$

5,821

 

 

$

6,551

 

Lease liability - finance

 

 Lease liability

 

$

23,080

 

 

$

24,621

 

Weighted-average remaining lease term and discount rate for the Company’s operating and financing leases for the periods presented below were as follows:

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

September 30, 2021

 

Weighted average lease term - Finance leases

 

8.37 yrs.

 

 

9.34 yrs.

 

Weighted average lease term - Operating leases

 

5.68 yrs.

 

 

6.40 yrs.

 

Weighted average discount rate - Finance leases

 

 

4.2

%

 

 

4.2

%

Weighted average discount rate - Operating leases

 

 

5.4

%

 

 

5.3

%

Weighted-average remaining lease term

 

September 30, 2023

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

Operating lease

 

 

5.80

 

yrs.

 

6.49

 

yrs.

Finance lease

 

 

7.41

 

yrs.

 

8.13

 

yrs.

Weighted-average discount rate

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating lease

 

 

4.90

 

%

 

5.14

 

%

Finance lease

 

 

4.15

 

%

 

4.16

 

%

Maturities of lease liabilities by fiscal year for the Company’s operating and financing leases were as follows (in thousands):

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September 30, 2022

 

2022 remaining

 

$

1,161

 

2023

 

 

4,592

 

2024

 

 

4,263

 

2025

 

 

3,970

 

2026

 

 

3,990

 

Thereafter

 

 

16,225

 

Total lease payments

 

 

34,201

 

Less: imputed interest

 

 

(5,300

)

Present value of lease liabilities

 

$

28,901

 


 

 

Financing Lease

 

 

Operating Lease

 

2023

 

$

761

 

 

$

427

 

2024

 

 

3,101

 

 

 

1,716

 

2025

 

 

3,166

 

 

 

1,609

 

2026

 

 

3,197

 

 

 

1,587

 

2027

 

 

3,190

 

 

 

1,595

 

2028 and thereafter

 

 

10,920

 

 

 

2,846

 

Total lease payments

 

 

24,335

 

 

 

9,780

 

Less: imputed interest

 

 

(3,432

)

 

 

(1,341

)

Present value of lease liabilities

 

$

20,903

 

 

$

8,439

 

NOTE 6. PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT, NET

Property and equipment, net consisted of the following at September 30, 20222023 and December 31, 2021:2022:

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Land

 

$

2,582

 

 

$

2,582

 

Building

 

 

10,141

 

 

 

10,141

 

Computer hardware and software

 

 

12,089

 

 

 

7,204

 

Office furniture and equipment

 

 

1,381

 

 

 

1,355

 

Tenant and leasehold improvements

 

 

10,172

 

 

 

8,255

 

Vehicle fleet

 

 

720

 

 

 

720

 

Total, at cost

 

 

37,085

 

 

 

30,257

 

Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

 

(14,301

)

 

 

(12,831

)

Property and equipment, net

 

$

22,784

 

 

$

17,426

 

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September 30, 2023

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Land

 

$

2,582

 

 

$

2,582

 

Building

 

 

9,599

 

 

 

9,599

 

Software in progress

 

 

14,081

 

 

 

6,884

 

Computer hardware and software

 

 

9,962

 

 

 

8,851

 

Office furniture and equipment

 

 

1,484

 

 

 

1,381

 

Tenant and leasehold improvements

 

 

10,519

 

 

 

10,485

 

Vehicle fleet

 

 

594

 

 

 

594

 

Total, at cost

 

 

48,821

 

 

 

40,376

 

Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization

 

 

(16,403

)

 

 

(14,647

)

Property and equipment, net

 

$

32,418

 

 

$

25,729

 

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company invested $1.1 million and $7.1 million, respectively, for software development and implementation services for a new policy, billing and claims system. On June 12, 2023, the Company placed into service the claims component of the software valued at approximately $2.0 million with the remaining components anticipated to be placed into service in early 2024.

Depreciation and amortization expense for property and equipment was approximately $544,900653,000 and $736,000544,900 for the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. Depreciation and 2021, respectivelyamortization expense for property and equipment was approximately $1.51.8 million and $1.61.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 20222023 and 2021,2022, respectively. The Company’sCompany owns real estate consistsconsisting of 1513 acres of land, two buildings with a gross area of 88,378 square feet and a parking garage.

NOTE 7. GOODWILL AND OTHER INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

At September 30, 20222023 and December 31, 2021, goodwill was $0 and $92.0 million and2022, intangible assets were $51.244.1 million and $55.949.6 million, respectively. The Company has determined the useful life of the otherits intangible assets to range between 2.5-15 years. Intangible assets include $1.3 million relating to insurance licenses which is classified as an indefinite lived intangible andintangible. Impairment testing is subject to annual impairment testing concurrent with goodwill.

 

 

Goodwill

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Balance as of December 31, 2021

 

$

91,959

 

Goodwill acquired

 

 

Impairment

 

 

(91,959

)

Balance as of September 30, 2022

 

$

 

required when events occur that indicate an asset may not be recoverable, such as a triggering event. Management tests goodwill andreviews other intangible assets for impairment annually during the fourth quarter, or more frequently should events or changes in circumstances indicate that goodwill or the Company’sCompany's other intangible assets might be impaired.

The Company’s intangible assets consist of brand, agent relationships, renewal rights, customer relations, trade names and insurance licenses. During the second quarter of 2023, certain brand and customer relations within the Company's restoration provider with a net value of $766,600 were impaired due to the discontinuation of providing restoration services to the Company’s policyholders. The impairment loss of $766,600 was included in Goodwill and intangible asset impairment in the Company's consolidated statements of operations for the nine months ended September 30, 2023.

Other than the impairment of certain brand and customer relations due to the discontinued services described above, there was no impairment of the intangible assets with definite lives for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023.

During the second quarter of 2022, management determined a triggering event occurred for which it deemed an interim evaluation of goodwill was appropriate and concluded the remaining balance of its goodwill was fully impaired. Theimpaired and that its carrying value of $92.0 million wasbe written off based on the following factors: (i) disruptions in the equity markets, specifically for property and casualty insurance companies, largely due to recent weather-related catastrophe events; (ii) elevated loss ratios for property insurers in the Company’sCompany's markets; and (iii) the Company’sCompany's market cap was below book value. These factors reduced the Company’sCompany's previously modeled fair value of the Company and resulted in a $92.0 million goodwill impairment charge, as of the second quarter of 2022, most of which wasis not tax deductible.

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The Company’s intangible assets consist of brand, agent relationships, renewal rights, customer relations, trade names, non-competes and insurance licenses.

Amortization expense of the Company’s intangible assets for each of the respective three monthsand nine month periods ended September 30, 20222023 and 20212022 was $1.6 million and for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 and 2021 was $4.8 million. million, respectively.No impairment in the value of amortizing or non-amortizing intangible assets was recognized during the three and nine months ended September 30, 2022 or 2021.

Estimated annual pretax amortization of intangible assets for each of the next five years and thereafter is as follows (in thousands):

Year

 

Amount

 

 

Amount

 

2022 - remaining

 

$

1,588

 

2023

 

$

6,351

 

2023 - remaining

 

$

1,546

 

2024

 

$

6,351

 

 

$

6,183

 

2025

 

$

6,315

 

 

$

6,183

 

2026

 

$

6,114

 

 

$

6,033

 

2027

 

$

5,836

 

Thereafter

 

$

23,129

 

 

$

17,003

 

Total

 

$

49,848

 

 

$

42,786

 

NOTE 8. LOSSEARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE

The following table sets forth the computation of basic and diluted lossearnings (loss) per share (“EPS”) for the periods indicated.indicated (amounts in thousands, except share and per share amounts).

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Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

Basic and Diluted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net (loss) income available to common shareholders — basic and diluted

$

 

(7,424

)

$

 

(48,240

)

$

 

14,363

 

$

 

(166,864

)

Common Shares

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding

 

 

26,698,806

 

 

 

26,369,265

 

 

 

25,941,422

 

 

 

26,536,700

 

Diluted

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted average shares outstanding

 

 

26,698,806

 

 

 

26,369,265

 

 

 

25,941,422

 

 

 

26,536,700

 

Weighted average effects of dilutive securities — convertible notes

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

39,509

 

 

 

 

Total

 

 

26,698,806

 

 

 

26,369,265

 

 

 

25,980,931

 

 

 

26,536,700

 

Net (loss) income per common share

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Basic

$

 

(0.28

)

$

 

(1.83

)

$

 

0.55

 

$

 

(6.29

)

Diluted

$

 

(0.28

)

$

 

(1.83

)

$

 

0.55

 

$

 

(6.29

)

For the reported periods in the table above with a net loss position the diluted earnings per shares would not be considered for the conversion as the Convertible Notes were antidilutive for the each of the respective periods.

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

Basic loss per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to common stockholders (000's)

 

$

(48,240

)

 

$

(16,410

)

 

$

(166,864

)

 

$

(25,509

)

Weighted average shares outstanding

 

 

26,369,265

 

 

 

27,938,028

 

 

 

26,536,700

 

 

 

27,902,814

 

Basic loss per share:

 

$

(1.83

)

 

$

(0.59

)

 

$

(6.29

)

 

$

(0.91

)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Diluted loss per share:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss attributable to common stockholders (000's)

 

$

(48,240

)

 

$

(16,410

)

 

$

(166,864

)

 

$

(25,509

)

Weighted average shares outstanding

 

 

26,369,265

 

 

 

27,938,028

 

 

 

26,536,700

 

 

 

27,902,814

 

Total weighted average dilutive shares

 

 

26,369,265

 

 

 

27,938,028

 

 

 

26,536,700

 

 

 

27,902,814

 

Diluted loss per share:

 

$

(1.83

)

 

$

(0.59

)

 

$

(6.29

)

 

$

(0.91

)

The Company had 196,914 and 2,677,35559,263 antidilutive shares asfor the three months ended September 30, 2023 and 196,914, antidilutive shares for the comparable period of September 30, 2022 and 2021, respectively.2022. The convertible notes were excluded from the computations because the conversion price on these notes was greater than the average market price of ourthe Company's common sharesstock during each of the respective periods, and therefore, would be anti-dilutive to earnings per share under the "if converted" method under the guidance of ASU 2020-06, adopted by the Company on January 1, 2022.

NOTE 9. DEFERRED REINSURANCE CEDING COMMISSION

The Company defers reinsurance ceding commission income, which is amortized over the effective period of the related insurance policies. For the three months ended September 30, 20222023 and 2021,2022, the Company allocated ceding commission income of $11.711.9 million and $12.011.7 million to policy acquisition costs and $3.84.0 million and $4.03.8 million to general and administrative expense, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 20222023 and 2021,2022, the Company allocated ceding commission income of $34.937.3 million and $35.234.9 million to policy acquisition costs and $11.512.3 million and $11.611.5 million to general and administrative expense, respectively.

The table below depicts the activity regarding deferred reinsurance ceding commission, included in accounts payable and other liabilities during the three and nine months ended September 30, 20222023 and 2021.2022.

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Beginning balance of deferred ceding commission income

 

$

37,990

 

 

$

38,529

 

 

$

42,758

 

 

$

40,405

 

Ceding commission deferred

 

 

13,957

 

 

 

17,046

 

 

 

42,866

 

 

 

46,110

 

Less: ceding commission earned

 

 

(15,914

)

 

 

(15,486

)

 

 

(49,591

)

 

 

(46,426

)

Ending balance of deferred ceding commission income

 

$

36,033

 

 

$

40,089

 

 

$

36,033

 

 

$

40,089

 

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Beginning balance of deferred reinsurance ceding commission income

 

$

38,529

 

 

$

39,940

 

 

$

40,405

 

 

$

39,995

 

Ceding commission deferred

 

 

17,046

 

 

 

17,659

 

 

 

46,110

 

 

 

48,447

 

Less: ceding commission earned

 

 

(15,486

)

 

 

(15,978

)

 

 

(46,426

)

 

 

(46,821

)

Ending balance of deferred reinsurance ceding commission income

 

$

40,089

 

 

$

41,621

 

 

$

40,089

 

 

$

41,621

 

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NOTE 10. DEFERRED POLICY ACQUISITION COSTS

The Company defers certain costs in connection with written policies, called deferred policy acquisition costs (“DPAC”), which are amortized over the effective period of the related insurance policies.

The Company anticipates that its DPAC will be fully recoverable in the near term. The table below depicts the activity regarding DPAC for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20222023 and 2021.2022.

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Beginning Balance

 

$

99,468

 

 

$

95,967

 

 

$

93,881

 

 

$

89,265

 

 

$

106,736

 

 

$

99,468

 

 

$

99,617

 

 

$

93,881

 

Policy acquisition costs deferred

 

 

39,194

 

 

 

47,976

 

 

 

139,028

 

 

 

144,380

 

 

 

42,427

 

 

 

39,194

 

 

 

149,536

 

 

 

139,028

 

Amortization

 

 

(38,013

)

 

 

(48,518

)

 

 

(132,260

)

 

 

(138,220

)

 

 

(45,064

)

 

 

(38,013

)

 

 

(145,054

)

 

 

(132,260

)

Ending Balance

 

$

100,649

 

 

$

95,425

 

 

$

100,649

 

 

$

95,425

 

 

$

104,098

 

 

$

100,649

 

 

$

104,098

 

 

$

100,649

 

NOTE 11. INCOME TAXES

The Company files a consolidated federal income tax return. Deferred federal income taxes reflect the future tax consequences of differences between the tax basis of assets and liabilities and their financial reporting amounts at each year end. The Company accounts for income taxes under the asset and liability method, which requires the recognition of deferred taxes for temporary differences between the financial statement and tax return basis of assets and liabilities.

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Deferred tax assets generally represent items that can be used as a tax deduction or credit in future years for which the Company has already recorded the tax benefit in its income statement. Deferred tax liabilities generally represent tax expense recognized in the Company's financial statements for which payment has been deferred or expenditures for which the Company has already taken a deduction in its tax return but have not yet been recognized in its financial statements. Under GAAP the Company is required to evaluate the recoverability of its deferred tax assets and establish a valuation allowance if necessary to reduce its deferred tax assets to an amount that is more likely than not to be realized. Significant judgment is required in determining whether valuation allowances should be established, as well as the amount of such allowances.

The Company establishes or adjusts valuation allowances for deferred tax assets when it estimates that it is more likely than not that future taxable income will be insufficient to realize the value of the deferred tax assets. The Company evaluates all significant available positive and negative evidence as part of its analysis. Negative evidence includes the existence of losses in recent years. Positive evidence includes the forecast of future taxable income and tax-planning strategies that would result in the realization of deferred tax assets. The underlying assumptions its uses in forecasting future taxable income require significant judgment and take into account the Company's recent performance. The ultimate realization of deferred tax assets depends on the generation of future taxable income during the periods in which temporary differences are deductible or creditable. If actual experience differs from these estimates and assumptions, the recognized deferred tax asset value may not be fully realized, resulting in an increase to income tax expense in its results of operations.

As of September 30, 2022. the Company recognized a valuation allowance of $10.7 million against the net deferred tax assets generated at its foreign domiciled captive reinsurer, Osprey Re. The Company can only realize those net deferred tax assets to the extent Osprey Re contributes future taxable income to the consolidated group. Management believes there is not sufficient evidence at the current time to realize the Osprey Re net deferred tax assets within the next calendar year. The valuation allowance is accounted for as an increase to income tax expense for the quarter. Osprey Re’s future taxable income can be used to apply against its net deferred tax assets to reduce taxable income and the valuation allowance will decrease proportionately resulting in a reduction of income tax expense. Changes in tax laws and rates may affect recorded deferred tax assets and liabilities and its effective tax rate in the future.

For the three months ended September 30, 20222023 and 2021,2022, the Company recorded aincome tax benefitbenefits of $1.14.6 million and $1.1 million, respectively, which corresponds to effective tax rates of 2.238.3% and 6.42.2%, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 20222023 and 2021,2022, the Company recorded an income tax provision of $4.5 million and an income tax benefit of $11.2 million and $5.6 million, respectively, which corresponds to effective tax rates of 6.323.7% and 18.16.3%, respectively. The effective tax ratesrate for the three andmonths ended September 30, 2023 benefited from a reduction in the valuation allowance related to certain tax elections made by Osprey Re, the Company’s captive reinsurer domiciled in Bermuda. The effective tax rate for the three months ended September 30, 2022 was impacted by the establishment of a $10.7 million valuation allowance related to Osprey Re. The Company re-evaluates the valuation allowance on a quarterly basis.

The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 benefitted from a reduction in the valuation allowance as described above. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 werewas impacted by the mostly non-deductible goodwill impairment charge taken in the second quarterand establishment of 2022 described in a $Note 7. Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets 10.7as well as million increase to the valuation allowance described above.allowance. Effective tax rates are dependent upon components of pre-tax earnings and the related tax effects.

The effective tax rate for each period wasis also affected by various permanent tax differences including disallowed executive compensation deductions which was further limited in 2018 and future years upon the enactment of H.R.1, commonly referred to as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (“Tax Act”). Additionally, the state effective income tax rate can also fluctuate as a result of changes in the geographic dispersion of the Company’s business. Finally, the effective tax rate can fluctuate throughout the year as estimates used in the tax provision for each quarter are updated as more information becomes available throughout the year. Additionally, the state effective income tax rate can also fluctuate as a result of changes in the geographic dispersion of the Company’s business.

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The table below summarizes the significant components of the Company’s net deferred asset (liability):tax assets:

16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

Deferred tax assets:

 

(In thousands)

 

Unearned premiums

 

$

13,454

 

 

$

15,805

 

Unearned commission

 

 

9,384

 

 

 

9,459

 

State net operating loss

 

 

1,490

 

 

 

1,222

 

Tax-related discount on loss reserve

 

 

4,799

 

 

 

3,872

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

455

 

 

 

84

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

1,481

 

 

 

1,182

 

Leases

 

 

841

 

 

 

792

 

Unrealized losses

 

 

17,195

 

 

 

1,913

 

Federal net operating loss carryforward

 

 

15,752

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

416

 

 

 

472

 

Valuation allowance

 

 

(10,650

)

 

 

 

Total deferred tax asset

 

 

54,617

 

 

 

34,801

 

Deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred acquisition costs

 

 

23,561

 

 

 

21,977

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

118

 

 

 

177

 

Property and equipment

 

 

1,221

 

 

 

1,504

 

Note discount

 

 

225

 

 

 

187

 

Basis in purchased investments

 

 

666

 

 

 

34

 

Basis in purchased intangibles

 

 

 

 

 

14,550

 

Internal revenue code 481(a)-Accounting method change

 

 

1,104

 

 

 

4,416

 

Amortization of goodwill

 

 

11,459

 

 

 

 

Other

 

 

1,626

 

 

 

1,382

 

Total deferred tax liabilities

 

 

39,980

 

 

 

44,227

 

Net deferred tax asset (liability)

 

$

14,637

 

 

$

(9,426

)


As of September 30, 2022, the Company has a gross operating loss carryforward for federal and state

 

 

September 30, 2023

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

Deferred tax assets:

 

(In thousands)

 

Unearned premiums

 

$

19,083

 

 

$

17,060

 

Unearned ceding commission

 

 

8,472

 

 

 

10,053

 

Net operating loss

 

 

1,110

 

 

 

1,189

 

Tax-related discount on loss reserve

 

 

5,783

 

 

 

4,902

 

Stock-based compensation

 

 

827

 

 

 

297

 

Accrued expenses

 

 

1,833

 

 

 

1,016

 

Leases

 

 

672

 

 

 

885

 

Unrealized losses

 

 

15,885

 

 

 

16,987

 

Dual Consolidated loss limitation

 

 

1,437

 

 

 

9,740

 

Other

 

 

363

 

 

 

238

 

Total deferred tax asset

 

 

55,465

 

 

 

62,367

 

Valuation allowance

 

 

(1,870

)

 

 

(6,376

)

Adjusted deferred tax asset

 

 

53,595

 

 

 

55,991

 

Deferred tax liabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Deferred acquisition costs

 

$

24,474

 

 

$

23,420

 

Prepaid expenses

 

 

262

 

 

 

180

 

Property and equipment

 

 

630

 

 

 

2,200

 

Note discount

 

 

290

 

 

 

290

 

Basis in purchased investments

 

 

8

 

 

 

28

 

Basis in purchased intangibles

 

 

9,932

 

 

 

11,178

 

Other

 

 

1,907

 

 

 

1,854

 

Total deferred tax liabilities

 

 

37,503

 

 

 

39,150

 

Net deferred tax assets

 

$

16,092

 

 

$

16,841

 

The income tax purposesexpense or benefit differs from the amounts computed by applying the U.S. federal income tax rate of $as indicated below to pretax income as a result of the following:20.7

 

 

For the Nine Month Ended September 30,

 

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

Expected income tax expense at federal rate

 

 

21.0

 

%

 

21.0

 

%

Tax exempt interest

 

 

(0.6

)

%

 

0.1

 

%

Executive compensation 162(m)

 

 

0.6

 

%

 

(0.1

)

%

Permanent items

 

 

18.4

 

%

 

(0.1

)

%

State tax expense

 

 

8.2

 

%

 

1.4

 

%

Change in valuation allowance

 

 

(23.9

)

%

 

(6.0

)

%

Goodwill impairment

 

 

0.0

 

%

 

(9.9

)

%

Reported income tax expense

 

 

23.7

 

%

 

6.3

 

%

million and $45.8 million, respectively, which will expire after 2042. The statute of limitations related to the Company’s federal and state income tax returns remains open from the Company’s filings for 20182020 through 2021.2022.

Osprey Re, our reinsurance affiliate, based in Bermuda, made an irrevocable election under IRC Section 953(d) to be treated as a domestic insurance company for U.S. FederalAt September 30, 2023 and December 31, 2022, the Company had no significant uncertain tax positions or unrecognized tax benefits that, if recognized, would impact the effective income tax purposes. As a result of this election, the Company's reinsurance subsidiary is subject to United States income tax as if it were a U.S. corporation. Furthermore, limitations may be imposed on the ability to utilize Osprey Re’s deferred tax assets to the extent it has not contributed income to the consolidated group during its inclusion in the consolidated group.rate.

NOTE 12. REINSURANCE

Overview

In order to limit the Company’s potential exposure to individual risks and catastrophic events, the Company purchases significant reinsurance from third party reinsurers. Purchasing reinsurance is an important part of the Company’s risk strategy, and premiums ceded to reinsurers is one of the Company’s largest costs. The Company has strong relationships with reinsurers, which it attributes to its management’s industry experience, disciplined underwriting, and claims management capabilities. For each of the twelve months beginning June 1, 20212023 and 2022, the Company purchased reinsurance from the following sources: (i) the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund, a state-mandated catastrophe fund (“FHCF”) for Florida admitted market policies only, (ii) private reinsurers, all of which were rated “A-” or higher by A.M. Best Company, Inc. (“A.M. Best”) or Standard & Poor’s Financial Services LLC (“S&P”) or were fully collateralized, and (iii) the Company’s captive wholly-owned reinsurance subsidiary, Osprey Re Ltd. (“Osprey”Osprey Re”). Additionally, for theThe Company also sponsored catastrophe bonds in 2023 and 2022 hurricane season, the Company purchased a portion of the Company's catastrophe excess of loss reinsurance program fromthrough Citrus Re Ltd. (“Citrus Re), a Bermuda special purpose insurer, formed in 2014,which provides an alternative to traditional reinsurance through the 2022-1 notes, which coverissuance of catastrophe losses incurred for specific states.bonds. In addition to purchasing excess of loss catastrophe reinsurance, the Company also purchased quota share, property per risk and facultative reinsurance. The Company’s quota share program limits its exposure on catastrophe and non-catastrophe losses and provides ceding commission income. The Company’s per risk programs limit its net exposure in the event of a severe non-catastrophe loss impacting a single

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location or risk. The Company also utilizes facultative reinsurance to supplement its per risk reinsurance program where the Company capacity needs dictate.

Purchasing a sufficient amount of reinsurance to cover catastrophic losses from single or multiple events or significant non-catastrophe losses is an important part of the Company’s risk strategy. Reinsurance involves transferring, or “ceding”, a portion of the risk exposure on policies the Company writes to another insurer, known as a reinsurer. To the extent that the Company’s reinsurers are

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unable to meet the obligations they assume under the Company’s reinsurance agreements, the Company remains liable for the entire insured loss.

The Company’s reinsurance agreements are prospective contracts. The Company records an asset, prepaid reinsurance premiums, and a liability, reinsurance payable, for the entire contract amount upon commencement of the Company’s new reinsurance agreements. The Company generally amortizes its catastrophe reinsurance premiums ratably over the 12-month contract period, which is June 1 through May 31. Its quota share reinsurance is amortized over the 12-month contract period and may be purchased on a calendar or fiscal year basis.

In the event that the Company incurs losses and loss adjustment expenses recoverable under its reinsurance program, the Company records amounts recoverable from its reinsurers on paid losses plus an estimate of amounts recoverable on unpaid losses. The estimate of amounts recoverable on unpaid losses is a function of its liability for unpaid losses associated with the reinsured policies; therefore, the amount changes in conjunction with any changes to its estimate of unpaid losses. As a result, a reasonable possibility exists that an estimated recovery may change significantly in the near term from the amounts included in the Company’s condensed consolidated financial statements.

The Company’s insurance regulators require all insurance companies, like us,the Company, to have a certain amount of capital and reinsurance coverage in order to cover losses and loss adjustment expenses upon the occurrence of a catastrophic event. The Company’s reinsurance program provides reinsurance in excess of its state regulator requirements, which are based on the probable maximum loss that it would incur from an individual catastrophic event estimated to occur once in every 100 years based on its portfolio of insured risks. The nature, severity and location of the event giving rise to such a probable maximum loss differs for each insurer depending on the insurer’s portfolio of insured risks, including, among other things, the geographic concentration of insured value within such portfolio. As a result, a particular catastrophic event could be a one-in-100-year1-in-100 year loss event for one insurance company while having a greater or lesser probability of occurrence for another insurance company. The Company also purchases reinsurance coverage to protect against the potential for multiple catastrophic events occurring in the same year. The Company shares portions of its reinsurance program coverage among its insurance company affiliates.

2022-20232023 - 2024 Reinsurance Program

Catastrophe Excess of Loss Reinsurance

Effective June 1, 2022,2023, the Company entered into catastrophe excess of loss reinsurance agreements covering Heritage Property & Casualty Insurance Company (“Heritage P&C”), Zephyr Insurance Company (“Zephyr”) and Narragansett Bay Insurance Company (“NBIC”). The catastrophe reinsurance programs are allocated among traditional reinsurers, the Florida Hurricane Catastrophe Fund (“FHCF”), Citrus Re Ltd., and Osprey Re Ltd (“Osprey”), the Company’s captive reinsurer.Re. The FHCF covers Florida admitted market risks only and the Company elected to participate at 90% for the 20222023 hurricane season. Additionally, for Florida admitted market risks, the Company also has reinsurance from the Reinsurance to Assist Policyholders (“RAP”) program created by the Florida legislature, which provides reinsurance at no cost to the Company. Osprey Re will provide reinsurance for a portion of the Heritage P&C, NBIC and Zephyr programs. The Company’s third-party reinsurers are either rated “A-” or higher by A.M. Best or S&P or are fully collateralized, to reduce credit risk. Osprey Re isand Citrus Re are fully collateralized.collateralized programs.

The reinsurance program, which is segmented into layers of coverage, protects the Company for excess property catastrophe losses and loss adjustment expenses. The 2022-20232023-2024 reinsurance program provides first event coverage up to $1.31.1 billion for Heritage P&C, first event coverage up to $1.21.3 billion for NBIC, and first event coverage up to $780.0870.0 million for Zephyr. The Company’s first event retention in a 1 in 100-year event would include retention for the respective insurance company as well as any retention by Osprey. The first event maximum retention up to a 1 in 100-year event for each insurance company subsidiary is as follows: Heritage P&C – $40.0 million, of which $35.040.0 million would be ceded to Osprey; NBIC – $30.0 million of which $30.030 million would be ceded to Osprey in a shared contract with Zephyr; and Zephyr – $40.040 million, of which $30.030 million would be ceded to Osprey in a shared contract with NBIC.

The Company is responsible for all losses and loss adjustment expenses in excess of the Company's reinsurance program. For second or subsequent catastrophic events, the Company’s total available coverage depends on the magnitude of the first event, as the Company may have coverage remaining from layers that were not previously fully exhausted. An aggregate of $3.22.9 billion of limit purchased in 20222023 includes reinstatement through the purchase of reinstatement premium protection. The amount of coverage, however, will be subject to the severity and frequency of such events.

The Company's estimated net cost for the 2022-2023 catastrophe excess of loss reinsurance programs was approximately $359.5 million. This cost estimate is based on projected exposures for which there is a true up as of August 31, 2022.

Additionally, the Company placed an occurrence contract for business underwritten by NBIC which covers all catastrophe losses excluding named storms, on December 31, 2021,2022, expiring December 31, 20222023. The limit on the contract is 70% placed with a $15.0 million limit in excess of a retention of $25.0 million, with the remaining 30% placed with a $20.0 million withlimit in excess of a retention of $20.0 million, and haswith one reinstatement available.

The Company placed an aggregate contract for the Company’s business underwritten by NBIC which covers all catastrophe losses excluding named storms, on December 1, 2021,2022, expiring March 31, 20222023. The limit on the contract is $20.0 million with an aggregate retention of $21.0 million, with a $21.0 million per occurrence cap, and a $1.02.0 million franchise deductible.

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Net Quota Share Reinsurance

The Company’s Net Quota Share coverage is proportional reinsurance, which applies to business underwritten by NBIC, for which certain of the Company’s other reinsurance (property catastrophe excess of loss and the second layer of the general excess of loss) inures to the quota share program. An occurrence limit of $20.0 million for catastrophe losses is in effect on the quota share program, subject to certain aggregate loss limits that vary by reinsurer. The amount and rate of ceding commissions slide, within a

18


prescribed minimum and maximum, depending on loss performance. The Net Quota Share program was renewed on December 31, 20212022 ceding 50.041.0% of the net premiums and losses and 516.0% of the prior year quota share is in run off.

Per Risk Coverage

For losses arising from business underwritten by Heritage P&C and losses arising from commercial residential business underwritten by NBIC, excluding losses from named storms, the Company purchased property per risk coverage for losses and loss adjustment expenses in excess of $1.0 million per claim. The limit recoveredrecoverable for an individual loss is $9.0 million and total limit for all losses is $27.0 million. There are two reinstatements available with additional premium due based on the amount of the layer exhausted. This coverage is 100% placed for the contract period of June 15, 2022 through June 14, 2023, and 90% placed for the contract period from June 15, 2023 through June 14, 2024. For losses arising from commercialpersonal residential business underwritten by NBIC, the Company also purchased property per risk coverage for losses and loss adjustments expenses in excess of $750,000 per claim. The limit recovered for an individual loss is $250,000 and total limit for all losses is $750,000. There are two reinstatements available with additional premium due based on the amount of the layer exhausted.

In addition, the Company purchased facultative reinsurance for losses in excess of $10.0 million for any properties it insured where the total insured value exceeded $10.0 million. This coverage applies to losses arising from business underwritten by Heritage P&C and losses arising from commercial residential business underwritten by NBIC, excluding losses from named storms. The Company also purchased facultative reinsurance for losses underwritten by NBIC in excess of $3.5 million.

General Excess of Loss

The Company’s general excess of loss reinsurance protects business underwritten by NBIC and Zephyr multi-peril policies from single risk losses. For the contract period of July 1, 20212022 through June 30, 2022,2023, the coverage is in two layers in excess of the Company’s retention of the first $500,000 of loss. The first layer is $250,000 excess $500,000 for property and casualty losses and the second layer for property losses is $2.75 million excess $750,000. The second layer for casualtyproperty losses isand $1.25 million excess $750,000. for casualty losses, and is 67.5% placed. For the contract period of July 1, 20222023 through June 30, 2023,2024, the coverage for property losses is $2.752.5 million excess $750,0001.0 andmillion for casualtyproperty losses isand $1.251.0 million excess $750,000.

In addition, the Company purchased facultative reinsurance for losses underwritten by NBIC in excess of $3.51.0 million.million for casualty losses, and is 67.5% placed.

For a detailed discussion of the Company’s 2021-20222022-2023 Reinsurance Program please referRefer to Part I, “Business”, Part II, Item 8, “Financial Statements and Supplementary Data” and “Note 12. Reinsurance” in the Company’s 20212022 Form 10-K.

Effect of Reinsurance

The Company’s reinsurance arrangements had the following effect on certain items in the condensed consolidated statement of income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 20222023 and 2021:2022:

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Premium written:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct

 

$

304,501

 

 

$

274,178

 

 

$

952,981

 

 

$

886,059

 

 

$

309,510

 

 

$

304,501

 

 

$

1,016,378

 

 

$

952,981

 

Ceded

 

 

(60,885

)

 

 

(53,505

)

 

 

(536,139

)

 

 

(491,677

)

 

 

(54,850

)

 

 

(60,885

)

 

 

(561,283

)

 

 

(536,139

)

Net

 

$

243,616

 

 

$

220,673

 

 

$

416,842

 

 

$

394,382

 

 

$

254,660

 

 

$

243,616

 

 

$

455,095

 

 

$

416,842

 

Premiums earned:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct

 

$

307,959

 

 

$

294,409

 

 

$

891,539

 

 

$

850,466

 

 

$

336,976

 

 

$

307,959

 

 

$

984,012

 

 

$

891,539

 

Ceded

 

 

(148,266

)

 

 

(131,964

)

 

 

(420,645

)

 

 

(399,323

)

 

 

(160,335

)

 

 

(148,266

)

 

 

(464,539

)

 

 

(420,645

)

Net

 

$

159,693

 

 

$

162,445

 

 

$

470,894

 

 

$

451,143

 

 

$

176,641

 

 

$

159,693

 

 

$

519,473

 

 

$

470,894

 

Loss and Loss Adjustment Expenses

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Direct

 

$

809,993

 

 

$

195,099

 

 

$

1,147,243

 

 

$

483,382

 

 

$

450,524

 

 

$

809,993

 

 

$

757,560

 

 

$

1,147,243

 

Ceded

 

 

(654,144

)

 

 

(65,467

)

 

 

(749,834

)

 

 

(155,006

)

 

 

(319,127

)

 

 

(654,144

)

 

 

(422,065

)

 

 

(749,834

)

Net

 

$

155,849

 

 

$

129,632

 

 

$

397,409

 

 

$

328,376

 

 

$

131,397

 

 

$

155,849

 

 

$

335,495

 

 

$

397,409

 

NOTE 13. RESERVE FOR UNPAID LOSSES

The Company determines the reserve for unpaid losses on an individual-case basis for all incidents reported. The liability also includes amounts which are commonly referred to as incurred but not reported, or “IBNR”, claims as of the balance sheet date. The

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Company estimates its IBNR reserves by projecting its ultimate losses using industry accepted actuarial methods and then deducting actual loss payments and case reserves from the projected ultimate losses. Hurricane Ian struck Florida as a strong Category 4 hurricane on September 28, 2022. Gross catastrophe losses from Hurricane Ian are estimated to be of $655.4 million with net retained losses of $40.0 million. Gross losses from Hurricane Irma caused an increase in the ending balance as indicated below.

The table below summarizes the activity related to the Company’s reserve for unpaid losses:

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Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Balance, beginning of period

 

$

553,909

 

 

$

625,979

 

 

$

590,166

 

 

$

659,341

 

Less: reinsurance recoverable on unpaid losses

 

 

235,239

 

 

 

366,879

 

 

 

301,757

 

 

 

397,688

 

Net balance, beginning of period

 

 

318,670

 

 

 

259,100

 

 

 

288,409

 

 

 

261,653

 

Incurred related to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current year

 

 

156,855

 

 

 

130,425

 

 

 

395,921

 

 

 

331,374

 

Prior years

 

 

(1,006

)

 

 

(793

)

 

 

1,489

 

 

 

(2,998

)

Total incurred

 

 

155,849

 

 

 

129,632

 

 

 

397,410

 

 

 

328,376

 

Paid related to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current year

 

 

70,914

 

 

 

75,508

 

 

 

170,255

 

 

 

171,128

 

Prior years

 

 

24,088

 

 

 

27,273

 

 

 

136,047

 

 

 

132,950

 

Total paid

 

 

95,002

 

 

 

102,781

 

 

 

306,302

 

 

 

304,078

 

Net balance, end of period

 

 

379,517

 

 

 

285,951

 

 

 

379,517

 

 

 

285,951

 

Plus: reinsurance recoverable on unpaid losses

 

 

829,835

 

 

 

350,195

 

 

 

829,835

 

 

 

350,195

 

Balance, end of period

 

$

1,209,352

 

 

$

636,146

 

 

$

1,209,352

 

 

$

636,146

 


 

 

Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Balance, beginning of period

 

$

817,859

 

 

$

553,909

 

 

$

1,131,807

 

 

$

590,166

 

Less: reinsurance recoverable on unpaid losses

 

 

442,289

 

 

 

235,239

 

 

 

759,681

 

 

 

301,757

 

Net balance, beginning of period

 

 

375,570

 

 

 

318,670

 

 

 

372,126

 

 

 

288,409

 

Incurred related to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current year

 

 

130,604

 

 

 

156,855

 

 

 

338,890

 

 

 

395,921

 

Prior years

 

 

793

 

 

 

(1,006

)

 

 

(3,395

)

 

 

1,489

 

Total incurred

 

 

131,397

 

 

 

155,849

 

 

 

335,495

 

 

 

397,410

 

Paid related to:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current year

 

 

76,524

 

 

 

70,914

 

 

 

160,468

 

 

 

170,255

 

Prior years

 

 

(18,512

)

 

 

24,088

 

 

 

98,198

 

 

 

136,047

 

Total paid

 

 

58,012

 

 

 

95,002

 

 

 

258,666

 

 

 

306,302

 

Net balance, end of period

 

 

448,955

 

 

 

379,517

 

 

 

448,955

 

 

 

379,517

 

Plus: reinsurance recoverable on unpaid losses

 

 

522,366

 

 

 

829,835

 

 

 

522,366

 

 

 

829,835

 

Balance, end of period

 

$

971,321

 

 

$

1,209,352

 

 

$

971,321

 

 

$

1,209,352

 

The Company believes that the reserve for unpaid losses reasonably represents the amount necessary to pay all claims and related expenses which may arise from incidents that have occurred as of the balance sheet date.

As of September 30, 2022,2023, the Company reported $379.5449.0 million in unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance which included $266.8291.0 million attributable to IBNR net of reinsurance recoverable, or 70.3464.8% of net reserves for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses. For the three months ended September 30, 2023, the Company experienced $793,000 of net unfavorable prior year loss development compared to $1.0 million of net favorable prior year loss development for the three months ended September 30, 2022. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company experienced $3.4 million of net favorable prior year loss development compared to $1.5 million of net unfavorable prior year loss development for the nine months ended September 30, 2022.

Reinsurance recoverable on unpaid losses includes expected reinsurance recoveries associated with reinsurance contracts the Company has in place. The amount may include recoveries from catastrophe excess of loss reinsurance, net quota share reinsurance, per risk reinsurance, and facultative reinsurance contracts. As further described in Note 17, Commitments and Contingencies, to the condensed consolidated financial statements for the second quarter of 2023, the Company's 2017 reinsurance agreement with the FHCF required a commutation no later than 60 months after the end of the contract year. As part of this process, Heritage and FHCF terminated the 2017 reinsurance agreement and agreed on the amount that the FHCF would pay to the Company to settle all outstanding losses owed under the agreement related to losses from Hurricane Irma. As such, this commutation process resulted in a final determination of and payment for known, unknown or unreported claims relating to Hurricane Irma. Social inflation and the litigated claims environment in the State of Florida, which affected Hurricane Irma claims, could result in adverse development of these claims, which creates uncertainty as to the ultimate cost to settle all of the remaining Hurricane Irma claims. Accordingly, the final amount paid by the FHCF could vary from the Company’s future estimation of losses to be recovered from the FHCF. The commutation process was finalized and binding for both parties upon completion which occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2023. The final payment by the FHCF was received by the Company in September 2023.

NOTE 14. LONG-TERM DEBT

Convertible Senior Notes

In August 2017 and September 2017, the Company issued in aggregate $136.8 million of 5.875% Convertible Senior Notes (“Convertible Notes”) maturing on August 1, 2037, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted. Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears, on February 1, and August 1 of each year. year

As of September 30, 2022, the Company had $885,000 of the Convertible Notes outstanding, net of $21.1 million of Convertible Notes held by an insurance company subsidiary. For each of the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2022 and 2021, the Company made interest payments, net of affiliated Convertible Notes of approximately $1.0 million and $1.3 million, on the Convertible Notes, respectively.

Holders of the 5.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2037 (the “Notes”) issued by the Company had an optional put right, pursuant to the indenture governing the Notes, to require the Company to repurchase the aggregate principal amount of Notes that are validly tendered. The Company received notice from the Depositary for the Notes that, on July 29, 2022, $10,895,000 aggregate principal amount of the Notes has been validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the indenture and the Company’s notice with respect to the optional put right of the Notes, and the Company directed the trustee to cancel the Notes tendered. Prior to this transaction, the outstanding balance as of September 30, 2022 of non-affiliated Notes was $11.8 million. On August 1, 2022, the Company made payments for the principal amount of the Notes tendered and unpaid interest in the aggregate amounts of $10.9 million and $320,041, respectively. The Company used $10.0 million from its revolving credit facility to replenish the cash used to pay the $10.9 million for the purchase of the tendered Notes.

. In January 2022, the Company reacquired and retired $11.7 million of its outstanding Convertible Senior Notes. Payment was made in cash and the Convertible Notes were retired at the time of repurchase. In addition, the Company expensed $242,700 which representswas the proportionate amount of the unamortized issuance and debt discount costs associated with this repurchase.

As of September 30, 2023, the Company had approximately $885,000 of the Convertible Notes outstanding, net of $21.1 million of Convertible Notes held by an insurance company subsidiary. For each of the nine-month periods ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company made interest payments, net of affiliated Convertible Notes, of approximately $52,000 and $1.0 million, on the outstanding Convertible Notes, respectively.

Senior Secured Credit Facility

The Company is party to a five-year, $150.0 million credit agreement dated as of December 14, 2018 (as amended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”) with a syndicate of lenders.

On November 7, 2022, the Company and its subsidiary guarantors entered into an amendment to the Credit Agreement to, among other things, (i) decrease the revolving credit facility from $75 million to $50 million, (ii) establish a new $25 million term loan facility to refinance loans outstanding under the existing revolving credit facility and to pay fees, costs and expenses related

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thereto, (iii) reduce, from $50 million to $25 million, the aggregate amount of potential future increases to the revolving credit facility commitments and/or term loan commitments, (iii) modify the amortization of the existing term loan facility and new term loan facility to 10% per annum, paid quarterly, and (iii) increase the applicable margin for loans under the Credit Agreement to a range from 2.75% to 3.25% per annum for SOFR loans (plus a 0.10% credit adjustment spread) and based on a leverage ratio (an increase from the prior range of 2.50% to 3.00%). The Seventh Amendment also modified certain financial covenants in the Credit Agreement which may limit the Company’s flexibility in connection with future financing transactions and in the allocation of capital in the future, including the Company’s ability to pay dividends and make stock repurchases, and contribute capital to its insurance subsidiaries that are not parties to the Credit Agreement. For additional information regarding the changes to the financial covenants in the Credit Agreement, refer to Part II, Item 5, “Other Information in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

The Credit Agreement, as amended, provides for (1) a five-year senior secured term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $100 million (the “Term Loan Facility”) and (2) afive-year senior secured revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $50 million (inclusive of a sublimit for the issuance of letters of credit equal to the unused amount of the revolving credit facility and a sublimit for swingline loans equal to the lesser of $25 million and the unused amount of the revolving credit facility) (the “Revolving Credit Facility” and together with the Term Loan Facility, the “Credit Facilities”).

Term Loan Facility. As amended by the Seventh Amendment, theFacility. The principal amount of the Term Loan Facility amortizes in quarterly installments, which began with the close of the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2019, in an amount equal to $1.9 million per quarter, payable quarterly, decreasing to $875,000 per quarter commencing with the quarter ending December 31, 2021, and increasing to $2.4 million per quarter commencing with the quarter ending December 31, 2022, with the remaining balance payable at maturity. The Term Loan Facility matures on July 28, 2026. As of September 30, 2022,2023, there was $66.582.0 million in aggregate principal outstanding onunder the Term Loan Facility and as of November 7, 2022, after giving effect to the additional term loan advance that was used to refinance amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility and to pay fees, costs and expenses related thereto, there was $73.910 million in aggregate principal outstanding onunder the Term LoanRevolving Credit Facility.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company made principal and interest payments of approximately $7.1 million and $2.6 million and interest payments of $5.2 million and $1.7 million, respectively, and for the comparable period of 2021, the Company made interest payments of approximately $1.5 million on the Term Loan Facility.

On May 4, 2022, the Company and its subsidiary guarantors amended the Credit Agreement dated as of December 14, 2018 (as amended to date, the “Credit Agreement”) by entering into the Sixth Amendment to Credit Agreement (the “Sixth Amendment”) with the lenders party to the Credit Agreement, and Regions Bank, as administrative agent and collateral agent.

Pursuant to the Sixth Amendment, the consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio included in the Credit Agreement will be calculated based on the Company’s consolidated tangible net worth, rather than the Company’s consolidated net worth as was required under the existing Credit Agreement. Specifically, the Sixth Amendment provides that, effective as of March 31, 2022 and for future fiscal quarters, the Company’s consolidated tangible net worth, which is gross of accumulated other comprehensive income, as of the end of a fiscal quarter may not be less than the sum of (1) $162,333,750, plus (2) 25% of the sum of the positive consolidated net income of the Company and its subsidiaries with respect to each full fiscal quarter, plus (3) 100% of the net cash proceeds of certain equity issuance transactions of the Company and its subsidiaries. All other material terms of the Credit Agreement remained unchanged.

Revolving Credit Facility.Facility. The Revolving Credit Facility allows for borrowings of up to $50 million inclusive of a sublimit for the issuance of letters of credit equal to the unused amount of the Revolving Credit Facility and a sublimit for swingline loans equal to the lesser of $25 million and the unused amount of the Revolving Credit Facility. As of September 30,December 31, 2022, we had $25.010.0 million in borrowings and a $22.632.6 million letters of credit outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility. In connection with the incurrence of additional amounts under the Term Loan Facility pursuant to a November 2022 amendment to the Seventh Amendment,Credit Agreement, the borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility were repaid in full. On December 23, 2022, the Company drew $10 million from the amended Revolving Credit Facility, resulting in an outstanding principal balance under the Revolving Credit Facility in the amount of $10 million. At December 31, 2022, the Company had multiple letters of credit that totaled $32.6 million outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility. At January 31, 2023, $22.6 million of the letters of credit were terminated and at September 30 2023, there were letters of credit issued in aggregate amount of $39.3 million under the Revolving Credit Facility. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, the Company made interest payments in aggregate of approximately $543,400 on the Revolving Credit Facility and $538,470 relating to letters of credit and unused availability commitment fees.

At ourthe Company's option, borrowings under the Credit Facilities bear interest at rates equal to either (1) a rate determined by reference to SOFR, plus an applicable margin and a credit adjustment spread equal to 0.10% or (2) a base rate determined by reference to the highest of (a) the “prime rate” of Regions Bank, (b) the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, and (c) the adjusted term SOFR in effect on such day for an interest period of one month plus 1.00%, plus an applicable margin.

The Credit Agreement contains, among other things, covenants, representations and warranties and events of default customary for facilities of this type. The Company is required to maintain, as of each fiscal quarter (1) a maximum consolidated leverage ratio of 2.50 to 1.00, stepping down to 2.25 to 1.00 as of the second quarter of 2024 and 2.00 to 1.00 as of the second quarter of 2025, (2) a minimum consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.20 to 1.00 and (3) a minimum consolidated net worth for the Company and its subsidiaries, which is required to be not less than $100 million plus 50% of positive quarterly net income (including its subsidiaries and regulated subsidiaries) plus the net cash proceeds of any equity transactions. Events of default include, among other events, (i) nonpayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts; (ii) failure to perform or observe certain covenants set forth in the Credit Agreement; (iii) breach of any representation or warranty; (iv) cross-default to other indebtedness; (v) bankruptcy and insolvency defaults; (vi) monetary judgment defaults and material nonmonetary judgment defaults; (vii) customary ERISA defaults; (viii) a

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change of control of the Company; and (ix) failure to maintain specified catastrophe retentions in each of the Company’s regulated insurance subsidiaries.

In addition to paying interest on outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility, we are required to pay a quarterly commitment fee based on the unused portion of the Revolving Credit Facility, which is determined by our consolidated leverage ratio

At September 30, 2022,2023, the effective interest rate on for the Term Loan Facility and Revolving Credit Facility was 5.888.184% and 5.698.170%, respectively. The Company monitors the rates prior to the reset date which allows it to establish if the payment is monthly or quarterly payment based on the most beneficial rate used to calculate the interest payment.

Mortgage Loan

In October 2017, the Company and its subsidiary, Skye Lane Properties LLC, jointly obtained a commercial real estate mortgage loan in the amount of $12.7 million, bearing interest of 4.95% per annum and maturing on October 30, 2027. OnPursuant to the terms of the mortgage loan, on October 30, 2022, the interest rate shall adjustadjusted to an interest rate equal to the annualized interest rate of the United States 5-year Treasury Notes as reported by the Federal Reserve on a weekly average basis plus 3.10%., which resulted in an increase of the rate from 4.95% to 7.42% per annum. The Company makes monthly principal and interest payments towardagainst the loan. For each of the respective nine-month periodsnine months ended September 30, 20222023 and 2021,2022, the Company made principal and interest payments $701,455of approximately $670,000 on the mortgage loan.loan, respectively.

FHLB Loan Agreements

In December 2018, a subsidiary of the Company received a 3.094% fixed interest rate cash loan of $19.2 million from the Federal Home Loan Bank (“FHLB”) Atlanta. In connectionOn September 29, 2023, the Company restructured the December 2018 agreement to extend the maturity date to March 28, 2025, with the loan agreement, thea 5.109% fixed interest rate payable quarterly commencing on December 28, 2023. The subsidiary becamecontinues to be a member ofin the FHLB. Membership in the FHLB required an investment in FHLB’s common stock which was purchased in December 2018 and valued at $1.4 million. Additionally, the transaction required the acquired FHLB common stock and certain other investments to be pledged as collateral. As of September 30, 2022,2023, the fair value of the collateralized securities was $26.425.3 million and the equity investment in FHLB common stock was $1.21.4 million. For each of the nine-month periodsnine months ended September 30, 2022,2023, and 2021,2022, the Company made quarterly interest payments as per the terms of the loan agreement of approximately $450,500.478,540 and $450,500, respectively. As of September 30, 2022,2023 and at December 31, 2021,2022, the Company also holds

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other common stock from FHLB Des Moines and FHLB Boston valued atfor a combined value of $332,907, and $319,100, classified as equity securities and $215,900,reported at fair value on the condensed consolidated financial statements, respectively.

The following table summarizes the Company’s long-term debt and credit facilities as of September 30, 20222023 and December 31, 2021:2022:

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

September 30, 2023

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

(in thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Convertible debt

 

$

885

 

 

$

23,413

 

 

$

885

 

 

$

885

 

Mortgage loan

 

$

11,281

 

 

$

11,521

 

 

 

11,085

 

 

 

11,199

 

Credit loan facility

 

$

66,500

 

 

$

69,125

 

Term loan facility

 

 

82,000

 

 

 

89,125

 

Revolving credit facility

 

$

25,000

 

 

$

 

 

 

10,000

 

 

 

10,000

 

FHLB loan agreement

 

$

19,200

 

 

$

19,200

 

 

 

19,200

 

 

 

19,200

 

Total principal amount

 

$

122,866

 

 

$

123,259

 

 

$

123,170

 

 

$

130,409

 

Deferred finance costs

 

$

1,583

 

 

$

2,502

 

 

$

1,105

 

 

$

1,466

 

Total long-term debt

 

$

121,283

 

 

$

120,757

 

 

$

122,066

 

 

$

128,943

 

After giving effect to Seventh Amendment, asAs of the date of this report, the Company was in compliance with the applicable terms of all its covenants and other requirements under the Credit Agreement, Convertible Notes, indenture, cash borrowings and other loans. The Company’s ability to secure future debt financing depends, in part, on its ability to remain in such compliance.

The covenants in the Credit Agreement may limit the Company’s flexibility in connection with future financing transactions and other requirements underin the revolving agreement representallocation of capital in the most restrictive provisions thatfuture, including the Company is subjectCompany’s ability to with respectpay dividends and make stock repurchases, and contribute capital to its long-term debt.insurance subsidiaries that are not parties to the Credit Agreement.

The schedule of principal payments on long-term debt as of September 30, 20222023 is as follows:

Year

 

Amount

 

 

Amount

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

2022 remaining

 

$

957

 

2023

 

 

23,039

 

2023 remaining

 

$

21,800

 

2024

 

 

4,292

 

 

 

9,854

 

2025

 

 

5,624

 

 

 

9,874

 

2026

 

 

78,331

 

 

 

71,018

 

2027

 

 

414

 

Thereafter

 

 

10,623

 

 

 

10,210

 

Total

 

$

122,866

 

 

$

123,170

 

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NOTE 15. ACCOUNTS PAYABLE AND OTHER LIABILITIES

Accounts payable and other liabilities consist of the following as of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021:following:

Description

 

September 30, 2022

 

 

December 31, 2021

 

 

September 30, 2023

 

 

December 31, 2022

 

 

(In thousands)

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Deferred reinsurance ceding commission

 

$

40,089

 

 

$

40,406

 

Deferred ceding commission

 

$

36,033

 

 

 

42,758

 

Claims checks in excess of bank balance

 

 

12,820

 

 

 

 

Accounts payable and other payables

 

 

11,057

 

 

 

10,086

 

 

 

14,151

 

 

 

17,660

 

Accrued dividends

 

 

61

 

 

 

72

 

Accrued interest and issuance costs

 

 

575

 

 

 

735

 

 

 

294

 

 

 

733

 

Accrued dividends

 

 

72

 

 

 

1,634

 

Other liabilities

 

 

546

 

 

 

229

 

Premium tax

 

 

1,523

 

 

 

871

 

 

 

1,954

 

 

 

1,001

 

Other liabilities

 

 

30

 

 

 

195

 

Commission payables

 

 

15,871

 

 

 

17,598

 

 

 

14,879

 

 

 

17,558

 

Total other liabilities

 

$

69,217

 

 

$

71,525

 

 

$

80,739

 

 

$

80,010

 

NOTE 16. STATUTORY ACCOUNTING AND REGULATIONS

State laws and regulations, as well as national regulatory agency requirements, govern the operations of all insurers such as the Company’s insurance subsidiaries. The various laws and regulations require that insurers maintain minimum amounts of statutory surplus and risk-based capital, restrict insurers’ ability to pay dividends, restrict the allowable investment types and investment mixes, and subject the Company’s insurers to assessments.

The Company’s insurance subsidiaries Heritage Property & Casualty Insurance Company (“Heritage P&C, NBIC,&C)”, Narragansett Bay Insurance Company (“NBIC”), Zephyr Insurance Company (“Zephyr”), and Pawtucket Insurance Company (“PIC”) must maintain capital and surplus ratios or balances as determined by the regulatory authority of the states in which they are domiciled. Heritage P&C is required to maintain capital and surplus equal to thegreater of $1515.0 million or 10% of theirits respective liabilities.liabilities. Zephyr is

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required to maintain a deposit of $750,000 in a federally insured financial institution. NBIC is required to maintain capital and surplus of $3.0 million. The combined statutory surplus for Heritage P&C, Zephyr, NBIC and PICNBIC was $261.4220.7 million at September 30, 20222023 and $302.1276.3 million at December 31, 2021.2022. State law also requires the Company’s insurance subsidiaries to adhere to prescribed premium-to-capital surplus ratios, and risk-based capital requirements with which the Company isCompany's insurance subsidiaries are in compliance. At September 30, 2022,2023, the Company’s insurance subsidiaries met the financial and regulatory requirements of each of the states in which they conduct business.

NOTE 17. COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

The Company is involved in claims-related legal actions arising in the ordinary course of business. The Company accrues amounts resulting from claims-related legal actions in unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses during the period that it determines an unfavorable outcome becomes probable and it can estimate the amounts. Management makes revisions to its estimates based on its analysis of subsequent information that the Company receives regarding various factors, including: (i) per claim information; (ii) company and industry historical loss experience; (iii) judicial decisions and legal developments in the awarding of damages; and (iv) trends in general economic conditions, including the effects of inflation.

NOTE 18. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

From time to time the Company has been party to various related party transactions involving certain of its officers, directors and significant stockholders, including as set forth below. The Company has entered into each of these arrangements without obligation to continue its effect in the future and the associated expense was immaterial to its results of operations or financial position as of September 30, 20222023 and 2021.2022.

In July 2019, the Board of Directors appointed Mark Berset to the Board of Directors of the Company. Mr. Berset is also the Chief Executive Officer of Comegys Insurance Agency, Inc. (“Comegys”), an independent insurance agency that writes policies for the Company. The Company pays commission to Comegys based upon standard industry rates consistent with those provided to the Company’s other insurance agencies. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Berset and any other persons with respect to his appointment as a director. For the three months ended September 30, 20222023 and 2021,2022, the Company paid agency commission to Comegys of approximately $53,73561,730 and $53,90053,735, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 20222023 and 2021,2022, the Company paid agency commission to Comegys of approximately $549,988185,400 and $595,700549,990, respectively.

NOTE 19. EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLANS

The Company provides a 401(k) plan for substantially all qualifying employees. The Company provides a matching contribution of 100% on the first 3% of employees’ contribution and 50% on the next 2% of the employees’ contribution to the plan. The maximum match

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is 4%. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, the contributions made to the plan on behalf of the participating employees were approximately $276,090294,425 and $1.0276,090 million,, respectively. For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021,2023 and 2022, the contributions made to the plan on behalf of the participating employees were approximately $293,0001.0 million and $985,0001.0, million, respectively.

Effective September 1, 2021, the Company terminated its self-insured healthcare plan and enrolled in a flex healthcare plan which allows employees the choice of three medical plans with a range of coverage levels and costs. For the ninethree months ended September 30, 20222023 and 2021,2022, the Company incurred medical premium costs including the new 2021-2022 healthcare premiums of $3.4924,000 and $1.0 million. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, the Company incurred medical premium costs including healthcare premiums of $3.9 million and $2.63.4 million, respectively. As of September 30, 2022 and December 31, 2021, the Company had $million.0 million and $1.4 million of unapplied insurance premiums and additional liability recorded for unpaid claims, respectively.

NOTE 20. EQUITY

The total amount of authorized capital stock consists of 50,000,000 shares of common stock and 5,000,000 shares of preferred stock. As of September 30, 2022,2023, the Company had 25,898,93026,796,586 shares of common stock outstanding, 11,890,59912,231,674 treasury shares of common stock and 715,4541,821,912 unvested restricted common stock with accrued dividends reflecting totaladditional paid-in capital of $334.2336.8 million as of such date.

As more fully disclosed in the Company’s audited consolidated financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2021,2022, as of December 31, 2022, there were 26,753,51125,539,433 shares of common stock outstanding, 10,536,73712,231,674 treasury shares of common stock and 283,092648,493 unvested shares of restricted common stock with accrued dividends, representing $332.8334.7 million of additional paid-in capital.

Common Stock

Holders of common stock are entitled to one vote for each share held on all matters subject to a vote of stockholders, subject to the rights of holders of any outstanding preferred stock. Accordingly, holders of a majority of the shares of common stock entitled to vote in any election of directors may elect all of the directors standing for election, subject to the rights of holders of any outstanding preferred stock. Holders of common stock will be entitled to receive ratably any dividends that the board of directors may declare out of funds legally available therefor, subject to any preferential dividend rights of outstanding preferred stock. Upon the Company’s liquidation, dissolution or winding up, the holders of common stock will be entitled to receive ratably itsthe Company's net assets

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available after the payment of all debts and other liabilities and subject to the prior rights of holders of any outstanding preferred stock. Holders of common stock have no preemptive, subscription, redemption or conversion rights. There is no redemption or sinking fund provisions applicable to the common stock. All outstanding shares of the Company’s capital stock are fully paid and non-assessable.

Stock Repurchase Program

On December 19, 2021,15, 2022, the Board of Directors established a new share repurchase program plan to commence uponon December 31, 20212022, for the purpose orof repurchasing up to an aggregate of $25.010.0 million of Common Stock,common stock, through the open market or in such other manner as will comply with the terms of applicable federal and state securities laws and regulations, including without limitation, Rule 10b-18 under the Securities Act at any time or from time to time on or prior to December 31, 20222023 (the "New Share Repurchase Plan"). For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the Company repurchased in aggregate 1,353,862 shares of its common stock under its repurchase programs for $6.7 million.

At September 30, 2022,2023, the Company has the capacity under the New Share Repurchase Plan to repurchase $18.310.0 million of its common sharesstock until December 31, 2022.2023.

Dividends

On March 4, 2022, the Company announced that its Board of Directors declared a $0.06 per share quarterly dividend payable on April 6, 2022 to stockholders of record as of March 17, 2022.

On May 5, 2022, the Company announced that its Board of Directors declared a $0.06 per share quarterly dividend payable on July 5, 2022 to stockholders of record as of June 14, 2022.

On August 3, 2022, the Board of Directors elected to allocate the $0.06 per share typically used to pay a quarterly dividend to shareholders to repurchase common stock totaling $1.7 million. The Board of Directors re-evaluates dividend distribution on a quarterly basis and will make a determination, in part, based on the current stock trading price as compared to book value.

The declaration and payment of any future dividends will be subject to the discretion of the Board of Directors and will depend on a variety of factors including the Company’s financial condition and results of operations and the limitations under the Company’s debt facilities.operations.

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NOTE 21. STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION

Common,

Restricted and Performance-based Stock

The Company has adopted the Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc., 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan (the “Plan”“2023 Plan”), which became effective on May 22, 2014.June 7, 2023. The 2023 Plan authorized 2,981,7372,125,000 shares of common stock for issuance under the Plan for future grants. TheUpon effectiveness of the 2023 Plan, allows for a varietyno new awards may be granted under the prior Omnibus Incentive Plan, which will continue to govern the terms of equity awards including stock options, restricted stock awards and performance-based awards.previously made under such plan.

At September 30, 20222023, there were in aggregate 386,603887,165 shares available for grant under the 2023 Plan. The Company recognizes compensation expense under ASC 718 for its stock-based payments based on the fair value of the awards.

Effective January 1, 2022, the Board of Directors approved the recommendations made by the Compensation Committee to revise the non-employee director compensation policy to provide that: (i) each non‐ employee director ofOn July 11, 2023, the Company is entitled to an annual cash fee of $awarded 125,000, payable quarterly; (ii) each member of a committee of the Board is entitled to an additional annual cash fee of $2,500; (iii) each chair of a committee of the Board is entitled to an additional $5,000351,716 annual cash fee; (iv) the chair of the Board, to the extent the chair is a non‐employee director, is entitled to an additional annual cash fee of $time-based restricted stock and 20,000857,843; and (v) each non‐employee director of the Company is granted annually a number of shares of performance-based restricted stock, with a fair value equal to $40,000 at the date of issuance, a grant date of the date of the annual meeting of stockholders of the Company and which restricted stock will vest on the earlier of the one‐year anniversary of the date of issuance and the day immediately prior to the date of the following year’s annual meeting of stockholders of the Company.

During the first quarter of 2022, the Company awarded 3,636 shares and 115,327 shares of time-based restricted stock with at the time of grant a fair value of $5.50 and $6.724.08 per share respectivelyunder the Company’s 2023 Omnibus Incentive Plan to certain employees. The time-based restricted stock willshall vest annually in two threeandthree year equal installments commencing on December 27, 2022, 2023 and 2024, respectively. In addition, during the first quarter of 2022, the Company awarded 10,909 shares and 245,536 shares of performance-based restricted stock with at the time grant a fair value of $5.50 and $6.72 per share, respectively.15, 2023. The performance-basedperformance based restricted stock has a three-year performance period beginning on January 1, 20222023 and ending on December 31, 20242025 and will vest following the end of the performance period but no later than March 5, 2025.30, 2026. The number of shares that will be earned at the end of the performance period is subject to decrease based on the results of the performance condition.

In January 2022,June 2023, the Company awarded to non-employee directors in aggregate 21,76863,744 shares of restricted stock with a fair value at the time of grant of $5.885.02 per share. In August 2023, the awards were amended to reflect the correct grant date fair market value that resulted in an adjustment to the number of shares of restricted stock awarded from 63,744 to 77,296 shares of restricted stock. The awards willrestricted stock shall vest on the earlier of (i) the one-year anniversary of the date of issuance and (ii) the day immediately prior to the date of the nextfollowing year's annual meeting of the Company's stockholders, that occurs after the award date, provided the member remains on the Board until such date. The Company's annual shareholders meeting was held on June 23, 2022, at which time the restricted stock was effectively vested.

In June 2022, the Company awarded to non-employee directors in aggregate 99,376 shares of restricted stock with a fair value at the time of grant of $3.22 per share. In August 2022, an award of 12,422 were forfeited due to the departure of a Board member. The awards will vestvested on the earlier of the one year anniversary of the grant date and the date immediately prior to the date of the next annual meeting of the Company's stockholders that occursoccurred after the award date, provided the member remains on the Board until such date. The Company's annual shareholders meeting was held on June 7, 2023, at which time

For the performance-based86,954 shares of restricted stock the numbers of shares that will be earned at the end of the performance period is subject to decrease based on the results of the performance condition.were effectively vested.

The 2023 Plan authorizes the Company to grant stock options at exercise prices equal to the fair market value of the Company’s stock on the dates the options are granted. The Company has not granted any stock options since 2015 and all unexercised stock options have since been forfeited.

Restricted Stock

The Company has also granted shares of its common stock subject to certain restrictions under the Plan. Restricted stock awards granted to employee’s vest in equal installments generally over a two to five year period from the grant date subject to the recipient’s continued employment. The fair value of restricted stock awards is estimated by the market price at the date of grant and amortized on a straight-line basis to expense over the period of vesting. Recipients of restricted stock awards granted prior to 2021 have the right to receive dividends; dividends accrue but are not paid until vesting for recipients of restricted stock awards granted 2021 and thereafter.

Restricted stock activity for the nine months ended September 30, 20222023 is as follows:

 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-Average

 

 

 

 

 

 

Grant-Date Fair

 

 

 

Number of shares

 

 

Value per Share

 

Non-vested, at December 31, 2021

 

 

283,092

 

 

$

9.32

 

Granted - Performance-based restricted stock

 

 

256,445

 

 

 

6.67

 

Granted - Time-based restricted stock

 

 

240,107

 

 

 

5.18

 

Vested

 

 

(41,919

)

 

 

4.81

 

Canceled and surrendered

 

 

(22,271

)

 

 

4.40

 

Non-vested, at September 30, 2022

 

 

715,454

 

 

$

7.40

 

2624


 

 

 

 

 

Weighted-Average Grant-Date Fair

 

 

 

Number of shares

 

 

Value per Share

 

Non-vested, at December 31, 2022

 

 

648,493

 

 

$

9.32

 

Granted - Performance-based restricted stock

 

 

857,843

 

 

 

4.08

 

Granted - Time-based restricted stock

 

 

429,012

 

 

 

4.09

 

Vested

 

 

(107,754

)

 

 

2.95

 

Canceled and surrendered

 

 

(54,702

)

 

 

3.98

 

Non-vested, at September 30, 2023

 

 

1,772,892

 

 

$

6.07

 

Awards are being amortized to expense over the twoone to five-year vesting period. For the three months ended September 30, 20222023 and 2021,2022 the Company recognized $499,0001.3 million and $320,000499,000 of compensation expense, respectively. The Company recognized $1.52.1 million and $867,0001.5 million of compensation expense for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and 2022, respectively. For the nine months ended September 30, 2023, 107,754 shares of restricted stock previously granted to employees and 2021, respectively.non-employee directors were vested and released. Of the shares released to employees, 4,200 shares were withheld by the Company to cover withholding taxes of $7,560, and there were also 50,502 shares forfeited upon employment terminations. For the nine months ended September 30, 2022, 51,768 shares of restricted stock were vested and released, all of which had been granted to employees. Of the shares released to employees, 9,849 shares were withheld by the Company to cover withholding taxes of $58,000. For the comparable period of 2021, 40,267 shares were vested and released of which 18,973 shares were withheld by the Company to cover withholding taxes of $171,000.

At September 30, 2022,2023, there was approximately $1.22.2 million unrecognized expense related to time-based non-vested restricted stock and an additional $1.43.3 million for performance-based restricted stock, net of expected forfeitures which is expected to be recognized over the remaining restriction periods as described in the table below. For the comparable period in 2021,2022, there was in aggregate $2.12.6 million of unrecognized expense.

Additional information regarding the Company’s outstanding non-vested time-based restricted stock and performance-based restricted stock at September 30, 20222023 is as follows:

Grant date

 

Restricted shares unvested

 

 

Share Value at Grant Date Per Share

 

 

Remaining Restriction Period (Years)

 

Restricted shares unvested

 

 

Share Value at Grant Date Per Share

 

 

Remaining Restriction Period (Years)

 

February 12, 2018

 

 

25,000

 

 

 

16.35

 

 

 

0.75

 

April 24, 2020

 

 

127,837

 

 

 

10.43

 

 

 

2.00

 

September 21, 2020

 

 

37,349

 

 

 

10.71

 

 

 

2.00

 

January 4, 2021

 

 

62,906

 

 

 

6.89

 

 

 

2.00

 

 

111,857

 

 

 

10.43

 

 

 

0.7

 

April 13, 2021

 

32,681

 

 

 

10.71

 

 

 

0.7

 

October 18, 2021

 

56,363

 

 

 

6.89

 

 

 

0.7

 

March 3, 2022

 

 

14,545

 

 

 

5.50

 

 

 

2.88

 

 

 

12,727

 

 

 

5.50

 

 

 

1.5

 

March 16, 2022

 

 

360,863

 

 

 

6.72

 

 

 

2.88

 

 

 

321,429

 

 

 

6.72

 

 

 

1.5

 

June 23, 2022

 

 

86,954

 

 

 

3.22

 

 

 

1.00

 

 

 

715,454

 

 

 

 

 

 

June 19, 2023

 

 

77,296

 

 

 

4.14

 

 

 

0.8

 

July 11, 2023

 

 

1,160,539

 

 

 

4.08

 

 

 

2.9

 

Total

 

 

1,772,892

 

 

 

 

 

 

NOTE 22. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The Company performed an evaluation of subsequent events through the date the condensed consolidated financial statements were issued and determined there were no recognized or unrecognized subsequent events that would require an adjustment or additional disclosure in the condensed consolidated financial statements as of September 30, 2022.2023.

On November 7, 2022, Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiary guarantors (together, the “Company”) amended that certain Credit Agreement dated as of December 14, 2018 (as amended to date, the “Credit Agreement”) by entering into the Seventh Amendment to the Credit Agreement (the “Seventh Amendment”) with the lenders party to the Credit Agreement, and Regions Bank, as administrative agent, collateral agent, swingline lender and issuing bank.

The Seventh Amendment amended the Credit Agreement to, among other things, (i) decrease the revolving credit facility from $75 million to $50 million, (ii) establish a new $25 million term loan facility to refinance loans outstanding under the existing revolving credit facility and to pay fees, costs and expenses related thereto, (iii) reduce, from $50 million to $25 million, the aggregate amount of potential future increases to the revolving credit facility commitments and/or term loan commitments, (iii) modify the amortization of the existing term loan facility and new term loan facility to 10% per annum, paid quarterly, and (iii) increase the applicable margin for loans under the Credit Agreement to a range from 2.75% to 3.25% per annum for SOFR loans (plus a 0.10% credit adjustment spread) and based on a leverage ratio (an increase from the prior range of 2.50% to 3.00%).

The Seventh Amendment also modifies certain financial covenants in the Credit Agreement which may limit the Company’s flexibility in connection with future financing transactions and in the allocation of capital in the future. Specifically, starting in the first quarter of 2023, the Seventh Amendment amends certain financial covenants as follows: (1) require additional leverage ratios under the Consolidated Leverage Ratio covenant (as defined in the Credit Agreement) after the initial step down to 2.50x in the second quarter of 2023 not to exceed 2.25x as of the second quarter of 2024 and 2.00x as of the second quarter of 2025, (2) apply all (A) Restricted Payments (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and (B) fee forgiveness & other capital contributions to the Company’s regulated insurance companies that are not a party to the Credit Agreement (“Non-credit Parties”) that exceed $38 million, when calculating (i) Consolidated Tangible Net Worth (as defined in the Credit Agreement) which is required to be not less than $100 million plus 50% of positive quarterly net income (including its subsidiaries and regulated subsidiaries) plus the net cash proceeds of any equity transactions and (ii) Consolidated Fixed Charge Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement) which is required to be 1.20x. The Seventh Amendment also (A) eliminates the current $10 million basket available to the Company to pay dividends to its shareholders or to repurchase its securities, (B) provides for a dividend of up to $2.0 million in the fourth quarter of 2024 under certain conditions and (C) restricts future dividends based on maintenance of certain financial ratios, including Consolidated Tangible

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Net Worth. As a result, going forward, dividends and stock repurchases may be limited or restricted entirely and the Company’s ability to contribute capital to its insurance subsidiaries that are not parties to the Credit Agreement may be limited.

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Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

You should read the following discussion in conjunction with our condensed consolidated financial statements and related notes and other information included elsewhere in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q and in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20212022 (“20212022 Form 10-K”). Unless the context requires otherwise, as used in this Form 10-Q, the terms “we”, “us”, “our”, “the Company”, “our Company”, and similar references refer to Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its subsidiaries.

Overview

We are a super-regional property and casualty insurance holding company that primarily provides personal and commercial residential insurance products across our multi-state footprint. We provide personal residential insurance in Alabama, California, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Maryland, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island, South Carolina, and Virginia and commercial residential insurance in Florida, New Jersey, and New York. We provide personal residential insurance in Florida and South Carolina on both an admitted and non-admitted basis and in California on a non-admitted basis. As a vertically integrated insurer, we control or manage substantially all aspects of risk management, underwriting, claims processing and adjusting, actuarial rate making and reserving, customer service, and distribution. Our financial strength ratings are important to us in establishing our competitive position and can impact our ability to write policies.

Trends

Inflation, Underwriting and Pricing

We continue to address rising reinsurance and loss costs in the property insurance sector through continued implementation of increased rates, resulting in an increase in the average premium per policy of 13.6% for the quarter ended September 30, 2022 as compared to the prior year quarter. New rates, which are subject to approval by our regulators, become effective when a policy is written or renewed, and the premium is earned pro rata over the policy period of one year. As a result of this timing, it can take up to twenty-four months for the complete impact of a rate change to be fully earned in our financial statements. For that reason, we account for inflation in our rate indications and filings with our regulators.

We invest in data analytics, using software and experienced personnel, to continuously evaluate our underwriting criteria and manage exposure to catastrophe and other losses. our retention has remained steadily in the range of 90% despite the rate increases we have implemented, in large part due to a challenging property insurance market in many of the regions in which we operate. Weather losses and a higher cost of reinsurance have impacted these markets. While we believe our rates are generally competitive with private market insurers operating in our space, we are focused on managing exposure and achieving rate adequacy throughout the book of business.

We continue to experience rising inflation in the form of increased labor and material costs, which drive up claim costs throughout all states in which we conduct business. Our Florida personal lines market is also seeing claim costs impacted by litigated claims, which substantially increases loss costs thereby driving up rates for the insurance buying public. Our response to this phenomenon is a combination of raising rates and reducing exposure. Since that time the claims abuse has extended throughout much of Florida, generated from assignment of benefits, excessive roof claims, and unwarranted litigated claims which far exceeds levels experienced in other states. Correspondingly, our exposure reduction plan expanded to personal lines business throughout the state of Florida.

Our industry experienced higher reinsurance costs and more constrained availability for catastrophe excess of loss reinsurance in the Spring 2022 renewals. We anticipate continued cost increases and availability constraints for the 2023 renewal season. As described herein, we are carefully managing exposure by reducing new business written in certain geographies, non-renewing unprofitable business in compliance with regulatory requirements, increasing rates, and narrowing our underwriting requirements.

While we see improvement in the geographic distribution of our business, which is becoming more rate adequate, our Florida loss costs have continued to increase from a combination of adverse weather and exacerbation of losses on weather and other claims resultant from the litigated claims environment. Recent legislative changes have been made in Florida in each of the last three years, which we believe is making some progress toward reducing losses from abusive claim reporting practices.

The table below shows reductions in Florida policy count and total insured value (“TIV”) of 17.6% and 10.3%, respectively, from the prior year quarter. During this period, Florida premium in force declined by only 2.6% as rate increases dampened the impact of the reduction in policy count. For markets outside of Florida, the premiums-in-force increased at a much larger rate than the increases in policies in force and TIV, primarily due to rate increases.

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At September 30,

 

 

 

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

% Change

 

Policies in force:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Florida

 

 

188,383

 

 

 

228,572

 

 

 

-17.6

%

Other States

 

 

352,989

 

 

 

352,714

 

 

 

0.1

%

Total

 

 

541,372

 

 

 

581,286

 

 

 

-6.9

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Premiums in force:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Florida

$

 

569,589,537

 

$

 

584,994,491

 

 

 

-2.6

%

Other States

 

 

672,812,875

 

 

 

589,527,230

 

 

 

14.1

%

Total

$

 

1,242,402,412

 

$

 

1,174,521,721

 

 

 

5.8

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Insured Value:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Florida

$

 

102,784,056,201

 

$

 

114,537,338,974

 

 

 

-10.3

%

Other States

 

 

304,657,398,158

 

 

 

284,498,624,168

 

 

 

7.1

%

Total

$

 

407,441,454,359

 

$

 

399,035,963,142

 

 

 

2.1

%

Strategic Profitability Initiatives

The following provides an update to the Company’s strategic initiatives that we expect will enable Heritage to achieve consistent long-term quarterly earnings and drive shareholder value. The Supplemental Information table included in this earnings release demonstrates progress made since third quarter 2021.

Generate underwriting profit though rate adequacy and more selective underwriting.
o
Premiums-in-force of $1.24 billion are up 5.8% from the prior year quarter, while policy count is down 6.9%, driven by higher rates.
o
Average premium per policy throughout the book increased 13.6% over the prior year quarter.
o
Continued focus on tightening underwriting criteria while also restricting new business written in over-concentrated markets or products.
Optimize capital allocation toward products and geographies that maximize long-term returns.
o
Reduction of policy count for Florida personal lines product is a key focus and will continue if meaningful legislation to reduce abusive claims practices does not occur. Florida PRES policies in force intentionally declined by 18.8% as compared to the prior year period.
o
Continued offering of Florida commercial lines product with 18.2% growth in annual premium while value TIV increased only 4.2%.
Improve portfolio diversity.
o
Diversification efforts led to a premium in-force growth of 14.1% in other States other than Florida.
o
Overall premium-in-force increase of 5.8%, despite an 8.5% reduction in Florida admitted personal lines business.
o
TIV in other states improved to 74.8%, compared to 71.3% as of the third quarter of 2021.

Recent Developments

Economic and Market Factors

We continue to monitor the effects of general changes in economic and market conditions on our business. As a result of general supply chain disruptions and inflationary pressures, we have experienced, and may continue to experience, increased cost of materials and labor needed for repairs and to otherwise remediate claims.claims throughout all states in which we conduct business. Additionally, we anticipate continued rising costs and constrained availability of catastrophe reinsurance. We mitigate these conditions by continued exposure management, implementation of increased rates and the use of inflation guard, which ensures appropriate replacement cost values for our business to reflect the inflationary impact on costs to repair properties.

Goodwill Impairment ChargeThe table below provides policy count, premiums-in-force, and TIV for Florida and all other states as of September 30, 2023 and compares these metrics to the third quarter of 2022. One of our strategies has been to reduce personal lines exposure in Florida, given historical abusive claims practices. Florida policies-in-force declined from the prior year quarter by 15.6% with a 19.6% increase in premiums-in-force, and a TIV increase of only 1.8%. The increase in Florida premiums-in-force was driven by organic growth of our commercial residential business, rate increases across the book of business and use of inflation guard, partly offset by premium reductions associated with a 16.0% reduction of our personal lines policies. The Florida TIV increase is similarly driven by strategic growth of our commercial residential portfolio as well as use of inflation guard across the book of business, partly offset by a Florida personal lines TIV decrease of 9.4%. Compared to the third quarter of 2022, premiums-in-force for markets outside of Florida decreased 1.1%, and the policy count decreased 12.6% due to underwriting actions and intentional exposure management which resulted in a TIV decrease of 4.5%.

We evaluate goodwill and other intangible assets for impairment annually, or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that it is likely that the carrying amount of goodwill and other intangible assets may exceed the implied fair value. Any impairment is charged to operations in the period that the impairment is identified. The evaluation of goodwill impairment requires considerable management judgment and includes a review of a variety of factors as described below. Any adverse change in these factors could have a significant impact on the recoverability of goodwill and could have a material impactSupplemental Information table demonstrates progress on our financial results. Duringinitiatives compared to the third quarter 2022.

Policies-in-force:

 

Q3 2023

 

 

Q3 2022

 

 

% Change

 

 

Florida

 

 

158,914

 

 

 

188,383

 

 

 

(15.6

)

%

Other States

 

 

308,683

 

 

 

352,989

 

 

 

(12.6

)

%

Total

 

 

467,597

 

 

 

541,372

 

 

 

(13.6

)

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Premiums-in-force:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Florida

$

 

681,067,580

 

$

 

569,589,537

 

 

 

19.6

 

%

Other States

 

 

665,351,760

 

 

 

672,812,875

 

 

 

(1.1

)

%

Total

$

 

1,346,419,340

 

$

 

1,242,402,412

 

 

 

8.4

 

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Total Insured Value:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Florida

$

 

104,654,005,306

 

$

 

102,784,056,201

 

 

 

1.8

 

%

Other States

 

 

290,916,611,744

 

 

 

304,657,398,158

 

 

 

(4.5

)

%

Total

$

 

395,570,617,050

 

$

 

407,441,454,359

 

 

 

(2.9

)

%

Strategic Profitability Initiatives

The following provides an update to our strategic initiatives that are expected to enable us to achieve consistent long-term quarterly earnings and drive shareholder value.

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Generate underwriting profit through rate adequacy and more selective underwriting.
o
Continued significant rating actions throughout the book of business resulting in an increase in average premium per policy throughout the book of 25.5% compared to the third quarter of 2022 and 5.1% from the second quarter of 2022, we concluded it2023.
o
Premiums-in-force of $1.3 billion were up 8.4% from the prior year quarter, while policy count was appropriatedown 13.6%, resulting from continued underwriting efforts to perform an interim evaluationmanage exposure for personal residential business throughout our footprint, while selectively growing the Company’s commercial residential business.
o
Continued focus on tightening underwriting criteria while also restricting new business for policies written in over-concentrated markets or products.
Allocate capital to products and geographies that maximize long-term returns.
o
Strategically increased Florida commercial residential premiums-in-force by 75.3% over the prior year quarter while total insured value (“TIV”) for that product increased 30.9% and policies in force increased by only 9.5%.
o
Reduction of goodwillpolicy count for potential impairment giventhe Florida personal lines product remains a varietykey focus and will continue until the positive impact of market factorsrecent legislation to reduce abusive claims practices is realized. Policies in force for Florida personal lines business intentionally declined by 16.0% as described below. compared to the prior year period and 4.2% from the second quarter of 2023.
o
This disciplined underwriting approach resulted in a policy count reduction from the prior year quarter of 12.6% in other states with only a 1.1% decrease in premiums-in-force and a TIV decrease of 4.5%.
Maintain a balanced and diversified portfolio.
o
Even with the substantial increase in commercial business, no state represents over 26.5% of the Company's TIV.
o
TIV for the top four states grew by 0.6% while TIV for the smallest five states grew by 24.5%.
o
As a result of diversification efforts, the analysis, we impairedtop five personal lines states represented 71.7% of all TIV at third quarter 2023 compared to 72.2% of all TIV at third quarter 2022.
o
Florida TIV increased 1.8% related to intentional growth of the Company’s commercial residential product and the use of inflation guard, partly offset by the decrease in Florida personal lines policies over the prior year quarter.
o
TIV outside of Florida represented 73.5% of the entire amountportfolio, compared to 74.8% as of remaining goodwill, which reducedthe third quarter of 2022, driven by exposure management of personal lines business throughout the book and selective growth of Florida commercial lines business.
Provide coverage suitable to the market and return targets.
o
Selective expansion of Excess & Surplus lines (“E&S”) premium-in-force in California, Florida, and South Carolina.
o
Continue to evaluate other strategic states for E&S products.

Reinsurance Commutation

As further described in Note 17, Commitments and Contingencies, to the condensed consolidated financial statements for the second quarter of 2023, our carrying value2017 reinsurance agreement with the FHCF required a commutation no later than 60 months after the end of goodwill from $92.0 million to $0 basedthe contract year. As part of this process, Heritage and FHCF terminated the 2017 reinsurance agreement and agreed on the following factors: (i) disruptions inamount that the equity markets, specifically for property and casualty insurance companies, largely dueFHCF would pay to recent weather-related catastrophe events; (ii) elevated loss ratios for property insurers in our markets; and (iii) trading of our stock below book value. These

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factors reduced our previously modeled fair value of the Company andto settle all outstanding losses owed under the agreement related to losses from Hurricane Irma. As such, this commutation process resulted in a $92.0 million non-cash goodwill impairment charge, mostfinal determination of and payment for known, unknown or unreported claims relating to Hurricane Irma. Social inflation and the litigated claims environment in the State of Florida, which is not tax deductible.affected Hurricane Irma claims, could result in adverse development of these claims, which creates uncertainty as to the ultimate cost to settle all of the remaining Hurricane Irma claims. Accordingly, the final amount paid by the FHCF could vary from the Company’s future estimation of losses to be recovered from the FHCF. The commutation process was finalized and binding for both parties upon completion which occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2023. The final payment by the FHCF was received by the Company in September 2023.

Overview of 2023 Financial Results

In the following section, we discuss our financial condition and results of operations for the three months ended September 30, 2023 compared to the three months ended September 30, 2022.

Third Quarter 2022 Financial Results

The discussion of our financial condition and results of operations that follows provides information that will assist the reader in understanding our consolidated financial statements, the changes in certain key items in those financial statements from year to year,

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including certain key performance indicators such as net combined ratio, ceded premium ratio, net expense ratio and net loss ratio, and the primary factors that accounted for those changes, as well as how certain accounting principles, policies and estimates affect our consolidated financial statements. This discussion should be read in conjunction with our consolidated financial statements and the related notes that appear elsewhere inincluded under Item 1 of this document.Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Third quarter netNet loss of $48.2for the three months ended September 30, 2023 was $7.4 million or $1.83($0.28) per diluted share, compared to a net loss of $16.4$48.2 million or $0.59($1.83) per diluted share in the prior year quarter. The variance from the prior year quarter drivenis due to higher net premiums earned and net investment income, and lower net losses incurred, partly offset by higher operating expenses, primarily by current accidentassociated with the increase in gross premiums written from the prior year weather losses including a $40 million net retention for Hurricane Ian. In additionquarter and systems implementation costs. The Company also benefited from the Company recorded a $10.7 millionreduction of the valuation allowance against our net deferred tax asset related to certain tax elections made by Osprey Re, our captive reinsurer domiciled in Bermuda.
Gross premiums written of $304.5were $309.5 million, up 11.1%1.6% from $274.2$304.5 million in the prior year quarter, reflecting a 4.8% rate relatedstrategic and substantial increase in Florida despite acommercial residential lines business and higher average premium per policy count reduction of approximately 40,000, and 15.4% growth in other states primarily due to rate increases. Rate increases continued to meaningfully benefit written premiums throughout the book of business.
business, partly offset by intentional exposure management related to premium reductions in personal lines business throughout our footprint. Gross premiumspremium written of $304.5 million, up 11.1%for Florida personal lines business was relatively flat due to rate increases, despite a 16.0% reduction in policy count from $274.2 million in the prior year quarter, reflecting a 4.8% rate related increase in Florida, despite a policy count reduction of approximately 40,000, and 15.4% growth in other states primarily due to rate increases. Rate increases continued to meaningfully benefit written premiums throughout the book of business.quarter.
Gross premiums earned of $308.0were $337.0 million, up 4.6%9.4% from $294.4$308.0 million in the prior year quarter, reflecting higher gross premiums written over the last twelve months driven by a higher average premium per policy.policy and organic growth of the commercial residential business.
Net premiums earned premiums ofwere $176.7 million, up 10.6% from $159.7 million, down 1.7% from $162.4 million in the prior year quarter, reflecting a 12.4% increase in contract year reinsurance cost with higher cededgross premium earned outpacing the increase in gross earnedceded premiums for the quarter.
Losses and loss adjustment expenses ("LAE") incurred were $131.4 million, down 15.7% from $155.8 million in the prior year quarter. The decrease primarily stems from lower attritional losses and lower weather losses compared to the prior year quarter. Net current accident year weather losses ofwere $51.6 million, down from $63.8 million, up 24.2% from $51.4 million in the prior year quarter. Current accident yearquarter catastrophe losses were $40.1 million, relatively flat compared to catastrophe weather losses areof $40.0 million up 150.5% from $16.0 million in the prior year quarter. The catastrophe loss for the current quarter represents our $40.0 million retention for Hurricane Ian. Current accident year otherOther weather losses are $23.8were $11.5 million, down 32.8% from $35.4$23.8 million in the prior year quarter.
Ceded premium ratio was 47.6%, down 0.5 points from 48.1% in the prior year quarter driven by higher gross premiums earned, partly offset by the higher cost each year of 48.1%the catastrophe excess of loss program, which incepts in June.
Net loss and LAE ratio was 74.4%, down 23.2 points from 97.6 in the prior year quarter, driven by higher net premiums earned and lower net losses and LAE, mostly due to lower weather and attritional losses as described above.
Net expense ratio was 36.4%, up 3.30.7 points from 44.8%the prior year quarter amount of 35.7%, driven by higher general and administrative costs mostly related to software and associated costs with the implementation of a new claims system aimed at driving future efficiencies, and higher human capital costs.
Net combined ratio was 110.8%, improving 22.5 points from 133.3% in the prior year quarter, driven by a higher cost of the 2022-2023 catastrophe excess of loss program, stemming from both higher costs and higher TIV.
Net loss ratio of 97.6%, 17.8 points higher than the prior year quarter of 79.8%, driven by higher losses incurred and slightly lower net earned premium than the prior year quarter.
Net expense ratio of 35.7%, up 3.0 points from the prior year quarter amount of 32.7%, mostly driven by the reduction of net earned premium from the prior year quarter, with a small portion of the increase related to higher underwriting costs associated with an increase in gross premiums written.
Net combined ratio of 133.3%, up 20.8 points from 112.5% in the prior year quarter, driven by a higher net loss ratio and net expense ratio as described above.
Effective tax rate was 2.2%38.3% compared to 6.4%2.2% in the prior year quarter, driven by the impact of changes to a valuation allowance which is updated quarterly, as well as permanent differences in relation to theprojected annual pre-tax loss each quarter, as well as a $10.7 millionincome or loss. The valuation allowance as described above inrelates to tax elections made by Osprey Re. For the current period quarter.year quarter, the valuation allowance decreased, while for the prior year quarter, the valuation allowance was established.

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Results of Operations

Comparison of the three months endedThree Months Ended September 30, 20222023 and 20212022

Revenue

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

2023

 

2022

 

$ Change

 

% Change

 

(Unaudited)

 

(In thousands)

 

REVENUE:

 

 

 

 

 

Gross premiums written

$

309,510

 

 

$

304,501

 

 

$

5,009

 

 

 

1.6

%

Change in gross unearned premiums

 

 

27,466

 

 

 

3,458

 

 

 

24,007

 

 

NM

 

Gross premiums earned

 

336,976

 

 

 

307,959

 

 

 

29,017

 

 

 

9.4

%

Ceded premiums

 

(160,335

)

 

 

(148,266

)

 

 

(12,069

)

 

 

8.1

%

Net premiums earned

 

176,641

 

 

 

159,693

 

 

 

16,948

 

 

 

10.6

%

Net investment income

 

6,867

 

 

 

2,887

 

 

 

3,980

 

 

 

137.9

%

Net realized gains

 

(379

)

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(376

)

 

NM

 

Other revenue

 

3,171

 

 

 

2,916

 

 

 

255

 

 

 

8.7

%

Total revenue

$

186,300

 

 

$

165,493

 

 

$

20,807

 

 

 

12.6

%

NM= Not Meaningful

 

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

(Unaudited)

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

$ Change

 

 

% Change

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

REVENUE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross premiums written

 

$

304,501

 

 

$

274,178

 

 

$

30,323

 

 

 

11.1

%

Change in gross unearned premiums

 

 

3,458

 

 

 

20,231

 

 

 

(16,773

)

 

 

(82.9

)%

Gross premiums earned

 

 

307,959

 

 

 

294,409

 

 

 

13,550

 

 

 

4.6

%

Ceded premiums earned

 

 

(148,266

)

 

 

(131,964

)

 

 

(16,302

)

 

 

12.4

%

Net premiums earned

 

 

159,693

 

 

 

162,445

 

 

 

(2,752

)

 

 

(1.7

)%

Net investment income

 

 

2,887

 

 

 

1,548

 

 

 

1,339

 

 

 

86.5

%

Net realized losses

 

 

(3

)

 

 

(6

)

 

 

3

 

 

 

(50.0

)%

Other revenue

 

 

2,916

 

 

 

3,421

 

 

 

(505

)

 

 

(14.8

)%

Total revenue

 

$

165,493

 

 

$

167,408

 

 

$

(1,916

)

 

 

(1.1

)%

Total revenue

Total revenue was $165.5$186.3 million infor the third quarter of 2022, down 1.1%2023, up 12.6% from $167.4$165.5 million in the prior year quarter. The decreaseincrease primarily stems from lowerhigher net premiums earned driven by higher reinsurance costs, partly offset by an increase inand net investment income as described in detail below.

Gross premiums written

Gross premiums written were $309.5 million for the third quarter of 2023, up 1.6% from $304.5 million up 11.1% from $274.2 millionin the prior year quarter, reflecting a 4.8% growthstrategic and substantial increase in Florida commercial residential lines business and 15.4% growth in other states, primarily from increased rates as well as a small increase inhigher average premium per policy count in states outside of Florida. Rate increases continued to meaningfully benefit written premiums throughout the book of business.business, partly offset by intentional targeted exposure management resulting in premium reductions of personal lines business in most of our larger states. Gross premiums written for Florida personal lines business was up $5.8 million due to rate increases, despite a 16.0% reduction in policy count from the prior year quarter.

Premiums-in-force were $1.24$1.3 billion inat September 30, 2023, representing an 8.4% increase from the thirdprior year quarter, of 2022, up 5.8% from third quarter 2021, while policies-in-force were down 6.9%. The increase in premiums-in-force reflects the impact ofprimarily due to continued proactive underwriting actions and rate increases more than offsettingacross the premiums associated withentire portfolio, despite an intentional policy count reduction of approximately 74,000 policies. Premiums-in-force were also favorably impacted by strategic growth of the reduction in policies-in-force. The reduction in policies-in-force from the third quarterCompany’s commercial residential product and use of 2021 reflects our exposure management initiatives.inflation guard across all products. Concurrently, TIV was down by 2.9%.

Gross premiums earned

Gross premiums earned were $308.0$337.0 million infor the third quarter of 2022,2023 up 4.6%9.4% from $294.4$308.0 million in the prior year quarter. The increase reflectsquarter, reflecting higher gross premiums written over the last twelve months which is primarily related todriven by a higher rates on a smaller bookaverage premium per policy, use of business based on policy count.inflation guard, and organic growth of the commercial residential business.

Ceded premiums

Ceded premiums earned

Ceded premiums earned were $148.3$160.3 million infor the third quarter of 2022,2023, up 12.4%8.1% from $132.0$148.3 million in the prior year quarter. The growth results primarily fromincrease is attributable to significantly higher reinsurance costs due to market conditions and higher TIV, as well as higher ceded premium for our net quota sharethe respective reinsurance program, driven by growth in our northeast business.contract periods.

Net premiums earned

Net premiums earned were $159.7$176.6 million infor the third quarter of 2022, down 1.7%2023, up 10.6% from $162.4$159.7 million in the prior year quarter, reflecting a 12.4%quarter. The increase primarily stems from growth in contract year reinsurance cost with higher ceded premiumgross premiums earned outpacing the increase in gross earnedceded premiums, for the quarter.as described above.

Net investment income

Net investment income, inclusive of realized investment gains and unrealized gains on equity securities, was $2.9$6.8 million infor the third quarter 2022, compared to a net investment gain of $1.52023, up from $2.9 million in the prior year quarter. The increase is driven by aprimarily due to higher yields on cash and invested assets associated with higher interest rate environment compared to the prior year quarter.rates.

Other revenue

Other revenue was $2.9$3.2 million infor the third quarter of 2022, down by 14.8%2023, up 8.3% from $3.4$2.9 million in the prior year quarter, mostly driven primarily by a decline in policy fee income associated with the reduction of policies in force.higher rental income.

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For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

(Unaudited)

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

$ Change

 

 

% Change

 

OPERATING EXPENSES:

 

(in thousands)

 

Losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

$

155,849

 

 

$

129,632

 

 

$

26,217

 

 

 

20.2

%

Policy acquisition costs

 

 

39,194

 

 

 

35,984

 

 

 

3,210

 

 

 

8.9

%

General and administrative expenses

 

 

17,758

 

 

 

17,169

 

 

 

589

 

 

 

3.4

%

Total operating expenses

 

 

212,801

 

 

 

182,785

 

 

 

30,017

 

 

 

16.4

%

Total operating expenses

Total operating expenses were up $30.0 million, or 16.4% in the third quarter of 2022. As described below, the driver was primarily from the increase in losses and loss adjustment expenses as well as an increase in acquisition costs.

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

(Unaudited)

2023

 

2022

 

$ Change

 

% Change

 

OPERATING EXPENSES:

(In thousands)

 

Losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

131,397

 

 

 

155,849

 

 

 

(24,452

)

 

 

(15.7

)%

Policy acquisition costs

 

42,427

 

 

 

39,194

 

 

 

3,233

 

 

 

8.2

%

General and administrative expenses

 

 

21,911

 

 

 

17,758

 

 

 

4,152

 

 

 

23.4

%

Total operating expenses

 

195,735

 

 

 

212,801

 

 

963,858

 

 

452.9

%

Losses and loss adjustment expenses

Losses and loss adjustment expenses (“LAE”("LAE") incurred were $155.8$131.4 million infor the third quarter of 2022, up2023, down 15.7% from $129.6$155.8 million in the prior year quarter driven by higherquarter. The decrease primarily stems from lower attritional losses and lower weather and attritional losses.losses compared to the prior year quarter. Net current accident year weather losses were $63.8$51.6 million, up 24.2%down from $51.4$63.8 million in the prior year quarter. Current accident year weather losses include $40.0 million of net current accident quarter catastrophe losses from Hurricane Ian, up from $16.0were $40.1 million, relatively flat compared to catastrophe weather losses of $40.0 million in the prior year quarter. Catastrophe losses in the current quarter include retentions for the Maui wildfires and $23.8Hurricane Idalia totaling $40.0 million of otherand for the three months ended September 30, 2022 include a $40.0 million retention for Hurricane Ian. Catastrophe losses in the prior year quarter include our retention for Hurricane Ian. Other weather losses were $11.5 million, down from $35.4$23.8 million in the prior year quarter. Additionally, we experienced $793,000 of net unfavorable prior year development compared to $1.0 million of net favorable prior year development in the prior year quarter.

Policy acquisition costs

Policy acquisition costs were $39.2$42.4 million infor the third quarter of 2022,2023, up 8.9%8.2% from $36.0$39.2 million in the prior year quarter. The increase is primarily attributable to acquisition costs associated with growth of 11.1% in gross premiums written.written and is partly offset by higher ceding commission income.

General and administrative expenses

General and administrative expenses were $17.8$21.9 million infor the third quarter of 2022,2023, up 3.4%23.4% from $17.2$17.8 million in the prior year quarter,quarter. The increase was driven primarily by compensation related items.software costs associated with the implementation of a new claims system that was placed in service in June 2023 and human capital costs.

 

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2023

 

2022

 

$ Change

 

% Change

 

(Unaudited)

 

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 

Operating loss

 

(9,435

)

 

 

(47,308

)

 

 

37,874

 

 

 

(80.1

)%

Interest expense, net

 

 

2,591

 

 

 

2,027

 

 

 

563

 

 

 

27.8

%

Loss before income taxes

 

(12,026

)

 

 

(49,335

)

 

 

37,308

 

 

 

(75.6

)%

Benefit for income taxes

 

 

(4,602

)

 

 

(1,095

)

 

 

(3,508

)

 

 

320.5

%

Net loss

$

(7,424

)

 

$

(48,240

)

 

$

40,816

 

 

 

(84.6

)%

Basic loss per share

$

(0.28

)

 

$

(1.83

)

 

$

1.55

 

 

 

(84.8

)%

Diluted loss per share

$

(0.28

)

 

$

(1.83

)

 

$

1.55

 

 

 

(84.8

)%

NM -Not meaningful

 

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

(Unaudited)

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

$ Change

 

 

% Change

 

 

 

(in thousands, except per share and share amounts)

 

Operating loss

 

$

(47,308

)

 

$

(15,377

)

 

$

(31,931

)

 

 

207.7

%

Interest expense, net

 

 

2,027

 

 

 

2,150

 

 

 

(123

)

 

 

(5.7

)%

Loss before income taxes

 

 

(49,335

)

 

 

(17,527

)

 

 

(31,809

)

 

 

181.5

%

Benefit for income taxes

 

 

(1,095

)

 

 

(1,117

)

 

 

23

 

 

 

(2.0

)%

Net loss

 

$

(48,240

)

 

$

(16,410

)

 

$

(31,831

)

 

 

194.0

%

Basic net loss per share

 

$

(1.83

)

 

$

(0.59

)

 

$

(1.24

)

 

 

210.2

%

Diluted net loss per share

 

$

(1.83

)

 

$

(0.59

)

 

$

(1.24

)

 

 

210.2

%

Net (loss) income

Net loss

Third for the third quarter 2022 net lossof 2023 was $48.2$7.4 million or ($1.83 loss0.28) per share), downdiluted share, an improvement from a net loss of $16.4$48.2 million or ($0.59 loss1.83) per share)diluted share in the prior year quarter, driven primarilyquarter. The improvement from the increaseprior year quarter is primarily due to growth in net lossespremiums earned and loss adjustment expensesnet investment income, and lower net losses incurred as described above partly offset by higher policy acquisition and general and administrative costs, as described above, primarily associated with the relatively smallincrease in gross premiums written over the prior year quarter and systems implementation costs, which resulted in a lower combined ratio than the prior year quarter. The Company also benefited from the tax benefit for income taxes asassociated with a reduction of the valuation allowance described below.

Interest expense, net

Net interestInterest expense, net was $2.0$2.6 million infor the third quarter of 2022, slightly down2023, up 27.8% from $2.2$2.0 million in the prior year quarter mostly due to a reduction in debt discount associated with the repurchase of convertible notes in the second quarter of 2022.and driven by higher variable interest rates on our debt.

Benefit forfrom income taxes

Benefit forThe benefit from income taxes was $1.1$4.6 million infor the third quarter 2022of 2023 compared to $1.1 million in the prior year quarter. The effective tax rate for third quarter 2023 was 38.3% compared to 2.2% in the prior year quarter. The effective tax rate in third quarter 2023 benefited from a reduction in the valuation allowance related to certain tax elections made by Osprey Re, the Company’s captive reinsurer domiciled in Bermuda. The effective tax rate in third quarter 2022 was impacted by the establishment of a $10.7 million increase in the deferred tax valuation allowance related to Osprey Re. The impact of permanent tax differences on projected

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results of operations for the calendar year impacts the effective tax rate, which can also fluctuate throughout the year as estimates used in the quarterly tax provision are updated with additional information.

Ratios

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

(Unaudited)

2023

 

2022

 

 Ceded premium ratio

 

47.6

%

 

 

48.1

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss and LAE ratio

 

74.4

%

 

 

97.6

%

Net expense ratio

 

36.4

%

 

 

35.7

%

Net combined ratio

 

110.8

%

 

 

133.3

%

Net combined ratio

The net combined ratio was 110.8% for the third quarter of 2023, down 22.5 points from 133.3% in the prior year quarter. The decrease primarily stems from lower net loss and LAE and net expense ratios as described below.

Ceded premium ratio

The ceded premium ratio was 47.6% for the third quarter of 2023, down 0.5 points from 48.1% in the prior year quarter, primarily driven by a higher cost of the 2023-2024 and 2022-2023 catastrophe excess of loss programs, partly offset by higher gross premiums earned.

Net loss and LAE ratio

The net loss and LAE ratio was 74.4% for the third quarter of 2023, 23.2 points lower than the prior year quarter of 97.6%, primarily driven by higher net premiums earned, and lower higher net losses and LAE as described above.

Net expense ratio

The net expense ratio was 36.4% for the third quarter of 2023, up 0.7 points from the prior year quarter amount of 35.7%. The increase was primarily driven by higher general and administrative costs mostly related to software and associated costs with the implementation of a new claims system aimed at driving future efficiencies, and higher human capital costs.

Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2023 and 2022

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

2023

 

2022

 

$ Change

 

% Change

 

(Unaudited)

 

(In thousands)

 

REVENUE:

 

 

 

 

 

Gross premiums written

$

1,016,378

 

 

$

952,981

 

 

$

63,397

 

 

 

6.7

%

Change in gross unearned premiums

 

 

(32,366

)

 

 

(61,442

)

 

 

29,077

 

 

 

(47.3

)%

Gross premiums earned

 

984,012

 

 

 

891,539

 

 

 

92,473

 

 

 

10.4

%

Ceded premiums

 

(464,539

)

 

 

(420,645

)

 

 

(43,894

)

 

 

10.4

%

Net premiums earned

 

519,473

 

 

 

470,894

 

 

 

48,579

 

 

 

10.3

%

Net investment income

 

19,048

 

 

 

7,050

 

 

 

11,998

 

 

 

170.2

%

Net realized gains

 

(49

)

 

 

(121

)

 

 

72

 

 

 

(59.3

)%

Other revenue

 

10,060

 

 

 

10,049

 

 

 

12

 

 

 

0.1

%

Total revenue

$

548,532

 

 

$

487,872

 

 

$

60,661

 

 

 

12.4

%

Total revenue

Total revenue was $548.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, up 12.4% from $487.9 million in the prior year period. The increase primarily stems from higher net premiums earned and net investment income, as described below.

Gross premiums written

Gross premiums written were $1.0 billion for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, up 6.7% from $953.0 million in the prior period, reflecting a strategic and substantial increase in Florida commercial residential lines business and a higher average premium per policy throughout the book of business, partly offset by intentional targeted exposure management resulting in premium reductions on personal business in some of our larger states. Gross premiums written for Florida personal lines business was relatively flat due to rate increases, despite a 16.0% reduction in policy count from the prior year quarter.

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Premiums-in-force were $1.3 billion as of September 30, 2023, represented an 8.4% increase from third quarter 2022, primarily due to continued proactive underwriting actions and rate increases across the entire portfolio, despite an intentional policy count reduction of approximately 74,000 policies. Premiums-in-force were also favorably impacted by strategic growth of the Company’s commercial residential product and use of inflation guard across all products. Concurrently, TIV was down by 2.9%.

Gross premiums earned

Gross premiums earned were $984.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, up 10.4% from $891.5 million in the prior year period. The increase reflects higher gross premiums written over the preceding twelve months driven by a higher average premium per policy, use of inflation guard, and organic growth of the commercial residential business.

Ceded premiums

Ceded premiums were $464.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, up 10.4% from $420.6 million in the prior year period. The increase is primarily attributable to significantly higher reinsurance costs for the respective reinsurance contract periods.

Net premiums earned

Net premiums earned were $519.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, up 10.3% from $470.9 million in the prior year period. The increase primarily stems from growth in gross premiums earned outpacing the increase in ceded premiums earned, as described above.

Net investment income

Net investment income, inclusive of realized investment gains and unrealized gains on equity securities, was $19.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, up from $7.0 million in the prior year period. The increase is primarily due to higher yields on cash and invested assets associated with higher interest rates.

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(Unaudited)

2023

 

2022

 

$ Change

 

% Change

 

OPERATING EXPENSES:

(In thousands)

 

Losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

 

335,495

 

 

 

397,409

 

 

 

(61,913

)

 

 

(15.6

)%

Policy acquisition costs

 

124,202

 

 

 

115,826

 

 

 

8,377

 

 

 

7.2

%

General and administrative expenses

 

 

61,022

 

 

 

54,947

 

 

 

6,075

 

 

 

11.1

%

Goodwill and intangible asset impairment

 

 

767

 

 

 

91,959

 

 

 

(91,193

)

 

 

(99.2

)%

Total operating expenses

 

521,486

 

 

 

660,141

 

 

(138,654

)

 

(21.0

)%

Total operating expenses

Total operating expenses were $521.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, down 21% from $660.1 million in the prior year period, primarily due to the $92.0 million goodwill impairment charge taken in the prior year period described below, and a $61.9 million decrease in losses and loss adjustment expenses detailed below.

Losses and loss adjustment expenses

Losses and LAE were $335.5 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, down 15.6% from $397.4 million in the prior year period, primarily driven by lower weather and attritional losses. Net current accident year weather losses were $98.2 million, down 40.7% from $165.7 million in the prior year period. Current accident year weather losses include $45.1 million of net current accident year catastrophe losses, down 61.4% from $117.1 million in the prior year period, and $53.1 million of other weather losses, up from $48.6 million in the prior year period. Net current accident year catastrophe losses for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 include retentions for the Maui wildfires and Hurricane Idalia totaling $40.0 million and for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 include a $40.0 million retention for Hurricane Ian. Additionally, we experienced $3.5 million of net favorable prior year development compared to $1.5 million of net unfavorable prior year development in the prior year period.

Policy acquisition costs

Policy acquisition costs were $124.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, up 7.2% from $115.8 million in the prior year period. The increase is attributable to acquisition costs associated with growth in gross premiums written and is partly offset by higher ceding commission income.

General and administrative expenses

General and administrative expenses were $61.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, up 11.1% from $54.9 million in the prior year period. The increase was driven primarily by software costs associated with the implementation of a new claims system that was placed in service in June 2023 and human capital costs.

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Impairment of Named Intangibles and Goodwill

During the nine months ended September 30, 2023, certain brand and customer relations with a net value of $766,600 within the Company's restoration provider were impaired due to the discontinuation of providing restoration services to our policyholders. During the nine months ended September 30, 2022, as a result of a goodwill impairment analysis, the entire amount of remaining goodwill was impaired, reducing our carrying value of goodwill from $92.0 million to $0.

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2023

 

2022

 

$ Change

 

% Change

 

(Unaudited)

 

(In thousands, except per share amounts)

 

Operating income (loss)

 

27,046

 

 

 

(172,269

)

 

199,315

 

 

(115.7

)%

Interest expense, net

 

 

8,211

 

 

 

5,750

 

 

 

2,461

 

 

 

42.8

%

Income (loss) before income taxes

 

18,835

 

 

 

(178,019

)

 

196,854

 

 

(110.6

)%

Provision (benefit) for income taxes

 

 

4,472

 

 

 

(11,155

)

 

 

15,627

 

 

 

(140.1

)%

Net income (loss)

$

14,363

 

 

$

(166,864

)

$

181,227

 

 

(108.6

)%

Basic earnings (loss) per share

$

0.55

 

 

$

(6.29

)

$

6.84

 

 

(147.8

)%

Diluted earnings (loss) per share

$

0.55

 

 

$

(6.29

)

$

6.84

 

 

(147.8

)%

Net income (loss)

Net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was $14.4 million ($0.55 earnings per share), compared to a net loss of $166.9 million ($6.29 loss per share) in the prior year period. The improvement from the prior year period is primarily due to higher underwriting income driven by growth in net premiums earned and net investment income, and lower net losses incurred as described above partly offset by higher general and administrative expenses and policy acquisition costs, as described above, which resulted in a lower combined ratio than the prior year period. Additionally, the year-over-year improvement is impacted by the $90.8 million (net of a $1.2 million tax deductible portion) non-cash goodwill impairment charge for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 described above (contributing a $3.41 loss per share). Finally, net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 included the favorable impact of a reduction of the valuation allowance for Osprey Re described above, while net income for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was unfavorably impacted by the mostly non-deductible goodwill impairment chargeand the establishment of a valuation allowance for Osprey Re.

Interest expense, net

Interest expense, net was $8.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023, up from $5.8 million for the prior year period, driven by higher variable interest rates on our debt.

Provision (benefit) from income taxes

The provision from income taxes was $4.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 compared to a benefit from income taxes of $11.2 million in the prior year period. The effective tax rate was 23.7% for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 compared to 6.3% for the prior year period. The impact of permanent tax differences on projected results of operations for the calendar year as well as impacts toaffects the effective tax rate, which can also fluctuate throughout the year as estimates used in the quarterly tax provision are updated with additional information. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2023 was 2.2% compared to 6.4%also impacted by a reduction in the prior year quarter, drivenvaluation allowance related to certain tax elections made by Osprey Re. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was impacted by the impactestablishment of permanent differencesa $10.7 million increase in relationthe deferred tax valuation allowance related to the pre-tax loss each quarter,Osprey Re as well as a $10.7 million valuation allowance in the current period quarter. The valuation allowance was recorded against our deferred tax asset related to our captivemostly non-deductible goodwill impairment charge described above.

Ratios

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(Unaudited)

2023

 

2022

 

 Ceded premium ratio

 

47.2

%

 

 

47.2

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss and LAE ratio

 

64.6

%

 

 

84.4

%

Net expense ratio

 

35.7

%

 

 

36.3

%

Net combined ratio

 

100.2

%

 

 

120.7

%

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reinsurer, Osprey Re, for which net operating losses can only be used to offset income at Osprey Re due to the 953(d) election made when Osprey Re was formed. This was accounted for as an increase of income tax expense for the quarter.

Ratios

 

 

For the Three Months Ended September 30,

 

(Unaudited)

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 Ceded premium ratio

 

 

48.1

%

 

 

44.8

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss and LAE ratio

 

 

97.6

%

 

 

79.8

%

Net expense ratio

 

 

35.7

%

 

 

32.7

%

Net combined ratio

 

 

133.3

%

 

 

112.5

%

Net combined ratio

The net combined ratio was 133.3% in100.2% for the third quarter of 2022, up 20.8nine months ended September 30, 2023, down 20.5 points from 112.5%120.7% in the prior year quarter.period. The increasedecrease primarily stems primarily from the increase in thelower net loss and LAE ratio,and net expense ratios, primarily driven by higher net premiums earned and lower losses as described below.above.

Ceded premium ratio

The ceded premium ratio was 48.1% in47.2% for the third quarter of 2022, up 3.3 pointsnine months ended September 30, 2023, flat from 44.8%47.2% in the prior year quarter,period, reflecting a higher cost of the 2022-2023 catastrophe excess of loss program, stemming from both higher costs and higher TIV, drivinggrowth in gross premiums earned outpacing the growth in ceded premiums earned to outpace the growth in gross premiums earnedas described above.

Net loss and LAE ratio

The net loss and LAE ratio was 97.6% in64.6% for the third quarter of 2022, up 17.8nine months ended September 30, 2023, down 19.8 points from 79.8%84.4% in the prior year quarter,period, primarily driven by higher net premiums earned and significantly lower weather and attritional losses. Net current accident year weather losses of $63.8 million, up 24.2% from $51.4 million incompared to the prior year quarter. Current accident year weather losses include $40.0 million of net current accident quarter catastrophe losses from Hurricane Ian, up from $16.0 million in the prior year quarter, and $23.8 million of other weather losses, down from $35.4 million in the prior year quarter.period as described above.

Net expense ratio

The net expense ratio was 35.7% in the third quarter of 2022, up 3.0 points from 32.7% in the prior year quarter. This was driven by higher underwriting costs associated with the growth in gross premiums written.

Results of Operations

Comparison of the Nine Months Ended September 30, 2022 and 2021

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

$ Change

 

 

% Change

 

(Unaudited)

 

(in thousands)

 

REVENUE:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gross premiums written

 

$

952,981

 

 

$

886,059

 

 

$

66,922

 

 

 

7.6

%

Change in gross unearned premiums

 

 

(61,442

)

 

 

(35,593

)

 

 

(25,849

)

 

 

72.6

%

Gross premiums earned

 

 

891,539

 

 

 

850,466

 

 

 

41,073

 

 

 

4.8

%

Ceded premiums earned

 

 

(420,645

)

 

 

(399,323

)

 

 

(21,322

)

 

 

5.3

%

Net premiums earned

 

 

470,894

 

 

 

451,143

 

 

 

19,751

 

 

 

4.4

%

Net investment income

 

 

7,050

 

 

 

3,797

 

 

 

3,253

 

 

 

85.7

%

Net realized losses

 

 

(121

)

 

 

(926

)

 

 

805

 

 

 

(86.9

)%

Other revenue

 

 

10,049

 

 

 

10,835

 

 

 

(786

)

 

 

(7.3

)%

Total revenue

 

$

487,872

 

 

$

464,849

 

 

$

23,022

 

 

 

5.0

%

Total revenue

Total revenue was $487.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, up 5.0%2023, down 0.6 points from $464.8 million in the prior year period. The increase primarily stems from higher net premiums earned and investment income, as described below.

Gross premiums written

Gross premiums written were $953.0 million for the nine months ended September 30. 2022, up 7.6% from $886.1 million in the prior year period. We experienced growth of 13.1% outside of Florida and 1.8% growth in Florida. Growth throughout our book of business was largely driven by rate increases resulting in a higher average premium per policy.

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Premiums-in-force were $1.24 billion in the third quarter of 2022, up 5.8% from third quarter 2021, while policies-in-force were down 6.9%, with the difference largely stemming from rate increases. The reduction in policies-in-force from the third quarter of 2021 reflects our exposure management initiatives.

Gross premiums earned

Gross premiums earned were $891.5 million for the nine months ended September 30. 2022, up 7.0% from $850.5 million in the prior year period. The increase reflects higher gross premiums written over the preceding twelve months, driven primarily by higher rates.

Ceded premiums earned

Ceded premiums earned were $420.6 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, up 5.3% from $399.3 million in the prior year period. The increase is attributable to the higher cost of the current year catastrophe excess of loss contract for which the impact was partly offset by a $18 million ceded premium on the severe convective storm contract included in the prior year amount.

Net premiums earned

Net premiums earned were $470.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, up 4.4% from $451.1 million in the prior year period. On a year-to-date basis, growth in gross premiums earned exceeded the growth in ceded premiums earned. However, on a quarter-to-date basis, the growth in ceded premiums earned exceeded the growth in gross premiums earned. This relates primarily to the cost of our severe convective storm reinsurance contract in 2021, which was fully earned by the second quarter of 2021.

Net investment income

Net investment income, inclusive of realized investment gains and unrealized gains on equity securities, was $6.9 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, compared to $2.9 million in the prior year period. The increase is primarily due to higher balances in our fixed income portfolio than the prior nine-month period, coupled with a higher interest rate environment.

Other revenue

Other revenue was $10.0 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, down 7.3% from $10.8 million in the prior year period, driven primarily by a decline in policy fee income associated with the reduction of policies in force.

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(Unaudited)

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

$ Change

 

 

% Change

 

OPERATING EXPENSES:

 

(in thousands)

 

Losses and loss adjustment expenses

 

$

397,409

 

 

$

328,376

 

 

$

69,033

 

 

 

21.0

%

Policy acquisition costs

 

 

115,826

 

 

 

109,183

 

 

 

6,643

 

 

 

6.1

%

General and administrative expenses

 

 

54,947

 

 

 

52,490

 

 

 

2,457

 

 

 

4.7

%

Goodwill impairment

 

 

91,959

 

 

 

 

 

 

91,959

 

 

NM

 

Total operating expenses

 

 

660,141

 

 

 

490,049

 

 

 

170,092

 

 

 

34.7

%

NM -Not meaningful

Total operating expenses

Total operating expenses were $660.1 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, up 34.7% from $490.0 million36.3% in the prior year period, primarily due todriven by the $92.0 million pre-tax goodwill impairment charge taken in the second quarterbenefit of 2022, and a $69.0 million increase in losses and loss adjustment expenses detailed below.

Losses and loss adjustment expenses

Losses and LAE were $397.4 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, up 21.0% from $328.4 million inhigher net premiums earned over the prior year period driven by higher weather and attritional losses. Net current accident year weather losses were $165.7 million, up 40.1% from $118.3 million in the prior year period. Current accident year catastrophe weather losses were $117.1 million, up from $55.8 million in the prior year period, with current accident year other weather losses of $48.6 million, down from $62.5 million in the prior year period. Net current accident year catastrophe weather losses include a $40.0 million retention for Hurricane Ian.

Policy acquisition costs

Policy acquisition costs were $115.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, up 6.1% from $109.2 million in the prior year period. The increase is primarily attributable to growth in gross premiums written.

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General and administrative expenses

General and administrative expenses were $54.7 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, up 4.7% from $52.5 million in the prior year period. The increase is primarily attributable to a $1.5 million state tax credit recorded in the prior year period.

Goodwill impairment

As a result of our analysis for goodwill impairment performed during the second quarter of 2022, we impaired the entire amount of remaining goodwill, reducing our carrying value of goodwill from $92.0 million to $0. See the section titled “Goodwill Impairment Charge” above for more detail on our goodwill impairment charge.

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(Unaudited)

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

$ Change

 

 

% Change

 

 

 

(in thousands, except per share and share amounts)

 

Operating loss

 

$

(172,269

)

 

$

(25,200

)

 

$

(147,069

)

 

NM

 

Interest expense, net

 

 

5,750

 

 

 

5,953

 

 

 

(203

)

 

 

(3.4

)%

Loss before income taxes

 

 

(178,019

)

 

 

(31,153

)

 

 

(146,866

)

 

 

471.4

%

Benefit for income taxes

 

 

(11,155

)

 

 

(5,644

)

 

 

(5,511

)

 

 

97.6

%

Net loss

 

$

(166,864

)

 

$

(25,509

)

 

$

(141,355

)

 

NM

 

Basic net loss per share

 

$

(6.29

)

 

$

(0.91

)

 

$

(5.37

)

 

NM

 

Diluted net loss per share

 

$

(6.29

)

 

$

(0.91

)

 

$

(5.37

)

 

NM

 

NM -Not meaningful

Net loss

Net loss for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was $166.9 million ($6.29 loss per share), compared to a net loss of $25.5 million ($0.91 loss per share) in the prior year period. The year-over-year change primarily stems from a $90.8 million (net of a $1.2 million tax deductible portion) non-cash goodwill impairment charge, as described above, coupled with an underwriting loss generated for the nine-month period driven by higher weather and attritional losses over the prior period, which includes a net retention of $40.0 million related to Hurricane Ian, as described above. Additionally, the benefit for income taxes was lower than our statutory rate, as described below.

Interest expense, net

Net interest expense was $5.8 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, slightly down from the prior year period.

Benefit for income taxes

Benefit for income taxes was $11.2 million for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to $5.6 million in the prior year period. The effective tax rate was 6.3% for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 compared to 18.1% for the prior year period. The effective tax rate for the nine months ended September 30, 2022 was impacted by the mostly non-deductible goodwill impairment charge as described above as well as a valuation allowance of $10.7 million recorded against our deferred tax asset, related to our captive reinsurer, Osprey Re, related to the IRC Section 953(d) election made when Osprey Re was formed. As a result of this election, net operating losses for Osprey Re may only be used to offset taxable income at Osprey Re.

The impact of permanent tax differences on projected results of operations for the calendar year also impacts the effective tax rate, which can also fluctuate throughout the year as estimates used in the quarterly tax provision are updated with additional information.

Ratios

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

(Unaudited)

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 Ceded premium ratio

 

 

47.2

%

 

 

47.0

%

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Net loss and LAE ratio

 

 

84.4

%

 

 

72.8

%

Net expense ratio

 

 

36.3

%

 

 

35.8

%

Net combined ratio

 

 

120.7

%

 

 

108.6

%

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Net combined ratio

The net combined ratio was 120.7% for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022, up 12.1 points from 108.6% in the prior year period. The increase primarily stems from a higher net loss and LAE ratio as well as a small increase in the net expense ratio, as described below.

Ceded premium ratio

The ceded premium ratio was 47.2% for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022, relatively flat from 47.0% in the prior year period. The cost of the current year catastrophe excess of loss contract was higher than the prior year but the impact was partly offset by a $18 million ceded premium on the severe convective storm contract included in the prior year amount.

Net loss and LAE ratio

The net loss and LAE ratio was 84.4% for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022, up 11.6 points from 72.8% in the prior year period, driven by higher weather and attritional losses, including the $40 million retention for Hurricane Ian, compared to the prior year period, which was partly offset by the 4.4% increase in net premiums earned.

Net expense ratio

The net expense ratio was 36.3% for the nine-month period ended September 30, 2022, slightly up from 35.8% in the prior year period, driven by a lower PAC ratio.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Our principal sources of liquidity include cash flows generated from operations, existing cash and cash equivalents, our marketable securities balances and borrowings available under our credit facilities. As ofCredit Facilities. At September 30, 2022,2023, we had $297.5$238.6 million of cash and cash equivalents and $651.8$665.0 million in investments, compared to $359.3$287.6 million and $694.7$653.6 million, respectively, as of December 31, 2021.2022. The decrease in cash and cash equivalents wasrelates primarily due to the timing of reinsurance payments for our catastrophe excess of loss program as well as timingreceipts of reinsurance recoveries. The decrease in investments is duerecoveries from claim payments related to the unrealized losses on the Company’s available-for-sale fixed income securities portfolio. The unrealized losses resulted from the continued decline in bond prices throughout 2022 as a result of the higher interest rate environment. The Company’s fixed income portfolio average credit rating is A+ with a duration of 3.4 years at September 30, 2022.hurricane losses.

We generally hold substantial cash balances to meet seasonal liquidity needs including amounts to pay quarterly reinsurance installments as well as meet the collateral requirements of Osprey Re, our captive reinsurance company, which is required to maintain a collateral trust account equal to the risk that it assumes from our insurance company affiliates.

We believe that our sources of liquidity are adequate to meet our cash requirements for at least the next twelve months.

We may continue to pursue the acquisition of complementary businesses and make strategic investments. We may increase capital expenditures consistent with our investment plans and anticipated growth strategy.business strategies. Cash and cash equivalents may not be sufficient to fund such expenditures. As such, in addition to the use of our existing Credit Facilities, we may need to utilize additional debt to secure funds for such purposes.

As part of the Seventh Amendment to the Credit Agreement, discussed below, going forward, dividends and stock repurchases may be limited or restricted entirely and our ability to contribute capital to our insurance subsidiaries that are not parties to the Credit Agreement may be limited.

Cash Flows

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

2023

 

 

2022

 

 

Change

 

 

 

(In thousands)

 

Net cash provided by (used in):

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating activities

 

$

(29,342

)

 

$

(15,480

)

 

$

(13,863

)

Investing activities

 

 

(12,391

)

 

 

(33,507

)

 

 

21,116

 

Financing activities

 

 

(7,258

)

 

 

(11,952

)

 

 

4,694

 

Net decrease in cash and cash equivalents

 

$

(48,991

)

 

$

(60,939

)

 

$

11,948

 

 

 

For the Nine Months Ended September 30,

 

 

 

2022

 

 

2021

 

 

Change

 

 

 

(in thousands)

 

Net cash (used in) provided by:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Operating activities

 

$

(15,480

)

 

$

72,772

 

 

$

(88,252

)

Investing activities

 

 

(33,507

)

 

 

(112,927

)

 

 

79,420

 

Financing activities

 

 

(11,952

)

 

 

(7,402

)

 

 

(4,550

)

Net (decrease) increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

$

(60,939

)

 

$

(47,557

)

 

$

(13,382

)

Operating Activities

Net cash used in operating activities was $15.5$29.3 million for the nine months ended September 30, 20222023 compared to net cash provided byused in operating activities of $72.8$15.5 million for the comparable period in 2021.2022. The decreaseincrease in cash from operating activities

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relates primarily to timing of cash flows associated with claim and reinsurance payments as well as reinsurance reimbursements during the first nine months of 20222023 compared to the first nine months of 2021.2022, as described above.

Investing Activities

Net cash used in investing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 20222023 was $33.5$12.4 million as compared to net cash used in investing activities of $112.9$33.5 million for the comparable period in 2021.2022. The change in cash used in investing activities relates primarily to allocationsthe timing of fundsinvestment maturities and related re-investment of proceeds and operating cash into short-term treasury bills. In addition, cash was expended in both periods for investmenta new policy, billing and claims system, which is reported as software in each period. Strategic salesprogress in Note 6. Property and Equipment. The claims portion of investments to yield realized gainsthe system was placed in 2020 produced proceeds which were re-invested in 2021, driving upservice during the cash used for investing activities for that period.second quarter of 2023.

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Financing Activities

Net cash used in financing activities for the nine months ended September 30, 20222023 was $12.0$7.3 million, as compared to cash used in financing activities of $7.4$12.0 million for the comparable period in 2021.2022. The increasechange in net cash used forin financing activities was driven by drawsrelates primarily to the principal payments made on debt during the nine months ended September 30, 2023 and for the nine months ended September 30, 2022, the repurchase of $5 million in treasury stock, payment of $4.8 million of dividends, and a $25 million draw from our Revolving Credit Facility (defined below) totaling $25 million to purchase and retire $22.5 million of Convertible Notes and a larger amount of treasury stock purchases during the nine months ended September 30, 2022.(defined below).

Credit Facilities

The Company is party to a Credit Agreement by and among the Company, as borrower, certain subsidiaries of the Company from time to time party thereto as guarantors, the lenders from time to time party thereto (the “Lenders”), Regions Bank, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, BMO Harris Bank N.A., as Syndication Agent, Hancock Whitney Bank and Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce, as Co-Documentation Agents, and Regions Capital Markets and BMO Capital Markets Corp., as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners (as amended from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”).

Based on the Company’s results for the third quarter of 2022, management considered it likely at that time that the Company would be out of compliance with certain financial covenants in the Credit Agreement. In order to avoid a covenant violation, on November 7, 2022, the Company and its subsidiary guarantors entered into an amendment to the Credit Agreement to, among other things, (i) decrease the revolving credit facility from $75 million to $50 million, (ii) establish a new $25 million term loan facility to refinance loans outstanding under the existing revolving credit facility and to pay fees, costs and expenses related thereto, (iii) reduce, from $50 million to $25 million, the aggregate amount of potential future increases to the revolving credit facility commitments and/or term loan commitments, (iii) modify the amortization of the existing term loan facility and new term loan facility to 10% per annum, paid quarterly, and (iii) increase the applicable margin for loans under the Credit Agreement to a range from 2.75% to 3.25% per annum for SOFR loans (plus a 0.10% credit adjustment spread) and based on a leverage ratio (an increase from the prior range of 2.50% to 3.00%). The Seventh Amendment also modified certain financial covenants in the Credit Agreement which may limit the Company’s flexibility in connection with future financing transactions and in the allocation of capital in the future, including the Company’s ability to pay dividends and make stock repurchases, and contribute capital to its insurance subsidiaries that are not parties to the Credit Agreement. For additional information regarding the changes to the financial covenants in the Credit Agreement, refer to Part II, Item 5, “Other Information” in this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

The Credit Agreement, as amended, provides for (1) a five-year senior secured term loan facility in an aggregate principal amount of $100 million (the “Term Loan Facility”) and (2) a five-year senior secured revolving credit facility in an aggregate principal amount of $50 million (inclusive of a sublimit for the issuance of letters of credit equal to the unused amount of the revolving credit facility and a sublimit for swingline loans equal to the lesser of $25 million and the unused amount of the revolving credit facility) (the “Revolving Credit Facility” and together with the Term Loan Facility, the “Credit Facilities”).

Term Loan Facility. As amended by the Seventh Amendment, the The principal amount of the Term Loan Facility amortizes in quarterly installments, which began with the close of the fiscal quarter ending March 31, 2019, in an amount equal to $1.9 million per quarter, payable quarterly, decreasing to $875,000 per quarter commencing with the quarter ending December 31, 2021, and increasing to $2.4 million per quarter commencing with the quarter ending December 31, 2022, with the remaining balance payable at maturity. The Term Loan Facility matures on July 28, 2026. As of September 30, 2022,2023, there was $66.5$82.0 million in aggregate principal outstanding on the Term Loan Facility and as of November 7, 2022, after giving effect to the additional term loan advance that was used to refinance amounts outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility and to pay fees, costs and expenses related thereto, there was $73.9 million in aggregate principal outstanding on the Term Loan Facility.

Revolving Credit Facility.Facility. The Revolving Credit Facility allows for borrowings of up to $50 million inclusive of a sublimit for the issuance of letters of credit equal to the unused amount of the Revolving Credit Facility and a sublimit for swingline loans equal to the lesser of $25 million and the unused amount of the Revolving Credit Facility. As of September 30, 2022, we2023, the Company had $25.0drawn $10.0 million in borrowings and a $22.6 million letters of credit outstanding under the Revolving Credit Facility. In connection with the incurrence of additional amounts under the Term Loan Facility pursuant to the Seventh Amendment, the borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility were repaid in full.and had unused letters of credit of $39.3 million.

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At our option, borrowings under the Credit Facilities bear interest at rates equal to either (1) a rate determined by reference to SOFR, plus an applicable margin (described below) and a credit adjustment spread equal to 0.10% or (2) a base rate determined by reference to the highest of (a) the “prime rate” of Regions Bank, (b) the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, and (c) the adjusted term SOFR in effect on such day for an interest period of one month plus 1.00%, plus an applicable margin (described below).

The applicable margin for loans under the Credit Facilities varies from 2.75% per annum to 3.25% per annum (for SOFR loans) and 1.75% to 2.25% per annum (for base rate loans) based on our consolidated leverage ratio ranging from 1.25-to-1 to greater than 2.25-to-1. Interest payments with respect to the Credit Facilities are required either on a quarterly basis (for base rate loans) or at the end of each interest period (for SOFR loans) or, if the duration of the applicable interest period exceeds three months, then every three months. As of September 30, 2022,2023, the borrowingborrowings under ourthe Term Loan Facility and Revolving Credit Facilities wereFacility are accruing interest at a rate of 5.88%8.184% and 8.170% per annum.annum, respectively.

In addition to paying interest on outstanding borrowings under the Revolving Credit Facility, we are required to pay a quarterly commitment fee based on the unused portion of the Revolving Credit Facility, which is determined by our consolidated leverage ratio.

We may prepay the loans under the Credit Facilities, in whole or in part, at any time without premium or penalty, subject to certain conditions including minimum amounts and reimbursement of certain costs in the case of prepayments of SOFR loans. In addition, we are required to prepay the loan under the Term Loan Facility with the proceeds from certain financing transactions, involuntary dispositions or asset sales (subject, in the case of asset sales, to reinvestment rights).

All obligations under the Credit Facilities are or will be guaranteed by each existing and future direct and indirect wholly owned domestic subsidiary of the Company, other than all of the Company’s current and future regulated insurance subsidiaries (collectively, the “Guarantors”).

The Company and the Guarantors are party to a Pledge and Security Agreement, (as amended from time to time the “Security Agreement”), in favor of Regions Bank, as collateral agent. Pursuant to the Security Agreement, amounts borrowed under the Credit Facilities are secured on a first priority basis by a perfected security interest in substantially all of the present and future assets of the Company and each Guarantor (subject to certain exceptions), including all of the capital stock of the Company’s domestic subsidiaries, other than its regulated insurance subsidiaries.

The Credit Agreement contains, among other things, covenants, representations and warranties and events of default customary for facilities of this type. The Company is required to maintain, as of each fiscal quarter (1) a maximum consolidated leverage ratio of

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2.50 to 1.00, stepping down to 2.25 to 1.00 as of the second quarter of 2024 and 2.00 to 1.00 as of the second quarter of 2025, (2) a minimum consolidated fixed charge coverage ratio of 1.20 to 1.00 and (3) a minimum consolidated net worth for the Company and its subsidiaries, which is required to be not less than $100 million plus 50% of positive quarterly net income (including its subsidiaries and regulated subsidiaries) plus the net cash proceeds of any equity transactions. Events of default include, among other events, (i) nonpayment of principal, interest, fees or other amounts; (ii) failure to perform or observe certain covenants set forth in the Credit Agreement; (iii) breach of any representation or warranty; (iv) cross-default to other indebtedness; (v) bankruptcy and insolvency defaults; (vi) monetary judgment defaults and material nonmonetary judgment defaults; (vii) customary ERISA defaults; (viii) a change of control of the Company; and (ix) failure to maintain specified catastrophe retentions in each of the Company’s regulated insurance subsidiaries.

Convertible Notes

On August 10, 2017, the Company and Heritage MGA, LLC (the “Notes Guarantor”) entered into a purchase agreement (the “Purchase Agreement”) with Citigroup Global Markets Inc., as the initial purchaser (the “Initial Purchaser”), pursuant to which the Company agreed to issue and sell, and the Initial Purchaser agreed to purchase, $125.0$136.8 million aggregate principal amount of the Company’s 5.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2037 (the “Convertible Notes”) in a private placement transaction pursuant to Rule 144A under the Securities Act, as amended (the “Securities Act”). The Purchase Agreement contained customary representations, warranties and agreements of the Company and the Notes Guarantor and customary conditions to closing, indemnification rights and obligations of the parties and termination provisions. The net proceeds from the offering of the Convertible Notes, after deducting discounts and commissions and estimated offering expenses payable by the Company, were approximately $120.5 million. The offering of the Convertible Notes was completed on August 16, 2017.

The Company issued the Convertible Notes under an Indenture (the “Convertible Note Indenture”), dated August 16, 2017, by and among the Company, as issuer, the Notes Guarantor, as guarantor, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (the “Trustee”).

The Convertible Notes bear interest at a rate of 5.875% per year. Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears, on February 1 and August 1 of each year. The Convertible Notes are senior unsecured obligations of the Company that rank senior in right of payment to the Company’s future indebtedness that is expressly subordinated in right of payment to the Convertible Notes; equal in right of payment to the Company’s unsecured indebtedness that is not so subordinated; effectively junior to any of the Company’s secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness; and structurally junior to all indebtedness or other

39


liabilities incurred by the Company’s subsidiaries other than the Notes Guarantor, which fully and unconditionally guarantee the Convertible Notes on a senior unsecured basis.

The Convertible Notes mature on August 1, 2037, unless earlier repurchased, redeemed or converted.

Holders may convert their Convertible Notes at any time prior to the close of business on the business day immediately preceding February 1, 2037, other than during the period from, and including, February 1, 2022 to the close of business on the second business day immediately preceding August 5, 2022, only under the following circumstances: (1) during any calendar quarter commencing after the calendar quarter ending on September 30, 2017, if the closing sale price of the Company’s common stock, for at least 20 trading days (whether or not consecutive) in the period of 30 consecutive trading days ending on the last trading day of the calendar quarter immediately preceding the calendar quarter in which the conversion occurs, is more than 130% of the conversion price of the Convertible Notes in effect on each applicable trading day; (2) during the ten consecutive business-day period following any five consecutive trading-day period in which the trading price for the Convertible Notes for each such trading day was less than 98% of the closing sale price of the Company’s common stock on such date multiplied by the then-current conversion rate; (3) if the Company calls any or all of the Convertible Notes for redemption, at any time prior to the close of business on the second business day immediately preceding the redemption date; or (4) upon the occurrence of specified corporate events.

During the period from and including February 1, 2022 to the close of business on the second business day immediately preceding August 5, 2022, and on or after February 1, 2037 until the close of business on the second business day immediately preceding August 1, 2037, holders may surrender their Convertible Notes for conversion at any time, regardless of the foregoing circumstances.

The conversion rate for the Convertible Notes was initially 67.0264 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of Convertible Notes (equivalent to an initial conversion price of approximately $14.92 per share of common stock). The conversion rate is subject to adjustment in certain circumstances and is subject to increase for holders that elect to convert their Convertible Notes in connection with certain corporate transactions (but not, at the Company’s election, a public acquirer change of control (as defined in the Convertible Note Indenture)) that occur prior to August 5, 2022.

Upon the occurrence of a fundamental change (as defined in the Convertible Note Indenture) (but not, at the Company’s election, a public acquirer change of control (as defined in the Convertible Note Indenture), holders of the Convertible Notes may require the Company to repurchase for cash all or a portion of their Convertible Notes at a fundamental change repurchase price equal

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to 100% of the principal amount of the Convertible Notes to be repurchased, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the fundamental change repurchase date.

Except as described below, the Company may not redeem the Convertible Notes prior to August 5, 2022. On or after August 5, 2022 butAt any time prior to February 1, 2037, the Company may redeem for cash all or any portion of the Convertible Notes, at the Company’s option, at a redemption price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the Convertible Notes to be redeemed, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the redemption date. No sinking fund is provided for the Convertible Notes, which means that the Company is not required to redeem or retire the Convertible Notes periodically. Holders of the Convertible Notes are able to cause the Company to repurchase their Convertible Notes for cash on any of August 1, 2022, August 1, 2027 and August 1, 2032, in each case at 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest to, but excluding, the relevant repurchase date.

The Convertible Note Indenture contains customary terms and covenants and events of default. If an Event of Default (as defined in the Convertible Note Indenture) occurs and is continuing, the Trustee by notice to the Company, or the holders of at least 25% in aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes then outstanding by notice to the Company and the Trustee, may declare 100% of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, all the Convertible Notes to be immediately due and payable. In the case of certain events of bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization (as set forth in the Convertible Note Indenture) with respect to the Company, 100% of the principal of, and accrued and unpaid interest, if any, on, the Convertible Notes automatically become immediately due and payable.

In January 2022, the Company repurchased $11.7 million principal amount of outstanding Convertible Notes. As of September 30, 2022,2023, there was $885,000 principal amount of outstanding Convertible Notes, net of $21.1 million of Convertible Notes held by an insurance company subsidiary.

As discussed above, holders of the Convertible Notes issued by the Company had an optional put right, pursuant to the indenture governing the Convertible Notes, to require the Company to repurchase the aggregate principal amount of Convertible Notes that are validly tendered. The Company has received notice from the DepositaryDepository for the Convertible Notes that, on July 29, 2022, $10,895,000$10.9 million aggregate principal amount of the Convertible Notes has been validly tendered in accordance with the terms of the indenture and the Company’s notice with respect to the optional put right of the Convertible Notes, and the Company has requested that the trusteeTrustee cancel the Convertible Notes tendered. The outstanding balance as of September 30, 20222023 of non-affiliated Notes was $11.8 million.$885,000. On August 1, 2022, the Company made payments for the principal amount of the Convertible Notes tendered and unpaid interest in the aggregate amounts of $10.9 million and $320,041, respectively. The Company has drawn $10.0 million from its revolverthe Revolving Credit Facility to replenish the cash used to pay the $10.9 million for the purchase of the tendered Convertible Notes.

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FHLB Loan Agreements

In December 2018, a subsidiary of the Company pledged U.S. government and agency fixed maturity securities with an estimated fair value of $26.4$25.3 million as collateral and received $19.2 million in a cash loan under an advance agreement with the FHLB Atlanta. The loan originated on December 12, 2018 and bears a fixed interest rate of 3.094% with interest payments due quarterly commencing in March 2019. The principal balance onOn September 20, 2023, the loan has aCompany restructured the agreement to extend the maturity date ofto March 28, 2025, with a 5.109% fixed interest rate payable quarterly commencing December 13,28, 2023. In connection with the agreement, theThe subsidiary becamecontinues to be a member ofin the FHLB. Membership in the FHLB required an investment in FHLB’s common stock which was purchased on December 31, 2018 and valued at $1.4 million. As of September 30, 2022,2023, the common stock is valuewas valued at $1.2$1.4 million. The subsidiary is permitted to withdraw any portion of the pledged collateral over the minimum collateral requirement at any time, other than in the event of a default by the subsidiary. The proceeds from the loan waswere used to prepay the Company’s Senior Secured Notes due 2023 in 2018.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

When we prepare our condensed consolidated financial statements and accompanying notes in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), we must make estimates and assumptions about future events that affect the amounts we report. Certain of these estimates result from judgments that can be subjective and complex. As a result of that subjectivity and complexity, and because we continuously evaluate these estimates and assumptions based on a variety of factors, actual results could materially differ from our estimates and assumptions if changes in one or more factors require us to make accounting adjustments. In September 2022, we assessed our deferred tax position and recorded a $10.7 million valuation against our net deferred tax asset at September 30, 2022. We intend to continue maintaining the valuation allowance on our net deferred tax asset until there is sufficient evidence to support the reversal of all or some portion of the allowance. We have made no other material changes or additions with regard to those policies and estimates as disclosed in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.

Seasonality of our Business

Our insurance business is seasonal; hurricanes typically occur during the period from June 1 through November 30 and winter storms generally impact the first and fourth quarters each year. With our catastrophe reinsurance program effective on June 1 each year, any variation in the cost of our reinsurance, whether due to changes to reinsurance rates or changes in the total insured value of our policy base will occur and be reflected in our financial results beginning June 1 of each year, subject to certain adjustments.2022.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

The information set forth under Note 1 to the condensed consolidated financial statements under the caption “Basis of Presentation and Significant Accounting Policies” is incorporated herein by reference. We do not expect any recently issued accounting pronouncements to have a material effect on our condensed consolidated financial statements.

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Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.

The duration of the financial instruments held in our portfolio that are subject to interest rate risk was 3.3582.605 years and 3.8913.358 years at September 30, 2023 and 2022, and 2021, and 3.9033.179 years at December 31, 2021.2022. As interest rates continue to rise, the fair value of our fixed rate debt securities are subject to decline. Credit risk results from uncertainty in a counterparty’s ability to meet its obligations. Credit risk is managed by maintaining a high credit quality fixed maturity securities portfolio. As of September 30, 2022,2023, the estimated weighted-average credit quality rating of the fixed maturity securities portfolio was A+, at fair value, consistent with the average rating at December 31, 2021.September 30, 2022.

Under the amended term loan agreement dated November 7, 2022, borrowings under the Credit Facilities bear interest at rates equal to either (1) a rate determined by reference to SOFR, plus an applicable margin and a credit adjustment spread equal to 0.10% or (2) a base rate determined by reference to the highest of (a) the “prime rate” of Regions Bank, (b) the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, and (c) the adjusted term SOFR in effect on such day for an interest period of one month plus 1.00%, plus an applicable margin, eliminating any reference to LIBOR.

The Federal Reserve has tightened monetary policy, including multiple interest rate increases in the first half of 2022; however, the outlook is less certain for longer-term rates during the second half of 2022 and beyond. At September 30, 2022, weWe have not experienced a material impact when compared to the tabular presentations of our interest rate and market risk sensitive instruments in our 2021 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021.2022.

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Item 4. Controls and Procedures.

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

We maintain disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(e)) that are designed to assure that information required to be disclosed in our Exchange Act reports is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the SEC’s rules and forms, and that such information is accumulated and communicated to management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, as appropriate, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosures.

As required by Exchange Act Rule 13a-15(b), as of the end of the period covered by this Quarterly Report, under the supervision and with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer, we evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures. Based on this evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were effective as of September 30, 2022.2023.

Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting

There has been no change in our internal controls over financial reporting during our most recent quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting. There were no significant changes to our internal control over financial reporting for the period ending September 30, 2022.2023.

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PART II. OTHER INFORMATION

The Company is a party to claims and legal actions arising routinely in the ordinary course of our business. Although we cannot predict with certainty the ultimate resolution of the claims and lawsuits asserted against us, we do not believe that any currently pending legal proceedings to which we are a party will have a material adverse effect on our condensed consolidated financial position results of operations or cash flow.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

The Company documented its risk factors in Item 1A of Part I of its annual reportAnnual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2021,2022 filed on March 14, 2022.13, 2023. There have been no material changes to the Company’s risk factors since the filing of that report.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

The Company's Board of Directors authorized during the second quarter of 2022 the $0.06 per share typically used to pay a quarterly dividend to shareholders to be allocated to repurchase common stock. The authorization was for $2.0 million to repurchase common stock commencing in August 2022.Not Applicable

During the third quarter ended September 30, 2022, the Company purchased 632,744 shares of common stock in aggregate of $1.7 million with an average share price of $2.73 per share.

A summary of our common stock repurchases during the quarter ended September 30, 2022, is set forth in the table below (in thousands, except shares and price per share):

 

 

Total Number of
Shares
Purchased

 

 

Average Price (1)
Paid Per Share

 

 

Total Number of Shares
Purchased as Part of
Publicly Announced
Plans or Programs

 

 

Dollar Value of
Shares that May
Yet be Purchased
Under the Plans
or Programs
(2)

 

July 1 - July 31, 2022

 

 

 

 

$

 

 

 

 

 

$

20,000

 

August 1 - August 31, 2022

 

 

237,911

 

 

$

2.78

 

 

 

237,911

 

 

$

19,328

 

September 1 - September 30, 2022

 

 

394,833

 

 

$

2.70

 

 

 

394,833

 

 

$

18,252

 

Total

 

 

632,744

 

 

 

 

 

 

632,744

 

 

 

 

(1)
Represents the balance before commission and fees at the end of each period.
(2)
Effective December 31, 2021, the Board of Directors established a new share repurchase program with an initial value of $25.0 million and with an expiration date of December 31, 2022.

Item 5. Other Information

Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive AgreementTrading Arrangements

Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement

On November 7, 2022, Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. and its subsidiary guarantors (together,During the “Company”) amended that certain Credit Agreement dated as of December 14, 2018 (as amended to date, the “Credit Agreement”) by entering into the Seventh Amendment to the Credit Agreement (the “Seventh Amendment”) with the lenders party to the Credit Agreement, and Regions Bank, as administrative agent, collateral agent, swingline lender and issuing bank.

The Seventh Amendment amended the Credit Agreement to, among other things, (i) decrease the revolving credit facility from $75 million to $50 million, (ii) establish a new $25 million term loan facility to refinance loans outstanding under the existing revolving credit facility and to pay fees, costs and expenses related thereto, (iii) reduce, from $50 million to $25 million, the aggregate amount of potential future increases to the revolving credit facility commitments and/three months ended September 30, 2023, no director or term loan commitments, (iii) modify the amortizationofficer of the existingCompany adopted or terminated a “Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement” or “non-Rule 10b5-1 trading arrangement,” as each term loan facility and new term loan facility to 10% per annum, paid quarterly, and (iii) increase the applicable margin for loans under the Credit Agreement to a range from 2.75% to 3.25% per annum for SOFR loans (plus a 0.10% credit adjustment spread) and based on a leverage ratio (an increase from the prior range of 2.50% to 3.00%).

The Seventh Amendment also modifies certain financial covenants in the Credit Agreement which may limit the Company’s flexibility in connection with future financing transactions and in the allocation of capital in the future. Specifically, starting in the first quarter of 2023, the Seventh Amendment amends certain financial covenants as follows: (1) require additional leverage ratios under the Consolidated Leverage Ratio covenant (asis defined in the Credit Agreement) after the initial step down to 2.50x in the second quarterItem 408(a) of 2023 not to exceed 2.25x as of the second quarter of 2024 and 2.00x as of the second quarter of 2025, (2) apply all (A)Regulation S-K.

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Restricted Payments (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and (B) fee forgiveness & other capital contributions to the Company’s regulated insurance companies that are not a party to the Credit Agreement (“Non-credit Parties”) that exceed $38 million, when calculating (i) Consolidated Tangible Net Worth (as defined in the Credit Agreement) which is required to be not less than $100 million plus 50% of positive quarterly net income (including its subsidiaries and regulated subsidiaries) plus the net cash proceeds of any equity transactions and (ii) Consolidated Fixed Charge Ratio (as defined in the Credit Agreement) which is required to be 1.20x . The Seventh Amendment also (A) eliminates the current $10 million basket available to the Company to pay dividends to its shareholders or to repurchase its securities, (B) provides for a dividend of up to $2 million in the fourth quarter of 2024 under certain conditions and (C) restricts future dividends based on maintenance of certain financial ratios, including Consolidated Tangible Net Worth. As a result, going forward, dividends and stock repurchases may be limited or restricted entirely and the Company’s ability to contribute capital to its insurance subsidiaries that are not parties to the Credit Agreement may be limited.

All other material terms of the Credit Agreement remain unchanged.

Based on the Company’s results for the third quarter of 2022, management considered it likely at that time that the Company would be out of compliance with certain financial covenants in the Credit Agreement. In order to avoid a covenant violation, the parties agreed to the terms of the Seventh Amendment as described above.

Certain Relationships

The lenders under the Credit Agreement and their affiliates may in the future engage in transactions with and perform services, including commercial banking, financial advisory and investment banking services, for the Company and its affiliates in the ordinary course of business for which they may receive customary fees and expenses.

The above summary description of the Seventh Amendment does not purport to be complete and is subject to, and qualified in its entirety by reference to, the Seventh Amendment, a copy of which is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1 and incorporated herein by reference.

Item 2.03 Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation under an Off-Balance Sheet Arrangement of a Registrant

The information contained in Item 1.01 is hereby incorporated into this Item 2.03 by reference thereto.

Item 6. Exhibits

The information required by this Item 6 is set forth in the Index to Exhibits accompanying this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

Index to Exhibits

3.1

Certificate of Incorporation of Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.1 to the Company’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 6, 2014

3.2

By-laws of Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 3.2 to the Company’s Quarterly

Report on Form 10-Q filed on August 6, 2014

4

Form of Stock Certificate (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company’s Registration Statement on Form S-1/A (File No. 333-195409) filed on May 13, 2014)

4.1

Form of 5.875% Convertible Senior Notes due 2037 (included in Exhibit 4.1), (incorporated by reference to 1.1 to our Form 8-K filed on August 16, 2017)

4.2

Indenture, dated as of August 16, 2017, by and among the Company. Heritage MGA, LLC as guarantor, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee, (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.1 to the Company's Form 8-K filed on August 16, 2017)

10.1*

Seventh Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated November 7, 2022, among Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc., certain subsidiaries of Heritage Insurance Holdings, Inc. from time to time party as guarantors, the lenders from time to time party and Regions Bank, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent

31.1*

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Executive Officer as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

31.2*

Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification of Principal Financial Officer as adopted pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

32.1**

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

32.2**

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

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101.INS*

Inline XBRL Instance Document (the Instance Document does not appear in the Interactive Data File because its XBRL tags are embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

101.SCH*

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

101.CAL*

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document

101.DEF*

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

101.LAB*

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Data Document

101.PRE*

Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document

104

Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as Inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)

* Filed herewith

** Furnished herewith

45† Management contract or compensatory plan or arrangement

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SIGNATURES

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

HERITAGE INSURANCE HOLDINGS, INC.

Date: November 9, 20226, 2023

By:

/s/ ERNESTO GARATEIX

Ernesto Garateix

Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer and Duly Authorized Officer)

Date: November 9, 20226, 2023

By:

/s/ KIRK LUSK

Kirk Lusk

Chief Financial Officer

(Principal Financial Officer)

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