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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-Q


FORM
10-Q
(Mark One)


QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the quarterly period ended June 30, 2021March 31, 2022
OR


TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from                  to                  .
Commission file number
0-15341


Donegal Group Inc.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware

 
23-2424711

(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization)
 
(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.)
1195 River Road, P.O. Box 302, Marietta, PA 17547
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

(717)
426-1931
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Not applicable
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if changed since last report)


Indicate by check mark whether 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 and posted 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 and post 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 definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer,” “smaller reporting company” and “emerging growth company” in Rule
12b-2
of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 Large accelerated filer ☐
Accelerated filer ☑
Non-accelerated filer ☐
 
Non-accelerated
filer ☐
Smaller reporting company ☑
Emerging growth company ☐
 

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

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

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

Title of Each ClassTrading SymbolsName of Each Exchange on Which Registered
Class A Common Stock, $.01 par value

DGICA
DGICA
The NASDAQ Global Select Market

Class B Common Stock, $.01 par value

DGICB
DGICB
The NASDAQ Global Select Market


Indicate the number of shares outstanding of each of the issuer’s classes of common stock, as of the latest practicable date: 25,668,50125,842,665 shares of Class A Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, and 5,576,775 shares of Class B Common Stock, par value $0.01 per share, outstanding on July 31, 2021.May 2, 2022.




DONEGAL GROUP INC.
INDEX TO FORM
10-Q
REPORT

Page
PART IFINANCIAL INFORMATION
   
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PART I
Item 1.
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Item 2.
 
Item 2.18
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Item 3.
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 33
Item 4.
28
 33
PART IIOTHER INFORMATION
PART II
 
Item 1.
29
 34
Item 1A.
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Item 2.
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 35
Item 3.
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Item 4.
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Item 5.
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Item 6.30
Item 6.
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PART I. FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.Financial Statements
Item 1.    Financial Statements
Donegal Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Balance Sheets

  
March 31,
2022
  
December 31,
2021
 
  (Unaudited)    
Assets      
Investments      
Fixed maturities      
Held to maturity, at amortized cost $690,691,302  $668,104,568 
Available for sale, at fair value  516,894,776   532,629,015 
Equity securities, at fair value  54,046,368   63,419,973 
Short-term investments, at cost, which approximates fair value  9,194,174   12,692,341 
Total investments  1,270,826,620   1,276,845,897 
Cash  56,074,886   57,709,375 
Accrued investment income  9,448,842   8,214,971 
Premiums receivable  182,475,495   168,862,580 
Reinsurance receivable  448,295,785   455,411,009 
Deferred policy acquisition costs  71,608,211   68,028,373 
Deferred tax asset, net  12,493,161   6,685,619 
Prepaid reinsurance premiums  174,523,309   176,935,842 
Property and equipment, net  2,885,074   2,956,930 
Accounts receivable - securities  1,936   2,252 
Federal income taxes recoverable  1,863,053   5,290,938 
Receivable from Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association  0   18,112,800 
Due from affiliate  2,209,909   1,922,717 
Goodwill  5,625,354   5,625,354 
Other intangible assets  958,010   958,010 
Other  1,472,250   1,612,732 
Total assets $2,240,761,895  $2,255,175,399 
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity        
Liabilities        
Losses and loss expenses $1,071,587,385  $1,077,620,301 
Unearned premiums  589,739,092   572,958,422 
Accrued expenses  4,900,102   4,028,659 
Reinsurance balances payable  4,069,560   3,946,105 
Borrowings under lines of credit  35,000,000   35,000,000 
Cash dividends declared to stockholders  
0
   
4,915,268
 
Cash refunds due to Michigan policyholders  0   18,112,800 
Accounts payable - securities  3,247,575   0 
Other  7,952,320   7,557,757 
Total liabilities  1,716,496,034   1,724,139,312 
Stockholders’ Equity        
Preferred stock, $0.01 par value, authorized 2,000,000 shares; NaN issued  0   0 
Class A common stock, $0.01 par value, authorized 50,000,000 shares, issued 28,790,510
and 28,756,203 shares and outstanding 25,787,922 and 25,753,615 shares
  287,906   287,562 
Class B common stock, $0.01 par value, authorized 10,000,000 shares, issued 5,649,240
shares and outstanding 5,576,775 shares
  56,492   56,492 
Additional paid-in capital  305,668,006   304,889,481 
Accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income  (17,306,674)  3,283,551 
Retained earnings  276,786,488   263,745,358 
Treasury stock, at cost  (41,226,357)  (41,226,357)
Total stockholders’ equity  524,265,861   531,036,087 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity $2,240,761,895  $2,255,175,399 

                                           
  
June 30,
2021
 
December 31,
2020
   (Unaudited)     
Assets
        
Investments
        
Fixed maturities
        
Held to maturity, at amortized cost
 $643,847,647  $586,609,439 
Available for sale, at fair value
  522,580,264   555,136,017 
Equity securities, at fair value
  72,757,031   58,556,173 
Short-term investments, at cost, which approximates fair value
  22,767,372   20,900,155 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total investments
  1,261,952,314   1,221,201,784 
Cash
  88,004,738   103,094,236 
Accrued investment income
  8,175,750   7,936,879 
Premiums receivable
  189,383,783   169,596,332 
Reinsurance receivable
  422,198,101   408,908,850 
Deferred policy acquisition costs
  69,687,624   59,156,958 
Deferred tax asset, net
  5,134,455   5,683,113 
Prepaid reinsurance premiums
  186,451,557   169,418,333 
Property and equipment, net
  3,350,691   4,390,377 
Accounts receivable - securities
  79,402   67,676 
Federal income taxes recoverable
  4,018,210   3,089,369 
Goodwill
  5,625,354   5,625,354 
Other intangible assets
  958,010   958,010 
Other
  1,380,569   1,393,053 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total assets
 $  2,246,400,558  $  2,160,520,324 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity
        
Liabilities
        
Losses and loss expenses
 $998,658,015  $962,007,437 
Unearned premiums
  599,949,617   537,189,598 
Accrued expenses
  11,465,644   29,115,198 
Reinsurance balances payable
  4,030,947   3,233,523 
Borrowings under lines of credit
  35,000,000   85,000,000 
Cash dividends declared to stockholders
  0   4,436,301 
Subordinated debentures
  5,000,000   5,000,000 
Accounts payable - securities
  11,295,765   0 
Due to affiliate
  22,196,384   10,293,495 
Other
  8,647,393   6,470,652 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total liabilities
  1,696,243,765    1,642,746,204  
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Stockholders’ Equity
        
Preferred stock, $.01 par value, authorized 2,000,000 shares; 0ne issued
  0—   0— 
Class A common stock, $.01 par value, authorized 50,000,000 shares, issued 28,619,866 and 27,651,774 shares and outstanding 25,617,278 and 24,649,186 shares
  286,199   276,518 
Class B common stock, $.01 par value, authorized 10,000,000 shares, issued 5,649,240 shares and outstanding 5,576,775 shares
  56,492   56,492 
Additional
paid-in
capital
  302,510,624   289,149,567 
Accumulated other comprehensive income
  8,473,471   11,130,612 
Retained earnings
  280,056,364   258,387,288 
Treasury stock, at cost
  (41,226,357  (41,226,357
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total stockholders’ equity
  550,156,793   517,774,120 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity
 $2,246,400,558  $2,160,520,324 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


Donegal Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Income
(Unaudited)

  Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2022
  2021
 
Revenues:      
Net premiums earned $199,248,624  $187,251,600 
Investment income, net of investment expenses  7,858,881   7,510,578 
Net investment (losses) gains (includes $ 165,354 and ($29,186) accumulated other comprehensive income reclassifications)
  (76,247)  2,469,054 
Lease income  104,628   107,767 
Installment payment fees  490,831   630,899 
Total revenues  207,626,717   197,969,898 
Expenses:        
Net losses and loss expenses  117,883,002   119,219,747 
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs  34,182,000   30,179,000 
Other underwriting expenses  37,106,304   33,782,050 
Policyholder dividends  1,648,751   1,294,021 
Interest  153,033   312,326 
Other expenses, net  427,388   432,069 
Total expenses  191,400,478   185,219,213 
Income before income tax expense  16,226,239  12,750,685 
Income tax expense (includes $ 34,724 and ($6,129) income tax expense (benefit) from reclassification items)
  3,081,210  2,220,837 
Net income 
$
13,145,029
 
$
10,529,848
 
Earnings per common share:        
Class A common stock - basic and diluted $0.43 $0.35 
Class B common stock - basic and diluted $0.39 $0.32 

(Unaudited)

                                           
  
Three Months Ended June 30,
  
2021
 
2020
Revenues:
        
Net premiums earned
 $192,488,665  $184,373,768 
Investment income, net of investment expenses
  7,652,180   7,172,144 
Net investment gains (includes $479,211 and $14,493 accumulated other comprehensive income reclassifications)
  4,241,031   6,485,896 
Lease income
  108,038   109,205 
Installment payment fees
  656,029   758,759 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenues
  205,145,943   198,899,772 
Expenses:
        
Net losses and loss expenses
  113,956,652   105,349,019 
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs
  33,103,000   29,634,000 
Other underwriting expenses
  36,229,677    33,567,266  
Policyholder dividends
  1,629,499   1,683,658 
Interest
  217,290   428,092 
Other expenses, net
  313,000   249,688 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total expenses
  185,449,118   170,911,723 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income before income tax expense
  19,696,825   27,988,049 
Income tax expense (includes $100,634 and $3,044 income tax expense from reclassification items)
  3,532,789   5,309,271 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income
 $  16,164,036  $  22,678,778 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings per common share:
        
Class A common stock - basic
 $0.53  $0.80 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Class A common stock - diluted
 $0.53  $0.79 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Class B common stock - basic and diluted
 $0.48  $0.72 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Donegal Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive (Loss) Income
(Unaudited)

  Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2022
  2021
 
Net income $13,145,029  $10,529,848 
Other comprehensive loss, net of tax        
Unrealized loss on securities:        
Unrealized holding loss during the period, net of income tax benefit of ($5,438,628) and ($1,125,625)
  (20,459,595)  (4,230,172)
Reclassification adjustment for (gains) losses included in net income, net of income tax expense (benefit) of $ 34,724 and ($6,129)
  (130,630)  23,057 
Other comprehensive loss
  (20,590,225)  (4,207,115)
Comprehensive (loss) income $(7,445,196) $6,322,733 

                                           
  
Three Months Ended June 30,
  
2021
 
2020
Net income
 $  16,164,036  $  22,678,778 
Other comprehensive income, net of tax
        
Unrealized gain on securities:
        
Unrealized holding gain during the period, net of income tax expense of $511,306 and $1,774,279
  1,928,551   6,674,664 
Reclassification adjustment for gains included in net income, net of income tax expense of $100,634 and $3,044
  (378,577  (11,449
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other comprehensive income
  1,549,974   6,663,215 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Comprehensive income
 $17,714,010  $29,341,993 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

Donegal Group Inc. and Subsidiaries


  
Class A
Shares
  
Class B
Shares
  
Class A
Amount
  
Class B
Amount
  
Additional
Paid-In Capital
  
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income (Loss)
  
Retained
Earnings
  Treasury Stock  
Total
Stockholders’
Equity
 
Balance, December 31, 2021  28,756,203   5,649,240  $287,562  $56,492  $304,889,481  $3,283,551  $263,745,358  $(41,226,357) $531,036,087 
Issuance of common stock
(stock compensation plans)
  33,407   0   335   0   423,665   0   0   0   424,000 
Share-based compensation  900   0   9   0   256,451   0   0   0   256,460 
Net income        0   0   0   0   13,145,029   0   13,145,029 
Cash dividends declared        0   0   0   0   (5,490)  0   (5,490)
Grant of stock options        0   0   98,409   0   (98,409)  0   0 
Other comprehensive loss        0   0   0   (20,590,225)  0   0   (20,590,225)
Balance, March 31, 2022  28,790,510   5,649,240  $287,906  $56,492  $305,668,006  $(17,306,674) $276,786,488  $(41,226,357) $524,265,861 

Three Months Ended March 31, 2021

  
Class A
Shares
  
Class B
Shares
  
Class A
Amount
  
Class B
Amount
  
Additional
Paid-In Capital
  
Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
  
Retained
Earnings
  Treasury Stock  
Total
Stockholders’
Equity
 
Balance, December 31, 2020  27,651,774   5,649,240  $276,518  $56,492  $289,149,567  $11,130,612  $258,387,288  $(41,226,357) $517,774,120 
Issuance of common stock
(stock compensation plans)
  33,336   0   334   0   419,454   0   0   0   419,788 
Share-based compensation  346,124   0   3,461   0   4,719,388   0   0   0   4,722,849 
Net income        0   0   0   0   10,529,848   0   10,529,848 
Cash dividends declared        0   0   0   0   (5,000)  0   (5,000)
Grant of stock options        0   0   109,184   0   (109,184)  0   0 
Other comprehensive loss
        0   0   0   (4,207,115)  0   0   (4,207,115)
Balance, March 31, 2021  28,031,234   5,649,240  $280,313  $56,492  $294,397,593  $6,923,497  $268,802,952  $(41,226,357) $529,234,490 

See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.

Donegal Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of IncomeCash Flows
(Unaudited)

  Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2022
  2021
 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:      
Net income $13,145,029  $10,529,848 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:        
Depreciation, amortization and other non-cash items  1,343,128   1,654,449 
Net investment losses (gains)  76,247   (2,469,054)
Changes in assets and liabilities:        
Losses and loss expenses  (6,032,916)  34,971,439 
Unearned premiums  16,780,670   40,291,574 
Premiums receivable  (13,612,915)  (12,012,018)
Deferred acquisition costs  (3,579,838)  (5,373,755)
Deferred income taxes  (334,190)  84,596 
Reinsurance receivable  7,115,224   (17,430,975)
Prepaid reinsurance premiums  2,412,533   (11,681,526)
Accrued investment income  (1,233,871)  (1,009,425)
Due from affiliate  (287,192)  (6,372,406)
Reinsurance balances payable  123,455   581,043 
Current income taxes  3,427,885   2,148,756 
Accrued expenses  871,443   (5,552,527)
Other, net  535,049   1,516,906 
Net adjustments  7,604,712   19,347,077 
Net cash provided by operating activities  20,749,741   29,876,925 
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:        
Purchases of fixed maturities, held to maturity  (28,656,113)  (33,904,795)
Purchases of fixed maturities, available for sale  (34,281,491)  (16,747,351)
Purchases of equity securities, available for sale  (5,276,815)  (13,885,992)
Maturity of fixed maturities:        
Held to maturity  9,203,976   7,317,449 
Available for sale  23,296,757   69,586,285 
Sales of equity securities, available for sale  14,408,819   6,300,459 
Net sales of property and equipment  28,288   684,629 
Net sales (purchases) of short-term investments  3,498,167   (198,239)
Net cash (used in) provided by investing activities  (17,778,412)  19,152,445 
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:        
Cash dividends paid  (4,920,758)  (4,441,301)
Issuance of common stock  314,940   4,709,242 
Payments on lines of credit  0   (50,000,000)
Net cash used in financing activities  (4,605,818)  (49,732,059)
Net decrease in cash  (1,634,489)  (702,689)
Cash at beginning of period  57,709,375   103,094,236 
Cash at end of period $56,074,886  $102,391,547 
Cash paid during period - Interest $161,506  $257,821 
Net cash paid during period - Taxes $0  $0 

                                           
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
   
2021
 
2020
Revenues:
         
Net premiums earned
  $379,740,265  $371,626,546 
Investment income, net of investment expenses
   15,162,758   14,548,428 
Net investment gains (losses) (includes $450,025 and $436,328 accumulated other comprehensive income reclassifications)
   6,710,085   (4,208,947
Lease income
   215,805   218,472 
Installment payment fees
   1,286,928   1,626,479 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenues
   403,115,841   383,810,978 
Expenses:
         
Net losses and loss expenses
   233,176,399   222,595,545 
Amortization of deferred policy acquisition costs
   63,282,000   59,571,000 
Other underwriting expenses
   70,011,727   66,164,895 
Policyholder dividends
   2,923,520   3,525,658 
Interest
   529,616   652,422 
Other expenses, net
   745,069   810,238 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total expenses
   370,668,331    353,319,758  
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income before income tax expense
   32,447,510   30,491,220 
Income tax expense (includes $94,505 and $91,629 income tax expense from reclassification items)
   5,753,626   4,081,321 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net income
  $  26,693,884  $  26,409,899 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Earnings per common share:
         
Class A common stock - basic
  $0.89  $0.93 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Class A common stock - diluted
  $0.88  $0.92 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Class B common stock - basic and diluted
  $0.80  $0.84 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Donegal Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Comprehensive Income
(Unaudited)
                                           
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
   
2021
 
2020
Net income
  $  26,693,884  $  26,409,899 
Other comprehensive (loss) income, net of tax
         
Unrealized (loss) gain on securities:
         
Unrealized holding (loss) gain during the period, net of income tax (benefit) expense of ($614,319) and $2,713,454
   (2,301,621  10,207,754 
Reclassification adjustment for gains included in net income, net of income tax expense of $94,505 and $91,629
   (355,520  (344,699
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Other comprehensive (loss) income
   (2,657,141  9,863,055 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Comprehensive income
  $24,036,743  $36,272,954 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.


Donegal Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity
(Unaudited)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                              
  Class A
Shares
 Class B
Shares
 Class A
Amount
 Class B
Amount
 
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
 Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
 Retained
Earnings
 Treasury Stock Total
Stockholders’
Equity
Balance, December 31, 2020
  27,651,774   5,649,240  $276,518  $56,492  $289,149,567  $11,130,612  $258,387,288  $(41,226,357 $517,774,120 
Issuance of common stock (stock compensation plans)
  33,336      334      419,454            419,788 
Share-based compensation
  346,124      3,461      4,719,388            4,722,849 
Net income
                    10,529,848      10,529,848 
Cash dividends declared
                    (5,000     (5,000
Grant of stock options
              109,184      (109,184      
Other comprehensive loss
                 (4,207,115        (4,207,115
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, March 31, 2021
  28,031,234   5,649,240  $280,313  $56,492  $294,397,593  $6,923,497  $268,802,952  $(41,226,357 $529,234,490 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Issuance of common stock (stock compensation plans)
  49,613      496      730,005            730,501 
Share-based compensation
  539,019      5,390      7,313,031            7,318,421 
Net income
                    16,164,036      16,164,036 
Cash dividends declared
                    (4,840,629     (4,840,629
Grant of stock options
              69,995      (69,995      
Other comprehensive income
                 1,549,974         1,549,974 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, June 30, 2021
  28,619,866   5,649,240  $286,199  $56,492  $302,510,624  $8,473,471  $280,056,364  $(41,226,357 $550,156,793 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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Donegal Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statement of Stockholders’ Equity
(Unaudited)
Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
                                                                                                                                                                                              
  Class A
Shares
 Class B
Shares
 Class A
Amount
 Class B
Amount
 
Additional
Paid-In
Capital
 Accumulated
Other
Comprehensive
Income
 Retained
Earnings
 Treasury Stock Total
Stockholders’
Equity
Balance, December 31, 2019  26,203,935   5,649,240  $262,040  $56,492  $268,151,601  $504,170  $223,267,573  $(41,226,357 $451,015,519 
Issuance of common stock (stock compensation plans)
  28,924      289      376,539            376,828 
Share-based compensation  67,087      671      1,242,315            1,242,986 
Net income                    3,731,121      3,731,121 
Cash dividends declared                    (5,363     (5,363
Grant of stock options              118,525      (118,525      
Other comprehensive income                 3,199,840         3,199,840 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, March 31, 2020  26,299,946   5,649,240  $263,000  $56,492  $269,888,980  $3,704,010  $226,874,806  $(41,226,357 $459,560,931 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Issuance of common stock (stock compensation plans)
  52,964      530      720,018            720,548 
Share-based compensation  160,869      1,608      2,490,136            2,491,744 
Net income                    22,678,778      22,678,778 
Cash dividends declared                    (4,255,882     (4,255,882
Grant of stock options              76,354      (76,354      
Other comprehensive income                 6,663,215         6,663,215 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Balance, June 30, 2020
  26,513,779   5,649,240  $265,138  $56,492  $273,175,488  $10,367,225  $245,221,348  $(41,226,357 $487,859,334 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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Donegal Group Inc. and Subsidiaries
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows
(Unaudited)
                                           
   
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
 
 
 
   
 
2021
 
 
 
2020
 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash Flows from Operating Activities:
         
Net income
  $26,693,884  $26,409,899 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating activities:
         
Depreciation, amortization and other
non-cash
items
   3,083,025   3,502,046 
Net investment (gains) losses
   (6,710,085  4,208,947 
Changes in assets and liabilities:
         
Losses and loss expenses
   36,650,578   32,149,773 
Unearned premiums
   62,760,019   52,796,454 
Premiums receivable
   (19,787,451  (21,717,231
Deferred acquisition costs
   (10,530,666  (2,865,674
Deferred income taxes
   1,266,870   (837,202
Reinsurance receivable
   (13,289,251  (12,319,334
Prepaid reinsurance premiums
   (17,033,224  (32,483,228
Accrued investment income
   (238,871  (597,823
Due to affiliate
   11,902,889   (2,053,312
Reinsurance balances payable
   797,424   144,398 
Current income taxes
   (928,841  4,893,520 
Accrued expenses
   (17,649,554  (5,005,473
Other, net
   2,189,225   1,809,764 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net adjustments
   32,482,087   21,625,625 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net cash provided by operating activities
   59,175,971   48,035,524 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash Flows from Investing Activities:
         
Purchases of fixed maturities, held to maturity
   (80,315,578  (55,313,641
Purchases of fixed maturities, available for sale
   (73,023,551  (81,210,780
Purchases of equity securities, available for sale
   (25,332,194  (5,071,801
Maturity of fixed maturities:
         
Held to maturity
   23,650,172   18,812,367 
Available for sale
   111,197,663   70,379,590 
Sales of fixed maturities, available for sale
      15,251,996 
Sales of equity securities, available for sale
   17,391,396   3,202,672 
Net sales of property and equipment
   935,029   32,107 
Net purchases of short-term investments
   (1,867,217  (37,311,903
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net cash used in investing activities
   (27,364,280  (71,229,393
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash Flows from Financing Activities:
         
Cash dividends paid
   (9,281,930  (8,336,479
Issuance of common stock
   12,380,741   3,988,784 
Borrowing under lines of credit
      50,000,000 
Payments on lines of credit
   (50,000,000   
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net cash (used in) provided by financing activities
   (46,901,189  45,652,305 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net (decrease) increase in cash   (15,089,498  22,458,436 
Cash at beginning of period   103,094,236   49,318,930 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash at end of period
  $      88,004,738  $      71,777,366 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Cash paid during period - Interest
  $659,222  $664,342 
Net cash paid during period - Taxes
  $5,400,000  $ 
See accompanying notes to consolidated financial statements.
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DONEGAL GROUP INC. AND SUBSIDIARIES
(Unaudited)
Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

1 -
Organization



Donegal Mutual Insurance Company (“Donegal Mutual”) organized us as an insurance holding company on August 26, 1986. Our insurance subsidiaries, Atlantic States Insurance Company (“Atlantic States”), Southern Insurance Company of Virginia (“Southern”), the Peninsula Insurance Group (“Peninsula”), which consists of Peninsula Indemnity Company and The Peninsula Insurance Company and Michigan Insurance Company (“MICO”), and our affiliates write personal and commercial lines of property and casualty coverages exclusively through a network of independent insurance agents in certain
Mid-Atlantic,
Midwestern, New England, Southern and Southwestern states.
We have


At March 31, 2022, we had 3 segments: our investment function, our commercial lines of insurance and our personal lines of insurance. The commercial lines products of our insurance subsidiaries consist primarily of commercial automobile, commercial multi-peril and workers’ compensation policies. The personal lines products of our insurance subsidiaries consist primarily of homeowners and private passenger automobile policies.


At June 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, Donegal Mutual held approximately 41% of our outstanding Class A common stock and approximately 84% of our outstanding Class B common stock. This ownership provides Donegal Mutual with approximately 70% of the total voting power of our common stock. Our insurance subsidiaries and Donegal Mutual have interrelated operations due to a pooling agreement and other intercompany agreements and transactions. While each company maintains its separate corporate existence, our insurance subsidiaries and Donegal Mutual conduct business together as the Donegal Insurance Group. As such, Donegal Mutual and our insurance subsidiaries share the same business philosophy, the same management, the same employees and the same facilities and offer the same types of insurance products.



Atlantic States, our largest subsidiary, participates in a proportional reinsurance agreement, or pooling agreement, with Donegal Mutual. Under the pooling agreement, Donegal Mutual and Atlantic States contribute substantially all of their respective premiums, losses and loss expenses to the underwriting pool, and the underwriting pool, acting through Donegal Mutual, then allocates 80% of the pooled business to Atlantic States. Thus, Donegal Mutual and Atlantic States share the underwriting results of the pooled business in proportion to their respective participation in the underwriting pool.



In addition, Donegal Mutual has a 100% quota-share reinsurance agreement with Southern Mutual Insurance Company, or Southern Mutual. Donegal Mutual places its assumed business from Southern Mutual into the underwriting pool.



Donegal Mutual completed the merger of Mountain States Mutual Casualty Company, or Mountain States, with and into Donegal Mutual effective May 25, 2017. Donegal Mutual was the surviving company in the merger, and Mountain States’ insurance subsidiaries, Mountain States Indemnity Company and Mountain States Commercial Insurance Company (collectively, the “Mountain States insurance subsidiaries”), became insurance subsidiaries of Donegal Mutual upon completion of the merger. Upon completion of the merger, Donegal Mutual assumed all of the policy obligations of Mountain States and began to market its products together with the Mountain States insurance subsidiaries as the Mountain States Insurance Group in four4 Southwestern states. Donegal Mutual also entered into a 100% quota-share reinsurance agreement with the Mountain States insurance subsidiaries on the merger date. Beginning with policies effective in 2021, Donegal Mutual began to place the business of the Mountain States Insurance Group into the underwriting pool. As a result, our consolidated financial results through December 31, 2020 excluded the results of the Mountain States Insurance Group operations in those Southwestern states.




The same executive management and underwriting personnel administer products, classes of business underwritten, pricing practices and underwriting standards of Donegal Mutual and our insurance subsidiaries. In addition, as the Donegal Insurance Group, Donegal Mutual and our insurance subsidiaries share a combined business plan to achieve market penetration and underwriting profitability objectives. The products our insurance subsidiaries and Donegal Mutual market are generally complementary, thereby allowing the Donegal Insurance Group to offer a broader range of products to a given market and to
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expand the Donegal Insurance Group’s ability to service an entire personal lines or commercial lines account. Distinctions within the products of Donegal Mutual and our insurance subsidiaries generally relate to specific risk profiles targeted within similar classes of business, such as preferred tier versus standard tier products, but we do not allocate all of the standard risk gradients to one company. Therefore, the underwriting profitability of the business the individual companies write directly will vary. However, the underwriting pool homogenizes the risk characteristics of all business that Donegal Mutual and Atlantic States write directly. The business Atlantic States derives from the underwriting pool represents a significant percentage of our total consolidated revenues.​​​​​​​

2 -
Basis of Presentation



Our financial information for the interim periods included in this Form
10-Q
Report is unaudited; however, our financial information we include in this Form
10-Q
Report reflects all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments that, in the opinion of our management, are necessary for a fair presentation of our financial position, results of operations and cash flows for those interim periods. Our results of operations for the sixthree months ended June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 are not necessarily indicative of the results of operations we expect for the year ending December 31, 2021.2022.



We recommend you read the interim financial statements we include in this Form
10-Q
Report in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes to our financial statements contained in our Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2020.2021.

3 -
Earnings Per Share



We have two classes of common stock, which we refer to as our Class A common stock and our Class B common stock. Our certificate of incorporation provides that whenever our board of directors declares a dividend on our Class B common stock, our board of directors shall simultaneously declare a dividend on our Class A common stock that is payable to the holders of our Class A common stock at the same time and as of the same record date at a rate that is at least 10% greater than the rate at which our board of directors declared a dividend on our Class B common stock. Accordingly, we use the
two-class
method to compute our earnings per common share. The
two-class
method is an earnings allocation formula that determines earnings per share separately for each class of common stock based on dividends we have declared and an allocation of our remaining undistributed earnings using a participation percentage that reflects the dividend rights of each class. The table below presents for the periods indicated a reconciliation of the numerators and denominators we used to compute basic and diluted net income per share for our Class A common stock and our Class B common stock:​​​​​​​

  Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2022
  2021
 
  Class A  Class B  Class A  Class B 
  (in thousands, except per share data) 
Basic earnings per share:            
Numerator:            
Allocation of net income $10,986  $2,159  $8,742  $1,788 
Denominator:                
Weighted-average shares outstanding  25,787   5,577   24,768   5,577 
Basic earnings per share $0.43  $0.39  $0.35  $0.32 
                 
Diluted earnings per share:                
Numerator:                
Allocation of net income $10,986  $2,159  $8,742  $1,788 
Denominator:                
Number of shares used in basic computation  25,787   5,577   24,768   5,577 
Weighted-average shares effect of dilutive  securities:                
Director and employee stock options  22   0   128   0 
Number of shares used in diluted computation  25,809   5,577   24,896   5,577 
Diluted earnings per share $0.43  $0.39  $0.35  $0.32 



                                                                                     
   
Three Months Ended June 30,
   
2021
  
2020
   Class A  Class B  Class A  Class B
   (in thousands, except per share data)
Basic earnings per share:
                    
Numerator:
                    
Allocation of net income
  $13,482   $2,682   $18,665   $4,014 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Denominator:
                    
Weighted-average shares outstanding
   25,342    5,577    23,451    5,577 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Basic earnings per share
  $0.53   $0.48   $0.80   $0.72 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
    
                    
Diluted earnings per share:
                    
Numerator:
                    
Allocation of net income
  $13,482   $2,682   $18,665   $4,014 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Denominator:
                    
Number of shares used in basic computation
   25,342    5,577    23,451    5,577 
Weighted-average shares effect of dilutive securities:
                    
Director and employee stock options
   252        199     
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Number of shares used in diluted computation
   25,594    5,577    23,650    5,577 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Diluted earnings per share
  $0.53   $0.48   $0.79   $0.72 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
                                                                                     
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
   
2021
  
2020
   Class A  Class B  Class A  Class B
   (in thousands, except per share data)
Basic earnings per share:
                    
Numerator:
                    
Allocation of net income
  $22,223   $4,471   $21,721   $4,689 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Denominator:
                    
Weighted-average shares outstanding
   25,057    5,577    23,356    5,577 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Basic earnings per share
  $0.89   $0.80   $0.93   $0.84 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
    
                    
Diluted earnings per share:
                    
Numerator:
                    
Allocation of net income
  $22,223   $4,471   $21,721   $4,689 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Denominator:
                    
Number of shares used in basic computation
   25,057    5,577    23,356    5,577 
Weighted-average shares effect of dilutive securities:
                    
Director and employee stock options
   190        193     
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Number of shares used in diluted computation
   25,247    5,577    23,549    5,577 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Diluted earnings per share
  $0.88   $0.80   $0.92   $0.84 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
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We did not include outstanding options to purchase the following number of shares of Class A common stock in our computation of diluted earnings per share because the exercise price of the options exceeded the average market price of our Class A common stock during the applicable periods.

  Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2022
  2021
 
         
Number of options to purchase Class A shares excluded  5,434,934   6,051,359 
                                                                                     
   
Three Months Ended June 30,
  
Six Months Ended June 30,
     
   
2021
  
2020
  
2021
  
2020
     
Number of options to purchase Class A shares excluded
   4,952,276    6,183,992    4,952,276    6,183,992 

4 -
Reinsurance



Atlantic States and Donegal Mutual have participated in a pooling agreement since 1986 under which they pool their direct premiums written, and Atlantic States and Donegal Mutual then share the underwriting results of the pool in accordance with the terms of the pooling agreement. Atlantic States has an 80% share of the results of the pool, and Donegal Mutual has a 20% share of the results of the pool. Donegal Mutual began placing the business of the Mountain States Insurance Group into the pool beginning with policies effective in 2021.



Our insurance subsidiaries and Donegal Mutual haveparticipate in a combinedconsolidated third-party reinsurance program. The coverage and parameters of the program are common to all of our insurance subsidiaries and Donegal Mutual. Our insurance subsidiaries and Donegal Mutual useThe program utilizes several different reinsurers. They require their reinsurers to maintain an A.M. Best rating of
A-
(Excellent) or better or, with respect to foreign reinsurers, have a financial condition that, in the opinion of our management, is equivalent to a company with at least an
A-
rating from A.M. Best. The following information describes the external reinsurance Donegal Mutual and our insurance subsidiaries have in place for 2021:2022:

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excess of loss reinsurance, under which the losses of Donegal Mutual and our insurance subsidiaries are automatically reinsured, through a series of contracts, over a set retention of $2.0 million; andIndex

excess of loss reinsurance, under which Donegal Mutual and our insurance subsidiaries recover losses over a set retention of $2.0 million; and

catastrophe reinsurance, under which Donegal Mutual and our insurance subsidiaries recover through a series of reinsurance agreements, 100% of an accumulation of many losses resulting from a single event, including natural disasters, over a set retention of $15.0 million up to aggregate losses of $185.0 million per occurrence.



For property insurance, our insurance subsidiaries have excess of loss reinsurance that provide for coverage of $38.0 million per loss over a set retention of $2.0 million. For liability insurance, our insurance subsidiaries have excess of loss reinsurance that provide for coverage of $73.0 million per occurrence over a set retention of $2.0 million. For workers’ compensation insurance, our insurance subsidiaries have excess of loss reinsurance that provide for coverage of $18.0 million on any one life over a set retention of $2.0 million.


In addition to the pooling agreement and third-party reinsurance, our insurance subsidiaries have a catastrophe reinsurance agreement with Donegal Mutual, under which each of our insurance subsidiaries recovers 100% of an accumulation of multiple losses resulting from a single event, including natural disasters, over a set retention of $2.0 million up to aggregate losses of $13.0 million per occurrence. The agreement also provides additional coverage for an accumulation of losses from a single event including a combination of our insurance subsidiaries over a combined retention of $5.0 million.



Our insurance subsidiaries and Donegal Mutual also purchase facultative reinsurance to cover certain exposures, including property exposures that exceeded the limits provided by their respective treaty reinsurance.



In order to write automobile insurance in the state of Michigan, MICO is required to be a member of the Michigan Catastrophic Claims Association (“MCCA”).  The MCCA provides reinsurance to MICO for personal automobile and commercial automobile personal injury claims in the state of Michigan over a set retention. In November 2021, the MCCA approved the return of approximately $3.0 billion of its estimated surplus to its member insurance companies and provided guidance to those companies with respect to the payment of refunds to Michigan policyholders in the first half of 2022. We recorded a receivable from the MCCA and a corresponding payable for cash refunds due to Michigan policyholders in the amount of $18.1 million on our balance sheet as of December 31, 2021. In March 2022, we received such payment from the MCCA and subsequently paid the refunds due to our Michigan policyholders.

5 -
Investments



The amortized cost and estimated fair values of our fixed maturities at June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 were as follows:

  Amortized Cost  
Gross Unrealized
Gains
  
Gross Unrealized
Losses
  
Estimated Fair
Value
 
  (in thousands) 
Held to Maturity            
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government corporations and agencies $89,848  $310  $4,139  $86,019 
Obligations of states and political subdivisions  395,793   5,884   21,439   380,238 
Corporate securities  190,105   2,594   5,844   186,855 
Mortgage-backed securities  14,945   6   156   14,795 
Totals $690,691  $8,794  $31,578  $667,907 

  Amortized Cost  
Gross Unrealized
Gains
  
Gross Unrealized
Losses
  
Estimated Fair
Value
 
  (in thousands) 
Available for Sale            
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government corporations and agencies $37,003  $0  $2,258  $34,745 
Obligations of states and political subdivisions  57,822   456   1,973   56,305 
Corporate securities  219,350   1,307   5,484   215,173 
Mortgage-backed securities  219,597   134   9,059   210,672 
Totals $533,772  $1,897  $18,774  $516,895 


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Amortized Cost
 
Gross Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross Unrealized
Losses
 
Estimated Fair
Value
  (in thousands)
Held to Maturity
                
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government corporations and agencies
 $89,716  $2,839  $649  $91,906 
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
  346,517   20,073   788   365,802 
Corporate securities
  188,162   15,061   267   202,956 
Mortgage-backed securities
  19,453   1,005   0   20,458 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Totals
 $643,848  $38,978  $1,704  $681,122 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
                                                                                     
  
Amortized Cost
 
Gross Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross Unrealized
Losses
 
Estimated Fair
Value
  (in thousands)
Available for Sale
                
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government corporations and agencies
 $22,508  $257  $439  $22,326 
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
  59,378   2,366   31   61,713 
Corporate securities
  201,634   9,644   202   211,076 
Mortgage-backed securities
  222,814   5,068   417   227,465 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Totals
 $506,334  $17,335  $1,089  $522,580 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
At June 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, our holdings of obligations of states and political subdivisions included general obligation bonds with an aggregate fair value of $267.8$283.6 million and an amortized cost of $254.2$296.1 million. Our holdings at June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 also included special revenue bonds with an aggregate fair value of $159.7$152.9 million and an amortized cost of $151.7$157.5 million. With respect to both categories of those bonds at June 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, we held no securities of any issuer that comprised more than 10% of our holdings of either bond category. Education bonds and water and sewer utility bonds represented 46%48% and 35%, respectively, of our total investments in special revenue bonds based on the carrying values of these investments at June 30, 2021.March 31, 2022. Many of the issuers of the special revenue bonds we held at June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 have the authority to impose ad valorem taxes. In that respect, many of the special revenue bonds we held at June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 are similar to general obligation bonds.


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The amortized cost and estimated fair values of our fixed maturities at December 31, 20202021 were as follows:

  Amortized Cost  
Gross Unrealized
Gains
  
Gross Unrealized
Losses
  
Estimated Fair
Value
 
  (in thousands) 
Held to Maturity            
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government corporations and agencies $89,268  $1,923  $1,015  $90,176 
Obligations of states and political subdivisions  371,436   17,857   948   388,345 
Corporate securities  191,147   11,576   773   201,950 
Mortgage-backed securities  16,254   676   0   16,930 
Totals $668,105  $32,032  $2,736  $697,401 

  Amortized Cost  
Gross Unrealized
Gains
  
Gross Unrealized
Losses
  
Estimated Fair
Value
 
  (in thousands) 
Available for Sale            
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government corporations and agencies $32,501  $144  $461  $32,184 
Obligations of states and political subdivisions  55,459   2,002   83   57,378 
Corporate securities  215,669   6,817   874   221,612 
Mortgage-backed securities  219,664   3,001   1,210   221,455 
Totals $523,293  $11,964  $2,628  $532,629 

                                                                                     
  
Amortized Cost
 
Gross Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross Unrealized
Losses
 
Estimated Fair
Value
  (in thousands)
Held to Maturity
                
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government corporations and agencies
 $77,435  $3,984  $223  $81,196 
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
  312,319   23,212   143   335,388 
Corporate securities
  173,270   18,172   206   191,236 
Mortgage-backed securities
  23,585   1,236   0   24,821 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Totals
 $586,609  $46,604  $572  $632,641 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


                                                                                     
  
Amortized Cost
 
Gross Unrealized
Gains
 
Gross Unrealized
Losses
 
Estimated Fair
Value
  (in thousands)
Available for Sale
                
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government corporations and agencies
 $47,512  $424  $121  $47,815 
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
  66,287   2,690   12   68,965 
Corporate securities
  202,396   10,496   184   212,708 
Mortgage-backed securities
  218,763   6,902   17   225,648 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Totals
 $534,958  $20,512  $334  $555,136 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
​​​​​​​
At December 31, 2020,2021, our holdings of obligations of states and political subdivisions included general obligation bonds with an aggregate fair value of $263.6$284.9 million and an amortized cost of $247.5$272.7 million. Our holdings also included special revenue bonds with an aggregate fair value of $140.8$160.8 million and an amortized cost of $131.1$154.2 million. With respect to both categories of bonds, we held no securities of any issuer that comprised more than 10% of that category at December 31, 2020.2021. Education bonds and water and sewer utility bonds represented 44%48% and 39%35%, respectively, of our total investments in special revenue bonds based on their carrying values at December 31, 2020.2021. Many of the issuers of the special revenue bonds we held at December 31, 20202021 have the authority to impose ad valorem taxes. In that respect, many of the special revenue bonds we held are similar to general obligation bonds.



We made reclassifications from available for sale to held to maturity of certain fixed maturities at fair value on November 30, 2013. Wehave segregated within accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income the net unrealized losses of $15.1 million arising prior to the November 30, 2013 reclassifications.reclassification date for fixed maturities reclassified from available for sale to held to maturity. We are amortizing this balance over the remaining life of the related securities as an adjustment toof yield in a manner consistent with the accretion of discount on the same fixed maturities. We recorded amortization of $556,553$ 149,475 and $833,690$371,265 in other comprehensive (loss) incomeloss during the sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2022 and 2021, and 2020, respectively. At June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2020,2021, net unrealized losses of $5.5$5.0 million and $6.1$5.2 million, respectively, remained within accumulated other comprehensive (loss) income.


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We show below the amortized cost and estimated fair value of our fixed maturities at June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 by contractual maturity. Expected maturities may differ from contractual maturities because issuers of the securities may have the right to call or prepay obligations with or without call or prepayment penalties.penalties

.
  Amortized Cost  
Estimated Fair
Value
 
  (in thousands) 
Held to maturity      
Due in one year or less $60,854  $62,484 
Due after one year through five years  84,257   85,415 
Due after five years through ten years  223,309   216,052 
Due after ten years  307,326   289,161 
Mortgage-backed securities  14,945   14,795 
Total held to maturity $690,691  $667,907 
         
Available for sale        
Due in one year or less $29,090  $29,320 
Due after one year through five years  148,499   145,592 
Due after five years through ten years  105,650   101,917 
Due after ten years  30,936   29,394 
Mortgage-backed securities  219,597   210,672 
Total available for sale $533,772  $516,895 


                                           
   
Amortized Cost
  
Estimated Fair
Value
   (in thousands)
Held to maturity
          
Due in one year or less
  $38,641   $39,762 
Due after one year through five years
   83,282    88,929 
Due after five years through ten years
   224,135    237,348 
Due after ten years
   278,337    294,625 
Mortgage-backed securities
   19,453    20,458 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Total held to maturity
  $643,848   $681,122 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
    
          
Available for sale
          
Due in one year or less
  $26,146   $26,621 
Due after one year through five years
   131,837    138,624 
Due after five years through ten years
   96,413    99,711 
Due after ten years
   29,124    30,159 
Mortgage-backed securities
   222,814    227,465 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Total available for sale
  $506,334   $522,580 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
The cost and estimated fair values of our equity securities at June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 were as follows:

  Cost  Gross Gains  Gross Losses  
Estimated Fair
Value
 
  (in thousands) 
Equity securities $35,307  $18,795  $56  $54,046 

                                                                                     
  
Cost
 
Gross Gains
 
Gross Losses
 
Estimated Fair
Value
  (in thousands)
Equity securities
 $50,864  $22,007  $114  $72,757 


The cost and estimated fair values of our equity securities at December 31, 20202021 were as follows:

  Cost  Gross Gains  Gross Losses  
Estimated Fair
Value
 
  (in thousands) 
Equity securities $43,263  $20,413  $256  $63,420 

                                                                                     
  
Cost
 
Gross Gains
 
Gross Losses
 
Estimated Fair
Value
  (in thousands)
Equity securities
 $42,410  $17,103  $957  $58,556 

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Gross investmentWe present below gross gains and losses before applicable income taxes forfrom investments and the three monthschange in the difference between fair value and six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 were as follows:
cost of investments:

  Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2022
  2021
 
  (in thousands) 
Gross realized gains:      
Fixed maturities $234  $193 
Equity securities  843   73 
Real estate
  477   0 
   1,554   266 
Gross realized losses:        
Fixed maturities  69   222 
Equity securities  824   0 
   893   222 
Net realized gains
 
661  
44 
Gross unrealized gains on equity securities
  716   3,204 
Gross unrealized losses on equity securities
  (1,453)  (779)
Net investment (losses) gains
 $
(76) $
2,469 
                                                                                     
   
Three Months Ended June 30,
  
Six Months Ended June 30,
   
2021
  
2020
  
2021
  
2020
   (in thousands)  (in thousands)
Gross investment gains:
                    
Fixed maturities
  $479   $229   $524   $652 
Equity securities
   3,762    6,474    6,728    3,355 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
    4,241    6,703    7,252    4,007 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Gross investment losses:
                    
Fixed maturities
   0    217    74    218 
Equity securities
   0    0    468    7,998 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
    0    217    542    8,216 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Net investment gains (losses)
  $4,241   $6,486   $6,710   $(4,209
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 

We recognized $6.1 million of gains and $114,339 of losses on equity securities we held at June 30, 2021 in net investment gains for the six months ended June 30, 2021. We recognized $3.4 million of gains and $4.9 million of losses on equity securities we held at June 30, 2020 in net investment losses for the six months ended June 30, 2020.


We held fixed maturities with unrealized losses representing declines that we considered temporary at June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 as follows:

  Less Than 12 Months  More Than 12 Months 
  Fair Value  Unrealized Losses  Fair Value  Unrealized Losses 
  (in thousands) 
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government corporations and agencies $52,488  $2,816  $31,710  $3,581 
Obligations of states and political subdivisions  231,429   19,976   28,289   3,436 
Corporate securities  188,463   8,531   25,649   2,797 
Mortgage-backed securities  192,115   7,590   14,313   1,625 
Totals $664,495  $38,913  $99,961  $11,439 


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Less Than 12 Months
  
More Than 12 Months
   
Fair Value
  
Unrealized Losses
  
Fair Value
  
Unrealized Losses
   (in thousands)
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government corporations and agencies
  $38,202   $1,088   $   $ 
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
   45,446    819    0    0 
Corporate securities
   38,846    344    3,375    125 
Mortgage-backed securities
   55,930    415    487    2 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Totals
  $178,424   $2,666   $3,862   $127 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 

We held fixed maturities with unrealized losses representing declines that we considered temporary at December 31, 20202021 as follows:

  Less Than 12 Months  More Than 12 Months 
  Fair Value  Unrealized Losses  Fair Value  Unrealized Losses 
  (in thousands) 
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government corporations and agencies $27,691  $412  $28,426  $1,064 
Obligations of states and political subdivisions  56,655   899   7,091   132 
Corporate securities  92,737   1,610   1,463   37 
Mortgage-backed securities  90,006   1,128   2,361   82 
Totals $267,089  $4,049  $39,341  $1,315 

                                                                                     
   
Less Than 12 Months
  
More Than 12 Months
   
Fair Value
  
Unrealized Losses
  
Fair Value
  
Unrealized Losses
   (in thousands)
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government corporations and agencies
  $29,144   $345   $   $ 
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
   9,362    154         
Corporate securities
   26,143    115    8,230    276 
Mortgage-backed securities
   3,091    15    236    1 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Totals
  $67,740   $629   $8,466   $277 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
 
 


We make estimates concerning the valuation of our investments and the recognition of other-than-temporary declines in the value of our investments. For equity securities, we measure investments at fair value, and we recognize changes in fair value in
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our results of operations. With respect to a debt security that is in an unrealized loss position, we first assess if we intend to sell the debt security. If we determine we intend to sell the debt security, we recognize the impairment loss in our results of operations. If we do not intend to sell the debt security, we determine whether it is more likely than not that we will be required to sell the debt security prior to recovery. If we determine it is more likely than not that we will be required to sell the debt security prior to recovery, we recognize the impairment loss in our results of operations. If we determine it is more likely than not that we will not be required to sell the debt security prior to recovery, we then evaluate whether a credit loss has occurred with respect to that security. We determine whether a credit loss has occurred by comparing the amortized cost of the debtsecurity to the present value of the cash flows we expect to collect. If we expect a cash flow shortfall, we consider that a credit loss has occurred. If we determine that a credit loss has occurred, we consider the impairment to be other than temporary. We then recognize the amount of the impairment loss related to the credit loss in our results of operations, and we recognize the remaining portion of the impairment loss in our other comprehensive income, net of applicable taxes. In addition, we may write down securities in an unrealized loss position based on a number of other factors, including when the fair value of an investment is significantly below its cost, when the financial condition of the issuer of a security has deteriorated, the occurrence of industry, issuer or geographic events that have negatively impacted the value of a security and rating agency downgrades. We held 89
593 debt securities that were in an unrealized loss position at June 30, 2021.March 31, 2022. Based upon our analysis of general market conditions and underlying factors impacting these debt securities, we considered these declines in value to be temporary.



We amortize premiums and discounts on debt securities over the life of the security as an adjustment to yield using the effective interest method. We compute realized investment gains and losses using the specific identification method.



We amortize premiums and discounts on mortgage-backed debt securities using anticipated prepayments.

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Segment Information



We evaluate the performance of our personal lines and commercial lines segments based upon the underwriting results of our insurance subsidiaries using statutory accounting principles (“SAP”) that various state insurance departments prescribe or permit. Our management uses SAP to measure the performance of our insurance subsidiaries instead of United States generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”). SAP financial measures are considered
non-GAAP
financial measures under applicable SEC rules because they include or exclude certain items that the most comparable GAAP financial measures do not ordinarily include or exclude.



Financial data by segment for the three and six months ended June 30,March 31, 2022 and 2021 and 2020 is as follows:​​​​​​​​​​​​​​


  Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2022
  2021
 
  (in thousands) 
Revenues:      
Premiums earned:      
Commercial lines $124,329  $109,226 
Personal lines  74,920   78,026 
GAAP premiums earned  199,249   187,252 
Net investment income  7,859   7,511 
Investment (losses) gains  (76)  2,469 
Other  595   738 
Total revenues $207,627  $197,970 
Income before income tax expense:
        
Underwriting income (loss):        
Commercial lines $62  $(8,242)
Personal lines  4,642   5,037 
SAP underwriting income (loss)
  4,704   (3,205)
GAAP adjustments  3,725   5,982 
GAAP underwriting income  8,429   2,777 
Net investment income  7,859   7,511 
Investment (losses) gains  (76)  2,469 
Other  14   (6)
Income before income tax expense $16,226  $12,751 

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Three Months Ended June 30,
   
2021
  
2020
   (in thousands)
Revenues:
          
Premiums earned:
          
Commercial lines
  $115,300   $101,870 
Personal lines
   77,189    82,504 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
GAAP premiums earned
   192,489    184,374 
Net investment income
   7,652    7,172 
Investment gains
   4,241    6,486 
Other
   764    868 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Total revenues
  $205,146   $198,900 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Income before income tax expense:
          
Underwriting income:
          
Commercial lines
  $1,767   $4,472 
Personal lines
   547    8,290 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
SAP underwriting income
   2,314    12,762 
GAAP adjustments
   5,256    1,378 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
GAAP underwriting income
   7,570    14,140 
Net investment income
   7,652    7,172 
Investment gains
   4,241    6,486 
Other
   234    190 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
Income before income tax expense
  $19,697   $27,988 
   
 
 
 
  
 
 
 
                                           
   
Six Months Ended June 30,
   
2021
 
2020
   (in thousands)
Revenues:
         
Premiums earned:
         
Commercial lines
  $224,525  $203,645 
Personal lines
   155,215   167,982 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP premiums earned
   379,740   371,627 
Net investment income
   15,163   14,548 
Investment gains (losses)
   6,710   (4,209
Other
   1,503   1,845 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total revenues
  $403,116  $383,811 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income before income tax expense:
         
Underwriting (loss) income:
         
Commercial lines
  $(6,475 $3,906 
Personal lines
   5,584   13,101 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SAP underwriting (loss) income
   (891  17,007 
GAAP adjustments
   11,238   2,762 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP underwriting income
   10,347   19,769 
Net investment income
   15,163   14,548 
Investment gains (losses)
   6,710   (4,209
Other
   228   383 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Income before income tax expense
  $32,448  $30,491 
   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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7 -
Borrowings

Lines of Credit


In August 2020, we entered into a credit agreement with Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company (“M&T”) that related to a $20.0 million unsecured demand line of credit. The line of credit has no expiration date, no annual fees and no covenants. At June 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, we had no0 outstanding borrowings from M&T and had the ability to borrow up to $20.0 million at interest rates equal to the then-current LIBOR rate plus 2.00%.



Atlantic States is a member of the FHLB of Pittsburgh. Through its membership, Atlantic States has the ability to issue debt to the FHLB of Pittsburgh in exchange for cash advances. Atlantic States has a fixed-rate cash advance of $35.0 million that was outstanding at June 30, 2021.March 31, 2022. The cash advance carries a fixed interest rate of 1.74% and is due in August 2024.2024. In March 2020, Atlantic States issued $50.0 million of debt to the FHLB of Pittsburgh in exchange for a cash advance in the same amount that carried a fixed interest rate of 0.83%. Atlantic States obtained this contingent liquidity funding in light of uncertainty surrounding the economic impact of the
COVID-19
pandemic. Atlantic States repaid this advance when it became due in March 2021. 2021. The table below presents the amount of FHLB of Pittsburgh stock Atlantic States purchased, collateral pledged and assets related to Atlantic States’ membership in the FHLB of Pittsburgh at June 30, 2021.March 31, 2022.

FHLB of Pittsburgh stock purchased and owned
  $1,575,600  $1,575,600 
 
Collateral pledged, at par (carrying value $45,226,104)
   44,343,661 
 
Collateral pledged, at par (carrying value $39,728,104) 40,871,156 
Borrowing capacity currently available
   8,847,792  2,703,399 
Subordinated Debentures
Donegal Mutual holds a $5.0 million surplus note that MICO issued to increase MICO’s statutory surplus. The surplus note carries an interest rate of 5.00%, and any repayment of principal or payment of interest on the surplus note requires prior approval of the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services.
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Share–Based Compensation



We measure all share-based payments to employees, including grants of stock options, and use a fair-value-based method for the recording of related compensation expense in our results of operations. In determining the expense we record for stock options granted to directors and employees of our subsidiaries and affiliates, we estimate the fair value of each option award on the date of grant using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The significant assumptions we utilize in applying the Black-Scholes option pricing model are the risk-free interest rate, the expected term, the dividend yield and the expected volatility.



We chargedrecorded compensation expense related to our stock compensation plans against income before income taxes of $
304,373
$244,140 and $
314,237
$292,795 for the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2022 and 2021, and 2020, respectively, with a corresponding income tax benefit of $
63,918
$51,269 and $
65,990
, respectively. We charged compensation expense related to our stock compensation plans against income before income taxes of $
597,168
and $
644,541
for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively, with a corresponding income tax benefit of $
125,405
and $
135,354
,$61,487, respectively. At June 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, we had $
1.0
$1.2 million of unrecognized compensation expense related to nonvested share-based compensation granted under our stock compensation plans that we expect to recognize over a weighted average period of approximately
1.6
1.8 years.

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We received cash from option exercises under all stock compensation plans during the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2022 and 2021 of $ 12,321 and 2020 of $7.0 million and $2.2 million, respectively. We received cash from option exercises under all stock compensation plans during the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020 of $11.4 million and $3.1$4.4 million, respectively. We realized actual tax benefits for the tax deductions related to those option exercises of $271,979
$ 153 and $54,221$149,156 for the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2022 and 2021, and 2020, respectively. We realized actual tax benefits for the tax deductions related to those option exercises of $421,135
and $68,878 for the six months ended June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

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Fair Value Measurements



We account for financial assets using a framework that establishes a hierarchy that ranks the quality and reliability of the inputs, or assumptions, we use in the determination of fair value, and we classify financial assets and liabilities carried at fair value in one of the following three categories:



Level 1 – quoted prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities;



Level 2 – directly or indirectly observable inputs other than Level 1 quoted prices; and



Level 3 – unobservable inputs not corroborated by market data.



For investments that have quoted market prices in active markets, we use the quoted market price as fair value and include these investments in Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. We classify publicly-traded equity securities as Level 1. When quoted market prices in active markets are not available, we base fair values on quoted market prices of comparable instruments or price estimates we obtain from independent pricing services and include these investments in Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy. We classify our fixed maturity investments and non-publicly traded equity securities as Level 2. Our fixed maturity investments consist of U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government corporations and agencies, obligations of states and political subdivisions, corporate securities and mortgage-backed securities.



We present our investments in
available-for-sale
fixed maturity and equity securities at estimated fair value. The estimated fair value of a security may differ from the amount that could be realized if we sold the security in a forced transaction. In addition, the valuation of fixed maturity investments is more subjective when markets are less liquid, increasing the potential that the estimated fair value does not reflect the price at which an actual transaction would occur. We utilize nationally recognized independent pricing services to estimate fair values or obtain market quotations for substantially all of our fixed maturity and equity investments. We generally obtain two prices per security. These pricing services utilize market quotations for fixed maturity and equity securities that have quoted prices in active markets. For fixed maturity securities that generally do not trade on a daily basis, the pricing services prepare estimates of fair value measurements based predominantly on observable market inputs. The pricing services do not use broker quotes in determining the fair values of our investments. Our investment personnel review the estimates of fair value the pricing services provide to verify that the estimates we obtain from the pricing services are representative of fair values based upon our investment personnel’s general knowledge of the market, their research findings related to unusual fluctuations in value and their comparison of such values to execution prices for similar securities. Our investment personnel regularly monitor the market and are familiar with current trading ranges for similar securities and the pricing of specific investments. Our investment personnel review all pricing estimates that we receive from the pricing services against their expectations with respect to pricing based on fair market curves, security ratings, interestcoupon rates, security types and recent trading activity. Our investment personnel periodically review documentation with respect to the pricing services’ pricing methodology that they obtain to determine if the primary pricing sources, market inputs and pricing frequency for various security types are reasonable. At June 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, we received two estimates per security from the pricing services, and we priced substantially all of our Level 1 and Level 2 investments using those prices. In our review of the estimates the pricing services provided at June 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, we did not identify any material discrepancies, and we did not make any adjustments to the estimates the pricing services provided.



We present our cash and short-term investments at estimated fair value. We classify these items as Level 1.


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The carrying values we report in our balance sheet for premium receivables, and reinsurance receivables and payables for premiums andrelated to paid losses and loss expenses and reinsurance balances payable approximate their fair values. The carrying amounts we report in our balance sheets for our subordinated debentures and borrowings under lines of credit approximate their fair values. We classify these items as Level 3.



We evaluate our assets and liabilities to determine the appropriate level at which to classify them for each reporting period.



The following table presents our fair value measurements for our investments in
available-for-sale
fixed maturity and equity securities at June 30, 2021:March 31, 2022:

  Fair Value Measurements Using 
  Fair Value  
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
for Identical
Assets (Level 1)
  
Significant Other
Observable
Inputs (Level 2)
  
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
  (in thousands) 
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government corporations and agencies $34,745  $0  $34,745  $0 
Obligations of states and political subdivisions  56,305   0   56,305   0 
Corporate securities  215,173   0   215,173   0 
Mortgage-backed securities  210,672   0   210,672   0 
Equity securities  54,046   51,759   2,287   0 
Total investments in the fair value hierarchy $570,941  $51,759  $519,182  $0 


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Fair Value Measurements Using
  
Fair Value
 
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
for Identical
Assets (Level 1)
 
Significant Other
Observable
Inputs (Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
  (in thousands)
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government corporations and agencies
 $22,326  $  $22,326  $ 
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
  61,713      61,713    
Corporate securities
  211,076      211,076    
Mortgage-backed securities
  227,465      227,465    
Equity securities
  72,757   70,467   2,290    
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total investments in the fair value hierarchy
 $595,337  $70,467  $524,870  $ 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

The following table presents our fair value measurements for our investments in
available-for-sale
fixed maturity and equity securities at December 31, 2020:2021:

  Fair Value Measurements Using 
  Fair Value  
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
for Identical
Assets (Level 1)
  
Significant Other
Observable
Inputs (Level 2)
  
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
 
     (in thousands)       
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government corporations and agencies $32,185  $0  $32,185  $0 
Obligations of states and political subdivisions  57,378   0   57,378   0 
Corporate securities  221,611   0   221,611   0 
Mortgage-backed securities  221,455   0   221,455   0 
Equity securities  63,420   61,130   2,290   0 
Totals $596,049  $61,130  $534,919  $0 

                                                                                     
  
Fair Value Measurements Using
  
Fair Value
 
Quoted Prices in
Active Markets
for Identical
Assets (Level 1)
 
Significant Other
Observable
Inputs (Level 2)
 
Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(Level 3)
  (in thousands)
U.S. Treasury securities and obligations of U.S. government corporations and agencies
 $47,815  $  $47,815  $ 
Obligations of states and political subdivisions
  68,965      68,965    
Corporate securities
  212,708      212,708    
Mortgage-backed securities
  225,648      225,648    
Equity securities
  58,556   54,152   4,404    
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Totals
 $613,692  $54,152  $559,540  $ 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Income Taxes



At June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2020,2021, respectively, we had no material unrecognized tax benefits or accrued interest and penalties. Tax years 2016 through 20202021 remained open for examination at June 30, 2021.March 31, 2022. We provide a valuation allowance when we believe it is more likely than not that we will not realize some portion of our tax assets. We established a valuation allowance of $7.9 million for our net state operating loss carryforward. We have determined that we are not required to establish a valuation allowance for our other deferred tax assets of $27.6$32.5 million and $26.7$28.1 million at June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 and December 31, 2020,2021, respectively, because it is more likely than not that we will realize these deferred tax assets through reversals of existing temporary differences, future taxable income and the implementation of tax planning strategies.


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On March 27, 2020, the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Security Act (the “CARES Act”) was signed into law. The CARES Act amended net operating loss provisions in effect prior to its enactment. The CARES Act allows for the carryback of losses arising in taxable years beginning after December 31, 2017 and before January 1, 2021 to each of the five taxable years preceding the taxable year of such loss. As a result, we filed amended tax returns to carry back net operating losses from taxable year 2018 to past tax years. We recorded a tax benefit of $1.6 million in the first quarter of 2020 in anticipation of a refund of taxes we paid in prior years as a result of the carryback.
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Liabilities for Losses and Loss Expenses


The establishment of appropriate liabilities for losses and loss expenses is an inherently uncertain process, and we can provide no assurance that our insurance subsidiaries’ ultimate liabilities for losses and loss expenses will not exceed their loss and loss expense reserves and have an adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. Furthermore, we cannot predict the timing, frequency and extent of adjustments to our insurance subsidiaries’ estimated future liabilities, because the historical conditions and events that serve as a basis for our insurance subsidiaries’ estimates of ultimate claim costs may change. As is the case for substantially all property and casualty insurance companies, our insurance subsidiaries have found it necessary in the past to increase their estimated future liabilities for losses and loss expenses in certain periods, and, in other periods, their estimated future liabilities for losses and loss expenses have exceeded their actual liabilities for losses and loss expenses. Changes in our insurance subsidiaries’ estimate of their liabilities for losses and loss expenses generally reflect actual payments and their evaluation of information received subsequent to the prior reporting period.



We summarize activity in our insurance subsidiaries’ liabilities for losses and loss expenses as follows:

  
Three Months Ended March 31,
 
  2022
  2021
 
  (in thousands) 
Balance at January 1 $1,077,620  $962,007 
Less reinsurance recoverable  (451,261)  (404,818)
Net balance at January 1  626,359   557,189 
Incurred related to:        
Current year  134,432   127,433 
Prior years  (16,549)  (8,213)
Total incurred  117,883   119,220 
Paid related to:        
Current year  40,293   35,584 
Prior years  76,088   65,192 
Total paid  116,381   100,776 
Net balance at end of period  627,861   575,633 
Plus reinsurance recoverable  443,726   421,346 
Balance at end of period $1,071,587  $996,979 



   
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
   
2021
   
2020
 
   (in thousands) 
Balance at January 1
  $    962,007   $    869,674 
Less reinsurance recoverable
   (404,818   (362,768
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Net balance at January 1
   557,189    506,906 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Incurred related to:
          
Current year
   254,740    233,460 
Prior years
   (21,564   (10,864
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total incurred
   233,176    222,596 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Paid related to:
          
Current year
   98,966    97,473 
Prior years
   111,300    106,716 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Total paid
   210,266    204,189 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Net balance at end of period
   580,099    525,313 
Plus reinsurance recoverable
   418,559    376,511 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Balance at end of period
  $998,658   $901,824 
   
 
 
   
 
 
 
Our insurance subsidiaries recognized a decrease in their liabilities for losses and loss expenses of prior years of $21.6$16.5 million
and $10.9$8.2 million for the sixthree months ended June 30,March 31, 2022 and 2021, and 2020, respectively. Our insurance subsidiaries made no significant changes in their reserving philosophy or claims management personnel, and they have made no significant offsetting changes in estimates that increased or decreased their loss and loss expense reserves in those years. The 2022 development represented 2.6% of the December 31, 2021 net carried reserves and resulted primarily from lower-than-expected loss emergence or severity in nearly all lines of business. The majority of the 2022 development related to decreases in the liabilities for losses and loss expenses of prior years for Atlantic States and MICO. The 2021 development represented 3.9%1.5% of the December 31, 2020 net carried reserves and resulted primarily from lower-than-expected loss emergence or severity in nearly all lines of business. The majority of the 2021 development related to decreases in the liabilities for losses and loss expenses of prior years for Atlantic States and MICO. The 2020 development represented 2.1% of the December 31, 2019 net carried reserves and resulted primarily from lower-than-expected severity in nearly all lines of business,

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with the exception of modest higher-than-expected severity in commercial automobile. The majority of the 2020 development related to decreases in the liabilities for losses and loss expenses of prior years for Atlantic States and MICO.
Short-duration contracts are contracts for which our insurance subsidiaries receive premiums that they recognize as revenue over the period of the contract in proportion to the amount of insurance protection our insurance subsidiaries provide. Our insurance subsidiaries consider the policies they issue to be short-duration contracts. We consider the material lines of business of our insurance subsidiaries to be personal automobile, homeowners, commercial automobile, commercial multi-peril and workers’ compensation.



Our insurance subsidiaries determine incurred but not reported (“IBNR”) reserves by subtracting the cumulative loss and loss expense amounts our insurance subsidiaries have paid and the case reserves our insurance subsidiaries have established at the balance sheet date from their actuaries’ estimate of the ultimate cost of losses and loss expenses. Accordingly, the IBNR reserves of our insurance subsidiaries include their actuaries’ projections of the cost of unreported claims as well as their actuaries’ projected development of case reserves on known claims and reopened claims. Our insurance subsidiaries’ methodology for estimating IBNR reserves has been in place for many years, and their actuaries made no significant changes to that methodology during the sixthree months ended June 30, 2021.
March 31, 2022.


The actuaries for our insurance subsidiaries generally prepare an initial estimate for ultimate losses and loss expenses for the current accident year by multiplying earned premium by ana priori,” or expected, loss ratio for each line of business our insurance subsidiaries write. Expected loss ratios represent the actuaries’ expectation of losses at the time our insurance subsidiaries price and write their policies and before the emergence of any actual claims experience. The actuaries determine an expected loss ratio by analyzing historical experience and adjusting for loss cost trends, loss frequency and severity trends, premium rate level changes, reported and paid loss emergence patterns and other known or observed factors.



The actuaries use a variety of actuarial methods to estimate the ultimate cost of losses and loss expenses. These methods include paid loss development, incurred loss development and the Bornhuetter-Ferguson method.method from which the actuaries select loss development factor assumptions. The actuaries base their selection of a point estimate on a judgmental weighting of the estimates each of these methods produce.



The actuaries consider loss frequency and severity trends when they develop expected loss ratios and point estimates. Loss frequency is a measure of the number of claims per unit of insured exposure, and loss severity is a measure of the average size of claims. Factors that affect loss frequency include changes in weather patterns and economic activity. Factors that affect loss severity include changes in policy limits, reinsurance retentions, inflation rates and judicial interpretations.



Our insurance subsidiaries create a claim file when they receive notice of an actual demand for payment, an event that may lead to a demand for payment or when they otherwise determine that a demand for payment could potentially lead to a future demand for payment on another coverage under the same policy or another policy they have issued. In recent years, our insurance subsidiaries have noted an increase in the period of time between the occurrence of a casualty loss event and the date at which they receive notice of a liability claim. Changes in the length of time between the loss occurrence date and the claim reporting date affect the actuaries’ ability to predict loss frequency accurately and the amount of IBNR reserves our insurance subsidiaries require.



Our insurance subsidiaries generally create a claim file for a policy at the claimant level by type of coverage and generally recognize one count for each claim event. In certain lines of business where it is common for multiple parties to claim damages arising from a single claim event, our insurance subsidiaries recognize one count for each claimant involved in the event. Atlantic States recognizes one count for each claim event, or claimant involved in a multiple-party claim event, related to losses Atlantic States assumes through its participation in its pooling agreement with Donegal Mutual. Our insurance subsidiaries accumulate the claim counts and report them by line of business.

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- Impact of New Accounting Standards



In September 2016, the FASB issued guidance that amends previous guidance on the impairment of financial instruments by adding an impairment model that requires an entity to recognize expected credit losses as an allowance rather than impairments as credit losses are incurred. The intent of this guidance is to reduce complexity and result in a more timely
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recognition of expected credit losses. In November 2019, the FASB issued guidance that delays the effective date for “smaller reporting companies,” as defined in Item 10(f)(1) of
Regulation S-K, to
annual and interim reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2022 from December 15, 2019. We are a smaller reporting company and are in the process of evaluating the impact of the adoption of this guidance on our financial position, results of operations and cash flows.
In December 2019, the FASB issued guidance that simplifies accounting for income taxes. The guidance eliminates certain exceptions related to the approach for intra-period tax allocation, the methodology for calculating income taxes in an interim period and the recognition of deferred tax liabilities for outside basis differences. The guidance was effective January 1, 2021, using the retrospective method or modified retrospective method for certain changes and the prospective method for all other changes, and permits early adoption. Our adoption of this guidance on January 1, 2021 did not have a significant impact on our financial position, results of operations or cash flows.
Item 2.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.
Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations.

We recommend that you read the following information in conjunction with the historical financial information and the footnotes to that financial information we include in this Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q.
We also recommend you read Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Annual Report on Form
10-K
for the year ended December 31, 2020.2021.

Critical Accounting Policies and Estimates

We combine our financial statements with those of our insurance subsidiaries and present our financial statements on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

Our insurance subsidiaries make estimates and assumptions that can have a significant effect on amounts and disclosures we report in our financial statements. The most significant estimates relate to the liabilities of our insurance subsidiaries for property and casualty insurance losses and loss expenses. While we believe our estimates and the estimates of our insurance subsidiaries are appropriate, the ultimate amounts of these liabilities may differ from the estimates we provided. We regularly review our methods for making these estimates and we reflect any adjustment we consider necessary in our current consolidated results of operations.

Liabilities for Losses and Loss Expenses

Liabilities for losses and loss expenses are estimates at a given point in time of the amounts an insurer expects to pay with respect to incurred policyholder claims based on facts and circumstances the insurer knows at that point in time. For example, legislative, judicial and regulatory actions may expand coverage definitions, retroactively mandate coverage or otherwise require our insurance subsidiaries to pay losses for damages that their policies explicitly excluded or did not intend to cover. At the time of establishing its estimates, an insurer recognizes that its ultimate liabilitiesliability for losses and loss expenses will exceed or be less than such estimates. Our insurance subsidiaries base their estimates of liabilities for losses and loss expenses on assumptions as to future loss trends, expected claims severity, judicial theories of liability and other factors. However, during the loss adjustment period, our insurance subsidiaries may learn additional facts regarding individual claims, and, consequently, it often becomes necessary for our insurance subsidiaries to refine and adjust their estimates for these liabilities. We reflect any adjustments to the liabilities for losses and loss expenses of our insurance subsidiaries in our consolidated results of operations in the period in which our insurance subsidiaries make adjustments to their estimates.

Our insurance subsidiaries maintain liabilities for the payment of losses and loss expenses with respect to both reported and unreported claims. Our insurance subsidiaries establish these liabilities for the purpose of covering the ultimate costs of settling all losses, including investigation and litigation costs. Our insurance subsidiaries base the amount of their liability for reported losses primarily upon a
case-by-case
evaluation of the type of risk involved, knowledge of the circumstances surrounding each claim and the insurance policy provisions relating to the type of loss the policyholder incurred. Our insurance subsidiaries determine the amount of their liability for unreported claims and loss expenses on the basis of historical
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information by line of insurance. Our insurance subsidiaries account for inflation in the reserving function through analysis of costs and trends and reviews of historical reserving results. Our insurance subsidiaries monitor their liabilities closely and recompute them periodically using new information on reported claims and a variety of statistical techniques. Our insurance subsidiaries do not discount their liabilities for losses and loss expenses.

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Reserve estimates can change over time because of unexpected changes in assumptions related to our insurance subsidiaries’ external environment and, to a lesser extent, assumptions related to our insurance subsidiaries’ internal operations. For example, our insurance subsidiaries have experienced an increase in claims severity and a lengthening of the claim settlement periods on bodily injury claims during the past several years. These trend changes give rise to greater uncertainty as to the pattern of future loss settlements on bodily injury claims. In addition, the
COVID-19
pandemic and related government mandates and restrictions resulted in various changes from historical claims reporting and settlement trends during 2020.2020 and resulted in significant increases in loss costs in 2021 and 2022 due to a number of factors, including supply chain disruption, higher used automobile values, increases in the cost of replacement automobile parts and rising labor rates. These trend changes give rise to greater uncertainty as to the pattern of future loss settlements. Related uncertainties regarding future trends include social inflation, supply chain disruption,availability and cost of building materials, availability of skilled labor, the rate of plaintiff attorney involvement in claims and the cost of medical technologies and procedures. Assumptions related to our insurance subsidiaries’ external environment include the absence of significant changes in tort law and the legal environment that increase liability exposure, consistency in judicial interpretations of insurance coverage and policy provisions and the rate of loss cost inflation. Internal assumptions include consistency in the recording of premium and loss statistics, consistency in the recording of claims, payment and case reserving methodology, accurate measurement of the impact of rate changes and changes in policy provisions, consistency in the quality and characteristics of business written within a given line of business and consistency in reinsurance coverage and collectability of reinsured losses, among other items.  To the extent our insurance subsidiaries determine that underlying factors impacting their assumptions have changed, our insurance subsidiaries make adjustments in their reserves that they consider appropriate for such changes. Accordingly, our insurance subsidiaries’ ultimate liabilitiesliability for unpaid losses and loss expenses will likely differ from the amount recorded at June 30, 2021.March 31, 2022. For every 1% change in our insurance subsidiaries’ loss and loss expense reserves, net of reinsurance recoverable, the effect on our
pre-tax
results of operations would be approximately $5.8 $6.3million.

The establishment of appropriate liabilities is an inherently uncertain process and we can provide no assurance that our insurance subsidiaries’ ultimate liability will not exceed our insurance subsidiaries’ loss and loss expense reserves and have an adverse effect on our results of operations and financial condition. Furthermore, we cannot predict the timing, frequency and extent of adjustments to our insurance subsidiaries’ estimated future liabilities, because the historical conditions and events that serve as a basis for our insurance subsidiaries’ estimates of ultimate claim costs may change. As is the case for substantially all property and casualty insurance companies, our insurance subsidiaries have found it necessary in the past to increase their estimated future liabilities for losses and loss expenses in certain periods and, in other periods, their estimated future liabilities for losses and loss expenses have exceeded their actual liabilities for losses and loss expenses. Changes in our insurance subsidiaries’ estimates of their liabilitiesliability for losses and loss expenses generally reflect actual payments and their evaluation of information received subsequent to the prior reporting period.

Excluding the impact of severe weather events and the
COVID-19
pandemic, our insurance subsidiaries have noted stable amounts in the number of claims incurred and the number of claims outstanding at period ends relative to their premium base in recent years across most of their lines of business. However, the amount of the average claim outstanding has increased gradually over the past several years due to various factors such as rising medical loss costsinflation and increased litigation trends. We have also experienced a general slowing of settlement rates in litigated claims and lengthening of repair completion times for property and automobile claims. Our insurance subsidiaries could have to make further adjustments to their estimates in the future. However, on the basis of our insurance subsidiaries’ internal procedures, which analyze, among other things, their prior assumptions, their experience with similar cases and historical trends such as reserving patterns, loss payments, pending levels of unpaid claims and product mix, as well as court decisions, economic conditions and public attitudes, we believe that our insurance subsidiaries have made adequate provision for their liabilitiesliability for losses and loss expenses.

Atlantic States’ participation in the pool with Donegal Mutual exposes Atlantic States to adverse loss development on the business of Donegal Mutual that the pool includes. However, pooled business represents the predominant percentage of the net underwriting activity of both companies, and Donegal Mutual and Atlantic States share proportionately any adverse risk development relating to the pooled business. The business in the pool is homogeneous and each company has a
pro-rata
share of the entire pool. Since the predominant percentage of the business of Atlantic States and Donegal Mutual is pooled and the results shared by each company according to its participation level under the terms of the pooling agreement, the intent of the
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underwriting pool is to produce a more uniform and stable underwriting result from year to year for each company than either would experience individually and to spread the risk of loss between the companies.

Donegal Mutual and our insurance subsidiaries operate together as the Donegal Insurance Group and share a combined business plan designed to achieve market penetration and underwriting profitability objectives. The products our insurance subsidiaries and Donegal Mutual offer are generally complementary, thereby allowing Donegal Insurance Group to offer a broader range of products to a given market and to expand Donegal Insurance Group’s ability to service an entire personal lines or commercial lines account. Distinctions within the products of Donegal Mutual and our insurance subsidiaries generally relate to specific risk profiles targeted within similar classes of business, such as preferred tier products compared to standard tier products, but we do not allocate all of the standard risk gradients to one company. Therefore, the underwriting profitability of the business the individual companies write directly will vary. However, because the pool homogenizes the risk characteristics of the predominant percentage of the business Donegal Mutual and Atlantic States write directly and each company shares the underwriting results according to each company’s participation percentage, each company realizes its percentage share of the underwriting results of the pool.20

Our insurance subsidiaries’ liabilities for losses and loss expenses by major line of business at June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 and December 31, 20202021 consisted of the following:
  
March 31,
2022
  
December 31,
2021
 
  (in thousands) 
Commercial lines:      
Automobile $172,242  $172,302 
Workers’ compensation  122,025   122,398 
Commercial multi-peril  169,743   168,445 
Other  21,705   18,530 
Total commercial lines  485,715   481,675 
Personal lines:        
Automobile  107,595   109,915 
Homeowners  27,741   26,169 
Other  6,810   8,600 
Total personal lines  142,146   144,684 
Total commercial and personal lines  627,861   626,359 
Plus reinsurance recoverable  443,726   451,261 
Total liabilities for losses and loss expenses $1,071,587  $1,077,620 

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June 30,
2021

 
 
 
December 31,
   2020

 
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   (in thousands) 
Commercial lines:
   
Automobile
  $    159,162   $    151,813  
Workers’ compensation
   116,346  118,037
Commercial multi-peril
   139,497  126,299
Other
   16,476  13,212
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total commercial lines
   431,481  409,361
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Personal lines:
   
Automobile
   118,165  120,861
Homeowners
   23,169  20,976
Other
   7,284  5,991
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total personal lines
   148,618  147,828
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total commercial and personal lines
   580,099  557,189
Plus reinsurance recoverable
   418,559  404,818
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Total liabilities for losses and loss expenses
  $      998,658 $      962,007
  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
We have evaluated the effect on our insurance subsidiaries’ loss and loss expense reserves and our stockholders’ equity in the event of reasonably likely changes in the variables we consider in establishing the loss and loss expense reserves of our insurance subsidiaries. We established the range of reasonably likely changes based on a review of changes in accident-year development by line of business and applied those changes to our insurance subsidiaries’ loss and loss expense reserves as a whole. The range we selected does not necessarily indicate what could be the potential best or worst case or the most likely scenario. The following table sets forth the estimated effect on our insurance subsidiaries’ loss and loss expense reserves and our stockholders’ equity in the event of reasonably likely changes in the variables we considered in establishing the loss and loss expense reserves of our insurance subsidiaries:
 
Percentage Change in Loss
and Loss Expense Reserves
Net of Reinsurance
 
Adjusted Loss and Loss Expense Reserves Net of Reinsurance at
March 31, 2022
 Percentage Change in Stockholders’ Equity at March 31, 2022(1) Adjusted Loss and Loss Expense Reserves Net of Reinsurance at December 31, 2021 Percentage Change in Stockholders’ Equity at December 31, 2021(1)
(dollars in thousands)
(10.0)% $565,075 9.5% $563,723 9.3%
(7.5) 580,771 7.1 579,382 7.0
(5.0) 596,468 4.7 595,041 4.7
(2.5) 612,164 2.4 610,700 2.3
Base 627,861  626,359 
2.5 643,558 (2.4) 642,018 (2.3)
5.0 659,254 (4.7) 657,677 (4.7)
7.5 674,951 (7.1) 673,336 (7.0)
10.0 690,647 (9.5) 688,995 (9.3)

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Percentage Change in Loss
and Loss Expense Reserves
Net of Reinsurance
  
Adjusted Loss and Loss
Expense Reserves Net of
Reinsurance at
June 30, 2021
  
Percentage Change
in Stockholders’ Equity at
June 30, 2021(1)
 
Adjusted Loss and Loss
Expense Reserves Net of
Reinsurance at
December 31, 2020
  
Percentage Change
in Stockholders’ Equity at
December 31, 2020(1)
 
  
 
  
 
 
 
  
 
(dollars in thousands)
(10.0)%  $522,089  8.3% $501,470  8.5%
(7.5)  536,592  6.2 515,400  6.4
(5.0)  551,094  4.2 529,330  4.3
(2.5)  565,597  2.1 543,259  2.1
Base  580,099   557,189  
2.5  594,601  (2.1) 571,119  (2.1)
5.0  609,104  (4.2) 585,048  (4.3)
7.5  623,606  (6.2) 598,978  (6.4)
10.0  638,109  (8.3) 612,908  (8.5)
(1)
Net of income tax effect.

Non-GAAP Information
Non-GAAP
Information
We prepare our consolidated financial statements on the basis of GAAP. Our insurance subsidiaries also prepare financial statements based on statutory accounting principles state insurance regulators prescribe or permit (“SAP”). SAP financial measures are considered
non-GAAP
financial measures under applicable SEC rules because the SAP financial measures include or exclude certain items that the most comparable GAAP financial measures do not ordinarily include or exclude. Our calculation of
non-GAAP
financial measures may differ from similar measures other companies use, so investors should exercise caution when comparing our
non-GAAP
financial measures to the
non-GAAP
financial measures other companies use.

Because our insurance subsidiaries do not prepare GAAP financial statements, we evaluate the performance of our personal lines and commercial lines segments utilizing SAP financial measures that reflect the growth trends and underwriting results of our insurance subsidiaries. The SAP financial measures we utilize are net premiums written and statutory combined ratio.

Net Premiums Written

We define net premiums written as the amount of full-term premiums our insurance subsidiaries record for policies effective within a given period less premiums our insurance subsidiaries cede to reinsurers. Net premiums earned is the most comparable GAAP financial measure to net premiums written. Net premiums earned represent the sum of the amount of net premiums written and the change in net unearned premiums during a given period.  Our insurance subsidiaries earn premiums and recognize them as revenue over the terms of their policies, which are one year or less in duration. Therefore, increases or decreases in net premiums earned generally reflect increases or decreases in net premiums written in the preceding
12-month
period compared to the comparable period one year earlier.

The following table provides a reconciliation of our net premiums earned to our net premiums written for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 and 2020:2021:
 
  Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2022  2021 
  (in thousands) 
Net premiums earned $199,249  $187,252 
Change in net unearned premiums  19,193   28,610 
Net premiums written $218,442  $215,862 

                                                                        
  
Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
2021
 
2020
 
2021
 
2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  (in thousands) 
Net premiums earned
      $192,489       $184,374       $379,740       $371,627 
Change in net unearned premiums
  17,116  9,329  45,727  20,313
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Net premiums written
      $209,605       $193,703       $425,467       $391,940 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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Statutory Combined Ratio

The combined ratio is a standard measurement of underwriting profitability for an insurance company. The combined ratio does not reflect investment income, net investment gains or losses, federal income taxes or other
non-operating
income or expense. A combined ratio of less than 100% generally indicates underwriting profitability.

The statutory combined ratio is a
non-GAAP
financial measure that is based upon amounts determined under SAP. We calculate our statutory combined ratio as the sum of:

the statutory loss ratio, which is the ratio of calendar-year net incurred losses and loss expenses, excluding anticipated salvage and subrogation recoveries, to net premiums earned;
the statutory expense ratio, which is the ratio of expenses incurred for net commissions, premium taxes and underwriting expenses to net premiums written; and
the statutory dividend ratio, which is the ratio of dividends to holders of workers’ compensation policies to net premiums earned.

The calculation of our statutory combined ratio differs from the calculation of our GAAP combined ratio. In calculating our GAAP combined ratio, we do not deduct installment payment fees from incurred expenses, and we base the expense ratio on net premiums earned instead of net premiums written. Differences between our GAAP loss ratio and our statutory loss ratio result from anticipating salvage and subrogation recoveries for our GAAP loss ratio but not for our statutory loss ratio.

Combined Ratios

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The following table presents comparative details with respect to our GAAP and statutory combined ratios for the three and six months ended June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 and 2020:2021:
  Three Months Ended March 31, 
  2022  2021 
GAAP Combined Ratios (Total Lines)      
Loss ratio (non-weather)  55.2%  60.0%
Loss ratio (weather-related)  4.0   3.7 
Expense ratio  35.8   34.1 
Dividend ratio  0.8   0.7 
Combined ratio  95.8%  98.5%
         
Statutory Combined Ratios        
Commercial lines:        
Automobile  89.1%  102.3%
Workers’ compensation  97.0   95.4 
Commercial multi-peril  99.7   107.7 
Other  72.4   60.1 
Total commercial lines  93.5   99.3 
Personal lines:        
Automobile  93.5   93.4 
Homeowners  108.0   94.7 
Other  43.8   76.9 
Total personal lines  94.8   92.6 
Total commercial and personal lines  94.1   96.5 

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Three Months Ended June 30,
 
Six Months Ended June 30,
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  
2021
 
2020
 
2021
 
2020
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
GAAP Combined Ratios (Total Lines)
    
Loss ratio
(non-weather)
  53.1 %   47.0 %   56.5 %   53.0 % 
Loss ratio (weather-related)
  6.1  10.1  4.9  6.9
Expense ratio
  36.0  34.3  35.1  33.8
Dividend ratio
  0.9  0.9  0.8  1.0
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Combined ratio
          96.1 %           92.3 %           97.3 %           94.7 % 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
    
    
Statutory Combined Ratios
    
Commercial lines:
    
Automobile
  105.5 %   104.4 %   103.9 %   110.8 % 
Workers’ compensation
  84.0  80.9  89.3  85.5
Commercial multi-peril
  94.5  95.8  100.8  92.4
Other
  77.2  80.6  68.8  72.4
Total commercial lines
  94.3  93.5  96.6  94.7
Personal lines:
    
Automobile
  91.1  76.1  92.2  88.4
Homeowners
  110.1  109.5  102.4  100.1
Other
  74.5  78.6  75.7  72.6
Total personal lines
  96.9  88.1  94.7  91.5
Total commercial and personal lines
  95.4  91.0  95.9  93.3


Results of Operations - Three Months Ended June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 Compared to Three Months Ended June 30, 2020
March 31, 2021

Net Premiums Earned.
Our insurance subsidiaries’ net premiums earned for the second quarterfirst three months of 20212022 were $192.5$199.2 million, an increase of $8.1$11.9 million, or 4.46.4 %, compared to $184.4$187.3 million for the second quarterfirst three months of 2020,2021, primarily reflecting the inclusion of the business of the Mountain States Insurance Group in the underwriting pool beginning with policies effective in 2021, as well as new business growthsolid premium retention and renewal premium increases.

Net Premiums Written.
Our insurance subsidiaries’ net premiums written for the three months ended
June 30, 2021 March 31, 2022 were $209.6$218.4 million, an increase of $15.9$2.5 million, or 8.2%1.2%, from the $193.7$215.9 million of net premiums written for the second quarterfirst three months of 2020.2021. Commercial lines net premiums written increased $21.4$2.4 million, or 19.9%1.7%, for the second quarterfirst three months of 20212022 compared to the second quarterfirst three months of 2020.2021. We attribute the increase in commercial lines net premiums written primarily to the inclusion of the business of the Mountain States Insurance Group in the underwriting pool beginning with policies effective in 2021, as well asmodest new business growth, solid premium retention and renewal premium increases. Personal lines net premiums written decreased $5.5 million, or
6.4%,increased slightly for the second quarterfirst three months of 20212022 compared to the second quarterfirst three months of 2020. We attribute the decrease in personal lines net premiums written primarily to net attrition as a result of measures our insurance subsidiaries have implemented to improve underwriting profitability, partially offset by the impact of premium rate increases our insurance subsidiaries have implemented.2021.

Investment Income.
Our net investment income was $7.7$7.9 million for the second quarterfirst three months of 2021,2022, compared to $7.2$7.5 million for the second quarterfirst three months of 2020.2021. We attribute the increase primarily to an increase in average invested assets.

Net Investment (Losses) Gains.
Net investment losses for the first three months of 2022 were $76,247, compared to net investment gains of $2.5 million for the first three months of 2021. The net investment losses and gains for the second quarterfirst three months of 2022 and 2021, were $4.2 million, compared to $6.5 million for the second quarter of 2020. The net investment gains for the second quarters of 2021 and 2020respectively, resulted primarily from the net change in unrealized gains and losses within our equity securities portfolio at June 30,March 31, 2022 and 2021, and 2020, respectively. We did not recognize any impairment losses in our investment portfolio during the second quarterfirst three months of 20212022 or 2020.2021.

Losses and Loss Expenses.
Our insurance subsidiaries’ loss ratio, which is the ratio of incurred losses and loss expenses to premiums earned, was 59.2% for the second quarterfirst three months of 2021, an increase2022, a decrease from our insurance subsidiaries’ loss ratio of 57.1%63.7% for the second quarterfirst three months of 2020.2021. We attribute this increasedecrease primarily to increased frequency of personal automobile claims compared to the second quarter of 2020 whenfavorable prior year loss development and lower driving activity resulted from
COVID-19
related shutdowns and elevated fire losses that primarily impacted the loss ratios for our homeowners and commercial multi-peril lines of business.losses. Weather-related losses of $11.7$8.0 million, for the second quarter of 2021, or 6.14.0 percentage points of the loss ratio, decreased from $18.7 million for the second quarterfirst three months of 2020,2022, increased from $6.8 million, or 10.13.7 percentage points of the loss ratio.ratio, for the first three months of 2021. Weather-related loss activity for the second quarterfirst three months of 20212022 was lower than our previous five-year average of $17.0$10.3 million for secondfirst quarter weather-related losses. On a statutory basis, our insurance subsidiaries’ commercial lines loss ratio was 56.4%57.2% for the secondfirst quarter of 2021,2022, compared to 58.5%66.3% for the second quarterfirst three months of 2020,2021, primarily due to a decreasedecreases in the commercial automobile, commercial multi-peril and workers’ compensation loss ratios. The personal lines statutory loss ratio of our insurance subsidiaries increased to 63.9%63.0% for the second quarterfirst three months of 2021,2022, compared to 55.3%61.0% for the second quarterfirst three months of 2020.2021. We attribute this increase primarily to an increase in large homeowner fire losses, which we define as individual fire losses in excess of $50,000. During the personal automobile loss ratio.first quarter of 2022, our insurance subsidiaries experienced $6.2 million of large homeowner fire losses, compared to $2.9 million for the first quarter of 2021. Our insurance subsidiaries experienced favorable loss reserve development for the first quarter of 2022 of approximately $13.4 $16.5million, and $6.6or 8.3percentage points of the loss ratio, compared to $8.2 million duringthat decreased the second quartersloss ratio for the first quarter of 2021 by 4.4 percentage points. Our insurance subsidiaries experienced favorable development in all lines of business in the first quarter of 2022, with the majority of the impact relating to reserves for accident years 2021 and 2020 respectively.in the commercial automobile, personal automobile, commercial multi-peril and workers’ compensation lines of business.

Underwriting Expenses.
The expense ratio for an insurance company is the ratio of policy acquisition costs and other underwriting expenses to premiums earned. The expense ratio of our insurance subsidiaries was 36.0%35.8% for the second quarterfirst three months of 2021,2022, compared to 34.3%34.1% for the second quarterfirst three months of 2020.2021. The increase in the expense ratio primarily reflected an increase in technology systems-related expenses and higher growth andour underwriting-based incentive costs for our agents during the second quarterand employees and higher technology system-related expenses due to an increased allocation of 2021 comparedcosts from Donegal Mutual to the second quarter of 2020. The expense ratio increase also reflected a reallocation from loss expensesour insurance subsidiaries related to underwriting expenses that resulted from the implementation of a new software system during the second quarter of 2021 that enhanced our expense allocation methodology.ongoing systems modernization project.

Combined Ratio.
The combined ratio represents the sum of the loss ratio, the expense ratio and the dividend ratio, which is the ratio of policyholder dividends incurred to premiums earned. Our insurance subsidiaries’ combined ratios were 96.1%95.8% and
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92.3% 98.5% for the three months ended June 30,March 31, 2022 and 2021, and 2020, respectively. We attribute the increasedecrease in the combined ratio primarily to an increase in the loss ratio for the second quarter of 2021 compared to the second quarter of 2020.
Interest Expense.
Our interest expense for the second quarter of 2021 was $217,290, compared to $428,092 for the second quarter of 2020. We attribute thea decrease to lower average borrowings under our lines of credit during the second quarter of 2021 compared to the second quarter of 2020.
Income Taxes.
We recorded income tax expense of $3.5 million for the second quarter of 2021, representing an effective tax rate of 17.9%. We recorded income tax expense of $5.3 million for the second quarter of 2020, representing an effective tax rate of 19.0%. The income tax expense and effective tax rates for the second quarters of 2021 and 2020 represented estimates based on our projected annual taxable income.
Net Income and Income Per Share.
Our net income for the second quarter of 2021 was $16.2 million, or $.53
per share of Class A common stock on a diluted basis and $.48 per share of Class B common stock, compared to $22.7 million, or $.79 per share of Class A common stock on a diluted basis and $.72 per share of Class B common stock, for the second quarter of 2020. We had 25.6 million and 23.5 million Class A shares outstanding at June 30, 2021 and 2020, respectively. We had 5.6 million Class B shares outstanding at the end of both periods.
Results of Operations - Six Months Ended June 30, 2021 Compared to Six Months Ended June 30, 2020
Net Premiums Earned.
Our insurance subsidiaries’ net premiums earned for the first half of 2021 were $379.7 million, an increase of $8.1 million, or 2.2%, compared to $371.6 million for the first half of 2020, primarily reflecting the inclusion of the business of the Mountain States Insurance Group in the underwriting pool beginning with policies effective in 2021, as well as new business growth and renewal premium increases.
Net Premiums Written.
Our insurance subsidiaries’ net premiums written for the six months ended
June 30, 2021 were $425.5 million, an increase of $33.6 million, or 8.6%, from the $391.9 million of net premiums written for the first half of 2020. Commercial lines net premiums written increased $44.2 million, or 19.3%, for the first half of 2021 compared to the first half of 2020. We attribute the increase in commercial lines net premiums written primarily to the inclusion of the business of the Mountain States Insurance Group in the underwriting pool beginning with policies effective in 2021, as well as new business growth and renewal premium increases. Personal lines net premiums written decreased $10.6 million, or 6.5%, for the first half of 2021 compared to the first half of 2020. We attribute the decrease in personal lines net premiums written primarily to net attrition as a result of measures our insurance subsidiaries have implemented to improve underwriting profitability, partially offset by the impact of premium rate increases our insurance subsidiaries have implemented.
Investment Income.
Our net investment income was $15.2 million for the first half of 2021, compared to $14.5 million for the first half of 2020. We attribute the increase primarily to an increase in average invested assets.
Net Investment Gains (Losses).
Net investment gains for the first half of 2021 were $6.7 million, compared to net investment losses of $4.2 million for the first half of 2020. The net investment gains for the first half of 2021 resulted primarily from unrealized gains within our equity securities portfolio at June 30, 2021. The net investment losses for the first half of 2020 resulted primarily from realized losses on sales of equity securities and unrealized losses within our equity securities portfolio due to a decline in equity markets at June 30, 2020. We did not recognize any impairment losses in our investment portfolio during the first half of 2021 or 2020.
Losses and Loss Expenses.
Our insurance subsidiaries’ loss ratio, which is the ratio of incurred losses and loss expenses to premiums earned, was 61.4% for the first half of 2021, an increase from our insurance subsidiaries’ loss ratio of 59.9% for the first half of 2020. We attribute this increase primarily to elevated fire losses that primarily impacted the loss ratio for our commercial multi-peril line of business. Weather-related losses of $18.6 million for the first half of 2021, or 4.9 percentage points of the loss ratio, decreased from $25.6 million for the first half of 2020, or 6.9 percentage points of the loss ratio. On a statutory basis, our insurance subsidiaries’ commercial lines loss ratio was 61.2% for the first half of 2021, compared to 60.6%
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for the first half of 2020, primarily due to an increase in the commercial multi-peril loss ratio. The personal lines statutory loss ratio of our insurance subsidiaries increased to 62.4% for the first half of 2021, compared to 59.3% for the first half of 2020. We attribute this increase primarily to an increase in the personal automobile and homeowners’ loss ratios. Our insurance subsidiaries experienced favorable loss reserve development of approximately $21.6 million and $10.9 million during the first half of 2021 and 2020, respectively.
Underwriting Expenses.
The expense ratio for an insurance company is the ratio of policy acquisition costs and other underwriting expenses to premiums earned. The expense ratio of our insurance subsidiaries was 35.1% for the first half of 2021, compared to 33.8% for the first half of 2020. The increase in the expense ratio primarily reflected an increase in technology systems-related expenses, higher agency growth incentive and underwriting-based incentive costs for our agents during the first half of 2021 compared to the first half of 2020.
Combined Ratio.
The combined ratio represents the sum of the loss ratio, the expense ratio and the dividend ratio, which is the ratio of policyholder dividends incurred to premiums earned. Our insurance subsidiaries’ combined ratios were 97.3% and 94.7% for the first half of 2021 and 2020, respectively. We attribute the increase in the combined ratio primarily to an increase in the loss ratio for the first halfthree months of 20212022 compared to the first halfthree months of 2020.2021.

Interest Expense.
Our interest expense for the first halfthree months of 20212022 was $529,616,$153,033, compared to $652,422$312,326 for the first halfthree months of 2020.2021. We attribute the decrease to lower average borrowings under our lines of credit during the first halfthree months of 20212022 compared to the first halfthree months of 2020.2021.

Income Taxes.
Tax Expense.We recorded income tax expense of $5.8 $3.1million for the first halfthree months of 2022, representing an effective tax rate of 19.0% We recorded income tax expense of $2.2 million for the first three months of 2021, representing an effective tax rate of 17.7%. We recorded income tax expense of $4.1 million for the first half of 2020, representing an effective tax rate of 13.4%17.4%. The income tax expense and effective tax rate for the first halfthree months of 2022 and 2021 represented an estimateestimates based on our projected annual taxable income. Incomeincome and effective tax expense for the first half of 2020 included a $1.6 million income tax benefit related to the anticipated carryback of 2018 net operating losses to past tax years with higher statutory income tax rates than are currently in effect, as allowed under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act that was enacted in March 2020.rates.

Net Income and Income Per Share.
Our net income for the first halfthree months of 20212022 was $26.7$13.1 million, or $.88
$.43 per share of Class A common stock on a diluted basis and $.80$.39 per share of Class B common stock, compared to $26.4net income of $10.5 million, or $.92$.35 per share of Class A common stock on a diluted basis and $.84$.32 per share of Class B common stock, for the first halfthree months of 2020.2021. We had 25.625.8 million and 23.525.0 million Class A shares outstanding at June 30,March 31, 2022 and 2021, and 2020, respectively. We had 5.6 million Class B shares outstanding at the end of both periods.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Liquidity is a measure of an entity’s ability to secure enough cash to meet its contractual obligations and operating needs as such obligations and needs arise. Our major sources of funds from operations are the net cash flows we generate from our insurance subsidiaries’ underwriting results, investment income and investment maturities.

Our operations have historically generated sufficient net positive cash flow to fund our commitments and add to our investment portfolio, thereby increasing future investment returns and enhancing our liquidity. The impact of the pooling agreement between Donegal Mutual and Atlantic States has historically been cash-flow positive because of the consistent underwriting profitability of the pool. Donegal Mutual and Atlantic States settle their respective obligations to each other under the pool monthly, thereby resulting in cash flows substantially similar to the cash flows that would result from each company writing the business directly. We have not experienced any unusual variations in the timing of claim payments associated with the loss reserves of our insurance subsidiaries. We maintain significant liquidity in our investment portfolio in the form of readily marketable fixed maturities, equity securities and short-term investments. We structure our fixed-maturity investment portfolio following a “laddering” approach, so that projected cash flows from investment income and principal maturities are evenly distributed from a timing perspective, thereby providing an additional measure of liquidity to meet our obligations
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should an unexpected variation occur in the future. Our operating activities provided net cash flows in the first sixthree months of 2022 and 2021 and 2020 of $59.2 $20.7million and $48.0$29.9 million, respectively.

At June 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, we had no outstanding borrowings under our line of credit with M&T and had the ability to borrow up to $20.0 million at interest rates equal to the then-current LIBOR rate plus 2.00%. At June 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, Atlantic States had a $35.0 million in outstanding advancesadvance with the FHLB of Pittsburgh that carrycarries a fixed interest rate of 1.74%.

We estimate the timing of claim payments associated with the liabilities for losses and loss expenses of our insurance subsidiaries based on historical experience and expectations of future payment patterns. We show these liabilities net of reinsurance recoverable on unpaid losses and loss expenses to reflect expected future cash flows related to such liabilities. Amounts Atlantic States assumes pursuant to the pooling agreement with Donegal Mutual represent a substantial portion of our insurance subsidiaries’ gross liabilities for losses and loss expenses, and amounts Atlantic States cedes pursuant to the pooling agreement represent a substantial portion of our insurance subsidiaries’ reinsurance recoverable on unpaid losses and loss expenses. We include cash settlement of Atlantic States’ assumed liabilities from the pool in monthly settlements of pooled activity, as we net amounts ceded to and assumed from the pool. Although Donegal Mutual and we do not anticipate any changes in the pool participation levels in the foreseeable future, any such change would be prospective in nature and therefore would not impact the timing of expected payments by Atlantic States for its percentage share of pooled losses occurring in periods prior to the effective date of such change.

We discuss in Note 7 – Borrowings our estimate of the timing of the amounts payable for the borrowings under our lines of credit based on their contractual maturities.
We discuss in Note 7 – Borrowings our estimate of the timing of the amounts payable for the subordinated debentures based on their contractual maturity. The subordinated debentures carry an interest rate of 5.00%, and any repayment of principal or payment of interest on the subordinated debentures requires prior approval of the Michigan Department of Insurance and Financial Services. Our annual interest cost associated with the subordinated debentures is $250,000.
On July 18, 2013, our board of directors authorized a share repurchase program pursuant to which we have the authority to purchase up to 500,000 shares of our Class A common stock at prices prevailing from time to time in the open market subject to the provisions of applicable rules of the SEC and in privately negotiated transactions. We did not purchase any shares of our Class A common stock under this program during the sixthree months ended June 30, 2021March 31, 2022 or 2020.2021. We have purchased a total of 57,658 shares of our Class A common stock under this program from its inception through June 30, 2021.March 31, 2022.

On July 15, 2021,April 21, 2022, our board of directors declared quarterly cash dividends of 16.016.50 cents per share of our Class A common stock and 14.25
14.75cents per share of our Class B common stock, payable on AugustMay 16, 20212022 to our stockholders of record as of the close of business on AugustMay 2, 2021.2022. We are not subject to any restrictions on our payment of dividends to our stockholders, although there are state law restrictions on the payment of dividends by our insurance subsidiaries to us.  Dividends from our insurance subsidiaries are our principal source of cash for payment of dividends to our stockholders. Our insurance subsidiaries are subject to regulations that restrict the payment of dividends from statutory surplus and may require prior approval of their domiciliary insurance regulatory authorities. Our insurance subsidiaries are also subject to risk based capital (“RBC”) requirements that limit their ability to pay dividends to us. Our insurance subsidiaries’ statutory capital and surplus at December 31, 20202021 exceeded the amount of statutory capital and surplus necessary to satisfy regulatory requirements, including the RBC requirements, by a significant margin.  Our insurance subsidiaries paid $5.0 million indid not pay any dividends to us during the first sixthree months of 2021.2022. Amounts remaining available for distribution to us as dividends from our insurance subsidiaries without prior approval of their domiciliary insurance regulatory authorities in 20212022 are $28.0$27.9 million from Atlantic States, $300,000$6.9 million from Southern, $5.9$4.8 million from Peninsula and $12.2$7.7 million from MICO, or a total of approximately $46.4$47.3 million.

At June 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, we had no material commitments for capital expenditures.

Equity Price Risk

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Our portfolio of marketable equity securities, which we carry on our consolidated balance sheets at estimated fair value, has exposure to the risk of loss resulting from an adverse change in prices. We manage this risk by having our investment personnel perform an analysis of prospective investments and regular reviews of our portfolio of equity securities.

Credit Risk

Our portfolio of fixed-maturity securities and, to a lesser extent, our portfolio of short-term investments is subject to credit risk, which we define as the potential loss in market value resulting from adverse changes in the borrower’s ability to repay its debt. We manage this risk by having our investment personnel perform an analysis of prospective investments and regular reviews of our portfolio of fixed-maturity securities. We also limit the percentage and amount of our total investment portfolio that we invest in the securities of any one issuer.

Our insurance subsidiaries provide property and casualty insurance coverages through independent insurance agencies. We bill the majority of this business directly to the insured, although we bill a portion of our commercial business through licensed insurance agents to whom our insurance subsidiaries extend credit in the normal course of business.

Because the pooling agreement does not relieve Atlantic States of primary liability as the originating insurer, Atlantic States is subject to a concentration of credit risk arising from the business it cedes to Donegal Mutual. Our insurance subsidiaries maintain reinsurance agreements with Donegal Mutual and with a number of other major unaffiliated authorized reinsurers.

Item 3.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Item 3.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Our market risk generally represents the risk of gain or loss that may result from the potential change in the fair value of the securities we hold in our investment portfolio as a result of fluctuations in prices and interest rates and, to a lesser extent, our debt obligations. We manage our interest rate risk by maintaining an appropriate relationship between the average duration of our investment portfolio and the approximate duration of our liabilities, i.e., policy claims of our insurance subsidiaries and our debt obligations.

There have been no material changes to our quantitative or qualitative market risk exposure from December 31, 20202021 through June 30, 2021.
March 31, 2022.

Item 4.Controls and Procedures.
Item 4.   Controls and Procedures.
Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Our management, with the participation of our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rules
13a-15(e)
and
15d-15(e)
under the Exchange Act). Based on such evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer have concluded that, at June 30, 2021,March 31, 2022, our disclosure controls and procedures were effective in recording, processing, summarizing and reporting, on a timely basis, information we are required to disclose in the reports that we file or submit under the Exchange Act, and our disclosure controls and procedures were also effective to ensure that information we disclose in the reports we file or submit under the Exchange Act is accumulated and communicated to our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and our Chief Financial Officer, to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Donegal Mutual implemented a new application system that Donegal Mutual and our insurance subsidiaries began to utilize during 2021 for the allocation of expenses and, beginning in 2022, for reinsurance premiums and commissions. The new application system provides for further automation of, and enhanced internal controls over these processes. The implementation of the new system is part of a multi-year accounting systems and process modernization initiative Donegal Mutual is implementing to achieve various benefits for Donegal Mutual and our insurance subsidiaries, including streamlined financial reporting workflows and a more efficient control environment.
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There has been no changethe new systems, we identified and designed new internal controls that we incorporated into our internal controls over financial reporting. Following the implementation, we validated these new controls according to our established processes. We did not implement these changes in internal controls to respond to any actual or perceived significant deficiencies in our internal control over financial reporting during the quarter covered by this Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to affect materially, our internal control over financial reporting.

Safe Harbor Statement Under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995

We base all statements contained in this Quarterly Report on Form
10-Q
release that are not historic facts on our current expectations. Such statements are forward-looking in nature (as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995) and necessarily involve risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements we make may be identified by our use of words such as “will,” “expects,“expect,“intends,“intend,“plans,“plan,“anticipates,“anticipate,“believes,“believe,“seeks,“seek,“estimates”“estimate” and similar expressions. Our actual results could vary materially from our forward-looking statements. The factors that could cause our actual results to vary materially from the forward-looking statements we have previously made include, but are not limited to, prolonged economic challenges resulting from the
COVID-19
pandemic, the availabilityadverse litigation and cost ofother trends that could increase our loss costs (including labor shortages and materials,escalating medical, automobile and property repair costs), adverse and catastrophic weather events, our ability to maintain profitable operations (including our ability to underwrite risks effectively and charge adequate premium rates), the adequacy of the loss and loss expense reserves of our insurance subsidiaries, the availability and successful operation of the information technology systems our insurance subsidiaries utilize, the successful development of new information technology systems to allow our insurance subsidiaries to compete effectively, business and economic conditions in the areas in which we and our insurance subsidiaries operate, interest rates, competition from various insurance and other financial businesses, terrorism, the availability and cost of reinsurance, legal and judicial developments including those related to
COVID-19
business interruption coverage exclusions, adverse litigation and other industry trends that could increase our loss costs, changes in regulatory requirements, our ability to attract and retain independent insurance agents, changes in our A.M. Best rating our ability to integrate and manage successfully the companies we may acquire from time to time and the other risks that we describe from time to time in our filings with the SEC.Securities and Exchange Commission. We disclaim any obligation to update such statements or to announce publicly the results of any revisions that we may make to any forward-looking statements to reflect the occurrence of anticipated or unanticipated events or circumstances after the date of such statements.

Part II. Other Information

Item 1.Legal Proceedings.
Item 1.   Legal Proceedings.
None.

Item 1A.Risk Factors.
Item 1A.   Risk Factors.

Our business, results of operations and financial condition, and, therefore, the value of our Class A common stock and our Class B common stock, are subject to a number of risks. For a description of certain risks, we refer to “Risk Factors” in our 20202021 Annual Report on Form
10-K
that we filed with the SEC on March 5, 2021.7, 2022. There have been no material changes in the risk factors we disclosed in that Form
10-K
Report during the sixthree months ended June 30, 2021.March 31, 2022.

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Item 2.   
Item 2.Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds.
Period
(a) Total Number of Shares
(or Units) Purchased
(b) Average Price Paid per
Share (or Unit)
(c) Total Number of Shares
(or Units) Purchased as
Part of Publicly
Announced Plans or
Programs
(d) Maximum Number (or
Approximate Dollar Value)
of Shares (or Units) that
May Yet Be Purchased
Under the Plans or
Programs
Month #1
April 1-30,
2021
Class A – None
Class B – None
Class A – None
Class B – None
Class A – None
Class B – None
Month #2
May 1-31,
2021
Class A – None
Class B – None
Class A – None
Class B – None
Class A – None
Class B – None
Month #3
June 1-30,
2021
Class A – 200,000
Class B – None
Class A – $15.22
Class B – None
Class A – 200,000
Class B – None
(1)
Total
Class A – 200,000
Class B – None
Class A – $15.22
Class B – None
Class A – 200,000
Class B – None

None.

(1)
Donegal Mutual purchased these shares pursuant to its announcement on August 17, 2004 that it will, at its discretion, purchase shares of our Class A common stock and Class B common stock at market prices prevailing from time to time in the open market subject to the provisions of SEC Rule
10b-18
and in privately negotiated transactions. Such announcement did not stipulate a maximum number of shares that may be purchased under this program.
Item 3.Defaults upon Senior Securities.
Item 3.   Defaults upon Senior Securities.
None.

Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosure.
Item 4.   Mine Safety Disclosure.
Not Applicable.

Item 5.   
Item 5.Other Information.

None.

None.
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Item 6.Exhibits.
Item 6.   Exhibits.

Exhibit No.Description
 
Description
Exhibit 31.1Filed herewith
Exhibit 31.2 
Certification of Chief Financial OfficerFiled herewith
Exhibit 32.1 
Statement of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 of Title 18 of the United States CodeFiled herewith
Exhibit 32.2 
Statement of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 of Title 18 of the United States CodeFiled herewith
Exhibit 101.INS 
XBRL Instance Document
Filed herewith
Exhibit 101.SCH 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
Filed herewith
Exhibit 101.PRE 
XBRL Taxonomy Presentation Linkbase Document
Filed herewith
Exhibit 101.CAL 
XBRL Taxonomy Calculation Linkbase Document
Filed herewith
Exhibit 101.LAB 
XBRL Taxonomy Label Linkbase Document
Filed herewith
Exhibit 101.DEF 
XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
Filed herewith
Exhibit 104Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL and contained in Exhibit 101)Filed herewith

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

DONEGAL GROUP INC.
 
DONEGAL GROUP INC.
August 6, 2021May 5, 2022By:
/s/ Kevin G. Burke
 Kevin G. Burke, President and Chief Executive Officer

August 6, 2021May 5, 2022By:
/s/ Jeffrey D. Miller
 Jeffrey D. Miller, Executive Vice President
 and Chief Financial Officer

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