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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-Q
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QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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For the quarterly period ended March 31, 2005 |
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TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF
THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934 |
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For the transition period
from to |
Commission file number: 000-51127
National Atlantic Holdings Corporation
(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)
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New Jersey |
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22-3316586 |
(State or other jurisdiction of
incorporation or organization) |
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(I.R.S. Employer
Identification No.) |
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4 Paragon Way
Freehold, NJ
(Address of Registrants principal executive
offices)
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07728
(Zip Code) |
(732) 665-1130
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
None
(Former name, former address and former fiscal year, if
changed since last report)
Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant: (1) has
filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or
15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the
preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the
Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has
been subject to such filing requirements for the past
90 days. Yes o No þ
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an accelerated
filer (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange
Act of
1934). Yes o No þ
As of May 20, 2005, there were outstanding 10,926,990
Common Shares, no par value per share, of the Registrant.
Table of Contents
1
PART I
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Item 1. |
Financial Statements. |
NATIONAL ATLANTIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
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March 31, | |
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December 31, | |
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2005 | |
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2004 | |
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(Unaudited) | |
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(Unaudited) | |
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(In thousands, except | |
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share data) | |
Investments: (Note 4)
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Fixed maturities available-for-sale (amortized cost at
March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004 was $217,078 and
$210,636, respectively)
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$ |
215,187 |
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$ |
210,830 |
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Short-term investments (cost at March 31, 2005 and
December 31, 2004, was $21,493 and $13,820, respectively)
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21,493 |
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13,820 |
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Equity securities (cost at March 31, 2005 and
December 31, 2004 was $23,624 and $12,719, respectively)
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22,794 |
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12,801 |
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Total investments
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259,474 |
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237,451 |
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Cash and cash equivalents
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4,172 |
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15,542 |
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Accrued investment income
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2,640 |
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2,085 |
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Premiums receivable
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44,309 |
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31,185 |
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Reinsurance recoverable on paid and unpaid losses
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35,989 |
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34,677 |
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Prepaid reinsurance
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2,987 |
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467 |
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Receivable from Ohio Casualty, a related party
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4,350 |
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4,350 |
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Receivable from Sentry
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1,250 |
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1,250 |
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Deferred acquisition costs
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11,555 |
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10,872 |
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Property and equipment Net
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2,276 |
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2,021 |
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Other assets
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8,710 |
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7,272 |
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Total assets
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$ |
377,712 |
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$ |
347,172 |
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Liabilities and Stockholders Equity:
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Liabilities:
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Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses
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$ |
191,923 |
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$ |
184,283 |
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Unearned premiums
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76,106 |
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64,170 |
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Accounts payable and accrued expenses
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2,520 |
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2,900 |
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Reinsurance payable
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5,238 |
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4,621 |
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Deferred income taxes
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10,616 |
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11,995 |
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Federal income taxes payable
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2,758 |
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1,512 |
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State income taxes payable
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194 |
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89 |
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Payable for securities
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7,273 |
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Other liabilities
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10,723 |
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9,763 |
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Total liabilities
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307,351 |
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279,333 |
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Stockholders equity:
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Common stock, Class A, no par value (4,300,000 shares
authorized; 2,747,743 shares issued as of March 31,
2005 and 2004)
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3,002 |
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3,002 |
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Common stock, Class B, no par value (4,300,000 shares
authorized; 2,194,247, and 2,194,247 shares issued as of
March 31, 2005 and 2004)
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28,865 |
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28,738 |
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Retained earnings
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40,290 |
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35,917 |
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Accumulated other comprehensive income
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(1,796 |
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182 |
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Total stockholders equity
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70,361 |
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67,839 |
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Total liabilities and stockholders equity
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$ |
377,712 |
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$ |
347,172 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed
consolidated financial statements.
2
NATIONAL ATLANTIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
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For the Three Months Ended | |
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March 31, | |
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2005 | |
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2004 | |
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(Unaudited) | |
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(Unaudited) | |
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(In thousands, except | |
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earnings per share data) | |
Revenue:
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Net premiums earned
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$ |
47,370 |
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$ |
39,138 |
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Net investment income
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2,282 |
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1,184 |
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Realized gains on investments net
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392 |
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677 |
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Replacement carrier revenue from related party
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5,045 |
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Replacement carrier revenue from Sentry
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875 |
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Other income
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286 |
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449 |
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Total revenue
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50,330 |
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47,368 |
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Costs and Expenses:
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Loss and loss adjustment expenses incurred
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32,827 |
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29,623 |
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Acquisition expenses
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9,941 |
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9,678 |
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Other operating and general expenses
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1,102 |
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3,539 |
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Total costs and expenses
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43,870 |
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42,840 |
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Income before income taxes
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6,461 |
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4,528 |
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Provision for income taxes
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2,088 |
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1,557 |
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Net Income (Loss)
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$ |
4,373 |
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$ |
2,971 |
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Net income per share Common Stock Basic
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$ |
0.88 |
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$ |
0.60 |
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Net income per share Common Stock Diluted
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$ |
0.78 |
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$ |
0.53 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed
consolidated financial statements.
3
NATIONAL ATLANTIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
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Three Months Ended | |
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March 31, | |
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2005 | |
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2004 | |
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(Unaudited) | |
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(Unaudited) | |
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(In thousands) | |
Net Income
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$ |
4,373 |
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$ |
2,971 |
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Other comprehensive income net of tax:
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Net holding gains arising during the year
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(1,998 |
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1,566 |
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Reclassification adjustment for realized (gains) included
in net income
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20 |
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24 |
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Total other comprehensive (loss) income
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(1,978 |
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1,590 |
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Comprehensive Income
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$ |
2,395 |
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$ |
4,561 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed
consolidated financial statements.
4
NATIONAL ATLANTIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN
STOCKHOLDERS EQUITY
For the periods ended March 31, 2005 and 2004
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Class A | |
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Class B | |
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Retained | |
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Receivable | |
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Accumulated | |
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Common Stock | |
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Common Stock | |
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Earnings | |
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for | |
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Other | |
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Total | |
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(Accumulated | |
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Securities | |
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Comprehensive | |
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Stockholders | |
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Shares | |
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Amount | |
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Shares | |
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Amount | |
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Deficit) | |
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Issued | |
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Income (Loss) | |
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Equity | |
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(In thousands, except share data) | |
Balance at December 31, 2003
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2,747,743 |
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$ |
3,002 |
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2,194,247 |
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$ |
28,258 |
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$ |
18,470 |
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$ |
57 |
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$ |
49,787 |
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Amortization of 2002 and 2003 options
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120 |
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120 |
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Net Income
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2,971 |
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2,971 |
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Other comprehensive income
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1,590 |
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1,590 |
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Balance at March 31, 2004 (unaudited)
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2,747,743 |
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$ |
3,002 |
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2,194,247 |
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$ |
28,378 |
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$ |
21,442 |
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$ |
1,648 |
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$ |
54,470 |
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Balance at December 31, 2004
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2,747,743 |
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$ |
3,002 |
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2,194,247 |
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$ |
28,738 |
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$ |
35,917 |
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$ |
182 |
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$ |
67,839 |
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Amortization of 2002 and 2003 options
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127 |
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127 |
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Net Income
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4,373 |
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4,373 |
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Other comprehensive (loss)
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(1,978 |
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(1,978 |
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Balance at March 31, 2005 (unaudited)
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2,747,743 |
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$ |
3,002 |
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2,194,247 |
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$ |
28,865 |
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$ |
40,290 |
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$ |
(1,796 |
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$ |
70,361 |
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The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed
consolidated financial statements.
5
NATIONAL ATLANTIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
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For the Three Months Ended | |
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March 31, | |
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2005 | |
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2004 | |
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(Unaudited) | |
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(Unaudited) | |
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(In thousands) | |
CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES
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Net income
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$ |
4,373 |
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$ |
2,971 |
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Adjustment to reconcile net income to net cash provided (used
in) operating activities:
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Depreciation and amortization
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126 |
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99 |
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Amortization of premium/discount on bonds
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244 |
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245 |
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Realized losses (gains) on investment sales
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(392 |
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(677 |
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Realized (losses) gains on fixed asset sales
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(3 |
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Realized (losses) gains on premium write offs
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Changes in:
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Deferred income taxes
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(361 |
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(163 |
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Premiums receivable
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(13,124 |
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(3,066 |
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Reinsurance recoverable
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(1,313 |
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(965 |
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Prepaid reinsurance
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(2,520 |
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525 |
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Receivable from Sentry
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875 |
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Deferred acquisition costs
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(684 |
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692 |
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Accrued investment income
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(555 |
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(72 |
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Federal income taxes recoverable
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1,590 |
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Other assets
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(1,436 |
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(138 |
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Unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses
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7,640 |
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10,247 |
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Stock options
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127 |
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120 |
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Accounts payable
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(380 |
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1,521 |
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Deferred revenue from related party
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(5,046 |
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Deferred revenue
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(875 |
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Unearned premiums
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11,936 |
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4,435 |
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Reinsurance payable
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618 |
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(959 |
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Federal Income taxes payable
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1,247 |
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State Income taxes payable
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105 |
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(27 |
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Payable for securities
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7,273 |
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Other liabilities
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962 |
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2,452 |
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Net cash provided by operating activities
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13,886 |
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13,786 |
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CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES:
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Purchases of property and equipment
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(380 |
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(84 |
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Purchases of fixed maturity investments
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(61,498 |
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(43,039 |
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Sales and maturities of fixed income investments
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54,813 |
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31,598 |
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Purchases of equity securities
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16,476 |
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(6,138 |
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Sales of equity securities
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5,962 |
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1,477 |
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Purchases of short-term investments net
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7,677 |
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3,553 |
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Net cash (used in) investing activities
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(25,256 |
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(12,633 |
) |
CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Change in notes payable
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Proceeds from issuance of common stock net
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net cash provided by financing activities
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net (decrease) increase in cash
|
|
|
(11,370 |
) |
|
|
1,153 |
|
Cash and cash equivalents @ beginning of year
|
|
|
15,542 |
|
|
|
9,124 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash and cash equivalents @ end of year
|
|
$ |
4,172 |
|
|
$ |
10,277 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Cash paid during the year for:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest
|
|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Income taxes paid (received)
|
|
$ |
1,095 |
|
|
$ |
850 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The accompanying notes are an integral part of the condensed
consolidated financial statements.
6
NATIONAL ATLANTIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2005 and 2004
National Atlantic Holdings Corporation (NAHC) and
Subsidiaries (the Company) was incorporated in New Jersey, on
July 29, 1994. The Company is a holding company for
Proformance Insurance Company (Proformance), its wholly-owned
subsidiary. Proformance is domiciled in the State of New Jersey
and writes property and casualty insurance, primarily personal
auto. NAHCs initial capitalization was pursuant to private
placement offerings. The initial stockholders paid
$1.16 per share for 2,812,200 shares of Class A
common stock.
On February 14, 1995 the Board of Directors approved the
offering of up to 645,000 shares at $2.33 per share of
nonvoting Class B common stock. At the end of 1995,
283,112 shares were issued at $2.33 per share to new
agents and at 105% of the net book value to the officers and
directors under a one-time stock purchase program. The average
per share price for both issuances of this Class B common
stock was approximately $2.05 per share. On April 7,
1995, the Certificate of Incorporation was amended to authorize
the issuance of up to 4,300,000 shares of nonvoting common
stock.
NAHC also has a controlling interest (80 percent) in
Niagara Atlantic Holdings Corporation and Subsidiaries
(Niagara), which is a New York corporation. Niagara was
incorporated on December 29, 1995. The remaining interest
(20 percent) is owned by New York agents. Niagara was
established as a holding company in order to execute a surplus
debenture and service agreement with Capital Mutual Insurance
(CMI). As of June 5, 2000, CMI has gone into liquidation
and is under the control of the New York State Insurance
Department. CMI is no longer writing new business and therefore
neither is Niagara. Niagara had $0 equity value as of
March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004. NAHC has no
remaining obligations as it relates to the agreement.
In addition, NAHC has another wholly-owned subsidiary, Riverview
Professional Services, Inc., which was established in 2002 for
the purpose of providing case management and medical cost
containment services to Proformance and other unaffiliated
clients.
In December 2001, NAHC established National Atlantic Financial
Corporation (NAFC), to offer general financing services to its
agents and customers. In November 2003, NAFC established a
wholly-owned subsidiary, Mayfair Reinsurance Company Limited
(Mayfair), for the purpose of assuming reinsurance business as a
retrocessionaire from third party reinsurers of Proformance and
providing reinsurance services to unaffiliated clients.
Another wholly-owned subsidiary of NAHC is National Atlantic
Insurance Agency, Inc. (NAIA), which was incorporated on
April 5, 1995. The Company purchased all 1,000 shares
of NAIAs authorized common stock at $1 per share.
NAIA obtained its license to operate as an insurance agency in
December 1995. The agency commenced operations on March 20,
1996. The primary purpose of this entity is to service any
direct business written by Proformance and to provide services
to agents and policyholders acquired as part of replacement
carrier transactions.
We manage and report our business as a single segment based upon
several factors. Our insurance subsidiary, Proformance Insurance
Company, has historically generated in excess of 90% of our
total consolidated revenues and reported profit or loss. In
addition, Proformance is our only subsidiary which has assets in
excess of 10% of the consolidated assets of the Company.
Therefore, only Proformance meets any of the quantitative
thresholds of a reportable segment. In addition, although
Proformance writes both personal line and commercial line
business, we consider those operating segments as one operating
segment due to the fact that the nature of the products are
similar, they share the same distribution system, the nature of
the regulatory environment for each line is similar and they
follow the same production process in accordance with the
requirements of segments that share similar economic
characteristics.
7
NATIONAL ATLANTIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
The unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements
included herein have been prepared pursuant to the rules and
regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission. Certain
information and footnote disclosures normally included in
financial statements prepared in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States of America
(GAAP) have been condensed or omitted pursuant to such rules and
regulations. In the opinion of management, all adjustments
necessary for a fair statement of the results for the interim
financial statements presented have been included. Operating
results for the three months ended March 31, 2005 are not
necessarily indicative of the results that may be expected for
the year ending December 31, 2005. These unaudited
financial statements and the notes thereto should be read in
conjunction with the Companys audited financial statements
and accompanying notes included in the Companys final
prospectus dated April 20, 2005 included as part of the
Companys Registration Statement on Form S-1 (File
No. 333-117804) filed by the Company with the Securities
and Exchange Commission on July 30, 2004 as amended.
|
|
3. |
Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements |
In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123
(revised 2004), Share-Based Payment
(SFAS 123R), which replaces
SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation (SFAS 123) and supercedes APB
Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees. SFAS 123R requires all share-based payments
to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be
recognized in the financial statements based on their fair
values and the recording of such expense in the consolidated
statements of operations. In March 2005, the Commission issued
Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 107 which expresses
views of the SEC staff regarding the application of
SFAS 123R. SAB 107 provides interpretive guidance
related to the interaction between SFAS 123R and certain
SEC rules and regulations, as well as provides the SEC
staffs views regarding the valuation of share-based
payment arrangements for public companies. In April 2005, the
Commission amended compliance dates for SFAS 123R to allow
companies to implement SFAS 123R at the beginning of their
next fiscal year, instead of the next fiscal reporting period
that begins after June 15, 2005. The Company is required to
adopt the provisions of SFAS 123R effective January 1,
2006 at which time the pro forma disclosures previously
permitted under SFAS 123 will no longer be an alternative
to financial statement recognition. Under SFAS 123R, the
Company must determine the appropriate fair value model to be
used for valuing share-based payments, the amortization method
for compensation cost and the transition method to be used at
date of adoption. The Company has not yet determined the method
of adoption or the effect of adopting SFAS 123R, and has
not determined whether the adoption will result in amounts that
are similar to the current pro forma disclosures under
SFAS 123.
Effective December 31, 2003, the Company adopted the
disclosure requirements of Emerging Issues Task Force
(EITF) Issue No. 03-01, The Meaning of
Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its Applications of Certain
Investments. Under the consensus, disclosures are required for
unrealized losses on fixed maturity and equity securities
accounted for under SFAS No. 115, Accounting for
Certain Investment in Debt and Equity Securities, which are
classified as either available-for-sale or held-to-maturity. The
disclosure requirements include quantitative information
regarding the aggregate amount of unrealized losses and the
associated fair value of the investments in an unrealized loss
position, segregated into time periods for which the investments
have been in an unrealized loss position. The consensus also
requires certain qualitative disclosures about the holdings in
an unrealized loss position in order to provide additional
information that the Company considered in concluding that the
unrealized losses were not other-than-temporary. In September
2004, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, which we refer
to as FASB, issued FASB Staff Position Emerging Issues Task
Force Issue 03-1-1, Effective Date of Paragraphs 10-20
of EITF Issue No. 03-1, The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary
Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments, which
delays the effective date for the recognition and measurement
guidance in EITF Issue No. 03-1. In addition, the FASB has
issued a proposed FASB Staff Position to consider whether
further application guidance is necessary for
8
NATIONAL ATLANTIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
securities analyzed for impairment under EITF 03-1. We
continue to assess the potential impact that the adoption of the
proposed FASB Staff Position could have on our financial
statements.
The amortized cost and estimated market value of the investment
portfolio, classified by category, as of March 31, 2005 are
as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross | |
|
Gross | |
|
|
|
|
Cost/ | |
|
Unrealized | |
|
Unrealized | |
|
Estimated | |
|
|
Amortized Cost | |
|
Gains | |
|
(Losses) | |
|
Market Value | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(Unaudited) | |
|
|
|
|
Fixed maturities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. Government, government agencies and authorities
|
|
$ |
107,097,866 |
|
|
$ |
55,365 |
|
|
$ |
(829,853 |
) |
|
$ |
106,323,378 |
|
State, local government and agencies
|
|
|
62,465,384 |
|
|
|
272,271 |
|
|
|
(581,728 |
) |
|
|
62,155,927 |
|
Industrial and miscellaneous
|
|
|
46,455,886 |
|
|
|
67,797 |
|
|
|
(870,336 |
) |
|
|
45,653,347 |
|
Mortgage-backed securities
|
|
|
1,058,395 |
|
|
|
10,012 |
|
|
|
(13,735 |
) |
|
|
1,054,672 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total fixed maturities
|
|
|
217,077,531 |
|
|
|
405,445 |
|
|
|
(2,295,652 |
) |
|
|
215,187,324 |
|
Other Investments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term investments
|
|
|
21,492,718 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
21,492,718 |
|
Equity securities
|
|
|
23,624,190 |
|
|
|
60,974 |
|
|
|
(891,407 |
) |
|
|
22,793,757 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Investments
|
|
$ |
262,194,439 |
|
|
$ |
466,419 |
|
|
$ |
(3,187,059 |
) |
|
$ |
259,473,799 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
The amortized cost and estimated market value of the investment
portfolio, classified by category, as of December 31, 2004
are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gross | |
|
Gross | |
|
|
|
|
Cost/ | |
|
Unrealized | |
|
Unrealized | |
|
Estimated | |
|
|
Amortized Cost | |
|
Gains | |
|
(Losses) | |
|
Market Value | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Fixed maturities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
U.S. Government, government agencies and authorities
|
|
$ |
113,849,983 |
|
|
$ |
167,336 |
|
|
$ |
(229,199 |
) |
|
$ |
113,788,120 |
|
State, local government and agencies
|
|
|
47,447,514 |
|
|
|
471,383 |
|
|
|
(151,091 |
) |
|
|
47,767,806 |
|
Industrial and miscellaneous
|
|
|
48,235,166 |
|
|
|
445,482 |
|
|
|
(520,779 |
) |
|
|
48,159,869 |
|
Mortgage-backed securities
|
|
|
1,103,325 |
|
|
|
13,733 |
|
|
|
(2,786 |
) |
|
|
1,114,272 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total fixed maturities
|
|
|
210,635,988 |
|
|
|
1,097,934 |
|
|
|
(903,855 |
) |
|
|
210,830,067 |
|
Other Investments:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Short-term investments
|
|
|
13,820,488 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
13,820,488 |
|
|
Equity securities
|
|
|
12,718,656 |
|
|
|
178,670 |
|
|
|
(96,790 |
) |
|
|
12,800,536 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total Investments
|
|
$ |
237,175,132 |
|
|
$ |
1,276,604 |
|
|
$ |
(1,000,645 |
) |
|
$ |
237,451,091 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
9
NATIONAL ATLANTIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
The fair values of available-for-sale securities at
March 31, 2005, by contractual maturity, are shown below.
Expected maturities of mortgaged-backed securities may differ
from contractual maturities because borrowers may have the right
to call or prepay obligations with or without prepayment
penalties.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Estimated Fair Value | |
|
|
| |
|
|
(Unaudited) | |
Due in one year or less
|
|
$ |
9,189,893 |
|
Due in one year through five years
|
|
|
20,578,887 |
|
Due in five years through ten years
|
|
|
98,332,678 |
|
Due in ten through twenty years
|
|
|
84,972,598 |
|
Due in over twenty years
|
|
|
1,058,596 |
|
Mortgage-Backed securities
|
|
|
1,054,672 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
215,187,324 |
|
|
|
|
|
For the three months ended March 31, 2005, the Company held
no investments that were below investment grade or not rated by
an independent rating agency.
Proceeds from sales of fixed maturity and equity securities and
gross realized gains and losses on sales as well as
other-than-temporary impairment charges for the three months
ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 are shown below:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(Unaudited) | |
Proceeds
|
|
$ |
60,775,296 |
|
|
$ |
33,075,390 |
|
Gross realized gains
|
|
|
473,622 |
|
|
|
678,981 |
|
Gross realized losses
|
|
|
(81,522 |
) |
|
|
(2,000 |
) |
There was one security in the amount of $260,215 that was
considered to be other-than-temporarily impaired as of
December 31, 2004. No other than temporary impairments were
recognized for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and
2004.
There are twenty seven equity securities having an unrealized
loss of $825,597 a fair value of $18,721,297 and an amortized
cost of $19,546,894 as of March 31, 2005 which have been in
a continuous unrealized loss position for less than six months.
There is one equity security having an unrealized loss of
$25,135 a fair value of $198,342 and an amortized cost of
$223,477 as of March 31, 2005 which has been in a
continuous unrealized loss position between six and twelve
months.
There are two equity and preferred securities having an
unrealized loss of $40,675 a fair value of $924,085 and an
amortized cost of $964,760 as of March 31, 2005 which have
been in a continuous unrealized loss position for greater than
twelve months.
There are two hundred and fifty four fixed maturity securities
having an unrealized loss of $1,365,835, a fair value of
$141,859,903 and an amortized cost of $143,225,738 as of
March 31, 2005 which have been in a continuous unrealized
loss position for less than six months.
There are twenty nine fixed maturity securities having an
unrealized loss of $142,756, a fair value of $7,659,208 and an
amortized cost of $7,801,964 as of March 31, 2005 which
have been in a continuous unrealized loss position between 6 and
12 months.
10
NATIONAL ATLANTIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
There are nineteen fixed maturity securities having an
unrealized loss of $787,061, a fair value of $14,395,9136 and an
amortized cost of $15,182,274 as of March 31, 2005 which
have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for greater
than 12 months.
The components of net investment income earned were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Three Months Ended | |
|
|
March 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2005 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(Unaudited) | |
Investment income:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Interest income
|
|
$ |
2,119,000 |
|
|
$ |
1,128,837 |
|
|
Dividend income
|
|
|
206,575 |
|
|
|
87,312 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Investment income:
|
|
|
2,325,575 |
|
|
|
1,216,149 |
|
|
Investment expenses
|
|
|
(43,549 |
) |
|
|
(32,136 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net investment income
|
|
$ |
2,282,026 |
|
|
$ |
1,184,013 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
5. |
Reserves for Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses |
The changes in unpaid losses and loss adjustment expense
reserves are summarized as follows (in thousands):
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Three | |
|
For the Year | |
|
|
Months Ended | |
|
Ended | |
|
|
March 31, | |
|
December 31, | |
|
|
2005 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(Unaudited) | |
Balance as of beginning of period
|
|
$ |
184,283 |
|
|
$ |
134,201 |
|
Less reinsurance recoverable on unpaid losses
|
|
|
(24,936 |
) |
|
|
(21,329 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net balance as of beginning of period
|
|
|
159,347 |
|
|
|
112,872 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Incurred related to:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current period
|
|
|
33,283 |
|
|
|
135,659 |
|
|
Prior period
|
|
|
(456 |
) |
|
|
(672 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total incurred
|
|
|
32,827 |
|
|
|
134,987 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Paid related to:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Current period
|
|
|
5,270 |
|
|
|
44,899 |
|
|
Prior period
|
|
|
20,204 |
|
|
|
43,613 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total paid
|
|
|
25,474 |
|
|
|
88,512 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net balance as of end of period
|
|
|
166,700 |
|
|
|
159,347 |
|
Plus reinsurance recoverable on unpaid losses
|
|
|
25,223 |
|
|
|
24,936 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Balance as of end of period
|
|
$ |
191,923 |
|
|
$ |
184,283 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the three months ended March 31, 2005, we reduced
reserves for prior years by $456,000 because actual loss
experience, especially for no-fault coverage was lower than
expected due to reduced claims frequency. For the year ended
December 31, 2004, we reduced reserves for prior years by
$672,000 due to the fact that the actual loss experience
observed during the period, especially during the fourth quarter
of 2004, was slightly lower than expected due to a reduction in
the frequency of claims reported during the fourth quarter of
2004.
11
NATIONAL ATLANTIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
The Company adopted Statement of Financial Accounting Standards
No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based Compensation
(SFAS 123), in 1996. Under the provisions of
SFAS 123, companies can elect to account for stock-based
compensation plans using a fair-value based method or continue
measuring compensation expenses for those plans using the
intrinsic value method prescribed in Accounting Principles Board
Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to Employees
(APB 25) and related interpretations. In December 2002,
the FASB issued SFAS No. 148 which amended the
disclosure requirements of SFAS No. 123 to require
prominent disclosures in financial statements about the method
of accounting for stock-based employee compensation and the
effect of the method on reported results. The Company has
elected to continue using the intrinsic value method (APB
No. 25) to account for stock based compensation plans.
The following table presents the Companys pro forma net
income (loss) for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and
2004 assuming the Company had used the fair value method
(SFAS No. 123) to recognize compensation expense with
respect to its options:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Three Months Ended | |
|
|
March 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2005 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Net income as reported
|
|
$ |
4,372,626 |
|
|
$ |
2,971,410 |
|
Plus: Compensation expense recorded against income
|
|
|
126,733 |
|
|
|
120,193 |
|
Deduct: Total stock-based employee compensation expense
determined under fair value method for all awards, net of
related tax effects
|
|
|
(128,042 |
) |
|
|
(128,321 |
) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Pro forma net income
|
|
$ |
4,371,317 |
|
|
$ |
2,963,282 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Net income per weighted average shareholding
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic as reported
|
|
$ |
0.88 |
|
|
$ |
0.60 |
|
|
Basic pro forma
|
|
$ |
0.88 |
|
|
$ |
0.60 |
|
|
Diluted as reported
|
|
$ |
0.78 |
|
|
$ |
0.53 |
|
|
Diluted pro forma
|
|
$ |
0.78 |
|
|
$ |
0.53 |
|
The above pro forma information has been determined as if the
Company had accounted for its employees stock options
under the fair value method. The fair value of the options was
estimated at the date of grant using the Black-Scholes
option-pricing model with a volatility factor assumed to be zero
percent and the following weighted average assumptions:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Three Months | |
|
|
Ended March 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2005 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Risk-free interest yield
|
|
|
4.0% |
|
|
|
4.0% |
|
Dividend yield
|
|
|
0.0% |
|
|
|
0.0% |
|
Average life
|
|
|
3 Years |
|
|
|
3 Years |
|
|
|
7. |
Contingencies and Commitments |
In the course of pursuing its normal business activities, the
Company is involved in various legal proceedings and claims.
Management does not expect that amounts, if any, which may be
required to be paid by reason of such proceedings or claims will
have a material effect on the Companys financial position
or statement of operations.
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NATIONAL ATLANTIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
Litigation The Company is subject to legal
proceedings and claims which arise in the ordinary course of its
business. The Company accounts for such activity through the
establishment of unpaid claims and claim adjustment expense
reserves. Management does not believe that the outcome of any of
those matters will have a material adverse effect on the
Companys financial position, operating results or cash
flows.
Operating Leases The Company has entered into
a seven-year lease agreement for the use of office space and
equipment. The most significant obligations under the lease
terms other than the base rent are the reimbursement of the
Companys share of the operating expenses of the premises,
which include real estate taxes, repairs and maintenance,
utilities, and insurance. Net rent expense for the three months
ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 was $229,738 and $229,844,
respectively.
The Company entered into a four-year lease agreement for the use
of additional office space and equipment commencing on
September 11, 2004. Rent expense for the three months ended
March 31, 2005 and 2004 was $53,100 and $0, respectively.
Aggregate minimum rental commitments of the Company as of
March 31, 2005 are as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Year |
|
Amount | |
|
|
| |
2005
|
|
|
679,949 |
|
2006
|
|
|
906,599 |
|
2007
|
|
|
906,599 |
|
2008
|
|
|
835,798 |
|
2009 and thereafter
|
|
|
578,499 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Total
|
|
$ |
3,907,444 |
|
|
|
|
|
In connection with the lease agreement, the Company executed a
letter of credit in the amount of $300,000 as security for
payment of the base rent.
Guaranty Fund and Assessment The Company is
subject to guaranty fund and other assessments by the State of
New Jersey. The Company is also assigned private passenger
automobile and commercial automobile risks by the State of New
Jersey for those who cannot obtain insurance in the primary
market.
New Jersey law requires that property and casualty insurers
licensed to do business in New Jersey participate in the New
Jersey Property-Liability Insurance Guaranty Association (which
we refer to as NJPLIGA). Members of NJPLIGA are assessed the
amount NJPLIGA deems necessary to pay its obligations and its
expenses in connection with handling covered claims. Assessments
are made in the proportion that each members direct
written property and casualty premiums for the prior calendar
year compared to the corresponding direct written premiums for
NJPLIGA members for the same period. NJPLIGA notifies the
insurer of the surcharge to the policyholders, which is used to
fund the assessment as a percentage of premiums on an annual
basis. The Company collects these amounts on behalf of the
NJPLIGA and there is no income statement impact. Historically,
requests for remittance of the assessments are levied
12-14 months after the end of a policy year. The Company
remits the amount to NJPLIGA within 45 days of the
assessment request.
For the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004,
Proformance was assessed $0 and $1,146,243, respectively, as its
portion of the losses due to insolvencies of certain insurers.
We anticipate that there will be additional assessments from
time to time relating to insolvencies of various insurance
companies. We are allowed to re-coup these assessments from our
policyholders over time until we have recovered all such
payments. In the event that the required assessment is greater
than the amount accrued for via surcharges, the Company has the
ability to increase its surcharge percentage to re-coup that
amount.
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NATIONAL ATLANTIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
A summary of NJPLIGA balances and amounts as of and for the
three months ending March 31, 2005 and 2004 is as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
2005 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Payable
|
|
$ |
2,980,240 |
|
|
$ |
851,192 |
|
Paid
|
|
|
2,370,085 |
|
|
|
1,146,243 |
|
The Personal Automobile Insurance Plan, or PAIP, is a plan
designed to provide personal automobile coverage to drivers
unable to obtain private passenger auto insurance in the
voluntary market and to provide for the equitable assignment of
PAIP liabilities to all licensed insurers writing personal
automobile insurance in New Jersey. We may be assigned PAIP
business by the state in an amount equal to the proportion that
our net direct written premiums on personal auto business for
the prior calendar year compares to the corresponding net direct
written premiums for all personal auto business written in New
Jersey for such year.
The State of New Jersey allows property and casualty companies
to enter into Limited Assignment Distribution
(LAD) agreements to transfer PAIP assignments to another
insurance carrier approved by the State of New Jersey to handle
this type of transaction. The LAD carrier is responsible for
handling all of the premium and loss transactions arising from
PAIP assignments. In turn, the buy-out company pays the LAD
carrier a fee based on a percentage of the buy-out
companys premium quota for a specific year. This
transaction is not treated as a reinsurance transaction on the
buy-out companys book but as an expense. In the event the
LAD carrier does not perform its responsibilities, the Company
will not have any liability associated with the assignments.
We have entered into a LAD agreement pursuant to which the PAIP
business assigned to us by the State of New Jersey are
transferred to Clarendon National Insurance Company and Auto One
Insurance Company which write and service the business in
exchange for an agreed upon fee. Upon the transfer, we have no
liabilities with respect to such PAIP business. For the three
months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 the Company was
assessed LAD fees of $140,413 and $189,277, respectively, in
connection with payments to Clarendon National Insurance Company
under the LAD agreement. For the three months ended
March 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company was assessed LAD fees
of $37,090 and $0 in connection with payments made to Auto One
Insurance Company, respectively, under the LAD agreement. For
the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company
would have been assigned $7,323,822 and $2,365,957 of premium,
respectively, by the State of New Jersey under PAIP, if not for
the LAD agreements that were in place. These amounts served as
the basis for the fees to be paid to the LAD carriers.
The Commercial Automobile Insurance Plan, or CAIP, is a plan
similar to PAIP, but involving commercial auto insurance rather
than private passenger auto insurance. Private passenger
vehicles cannot be insured by CAIP if they are eligible for
coverage under PAIP or if they are owned by an eligible
person as defined under New Jersey law. We are assessed an
amount in respect of CAIP liabilities equal to the proportion
that our net direct written premiums on commercial auto business
for the prior calendar year compares to the corresponding direct
written premiums for commercial auto business written in New
Jersey for such year.
Proformance records its CAIP assignment on its books as assumed
business as required by the State of New Jersey. For the three
months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, the Company has been
assigned $470,261, and $530,670 of premiums, and $330,341 and
$300,680 of losses, respectively, by the State of New Jersey
under the CAIP. On a quarterly basis, the State of New Jersey
remits a member a participation report and a cash settlement
report. The net result of premiums assigned less paid losses,
losses and loss adjustment expenses and other expenses plus
investment income results in a net cash settlement due to or
from the participating member. The reserving related to these
assignments is calculated by the State of New Jersey with
corresponding entries recorded on the Companys financial
statements.
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NATIONAL ATLANTIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
|
|
|
New Jersey Automobile Insurance Risk Exchange |
The New Jersey Automobile Insurance Risk Exchange, or NJAIRE, is
a plan designed to compensate member companies for claims paid
for non-economic losses and claims adjustment expenses which
would not have been incurred had the tort limitation option
provided under New Jersey insurance law been elected by the
injured party filing the claim for non-economic losses. As a
member company of NJAIRE, we submit information with respect to
the number of claims reported to us that meet the criteria
outlined above. NJAIRE compiles the information submitted by all
member companies and remits assessments to each member company
for this exposure. The Company, since its inception, has never
received compensation from NJAIRE as a result of its
participation in the plan. The Companys participation in
NJAIRE is mandated by the New Jersey Department of Banking and
Insurance. The assessments that the Company has received
required payment to NJAIRE for the amounts assessed. The Company
records the assessments received as other operating and general
expenses. For the three months ended March 31, 2005 and
2004, we have been assessed $547,545 and $637,007, respectively,
by NJAIRE. These assessments represent amounts to be paid to
NJAIRE as it relates to the Companys participation in its
plan.
|
|
8. |
Net Earnings Per Share |
Basic net income per share is computed based on the weighted
average number of shares outstanding during the year. Diluted
net income per share includes the dilutive effect of outstanding
share options, using the treasury stock method. Under the
treasury stock method, exercise of options is assumed with the
proceeds used to purchase common stock at the average price for
the period. The difference between the number of shares issued
and the number of shares purchased represents the dilutive
shares.
The following table sets forth the computation of basic and
diluted earnings per share:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the Three Months Ended | |
|
|
March 31, | |
|
|
| |
|
|
2005 | |
|
2004 | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
|
|
(Unaudited) | |
Net Income applicable to common stockholders
|
|
$ |
4,372,626 |
|
|
$ |
2,971,410 |
|
|
Weighted average common shares basic
|
|
|
4,941,990 |
|
|
|
4,941,990 |
|
|
Effect of dilutive securities:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Options
|
|
|
672,950 |
|
|
|
613,235 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Weighted average common shares diluted
|
|
|
5,614,940 |
|
|
|
5,555,225 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Basic Earnings Per Share
|
|
$ |
0.88 |
|
|
$ |
0.60 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Diluted Earnings per Share
|
|
$ |
0.78 |
|
|
$ |
0.53 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
For the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, the
amount of Effect of dilutive securities: Options
represents the total amount of options outstanding without using
the treasury stock method.
|
|
9. |
Initial Public Offering and Stock Split |
Management announced plans for the sale of the Companys
common shares in a proposed initial public offering (the
IPO) in 2004. In conjunction with the IPO, the Board
of Directors of the Company declared a 43-for-1 common share
split which became effective on January 14, 2005,
immediately after the time the Company filed its amended and
restated articles of incorporation. All earnings per share and
other share amounts for the periods presented in the condensed
consolidated financial statements have been adjusted
retroactively for the share split.
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NATIONAL ATLANTIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION AND SUBSIDIARIES
NOTES TO CONDENSED CONSOLIDATED FINANCIAL
STATEMENTS (Continued)
On April 21, 2005, an initial public offering of
6,650,000 shares of the Companys common stock (after
the aforementioned 43-for-1 stock split) was completed. The
Company sold 5,985,000 shares resulting in net proceeds to
the Company (after deducting issuance costs and the underwriters
discount) of $63,406,361. The Company contributed $43,000,000 to
Proformance, which increased its statutory surplus. The
additional capital will permit the Company to reduce its
reinsurance purchases and to retain more of the direct written
premiums produced by its partner agents. In addition, the
Company intends to increase the capital of the other operating
subsidiaries by approximately $10,000,000 to facilitate the
execution of its business plans. The remainder of the capital
raised will be used for general corporate purposes, including
but not limited to possible additional increases to the
capitalization of the existing subsidiaries.
With respect to our replacement carrier transaction with Sentry
Insurance Company (Sentry), in the event that the
premium-to-surplus ratio for the Sentry business written by
Proformance exceeds 2.5 to 1 during a specified period, Sentry
is obligated to pay to Proformance such additional sums of money
as necessary, up to an aggregate limit of $1,250,000, to reduce
the premium-to-surplus ratio for the Sentry insurance business
written by Proformance to not less than 2.5 to 1. On
February 22, 2005 Proformance notified Sentry that Sentry
owed Proformance $1,250,000 for the 2004 year in connection
with the requirement. On May 16, 2005, we received
$1,250,000 from Sentry in settlement of the amounts owed to us.
With respect to our replacement carrier transaction with The
Ohio Casualty Insurance Company (OCIC) and Ohio
Casualty of New Jersey (OCNJ), on February 22,
2005 Proformance notified OCNJ that OCNJ owed Proformance
$7,762,000 for the 2004 year in connection with the
requirement that a premium-to-surplus ratio of 2.5 to 1 be
maintained on the OCNJ renewal business. Pursuant to our
agreement, OCNJ had until May 15, 2005 to make payment to
us. That date has been extended as discussed below. Subsequent
to the notification provided to OCIC and OCNJ, we have had
several discussions with OCIC relating to certain components to
the underlying calculation which supports the amount owed to
Proformance for the 2004 year. As part of these
discussions, which are ongoing as of the date of this filing,
OCIC has requested additional supporting documentation, and has
initially raised issues with respect to approximately
$2 million of loss adjustment expense, approximately
$800,000 of commission expense, and approximately $600,000 of
NJAIRE assessments, or a total of $3,412,000, allocated to OCNJ.
Because our discussions with OCIC are ongoing, we have extended
the May 15, 2005 date until completion of those
discussions. We have recorded $4,350,000 (the difference between
the $7,762,000 we notified OCNJ they owed us, and the $3,412,000
currently under discussion with OCIC) as replacement carrier
revenue from related party in our consolidated statement of
income for the year ended December 31, 2004 with respect to
the OCIC replacement carrier transaction. The $4,350,000
referred to above continues to be reported as a receivable as of
March 31, 2005, as this continues to represent
managements best estimate of the amount for which
management believes collectibility is reasonably assured.
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|
|
Item 2. |
Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial
Condition and Results of Operations. |
The following discussion of the financial condition, changes in
financial condition and results of operations of National
Atlantic Holdings Corporation (NAHC or the
Company) should be read in conjunction with the
unaudited Condensed Consolidated Financial Statements and Notes
thereto included elsewhere in this Form 10-Q.
Safe Harbor Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
Management believes certain statements in this Form 10-Q
may constitute forward-looking statements within the
meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
Forward-looking statements include all statements that do not
relate solely to historical or current facts, and can be
identified by the use of words such as may,
should, estimate, expect,
anticipate, intend, believe,
predict, potential, or words of similar
import. Forward- looking statements are necessarily based on
estimates and assumptions that are inherently subject to
significant business, economic and competitive uncertainties and
risks, many of which are subject to change. These uncertainties
and risks include, but are not limited to, economic, regulatory
or competitive conditions in the private passenger automobile
insurance carrier industry; regulatory, economic, demographic,
competitive and weather conditions in the New Jersey market;
significant weather-related or other natural or man-made
disasters over which we have no control; the effectiveness of
our efforts to manage and develop our subsidiaries; our ability
to attract and retain independent agents; our ability to
maintain our A.M. Best rating; the adequacy of the our reserves
for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses; our ability to
maintain an effective system of internal controls over financial
reporting; market fluctuations and changes in interest rates;
the ability of our subsidiaries to dividend funds to us; and our
ability to obtain additional capital in the future. As a
consequence, current plans, anticipated actions and future
financial condition and results may differ from those expressed
in any forward-looking statements made by or on behalf of us.
Additionally, forward-looking statements speak only as of the
date they are made, and we undertake no obligation to release
publicly the results of any future revisions or updates we may
make to forward-looking statements to reflect new information or
circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence
of future events.
Overview
We are a provider of personal lines property and casualty
insurance, predominantly automobile insurance, in the State of
New Jersey. We have been able to capitalize upon what we
consider an attractive opportunity in the New Jersey insurance
market through:
|
|
|
|
|
our extensive knowledge of the New Jersey insurance market and
regulatory environment; |
|
|
|
our business model that requires many of our independent agents
to retain an ownership stake in our company; |
|
|
|
our packaged product that offers auto, homeowners and other
personal lines coverage; and |
|
|
|
our insurance related services businesses. |
As of December 31, 2003, our insurance subsidiary,
Proformance Insurance Company (Proformance), was the
tenth largest and the fastest growing provider of private
passenger auto insurance in New Jersey, based on direct written
premiums of companies writing more than $5 million of
premiums annually over the past three years, according to A.M.
Best. From 2000 through 2004, we experienced a 47.7% compound
annual growth rate, as our direct written premiums for all lines
of business we write, including homeowners and commercial lines,
increased from $43.6 million in 2000 to $207.3 million
in 2004. As of March 31, 2005, our shareholders
equity was $70.1 million, up from shareholders equity
of $2.2 million as of December 31, 2000, reflecting a
125.8% compound annual growth rate. During the first quarter of
2005 our growth continues as our direct written premiums for the
three months ended March 31, 2005 increased 29.7% to
$60.3 million from $46.5 million in the comparable
2004 period. The increase is due to a transition from six-month
policies to twelve-month policies on our personal lines. This
transition resulted in a conversion of nearly half our personal
lines business to the twelve-month policies in the first quarter
of 2005. This conversion generated an additional
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$12.4 million of direct written premium for the three
months ending March 31, 2005. In addition, new business
generated by our Partner Agents was $4.4 million, offset by
attrition of existing business and non-renewal of replacement
carrier business of $3.0 million. Of the direct written
premium written, the Sentry replacement carrier transaction
consisted of $3.1 million and the Met P&C replacement
carrier transaction consisted of $9.3 million.
We manage and report our business as a single segment based upon
several factors. Historically, on average, in excess of 90% of
our total consolidated revenues were generated by Proformance.
In addition, all of our businesses have similar economic
characteristics, the nature of their products and services is
similar, and they share the same customer base, production
processes and distribution system. In addition, they operate and
conduct business in similar regulatory environments.
As a densely populated state, a coastal state, and a state where
automobile insurance has historically been prominent in local
politics, New Jersey has historically presented a challenging
underwriting environment for automobile and homeowners insurance
coverage.
As a result of New Jerseys take all comers
requirement, we are obligated to underwrite a broad spectrum of
personal automobile insurance risks. To address this potential
problem, since 1998 Proformance has utilized a tiered rating
system to price its policies which includes five (5) rating
tiers which are based upon the driving records of the
policyholders. The purpose of the rating tiers is to modify the
premiums to be charged for each insured vehicle on the personal
automobile policy so that the premiums charged accurately
reflect the underwriting exposures presented to Proformance. As
of March 31, 2005, the rating tier modifiers and the
distribution of risks within the tiers were as follows:
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Premium | |
|
|
|
|
Modifications | |
|
Percent of | |
Tier Designation |
|
Factor | |
|
Total Vehicles | |
|
|
| |
|
| |
Tier A
|
|
|
0.88 |
|
|
|
24.3 |
% |
Tier One
|
|
|
1.00 |
|
|
|
50.6 |
% |
Tier Two
|
|
|
1.70 |
|
|
|
20.9 |
% |
Tier Three
|
|
|
2.25 |
|
|
|
2.3 |
% |
Tier Four
|
|
|
2.60 |
|
|
|
1.9 |
% |
Proformance applies the modification factor to each tier to
produce a consistent loss ratio across all tiers. Proformance
does not segregate its loss reserves by tier, but rather by line
of business. Since the actual distribution of risk may vary from
the distribution of risk Proformance assumed in developing the
modification factors, Proformance cannot be certain that an
underwriting profit will be produced collectively or in any tier.
Our financial results may be affected by a variety of external
factors that indirectly impact our premiums and/or claims
expense. Such factors may include, but are not limited to:
|
|
|
|
|
the recent rise in gasoline prices may serve to decrease the
number of miles driven by our policyholders and result in lower
frequency of automobile claims; and |
|
|
|
an evolving set of legal standards by which we are required to
pay claims may result in significant variability in our loss
reserves over time. |
We believe that proper recognition of emerging trends, and an
active response to those trends, is essential for our business.
In addition, we believe that the recent entrants to the New
Jersey personal automobile insurance marketplace, such as
Mercury General and GEICO, will provide a new level of
competition not previously experienced by us or by our long-term
competitors, which could have a material effect on our ability
to meet sales goals or maintain adequate rates for our insurance
products.
Since we operate in a coastal state and we underwrite property
insurance, we are subject to catastrophic weather events, which
may have significant impact upon our claims expense or our
ability to collect the proceeds from our third party reinsurers.
We also underwrite commercial insurance business and we expect
that the rate increases on those policies that we have
experienced over the last three years will moderate and
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that rate level reductions may ensue, impacting our ability to
maintain our underwriting margins on this business.
During the prior four years, much of our premium growth and
capitalization growth have resulted from our replacement carrier
transactions. For the three months ended March 31, 2005 and
2004, we derived $0 and $5.9 million, respectively, from
replacement carrier transactions, constituting 0% and 12.5%,
respectively, of our total revenue. Our strategy includes
entering into additional replacement carrier transactions as
opportunities arise.
As a result of these transactions, we increased the number of
independent insurance agencies who are shareholders in NAHC and
who, with their aggregate premium volume, provide what we
believe are significant growth opportunities for us. Our
strategy is to underwrite an increased share of those
agencies business now underwritten by competing carriers.
Successful execution of our intended plan will require an
underwriting operation designed to attract and retain more of
our agencies clientele, and may be affected by
lower-priced competing products or enhanced sales incentive
compensation plans by our competitors. These factors may require
us to increase our new business acquisition expenses from the
levels currently experienced to achieve significant new product
sales.
In our replacement carrier transactions, we agreed to offer
replacement coverage to the subject policyholders at their next
nominal policy renewal date. The policyholders are under no
obligation to accept our replacement coverage offer.
Policyholders who accept our replacement insurance coverage
become policyholders of Proformance and enjoy the standard
benefits of being a Proformance policyholder. For example, these
policyholders enjoy the limitation we provide on our ability to
increase annual premiums. We cannot increase the annual premiums
paid by these policyholders by more than fifteen percent for
three years, unless there is an event causing a change in rating
characteristics, such as the occurrence of an auto accident.
Those policyholders choosing not to accept the Proformance
replacement insurance coverage due to rate or coverage
disparities or individual consumer choice must seek replacement
coverage with another carrier. Once the Proformance replacement
offer has been rejected by a policyholder, Proformance has no
further obligation to that policyholder.
With respect to our replacement carrier transaction with OCIC
and OCNJ, on February 22, 2005 Proformance notified OCNJ
that OCNJ owed Proformance $7,762,000 for the 2004 year in
connection with the requirement that a premium-to-surplus ratio
of 2.5 to 1 be maintained on the OCNJ renewal business. Pursuant
to our agreement, OCNJ had until May 15, 2005 to make
payment to us. As of the date hereof, we have not yet received
any payment because our discussions with OCNJ and OCIC are
continuing. Subsequent to the notification provided to OCIC and
OCNJ, we have had several discussions with OCIC relating to
certain components to the underlying calculation which supports
the amount owed to Proformance for the 2004 year. As part
of these discussions, which are ongoing as of the date of this
filing, OCIC has requested additional supporting documentation,
and has initially raised issues with respect to approximately
$2 million of loss adjustment expense, approximately
$800,000 of commission expense, and approximately $600,000 of
NJAIRE assessments, or a total of $3,412,000, allocated to OCNJ.
We have recorded $4,350,000 (the difference between the
$7,762,000 we notified OCNJ they owed us, and the $3,412,000
currently under discussion with OCIC) as replacement carrier
revenue from related party in our consolidated statement of
income for the year ended December 31, 2004 with respect to
the OCIC replacement carrier transaction. We recorded $4,350,000
because that is managements best estimate of the amount
for which we believe collectibility is reasonably assured based
on several factors. First, the calculation to determine the
amount owed by OCIC to us is complex and certain elements of the
calculation are significantly dependent on managements
estimates and judgment and thus more susceptible to challenge by
OCIC. In addition, management cannot be certain that OCIC will
not raise any additional issues beyond those of which we are
presently aware and have itemized herein. OCNJ may, prior to
making payment to us, raise additional issues and dispute other
amounts. We also note our experience in the past in negotiating
these issues with OCIC. For example, in 2003 we notified OCNJ
that OCNJ owed Proformance approximately $10,100,000 for 2003.
After negotiations we ultimately received $6,820,000.
Accordingly, because of the nature of the calculation, the
inherent subjectivity in establishing certain estimates upon
which the calculation is based, and the fact that we have not
yet reached final agreement with OCIC and OCNJ and they may
raise additional issues until making
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payment to us, and our experience from 2003, managements
best estimate of the amount for 2004 for which we believe
collectibility from OCIC is reasonably assured is $4,350,000.
The $4,350,000 referred to above continues to be reported as a
receivable as of March 31, 2005, as this continues to
represent managements best estimate of the amount for
which management believes collectibility is reasonably assured.
With respect to our replacement carrier transaction with Sentry,
in the event that the premium-to-surplus ratio for the Sentry
business written by Proformance exceeds 2.5 to 1 during a
specified period, Sentry is obligated to pay to Proformance such
additional sums of money as necessary, up to an aggregate limit
of $1,250,000, to reduce the premium-to-surplus ratio for the
Sentry insurance business written by Proformance to not less
than 2.5 to 1. On February 22, 2005 Proformance notified
Sentry that Sentry owed Proformance $1,250,000 for the
2004 year in connection with the requirement. On
May 16, 2005, we received $1,250,000 from Sentry in
settlement of the amounts owed to us.
We derive our revenues primarily from the net premiums we earn,
net investment income we earn on our invested assets and revenue
associated with replacement carrier transactions. Net earned
premiums is the difference between the premiums we earn from the
sales of insurance policies and the portion of those premiums
that we cede to our reinsurers.
The revenue we earned from replacement carrier transactions
relates to the funds that we received to assume the renewal
obligations of those books of business. Revenue from replacement
carrier transactions are recognized pro-rata over the period
that we complete our obligations under the terms of the
agreement which typically relate to the renewal option period of
the policyholders ranging from six months to a year, as required
pursuant to the terms of the contract. Certain replacement
carrier contracts require additional consideration to be paid to
us based on an evaluation of the ratio of premiums written to
surplus. The calculation is performed and related revenue is
recognized as earned annually pursuant to the terms of the
contract. We did not record any replacement carrier revenue for
the three months ended March 31, 2005. We do not expect to
record replacement carrier revenue in the future unless we enter
into additional replacement carrier transactions.
Investment income consists of the income we earn on our fixed
income and equity investments as well as short term investments.
The other income we earn consists of service fees
charged to insureds that pay on installment plans, commission
received by NAIA from third party business and revenue from our
contract with AT&T in which we provide claims handling and
risk data reporting on general liability, automobile liability
and physical damage and household move claims.
Our expenses consist primarily of three types: losses and loss
adjustment expenses, including estimates for losses and loss
adjustment expenses incurred during the period and changes in
estimates from prior periods, less the portion of those
insurance losses and loss adjustment expenses that we cede to
our reinsurers; and acquisition expenses, which consist of
commissions we pay our agents. In addition, other acquisition
expenses include premium taxes and company expenses related to
the production and underwriting of insurance policies, less
ceding commissions that we receive under the terms of our
reinsurance contracts; and other operating and general expenses
which include general and administrative expenses.
The provision for unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses
includes individual case estimates, principally on the basis of
reports received from claim adjusters employed by Proformance,
for losses reported prior to the close of the year and estimates
with respect to incurred but not reported losses and loss
adjustment expenses, net of anticipated salvage and subrogation.
The method of making such estimates and for establishing the
resulting reserves is continually reviewed and updated, and
adjustments resulting therefrom are reflected in current
operations. The estimates are determined by management and are
based upon industry data relating to loss and loss adjustment
expense ratios as well as Proformances historical data.
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Acquisition expenses, which consist of commissions and other
underwriting expenses, are costs that vary with and are directly
related to the underwriting of new policies and are deferred and
amortized over the period in which the related premiums are
earned.
Other operating and general expenses consist primarily of NJAIRE
assessments, professional fees, depreciation and other general
expenses that are not directly associated with the production of
new insurance policies.
Critical Accounting Policies
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP
requires us to make estimates and assumptions that affect
amounts reported in our financial statements. As additional
information becomes available, these estimates and assumptions
are subject to change and thus impact amounts reported in the
future. We have identified below two accounting policies that we
consider to be critical due to the amount of judgment and
uncertainty inherent in the application of these policies. In
addition, please see Overview above for a discussion
of the amount we estimated and recorded as replacement carrier
revenue from related party in our condensed consolidated
statement of income for the three months ended March 31,
2005 with respect to the Ohio Casualty replacement carrier
transaction.
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Loss and Loss Adjustment Expenses Reserves |
Significant periods of time can elapse between the occurrence of
an insured loss, the reporting to us of that loss and our final
payment of that loss. To recognize liabilities for unpaid
losses, we establish reserves as balance sheet liabilities. Our
reserves represent actuarially determined best estimates of
amounts needed to pay reported and unreported losses and the
expenses of investigating and paying those losses, or loss
adjustment expenses. Every quarter, we review our previously
established reserves and adjust them, if necessary.
When a claim is reported, claims personnel establish a
case reserve for the estimated amount of ultimate
payment. The amount of the reserve is primarily based upon an
evaluation of the type of claim involved, the circumstances
surrounding each claim and the policy provisions relating to the
loss. The estimate reflects informed judgment of such personnel
based on general insurance reserving practices and on the
experience and knowledge of the claims personnel. During the
loss adjustment period, these estimates are revised as deemed
necessary by our claims department based on subsequent
developments and periodic reviews of the cases.
In accordance with industry practice, we also maintain reserves
for estimated losses incurred but not yet reported. Incurred but
not yet reported reserves are determined in accordance with
commonly accepted actuarial reserving techniques on the basis of
our historical information and experience. We review and make
adjustments to incurred but not yet reported reserves quarterly.
When reviewing reserves, we analyze historical data and estimate
the impact of various loss development factors, such as our
historical loss experience and that of the industry, trends in
claims frequency and severity, our mix of business, our claims
processing procedures, legislative enactments, judicial
decisions, legal developments in imposition of damages, and
changes and trends in general economic conditions, including the
effects of inflation. A change in any of these factors from the
assumptions implicit in our estimate can cause our actual loss
experience to be better or worse than our reserves, and the
difference can be material. There is no precise method, however,
for evaluating the impact of any specific factor on the adequacy
of reserves, because the eventual development of reserves and
currently established reserves may not prove adequate in light
of subsequent actual experience. To the extent that reserves are
inadequate and are strengthened, the amount of such increase is
treated as a charge to earnings in the period that the
deficiency is recognized. To the extent that reserves are
redundant and are released, the amount of the release is a
credit to earnings in the period that redundancy is recognized.
For the three months ended March 31, 2005, we reduced
reserves for prior years by $0.5 million because our actual
loss experience, especially for no-fault coverage, was lower
than expected due to reduced claims
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frequency. For the year ended December 31, 2004, we reduced
reserves for prior years by $0.7 million because our actual
loss experience observed during the period, especially during
the fourth quarter of 2004, was slightly lower than expected due
to a reduction in the frequency of claims reported during the
fourth quarter of 2004. Notwithstanding this past experience, we
cannot predict whether reserves will develop favorably or
unfavorably in the future.
We have made no changes in key assumptions to the estimates of
reserves (i.e., liabilities for loss and loss adjustment
expenses) since March 31, 2005. Changes in reserve
estimates evolved over a period of time and we made reserve
adjustments in the period that we considered factors to
represent reliable trends on which to base such adjustments.
The table below sets forth the types of reserves we maintain for
our lines of business and indicates the amount of reserves as of
March 31, 2005 for each line of business.
National Atlantic Holdings Corporation
Breakout of Reserves by Line of Business
As of March 31, 2005
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Direct Case | |
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Total Balance | |
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Reserves | |
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Case Reserves | |
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Direct IBNR | |
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IBNR | |
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Sheet Reserves | |
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($ in thousands) | |
Line of Business:
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Fire
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$ |
0 |
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$ |
21 |
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$ |
0 |
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$ |
0 |
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$ |
21 |
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Allied
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0 |
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2 |
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0 |
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0 |
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2 |
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Homeowners
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3,476 |
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0 |
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4,680 |
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0 |
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8,156 |
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Personal Auto
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57,897 |
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18 |
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97,006 |
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0 |
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154,921 |
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Commercial Auto
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10,452 |
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1,163 |
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13,779 |
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1,667 |
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27,061 |
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Other Liability
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152 |
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0 |
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1,610 |
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0 |
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1,762 |
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Total Reserves
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$ |
71,977 |
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$ |
1,204 |
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$ |
117,075 |
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$ |
1,667 |
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$ |
191,923 |
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Less: Reinsurance Recoverables on Unpaid Losses
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(25,223 |
) |
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Total Net Reserves
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$ |
166,700 |
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In establishing our net reserves as of March 31, 2005, our
actuaries determined that the range of reserve estimates at that
date was between $154.4 million and $177.7 million.
The amount of net reserves at March 31, 2005, which
represents the best estimate of management and our actuaries
within that range, was $166.7 million. There are two major
factors that could result in ultimate losses below
managements best estimate:
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The amount of reported losses and reported claim frequency for
accident quarter 2005 are at a lower rate than prior accident
quarters at 12 months of development, especially for
personal auto liability. If this development continues, reserves
of accident year 2005 will be redundant. |
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Management noted that, based on its review of peer companies,
which are companies that underwrite and distribute products
similar to ours using the same distribution channel we do, the
loss development factors of these companies, which measure the
change in reported losses from one evaluation period to another,
have been declining in the past several years. This trend, if
continued, would result in ultimate losses lower than the
aforementioned best estimate. |
There are two major factors that could result in ultimate losses
above managements best estimate:
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Loss trends (both frequency and severity) have been declining in
recent years in the New Jersey personal auto insurance market.
If loss trends become unfavorable, our reserves could be
deficient. |
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Claims for uninsured motorists generally have a longer
development period than other liability losses. If the frequency
of uninsured motorist claims increases beyond our current
estimated levels, loss emergence could be greater than what we
projected in our loss development analysis. |
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Investment Accounting Policy Impairment |
Effective December 31, 2003, we adopted the disclosure
provisions of Emerging Issue Task Force Issue No. 03-01,
The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its
Application to Certain Investments, or EITF 03-01.
Under the consensus, disclosures are required for unrealized
losses on fixed maturity and equity securities accounted for
under SFAS No. 115, Accounting for Certain
Investments in Debt and Equity Securities, or
SFAS No. 115, that are classified as either
available-for-sale or held-to maturity. The disclosure
requirements include quantitative information regarding the
aggregate amount of unrealized losses and the associated fair
value of the investments in an unrealized loss position,
segregated into time periods for which the investments have been
in an unrealized loss position. The consensus also requires
certain qualitative disclosures about the unrealized holdings in
order to provide additional information that we consider in
concluding that the unrealized losses were not
other-than-temporary. In September 2004, the Financial
Accounting Standards Board, which we refer to as FASB, issued
FASB Staff Position Emerging Issues Task Force
Issue 03-1-1, Effective Date of Paragraphs 10-20 of
EITF Issue No. 03-1, The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary
Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments, which
delays the effective date for the recognition and measurement
guidance in EITF Issue No. 03-1. In addition, the FASB has
issued a proposed FASB Staff Position to consider whether
further application guidance is necessary for securities
analyzed for impairment under EITF 03-1. We continue to
assess the potential impact that the adoption of the proposed
FASB Staff Position could have on our financial statements.
Our principal investments are in fixed maturities, all of which
are exposed to at least one of three primary sources of
investment risk: credit, interest rate and market valuation. The
financial statement risks are those associated with the
recognition of impairments and income, as well as the
determination of fair values. Recognition of income ceases when
a bond goes into default. We evaluate whether impairments have
occurred case-by-case. Management considers a wide range of
factors about the security issuer and uses its best judgment in
evaluating the cause and amount of decline in the estimated fair
value of the security and in assessing the prospects for
near-term recovery. Inherent in managements evaluation of
the security are assumptions and estimates about the operations
of the issuer and its future earnings potential. Considerations
we use in the impairment evaluation process include, but are not
limited to: (i) the length of time and the extent to which
the market value has been below amortized cost; (ii) the
potential for impairments of securities when the issuer is
experiencing significant financial difficulties; (iii) the
potential for impairments in an entire industry sector or
subsection; (iv) the potential for impairments in certain
economically depressed geographic locations; (v) the
potential for impairment of securities where the issuer, series
of issuers or industry has a catastrophic type of loss or has
exhausted natural resources; (vi) other subjective factors,
including concentrations and information obtained from
regulators and rating agencies and (vii) managements
intent and ability to hold securities to recovery. In addition,
the earnings on certain investments are dependent upon market
conditions, which could result in prepayments and changes in
amounts to be earned due to changing interest rates or equity
markets.
Insurance Ratios
The property and casualty insurance industry uses the combined
ratio as a measure of underwriting profitability. The combined
ratio is the sum of the loss ratio and the expense ratio. The
loss ratio is the ratio of losses and loss adjustment expenses
to net earned premiums. The expense ratio, when calculated on a
statutory accounting basis, is the ratio of underwriting
expenses to net written premiums. The expense ratio, when
calculated on a GAAP basis, differs from the statutory method
specifically as it relates to policy acquisition expenses.
Policy acquisition expenses are expensed as incurred under the
statutory accounting method. However, for GAAP, policy
acquisition expenses are deferred and amortized over the period
in which the related premiums are earned. The combined ratio
reflects only underwriting results and does not include fee
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for service income. Underwriting profitability is subject to
significant fluctuations due to competition, catastrophic
events, economic and social conditions and other factors.
Results of Operations
We have experienced considerable growth in our business
commencing in early 2002 and continuing throughout 2003.
Specifically, on December 18, 2001 we entered into an
agreement with OCIC and OCNJ to become a replacement carrier
pursuant to which OCNJ would transfer to Proformance the
obligation to offer renewals for all of OCNJs New Jersey
private passenger automobile business effective March 18,
2002. In connection with this transaction our direct written
premiums, net written premiums and net earned premiums increased
from $49.8 million, $25.5 million and
$25.4 million, respectively, for the year ended
December 31, 2001, to $163.2 million,
$147.0 million and $143.2 million, respectively, for
the year ended December 31, 2003, increases of 227.7%,
476.5% and 463.8%, respectively, during that period. In addition
total assets, losses and loss adjustment expense reserves and
total shareholders equity increased from
$78.3 million, $56.7 million and $(4.0) million
as of December 31, 2001 to $266.7 million,
$134.2 million and $49.8 million, respectively, as of
December 31, 2003, increases of 240.6% to total assets, and
136.7% to losses and loss adjustment expense reserves during
that period. Also as part of this transaction we recorded
replacement carrier revenue in the amount of $4.4 million,
$12.7 million and $21.7 million for the years ended
December 31, 2004, 2003 and 2002, respectively.
In addition, on October 21, 2003 and December 8, 2003,
respectively, we entered into two additional replacement carrier
agreements with Sentry and Met P&C whereby we agreed to
become the replacement carrier for the personal lines business
of each entity in New Jersey. We received $0.9 million
and have received an additional $2.6 million in 2004 from
Sentry, $2.8 million of which we recorded as deferred
revenue as of December 31, 2003 and $0.7 million
recorded as replacement carrier revenue for the year ended
December 31, 2003. We received $20.1 million
($9.5 million recorded as deferred revenue as of
December 31, 2003, $0.6 million recorded as
replacement carrier revenue from a related party for the year
ended December 31, 2003, and $10.0 million in the form
of a capital contribution) from Met P&C. For the year
ended December 31, 2004, we recorded $13.6 million of
replacement carrier revenue in connection with these
transactions ($9.5 million from Met P&C and
$4.1 million from Sentry) as we completed our obligations
under the terms of each agreement which relates to our
obligation to offer renewals to each Sentry and Met P&C
policyholder transferred to Proformance. We do not expect to
record replacement carrier revenue in the future unless we enter
into additional replacement carrier transactions. These
transactions contributed to our increase in shareholders
equity from $18.1 million as of December 31, 2002 to
$67.8 million as of December 31, 2004.
During the first quarter of 2005 our growth continues as our
direct written premiums for the three months ended
March 31, 2005 increased 29.7% to $60.3 million
from $46.5 million in the comparable 2004 period. The
increase is due to a transition from six-month policies to
twelve-month policies on our personal lines. This transition
resulted in a conversion of nearly half our personal lines
business to the twelve-month policies in the first quarter of
2005. This conversion generated an additional $12.4 million
of direct written premium for the three months ending
March 31, 2005. In addition, new business generated by our
Partner Agents was $4.4 million, offset by attrition of
existing business and non-renewal of replacement carrier
business of $3.0 million. Of the direct written premium
written, the Sentry replacement carrier transaction consisted of
$3.1 million and the Met P&C replacement carrier
transaction consisted of $9.3 million.
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The table below shows certain of our selected financial results
for the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004:
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For the Three Months | |
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Ended March 31, | |
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2005 | |
|
2004 | |
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Direct written premiums
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$ |
60,270 |
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$ |
46,501 |
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Net written premiums
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|
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56,786 |
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|
|
44,098 |
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Net earned premiums
|
|
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47,370 |
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|
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39,138 |
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Replacement carrier revenue from related party
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5,045 |
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Replacement carrier revenue from unrelated party
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875 |
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Investment income
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|
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2,282 |
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|
|
1,184 |
|
Net realized investment gains (losses)
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|
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392 |
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|
|
677 |
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Other income
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|
|
286 |
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449 |
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Total revenue
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|
|
50,330 |
|
|
|
47,368 |
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For the Three Months | |
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Ended March 31, | |
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2005 | |
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2004 | |
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Losses and loss adjustment expenses
|
|
$ |
32,827 |
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$ |
29,623 |
|
Acquisition expenses
|
|
|
9,941 |
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|
|
9,678 |
|
Other operating and general expenses
|
|
|
1,102 |
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|
|
3,539 |
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Total expenses
|
|
|
43,870 |
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|
|
42,840 |
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Income before income taxes
|
|
|
6,461 |
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|
4,528 |
|
Income tax expense
|
|
|
2,088 |
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|
|
1,557 |
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Net (loss) income
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$ |
4,373 |
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$ |
2,971 |
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For the Three Months Ended March 31, 2005 Compared to
the Three Months Ended March 31, 2004 |
Direct Written Premiums. Direct written premiums for the
three months ended March 31, 2005 increased by
$13.8 million, or 29.7%, to $60.3 million from
$46.5 million in the comparable 2004 period. The increase
is due to a transition from six-month policies to twelve-month
policies on our personal lines. This transition resulted in a
conversion of nearly half our personal lines business to the
twelve month polices in the first quarter of 2005. This
conversion generated an additional $12.4 million of direct
written premium for the three months ending March 31 2005.
In addition, new business generated by our Partner Agents was
$4.4 million, offset by attrition of existing business and
non-renewal of replacement carrier business of
$3.0 million. Of the direct written premium written, the
Sentry replacement carrier transaction consisted of
$3.1 million and the Met P&C replacement carrier
transaction consisted of $9.3 million.
Net Written Premiums. Net written premiums for the three
months ended March 31, 2005 increased by
$12.0 million, or 28.8%, to $56.8 million from
$44.1 million in the comparable 2004 period. The increase
was due to the increase in direct written premiums for the same
period.
Net Earned Premiums. Net earned premiums for the three
months ended March 31, 2005 increased by $8.3 million,
or 21.2%, to $47.4 million from $39.1 million in the
comparable 2004 period. This increase was due to the increase in
net written premiums for the same period. The increase in net
earned premiums for the three months ended March 31, 2005
was less than the increase in net written premiums for the
comparable period due to the fact that in January 2005 we
commenced an initiative to transition our six month policies to
twelve month policy terms.
Replacement Carrier Revenue. Replacement carrier revenue
for the three months ended March 31, 2005 decreased by
$5.9 million to $0.0 from $5.9 million in the
comparable 2004 period. The decrease was due
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to the completion of the revenue recognition process associated
with the Met P&C and Sentry replacement carrier transactions
which began in the fourth quarter of 2003 and were completed
during 2004.
Investment Income. Investment income for the three months
ended March 31, 2005 increased by $1.1 million, or
91.7%, to $2.3 million from $1.2 million in 2004. The
increase was due primarily to an increase in invested assets to
$259.5 million from $186.0 million for the comparable
2004 period. The increase in invested assets was primarily due
to the increase in net written premiums during the period. Our
average book yield to maturity for the three months ended
March 31, 2005 and 2004 was 5.05% and 4.49%, respectively.
The increase in yield was due to the decrease in our cash
instruments and our ability to purchase securities with higher
yields.
Net Realized Investment Gain (Loss). Net realized
investment gain (loss) for three months ended March 31,
2005 and 2004 were $0.4 million and $0.7 million,
respectively.
Other Income. Other income for the for three months ended
March 31, 2005 and 2004 was $0.3 million and
$0.5 million, respectively. The decrease was primarily due
to a $0.1 million reduction in claims services revenue in
connection with the contract with AT&T.
Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses. Losses and loss
adjustment expenses for the three months ended March 31,
2005 increased by $3.2 million, or 10.8%, to
$32.8 million from $29.6 million in the comparable
2004 period. Losses and loss adjustment expenses for the three
months ended March 31, 2005 increased by $3.7 million
for the 2005 accident year as a result of the growth in the
Companys net earned premiums. For the three months ended
March 31, 2005, we reduced reserves for prior years by
$0.5 million because our actual loss experience, especially
for no-fault coverage, was lower than expected due to reduced
claims frequency. Excluding the reserve decrease for prior
years, the 2005 accident quarter loss ratio decreased to 73.7%
from 77.0% for the accident quarter for the three months ending
March 31, 2004 due to price strengthening, more restrictive
underwriting and lower claims frequency. As a percentage of net
earned premiums, losses and loss adjustment expenses incurred
for the three months ended March 31, 2005 was 68.9%
compared to 75.7% for the three months ended March 31,
2004. The ratio of net incurred losses, excluding loss
adjustment expenses, to net earned premiums during 2005 was
59.3% compared to 66.9% for the comparable 2004 period.
Acquisition Expenses. Acquisition expenses for the three
months ended March 31, 2005 increased by $0.2 million,
or 2.1%, to $9.9 million from $9.7 million in the
comparable 2004 period. As a percentage of net written premiums,
our acquisition expense ratio for the three months ended
March 31, 2005 was 17.5% compared to 22.0% for the
comparable 2004 period. The increase in acquisition expenses is
due to the increase in net written premiums and the related
acquisition expenses incurred (principally the commission paid
to agents) to produce and underwrite that premium, for the three
months ended March 31, 2005 compared to the comparable
period in 2004 offset by the amount of deferred acquisition
costs amortized. The decrease in acquisition expense ratio is
due to the fact that while our acquisition expenses increased by
$0.2 million or 2.1%, our net written premiums increased by
$12.0 million or 27.2%, thus causing the decrease in the
acquisition expense ratio.
Other Operating and General Expenses. Other operating and
general expenses for three months ended March 31, 2005 and
2004 were $1.1 million and $3.5 million, respectively.
The decrease in other operating and general expenses of
$2.4 million is related to an decrease in assessments from
the New Jersey Automobile Insurance Risk Exchange, or NJAIRE, of
$1.7 million (of which $1.4 million reflects a
true-up settlement with respect to 2003) for the
three months ended March 31, 2005 as compared to the
assessment for the comparable 2004 period.
Income Tax Expense. Income tax expense for the three
months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 was $2.1 million
and $1.6 million, respectively. The increase of
$0.5 million in income tax expense for the three months
ended March 31, 2005 was due to the increase in income
before tax for the same period.
Net Income. Net income after tax for the three months
ended March 31, 2005 and 2004 was $4.4 million and
$3.0 million, respectively, as a result of the factors
discussed above.
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Liquidity and Capital Resources
We are organized as a holding company with all of our operations
being conducted by our insurance subsidiaries, which underwrite
the risks associated with our insurance policies, and our
non-insurance subsidiaries, which provide our policyholders and
our insurance subsidiaries a variety of services related to the
insurance policies we write. We have continuing cash needs for
taxes and administrative expenses. These ongoing obligations are
funded with dividends from our non-insurance subsidiaries. Our
taxes are paid by each subsidiary through an inter-company tax
allocation agreement. In addition, a portion of the proceeds of
our sale of common stock to our Partner Agents has historically
been used to pay taxes.
Proformances primary sources of funds are premiums
received, investment income and proceeds from the sale and
redemption of investment securities. Our non-insurance
subsidiaries primary source of funds is policy service
revenues. Our subsidiaries use funds to pay operating expenses,
make payments under the tax allocation agreement, and pay
dividends to us. In addition, Proformance uses funds to pay
claims and purchase investments.
Our consolidated cash flow provided by operations was
$13.9 million and $13.8 million for each of the three
months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The
cash flow provided by operations for the three months ended
March 31, 2005 as compared to the three months ended
March 31, 2004 remained constant as there were increases in
premiums receivable, prepaid reinsurance, unearned premiums and
other liabilities, offset by decreases in unpaid losses and loss
adjustment expenses, as well as the deferred revenue which was
recognized as replacement carrier revenue from a related party
during the three months ended March 31, 2004.
For the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004, our
consolidated cash flow used for investing activities was
$25.3 million and $12.6 million, respectively. The
increase in cash used in investing activities for the three
months ended March 31, 2005 relates primarily to the
purchase of investments in connection with the respective
increases in premium writings for the period.
Our consolidated cash flow from financing activities was $0.0
for each of the three months ended March 31, 2005 and 2004.
The effective duration of our investment portfolio was
6.3 years as of March 31, 2005. By contrast, our
liability duration was approximately 3.5 years as of
March 31, 2005. We do not believe this difference in
duration adversely affects our ability to meet our current
obligations because we believe our cash flows from operations
are sufficient to meet those obligations. Pursuant to our tax
planning strategy, we invested the $40.6 million received
from the Ohio Casualty replacement carrier transaction in
long-term bonds in accordance with Treasury Ruling
Regulation 1.362-2, which allows us to defer the payment of
income taxes on the associated replacement carrier revenue until
the underlying securities are either sold or mature. The
effective duration of our investment portfolio, when excluding
these securities is reduced from 6.3 years to
3.5 years.
Management believes that the current level of cash flow from
operations provides us with sufficient liquidity to meet our
operating needs over the next 12 months. We expect to be
able to continue to meet our operating needs after the next
12 months from internally generated funds. Since our
ability to meet our obligations in the long term (beyond such
12-month period) is dependent upon such factors as market
changes, insurance regulatory changes and economic conditions,
no assurance can be given that the available net cash flow will
be sufficient to meet our operating needs.
On April 21, 2005, an initial public offering of
6,650,000 shares of our common stock (after the
aforementioned 43-for-1 stock split) was completed. We sold
5,985,000 shares resulting in net proceeds (after deducting
issuance costs and the underwriters discount) of $63,406,361. We
contributed $43,000,000 to Proformance, which increased its
statutory surplus. The additional capital will permit us to
reduce our reinsurance purchases and to retain more of the
direct written premiums produced by our partner agents. In
addition, we intend to increase the capital of our other
operating subsidiaries by approximately $10,000,000 to
facilitate the execution of their business plans. The remainder
of the capital raised by us will be used for general corporate
purposes, including but not limited to possible additional
increases to the capitalization of our existing subsidiaries.
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There are no restrictions on the payment of dividends by our
non-insurance subsidiaries other than customary state
corporation laws regarding solvency. Dividends from Proformance
are subject to restrictions relating to statutory surplus and
earnings. Proformance may not make an extraordinary
dividend until 30 days after the Commissioner of the
New Jersey Department of Banking and Insurance (which we refer
to as the Commissioner) has received notice of the intended
dividend and has not objected or has approved it in such time.
An extraordinary dividend is defined as any dividend or
distribution whose fair market value together with that of other
distributions made within the preceding twelve months exceeds
the greater of 10% of the insurers surplus as of the
preceding December 31, or the insurers net income
(excluding realized capital gains) for the twelve-month period
ending on the preceding December 31, in each case
determined in accordance with statutory accounting practices.
Under New Jersey law, an insurer may pay dividends that are not
considered extraordinary only from its unassigned funds, also
known as its earned surplus. The insurers remaining
surplus must be both reasonable in relation to its outstanding
liabilities and adequate to its financial needs following
payment of any dividend or distribution to stockholders. As of
the date hereof, Proformance is not permitted to pay any
dividends without the approval of the Commissioner as it has
negative unassigned surplus as a result of historical
underwriting losses. Proformance has not paid any dividends in
the past and we do not anticipate that Proformance will pay
dividends in the foreseeable future because we wish to reduce
our reinsurance purchases in order to retain more of the gross
premiums written we generate and seek stronger financial
strength ratings for Proformance, both of which require that the
capital of Proformance be increased. In addition, the payment of
dividends and other distributions by Mayfair is regulated by
Bermuda insurance law and regulations.
Investments
As of March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004,
Proformance maintained a high quality investment portfolio and
did not have significant gross unrealized losses.
As of March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004, we did not
hold any securities that were not publicly traded, because our
investment policy prohibits us from purchasing those securities.
In addition, at those dates, we did not have any non-investment
grade fixed income securities.
As of December 31, 2004, fixed maturity securities having
an unrealized loss of $328,335, a fair value of $76,477,342 and
an amortized cost of $76,805,677 were in a continuous unrealized
loss position for less than twelve months. As of March 31,
2005, fixed maturity securities having an unrealized loss of
$1,508,591, a fair value of $149,519,111 and an amortized cost
of $151,027,702 were in a continuous unrealized loss position
for less than twelve months.
As of December 31, 2004, equity and preferred securities
having an unrealized loss of $81,418, a fair value of $732,780
and an amortized cost of $814,198 were in a continuous
unrealized loss position for less than twelve months. As of
March 31, 2005, equity and preferred securities having an
unrealized loss of $850,732, a fair value of $18,919,639 and an
amortized cost of $19,770,371 were in a continuous unrealized
loss position for less than twelve months.
As March 31, 2005, gross unrealized losses totaled
$3,187,059. This amount was calculated using the following data:
$829,853 of unrealized losses related to securities of the
U.S. Government, government agencies and authorities,
$581,728 related to state, local and government agencies,
$870,336 related to industrial and miscellaneous, $13,735
related to mortgage backed securities and $891,407 related to
equity securities.
As more fully described above under Critical
Accounting Policies Investment Accounting
Policy Impairment, in accordance with the guidance
of paragraph 16 of FAS 115, should an
other-than-temporary impairment be determined, we recognize such
loss on the income statement and we write down the value of the
security and treat the adjusted value as the new cost basis of
the security.
Our gross unrealized losses represented 1.2% of cost or
amortized cost of the investment portfolio as of March 31,
2005. Fixed maturities represented 91.0% of the investment
portfolio and 72% of the unrealized losses as of March 31,
2005.
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There are two preferred securities having an unrealized loss of
$40,675, a fair value of $924,085 and an amortized cost of
$964,760 as of March 31, 2005 which has been in a
continuous unrealized loss position for greater than
12 months. There were 19 fixed maturity securities having
an unrealized loss of $787,061, a fair value of $14,395,913 and
an amortized cost of $15,182,974 as of March 31, 2005 which
have been in a continuous unrealized loss position for greater
than 12 months.
Our fixed income securities in an unrealized loss position are
above investment grade securities with extended maturity dates,
which have been adversely impacted by the increase in interest
rates after the purchase date. As part of our ongoing security
monitoring process by our investment manager and investment
committee, it was concluded that one security in the portfolio
was considered to be other than temporarily impaired as of
March 31, 2005. We believe, with the investment
committees confirmation, that securities that are
temporarily impaired that continue to pay principal and interest
in accordance with their contractual terms, will continue to do
so.
Management considers a number of factors when selling
securities. For fixed income securities, management considers
realizing a loss if the interest payments are not made on
schedule or the credit quality has deteriorated. Management also
considers selling a fixed income security in order to increase
liquidity. Management considers selling an equity security at a
loss if it believes that the fundamentals, i.e., earnings
growth, earnings guidance, prospects of dividends, and
management quality have deteriorated. Management considers
selling equity securities at a gain for liquidity purposes. Our
investment manager is restricted with respect to the sales of
all securities in an unrealized loss position. These
transactions require the review and approval by senior
management prior to execution.
We review our unrealized gains and losses on at least a
quarterly basis to determine if the investments are in
compliance with our interest rate forecast and the equity
modeling process. Specifically, in the current economic
environment, we would consider selling securities if we can
reallocate the sales proceeds to more suitable investments as it
relates to either our interest rate forecast or equity model.
In addition, we conduct a sensitivity analysis of
our fixed income portfolio on at least a quarterly basis to
determine the market value impact on our fixed income portfolio
of an increase or decrease in interest rates of 1%. Based on
this analysis, we will continue to hold securities in an
unrealized gain or loss position if the payments of principal
and interest are not delinquent and are being made consistent
with the investments repayment schedule. The related
impact on the investment portfolio is realized should we decide
to sell a particular investment at either a gain or a loss.
Furthermore, if we believe that the yield to maturity determined
by the price of the fixed income security can be attained or
exceeded by an alternative investment that decreases our
interest rate risk and/ or duration, we may sell the fixed
income security. This may initially increase or decrease our
investment income and allow us to reallocate the proceeds to
other investments. Our decision to purchase and sell investments
is also dependent upon the economic conditions at a particular
point in time.
Our policy states that if the fair value of a security is less
than the amortized cost, the security will be considered
impaired. For investments classified as available for sale, we
need to consider writing down the investment to its fair value
if the impairment is considered other than temporary. If a
security is considered other-than-temporarily impaired pursuant
to this policy, the cost basis of the individual security will
be written down to the current market value. The amount of the
write-down will be calculated as the difference between cost and
fair market value and accounted for as a realized loss for
accounting purposes which negatively impacts future earnings.
As of March 31, 2005 and as of December 31, 2004, our
fixed income portfolio was 54.3% and 57.3%, concentrated in
U.S. government securities and securities of government
agencies and authorities that carry an Aaa rating
from Moodys, respectively.
As of March 31, 2005 and as of December 31, 2004, we
did not have any material underwater securities. The following
summarizes our unrealized losses by designated category as of
March 31, 2005.
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Securities in an Unrealized Loss Position for Less than 6
Months
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% of | |
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Unrealized | |
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Unrealized | |
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Amortized Cost | |
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Fair Value | |
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Losses | |
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Loss | |
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| |
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| |
|
| |
|
| |
Investment Grade Fixed Income
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|
$ |
143,225,738 |
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|
$ |
141,859,903 |
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$ |
(1,365,835 |
) |
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(0.95 |
)% |
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Equities
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$ |
19,546,894 |
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|
$ |
18,721,297 |
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$ |
(825,597 |
) |
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|
(4.22 |
)% |
Securities in an Unrealized Loss Position for 6 to 12
Months
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% of | |
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Unrealized | |
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Unrealized | |
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|
Amortized Cost | |
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Fair Value | |
|
Losses | |
|
Loss | |
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| |
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| |
|
| |
|
| |
Investment Grade Fixed Income
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$ |
7,801,964 |
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|
$ |
7,659,208 |
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$ |
(142,756 |
) |
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(1.83 |
)% |
|
Equities
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|
223,477 |
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|
|
198,342 |
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|
(25,135 |
) |
|
|
(11.25 |
)% |
Securities in an Unrealized Loss Position for 12 to 24
Months
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% of | |
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Unrealized | |
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Unrealized | |
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|
Amortized Cost | |
|
Fair Value | |
|
Losses | |
|
Loss | |
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| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Investment Grade Fixed Income
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|
$ |
15,182,974 |
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|
$ |
14,395,913 |
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|
$ |
(787,061 |
) |
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(5.18 |
)% |
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Equities
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|
$ |
964,760 |
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|
$ |
924,085 |
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|
$ |
(40,675 |
) |
|
|
(4.22 |
)% |
Securities with a Decline in Market Value Below Carrying
Values Less than 20%
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% of | |
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Unrealized | |
|
Unrealized | |
|
|
Amortized Cost | |
|
Fair Value | |
|
Losses | |
|
Loss | |
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| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Investment Grade Fixed Income
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|
$ |
166,210,676 |
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|
$ |
163,915,024 |
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|
$ |
(2,295,652 |
) |
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(1.38 |
)% |
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Equities
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|
$ |
20,735,131 |
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|
$ |
19,843,724 |
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|
$ |
(891,407 |
) |
|
|
(4.30 |
)% |
Securities with a Decline in Market Value below Carrying
Values of 20%-50%
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% of | |
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Unrealized | |
|
Unrealized | |
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|
Amortized Cost | |
|
Fair Value | |
|
Losses | |
|
Loss | |
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| |
|
| |
|
| |
|
| |
Investment Grade Fixed Income
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|
|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
|
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Equities
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|
|
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|
|
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|
|
|
|
|
Securities with a Decline in Market Value Below Carrying
Values Greater than 50%
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|
|
|
|
|
|
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|
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% of | |
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|
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|
|
Unrealized | |
|
Unrealized | |
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|
Amortized Cost | |
|
Fair Value | |
|
Losses | |
|
Loss | |
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|
| |
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| |
|
| |
|
| |
Investment Grade Fixed Income
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|
|
|
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|
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Equities
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Contractual Obligations
The following table summarizes our long-term contractual
obligations and credit-related commitments as of March 31,
2005.
Contractual Obligations and Credit-Related Commitments(1)
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Less than | |
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More than | |
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1 Year | |
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1-3 Years | |
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3-5 Years | |
|
5 Years | |
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Total | |
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| |
|
| |
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| |
|
| |
|
| |
Loss and Loss Adjustment Expenses
|
|
$ |
64,102,285 |
|
|
$ |
93,082,659 |
|
|
$ |
31,667,296 |
|
|
$ |
3,070,769 |
|
|
$ |
191,923,009 |
|
Operating Lease Obligations(2)
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|
$ |
906,599 |
|
|
$ |
1,813,198 |
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|
$ |
1,187,647 |
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|
$ |
|
|
|
$ |
3,907,444 |
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|
|
(1) |
As of March 31, 2005 we had property and casualty reserves
of $191.9 million. The amounts and timing of these
obligations are not set contractually. Nonetheless, based on
cumulative property and casualty claims paid over the last ten
years, we anticipate that approximately 33.4% will be paid
within a year, an additional 48.5% between one and three years,
16.5% between three and five years and 1.6% in more than five
years. While we believe that historical performance of loss
payment patterns is a reasonable source for projecting future
claim payments, there is inherent uncertainty in this payment
estimate because of the potential impact from changes in: |
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the legal environment whereby court decisions and changes in
backlogs in the court system could influence claim payout
patterns. |
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our mix of business because property and first-party claims
settle more quickly than bodily injury claims. |
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claims staffing levels claims may be settled at a
different rate based on the future staffing levels of the claim
department. |
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|
reinsurance programs changes in Proformances
retention will influence the payout of the liabilities. As
Proformances net retention increases, the liabilities will
take longer to settle than in past years. |
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|
loss cost trends increases/decreases in inflationary
factors (legal and economic) will influence ultimate claim
payouts and their timing. |
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(2) |
Represents our minimum rental commitments as of March 31,
2005 pursuant to our seven-year lease agreement for the use of
our office space and equipment at 4 Paragon Way, Freehold, NJ
07728 and our four-year lease agreement for the use of our
office space and equipment at 3 Paragon Way, Freehold, NJ 07728. |
Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements
We do not have any off-balance sheet arrangements (as that term
is defined in applicable SEC rules) that have had or are
reasonably likely to have a current or future material effect on
our financial condition, results of operations, revenues or
expenses, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources.
Effects of Inflation
We do not believe that inflation has had a material effect on
our consolidated results of operations, except insofar as
inflation may affect interest rates and claim costs.
Adoption of New Accounting Pronouncements
Effective December 31, 2003, we adopted the disclosure
requirements of Emerging Issues Task Force Issue No. 03-01,
The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary Impairment and Its
Applications of Certain Investments. Under the consensus,
disclosures are required for unrealized losses on fixed maturity
and equity securities accounted for under
SFAS No. 115, Accounting for Certain Investment in
Debt and Equity
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Securities, which are classified as either
available-for-sale or held-to-maturity. The disclosure
requirements include quantitative information regarding the
aggregate amount of unrealized losses and the associated fair
value of the investments in an unrealized loss position,
segregated into time periods for which the investments have been
in an unrealized loss position. The consensus also requires
certain qualitative disclosures about the holdings in an
unrealized loss position in order to provide additional
information that we considered in concluding that the unrealized
losses were not other-than-temporary. In September 2004, the
Financial Accounting Standards Board, which we refer to as FASB,
issued FASB Staff Position Emerging Issues Task Force
Issue 03-1-1, Effective Date of Paragraphs 10-20 of
EITF Issue No. 03-1, The Meaning of Other-Than-Temporary
Impairment and Its Application to Certain Investments, which
delays the effective date for the recognition and measurement
guidance in EITF Issue No. 03-1. In addition, the FASB has
issued a proposed FASB Staff Position to consider whether
further application guidance is necessary for securities
analyzed for impairment under EITF 03-1. We continue to
assess the potential impact that the adoption of the proposed
FASB Staff Position could have on our financial statements.
In December 2004, the FASB issued SFAS No. 123
(revised 2004), Share-Based Payment
(SFAS 123R), which replaces
SFAS No. 123, Accounting for Stock-Based
Compensation (SFAS 123) and supercedes APB
Opinion No. 25, Accounting for Stock Issued to
Employees. SFAS 123R requires all share-based payments
to employees, including grants of employee stock options, to be
recognized in the financial statements based on their fair
values and the recording of such expense in the consolidated
statements of operations. In March 2005, the Commission issued
Staff Accounting Bulletin (SAB) 107 which expresses
views of the SEC staff regarding the application of
SFAS 123R. SAB 107 provides interpretive guidance
related to the interaction between SFAS 123R and certain
SEC rules and regulations, as well as provides the SEC
staffs views regarding the valuation of share-based
payment arrangements for public companies. In April 2005, the
Commission amended compliance dates for SFAS 123R to allow
companies to implement SFAS 123R at the beginning of their
next fiscal year, instead of the next fiscal reporting period
that begins after June 15, 2005. We are required to adopt
the provisions of SFAS 123R effective January 1, 2006
at which time the pro forma disclosures previously permitted
under SFAS 123 will no longer be an alternative to
financial statement recognition. Under SFAS 123R, we must
determine the appropriate fair value model to be used for
valuing share-based payments, the amortization method for
compensation cost and the transition method to be used at date
of adoption. We have not yet determined the method of adoption
or the effect of adopting SFAS 123R, and have not
determined whether the adoption will result in amounts that are
similar to the current pro forma disclosures under SFAS 123.
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Item 3. |
Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market
Risk. |
General
Market risk is the risk that we will incur losses due to adverse
changes in market rates and prices. We have exposure to market
risk through our investment activities and our financing
activities. Our primary market risk exposure is to changes in
interest rates. We have not entered, and do not plan to enter,
into any derivative financial instruments for trading or
speculative purposes.
Interest Rate Risk
Interest rate risk is the risk that we will incur economic
losses due to adverse changes in interest rates. Our exposure to
interest rate changes primarily results from our significant
holdings of fixed rate investments. Our fixed maturity
investments include U.S. and foreign government bonds,
securities issued by government agencies, obligations of state
and local governments and governmental authorities, corporate
bonds and mortgage-backed securities, most of which are exposed
to changes in prevailing interest rates.
All of our investing is done by our insurance subsidiary,
Proformance. We invest according to guidelines devised by an
internal investment committee, comprised of management of
Proformance and an outside director of NAHC, focusing on
investments that we believe will produce an acceptable rate of
return given the risks assumed. Our investment portfolio is
managed by the investment officer at Proformance with oversight
from our Chief Accounting Officer and the assistance of outside
investment advisors. Our objectives are to
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seek the highest total investment return consistent with prudent
risk level by investing in a portfolio comprised of high quality
investments including common stock, convertible securities,
bonds and money market funds in accordance with the asset
classifications set forth in Proformances Investment
Policy Statement Guidelines and Objectives.
The tables below show the interest rate sensitivity of our fixed
income and preferred stock financial instruments measured in
terms of fair value (which is equal to the book value for all
our securities) for the periods indicated.
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Fair Value | |
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-100 Basis | |
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As of | |
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+100 Basis | |
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Point Change | |
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3/31/05 | |
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Point Change | |
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($ in thousands) | |
Fixed maturities and preferred stocks
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$ |
229,640 |
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$ |
216,111 |
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$ |
202,582 |
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Cash and cash equivalents
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4,172 |
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4,172 |
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4,172 |
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Total
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$ |
233,812 |
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$ |
220,283 |
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$ |
206,754 |
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Fair Value | |
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-100 Basis | |
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As of | |
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+100 Basis | |
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Point Change | |
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12/31/2004 | |
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Point Change | |
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($ in thousands) | |
Fixed maturities and preferred stocks
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$ |
200,684 |
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$ |
212,589 |
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$ |
224,494 |
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Cash and cash equivalents
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15,542 |
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15,542 |
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15,542 |
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Total
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$ |
216,226 |
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$ |
228,131 |
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$ |
240,036 |
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Equity Risk
Equity risk is the risk that we will incur economic losses due
to adverse changes in the prices of equity securities in our
investment portfolio. Our exposure to changes in equity prices
primarily result from our holdings of common stocks and other
equities. One means of assessing exposure to changes in equity
market prices is to estimate the potential changes in market
values of our equity investments resulting from a hypothetical
broad-based decline in equity market prices of 10%. Under this
model, with all other factors constant, we estimate that such a
decline in equity market prices would decrease the market value
of our equity investments by approximately $2,362,419 and
$1,104,167, respectively, based on our equity positions as of
March 31, 2005 and December 31, 2004.
As of March 31, 2005, approximately 9.0% of our investment
portfolio was invested in equity securities. We continuously
evaluate market conditions regarding equity securities. We
principally manage equity price risk through industry and issuer
diversification and asset allocation techniques.
Credit Risk
We have exposure to credit risk as a holder of fixed income
securities. We attempt to manage our credit risk through issuer
and industry diversification. We regularly monitor our overall
investment results and review compliance with our investment
objectives and guidelines to reduce our credit risk. As of
March 31, 2005, approximately 54.3% of our fixed income
security portfolio was invested in U.S. government and
government agency fixed income securities, 42.1% was invested in
other fixed income securities rated
Aaa/Aa by Moodys, and 3.6% was
invested in fixed income securities rated A by
Moodys. As of the date hereof, we do not own any
securities with a rating of less than A.
We are also subject to credit risks with respect to our
third-party reinsurers. Although reinsurers are liable to us to
the extent we cede risks to them, we are ultimately liable to
our policyholders on all these risks. As a result, reinsurance
does not limit our ultimate obligation to pay claims to
policyholders and we may not be able to recover claims made to
our reinsurers.
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Item 4. |
Controls and Procedures. |
Evaluation of disclosure controls and procedures
As of the end of the period covered by this report and pursuant
to Rule 13a-15 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the
Exchange Act), our management, including our Chief
Executive Officer and Chief Accounting Officer, conducted an
evaluation of the effectiveness and design of our disclosure
controls and procedures (as that term is defined in
Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act). Based
upon that evaluation, our Chief Executive Officer and Chief
Accounting Officer concluded, as of the end of the period
covered by this report, that because of the material weaknesses
in internal control over financial reporting previously
identified by management that are still in the process of being
remediated, as described below, our disclosure controls and
procedures were not effective as of March 31, 2005.
Changes in Internal Control over Financial Reporting
Except as set forth below, there was no change in our internal
control over financial reporting during the quarter ended
March 31, 2005, that materially affected, or is reasonably
likely to materially affect, such internal control over
financial reporting.
Our management and independent registered public accounting firm
previously determined that there were material weaknesses in our
internal controls over financial reporting. In 2003, we
recognized a need to enhance our financial reporting resources
and processes, in particular as we prepared for our initial
public offering. Accordingly, we took and will continue to take
steps to enhance our financial reporting resources and
processes, including, among others, hiring Frank J. Prudente as
Executive Vice President Corporate Finance.
During their audit of our financial statements for the nine
months ended September 30, 2004, on which they have issued
their report dated December 20, 2004, our independent
registered public accounting firm identified certain reportable
conditions that constitute material weaknesses in our internal
controls over financial reporting, including weaknesses
(i) in our ability to report elements of our financial
statements processed at the end of reporting periods, such as
loss and loss adjustment expenses, deferred acquisition costs
and expense accruals, (ii) in our ability to account for
and report unique transactions or events, such as revenue
recognition for our replacement carrier transactions and
(iii) in the quality of data supporting certain of our
financial statement elements because of our reliance on manual
and other in-house information tracking systems. Our independent
registered public accounting firm also identified material
weaknesses in our internal controls in that we did not have an
actuarial expert on our management team and we had not
identified and designated a chief accounting officer.
Our audit committee and our management team acknowledged and
agreed with the matters identified as material weaknesses. In
response to those findings as well as to our continued efforts
to improve our internal controls, we initiated further
corrective actions to address the control deficiencies
identified by us and our independent registered public
accounting firm, including the following:
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we designated Frank J. Prudente as our Chief Accounting Officer
and gave him authority and responsibility with respect to all
accounting matters to enhance proper end-of-period reporting and
data quality issues; |
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we hired Bruce C. Bassman as Senior Vice President and Chief
Actuarial Officer, which we believe has enhanced our ability to
report end-of-period balances; |
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we hired an internal audit manager; |
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we replaced our director of GAAP financial reporting; |
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we are in the process of implementing a new reinsurance
accounting system which is addressing the material weaknesses in
our reinsurance accounting by eliminating our use of manual
spreadsheets; and |
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we are in the process of upgrading our systems for accounting
for premiums receivable by working with the vendor for that
system, who has recently performed a diagnostic on that system,
which has enhanced our ability to properly record premium
receivable balances at the end of reporting periods. |
We believe these actions and our previously implemented
enhancements to our financial reporting resources and processes
have strengthened and will continue to strengthen our internal
controls over financial reporting and addressed and will
continue to address the material weaknesses identified by our
independent registered public accounting firm. For example, we
believe that the hiring of a Chief Actuarial Officer will aid in
remedying the material weaknesses regarding end-of-period
reporting.
Although the full benefits of these changes will be fully
realized over time, we believe that the major benefits of these
changes, such as the hiring of our Chief Actuarial Officer and
designation of a Chief Accounting Officer, has assisted in and
will continue to aid in remedying our material weaknesses and
enhance our financial reporting. We do not believe that the
material weaknesses had a material impact on our reported
financial results. In addition, we do not expect the potential
financial costs of these actions to be material.
PART II
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Item 1. |
Legal Proceedings. |
None.
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Item 2. |
Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of
Proceeds. |
None.
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Item 3. |
Defaults Upon Senior Securities. |
None.
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Item 4. |
Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security
Holders. |
None.
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Item 5. |
Other Information |
None.
The following documents are filed as part of this report:
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10.1
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Underwriting Agreement dated April 20, 2004 among National
Atlantic Holdings Corporation, The Ohio Casualty Insurance
Company and the Purchasers named therein* |
11.1
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Statement re: computation of per share earnings* |
31.1
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Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended* |
31.2
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Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended* |
32.1
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Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended* |
32.2
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Certification Pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) and Rule 15d-14(a)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended* |
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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.
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NATIONAL ATLANTIC HOLDINGS CORPORATION |
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James V. Gorman |
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Chairman of the Board of Directors |
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and Chief Executive Officer |
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By: |
/s/ Frank J. Prudente |
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Frank J. Prudente |
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Executive Vice President Corporate Finance |
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and Treasurer |
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(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer) |
Dated: May 23, 2005
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