Florida
|
65-0248866
|
|
(State
or Other Jurisdiction of
Incorporation
or Organization)
|
(IRS
Employer
Identification
Number)
|
Large
accelerated filer o
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Accelerated
filer x
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Non-accelerated
filer o
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PAGE
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ITEM
1
|
Financial
Statements and Supplementary Data
|
3
|
ITEM
2
|
Management’s
Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations
|
22
|
ITEM
3
|
Quantitative
and Qualitative Disclosures about Market Risk
|
42
|
ITEM
4
|
Controls
and Procedures
|
42
|
PART
II: OTHER INFORMATION
|
||
ITEM
1
|
Legal
Proceedings
|
44
|
ITEM
1A
|
Risk
Factors
|
44
|
ITEM
2
|
Unregistered
Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds
|
45
|
ITEM
3
|
Defaults
upon Senior Securities
|
45
|
ITEM
4
|
Submission
of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
|
45
|
ITEM
5
|
Other
Information
|
46
|
ITEM
6
|
Exhibits
|
46
|
SIGNATURES |
48
|
Period
Ending
|
|||||||
September 30, 2007
|
December 31, 2006
|
||||||
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|||||||
ASSETS
|
|||||||
Investments
|
|||||||
Fixed
maturities, available for sale, at fair value
|
$
|
119,084
|
$
|
98,525
|
|||
Fixed
maturities, held to maturity, at amoritized cost
|
20,366
|
19,667
|
|||||
Equity
securities, available for sale, at fair value
|
8,409
|
6,641
|
|||||
Total
investments
|
147,859
|
124,834
|
|||||
Cash
and short term investments
|
14,151
|
17,917
|
|||||
Receivable
for investments sold
|
496
|
-
|
|||||
Finance
contracts, net of allowance for credit losses of $60 in 2007 and
$116 in
2006, and net of unearned finance charges of $32 in 2007 and $90
in
2006
|
830
|
1,831
|
|||||
Prepaid
reinsurance premiums
|
14,916
|
14,460
|
|||||
Premiums
receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $386 and $66,
respectively
|
3,141
|
7,222
|
|||||
Reinsurance
recoverable, net
|
16,798
|
20,230
|
|||||
Deferred
policy acquisition costs
|
10,467
|
11,153
|
|||||
Deferred
income taxes, net
|
4,813
|
3,610
|
|||||
Income
taxes receivable
|
1,200
|
787
|
|||||
Property,
plant and equipment, net
|
1,111
|
1,296
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
2,570
|
4,556
|
|||||
Total
assets
|
$
|
218,351
|
$
|
207,897
|
|||
LIABILITIES
AND SHAREHOLDERS' EQUITY
|
|||||||
Unpaid
losses and LAE
|
$
|
50,320
|
$
|
39,615
|
|||
Unearned
premiums
|
68,136
|
77,829
|
|||||
Premiums
deposits and customer credit balances
|
2,049
|
3,793
|
|||||
Revolving
credit outstanding
|
10
|
10
|
|||||
Bank
overdraft
|
9,881
|
8,107
|
|||||
Subordinated
debt
|
-
|
4,167
|
|||||
Deferred
gain from sale of property
|
2,115
|
2,467
|
|||||
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
6,688
|
5,715
|
|||||
Total
liabilities
|
139,198
|
141,704
|
|||||
Commitments
and Contingencies
|
|||||||
Shareholders'
equity:
|
|||||||
Common
stock, $0.01 par value. Authorized 25,000,000 shares; issued and
outstanding 7,999,311 and 7,896,919, respectively
|
80
|
79
|
|||||
Additional
paid-in capital
|
51,004
|
47,070
|
|||||
Accumulated
other comprehensive income (deficit)
|
(817
|
)
|
(967
|
)
|
|||
Retained
earnings
|
28,885
|
20,011
|
|||||
Total
shareholders' equity
|
79,152
|
66,193
|
|||||
Total
liabilities and shareholders' equity
|
$
|
218,351
|
$
|
207,897
|
Three Months Ended September 30,
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
(Dollars in Thousands except
EPS and dividend data)
|
(Dollars in Thousands except
EPS and dividend data)
|
||||||||||||
Revenue:
|
|||||||||||||
Gross
premiums written
|
$
|
16,064
|
$
|
24,670
|
$
|
109,716
|
$
|
111,031
|
|||||
Gross
premiums ceded
|
(30,736
|
)
|
(57,378
|
)
|
(46,545
|
)
|
(60,750
|
)
|
|||||
Net
premiums written
|
(14,673
|
)
|
(32,709
|
)
|
63,171
|
50,281
|
|||||||
Increase
in prepaid reinsurance premiums
|
19,322
|
42,060
|
1,504
|
32,795
|
|||||||||
Decrease
(Increase) in unearned premiums
|
22,532
|
12,356
|
9,693
|
(10,821
|
)
|
||||||||
Net
change in prepaid reinsurance premiums and unearned
premiums
|
41,854
|
54,416
|
11,197
|
21,974
|
|||||||||
Net
premiums earned
|
27,181
|
21,707
|
74,368
|
72,255
|
|||||||||
Commission
income
|
431
|
460
|
6,922
|
618
|
|||||||||
Finance
revenue
|
116
|
335
|
463
|
1,467
|
|||||||||
Managing
general agent fees
|
178
|
602
|
1,600
|
1,983
|
|||||||||
Net
investment income
|
2,329
|
1,573
|
6,029
|
4,381
|
|||||||||
Net
realized investment gains (losses)
|
(1,441
|
)
|
263
|
(1,489
|
)
|
743
|
|||||||
Other
income
|
778
|
(170
|
)
|
1,757
|
780
|
||||||||
Total
revenue
|
29,571
|
24,770
|
89,649
|
82,227
|
|||||||||
Expenses:
|
|||||||||||||
Loss
and LAE
|
14,850
|
10,271
|
38,610
|
27,183
|
|||||||||
Operating
and underwriting expenses
|
3,884
|
3,780
|
10,949
|
8,392
|
|||||||||
Salaries
and wages
|
1,775
|
1,699
|
5,065
|
5,309
|
|||||||||
Interest
expense
|
28
|
135
|
173
|
545
|
|||||||||
Policy
acquisition costs, net of amortization
|
5,379
|
4,999
|
14,896
|
13,044
|
|||||||||
Total
expenses
|
25,916
|
20,884
|
69,693
|
54,474
|
|||||||||
Income
before provision for income tax expense
|
3,656
|
3,887
|
19,956
|
27,753
|
|||||||||
Provision
for income tax expense
|
1,787
|
857
|
6,766
|
9,806
|
|||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
1,869
|
$
|
3,029
|
$
|
13,190
|
$
|
17,947
|
|||||
Basic
net income per share
|
$
|
0.24
|
$
|
0.40
|
$
|
1.66
|
$
|
2.41
|
|||||
Fully
diluted net income per share
|
$
|
0.24
|
$
|
0.40
|
$
|
1.64
|
$
|
2.27
|
|||||
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding
|
7,891,650
|
7,560,872
|
7,927,366
|
7,433,953
|
|||||||||
Weighted
average number of common shares outstanding (assuming
dilution)
|
7,948,385
|
7,562,563
|
8,050,983
|
7,912,077
|
|||||||||
Dividends
paid per share
|
$
|
0.18
|
$
|
0.12
|
$
|
0.54
|
$
|
0.36
|
Nine Months Ended September 30,
|
|||||||
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
(Dollars
in Thousands)
|
|||||||
Cash
flow from operating activities:
|
|||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
13,190
|
$
|
17,947
|
|||
Adjustments
to reconcile net income to net cash provided by operating
activities:
|
|||||||
Amortization
of investment discount, net
|
(272
|
)
|
(221
|
)
|
|||
Depreciation
and amortization of property plant and equipment, net
|
232
|
251
|
|||||
Net
realized investment (gains) losses
|
(352
|
)
|
743
|
||||
Gain
on sale of assets
|
-
|
(463
|
)
|
||||
Common
Stock issued for interest on Notes
|
109
|
128
|
|||||
(Recovery)
provision for credit losses, net
|
(48
|
)
|
119
|
||||
Provision
(recovery)for uncollectible premiums receivable
|
320
|
(54
|
)
|
||||
Non-cash
compensation
|
309
|
395
|
|||||
Changes
in operating assets and liabilities:
|
|||||||
Premiums
receivable
|
3,762
|
3,320
|
|||||
Prepaid
reinsurance premiums
|
(456
|
)
|
(39,395
|
)
|
|||
Reinsurance
recoverable, net
|
3,432
|
155,684
|
|||||
Income
taxes recoverable
|
(413
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Deferred
income tax expense
|
(1,203
|
)
|
(2,031
|
)
|
|||
Deferred
gain on sale of assets
|
-
|
(2,482
|
)
|
||||
Policy
acquisition costs, net of amortization
|
686
|
(1,605
|
)
|
||||
Premium
finance contracts receivable
|
1,049
|
4,943
|
|||||
Other
assets
|
1,635
|
4,260
|
|||||
Unpaid
losses and LAE
|
10,704
|
(122,811
|
)
|
||||
Unearned
premiums
|
(9,693
|
)
|
10,821
|
||||
Premium
deposits and customer credit balances
|
(1,744
|
)
|
570
|
||||
Funds
held under reinsurance treaties
|
-
|
3
|
|||||
Income
taxes payable
|
-
|
7,892
|
|||||
Bank
overdraft
|
1,773
|
(11,949
|
)
|
||||
Accounts
payable and accrued expenses
|
973
|
(1,792
|
)
|
||||
Net
cash provided by operating activities
|
23,995
|
24,272
|
|||||
Cash
flow used in investing activities:
|
|||||||
Proceeds
from sale of investment securities available for sale
|
159,573
|
230,940
|
|||||
Purchases
of investment securities available for sale
|
(181,182
|
)
|
(259,823
|
)
|
|||
Purchases
of property and equipment
|
(47
|
)
|
(381
|
)
|
|||
Proceeds
from sale of assets
|
-
|
5,607
|
|||||
Net
cash used in investing activities
|
(21,657
|
)
|
(23,657
|
)
|
|||
Cash
flow (used in) provided by financing activities:
|
|||||||
Subordinated
debt
|
(2,083
|
)
|
(3,333
|
)
|
|||
Exercised
stock options
|
103
|
1,637
|
|||||
Dividends
paid
|
(4,316
|
)
|
(2,906
|
)
|
|||
Exercised
warrants, net
|
2,035
|
7,969
|
|||||
Acquisition
of Common Stock
|
(2,000
|
)
|
(2,001
|
)
|
|||
Tax
benefit related to non-cash compensation
|
159
|
-
|
|||||
Revolving
credit outstanding
|
0
|
(187
|
)
|
||||
Net
cash (used in) provided by financing activities
|
(6,104
|
)
|
1,179
|
||||
Net
(decrease) increase in cash and short term investments
|
(3,766
|
)
|
1,795
|
||||
Cash
and short term investments at beginning of period
|
17,917
|
6,071
|
|||||
Cash
and short term investments at end of period
|
$
|
14,151
|
$
|
7,866
|
(continued)
|
2007
|
2006
|
|||||
Supplemental
disclosure of cash flow information:
|
|||||||
Cash
paid during the period for:
|
|||||||
Interest
|
$
|
44
|
$
|
160
|
|||
Income
taxes
|
$
|
7,300
|
$
|
4,650
|
|||
Non-cash
investing and finance activities:
|
|||||||
Accrued
dividends payable
|
$
|
1,473
|
$
|
972
|
|||
Retirement
of subordinated debt by common stock issuance
|
$
|
2,083
|
$
|
1,667
|
|||
Stock
issued to pay interest on subordinated debt
|
$
|
109
|
$
|
128
|
Fiscal
Year
|
Lease payments
|
|||
2007
|
$
|
150,722
|
||
2008
|
612,934
|
|||
2009
|
625,193
|
|||
2010
|
637,697
|
|||
2011
|
650,451
|
|||
Total
|
$
|
2,676,997
|
For the three months ended September 30,
|
For the nine months ended September 30,
|
||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||
Net
income
|
$
|
1,868,802
|
$
|
3,029,285
|
$
|
13,190,036
|
$
|
17,947,156
|
|||||
Change
in net unrealized gains on investments available for sale
|
1,444,212
|
1,312,936
|
241,086
|
959,364
|
|||||||||
Comprehensive
income, before tax
|
3,313,014
|
4,342,221
|
13,431,122
|
18,906,520
|
|||||||||
Income
tax benefit (expense) related to items of other comprehensive
income
|
(620,872
|
)
|
(494,058
|
)
|
(90,721
|
)
|
(361,009
|
)
|
|||||
Comprehensive
income
|
$
|
2,692,142
|
$
|
3,848,163
|
$
|
13,340,401
|
$
|
18,545,511
|
·
|
Revenue,
including unaffiliated and inter-segment sales or transfers, is 10%
or
more of total revenue of all operating
segments.
|
·
|
Operating
profit or loss is 10% or more of the greater, in absolute amount,
of the
combined operating profit (or loss) of all industry segments with
operating profits (or losses).
|
·
|
Identifiable
assets are 10% or more of total assets of all operating
segments.
|
Reinsurer
|
A.M.
Best Rating
|
|
UNITED
STATES
|
||
Everest
Reinsurance Company
|
A+
|
|
Folksamerica
Reinsurance Company
|
A-
|
|
GMAC
Re/Motors Insurance Corporation
|
A-
|
|
Munich
Reinsurance America, Inc.
|
A
|
|
Odyssey
America Reinsurance Corporation
|
A
|
|
QBE
Reinsurance Corporation
|
A
|
|
BERMUDA
|
||
ACE
Tempest Reinsurance Limited, Bermuda
|
A+
|
|
Amlin
Bermuda Limited
|
A-
|
|
Ariel
Reinsurance Company Limited, Bermuda
|
A-
|
|
DaVinci
Reinsurance Ltd, Bermuda
|
A
|
|
Flagstone
Reinsurance Limited
|
A-
|
|
Max
Bermuda Limited
|
A-
|
|
New
Castle Reinsurance Company Limited
|
A-
|
|
Renaissance
Reinsurance Ltd, Bermuda
|
A
|
|
|
||
UNITED
KINGDOM
|
|
|
Amlin
Syndicate No. 2001 (AML)
|
A
|
|
Ascot
Underwriting Syndicate No. 1414 (RTH)
|
A
|
|
G.S.
Christensen and Others Syndicate No. 958 (GSC)
|
A
|
|
MAP
Underwriting Syndicate No. 2791 (MAP)
|
A
|
|
Talbot
Underwriting Syndicate No. 1183 (TAL)
|
A
|
|
|
||
EUROPE
|
|
|
Converium
Limited, Switzerland
|
B++
|
First Event Participation
|
|
Reinstated Premium Protection
|
|||||||||||||||||
AM Best
Rating
|
Reinsurer
|
$20m in
excess of
$15m
|
|
$40m in
excess of
$35m
|
|
$72m in excess
of $75m and FHCF
participation
|
|
$20m in
excess of
$15m
|
|
$40m in
excess of
$35m
|
|||||||||
A+
|
Ace
Tempest Reinsurance Ltd
|
7.5%
|
|
7.5%
|
|
||||||||||||||
A
|
Amlin
2001 Syndicate
|
5.0%
|
|
5.0%
|
|
5.0%
|
|
5.0%
|
|
||||||||||
A-
|
Amlin
Bermuda Ltd
|
2.5%
|
|
4.0%
|
|
4.0%
|
|
2.5%
|
|
||||||||||
A
|
American
Reinsurance Company
|
|
3.5%
|
|
|||||||||||||||
A
|
Ascot
1414 Syndicate
|
6.5%
|
|
||||||||||||||||
A++
|
National
Liability and Fire Company
|
33.8%
|
|
6.6%
|
|
77.6%
|
|
||||||||||||
B++
|
Converium
AG
|
5.0%
|
|
||||||||||||||||
A+
|
Everest
Reinsurance Company
|
22.0%
|
|
4.3%
|
|
12.0%
|
|
||||||||||||
NR
|
Wentworth
Insurance Company Ltd
|
5.0%
|
|
.
|
5.0%
|
|
|||||||||||||
A-
|
Flagstone
Reinsurance Ltd
|
4.3%
|
|
4.0%
|
|
||||||||||||||
A
|
MAP
2791 Syndicate
|
2.5%
|
|
2.5%
|
|
2.5%
|
|
2.5%
|
|
||||||||||
A-
|
New
Castle Reinsurance Company Ltd
|
|
2.0%
|
|
2.0%
|
|
2.0%
|
|
2.0%
|
|
|||||||||
A
|
QBE
Reinsurance Corporation
|
1.5%
|
|
1.0%
|
|
||||||||||||||
A
|
Renaissance
Reinsurance, Ltd
|
12.5%
|
|
12.5%
|
|
||||||||||||||
A+
|
XL
Re Limited
|
2.5%
|
|
||||||||||||||||
A
|
Odyssey
|
3.5%
|
|
||||||||||||||||
A
|
Catlin
Insurance Company Ltd
|
25.0%
|
|
25.0%
|
|
||||||||||||||
NR
|
Allianz
Risk Transfer (Bermuda) Ltd
|
33.0%
|
|
33.0%
|
|
||||||||||||||
A
|
Liberty
Mutual Insurance Company
|
34.7%
|
|
||||||||||||||||
NR4
|
American
Vehicle Insurance Company (Affiliated)
|
|
25.0%
|
|
25.0%
|
|
2004
Hurricanes
|
Claim
Count
|
Gross
Losses
|
Reinsurance
Recoveries
|
Net
Losses
|
|||||||||
(Dollars
in millions)
|
|||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Charley
(August 13)
|
2,572
|
$
|
65.3
|
$
|
55.3
|
$
|
10.0
|
||||||
Frances
(September 3)
|
3,809
|
54.2
|
44.1
|
10.1
|
|||||||||
Ivan
(September 14)
|
1,062
|
26.5
|
-
|
26.5
|
|||||||||
Jeanne
(September 25)
|
1,563
|
13.9
|
-
|
13.9
|
|||||||||
Total
Loss Estimate
|
9,006
|
$
|
159.9
|
$
|
99.4
|
$
|
60.5
|
2005
Hurricanes
|
Claim
Count
|
Gross
Losses |
Reinsurance
Recoveries
|
Net
Losses
|
|||||||||
(Dollars
in millions)
|
|||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Dennis
(July 10)
|
322
|
$
|
2.8
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
2.8
|
||||||
Katrina
(August 25)
|
2,115
|
14.6
|
11.6
|
3.0
|
|||||||||
Rita
(September 20)
|
19
|
0.1
|
-
|
0.1
|
|||||||||
Wilma
(October 24)
|
11,733
|
174.5
|
171.5
|
3.0
|
|||||||||
Total
Loss Estimate
|
14,189
|
$
|
192.0
|
$
|
183.1
|
$
|
8.9
|
1998
Plan
|
|
2001
Franchisee Plan
|
|
2002
Plan
|
|
||||||||||||||
Number of
Shares
|
|
Weighted
Average
Option
Exercise Price
|
|
Number of
Shares
|
|
Weighted
Average
Option
Exercise Price
|
|
Number of
Shares
|
|
Weighted
Average
Option
Exercise Price
|
|||||||||
Outstanding at January
1, 2005
|
198,275
|
$
|
6.67
|
15,000
|
$
|
9.17
|
906,300
|
$
|
10.80
|
||||||||||
Granted
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
451,500
|
$
|
14.39
|
||||||||||
Exercised
|
(96,875
|
)
|
$
|
6.67
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
(271,542
|
)
|
$
|
8.96
|
||||||||
Cancelled
|
(3,750
|
)
|
$
|
6.67
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
(262,650
|
)
|
$
|
14.00
|
||||||||
Outstanding
at January 1, 2006
|
97,650
|
$
|
6.67
|
15,000
|
$
|
9.17
|
823,608
|
$
|
12.35
|
||||||||||
Granted
|
25,000
|
$
|
27.79
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
86,000
|
$
|
16.44
|
||||||||||
Exercised
|
(77,900
|
)
|
$
|
6.67
|
(15,000
|
)
|
$
|
9.17
|
(212,350
|
)
|
$
|
8.98
|
|||||||
Cancelled
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
(59,900
|
)
|
$
|
14.98
|
|||||||||||
Outstanding
at January 1, 2007
|
44,750
|
$
|
18.47
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
637,358
|
$
|
13.80
|
||||||||||
Granted
|
60,000
|
$
|
12.28
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||||||||
Exercised
|
(2,000
|
)
|
$
|
6.67
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
(8,800
|
)
|
$
|
10.18
|
||||||||
Cancelled
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
(17,900
|
)
|
$
|
15.82
|
|||||||||
Outstanding
at September 30, 2007
|
102,750
|
$
|
15.08
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
610,658
|
$
|
13.79
|
1998
Plan
|
|
2001
Franchisee Plan
|
|
2002
Plan
|
|
||||||||||||||
Options
Exercisable at:
|
|
Number of
Shares
|
|
Weighted
Average
Option
Exercise Price
|
|
Number of
Shares
|
|
Weighted
Average
Option
Exercise Price
|
|
Number of
Shares
|
|
Weighted
Average
Option
Exercise Price
|
|||||||
September
30, 2007
|
17,750
|
$
|
15.08
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
321,306
|
$
|
13.79
|
||||||||||
December
31, 2007
|
25,000
|
$
|
15.08
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
44,700
|
$
|
13.79
|
||||||||||
December
31, 2008
|
13,000
|
$
|
15.08
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
91,351
|
$
|
13.79
|
||||||||||
December
31, 2009
|
13,000
|
$
|
15.08
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
80,699
|
$
|
13.79
|
||||||||||
December
31, 2010
|
13,000
|
$
|
15.08
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
58,401
|
$
|
13.79
|
||||||||||
December
31, 2011
|
13,000
|
$
|
15.08
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
14,201
|
$
|
13.79
|
||||||||||
Thereafter
|
8,000
|
$
|
15.08
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
-
|
$
|
13.79
|
||||||||||
Total
options exercisible
|
102,750
|
-
|
610,658
|
September 30, 2007
|
September 30, 2006
|
||||||
Dividend
yield
|
3.20% to 6.70%
|
|
2.10% to 3.70%
|
|
|||
Expected volatility
|
42.87% to 54.77%
|
|
43.06% to 44.30%
|
|
|||
Risk-free interest rate
|
4.79% to 4.86%
|
|
4.60% to 4.90%
|
|
|||
Expected life (in years)
|
2.58 to 2.63
|
2.04 to 2.86
|
Range of
Exercise Price
|
Outstanding at
September 30, 2007
|
Contractual
Periods in Years
|
Average
Exercise Price
|
Exercisable at
September 30, 2007
|
||||||||||||
1998
Plan
|
$6.67 - $27.79
|
102,750
|
4.99
|
|
$15.08
|
17,750
|
||||||||||
2001 Franchise Plan
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||||
2002 Plan
|
$8.33 - $18.21
|
610,658
|
2.88
|
|
$13.79
|
321,306
|
Quarterly
payment due date
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
||||
January
31,
|
54,211
|
-
|
|||||
April
30,
|
63,114
|
68,696
|
|||||
July
31,
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
September
30,
|
-
|
-
|
|||||
Total
common stock issued
|
117,325
|
68,696
|
Unrealized
(Losses) and Gains
|
|||||||
September 30, 2007
|
December 31, 2006
|
||||||
Fixed
maturities:
|
|||||||
U.S.
government obligations and agency obligations
|
$
|
(306,118
|
)
|
$
|
(688,190
|
)
|
|
Obligations
of states and political subdivisions
|
(83,979
|
)
|
(145,505
|
)
|
|||
(390,097
|
)
|
(833,695
|
)
|
||||
Corporate
securities:
|
|||||||
Communications
|
2,011
|
6,842
|
|||||
Financial
|
(4,602
|
)
|
(18,790
|
)
|
|||
Other
|
(257,484
|
)
|
(73,983
|
)
|
|||
(260,075
|
)
|
(85,931
|
)
|
||||
Equity
securities:
|
|||||||
Common
stocks
|
(659,367
|
)
|
(631,000
|
)
|
|||
Total
unrealized (losses) and gains, net
|
$
|
(1,309,539
|
)
|
$
|
(1,550,626
|
)
|
September 30, 2007
|
|
December 31, 2006
|
|||||
Accrued
interest income
|
$
|
1,078,388
|
$
|
1,515,584
|
|||
Commissions
and revenue sharing receivable
|
214,164
|
979,677
|
|||||
Notes
receivable
|
797,588
|
1,027,958
|
|||||
Unamortized
loan costs
|
-
|
61,572
|
|||||
Compensating
cash balances
|
9,911
|
9,911
|
|||||
Due
from sale of discontinued operations, net
|
-
|
320,000
|
|||||
Prepaid
expenses
|
386,359
|
531,008
|
|||||
Other
|
83,263
|
110,641
|
|||||
$
|
2,569,673
|
$
|
4,556,351
|
September 30, 2007
|
December 31, 2006
|
||||||
Homeowners'
|
$
|
23,529,009
|
$
|
21,788,126
|
|||
Commercial
General Liability
|
19,137,989
|
11,100,116
|
|||||
Automobile
|
7,652,566
|
6,727,236
|
|||||
$
|
50,319,564
|
$
|
39,615,478
|
Three
months ended September 30,
|
|||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||||
Amount
|
Percentage
|
Amount
|
Percentage
|
||||||||||
Homeowners'
|
$
|
8,512,741
|
53.0
|
%
|
$
|
15,907,467
|
64.5
|
%
|
|||||
Commercial
General Liability
|
7,376,856
|
45.9
|
%
|
8,292,591
|
33.6
|
%
|
|||||||
Automobile
|
174,036
|
1.1
|
%
|
469,445
|
1.9
|
%
|
|||||||
Gross
premiums written
|
$
|
16,063,633
|
100.0
|
%
|
$
|
24,669,503
|
100.0
|
%
|
Three
months ended September 30,
|
|||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
||||||||||||
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
|||||||||||||
Amount
|
Percentage
|
Amount
|
Percentage
|
||||||||||
Florida
|
$
|
4,563
|
62.0
|
%
|
$
|
5,428
|
65.5
|
%
|
|||||
Georgia
|
208
|
2.8
|
%
|
660
|
8.0
|
%
|
|||||||
Louisiana
|
1,365
|
18.5
|
%
|
1,380
|
16.6
|
%
|
|||||||
South
Carolina
|
47
|
0.6
|
%
|
-
|
0.0
|
%
|
|||||||
Texas
|
1,194
|
16.2
|
%
|
825
|
9.9
|
%
|
|||||||
Gross
premiums written
|
$
|
7,377
|
100.0
|
%
|
$
|
8,293
|
100.0
|
%
|
Three
months ended September 30,
|
|||||||||||||
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
||||||||||
|
|
Amount
|
|
Percentage
|
|
Amount
|
Percentage
|
||||||
Homeowners'
|
$
|
18,325,279
|
67.41
|
%
|
$
|
11,040,823
|
50.87
|
%
|
|||||
Commercial
General Liability
|
8,166,608
|
30.05
|
%
|
7,743,852
|
35.67
|
%
|
|||||||
Automobile
|
689,365
|
2.54
|
%
|
2,922,730
|
13.46
|
%
|
|||||||
Net
premiums earned
|
$
|
27,181,252
|
100.00
|
%
|
$
|
21,707,405
|
100.00
|
%
|
Net
Realized (Losses) Gains
|
|
||||||
|
|
Three
Months Ended September 30,
|
|
||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|||
Fixed
maturities:
|
|||||||
U.S.
government obligations and agencies
|
$
|
17,588
|
$
|
-
|
|||
Obligations
of states and political subdivisions
|
(437,184
|
)
|
-
|
||||
Equity
securities:
|
|||||||
Common
stocks
|
(1,021,586 | ) | 263,072 | ||||
Total
net realized (losses) gains
|
$ | (1,441,182 | ) | $ | 263,072 |
Claim
|
Gross
|
Reinsurance
|
Net
|
||||||||||
2005
Hurricanes
|
Count
|
Losses
|
Recoveries
|
Losses
|
|||||||||
(Dollars
in millions)
|
|||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Dennis
(July 10)
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||||
Katrina
(August 25)
|
3
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Rita
(September 20)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Wilma
(October 24)
|
37
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Total
Loss Estimate
|
40
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
Claim
|
Gross
|
Reinsurance
|
Net
|
||||||||||
2004
Hurricanes
|
Count
|
Losses
|
Recoveries
|
Losses
|
|||||||||
(Dollars
in millions)
|
|||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Charley
(August 13)
|
-
|
$
|
1.0
|
$
|
1.0
|
$
|
-
|
||||||
Frances
(September 3)
|
-
|
0.8
|
0.8
|
-
|
|||||||||
Ivan
(September 14)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Jeanne
(September 25)
|
1
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Total
Loss Estimate
|
1
|
$
|
1.8
|
$
|
1.8
|
$
|
-
|
Three Months Ended September 30,
|
|
||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|||
Homeowners'
|
28.78
|
%
|
63.40
|
%
|
|||
Commercial
General Liability
|
95.30
|
%
|
18.01
|
%
|
|||
Automobile
|
260.11
|
%
|
64.18
|
%
|
|||
All
lines
|
54.63
|
%
|
47.32
|
%
|
Nine
months ended September 30,
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
||||||||
|
|
Amount
|
|
Percentage
|
|
Amount
|
|
Percentage
|
|||||
Homeowners'
|
$
|
82,471,900
|
75.2
|
%
|
$
|
80,865,442
|
72.8
|
%
|
|||||
Commercial
General Liability
|
25,601,473
|
23.3
|
%
|
24,749,710
|
22.3
|
%
|
|||||||
Automobile
|
1,642,493
|
1.5
|
%
|
5,416,096
|
4.9
|
%
|
|||||||
Gross
premiums written
|
$
|
109,715,866
|
100.0
|
%
|
$
|
111,031,248
|
100.0
|
%
|
Nine
months ended September 30,
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
||||||||
|
|
|
|
(Dollars
in thousands)
|
|
|
|
||||||
|
|
Amount
|
|
Percentage
|
|
Amount
|
|
Percentage
|
|||||
Florida
|
$
|
17,067
|
66.8
|
%
|
$
|
18,169
|
73.5
|
%
|
|||||
Georgia
|
800
|
3.1
|
%
|
1,230
|
5.0
|
%
|
|||||||
Kentucky
|
5
|
0.0
|
%
|
-
|
0.0
|
%
|
|||||||
Louisiana
|
4,047
|
15.8
|
%
|
4,234
|
17.0
|
%
|
|||||||
South
Carolina
|
134
|
0.5
|
%
|
-
|
0.0
|
%
|
|||||||
Texas
|
3,516
|
13.7
|
%
|
1,117
|
4.5
|
%
|
|||||||
Virginia
|
32
|
0.1
|
%
|
-
|
0.0
|
%
|
|||||||
Gross
premiums written
|
$
|
25,601
|
100.0
|
%
|
$
|
24,750
|
100.0
|
%
|
Nine
months ended September 30,
|
|
||||||||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|
||||||||
|
|
Amount
|
|
Percentage
|
|
Amount
|
|
Percentage
|
|||||
Homeowners'
|
$
|
46,677,097
|
62.76
|
%
|
$
|
40,720,936
|
56.36
|
%
|
|||||
Commercial
General Liability
|
24,835,348
|
33.40
|
%
|
20,126,319
|
27.85
|
%
|
|||||||
Automobile
|
2,855,538
|
3.84
|
%
|
11,408,230
|
15.79
|
%
|
|||||||
Net
premiums earned
|
$
|
74,367,983
|
100.00
|
%
|
$
|
72,255,485
|
100.00
|
%
|
Net
Realized (Losses) Gains
|
|||||||
|
Nine
Months Ended September 30,
|
||||||
|
2007
|
2006
|
|||||
Fixed
maturities:
|
|||||||
U.S.
government obligations and agencies
|
$
|
17,589
|
$
|
(32,516
|
)
|
||
Obligations
of states and political subdivisions
|
(437,247
|
)
|
76
|
||||
(419,658
|
)
|
(32,440
|
)
|
||||
Corporate
securities:
|
|||||||
Other
|
-
|
(33,816
|
)
|
||||
Equity
securities:
|
|||||||
Common
stocks
|
(1,069,569 | ) | 808,880 | ||||
Total net realized (losses) gains | $ | (1,489,227 | ) | $ | 742,624 |
Claim
|
|
Gross
|
|
Reinsurance
|
|
Net
|
|
||||||
2005
Hurricanes
|
|
Count
|
|
Losses
|
|
Recoveries
|
|
Losses
|
|
||||
|
|
|
|
(Dollars
in millions)
|
|||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Dennis
(July 10)
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
$
|
-
|
||||||
Katrina
(August 25)
|
2
|
0.1
|
0.1
|
-
|
|||||||||
Rita
(September 20)
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Wilma
(October 24)
|
177
|
10.5
|
10.5
|
-
|
|||||||||
Total
Loss Estimate
|
179
|
$
|
10.6
|
$
|
10.6
|
$
|
-
|
Claim
|
Gross
|
Reinsurance
|
Net
|
||||||||||
2004
Hurricanes
|
Count
|
Losses
|
Recoveries
|
Losses
|
|||||||||
(Dollars
in millions)
|
|||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||
Charley
(August 13)
|
1
|
$
|
2.3
|
$
|
2.3
|
$
|
-
|
||||||
Frances
(September 3)
|
-
|
0.8
|
0.8
|
-
|
|||||||||
Ivan
(September 14)
|
-
|
1.0
|
-
|
1.0
|
|||||||||
Jeanne
(September 25)
|
1
|
0.0
|
-
|
-
|
|||||||||
Total
Loss Estimate
|
2
|
$
|
4.1
|
$
|
3.1
|
$
|
1.0
|
Nine
Months Ended September 30,
|
|
||||||
|
|
2007
|
|
2006
|
|||
Homeowners'
|
43.03
|
%
|
36.00
|
%
|
|||
Commercial
General Liability
|
55.54
|
%
|
17.76
|
%
|
|||
Automobile
|
165.72
|
%
|
78.43
|
%
|
|||
All
lines
|
51.92
|
%
|
37.62
|
%
|
Book Value
|
|
Fair / Amortized Value
|
|
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
|
||||||||||||
Fixed
maturities:
|
||||||||||||||||
U.S.
government obligations and agencies available for sale
|
$
|
72,049,375
|
48.30
|
%
|
$
|
71,743,256
|
48.52
|
%
|
$
|
(306,119
|
)
|
|||||
U.S.
government obligations and agencies held to maturity
|
19,365,007
|
12.98
|
%
|
19,365,005
|
13.10
|
%
|
(2
|
)
|
||||||||
Obligations
of states and political subdivisions available for sale
|
26,079,064
|
17.48
|
%
|
25,995,085
|
17.58
|
%
|
(83,979
|
)
|
||||||||
Obligations
of states and political subdivisions held to maturity
|
501,295
|
0.34
|
%
|
501,295
|
0.34
|
%
|
-
|
|||||||||
117,994,741
|
79.10
|
%
|
117,604,641
|
79.54
|
%
|
(390,100
|
)
|
|||||||||
Corporate
securities:
|
||||||||||||||||
Communications
available for sale
|
994,127
|
0.67
|
%
|
1,000,058
|
0.67
|
%
|
5,931
|
|||||||||
Financial
available for sale
|
4,121,492
|
2.76
|
%
|
4,112,972
|
2.78
|
%
|
(8,520
|
)
|
||||||||
Other
available for sale
|
16,490,292
|
11.05
|
%
|
16,232,807
|
10.98
|
%
|
(257,485
|
)
|
||||||||
Other
held to maturity
|
500,000
|
0.34
|
%
|
500,000
|
0.34
|
%
|
-
|
|||||||||
22,105,911
|
14.82
|
%
|
21,845,837
|
14.77
|
%
|
(260,074
|
)
|
|||||||||
Equity
securities:
|
||||||||||||||||
Common
stocks available for sale
|
9,067,950
|
6.08
|
%
|
8,408,585
|
5.69
|
%
|
(659,365
|
)
|
||||||||
Total
fixed, corporate and equity securities
|
$
|
149,168,602
|
100.00
|
%
|
$
|
147,859,063
|
100.00
|
%
|
$
|
(1,309,539
|
)
|
Period
|
Total Number
of Shares
Purchased
|
Average
Price Paid
per Share
|
Total Number of Shares
Purchased as Part of
Publicly Announced Plans
or Programs
|
Approximate Dollar
Value of Shares that
May Yet Be Purchased
Under the Plan
|
|||||||||
April-07
|
None
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
None
|
|||
May-07
|
138,261
|
|
|
$ 10.99
|
|
|
138,261
|
|
|
$
3.5 million
|
|||
June-07
|
None
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
None
|
|
|
$
3.5 million
|
|||
July-07
|
47,433
|
|
|
$
10.14
|
|
|
47,433
|
|
|
$
3.0 million
|
31.1
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act. *
|
31.2
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act. *
|
32.1
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act. *
|
32.2
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act. *
|
*
filed herewith
|
By:
|
/s/
Edward J. Lawson
|
Edward J. Lawson, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of
the Board
|
|
/s/
Peter J. Prygelski, III
|
|
Peter J. Prygelski, III, Chief Financial Officer
|
Excess
Catastrophe Reinsurance Contract, Effective July 1, 2007 issued
to
Federated National Insurance Company.*
|
|
10.2
|
Reinstatement
Premium Protection Reinsurance Contract, Effective July 1, 2007
issued to
Federated National Insurance Company.*
|
10.3
|
Additional
Layer Excess Catastrophe Reinsurance Contract, Effective August
17, 2007
issued to Federated National Insurance Company. *
|
31.1
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act. *
|
31.3
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act. *
|
32.2
|
Certification
of Chief Executive Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act. *
|
32.2
|
Certification
of Chief Financial Officer pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley
Act. *
|
* filed
herewith
|