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Other Income
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2011
Notes to Financial Statements 
Other Income

 

NOTE 9 – OTHER INCOME

Included in Other Income for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011, is $626,073 relating to the final settlement of the Company’s provisional rated reinsurance treaties. The Company had reinsurance treaties covering 1985 through 1997 with National Reinsurance Corporation (acquired by General Reinsurance Corporation in 1996), and was charged a provisional ceded premium rate on losses and loss adjustment expenses incurred up to $500,000 per risk from policies covered under those treaties. The provisional ceded premium rate was subject to adjustment based on the amount of losses and loss adjustment expenses ceded to those treaties. The provisional ceded premium rate was also subject to a minimum and a maximum amount. Those provisionally rated treaties were cancelled on a runoff basis and replaced by a flat-rated treaty on January 1, 1998. On August 31, 2011, the Company received a notice from General Reinsurance Corporation that all ceded claims had been closed and that there were no outstanding case or IBNR reserves on any claims subject to the provisional rated treaties. During the quarter ended September 30, 2011, General Reinsurance Corporation settled its provisional liability with the Company and the Company closed its estimated provisional liability reserves to General Reinsurance Corporation resulting in income recognition of $626,073.