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Collateralized Reinsurance And Trust Agreements
9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2020
Collateralized Reinsurance And Trust Agreements [Abstract]  
Collateralized Reinsurance And Trust Agreements
11.
 
COLLATERALIZED REINSURANCE AND TRUST AGREEMENTS
 
Certain subsidiaries
 
of Group
 
have established
 
trust agreements,
 
which effectively
 
use the
 
Company’s
investments as collateral,
 
as security for
 
assumed losses payable
 
to certain non-affiliated
 
ceding companies.
 
At
September 30, 2020, the total amount on deposit in trust accounts was $
1,158,783
 
thousand.
 
 
The Company reinsures
 
some of its
 
catastrophe exposures
 
with the segregated
 
accounts of Mt.
 
Logan Re.
 
Mt.
Logan Re is
 
a Class 3 insurer
 
registered in Bermuda
 
effective February 27,
 
2013 under The Segregated
 
Accounts
Companies Act 2000 and
100
% of the voting common
 
shares are owned
 
by Group.
 
Separate segregated
accounts for Mt.
 
Logan Re began
 
being established effective
 
July 1, 2013 and
 
non-voting, redeemable preferred
shares have been
 
issued to capitalize
 
the segregated accounts.
 
Each segregated
 
account invests predominantly
in a
 
diversified set
 
of catastrophe
 
exposures, diversified
 
by risk/peril
 
and across
 
different geographic
 
regions
globally.
 
 
The following
 
table summarizes
 
the premiums
 
and losses
 
that are
 
ceded by
 
the Company
 
to Mt.
 
Logan Re
segregated accounts and assumed by the Company from Mt. Logan Re segregated
 
accounts.
Three Months Ended
 
Nine Months Ended
September 30,
September 30,
Mt. Logan Re Segregated Accounts
2020
2019
2020
2019
(Dollars in thousands)
Ceded written premiums
86,712
97,391
245,422
237,841
Ceded earned premiums
71,396
79,560
233,089
220,200
Ceded losses and LAE
87,917
79,499
173,968
164,914
Assumed written premiums
8,894
9,867
14,448
14,900
Assumed earned premiums
8,894
9,867
14,448
14,900
Assumed losses and LAE
-
-
-
-
Each segregated
 
account is permitted
 
to assume net
 
risk exposures equal
 
to the amount
 
of its available
 
posted
collateral, which
 
in the aggregate
 
was $
806,564
 
thousand and $
993,036
 
thousand at September
 
30, 2020 and
December 31, 2019,
 
respectively.
 
Of this
 
amount, Group
 
had investments
 
recorded at
 
$
66,175
 
thousand and
$
46,390
 
thousand at September 30, 2020 and December 31, 2019, respectively, in the segregated accounts.
 
 
Effective April
 
1, 2018,
 
the Company
 
entered into
 
a retroactive
 
reinsurance transaction
 
with one
 
of the
 
Mt.
Logan Re segregated
 
accounts to retrocede
 
$
269,198
 
thousand of casualty reserves held
 
by Bermuda Re related
to accident
 
years
2002
 
through
2015
.
 
As consideration
 
for entering
 
the agreement,
 
the Company
 
transferred
cash of
 
$
252,000
 
thousand to the
 
Mt. Logan
 
Re segregated
 
account.
 
The maximum
 
liability to
 
be retroceded
under the agreement
 
will be $
319,000
 
thousand.
 
The Company will
 
retain liability
 
for any
 
amounts exceeding
the maximum liability.
 
On April
 
24, 2014,
 
the Company
 
entered into
two
 
collateralized reinsurance
 
agreements with
 
Kilimanjaro Re
Limited (“Kilimanjaro”), a
 
Bermuda based special
 
purpose reinsurer,
 
to provide
 
the Company with
 
catastrophe
reinsurance coverage.
 
These agreements
 
are multi-year
 
reinsurance contracts
 
which cover
 
specified named
storm and earthquake
 
events.
 
The first agreement
 
provides up to
 
$
250,000
 
thousand of reinsurance
 
coverage
from named storms in specified states
 
of the Southeastern United States.
 
The second agreement provides up to
$
200,000
 
thousand of
 
reinsurance coverage
 
from named
 
storms in
 
specified states
 
of the
 
Southeast, Mid-
Atlantic and
 
Northeast regions
 
of the
 
United States
 
and Puerto
 
Rico as
 
well as
 
reinsurance coverage
 
from
earthquakes in specified states
 
of the Southeast, Mid-Atlantic,
 
Northeast and West
 
regions of the United States,
Puerto Rico and British Columbia.
 
These reinsurance agreements expired in
April, 2018
.
 
 
On November 18,
 
2014, the Company
 
entered into
 
a collateralized
 
reinsurance agreement
 
with Kilimanjaro to
provide the Company with catastrophe
 
reinsurance coverage.
 
This agreement is a multi-year reinsurance
contract which covers specified earthquake events.
 
The agreement provides up to $
500,000
 
thousand of
reinsurance coverage
 
from earthquakes in the
 
United States, Puerto
 
Rico and Canada. These reinsurance
agreements expired in
November 2019
.
 
On December 1, 2015
 
the Company entered
 
into
two
 
collateralized reinsurance
 
agreements with Kilimanjaro
 
to
provide the
 
Company with
 
catastrophe reinsurance
 
coverage.
 
These agreements
 
are multi-year
 
reinsurance
contracts which
 
cover named
 
storm and
 
earthquake events.
 
The first
 
agreement provides
 
up to
 
$
300,000
thousand of reinsurance
 
coverage from
 
named storms
 
and earthquakes
 
in the United
 
States, Puerto
 
Rico and
Canada.
 
The second agreement provides
 
up to $
325,000
 
thousand of reinsurance coverage
 
from named storms
and earthquakes in the United States, Puerto Rico and Canada.
 
 
On April
 
13, 2017
 
the Company
 
entered into
six
 
collateralized reinsurance
 
agreements with
 
Kilimanjaro to
provide the Company with annual aggregate catastrophe
 
reinsurance coverage.
 
The initial
three
 
agreements are
four year
 
reinsurance contracts which cover named storm and earthquake
 
events.
 
These agreements provide up
to $
225,000
 
thousand, $
400,000
 
thousand and
 
$
325,000
 
thousand, respectively,
 
of annual
 
aggregate
reinsurance coverage
 
from named storms
 
and earthquakes in
 
the United States,
 
Puerto Rico and
 
Canada.
 
The
subsequent
three
 
agreements are
five year
 
reinsurance contracts
 
which cover
 
named storm
 
and earthquake
events.
 
These agreements provide
 
up to $
50,000
 
thousand, $
75,000
 
thousand and $
175,000
 
thousand,
respectively, of
 
annual aggregate
 
reinsurance coverage
 
from named
 
storms and
 
earthquakes in
 
the United
States, Puerto Rico and Canada.
 
On April
 
30, 2018
 
the Company
 
entered into
four
 
collateralized reinsurance
 
agreements with
 
Kilimanjaro to
provide the
 
Company with
 
catastrophe reinsurance
 
coverage.
 
These agreements
 
are multi-year
 
reinsurance
contracts which cover named
 
storm and earthquake events.
 
The first
two
 
agreements are
four year
 
reinsurance
contracts which
 
provide up
 
to $
62,500
 
thousand and
 
$
200,000
 
thousand, respectively,
 
of annual
 
aggregate
reinsurance coverage
 
from named
 
storms and
 
earthquakes in
 
the United
 
States, Puerto
 
Rico, the
 
U.S. Virgin
Islands and
 
Canada.
 
The remaining
two
 
agreements are
five year
 
reinsurance contracts
 
which provide
 
up to
$
62,500
 
thousand and $
200,000
 
thousand, respectively,
 
of annual aggregate
 
reinsurance coverage
 
from named
storms and earthquakes in the United States, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin
 
Islands and Canada.
 
 
On December 12,
 
2019, the Company
 
entered into
four
 
collateralized reinsurance
 
agreements with Kilimanjaro
to provide the
 
Company with catastrophe
 
reinsurance coverage.
 
These agreements are
 
multi-year reinsurance
contracts which cover named
 
storm and earthquake events.
 
The first
two
 
agreements are
four year
 
reinsurance
contracts which
 
provide up
 
to $
150,000
 
thousand and
 
$
275,000
 
thousand, respectively,
 
of annual
 
aggregate
reinsurance coverage
 
from named
 
storms and
 
earthquakes in
 
the United
 
States, Puerto
 
Rico, the
 
U.S. Virgin
Islands and
 
Canada.
 
The remaining
two
 
agreements are
five year
 
reinsurance contracts
 
which provide
 
up to
$
150,000
 
thousand and $
275,000
 
thousand, respectively, of annual aggregate
 
reinsurance coverage from named
storms and earthquakes in the United State, Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin
 
Islands and Canada.
 
Recoveries under
 
these collateralized
 
reinsurance agreements
 
with Kilimanjaro
 
are primarily
 
dependent on
estimated industry
 
level insured losses
 
from covered
 
events, as well
 
as, the geographic
 
location of the
 
events.
 
The estimated industry
 
level of insured
 
losses is obtained
 
from published estimates
 
by an independent
recognized authority
 
on insured
 
property losses.
 
Currently, none
 
of the
 
published insured
 
loss estimates
 
for
catastrophe events
 
during the applicable
 
covered periods
 
of the various
 
agreements have
 
exceeded the
 
single
event retentions or aggregate retentions
 
under the terms of the agreements that would result in a recovery.
 
Kilimanjaro has financed
 
the various property
 
catastrophe reinsurance
 
coverages by
 
issuing catastrophe
 
bonds
to unrelated,
 
external investors.
 
On April
 
24, 2014,
 
Kilimanjaro issued
 
$
450,000
 
thousand of
 
notes (“Series
2014-1 Notes”).
 
The $
450,000
 
thousand of Series 2014-1
 
Notes were fully
 
redeemed on April 30,
 
2018 and are
no longer outstanding.
 
On November 18,
 
2014, Kilimanjaro issued
 
$
500,000
 
thousand of notes
 
(“Series 2014-2
Notes”).
 
The $
500,000
 
thousand of
 
Series 2014-2
 
Notes were
 
fully redeemed
 
in November
 
2019 and
 
are no
longer outstanding.
 
On December
 
1, 2015,
 
Kilimanjaro issued
 
$
625,000
 
thousand of
 
notes (“Series
 
2015-1
Notes).
 
On April 13, 2017,
 
Kilimanjaro issued $
950,000
 
thousand of notes (“Series
 
2017-1 Notes) and $
300,000
thousand of
 
notes (“Series
 
2017-2 Notes).
 
On April
 
30, 2018,
 
Kilimanjaro issued
 
$
262,500
 
thousand of
 
notes
(“Series 2018-1
 
Notes”) and
 
$
262,500
 
thousand of
 
notes (“Series
 
2018-2 Notes”).
 
On December
 
12, 2019
Kilimanjaro issued
 
$
425,000
 
thousand of notes
 
(“Series 2019-1 Notes”)
 
and $
425,000
 
of notes
 
(“Series 2019-2
Notes”).
 
The proceeds from the
 
issuance of the Notes listed
 
above are held in
 
reinsurance trust throughout
 
the
duration of
 
the applicable reinsurance
 
agreements and invested
 
solely in US
 
government money
 
market funds
with a rating of at least “AAAm”
 
by Standard & Poor’s.