Commitments and Contingencies

6 Months Ended

Jun. 30, 2024

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Commitments and Contingencies

Commitments and Contingencies

ProAssurance is involved in various legal actions related to insurance policies and claims handling including, but not limited to, claims asserted by policyholders. These types of legal actions arise in the Company's ordinary course of business and, in accordance with GAAP for insurance entities, are considered as a part of the Company's loss reserving process, which is described in detail under the heading "Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses" in the Accounting Policies section in Note 1 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements in ProAssurance's December 31, 2023 report on Form 10-K. ProAssurance also has other direct actions against the Company unrelated to its claims activity which are evaluated and accounted for as a part of other liabilities. For these corporate legal actions, the Company evaluates each case separately and establishes what it believes is an appropriate reserve based on GAAP guidance related to contingent liabilities. As of June 30, 2024, there were no material reserves established for corporate legal actions.

As a member of Lloyd's, ProAssurance has obligations to Syndicate 1729 including FAL requirements. ProAssurance provides FAL to support its previous participation in underwriting years that remain open at Syndicate 1729, which is comprised of investment securities, primarily short-term investments, and cash and cash equivalents deposited with Lloyd's, with a total fair value of approximately $16.9 million at June 30, 2024 (see Note 3). During the second quarter of 2024, the Company received a return of approximately $5.2 million of cash from its FAL balances due to lower capital requirements for the 2023 underwriting year.

ProAssurance has entered into financial instrument transactions that may present off-balance sheet credit risk or market risk. These transactions include a short-term loan commitment and commitments to provide funding to non-public investment entities. Under the short-term loan commitment, ProAssurance has agreed to advance funds on a 30 day basis to a counterparty provided there is no violation of any condition established in the contract. As of June 30, 2024, ProAssurance had total funding commitments related to non-public investment entities as well as the short-term loan commitment of approximately $152.9 million which included the amount at risk if the full short-term loan is extended and the counterparties default. However, the credit risk associated with the short-term loan commitment is minimal as the counterparties to the contract are highly rated commercial institutions and to-date have been performing in accordance with their contractual obligations. As such, ProAssurance’s expected credit losses associated with this short-term loan commitment were nominal in amount as of June 30, 2024.

The purchase consideration in the NORCAL acquisition included contingent consideration. NORCAL policyholders who elected to receive NORCAL stock and tender it to ProAssurance are eligible for a share of contingent consideration in an

amount of up to approximately $84 million. As defined in the purchase agreement, the contingent consideration is dependent upon the after-tax development of NORCAL's ultimate net losses for accident years ended on or before December 31, 2020 determined as of December 31, 2023 by a mutually agreed upon independent actuarial consultant. In June 2024, the independent actuarial consulting firm completed its estimate, and based on that estimate no additional consideration is due. The Committee appointed by NORCAL prior to the close of the acquisition reviewed the work of the independent actuarial consultant and accepted the conclusion that no additional consideration is due; therefore, the liability was reduced to zero as of June 30, 2024. As of December 31, 2023, the contingent consideration liability was $6.5 million carried at fair value utilizing a stochastic model. As of December 31, 2023, the remaining uncertainty around the analysis to be performed by the independent actuary was a significant component in the determination of the fair value of the liability. See further discussion around the contingent consideration in Note 2.