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Long-Term Debt
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2013
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-term Debt
LONG-TERM DEBT

Our long-term debt at June 30, 2013, consisted of a note payable to the Florida State Board of Administration. At June 30, 2013, and December 31, 2012, we owed $15,294,000 and $15,882,000, respectively, on the note and the interest rate was 1.87% and 1.66%, respectively. All other terms and conditions of the note remain as described in our 2012 Form 10-K.

The $15,294,000 note payable to Florida's State Board of Administration (SBA note) requires our insurance affiliate to maintain surplus as regards policyholders at or above a calculated level, which was $33,328,000 at June 30, 2013. We monitor our insurance affiliate's surplus as regards policyholders each quarter and, for various reasons, we occasionally provide additional capital to our insurance affiliate. During the three-and six-month periods ended June 30, 2013 and 2012, we did not contribute any capital to our insurance affiliate. We currently do not foresee a need for any material contributions of capital to our insurance affiliate; however, any future contributions of capital will depend on circumstances at the time.

Our SBA note requires that we maintain either a 2:1 ratio of net written premium to surplus, or net writing ratio, (the SBA note agreement defines surplus for the purpose of calculating the required ratios as the $20,000,000 of capital contributed to our insurance affiliate under the agreement plus the outstanding balance of the note) or a 6:1 ratio of gross written premium to surplus, or gross writing ratio, to avoid additional interest penalties. At June 30, 2013, our net written premium to surplus ratio was 3.1:1, which is well above the 2:1 required ratio. Our gross written premium to surplus ratio was 7.8:1, which meets the required ratio of 6:1. Should we fail to exceed either a net writing ratio of 1.5:1 or a gross writing ratio of 4.5:1, our interest rate will increase by 450 basis points above the 10-year Constant Maturity Treasury rate which was 2.52% at the end of June. Any other writing ratio deficiencies result in an interest rate penalty of 25 basis points above the stated rate of the note, which is 1.87%. Our SBA note further provides that the SBA may, among other things, declare its loan immediately due and payable for all defaults existing under the SBA note; however, any payment is subject to approval by the insurance regulatory authority. At June 30, 2013, we were in compliance with the covenants of the SBA note.