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Long-Term Debt
6 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2015
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-Term Debt
LONG-TERM DEBT

Our long-term debt at June 30, 2015 consisted of a note payable to the Florida State Board of Administration. At June 30, 2015 and December 31, 2014, we owed $12,941,000 and $13,529,000, respectively, on the note and the interest rate was 1.96% and 2.50%, respectively. All other terms and conditions of the note remain as described in our 2014 Form 10-K.

The $12,941,000 note payable to the Florida State Board of Administration (SBA note) requires United Property & Casualty Insurance Company to maintain surplus as regards policyholders at or above a calculated level, which was $30,354,000 at June 30, 2015. Each quarter, we monitor the surplus as regards policyholders for both of our insurance affiliates and, for various reasons, we occasionally provide additional capital to our insurance affiliates. During the three and six month periods ended June 30, 2015 and 2014, we contributed no capital to our insurance affiliates. We currently do not foresee a need for any material contributions of capital to our insurance affiliates; however, any future contributions of capital will depend on circumstances at the time.

Our SBA note requires that United Property & Casualty Insurance Company maintain either a 2:1 ratio of net written premium to surplus, or net writing ratio, or a 6:1 ratio of gross written premium to surplus, or gross writing ratio, to avoid additional interest penalties. The SBA note agreement defines surplus for the purpose of calculating the required ratios as the $20,000,000 of capital contributed to United Property & Casualty Insurance Company under the agreement plus the outstanding balance of the note. At June 30, 2015, United Property & Casualty Insurance Company's net written premium to surplus ratio was 6.7:1, which is well above the 2:1 required ratio. United Property & Casualty Insurance Company's gross written premium to surplus ratio was 9.7:1, which exceeds the required ratio of 6:1. Should United Property & Casualty Insurance Company fail to exceed either a net writing ratio of 1.5:1 or a gross writing ratio of 4.5:1, United Property & Casualty Insurance Company's interest rate will increase by 450 basis points above the 10-year Constant Maturity Treasury rate which was 2.35% at the end of June 2015. Any other writing ratio deficiencies result in an interest rate penalty of 25 basis points above the stated rate of the note, which is 1.96% at the end of June 2015. 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, 2015, we were in compliance with the covenants of the SBA note.