Significant Accounting Policies (Policies)

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2020

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Principles of Consolidation

The consolidated financial statements include the accounts of BRP Group and its wholly-owned subsidiaries. All intercompany transactions and balances have been eliminated in consolidation.

As the sole manager of BRP, BRP Group operates and controls all the business and affairs of BRP, and has the sole voting interest in, and controls the management of, BRP. Accordingly, BRP Group began consolidating BRP in its consolidated financial statements as of the closing date of the Initial Public Offering, resulting in a noncontrolling interest related to the LLC Units held by BRP’s LLC members (the “LLC Units”) on its consolidated financial statements.

BRP and BRP Group were under the common control of the Company’s Chairman, Lowry Baldwin, before and immediately after the reorganization transactions undertaken in connection with the Initial Public Offering (the “Reorganization Transactions”). Prior to the Reorganization Transactions, Mr. Baldwin held a controlling interest in Baldwin Investment Group Holdings, LLC (“BIGH”), which was the controlling owner of BRP through its majority ownership of BRP’s common units. In addition, Mr. Baldwin was the sole shareholder of BRP Group. Upon reorganization, BRP Group became the sole managing member of BRP. Holders of the Class B common stock hold a majority of the voting power of BRP Group and stockholders of the then majority of the Class B common stock, including BIGH, executed a Voting Agreement in which they agreed to vote in the same manner as Mr. Baldwin. As a result, Mr. Baldwin continued to control BRP Group subsequent to the Initial Public Offering and Reorganization Transactions. Accordingly, we have accounted for the Reorganization Transactions as a transaction between entities under common control in accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 805-50, Business Combinations - Related Issues, under which the financial information of BRP Group has been combined with that of BRP as of the earliest period presented.

The Company has prepared these consolidated financial statements in accordance with ASC Topic 810, Consolidation (“Topic 810”). Topic 810 requires that if an enterprise is the primary beneficiary of a variable interest entity, the assets, liabilities, and results of operations of the variable interest entity should be included in the consolidated financial statements of the enterprise. The Company has recognized certain entities as variable interest entities of which the Company is the primary beneficiary and has included the accounts of these entities in the consolidated financial statements. Refer to Note 4 for additional information regarding the Company’s variable interest entities.

Topic 810 also requires that the equity of a noncontrolling interest shall be reported on the condensed consolidated balance sheets within total equity of the Company. Certain redeemable noncontrolling interests are reported on the condensed consolidated balance sheets as mezzanine equity. Topic 810 also requires revenues, expenses, gains, losses, net income or loss, and other comprehensive income or loss to be reported in the consolidated financial statements at consolidated amounts, which include amounts attributable to the owners of the parent and the noncontrolling interests.

Use of Estimates

The preparation of consolidated financial statements in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenue and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates. Significant estimates underlying the accompanying consolidated financial statements include the application of guidance for revenue recognition, including determination of allowances for estimated policy cancellations, business combinations and purchase price allocation, impairment of long-lived assets including goodwill, and valuation of the Tax Receivable Agreement liability and share-based compensation.

Changes in Presentation

Certain prior year amounts have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation.

Recent Accounting Pronouncements

As an emerging growth company, the Jumpstart Our Business Startups (“JOBS”) Act permits the Company an extended transition period for complying with new or revised accounting standards affecting public companies. The Company has elected to use this extended transition period and adopt certain new accounting standards on the private company timeline, which means that the Company’s financial statements may not be comparable to the financial statements of public companies that comply with such new or revised accounting standards on a non-delayed basis. The Company has elected the extended transition period for the adoption of the Accounting Standards Updates (“ASUs”) below, except those where early adoption was both permitted and elected.

In February 2016, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued ASU No. 2016-02, Leases (Topic 842) (“ASU 2016-02”). The guidance in ASU 2016-02 supersedes the lease recognition requirements in Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Topic 840, Leases. ASU 2016-02 requires an entity to recognize assets and liabilities arising from a lease for both financing and operating leases, along with additional qualitative and quantitative disclosures. The FASB has subsequently issued several additional ASUs related to leases, which improved upon, provided interpretation of and transition relief for, the guidance issued in ASU 2016-02 and extended the adoption date for nonpublic business entities. This guidance is effective for the fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2021, and interim periods within fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the full effect that the adoption of this standard will have on its consolidated financial statements.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments - Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Statements (“ASU 2016-13”), which amends the guidance for recognizing credit losses on financial instruments measured at amortized cost. ASU 2016-13 replaces the incurred loss impairment methodology in current GAAP with a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. The FASB has subsequently issued several additional ASUs related to credit losses, which improved upon, provided interpretation of and transition relief for, the guidance issued in ASU 2016-13 and extended the adoption date for nonpublic business entities. This guidance is effective for fiscal years, and interim periods within those fiscal years, beginning after December 15, 2022, with early adoption permitted. The Company is currently evaluating the full effect that the adoption of this standard will have on its consolidated financial statements.

In August 2018, the FASB issued ASU No. 2018-13, Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) (“Topic 820”): Disclosure Framework - Changes to the Disclosure Requirements for Fair Value Measurement (“ASU 2018-13”). This update modifies the disclosure requirements related to fair value measurement by removing certain disclosure requirements related to the fair value hierarchy. This update also modifies existing disclosure requirements related to measurement uncertainty and adds new disclosure requirements, such as disclosing the changes in unrealized gains and losses for the period included in other comprehensive income for recurring Level 3 fair value measurements held at the end of the reporting period and disclosing the range and weighted average of significant unobservable inputs used to develop Level 3 fair value measurements. The Company adopted the guidance in ASU 2018-13 effective January 1, 2020, which impacted the presentation of the fair value measurements disclosure in Note 13 but did not otherwise impact the Company’s consolidated financial statements.