Commitment and Contingencies

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2023

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

LITIGATION AND REGULATORY ACTIONS

From time to time, we are subject to legal and regulatory actions relating to our business. We defend all claims vigorously. As a result, we incur defense costs, including attorneys' fees, other direct litigation costs and the expenditure of management time that otherwise would be devoted to our business. If we suffer an adverse judgment as a result of litigation claims or if a regulator fines us, it could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

CREDIT FACILITY

On May 5, 2021, the Company entered into a $20 million senior secured revolving credit facility (the “Credit Facility”) with Regions Bank ("Regions"). The Credit Facility has a three-year term, maturing on May 5, 2024, and allows the Company to borrow up to $20 million for working capital purposes, capital expenditures and other corporate purposes.

Revolving loans may be requested by the Company in aggregate minimum principal amounts of $0.5 million per loan. At the Company's election, the revolving loans may either bear a base rate, which is 1.75% plus a base rate (a fluctuating rate per annum) equal to the greatest of (a) Regions' prime rate, (b) the federal funds rate plus 0.50%, or (c) 0.75%. The Company is required to pay Regions a quarterly commitment fee of 0.375% of the unused portion of the Credit Facility, which the Company expenses as it is incurred.

Obligations under the Credit Facility are secured by substantially all of the assets of the Company other than the equity interests in all of the regulated insurance subsidiaries, real estate owned by the Company, and other limited exceptions. The Credit Facility contains customary events of default and financial, affirmative and negative covenants, including but not limited to restrictions on indebtedness, liens, investments, asset dispositions and restricted payments. As of December 31, 2023, the Company had not borrowed any funds against the Credit Facility and was not in violation of any covenants.

CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS

The Company leases home office space in Austin, Texas for Citizens and in Puerto Rico for NES as well as several district office locations related to our Home Service Insurance segment across Louisiana, Mississippi and Arkansas, which are classified as operating leases. Certain operating leases include renewal options that extend the lease term. The exercise of lease renewal options is at our sole discretion when it is reasonably certain that we will exercise such option. Leases with an initial term of 12 months or less are immaterial to the consolidated financial statements and are recognized as lease expense on a straight-line basis over the lease term and not recorded on the consolidated balance sheets.

Our operating lease liabilities had a weighted-average lease term of 6.8 years remaining as of December 31, 2023.

Maturities of our remaining operating lease liabilities as of December 31, 2023 are as follows.


(In thousands)	Operating Lease Payments
Maturity of operating lease liabilities:
2024	$	1,499
2025	1,433
2026	1,385
2027	1,403
2028	1,438
After 2028	2,728
Total operating lease liabilities	9,886
Interest expense	(813)
Present value of operating lease liabilities	$	9,073

We record the lease right-of-use asset in Property and Equipment, net and the lease liability in Other Liabilities using a weighted average discount rate of 2.59%. Cash payments related to the operating lease liabilities were $1.4 million for both of the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022 and were reported in operating cash flows.

The Company does not engage in lease agreements among related parties.

As of December 31, 2023, CICA International is committed to fund investments up to $27.3 million related to limited partnership investments.