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Property and Casualty Insurance Activity
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2025
Property and Casualty Insurance Activity  
Property and Casualty Insurance Activity Property and Casualty Insurance Activity
Premiums written, ceded and earned are as follows:
 Direct Assumed Ceded Net
    
Year ended December 31, 2025   
Premiums written$277,800,630 $$(64,081,564)$213,719,066 
Change in unearned premiums(19,326,339)(7,266,005)(26,592,344)
Premiums earned$258,474,291 $$(71,347,569)$187,126,722 
     
Year ended December 31, 2024    
Premiums written$241,979,937 $$(87,750,072)$154,229,865 
Change in unearned premiums(29,080,195)3,348,250 (25,731,945)
Premiums earned$212,899,742 $$(84,401,822)$128,497,920 
Premium receipts in advance of the policy effective date are recorded as advance premiums. The balance of advance premiums as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 was $4,003,453 and $3,503,063, respectively.
The components of the liability for loss and LAE expenses and related reinsurance receivables as of December 31, 2025 and 2024 are as follows:
 Gross
Liability
Reinsurance
Receivables
   
December 31, 2025  
Case-basis reserves$75,384,626 $20,748,974 
Loss adjustment expenses26,359,154 4,206,150 
IBNR reserves38,794,838 8,277,241 
Recoverable on unpaid losses 33,232,365 
Recoverable on paid losses2,827,829 
Total loss and loss adjustment expenses$140,538,618 36,060,194 
Unearned premiums 22,936,751 
Receivables - reinsurance contracts 
Total reinsurance receivables $58,996,945 
   
December 31, 2024  
Case-basis reserves$64,087,782 $17,721,033 
Loss adjustment expenses23,442,101 3,940,147 
IBNR reserves38,680,545 10,661,457 
Recoverable on unpaid losses 32,322,637 
Recoverable on paid losses5,254,482 
Total loss and loss adjustment expenses$126,210,428 37,577,119 
Unearned premiums 31,745,317 
Receivables - reinsurance contracts 
Total reinsurance receivables $69,322,436 
The following table provides a reconciliation of the beginning and ending balances for unpaid losses and LAE:
 Years ended
December 31,
 20252024
   
Balance at beginning of period$126,210,428 $121,817,862 
Less reinsurance recoverables(32,322,637)(33,288,650)
Net balance, beginning of period93,887,791 88,529,212 
   
Incurred related to:  
Current year85,349,385 64,414,543 
Prior years(1,083,663)(1,779,827)
Total incurred84,265,722 62,634,716 
   
Paid related to:  
Current year40,940,473 32,956,899 
Prior years29,906,787 24,319,238 
Total paid70,847,260 57,276,137 
   
Net balance at end of period107,306,253 93,887,791 
Add reinsurance recoverables33,232,365 32,322,637 
Balance at end of period$140,538,618 $126,210,428 
Incurred losses and LAE are net of reinsurance recoveries under reinsurance contracts of $19,019,851 and $20,226,354 for the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024, respectively.

Prior year incurred loss and LAE development is based upon estimates by line of business and accident year. Prior year loss and LAE development incurred during the years ended December 31, 2025 and 2024 was $1,083,663 favorable and $1,779,827 favorable, respectively. In 2025, property claims overall developed better than expected, driven primarily by reserve takedowns on several large fire and water damage claims from accident years 2023 and 2024, resulting in favorable development. This favorable development was partially offset by increased reserves associated with liability claims, which reflect the inherent variability associated with liability claim settlement patterns. In 2024, the favorable development was primarily attributable to reserve takedowns on several large property losses from accident years 2022 and 2023, reflecting recoverable depreciation. This favorable impact was partially offset by strengthening of reserves for liability claims, particularly related to loss adjustment expenses.
Loss and LAE reserves
The reserving process for loss and LAE reserves provides for the Company’s best estimate at a particular point in time of the ultimate unpaid cost of all losses and LAE incurred, including settlement and administration of losses, and is based on facts and circumstances then known including losses that have occurred but that have not yet been reported. The process relies on standard actuarial reserving methodologies, judgments relative to estimates of ultimate claim severity and frequency, the length of time before losses will develop to their ultimate level (‘tail’ factors), and the likelihood of changes in the law or other external factors that are beyond the Company’s control. Several actuarial reserving methodologies are used to estimate required loss reserves. The process produces carried reserves set by management based upon the actuaries’ best estimate and is the cumulative combination of the best estimates made by line of business, accident year, and loss and LAE. The amount of loss and LAE reserves for individual reported claims (the “case reserve”) is determined by the claims department and changes over time as new information is gathered. Such information is critical to the review of appropriate IBNR reserves and includes a review of coverage applicability, comparative liability on the part of the insured, injury severity, property damage, replacement cost estimates, and any other information considered pertinent to estimating the
exposure presented by the claim. The amounts of loss and LAE reserves for unreported claims and development on known claims (IBNR reserves) are determined using historical information aggregated by line of insurance as adjusted to current conditions. Since this process produces loss reserves set by management based upon the actuaries’ best estimate, there is no explicit or implicit provision for uncertainty in the carried loss reserves.
Due to the inherent uncertainty associated with the reserving process, the ultimate liability may differ, perhaps substantially, from the original estimate. Such estimates are regularly reviewed and updated and any resulting adjustments are included in the current period’s results. Reserves are closely monitored and are recomputed periodically using the most recent information on reported claims and a variety of statistical techniques. On at least a quarterly basis, the Company reviews by line of business existing reserves, new claims, changes to existing case reserves, and paid losses with respect to the current and prior periods. Several methods are used, varying by line of business and accident year, in order to select the estimated period-end loss reserves. These methods include the following:
Paid Loss Development – historical patterns of paid loss development are used to project future paid loss emergence in order to estimate required reserves.
Incurred Loss Development – historical patterns of incurred loss development, reflecting both paid losses and changes in case reserves, are used to project future incurred loss emergence in order to estimate required reserves.
Paid Bornhuetter-Ferguson (“BF”) – an estimated loss ratio for a particular accident year is determined, and is weighted against the portion of the accident year claims that have been paid, based on historical paid loss development patterns. The estimate of required reserves assumes that the remaining unpaid portion of a particular accident year will pay out at a rate consistent with the estimated loss ratio for that year. This method can be useful for situations where an unusually high or low amount of paid losses exists at the early stages of the claims development process.
Incurred Bornhuetter-Ferguson (“BF”) - an estimated loss ratio for a particular accident year is determined, and is weighted against the portion of the accident year claims that have been reported, based on historical incurred loss development patterns. The estimate of required reserves assumes that the remaining unreported portion of a particular accident year will pay out at a rate consistent with the estimated loss ratio for that year. This method can be useful for situations where an unusually high or low amount of reported losses exists at the early stages of the claims development process.
Incremental Claim-Based Methods – historical patterns of incremental incurred losses and paid LAE during various stages of development are reviewed and assumptions are made regarding average loss and LAE development applied to remaining claims inventory. Such methods more properly reflect changes in the speed of claims closure and the relative adequacy of case reserve levels at various stages of development. These methods may provide a more accurate estimate of IBNR for lines of business with relatively few remaining open claims but for which significant recent settlement activity has occurred.
Frequency / Severity Based Methods – historical measurements of claim frequency and average paid claim size (severity) are reviewed for more mature accident years where a majority of claims have been reported and/or closed. These historical averages are trended forward to more recent periods in order to estimate ultimate losses for newer accident years that are not yet fully developed. These methods are useful for lines of business with slow and/or volatile loss development patterns, such as liability lines where information pertaining to individual cases may not be completely known for many years. The claim frequency and severity information for older periods can then be used as reasonable measures for developing a range of estimates for more recent immature periods.
Management’s best estimate of required reserves is generally based on an average of the methods above, with appropriate weighting of methods based on the line of business and accident year being projected. In some cases, additional methods or historical data from industry sources are employed to supplement the projections derived from the methods listed above.
Three key assumptions that materially affect the estimate of loss reserves are the loss ratio estimate for the current accident year used in the BF methods, the loss development factor selections used in the loss development methods, and the loss severity assumptions used in the frequency / severity method described above. The loss ratio estimates used in the BF methods are selected after reviewing historical accident year loss ratios adjusted for rate changes, trend, and mix of business. The severity assumptions used in the frequency / severity method are determined by reviewing historical average claim severity for older more mature accident periods, trended forward to less mature accident periods.
The Company reviews the carried reserves levels on a regular basis as additional information becomes available and makes adjustments in the periods in which such adjustments are determined to be necessary. The Company is not aware of any claim trends that have emerged or that would cause future adverse development that have not already been contemplated in setting current carried reserves levels.
In New York State, lawsuits for negligence are subject to certain limitations and must be commenced within three years from the date of the accident or are otherwise barred. Accordingly, the Company’s exposure to unreported claims (“pure” IBNR) for accident dates of December 31, 2022 and prior is limited, although there remains the possibility of adverse development on reported claims (“case development” IBNR). In certain rare circumstances states have retroactively revised a statute of limitations. The Company is not aware of any such effort that would have a material impact on the Company’s results.
The following is information about incurred and paid claims development as of December 31, 2025, net of reinsurance, as well as the cumulative reported claims by accident year and total IBNR reserves as of December 31, 2025 included in the net incurred loss and allocated expense amounts. The historical information regarding incurred and paid claims development for the years ended December 31, 2016 to December 31, 2024 is presented as supplementary unaudited information.
All Lines of Business
(in thousands, except reported claims data)
 Incurred Loss and Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of ReinsuranceAs of
December 31, 2025
 For the Years Ended December 31, IBNRCumulative
Number
of Reported
Claims by
Accident
Year
Accident Year2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
 (Unaudited 2016 - 2024)  
            
2016$26,062 $24,941 $24,789 $27,887 $27,966 $27,417 $27,352 $27,271 $27,247 $27,171 $31 2,884 
2017 31,605 32,169 35,304 36,160 36,532 36,502 36,819 37,268 37,359 149 3,401 
2018  54,455 56,351 58,441 59,404 61,237 61,145 61,686 61,897 425 4,238 
2019   75,092 72,368 71,544 71,964 73,310 74,363 76,337 2,025 4,509 
2020    63,083 62,833 63,217 63,562 64,400 65,888 934 5,896 
2021     96,425 96,673 96,134 96,771 98,411 1,303 5,836 
2022      79,835 78,759 78,078 77,319 2,533 4,721 
2023       78,978 72,025 70,128 5,125 4,097 
2024        57,860 54,364 7,014 3,140 
2025         77,556 20,697 2,306 
          Total $646,429   
All Lines of Business
(in thousands)
Accident YearCumulative Paid Loss and Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses, Net of Reinsurance
For the Years Ended December 31,
2016201720182019202020212022202320242025
 (Unaudited 2016 - 2024)
           
2016$15,364 $19,001 $21,106 $23,974 $25,234 $25,750 $26,382 $26,854 $26,808 $26,876 
2017 16,704 24,820 28,693 31,393 32,529 33,522 34,683 35,046 35,336 
2018  32,383 44,516 50,553 52,025 54,424 56,199 57,185 57,798 
2019   40,933 54,897 58,055 60,374 63,932 66,109 68,648 
2020    39,045 50,719 53,432 56,523 59,220 60,859 
2021     56,282 77,756 82,317 85,314 90,865 
2022      45,856 65,732 68,170 70,703 
2023       46,280 56,952 59,571 
2024        29,013 40,086 
2025         36,572 
         Total$547,316 
           
Net liability for unpaid loss and allocated loss adjustment expenses for the accident years presented$99,113 
All outstanding liabilities before 2016, net of reinsurance 1,441 
Liabilities for loss and allocated loss adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance $100,554 
(Components may not sum to totals due to rounding)
Reported claim counts are measured on an occurrence or per event basis. A single claim occurrence could result in more than one loss type or claimant; however, the Company counts claims at the occurrence level as a single claim regardless of the number of claimants or claim features involved.
The reconciliation of the net incurred and paid claims development tables to the liability for loss and LAE reserves in the consolidated balance sheet is as follows:
Reconciliation of the Disclosure of Incurred and Paid Loss Development
to the Liability for Loss and LAE Reserves
(in thousands)As of
December 31, 2025
Liabilities for allocated loss and loss adjustment expenses, net of reinsurance$100,554 
Total reinsurance recoverable on unpaid losses33,232 
Unallocated loss adjustment expenses6,753 
Total gross liability for loss and LAE reserves$140,539 
(Components may not sum to totals due to rounding)
The following is supplementary unaudited information about average historical claims duration as of December 31, 2025:
Average Annual Percentage Payout of Incurred Loss and Allocated Loss Adjustment Expenses by Age, Net of Reinsurance
Years12345678910
All Lines of Business54.9%19.3%6.0%4.9%4.3%2.6%2.6%1.2%0.3%0.3%
The percentages in the above table do not add up to 100 because the percentages represent averages across all accident years at each development stage.