Commitments and Contingent Liabilities	9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Commitments and Contingent Liabilities
Commitments and Contingent Liabilities	Note 13 — Commitments and Contingent Liabilities In the normal course of business, we make various commitments and incur certain contingent liabilities, which are not reflected in the accompanying financial statements. The commitments and contingent liabilities include guarantees, commitments to extend credit, and standby letters of credit. At September 30, 2024, commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit totaled $9.0 billion. As of September 30, 2024, the liability recorded for expected credit losses on unfunded commitments, excluding unconditionally cancellable exposures and letters of credit, was $41.5 million and recorded on the Balance Sheet. See Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for discussion of liability recorded for expected credit losses on unfunded commitments. We have been named as defendant in various legal actions, arising from its normal business activities, in which damages in various amounts are claimed. We are also exposed to litigation risk related to the prior business activities of banks acquired through whole bank acquisitions. Although the amount of any ultimate liability with respect to such matters cannot be determined, in the opinion of management, as of September 30, 2024, any such liability is not expected to have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements. Cyber Incident Litigation. On April 3, 2024, a putative class action lawsuit was filed against the Bank in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division (the “Original Suit”). The plaintiff, who purports to represent the class of individuals harmed by alleged actions and/or omissions by the Bank in connection with the cybersecurity incident that was detected on February 6, 2024 (the “Cyber Incident”), asserts a variety of common law and statutory claims seeking monetary damages, injunctive relief and other related relief related to the potential unauthorized access by third parties to personal identifiable information. While the Original Suit has been voluntarily dismissed, additional plaintiffs have initiated litigation that names the Bank as a defendant. As of September 30, 2024, one consolidated putative class action is pending against the Bank in the Circuit Court for Polk County, Florida (the “Cyber Incident Suit”). At this time, neither the Bank nor the Company is able to reasonably estimate the amount or range of reasonably possible loss, if any, that might result from the Cyber Incident Suit. However, the Bank believes that it has defenses to the claims and intends to vigorously defend against the Cyber Incident Suit. Accordingly, no amounts have been recorded in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the Cyber Incident Suit. The Company will continue to evaluate information as it becomes known and will record an estimate for losses at the time or times when it is both probable that a loss has been incurred and the amount of the loss is reasonably estimable. Additional lawsuits and claims related to the Cyber Incident may be asserted by or on behalf of customers, shareholders, or others seeking damages or other related relief and additional inquiries from governmental agencies may be received or investigations by governmental agencies commenced. FDIC Special Assessment. In response to the bank failures in early 2023, the FDIC implemented a special assessment to recover the losses to the FDIC’s Deposit Insurance Fund at an annual rate of approximately 13.4 basis points over eight quarterly assessment periods beginning with the first quarterly assessment period of 2024. The base for the special assessment is equal to an insured depository institution’s estimated uninsured deposits reported as of December 31, 2022, adjusted to exclude the first $5 billion. As a result, approximately $25.7 million was recognized by the Bank as of December 31, 2023, for the two-year special assessment period. Due to additional losses to the Deposit Insurance Fund resulting from the 2023 bank failures reported by the FDIC in February 2024, an additional $4.5 million was accrued by the Bank during 2024, bringing the total estimated FDIC special assessment allocable to the Bank to approximately $30.2 million. The additional $4.5 million will be paid over two quarters after the initial two-year assessment period. The FDIC may adjust the special assessments from time to time based on the actual losses incurred by the FDIC as a result of the March 2023 bank failures or future failures.

Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

9 Months Ended

Sep. 30, 2024

Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

Note 13 — Commitments and Contingent Liabilities

In the normal course of business, we make various commitments and incur certain contingent liabilities, which are not reflected in the accompanying financial statements. The commitments and contingent liabilities include guarantees, commitments to extend credit, and standby letters of credit. At September 30, 2024, commitments to extend credit and standby letters of credit totaled $9.0 billion. As of September 30, 2024, the liability recorded for expected credit losses on unfunded commitments, excluding unconditionally cancellable exposures and letters of credit, was $41.5 million and recorded on the Balance Sheet. See Note 2 — Summary of Significant Accounting Policies for discussion of liability recorded for expected credit losses on unfunded commitments.

We have been named as defendant in various legal actions, arising from its normal business activities, in which damages in various amounts are claimed. We are also exposed to litigation risk related to the prior business activities of banks acquired through whole bank acquisitions. Although the amount of any ultimate liability with respect to such matters cannot be determined, in the opinion of management, as of September 30, 2024, any such liability is not expected to have a material effect on our consolidated financial statements.

Cyber Incident Litigation. On April 3, 2024, a putative class action lawsuit was filed against the Bank in the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Tampa Division (the “Original Suit”). The plaintiff, who purports to represent the class of individuals harmed by alleged actions and/or omissions by the Bank in connection with the cybersecurity incident that was detected on February 6, 2024 (the “Cyber Incident”), asserts a variety of common law and statutory claims seeking monetary damages, injunctive relief and other related relief related to the potential unauthorized access by third parties to personal identifiable information. While the Original Suit has been voluntarily dismissed, additional plaintiffs have initiated litigation that names the Bank as a defendant. As of September 30, 2024, one consolidated putative class action is pending against the Bank in the Circuit Court for Polk County, Florida (the “Cyber Incident Suit”).

At this time, neither the Bank nor the Company is able to reasonably estimate the amount or range of reasonably possible loss, if any, that might result from the Cyber Incident Suit. However, the Bank believes that it has defenses to the claims and intends to vigorously defend against the Cyber Incident Suit. Accordingly, no amounts have been recorded in the unaudited condensed consolidated financial statements for the Cyber Incident Suit. The Company will continue to evaluate information as it becomes known and will record an estimate for losses at the time or times when it is both probable that a loss has been incurred and the amount of the loss is reasonably estimable. Additional lawsuits and claims related to the Cyber Incident may be asserted by or on behalf of customers, shareholders, or others seeking damages or other related relief and additional inquiries from governmental agencies may be received or investigations by governmental agencies commenced.

FDIC Special Assessment. In response to the bank failures in early 2023, the FDIC implemented a special assessment to recover the losses to the FDIC’s Deposit Insurance Fund at an annual rate of approximately 13.4 basis points over eight quarterly assessment periods beginning with the first quarterly assessment period of 2024. The base for the special assessment is equal to an insured depository institution’s estimated uninsured deposits reported as of December 31, 2022, adjusted to exclude the first $5 billion. As a result, approximately $25.7 million was recognized by the Bank as of December 31, 2023, for the two-year special assessment period. Due to additional losses to the Deposit Insurance Fund resulting from the 2023 bank failures reported by the FDIC in February 2024, an additional $4.5 million was accrued by the Bank during 2024, bringing the total estimated FDIC special assessment allocable to the Bank to approximately $30.2 million. The additional $4.5 million will be paid over two quarters after the initial two-year assessment period. The FDIC may adjust the special assessments from time to time based on the actual losses incurred by the FDIC as a result of the March 2023 bank failures or future failures.