Leases

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Note 11.

Leases

The Company has two operating lease agreements, each for the use of office space in the ordinary course of business. The original term of the first lease was to automatically renew on an annual basis and was amended on December 26, 2024, when the Company and its subsidiary, Bankers Fidelity Life Insurance Company, entered into a Second Amendment to Lease Agreement (the “Second Amendment”) with 4370 Peachtree LLC. The Second Amendment amends the Lease Agreement, dated November 1, 2007, by and among the same parties (as previously amended, the “Lease Agreement”), pursuant to which the Company leases space for its principal offices and for some of its insurance operations in an office building located in Atlanta, Georgia. Pursuant to the Second Amendment, the Lease Agreement was modified to increase the base rent payable by the Company, beginning January 1, 2025. The Second Amendment also provides for rent adjustment on January 1, 2027, January 1, 2030 and each five years thereafter.

The original term of the second lease was ten years and amended in January 2017 to provide for an additional seven years, with a termination date on September 30, 2026. The rate used in determining the present value of lease payments is based upon an estimate of the Company’s incremental secured borrowing rate commensurate with the term of the underlying lease.

These leases are accounted for as operating leases, whereby lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the term of the lease. Lease expense reported for each of the years ended December 31, 2024 and 2023 was $1,014.

Additional information regarding the Company’s real estate operating leases is as follows:

	Year Ended December 31, 2024				Year Ended December 31, 2023
Other information on operating leases:
Cash payments included in the measurement of lease liabilities reported in operating cash flows		$	1,065			1,048
Right-of-use assets included in other assets on the consolidated balance sheet			5,225			2,614
Weighted average discount rate			6.8	%		6.8	%
Weighted average remaining lease term in years	7.9 years				2.9 years

The following table presents maturities and present value of the Company’s lease liabilities:

	Lease Liability
2025	$	1,207
2026		1,066
2027		645
2028		645
2029		645
Thereafter		3,595
Total undiscounted lease payments		7,803
Less: present value adjustment		2,445
Operating lease liability included in accounts payable and accrued expenses on the consolidated balance sheet	$	5,358