NOTE 12· Reinsurance and Losses and Loss Adjustment Expenses

The Company reinsures hundred percent of its insurance coverage with reinsurers to limit the amount of loss on individual claims. Although the reinsurers are liable to the Company for amounts reinsured, the Company remains primarily liable to its policyholders for the full amount of the policies written whether or not the reinsurers meet their obligations to the Company when they become due. The effects of reinsurance on premiums written and earned are as follows:


(in thousands)	Period from May 1, 2014 to September 30, 2014
	Written		Earned
Direct premiums	$	315,568	$	258,489
Assumed premiums		1		157
Ceded premiums		315,563		258,640

Net premiums	$	6	$	6

All premiums written by WNFIC under the National Flood Insurance Program are 100% ceded to FEMA, for which the Company receives a 30.7% expense allowance. For the period from May 1, 2014 through September 30, 2014, the Company ceded $315.1 million of written premiums.

Effective April 1, 2014, WNFIC is also a party to a quota share agreement whereby it cedes 100% of its gross excess flood premiums which excludes fees to Arch Reinsurance Company and receives a 30.5% commission. WNFIC ceded $0.5 million for the period from May 1 through September 30, 2014. No loss data exists on this agreement.

The Company also ceded 100% of the Homeowners and Private Passenger Auto Liability to Stillwater Insurance Company formerly known as Fidelity National Insurance Company. This business is in runoff. Therefore, only loss data still exists on this business. As of September 30, 2014, ceded unpaid losses and loss adjustment expenses for Homeowners and Private Passenger Auto Liability was $0.0 million and $0.3 million, respectively. The incurred but not reported was $0.2 million for Homeowners and $0.2 million for Private Passenger Auto Liability. The reinsurance recoverable balance as of September 30, 2014 was $23.2 million and is comprised of recoverables on unpaid losses and loss expenses.

There was no net activity in the reserve for losses and loss adjustment expense during the period May 1, 2014 through September 30, 2014, as the Company’s direct premiums written were hundred percent ceded to three reinsurers. The balance of the reserve for losses and loss adjustment expense, excluding related reinsurance recoverables, as of September 30, 2014 was $23.2 million.