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Insurance Company WNFIC | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2020
Reinsurance Disclosures [Abstract] |
Insurance Company WNFIC | NOTE 18 Insurance Company WNFIC Although the reinsurers are liable to the Company for amounts reinsured, our subsidiary, WNFIC 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 at December 31 are as follows:
|  | 2020 |  |  | 2019 |
(in thousands) |  | Written |  |  | Earned |  |  | Written |  |  | Earned |
Direct premiums |  | $ | 728,109 |  |  | $ | 716,515 |  |  | $ | 697,072 |  |  | $ | 668,971 |
Assumed premiums |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |  |  |  | — |
Ceded premiums |  |  | 728,093 |  |  |  | 716,499 |  |  |  | 697,059 |  |  |  | 668,958 |
Net premiums |  | $ | 16 |  |  | $ | 16 |  |  | $ | 13 |  |  | $ | 13 |
All premiums written by WNFIC under the National Flood Insurance Program are 100.0% ceded to FEMA, for which WNFIC received a 30.1% expense allowance from January 1, 2020 through September 30, 2020 and a 30.0% expense allowance from October 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, the Company ceded $725.8 million and $694.9 million of written premiums for Federal Flood, respectively. As of December 31, 2020, the Consolidated Balance Sheets contained Reinsurance recoverable of $43.5 million and Prepaid reinsurance premiums of $377.6 million. As of December 31, 2019, the Consolidated Balance Sheets contained reinsurance recoverable of $58.5 million and prepaid reinsurance premiums of $366.0 million. There was no net activity in the reserve for losses and loss adjustment expense for the years ended December 31, 2020 and 2019, as WNFIC’s direct premiums written were 100.0% ceded to two reinsurers. The balance of the reserve for losses and loss adjustment expense, excluding related reinsurance recoverables was $43.5 million as of December 31, 2020 and $58.5 million as of December 31, 2019. WNFIC maintains capital in excess of minimum statutory amount of $7.5 million as required by regulatory authorities. The statutory capital and surplus of WNFIC was $32.6 million as of December 31, 2020 and $29.6 million as of December 31, 2019. As of December 31, 2020 and 2019, WNFIC generated statutory net income of $0.8 million and $8.1 million, respectively. The maximum amount of ordinary dividends that WNFIC can pay to shareholders in a rolling 12 month period is limited to the greater of 10.0% of statutory adjusted capital and surplus of 100.0% of adjusted net income. There was no dividend payout in 2019 and 2020 and the maximum dividend payout that may be made in 2021 without prior approval is $3.3 million.

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